SWINDLERS OUTWITTED. man In Which the Bller Una Oat nitten Hardly a day pauses, says a New York paper, that a complaint is net lodged at some ono of the police stations by a sjrangpr In the city who has been vij timized by confidence operators, bnt sometimes the confidence operator pickn np tho wrong man, and instead of swindling him gets the worst of the game himself, as the few instances given below will show. The neighborhood cf the Astor bonso and the City Hall park is a favorite re sort for these "crooks," owing to the proximity of the Jersey ferries. Not long since a gentlemen was noticed by one of the fraternity of swindlers cross ing the park, and, as he stopped to in spect the architeotnral monstrosities of the postoffloe, the operator approached him and said : " Can I be mistaken ? Is not this Mr. Edwards, of Boston ?" "No, sir, I am not," was the reply." "My name is An drews, I'm from Chicago." The opertor begged his pardon. The likeness to his friend Mr. Edwards, of Boston, was so remarkable it misled him, and he withdrew. The gentleman had hardly gone fifty feet from tho spot where he had been acoosted when a well dressed man of perhaps thirty five slapped him on the back" and said: "Why, An drews, old boy, how are yon? What ure you doing so far East as this ? How are all the boys in Chicago ? Come in nnl have a drink and tell me the news ? ' Mr. Andrews accepted the invitation, and bottle after bottle of champagne was ordored and drunk, always at the expense of the operator. Mr. Andrews explained that he had only about $10 in his pocket and a check for $8,500 that he was going to cash at the bank the next morning. This he showed his friend, and the si? lit of that and the diamond studs and gold wateh and chain he wore were enongh to make tho "crook" determine to "play" him. Mr. Andrews dined with his "old friend," wont to the theatre and then on a spree all over the city, the fritnd paying all expenses, and at i o'clock in the morn ing they parted, after Mr. Andrews had made an engagement to meet his com panion at 9:45 the next morning and go to tho bank, get tho check cashed, and then " own the town." As he stepped into the hack the "crook" called and paid for, he said, feeling in his pockets: " By tho way, some one in the last divo must have picked my pocket of that $10 bill. Lend me .$50 till morning, as I haven't a cent in niv pocket." " Cer tainly, here it is. E.member 9:4-3 to morrow, or, rather to-dav, sharp. Good night." Mr. Andrews has not vet shown He has probably returned to New Or leans, where, under his own name, ho rnns a very popular and well-paving faro bank. P. T. Barnum was picked up a few weeks ago at the corner of Fifth ave nue and Twenty-third street by a gen tleman who insisted that he knew him, and that his name was Robinson and came from Soianton, Pa. It vas not till Mr. Barnum had convinced him that he was from Bridgeport, Conn., that he was induced to depart. Not long since a man, loosely put. to gether, and wearing clothes that did not fit him particularly well, so that he looked like a woll-to-do farmer, Wds sauntering down the Bowery, when he was accosted by a man who claimed to know him well and treated him to a drink for old acquaintance sake. Then a visit was proposed to ono of the many side-shows, where a gambling establish meat is the " raison d' ctre." Both men joined in a game known as the "en velope game," and the countryman won some four dollars. The dealer thonght ho had encouraged him sufficiently, and be gan to win back from him. The supposed countryman stopped playing and pock eted what was left of tho winnings. The proprietor tried to persuade him to con tinue playing, and he finally consented, saying, " I guess I will, but we will ad journ to police headquarters for the continuation, so as to give the superin tendent and commissioners a chance.'' Then throwing open his coat, he showed his credentials as a central office de tective, and took the implements of the game as well as the dealer, the pro prietor aud the " capper " to the station honse. A well known club-man in tho city was approached by one of these opera tors on Fourth avenue, near Twenty sixth street, ono morning as he got off tho street-car. "My name is not John son," said the intended victim, and then added: "It's Thompson, iud don't come from Flushing, L. I., but from Kingston, Ulster countv, N. Y." The operator of course begged his p..r don and departed. But as the penile tain from "up the river" neared the fountain in the center of Madison square on nis way to nis club conutlence-man No. 2, a partner of No. 1, met him and said: "Well, Thompson, upon my soul I'm glad to see yon! How's all the folks np in Kingston ?" "They're pooty well. How's your folks ?" "Good, thank