OCKD.VIILINU. nr Hester a. hexepict. ' Ovr the bars of ft dainty cnge She bent with a shivering cry hud monn, Tossing hor white arm to nnd fro, For the door, tvns njnr, nnd her bird hiul llown. ' ' Close to my bopom I hold the Child i I told her tain, nd I inng hor a sony; ; But the sorrowful wind, end my sorrowful heart, Echoed her moaning the whole day long. And ah! from lie feverish lips that bbht 1 bare, broke, like the cry ul the luuetouir tea,.. - A pUlio.1 walling that haunts me yet: Birdie, my birdie, come back to roe!" Uverthe snow of a dulnty cot 1 bent with a shivering cry and monn, For nh t by somebody's hand somewhere, A door won ajar, and my bird had flowu. Deep in my boeom I hid my pain ; I smile for my love., and I slug him n song; But the tenderest tissues of heart and brain Are broken with walling the. whole dtiy long. And at night, at night, from my hungry lips Pallid and cold as the dead may bu A wall floats up to the shore unseen : " Birdie, my birdie, eomo back to me. !" Golden Age. TO WOMEN. BY EI.EAXOK KIBK. The lie of the age is" Not at home." la the whole dictionary of falsehoods, there is not one so oiten uttered, and that, too, with such apparent reckless ness, and disregard of moral consequen ces as this. ery few women hesitate to instruct their servants in this partic ular, and very few servants are suSicient ly high-toned and truthful to refuse to lie at their mistresses' bidding. I heard of one, though, the other day ; and I must confess that I have had more hope of the ultimate salvation and happiness of the great domestic, family than I ever had before ; lb we may safely affirm that the uncompromising honesty and independence of one such, shall bo able to make up nobly for the want of it iu a hundred or two less honest and resolute among the kitchen sisti rhood. Oh I I have got such a spl ndid up stairs girl I" said a friend thy other day, quite enthusiastically. " She is simply perfect. In all my housekeeping, I have never found such a treasure. fcihe is so capable, so honest, such a painstaking seamstress, and then so kind to the children, und so pious. I am not afraid now to go away of an evening and leave my family. I know they will all be taken care of." I congratulated her of course. Such opinions of the genus chamber-maid are exceedingly rare, and if I may be allow ed to add, the housekeepers who know how to treat such servants with the proper kindness and respect, are equally so. 1 had no fear of my friend ; for 1 believed her to be one of the most lova ble women in the world and entirely just in every particular. A few days after the above statement, I called by appointment to take lunch with her. What was my surprise to find my friend in tears and the gem of an up-stairs girl, whose virtues had been so minutely dwelt upon and described, waiting with her things on, for final marching orders from her mistross. " What in the world is the matter r" I asked. "You and Fanny both in tears, and she all ready to leave ! why I thought you told me she was perfection itself." " Oh dear I' she replied, with a sob. "I thought so too, but the girl has driven me almost frantic to-day. Do you know I have been obliged to lock the children in the nursery, because they go on so about her going. Oh dear I on deaf I oh dear and I was just as infat uated myself." "But what is iff" I interrupted. "Has she been stealing, or lying, or both?" " Oh no, no '. Nothing of that kind ; I don't believe Fanny would take a pin that didn't belong to her I You know those horrid Todds. One of 'em my husband is in business with. Well, they bother my very life out with their everlasting visiting, and when they get inside of the door, they are so sociable and informal, that they invite themselves to lunch and to dinner, and to spend the evening, exactly as if they wire con ferring a favor upon me by so doing. Quite as much for Charlie's sake, as be cause I am a moral coward, have I al ways treated them politely, and even cordially. Well, to-day, as I stood look ing through the blinds, out of my win dow, I saw the old maid Todd, who is the biggest bore of all, heading for the house. I thought about your coming to lunch, and knew that she would spoil our good time entirely, and determined to be " out." Fanny was just coming up stairs as the bell rang. Said I in a whisper, " Fanny, tell that lady I am not at home !" Suoh a look as the hussy gave me, and walked straight into my room. " Fanny," said I, Why in the world don't you open the door "r" "Because, Mrs. Burt," she replied, with as much deliberation as if that con founded old maid wasn't pulling away at the gong. " Because, as much as I like you I cannot tell that lie to oblige you." "But," I reasoned, "that is no lie, Fanny I It isn't at all likely that I would bbU you to tell a regular lie." "It is nothing the to me !" ehe an swered doggedly, "and I wouldn't tell it for my own mother." Just then I heard the cook making for the door, and I leaned over the banisters and said : " Not at home, Sarah !" and the deed was done. Of course, after such an act of insubordination, I was compelled to discharge Fanny ; and she has been such a good girl. It makes me sick to think of it." " It makes me sick to think you are suoh a fool," I oould not help answer ing. " Discharge a girl because she has too much principle to liel Thin morniug congratulating yourself that you had at last found an honest and capablo ser vant, and this noon sending her away, because thU very honesty makes it as impossible for her to lie for you as to you. If you haven't quite lost your senses, you will take eff that girl's things, and make what reparation you and in your power." " Apologize to my servant '(" said she, with flashing eye and burning cheek. " Yet, ma'am ! True nobility always takes its hat off to principle. Your ser vant, this time, is your moral superior, and for the sake of her influence on your children, to say nothing of the good she may be able to do you, it is your duty