you; what's the news np in Ulster county ?" " Well, there ain't much news, "cept I've been gitting married lately," and here a deep blush and a genial smite spread over tho elderly gentleman's face. " You don't mean it; who did you marry ?" "Little Katyj you know she lived two houses below the hot" " Why, certainly I knew her; lived just below the hotel. Bo you married little Katy ?" "Do you know my little Katy, my little girl, my dear little wife ?" said tho in tended prey, as though delighted at meeting some one who knew his be loved Katy. Then encirling the opera tor with his arms, and getting a grip with his right hand on his left wrht, he began to hug the slim figure of the "crook" with the vigor of a polar bear, at the same time expector ating a miniature Niagara of to-baooo-juioe over the expanse of shirt bosom displayed by the low out vest of the swindler, scraping in Earoxysm of delight his muddy and eavy shoes down tho irreproachable olad shins of his new-found friend, and landing on his neatly shod feet with the weight of au elephant. Finally the operator was turned over to the tender mercies of a park policeman. An amusing case was that of a young stockbroker, who was standing late one night in front oftheFiith Avenue hotel, finishing his cigar before going to bed, when he was spoken to by a very gentlemanly-like man, who, after speaking of the weather, suggested a drink by way of a nightcap. Tuecfl'er was ac cepted, and while the drinks were being poured out the nice looking man said he thonght he would go round to play faro for half an hour. Would the young broker like to go and see him play and perhaps make a little money himself f The young broker said that he would, and toeetber thnv went to a well-known Rambling house in the neighborhood. As they entered the room tne proprietor said to the young broker: " Good-evening, Willie; eould you sell that Like Shore for me to-day ?" English Journalism. The first weekly newspaper was established in England, we are told, by one Nathaniel Butler, in 1G22. Before that time English gentlemen who lived on their country estates a portion of the year, clubbed together and employed a news writer, who feathered the gossip of the day and sent it to thorn at regular intervals. These writers were some times retired captains, sometimes prin ters, sometimes men who made this work a profession by itself. A peer kept his special correspondent and paid him a handsome salary. Milton, Dry den, Andrew Marvel and Defoe were all contributors to the weekly news paper press during the Commonwealth" The first daily paper in London was called the Courant, It appeared in 1702, three days after the accession of Queen Anne. It was about the size of a siDgle page of the Spectator, was printed only on one side, and contained nothing but a few scraps of intelligence that would hardly pass for news at this day. Till the year 1729 there was no such thing as parliamentary reports, and these were made at first against the wishes of the house of commons and the house of lords, whose members thought the press had no right to discuss political questions. The plan of reporting was lor two or three persons to steal into the gallery, listen attentively, then retire to an alehouse, where they com pared memories and wrote out the result. This was for several years the labor of Dr. Johnson, who did the work in a garret or behind a screen at St. John's gate. The right of the press to criticise the royal speeches and the conduct of parliament came through the North Briton and the arrest of Wilkes, before which time such liberties had not been attempted. To the love of freedom may be ascribed the letters of Junius, which were published soon afterward by Sampson Woodfall in the Public AJrertL'cr. This newspaper had at the time a circu lation of 75,000 copies monthly. It thereby increased in popularity, arid took a rotition at the head of the Lon don press. The Morning Chronicle was started about the same time, and greatly changed the character of parliamentary reporting, principally through the re mitiLable memory of William Woodfall, won, it is said, could walk down to the house of commons with a hard-boiled egg in his pocket, and then returning without a single scrap of paper write out fifteen cr sixteen short col umns of speeches. A story somewhat similar is told of Coleridge, who, having to report a speech of Pitt, fell asleep and only heard a few words of tho end of it; yet having received a few hints frrm others, he proceeded to writo out a brilliant oration, whose authenticity was only discovered some timo after ward. The Morning Chronicle invented tho leading editorial, which, through tli9 skill and learning of Coleridge in the Morning Post and Courier, was developed into a work of art. This was near the close of the eighteenth century, about which time English journalism began to take the shape it has at present, with edi torials, public reports and other depart ments covering every branch of news. Bnt as Charles Peabody, the author of this interesting volume of Cassell's Pop ular Library, remarks, the story of Eng lish journalism ia yet to be told, aud there is certainly no place for its elab oration in these columns. " Lynch Law." This term, as commonly in use in the United States, is a personification of violent and illegal justice. According to some authorities, the term was de rived from a Virginia farmer named Lynch. But it can be traced to a much earlier date in Ireland. When, in 1193 James Fitzatephens Lynch was mayor and warden of Gal way, ho; iraded largely with Spain, and sent his son thither to purchase a csirgo of wine. The young man squan dered the money intrusted to him, but succeeded in running in debt for a cargo to a Spaniard, by whose nephew be was accompanied in the return voy age to Ireland, where the money was to ba paid Young Lynch, to conceal his defalcation, caused the Spaniard to be thrown overboard, and was received at home with great honor. But a sailor revealed to tho mayor of Galway the crime which his son had committed. The yonng man was tried before his own father, convicted and sentenced to bo hanged. His family and others determined to prevent tho execu tion. Tho father, finding that the sentence eould not be carried into effect tho usual way, conducted his son to a window overlooking the public htrect, with his own bunds fattened tho halter attached to his ceck to a ttaple in the wall, and acted as his execu tioner. In the council books of Galway (here is said to be a minute that James Lynch, mayor of Galway, hanged his own son out of the window for defrauding and killing stranger?, without martial cr common law, to show a good exam ple to posterity. Two-Handed Swords. The claymore., once famous in Scot tish history, was a very long sword, with a hilt so large that it could be grasped by both the hands of the war rior who wielded it, and when the tre mendous weapon was swung around by any of the brave " Sootd, win ha' wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham liruce has at'ten led," there was every reason for the opposing soldiers to want to get as far away as possible. Long two-handed swords were in use in various parts of Europe during the middle ages, but it is from Scotland that we have heard the most about them. Some of the German swords, used by the soldiers in the French religious wars, were enormous two-handed weapons, with sharp points, jagged edges, and great spikes near the base of the blade; but these heavy swords wore used only by soldiers who were uncommonly strong and skillful; for any awkwardness on the part of a man swinging such a tremendous blade was apt to inflict as much injury on his companions as on the enemy. Some of the long swords of the middle ages were used more forshow aud ceremony than for actual service. The sword of Edward the Third, which is preserved in Westminister Abbey, is seven feet long and weighs eighteen pounds. This, it is said, was carried before the king in processions, and was probably never used in any otner way. bt. Hicholat, The deepest mine in the world is the Priband silver mine in Bohemia, whioh extends 3,300 feet below the surfaoe. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eastern and Middle States. Thb inquest into the accident to the train from Long Branoh resulted In the coroner's Jury finding the New York and Long Branoh Railroad company guilty of gross carelossness. General Grant was one of the witnesses. Anm at Oregon, N. T., destroyed Hoff man's paper mill. Three young men Theodore Gardner, Albert Eadden and Frank Lamareux who had been on a spree and gone Into the building to sleep off its effects, were burned to death. Thb Hon. lohabod Goodwin, the first war governor of New Hampshire, died the other day at Portsmouth, aged eighty-aix years. William Kiieajikh, of Philadelphia, fif years old, wag flogging his sixteen-year-old step-eon In a torrihlo manner, at the supper table, when tho boy soized a earring knife and plunged It Into the man's neck, Inflicting a wound which resulted in almost instant death. A "National Educational Assembly' is to be held at Ocean Grove, N. J., on August 8 and 9. The President and his cabinet have been in vited to attend. Senator Blair, of New Hamp shire, chairman of tho committee on education and labor, in the United States Senato, and Commissioner Eaton, of the bureau of educa tion, will make addresses. South and "West. Officiai. returns give Moody, the Repub lican candidate for governor of Oregon, 1,428 majority, and George, Republican