to keep her in your family if you can. A little rough, certainly, but not a whit more than she deserved. For a full moment she sat in silence, then has tily excusing herself, left the room. The lunch bell rang, and as we seated our selves at the table, I was deeply gratified t) find Fanny occupying her usual place, attending to the wants of the fam ily. It had been a great trial to the good girl, and her eyes wera red and swollen with weeping, but, thank heav en, principle conquered for once. ow, I do not think Mrs. Burt at all to blame for her dislike to the Todd fam ily. They were just what she repre sented, a set of bores, social sponges, go ing from house to house, smelling out food things to eat, and tit bits of scan al to roll like sweet morsels under their tongues. But the first question is, what right has a woman to allow her self to be bored r What right has any one to trespass upon your valuable time t Who has a right to invade your home sanctuary V There is only ono decent way of disposing of such folks, and that is by giving them fully to understand that their room is better than their com pany. "Not at home," aside from its lying significance, only postpones the evil day. They will come to-morrow, or next day, and early enough in all prob ability to insure a reception. Do you ask what Mrs. Burt should have done in the instance above cited V This. She should have gone down to the parlor, and after a formal lady-like greeting, remarked, " Miss Todd, you will be com pelled to excuse me this morning, I have an engagement, shortly, which will oc cupy all the time I have at my disposal to-day," or words to that effect If, af ter that, she persisted in dropping in, the simple word " engaged " might pos sibly reach her case. In fact I never saw but a very few who were not cured by an occasional application of this con ventional rod I And for this reason I do not believe in the use of the word be tween friends. Ladies with great appa rent justice complain, that they are obliged in sheer social self-defence, to plead " not at home," because of the af front conveyed in almost every instince where tbey declare an engagement. In large cities where it spoils a whole day to make a single call, on account of the distance to be traversed, it is very bard for a lady, after a three or four miles trip, to present herself at a friend's house, and be intormed that tho individ ual in question is engaged. To me it seems utterly heartless, and for my own part I should never, under any circum stances, ring that door-bell again. This may be exceptionably excusable; but only so. There might arise extreme ca ses, emergencies, sudden household trou bles where this would bo a sufficient apology, but such armistice calamities are exceedingly rare, and even under the pressure of the most distressing circum stances, a true woman will always re member the friend who waits in her parlor. From the bottom of my heart, I really believe that women should plead engaged much oftcner than they do. I believe that many waste years of valua ble time upon vain, hearties, and stu pid men and women, who haven't a thought above the adornment of their own persons, and the discussion of their neighbors' wardrobes. It is seldom of the least use to attempt to play mission ary to Buch. Precept and example are alike lost upon them, and the result reached by the missionary is invariably nervousness, and brain demoralization, if no other. " I may have a sincere re gard for a friend, and yet be up to my eyes in some kind of housework or sew ing, and in dishabille, what can be done then '(" you ask. If a friend waits, one you care to see, I haven't the least doubt but you will find it easy enough to man age. I am of course speaking now to those who are known to be workers by their friends. If a gentleman, and you cannot leave your pickling and preserv ing, run up and tell him so. Surely, your wrapper and linen collar will ad mit of such a visit. If a lady, invite her down. Ten to one you can teach her something, and ten to one she would en joy her call under such circumstances a thousand times more than in the drawing-room. Do anything but say you are engaged to a friend, or not at home to an enemy. A New Decorative Art Painting "Black" Eyes. JKsthctic longings may, perhaps, be satisfied with a passing glance at the pictures in Goupil's or Schaua' windows, in Broadway, New York, but there are charms about a particular sign in Chat ham square which rivets the attention. No illustration from fistiana can have a more striking effect. There stand por trayed, within the fistic ring, two noble brutes tparring away, with potato-like tuberculosa configuration of heads, the grogginess wonderfully hit off, the eyes especially showing those peculiar irides cent tints, the results of their manly calling. Under the heroes runs this legend : " Black eyes made natural in ten minutes.' As a question of social statics, we fear it never can be satisfactorily answered how many black eyes are administered daily to the inhabitants of New York. If ever we can arrive at a tabulated statement, then may we hope some new Buckle will be forthcoming who may found on it some imposing theqiy, throwing fresh lights on the civilization of this great American Republic. It is presumable, however, reversing for once the true order of political economy, that since the supply of black eyes was un limited, a demand must have arisen for some ready method of concealing these fortuitous adornments of the human face. " Is it a regular business ?" we asked of the owner of the establishment. "Are your artistic talents often called into play ?" " Every day, sir. This neighborhood would be entirely lost without me. I have a constant run of custom. My pallet is always in demand. From prac tice, I have acquired that certainty of touch, that delicacy of handling with out mannerism or stiffness, which is the perfection of art." " What is the price of of " " Of obliterating those accidental hues which sometimes disfigure the human face divine t From one dollar to fifty ceuts, according to the customer and the nature of the bung." . " Bung! what is bung?" we inquired. "A bunged eye. For ne dollar I lavish all the subtleties of my art. First, there is the ground-work to be nicely assorted to the complexion, then oomes in the flesh-tints, then the utubres and the shadings. Sometimes, sir, I have been so happy in my effects in restoring an injured eye, that I have absolutely eolipsed the sound one, so much so, that I have been forced to work upon the good eye, in order to restore a balance of effect. I have been paid t23 for what was my best miniature work. That eye belonged to a very nice gentleman in Wall street, who said he had acci dentally fallen on a curb-stone broker. . Trrj;"" 1 Fifty cents is my charge for roughs and politicians. I average about ten eyes a day. Monday is mostly a busy day, and the crop comes in from Saturday to Sunday. - St. ' Patrick's Day brings a perfect harvest. A politioal reception of an Assemblyman from Albany always keeps me busy. I set my pallet especially for the German peace jubileo, but would you believe it, sir, it was a dead loss of time and material 1 - Those Germans have not the least idea of how to enjoy themselves in a rational way.". "Do women ever come to you ?" " "Frequently, sir; always closely veiled. I have been sent for, too, in the most mysterious and. romantio ways, in a carriage, to repair female damages." Of course," we remarked, v nobody ever came with a black eye in a legiti mate way." " Hardly ever knew a oaso, sir. Mostly it's kindling wood that does it. It is amazing how spiteful kindling-wood is, and how it will fly at a man's head when he tries to split it. Baseball, too, seems to have a particular liking for the human countenance. Pumps and posts and gas-lamps ought to be instantly removed, from the tendency they have to black innocent people's eyes. In a pretty careful diagnosis of tho disease, I think I may safely say that I never yet met with a party where the primary causo was knuckles." " Is it a cash business '(" " Impossible to conduct it otherwise. Sometimes, after the picture is painted and varnished, the money is hard to get. If the party goes back on us, we usually ask permission to add one finishing touch. This we put on with an extra daub of Prussian blue, which quite de stroys the general harmony. We can afford to lose the money, but can t al low parties to get the better of us." " Do our colored brethren ever call on your" " Never had a case. The race, sir, is above these distinctions of color. You may swell their heads, but their com plexion never alters. If we had a branch in Liberia, it could not make a living." The reporter left, olmost regretting that his optics were in their normal con dition, so sure was he that had they been in mourning his friend would not only have restored them, but even beautified them. We have every reason to ptide ourselves on havingin our midst a master hand in this necessary branch of decor ative nrt. N. Y. Correspondent. The Sto I of Laura Fair. Never were forty minutes better spent than by the twelve men who, in San Francisco, Wednesday afternoon, decided the guilt of the woman who calls her self Laura Fair. For careers less loath some, Borgia and Brinvilliers are syno nyms of womanish atrocity. We are no believers in the practice of hanging, but so long as that method is adopted as the highest expression of the justice of the age, we see no reason why a rational woman who does doliberate murder should not suffer the penalty tqually with her fullow-inan. But we note the universal (and creditable) shrinking from the hanging of a woman as one of the strong arguments against prescrib ing for this crime a punishment that cannot be enforced. Are we to hold that deliberate murderers of the male sex should be hung, while equally guilty ones, who, being women, have fallen lower to reach that depth, should not ir Is it wiso to bring law into con tempt by disregarding it 't Or is it wise to have a law, the execution of which, in a case like this, will shook the sense of the civilized world, and make even good men hate it V Guilty as is Laura Fair, she is a woman. She may possibly be brought to the gallows though we greatly doubt it ; but hur presence there will make more clear to all the barbarism of hanging the need of some punish ment for murder that does not make the chances in favor of escape for such as her bo enormous. The lesson from the career of this woman cannot be emphasized by minute details of her crimes, hence the full re cord of the trial has found no place in our columns. Her life, however, is too strongly suggestive to be passed with out a glance. She was born in Alabama, and, through poverty and neglect, reached womanhood without knowing the wholesome atmosphere of home. The family removed to New Orleans when Laura was sixteen, and here the girl resolved to enter the world under new circumstances. Bright iu mind and exceedingly comely iu person, she soon found full investment for her capital. She caught a rich husband. She was eighteen and be was eighty. His senile jealousy drove her to the remedy of di vorce ; but while the action was pending the dotard died in delirium tremens, and the adventuress found herself the mis tress of an ample fortune. She married within a month, and in less than three was the widow of a suicide. With the semblance of decent Borrow fresh upon her, she took another husband, Col. Fair, and the fortune of the first running low, she emigrated with this one to Virginia City, Nevada, where she set up a hostelry, styled the " Fair House." The amiable Colonel made way for some one else by blowing his brains out, and the incor rigible widow, sated with her matri monial ventures, essayed fame and for tune on the San Francisco stage. Her's were the arts, however, which do not show to full advantage on the mimic scene, and her first appearance as Lady Teazle was also her