candidato for Congressman, 3,3C5 majority. Two horse thieves-Jack Hite and Mike Chambers were shot dead near Oregon City, Or., while attempting to escape from a posse of officers. Oolohxl L. W. R. Blub, leader of the South Carolina Greenbackers and their gubernatorial oandidate in 1880, was shot and killed by Cap tain Hail dnring an altercation at a political meeting at Camden, 8. O. Hail was put nnder $5,000 bail Pabticclaks of the Fourth of Jnly disaster to an excursion boat on the Ohio river showed that the catastrophe was of an appalling char acter. The steamer Scioto, with a party of 500 excursionists on board, came in collision with the steamtug John Lorn as about 8 o'clock P. m. near Mingo Junction, Ohio. The Scioto sank within three minutes in fifteen foot of water. The tug was only slightly injured, and saved a great many of tho passengorsof the Scioto. The tiomas ran her bow, whioh sat low in the water, under the guard of tho Scioto, and broke a largo hole in her bow. She sank in eighteen foet of water within one minute, and went down like a lump -of lead, leaving about five feet of water on the cabin floor. A sceno of the wildest contusion followed. The col lision was entirely unexpected, and many who sat on the guards were thrown over board. None in the engine-room and lower dock had timo to escape. Mon, women and children were all struggling together in the water crying piteously for help, and it was at first supposed that at least 100 lives had been lost; but many of those reported missing were found to have escaped. On tho day after the disaster fourtoon bodies were recovered, and about thirty persons who had been on board were still missing. At the North Carolina Democratic State con rention in Raleigh a full ticket, headed by Thomas fiuffin, tho present incumbent, for su preme court Judge, was put in the Hold. L. P. Sherman, internal rovenue collector, and brother of General W. T. Sherman and Senator Sherman, of Ohio, fell from tho roof of his house in Des Moines, Iowa, sustaining probably fatal injuries. Grbenbaokehs and Independents of Alabama, at a convention in Birmingham, nomlnatod a State ticket headed by J. L. Sheffield for gov ernor, and it was adopted by tho Republicans at their convention, held in the same place on the same day. Thb Arkansas Republicans have nominated Colonel W. D. Slack for governor. A woman and two children were fonnd starved to death in a lonely place in Tan Bn- ren county, Ark., in the mountains. It is be lieved that the woman foil sick, and the chil dren being too young to seenre aid for her, perished miserably. A third child was siill alive and had gnawed a piece of flesh from the arm of one of her dead sisters. It died soon after the discorory win made. A cyclone in Arkansas killed twenty head of cattle noir van Huron, and of three men who were herding them one was killed outright and the other two fatally hurt. Neab McAllister, Indian Territory, the Rev. W. J. Spaugh, a Methodist minister, who had incurred the enmity of some yonng Indians whom he had corrected in school, was set upon in a lonely spot, and after a determined struggle, killed. Afteb all the missing had been accounted for it was found that tho number of lives lost by the sinking of the excursion steamer Scioto in the Ohio river, was not far from one hundred. Got Smith, the thirteen-year-old son of a well-known citizen of Kirkwood, a suburb of St. Louis, quarreled with his grandmother about his food at the breakfast table and threw the dishes around, whereupon he was whipped by his father. After a crying spell uuy went into his grand father's room, and in a minute returned with a double-barreled shotgun, and walking up to ma rattier lie deliberately placed the muzzle of the weapon within a few inohes ol his body and fired. Mr. Smith sank to the floor and expired. The boy was arrested. Dispatches from various points state that the Western wheat crop has fulfilled all expec tations. It is one of the largest that has ever been grown. A waterspout in Taney county, Mo., ex tended over half a mile in width and swept away many fields of corn and wheat and much stock. From Washington. Tbi advices of the agricultural department about the crops are of a very encouragiug character from every section of the country. The wheat and oat orops are turning out ereu better than was expeoted a month ago. The re ports in regard to corn are improving every day. In the main it is ooming on rapidly and most favorably in spite of the backward start. The returns of the grass crop" show it to be un usually heavy. Drama the fiscal year just ended there were 40,632 agricultural patents issued from the general land office. This is an increase over the issue of the previous year of 20,023 pat ents. As