last. One conquest she made was the final cause of the present scandal. She captivated the susceptible heart of A. P. Crittenden, an ex-Judge and an eminent lawyer. Prac ticing all the arts of a matchlesscunning, she lured him from wife and home, lob bing him meantime of all the could get. Witt his money, she pensioned her mother comfortably, and re-established herself in the Fair House in Virginia City. While still intriguing with Crit tenden, she met some eue else possessed of money and made herself his wife. Without identity or apparent purpose, this fourth " husband " flits aimlessly across the hideous scene. It suited the aim of Jezebel to remove this Naboth that she might make her way into a neighboring vineyard, so she shot him. This, at any rate, was candid ; but even Nevada justice frowned at it, and the enchantress was brought to trial. She was defended by Crittenden so eloquently and ably, that the Judge seems to have forgotten the law and the jury the facts, for she was triumphantly acquitted. The favorite of fortune and favored of lustice sunnorted her melancholv widow. hood a few months, and in 1868 made a new marriage feast, taking to her arms a man of doubtful morals but undoubted wealth, who figures on the scene as "Snyder." She -looked upon Snyder's money ana it was good ; sue looked upon Snyder and thought Crittenden was better. lired of the sanguinary method, she cave Snyder the choice of a divorce, and lie, amiable man, furnished a titua- ation which, when brought into court, achioved a legal separation within a month. 1 Crittenden durinir these matrimonial transfigurations still maintained his fatuous devotion to the adventuress. He gave her something like $70,000 al together. At the timo of the Snyder episode ho, however, seems to have real ized the part he was playing, lie sent for his wife and family, and meantime informed Mrs. Fair that ho conld have nothing more to do with her. She flooded him with letters and denuncia tions. She threatened an exposure of his relations with her. Receiving no answers to these ravings, she thrust her self upon him in his office and avowed herself his wile. She dared him to cast her off. The next day she shot him dead, as he sat beside his wife and chil dren, v ! 1 ; 1 ,f '3 Of the infamies of the trial we have no purpose to speak.. The worn out plea of insanity was put forth, but the jury were not impressed with it. The woman faced her judge and jury with matchless assurance, in the very face of Mrs. Crittenden, declaring herself her victim's " lawful wife before God." She held what is termed ' advanced views f womanhood," and some of them she had put in practice. Perhaps a sober con templation of this fearful case may con vince ladies of her way of thinking that those fantastic theories which strip wo man of the proverbial attributes of the sex, can have no other logical result in practice than to reduce, woman to the condition of a monster. If the life of Laura Fair, who now stands convicted of one of her murders, is more horrible than the lives of others of her school, it is not because her principles are any worse than those of the average marriage reformer, but because Bhe has been more consistent and courageous in acting up to their ultimate tendencies. Tribune. THE SEW HOTEL T DATT0X, OHIO. A Magnificent nml Commortloru Institu tion The progress of tho Western cities within the last decade h:is been little less than wonderful. Hamlets have grown into towns, and beantiful cities have risen as if by magic, where but a comparatively short time since luxuriant forests waved, or broad prairies rolled away toward the setting sun. But of all the cities of the West, possibly none have improved more, or shown greater evidence of permanent prosperity, than the lovely city of Dayton, Ohio. The centre of a fine agricultural district, it is also a railroad centre, and stands like a colossus spanning four of the most im portant avenues of travel in the United States. Provided by the hand of liber ality with an Opera-house, at once the admiration and envy of less favored communities, it only needed a first-class hotel to give it that prominence which its position and resouroes demanded. 'Tis true, the Phillips House was a good hotel, but it was built in the olden time, and belongs wholly to the Dayton ot the past ; and in this nge of mammoth establishments for the accommodation of the public made but a sorry display indeed. Mr. Louis Iteibold, its proprietor, however, saw the great need for a hotel that would rank with the famous Gait House of Louisville, and kindred estab lishments in the West, and with com mendable zeal and public spirit he set about supplying the desideratum. For four months an army of artizans labored incessantly, and, at last, out of their toil grew the present magnificent BECKEL HOUSE, Perfect in all Its mammoth proportions, and a perfect treasure-house of comfort. Some idea of this stupendous edifice can be arrived at when we state that it has a frontage of two hundred and seventy five feet on Third street, and something more than two hundred feet on Jeffer son ; that it has one hundred and fifty chambers, with innumerable spacious corridors ; that it takes forty four hund red yards of carpet to cover sixty-three bedrooms, and that, in the furnishing of the house, eight thousand yards of car pet were used. These carpets, together with the linen of the establishment, of which there is an immense supply, were purchased at A. T. Stewart's emporium, in New York, and cost a sum which some persons might consider fabulous. Another New York firm, that of Jaffrey & Son, supplied the tapestry, which is of the finest texture and most unique de sign, while the somewhat famous house of Mitchel & Rauimelsburg, of Cincin nati, manufactured the furniture. Many of the sets are from original designs, and are elaborately finished. The break Th at and dining-room will compare favorably with anything of the kind, either East or West, and the cuisine, besides being in charge of a capable caterer, is an embodiment of neatness, taste, and convenience. The pantrys, into which have been crammed a great many new and capital ideas, hold five thousand dollars' worth of silverware. The first floor is paved with marble, a feature which cost fl.iOOO, and looks ex ceedingly rich. It cost money to erect and furnish a structure like the Beckel House, and we understand a fraction over seventy-five thousand dollars have already been ex pended on the furniture. This is prince ly, and the travelling publio will, no doubt, give a substantial recognition of the tact as soon as the opportunity is anoraea it. Taking it all in all, the Beckel House is worthy of an epoch that has given America the Lindell, Occidental, Gait, and Ogden House, and Dayton should be proud of its grand hotel. l.ouixrille (Kg.) llaily ledger. May b. Sane at last I "For five years," writes a gentleman at Harrisburg, Fa., " I was on a wild-goose chase after reme dies for dyspepsia. I have taken firtt and last enough "infallible cures" to tluat a tolly bout, and the more i aval' lowed the faster I got no better. Luck ily, or rather providentially, it came into my head to try Dr. Walker's Vegeta ble Vinegar Bitters. This was about five months ago. Iu less than six weeks not a twinge remained to remind me of the complaint. I am perfectly well, and have only one regrets that I did not ilit- totcr the true qteajic sooner" There are several kinds of worms which trouble hjrseB; the pin-worms (pointed at both ends) are the most com mon . and most dangerous. Mterulun'i Cavalry Condition Pottdert will in a few days eject the worms, and the horse will tx gin to thrive. Factories and machine shops should A 1 I 1 . .., . I I. uuv vo auowea to run Wltuout jonntoni Anodyne Liniment. In case of a sud den accident, an immediate use of it may save weeks of suffering, and per- iiuiu, wr evtn me. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Jcte in the United States. Mr. E. H. Derby, of Boston, writes to the Uonimissioner of Agriculture : it is obvious that into has been suc cessfully introduced into this country, and flourishes in the moist bottom lands of the Southern States. I entertain no doubt that it will grow wherever the oane grows, on the moist soils of the South, and I believe that the India plant is best suited to our requirements. I trust you will urge yonr correspondents to preserve and circulate the seed which they have raised, and to plant it when they plant the cotton. If the Depart ment of Agriculture had done nothing else, it seems to me it has earned all the Government has appropriated for it by introducing and acclimating this valu able plant. I deem it almost as great an acquisi tion to the country as cotton itself. It yields one of the cheapest fibres nature produces. It is raised in India, and I presume can be raised here for less than oue-bulf the cost of hemp, and for one fourth the cost of cotton. It has been produced in India for one cent per pound of fibre. It is woven not only into gunny cloth and gunny bags, but enters largely into carpets and many kinds of tissues. In India jute has been constantly gaining upon cotton. Eng land has imported from India of this article more than rJO,000,000 pounds in a single year; and we last year im ported more than 19,000,000, which cost more than $3,000,000, and sold at the South for $5,000,000. It is used there chiefly to envelop cotton. If wo had diverted that amount of labor from cot ton to jute we might have raised a much larger quantity at home, and at the same time have increased the value of our cotton crop. The juto seems to me to be a plant admirably adapted to the wants ot the Soutti. The South requires it for bale cloths, also to divert labor from ootton, and to employ the operatives during inclement seasons in the manu facture of cloth. I presume that tho mechanism used in Kentucky for spin ning and weaving nenip will be appro priate for jute. Blackberries. 1. Blackberry Brandy. Ten quarts of blackberries make one gallon of juice. To ono gallon of juice add four pounds of sugar. Boil and skim it. Strain, and add one ounce of cloves, one ounce of ground cinnamon, ten grated nutmegs, and boil again. When cool, add one quart of best brandy or whisky. 2. Blackberry Cordial. Three pounds of ripe blackberries and one pound of white sugar ; let them stand twelve hours; press the juice and strain it. Add ono-third of good spirits, and to every quart a teaspoonful of fine ly powdered allspice. It is at once fit for use. 3. Blackberry Wine. Bruise the blackberries, and to every gallon add one quart of water. Let the mixture stand tor twenty-four hour?, stirring occasion ally ; strain off the liquor into a cask, to every gallon adding two pounds of sugar ; cork tight, and let stand until the following October, aud the wine will be ready without straining or boiling. A Bombshell In Rothschild's Counting Room. The original Rothschilds have still a large banking-house at Frankfort-on-the-Main. It is situated at the foot of the Jews' street, near the place where the old Anselm, the founder of the firm, was born. On the 19th of April the peaceable inmates of that house became terror-stricken. A Frenchman had en tered the counting-room in the morning, demanding the payment of four million francs for the Commune at Paris, threat ening the whole Rothschilds' family with neBixuction in case oi a retusai to pay the required bounty. The fool was shown the door, but immediately after his exit a small bombshell, like those of Orsini, filled with nitro glycerine, ex ploded in the vestibule in front of the counting-room, in consequence of which a heavy wall, separating the anti-room from the office, was driven in and one of the inmates badly wounded. The police got bold ot the miscreant it is not yet ascertained whether he is simply a fanati cized fool or a member of a secret society ordered to commit the act. Extensive Art-Gallery NTt tn the Bible, no book is more useful than Webster's Dictionary. The Unabridged is an extensive art-aallerv. containing over three thousand tngravings, representing almost every animal, insect, reptile, im plement, plants, etc., which we know anything about. It is a vast library, giving information on almost every mentionable subject. It indeed has been weu remarKea that it is the most re markable compendium of human knowledge in our language. Iloueeliald Adcorate. New York Market. FLOfB ami Mkai The market wai aetivo and fli in iu a general way. Kye Hour leiw active lint Una. Coin meal In cooii dbmnnd mid rirm quote: Flour Western and buto upertlne, j50 a ti.'JO; HlnppinK exuan, U10 (6.40; Wemum Jl'iiuK whra extra and uouule exuaa jki&o a I? 75 ; do wluter wheat rxtraa aud douhle extra, fu.