official account has been given by Dr. D. S. Lamb of the post-mortem examination of Gniteau'a body and brain. According to an agreement with the Rev. Dr. Hicks, the custo dian of the body, the brain was to be removed and examined without being cnt into, and then taken, "properly guarded and protected," to the Army Medical museum, where it would be pho tographed and a cast taken. Then the internal structure of the brain was to be observed and parts of it set apart for miorosooploal examina tion. The entire operation was to ba com pleted as far as possible In one day, and notes were to be taken in duplicate. The examina tion was oonduoted by Dr. Lamb, assisted by Dra. Hartigan and Sowers and Mr. Schafhlrt. Dr. Lamb said in his report that no disease of the brain bad been discovered by the dlaaeo- FuBTHXB nominations by the President William E. Stevens, of New Hampshire, to be consul of the United Slates at Smyrna Stephen H. Smith, of Tennessee, to be consul of the United 8tatei at Noevo Laredo, Mexloo. Tmt Senate, In executive session, oonflrmed the following nominations i John Davis, of the District of Columbia, to be assistant secretary of state John M. Francis, of New York, to be minister resident and consul general to Portu gal t Eugene Schuyler, of New York, to be minister resident aad consul general foRou manla, Servia and Greece, Secretary Chanpler has telegraphed Engi neer Melville, of the Jeannctte, to return home from Sibei ia. The department of agriculture will hence forth publish a monthly bulletin of freight rates for the Information of farmers. The consns bureau has issued a SDecial bul letin showing "the number and size of the farms in the United States in 1880 and the kind of tenure by which they were hold. The number of farms was 4,008,907. Of these, 2,984,306 were occupied by the owners, 822, 257 were rentod at a fixed money rental, and 702,244 wore rented for shares of tho products Of the total number of farms, 4,332 woro lew than 3 acres in extent, 134,889 wore above 3 acres and loss than 10, 254,749 were between 10 and 20 acres, 781,474 between 20 and 6U acres, 1,032,910 between 50 and 100 acres, 1,655,983 between 100 and 500 acres, 7!i,972 be tween 500 and 1,000 acres, and 2t),o73 con tained 1,000 acres and upward. The census bureau has issued a special bul lotin showing the extent and value of tho fish ing industries of Now Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut, as follows : In the fish eries of New Hampshire 414 persons and a capital of $209,405 are employed, and the value of tho products is $170,684. The Rhode Island fish eries employ 2,310 persons and $596,678 capital, and the value of the products is $880,915. The fisheries of Connecticut employ 3, 131 persons, and $1,421,020 capital, and the value of tli--products amounts to $1,456,866. Foreign News. Latest advices report England and Egypt to be actively preparing for war. Fotra men of the laboring class wore arrest ed nnder a warrant issued by Lord Spenoer, tho lord lieutenant of Ireland, on suspicion ol having been connected with the recent murders in Dublin. Tub principal leaders of the insurrection in Uruguay havs been killed. The Euglith Amateur Bowing association decided at a meeting that the nillsdalo (Mich.) crew, champion American amateur oars men, were not amateurs in accordance with the English dtifinition of the term. The Hills dale crew went to England expressly for thj purpose of contesting with the leading English amateur crewa Tns archbishops and bishops of Ireland hats prepared a circular to the priests directing them to diseountcnanco tho Ladies' land league, and forbidding females from attending pnblio meetings without the consent of th, parish priest. General Michael Skobeleff, the famous Russian general, died suddenly at Moscow of heart disease, aged thirty-nine years. General Skobeleffcamt prominently into notice during Russian war with Turkey, in which ha dis played the moot reckless bravery, and conse quently became the idol of his soldiers. AN Alexandria (Egypt) dispatch says that threo thousand Egyptians under General Yna- suf have attacked the Falun Prophet and havi been defeated. They lost 2,000 men, four gum and 8,000 rifles. The False Prophot, with 7,000 men, is marching upon Senuaar, TnE weather in England lias rocently bcci. injurious to growing crops. Tue Dutch ironclad Adder has beon lost ni sea. Several bo.lies havo been washed ashore. At tho Marlow regatta, at Marlow, on tin Thames, tho nillsdalo crow from the United States defeated the Marlow crew with compar ative case. A London dispatch says that " 2S3 outrages, of which five were murders, were committed in Ireland during June." A railroad collision at Cork, Ireland, re sulted in injuries to thirty persons, twelve of