&o , 4.7S ; Southern Rhlpuinfr extrus,$G70 a 7 do. trade and family uraud. i;.aO a (t. hye Hour, 4.5 a fli. IS. Com meal Weu n aud Brandy wine. fj.70 a (4.20. ' Ci KOCER1R0. Coffee Bteadv j tales Rio at 18lj a 16ko. aud Marauaibo at 14 H a 17c, both gUd, duly paid. lUeeJO'.uluK ate a7)ofor i-aunoou.auds atilto. for t aroili a. fttilu in deiuaud ; 1:110a Muaou. vado 38 a 45o i al o New orle.au at M a sso. Muiiar rather ennier s fair to -o. a renuiug, 7 h a Se.; s Irs Cuba atsa 10 ., the lmtir ior 1 la. .lied, aud 1 ooj boxes at lo a 10 Ve. Ittttued auxars dull: baids. WSo. Cottox The market on the spot was active at a He advance; aalea at liltc. lor tutrfdliug- up. lHoda, and 14Ho. for low niiudliug-. Fortmuie do. lively kuti u autaijce. fil'NDmK. Rosin was firm at (Z40 for strained Spirit turpentine very firm at hi a o2lto. Petro leum was very artive und price higher ; & 000 bbls buyer' optiou, May.suid at 25u., and there weie large sale for future delivery at 2&a25Hc. for all Juue, andw.c. ior Julys crude held al 14ac, with 14c. bid. Ta low was quiet but linn at fto. Wul- aey more active at a io. relUl higher 1 wheat to Liverpool, by a team, 8d. PKOVisiONt.-I'ork was lower bnt closed flrmi salo- of l.OuO bbl. mess for May aud J uue at (17, aud a Jobbing business at (14 for prime, (17 tor mes aud (15.S0 for crime nieaa Beef win mi Imi. ut S7 a Ait tor plain and extra mes in bbls , (a a (27 so lor priu.e men, and a a (31 for India lues. Bee! bams quiet i V-u a vou, a luquui.iy. l;ut meatSCoUtlUue in light deiuaud, and pi ire steady: picaled baiaa IIWC. Baconduil u 8V S Kite, fur kIi ifrihaml l.m elenr, Stto. ior Cumberland, and a site, for shut 1 eleax. liressed hi g iowerui 7 s. a sc. Lard irregu lar; 111(0. wa bid (or prime Western on uut ; sales at 10 So Ior Ho. 1 W stern and prime city ; alao June at lltc.. and 11 Ite. was bid for July. Butter quiet at 14 a lie. for Western. 17 a 2os fur Suite, .nil 90 a www. w. Muia. blicrw uumiuai. GRAIN. Wheat onened lc hiuher. hut lea aHva and the improvement was ubequeutly lost. Hales al (1.60 a (1 68 for new Hprlog iu store and artoat, eioinaat (1.17; also amber wln'er at (l.Uatl.oO for ola aud new. nvewa quiet and dim at (1.10 for Slate. Barley sternly ; sales of Canada West, at (1.10 in store Outs dull a-id wea ; sale of car lot at 68 1 a use. for white Ohio afloat, and ausj a 67o. f ir Western afloat. Corn iu good demand and ttnn : aalea at 80 a 81o. for Weateru yellow, and 78 a Sc. tor Western mixed, afloat. LIVE STOCK V AIket Thnra waa a fair itamnn for beeves al 11 alto to., with a tew selections at 14al4tc. 1 he demand for abeep ws light and sales slow at (It aec. Id. for ordinary to guoUsueared. ljunb ere selling at 12)t a lie. to. Calves were dull at 7 a 8c. ft IB. fur milk fed. and ( a c lor buttermilk fed The market wa weak for live hogs at 3a a 60. B)., and dull for dressed at 7 a so. 4 fu., the lowest Tho Oldest Jinn. There is a man living in the mountains of North Carolina, Bays the Louisville Courier-Journal, no more thanforty miles from Greenville, South Carolina, who hns reached tho extraordinary age of 143 years. At tho time of Braddock's defeat he was twenty years old, aud had a wife and three children. A gentleman at Greenville states that this man, who has come down to us from a former genera tion, has always been in moderate cir cumstances, lived upon a coarse vege table diet, that he has never ('rank any water but spring water, and bi.ls lair to live many years longer. He enjoys per fect health, possesses all of manhood's attribute", and wishes to marry. . He has survived ssven wives, and having loot his last one about sixty years ago, he now begins to feel lonely. ADVERTISEMENTS AGENTS WANTED bnslnes. for mnle nr f emBle, to can vm for oar Fine OvhI srrien of s eel rviigravlnrs, and onr Arch Top Series of Stipei lor Crayon Pilms. (nrt for Circu lar UUUuK ar WINNER, Middlelown, N. Y. reoplaf Literary Companion. Best Family Paper. .UTEA.11 FNGINe. WITH HOlLKIt FOIt I J KAI.KCHKAP Rlv liort.Am.wMV. pntt..r nm- or, in good running 01 der. Hold to make room for a larger one. Addret FRANKLIN 1'RINTl.NU CO., Mlddietow o, N. V 11 (OK, BOOK. Send mump for acnlnloRiie. w.a jr., fmu aim wauiut, rima. JfLASTIO HAND STAMP? I J-The (neatest J iim-niion ot the hk for Printing on l'aper, Wood, MetuM, fcv Kverv uu-lness man needfl one.. Price f.l to (ft. Deiii sent .free. Ajrent vautud. HM ITU, HALL A CO., Wi Corllandt St., M. Y. 8288 in 1 6 DAYS. yon want s nitnttinn a aleman at or nenr home, to make to 20 a lav elilnK our new 7 sirnml W7i ite Wire VMhrt thin to lat jorev- r. Ad diws Hudton litter Wire Woikt.SH.Vi VOltK, or CHICAGO, Illinois. FIRE WORKS MI FANCY COODS AND TOYS. josephbTpurdy. 32 nnd 34 Muldi n I.nnc, New Turk, IMPORTER ASD EXPORTER, AND MANU FACTUltUIl'S AtiiST, Fire Works in Every Variety. 