whom were not expected to recover. During a riot at Tredngar, Wales, between tho Welsh and Irish ie-idcnts, many houses ol Irishmen wero sackcd.and a number of persona severely hurt. All tho consuls at Alexandria, Egypt, with their staff, went on board of vosscls in t!:e harbor. Arabi Bey, tho Egypt i m war minister, re fused to obey a formal summons to ConBtanti annle from the sultan ofTnrhev. FOISTY-SEYENTII COXURESH. fteaato. The river and harbor appropriation bill was farther discussed. ...The House bill toredno internal revenue taxation was finally agreed to by the Senate finance committee, and, as amended, was subsequently reported to the Senate by Mr. Morrill. The committee struck out the proviso which allowed a drawback on all nnbroken nackaecs of checks, matches. cigar,cheroots and cigarettes, and amended the bill so as to provide that tho reduction shall not taae eneot till after tne 1st uay oi may, iooo, The House joint resolution to allow to t!ie employes of the government printing orlice pay for time lost during the Garfield obsequies was passed.... The Rollins bill providing lor a commission to inquire into ttie subject ol constructing iron or stcei steamers lor com mercial purposes, convertible by the govern ment into ships of war, was reported favorably and placed on tho calendar. . . . Messrs. Hawley, Miller, of New York, Hill, of Colorado, Bayard and Hampton, were appointed to attend the JNewtmrg, N. 1., celebration. U.S.. Mr. Robinson introduced a resolution of in quiry as to the report that the British minister had called upon Secretary Frelinghuyeen and criticised remarks delivered in the ltouso....A substitute for tho sundry civil bill was reported ....Bills were passed making appropriations r puuuo Duiiuiugs at several places. In discussion on the naval appropriation bill a fieroe personal Dassasre occurred between Messrs. Robeson, of New Jersey, and Whit thorne, of Tennessee, and the House for a time was thrown into uproar. Mr. Robeson replied to certain charges made acainat bis adminis tration of the navy department by Representa tive Whitthorne, who, as chairman of an inves tigating committee in a previous Congress, oonduoted an inquiry into his man agement of naval affairs. During his speeob Mr. Robeson intimated that Mr. Whit thorne had made away with the school fund of the State of Tennessee, whereupon Mr. Whit thorne sprang to his feet, dashed into the area and strode toward Mr. Robeson with uplifted arm and olenohed fist, exclaiming at the same time with a voice trembling with anger, " That is a lie, ana wnoever repeats tne statement is a liar." At onoe the house was iu a tumult. members hurrying from all sides to the sceivs of impending conflict. A collision between tho two men was averted, howevar, and Mr. Jtobeson went on with his speech. Af terward Mr. Whitthorne replied to Mr. Robeson, concluding aa follows "I hava witnout (ear gone on in tne discharge or my duties. And having done that duty when ac cused of improper motives,, or improper con duct. I stand in the face of the countrv with all the responsibility which belongs to me. and attach to the forehead of that member 'false hood and perjury.' " Mr. Robeson in rejoinder sam mat ue was willing to leave tne matter to Congress and the country, "without regard to any suggestions from a man who recognize himself in the portrait I have painted." The bill was passed by vote of 119 yew to 70 uayo. On motion of Mr. Hiacock, of New York, the Senate joint resolution was passed, authorizing the payment temporarily of certain employes oi me war ueparlmeut.... juo speaaer an nounced thi appointment of Messrs. Jieach, Ketcham, Curtin. Burrows, of Michigan, Knott, Townsend. Ellis and Banner u the ae- lect committe on the Newburg centennial oele- nrauon. SCIENTIFIC NOTES A seed of radish, fifteen years old, has grown freely on being planted. - Oysters of a green lint are said to bo infested by a vegetable parasite. Norve-depressing and sleep-prodno-ing properties have been discovered in ossone. A Prussian manufacturer has fonnd that treating the woods with ozone greatly adds to the durability of pianos nsed in warm climates. The largeet telescope ever designed is now in process of construction at the works of Alvah Clark & Sons, at Cam biidgrport, Mass. The instrument is intended for use at the Lick observatory, California, and will cost $50,000. It will bin e a thirty-six-inch object glass. The largest ono previously designed was a thirty-inch glass for the Faltowa ob servatory, Russia. Tho government observatory at Washington has a twenty-six-inch instrument. Analyses have been made by Tro- feasor C. Virchow of the amount ol water and extraot in the flesh of differ ent animals, with the view of obtain ing some general data