10 00 BOXHOP FIRE CKA0KKR3. FRENCH, KNOl.IHII Aftll OKUMaIS TOYS. 100 Cases of Palm Leaf Fans. Toys, Fancy Oonds, Bradley's Croquet and out door sports of all kinds. ry A n experience ot 34 yearn enables me to antict pa'e the want of ihe public, and at pricm that all unlldetm reasonable. (3 I ft A WEKK. Greenbacks for alL For ctr-tJff-f-VJ ciilm-A, ifcc, address with stump, c. W. H.M11H. Soco, Maine. FllAlUtANT SAP0L1EXE Cleans Kid Oloves and nil kinds of Cloths and Clothing; removes Paints Grease, Tar, etc., inntant. III. without the least Injury to the finest lnbrio. bold by Drnggtst atid Fancy Goods Healer, j- KA GRANT aAl'OulK.NE CO., 3:1 Bwcluv St., Jiew Vork. 48 La Salle St., Chicago. VIN EOAU how marie In 10 hour without dm a. raruculnra 10 ota, . Haok, Cromwell, Jomi. REDUCTION OF PRICES TO CONFORM TO REDUCTION OF DUTIES. GREAT SAVING TO CONSUMERS BY GET TINO Ve CLUBS. 17 Send for our new Price List nnd a Clnb form will accompany it, containing fu.l directions mak ing a large saving to consumers and remunerative to clus organizers. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 31 ok 33 VESEY STREET, New York. P. . Ilm it(4:i. 1,500. OOO ACRES OF THE RICHEST FARMING LANDS IN THE WORLD, For Sale to Actual Settlers. NEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. MISSOURI, KANSAS. AND I EXAS RAILWAY COMPANY. CARS KOVf RUNMNd .166 MILKS. The Lands offered bv tills Comuanv are within 20 miles each sie of the road, uxiou.ilng 170 miles along the NKOSHO VALi EY. the ilchest. finest. aud most iuvlting In tle West. fit, UK e i.A.Mi.-t-m so per acre credit of ten rears' time. TKIOIS (IK BALK One tenth down at the time of uurrhAse. One-tenth each vear after till paid For further Info mi.tion, addtess maAt i. iiuuu.uw, jjiinii (.ommisaioncr, Ntoalio Fai.ih. Kansas SIXPEK CENT. INTEKKST, fllKB O GOVERNMENT TAX. LV.ARKET SAVINGS BANK. H'J NA8SAU ST.. NEW-YORK Open dally from 10 A. H. to 3 P. and on MON DAYS and THU RSDAY8 from t to 7 1. M. larerest cemmesoes on tho Aral day of eaoli month. WM. VAN NAME. President HENRY R. CONKLIN. Socretarr. THEA-NECTAR IS A PURE BLACK TEA with the Green Tea Ftetwr. War. 'anted to suit all tustes. for ale everywhere. Aud for sals iiolesiilo onlv br the l.rent Itlnntic fc. I'nclllc Ten Co., ciiurch m., isew i org. r. u. iux Aout far Thta- aeciar circular. 1 ANTED AOKNT8, (fWnrr day) to sell the MACHINE. Has tli o uiuler-fetd. makes th "lockttitcti" (alike both sides), nnd !sui!v iueneeet. The uestaua cheapest umuy Hew ' IngMachlne in the market. AddressJOHN SON, CLARK A CO., Boston, Mass., i'tiu bnrh-n. Pa., Cliicage. 111., or bt. Louia, Ho. 1,003 GIFTS. GRAND GIFT CONCERT A DISTRIBUTION 1XDR THE DKSKF1T OF The yoiindUna Aeylum, Bietert of Charitu, .Yew t urK, una cornier una nation ur pham' Jlome. Watliinyton. lo be held In Washington D. 1'., under nnd by vlr. tile bf a uerinit from Hon. A. Plensiint n. Commis. sloner of luteruul Revenue, oa Wednesday, June The following Gifts will be awarded the Success. iui ucset iioiuuis uy me coiuimihiotiers: 4 a: on- BrUk House &6 N. Caivert HL. Rnltimore. la-.000. 240 urits Timber Laud In Wsshiiigiou Co., Mil., w tli three Dwellings and Mw Will, lying on Che. Ohio Cauiil, friu.ouo. a stoiy m lck House, no. ion Bt.. junto, sib.fiuo. 3 story uric uoune. 2(10 Couwav bt. Ralto.. S7 500. 1 Hue Residence nesl- Ooviinstown, 3 miles from uslto., on Pssseuger It. W., ll.ouo. l tiiio Resilience near Govansiown, ame lo-.ution, iii.ono. 1 tine keaidouca near t4o- vuustown, ssiue locution, $,&oo. 1 flue Residence neur Oovuubiowa, same locution 7,G00. 7 Lots ad totulnr above sm. urban iiioii. riy. 2.o00 each. tl7.- Alio, aoo Cash Gifts, i.to.tiw Bonus, urownsvlile l'reciuct and Lincoln eouiilv N bruska. 7 tier cent. Ji ld tut. M.000 U. S, Humid, 10,000 N. c. Suite lends, 110 Shares National Mechnmra' Rank. Bal. to .100 Shares Citizens' Mitioual bai k, Hullo., lis) finurta Moriu rn t emrai K it.. 100 Shsies Kile R. It.. 20 Shares Balto. 4 Ohio R R . 20 Shares Phllu. Wilmington Bsit-i R. R. 62,coo 'i iCKJtrs only will tiA luilit al &Ti encli. ft'f.o Win. Hon. II Mcuot.t.oi'CiH, lk ton. Md., I Commie ilnj. fcRO. T. Castlk. Balto, Mil., I eionert. Utn.J.S N sulky, M. ('., Plttsbnrg, Pa., Trtute: Jieferenree: Mul..i.en. D. Hunter. IT. H. A.. A ash lnvton, D. C, Hon. Jus. H Negley, PitiHuurg Pa., First national Bank, Hawerstown. Md.. Apple, mau A Co , Bankers, Bageratown.llon 11. J.Brtut, luie ah y i.eu'i, iiaillmoie. Deeds of the above Real estate certified by coun sel. In the hsuda of the Trustee. ickkth and Cir culars can be had .f W. li. Ms TZKKwTT oi CO., Music Denier nil Penu. Aveuue.Waslilngton, D. C. or P. c. DkVLIN, ueueiul Agent, Btuuer aud niiiri, .it i-iassiiu nr., inew ior. Ordty by mail will receive piompt uttontii n. Agents. Read This ! WBWII.L BAY AGENTS A SALARY of 830 per week a d expense, er allow large commission, to sou our new womierrui lnven tious. H. WAOJNi.it A CO., Marshall. Mich. TRIX The genuine perfume for the Dream. Allies i-uukub, v.m auu ....... Iitl. In All T Mold everywhere. Sent bv BiuU for 10 eta. TK1A. CO., nocnesier, . . J. F. Henry, Wholesal" Depot, s College Place, N. Y. K nliler dt VVetlieroil, Wholesale Depot, 67 John at , New York. . . DUTCHER'S LICHTNINu v FLY KILLER AM ' . ' I DEAISHOT POn BHD I3UGS. Try thorn, and Slaep In Poaco t "Eight O'clock!" A GREAT ,MED!Cf.l. DISCOVERY. ) i MIl-l.IOXf llrnr Testimony la the , Wonderful Curative GITert of DH. HALKICU'S CALIfdIIMA J. ritm Pronrtm-r. n H. Mrt)iK.i.n i n n.n . nOcn.Al'u.,rtuFn'ni-leo,OC, iniiasMlft Cem I ) mcrcc u N.Y. vitircnr Blilrrs are notavllo Fancy Drink. Made. of Poor Itnm, Whiskey, Proof Hplrlt naJ Ucfuso Liquors doctored, spiced and sweet-, cued to nlcnto tUo taste, called "Tonics," "Aprie- tlacrs" " licstorcrs," c, that lead tbo tippler on to drunkenness and rntn, bnt areatrneMcdlclnc.made. ' fram Ilia Katlvo Roots and Ilcrb or California, free from nil Alcoholic Sttmnlnntn. They are Hie nit EAT BLOOD PUKIFIF.P and A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLEt a perfect Reno v:ilnr nnd Invigorator of tho System, carrying oil all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition. No person enn take thcuolllttcrs accord ing to directions and remain long onwcll, provided their bones ore not destroyed by mineral poison or oilier means, and tho vital organs wasted beyond he point of repair. They are a Gentle Purgative