for the introduo tion of n method whereby the value of meat might be determined. The differ ences were so slight, however, that no results of any value were secured. Veal contained more water than beef, lean beef hod less than well fed beef, and unhealthy meat a greater amount than Bound meat. The name holds good for the extract. Mr. Edward Muvbrideo nredicts that in the near future the aid of photog raphy will be sought to determine the result of all important horse races. With an invisible thread stretched across the track to operate a camera slide, it is a simple matter to photograph tho animals in the twinkling of an eye as they pass tho winning post. In the operation of this system there could be no "dead li eats ' on account of the dn agreement of judges, as the record of tne photograph would show with uner ring accuracy the winmr of the race. Rubbing it Out. The editor of the Courier. Mr. W. F. Cook, was seized a few mornings ago by terrible pain in the left shoulder and neck. 1 laving been favorably impressed for some time wan tne virtue ot an article recom mended for all sudden pains, and esnecinllv rheumatism, we rubbed the offending parf, and in less time than we can write it, reliel enme. That nrticle is St. Jacobs Oil. Cona- joharie (J. 1 ) Courier. Of 185 Methodist churches in Ver mont nine havo a membership of over ZW each. Total members in full, lo, 908. The number of additions by con fession during the last year was (()(). I ho Sabbath-schools number 17,751 scholar, 2,531 officers and teachers in 228 schools. Few of these churehes dute back more than lifty years. "I believe St. Jacobs Oil to be the very best remedy known lo mankind," says Mr Roberts, business manager of this paper Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel. Tho people of Geneva, Switzerland, expend more money for wine than they do for bread, tho average amount spent by each por.-ion for this article being 3U0 francs yeatly. " In lh Mont Positive .tfnnner." I'rcKEitTOWN, N. J., September 15, 1881. H. H. WAiiNEn A Co.: Sirs I am trnh glad to bo ablo to ttato that the use of your Sale Kidney and Liver Cure has proved to me mo.t brncnuhil. lean toatify in tho most positive maimer to its eflicaey. ltov. James N. Keys. The marketable timber of North Carolina i estimated at 5,220.000,0110 feet, board measure, nioatiy long-loaf pine. MEXSMAN'S PEPTONIZE!! BEEP TONIC, tllO Oil',- preparation of le f containing ils entire nntr'. tiouspropirtiM. I: contains blood-making, force generating and life-sustaining propertied; in valuable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of" general debiliiv: ali-o, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, ovor mu li or acute diseaso, particularly if resulting IVom pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggistu. a.l Cents Will Iliiy a Treatiso upon the Horse and his Diseases. Cook of 100 pages. Valuablo to overy owner of liorto. Postage stamps taken. Sent post paid by Now York Newspaper Union, 150 Worth .Street, New York. Fi-iizct Axle (Jrense. Otio grraimg Kts io weeks; all others tiv. c r threo days. D i not ho imposed on by th" humbug stn ffa offered. Ask your dealer for Fra -zer's, with label on. It saves your horse lalior, and jou too. It roeeived tint medal at the Cnn-ti-nnial and Paris Expositions. Sold every w here. "Itoiiali on Kins." Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flics, ants, bedbugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 16c. Druggists. The Science of Life, or Kelf-iTeservatlon. a medical work for every man young, middle. 'Red or old. Via invaluable prescriptions. THE MARKETS. new Tons. ISeef Cattlo Good to Prime, l.w Calves Com'n to Choice Veals. Bheep Lambs Hogs Live Dressed, citv 12 6 (j 6 Cth n y 10 Flour ):. State, good to fancy 5 10 04 8 00 cstern, gooa to choice o uo an a ao Wheat-No. 2 lied 1 47Jr,j 1 47 No. 1 White 1 32 ;Gi 1 32 P.vc Stnto 81 61 liarley Two-rowed Statn Corn Ungraded WostoruMixed Yellow Southern Oats-White State Mixed Western Hay Primo Timothy Straw No. 1, live 1 07 J2 64 1 12VJ 93 . 6i . 60 . 70 . 115 . 83 68 6.1 90 70 Hops State, 1881, choice..., Pork Hess, now, for oxpo.'t. Lard City Steam , lietined 80 .21 50 (Tc21 75 .ii uy.mi ny, .1210 M2 40 Petroleum l rude Itetined Buttor State Creamery, flue.. Dairy Western Im. Creamery Factorv Chb.se State Factory SUinis Western Eeirs Stato aud Penn ays 1 7 20 23 18 lOVi 21 22 Potatoes Early ltose. State, bbl 3 00 (a) a 23 EU1TALO. Stoers-G'iod to choice 6 75 7 60 Lf Jiiba Wi stern 8 60 Q 6 60 SI eep We-tern 6 00 6 25 Hogs, Good toChoice Yorkors. . 8 00 8 30 Flour C'v Ground N. PiOJeea. 9 00 9 60 Wheat No. 1. Hard Dulutn.... 148 148 Corn No. 2 Mixed 75 78 Oats No. 2 Mix. West 60 ftj 67 Lai loy Two-rowed Slate 90 90 BOSTON lieef Extra plate and family. .18 00 20 00 Hogs Live 1 uy. xiUKU ji eooeu vHil 10 Pork Extra Prime pel bbl .... 