a well aa a Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit of acting as n powerful spent In rollovlngCon gestion or Inflam mation of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs. FOX FK.HALK COMPLAINTS, whether In young or old, mnrried or slugle, nt the dawn ef vo- nanlinnil r.r nl tlin turn ft Ufa 41MSA Tonifl Hitter have no equal. For Inflninmntorr nnd Chronic Rheumn- tinm nnd Gont, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Illlioiis, Remittent and Intermittent rov ers. Diseases oi"tho Blood, Liver, Kidneys, nnd Bladder, these Bitters havo boon most suc cessful. Such Diseases ore caused by Vitiated Blood, which Is generully produced by derange ment of the Dtffentivo Orgnns. DYSPEPSIA ORINDIGESTION.Ileailache Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of theStomnch, Had taste In the Mor.th, Bilious Attacks, Fulpltatlon of the Heart, lnf.cmmatlon of the Langs, Fain In the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, arc tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. They invlgorato the Stomach and stimulate the tor pid liver nnd bowels, which render them of unequal led cfllcacy la cleansing tho blood of all Impurities, nnd Imparting now life and vigor to the whole Bystem.' FOR. SKIN DISEASES. Eruptions, Tetter, Bait llhcum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Hcad, Boro J.ye, Erysipelas, Itch, Scnrfs, Dlscoloratlons of the Skin. Humors and Dlier.sos of tho Skin, of whatover name or nature, arc llternllydngnp and carried out of the system In a short time by trie use of these. Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most lurredu of their curative effect. Clems" the Vitiated Blood whenever yon fln. Its imparities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Friintlon or Sores, cleanse It when yon And It ob- . rtrncted and slui'glsh In tlio veins: cleanse It when It Is foal, nnd vonr feelings will tell you when. Keep the Iilooil pure aim me neanu 171 mu pjbicw Wilt follow. tit V ipinv. nnA other WtlflMA. lurking tU the system of so many thousands, are rftectnally de stroyed nnd removed. For full directions, read care fullv thnctrrnlar nronnd ench hottle, printed In four ' lunguages ut;llsli, Ciorman, French and Spanish. J. Walkzh, Proprietor. 1:. 11. wcuoxaid cc to.. Druggists and Oen. Agents, San Francisco, Ca!., and C2 nnd 31 Commerce Street, Xew York. rsT-SOI.a BY ALL DRUGGISTS AXD DEALERS. .Health ami Strength. aarffiUaLsitind-, - Throat and Lungs. Hl for ten rears Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar has been tested and proved 111 tliotiHiiihi of eai-es, ca pable of curing all Italics d thi Tircstlnl Lt:;j, performing wonderful cures. Null yuu lei preju. udiee prevent vnti from la-ing cured 11U0 1 C3. CSQCS'S 7mTI Of TAB is rich in theinediciu- al qualities of Tar, combined with Vegetable ill- greilieiits 01 unuouuieu vaiiie. 11 rapia r?icrcssz Estttel ttM&gh, cleanses the Stomach, ii-Ioa- the L.iverullu puts inein HJ mora, caueee me 'mi 10 igest, anu mnaes pure mono. 11 011 i emu-tea 1 sow why. we snow the lif:-7irii7 tecic trcsc-iioiof Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar. m e mliut you need. It cures all Cosslii and Cclit. mid its many vv- nder- ful cures ol Aa'.ia; sal BrcaiitU, haveunt!"fl m:uiy to call 11 as)ieuiuc iurilioHcoiiipliiitits. ftrcatail ments require but n feu done. All autleriiig ironi CcaiuaptloBornny tlseaseof tie Licgl should remem- oer tiinl LT. uiona nine 01 tai na uureu many cases pronounced inetiral'le. The Weil nd DtbUi'.i'.oi should remember it reo Mtot tad tsvigo:gi the ij'cuii, nml is taUts-glviag ul ipfotits-ruicrln?. . . f ' .7 . m-. n ,.!.- 1 . It aieu cures MTgr sea biafi;.B, auii nt its healthy action on the Mouiact), removes Syt- Mpils. Try one bottle. Take only Dr. Crook WiueofTar. Sold by Drucjjis.s. f Ocfilt, C:nf-.1)5S Tumnt, Scrofilsui CiMMM d tr.t EyK, or Scroima in anv form, Bhouiitisa. t'.cessei of tho Llvar, Slr tucl of thi &ia, Eraf.iiai, Fimplos, Belli, lot tor, 3:il Eoid, VT.ccn, sal ela Soros, or any disease ieeufing op a depraved con dition of the blood, take Er, Grc&s'l Cca poaad Syrc; of Poil E:rt. Ii is oonibineii with the besi touie preparations of iron known, and is the best Alterative anil Blood Funller made. Ciciaet rotti blcsd. Try one Itottle. Sold by Uruggial. Prepared only bv OLIVES CSOOX t CO., Bsjua, 0, THE BLEES PATENT Noiseless, Link-motion, Lock-stitch HEWING MiA-OHIlNE I: Challenges the world in perfection of work,, strength and beautv ot stitch, durability cf cun-. struction, and rapidity of mutlon. Call aud ex amine, nnd for agei cles and circular apply at Principal Ottli-H. lll.KKS SHWI.Nli MACUlNk: CO., Broadway, New York. Ivors' t ; ic s-rx' hoof In the Fnlted States Is on Rlnek's Sons' Factory . Kastnn, Pa. one-third ot a mile lung aud Is co red with Ilund.v Hoollne, CHEAP. DURABLE, snd easily anpiieil. Send for circular and samples to the niauuUrliiiera. READY ROOt'lNO CO., No. M Conrtland street, N w York. Count the day lost whose low descouiUng sun Reho.d no virtuous action done." WnAT A MATCH CTTVNK (PA ) FARMKK. . UA TO SAY AllOl'T .. . bout FOR HOUSES, , B ello ! my friend, why look so sad I '1 be weather fine to-day j Our farmer alwaya aheuld be glud Thi pleasant montk ot May . ; How can a man bo pleasant ks He ha a cilnnled L-sm 1 I 1 '11 sweeny ails my dsuule gray.. I And lingboue hune my ereain. f 1 Oh I man, why keep yonr horses lame T Why will you be a dunce I daw uatue thtiu well wilu Carey su. X. ft. a. . suu cure mew up at once. Oh I thank you. air, I'd qnlte f irgot ; ' I cured myself wlih U.K. S.K., , , when rheumatism made ate lavas, ' i A year ago 04 less. . , r , Likewise my other horse was hune With galls, and btni- so, toe 1 I cured hliu ell. wMh Carey 's O. E. H. ' J uat In a wt4 or two. My child got scalded verr had, 1 need Uil Carey's I. E. H. It stopped the sngulah ol Uie burn In h&lf an huur op la. ' 1 ugiuv ut tuv yeiir. A FARMER
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