17 60 18 00 r lour hiring w heat Patents. .76- Corn High Mixed 87 Oato Extra White 67 Rye State 98 Wool Washed Comb & Delaine 46 Unwashed " " 28 fi(i 9 50 Ci 87 (A 69 100 48 80 WATEUTOWS (MASS.) CATTLE MAHKET. Beef Extra quality 8 60 9 60 Khoc-p live weight ($ ft1. Lambs 6 8 Hogs, Northern, d. w 6i mjv PHILADELPHIA. Flour Penn. Ex. Family, good 6 75 6 75 Wheat No. 2 ed 1 41 1 iiy. live State 97 (th U7 Jorn State Yellow Gdri Oats Mixed GO Butter Creamery Extra Pa.. ., 27 (tj Cheese New York Full Cream. 11 Petroleum Crude.... 6 Beilned.. ........ MX 611 27 1 "Dnnlrf Pnlnn." Dr. R.V. Pif.rof. Buffalo, N. T.i Dir Btr My wife had suffered with "female weaknesses" for nearly three years. At limes she could hardly move, she had such dragging pains. We often saw your "Favorite Prescription" adver tised, bnt supposed like most patent medicines it did not amount to anything, bnt at last con cluded to try a bottle, which she did. It made ber sick at niBt dui it Degan 10 snow us ennct in a marked improvement, and two bottles cured her. Youts, etc. A. J. HOTCK, Deposit, N. X. LoriHiANA boasts of a man who weighs 427 pounds. He is sixty years ot age, enjoys tho best of health, and has a wife who weighs 145 pound. pnlctite mna KHtf. Let vonr liver complaint take its own course and dom't take Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Discovery." Sold by druggists. The British patent office reeolved 5,751 ap plications in 1881, 2,139 from foreigners, of which 745 came from the United States. Dr. Pierce's "Pellets," or suirar-coated irran. nles the original "little liver pills." (beware of imitations) -cure sick and bilious headache, e'eanse the stomach and bowels, and purify tho blood. To get genuine, see Dr. 1'iorco s signa ture and portrait on government stamp. 25 cents per vial, bydruggists. Oit of thirtv-seven specimens of cofteo re cently pnrchae'ed In London, only two proved to be genuine on analysis. One remedy for $1. There is bnt one way to euro ORiuucBS, auu tunc is uy using uuwuue, a deodorized extract of petroleum, the natural potroloura hair renower. It will positively do the work the only article that will. 83 Cent 'will liny a Treiitl upon the Horee and his Discuses. Book ot 100 panes. Valuable to every owner of horsos. Pofltane stamps taken. Sent postpaid by NEW YORK NEWSPAPEB UNIOX, 150 Worlb Street. Mew York. Nervous llrblllty, tVcnUnpsii, Ere. Tfomecure bv simple lierlw. Sufferers may learn hint liow to cure thomselvcn nt home, by nimlilo nnil bnrml'KS tiorlm, fr'0 by mall. AiUlresiMAKk.il II Kit It Vl' H K. Nnttark, New Jersey. I A CRABBED CREATURE. That nature cares for end entertains her own has become anestnllishel fact to all observers. Who does not love the sound of the brightly scintillating waves leaping from the phosphorescent sea, as they break against the toVs in the summer night until Nature herself, weary of the operation, turns the sounding surf towards tne oppposue snore, icavine stranded some badly-mutilated snail, which wanders solemnly on, Bohemian fash ion wnn an its worldly store upon Its back. On the Bame beach may be found our crusta cean edible the crab whose chief apology for exist ing at all seems to to be Its ability to furnish a delectable mr:il to fortunnte bipeds. The ernb being covered with a hard, im penetrable shell, it is not en y to molest or make him nfrnid; therefore he wml . wsr ill his watery world unceasingly when once Mllnckoil. Although tiny, hceannot be said to be devoid of unclerstand Inu, having ten legs to assist his locomotion ; this, however, avails him little, for, when conquered, he never turns his bnek to his cnemv, starting Into a bold run, but, like many politicians durinii eleetlon time, slips oil' sideways. There comes a time in the lite of this pugnacious fellow when the years brinjr him nioro bone tind muscle than lie can dispose of with comfort, mid he finds him self in a verv tight nlnce: bis Flioes pinch hini and ho begins to realize the practicability of ap plying to Unmo Nuturc for more room or a house in proportion to his incrcusinir size. Nature slowly responds to the cull: but In her own good timo provides a new home, so that the enter prising little creaturo does not wander about Homeless, but Is provided for suitably, as was the old snilor, who dropped Ills rheumatism anil ernbbedness when he uiuilled the (.rent German Remedy, ST. jAions Oil. This hist, however, may sound rather lishy to the skeptical render, and to such wc would reply in language too plain in do inisumiersioou in worus liiusiraung laeis that even tho waves of time cannot wash, awny or senlv enilhels nlleet. Sip. .1 At-nnq flu. tn-ihiv has rendered the lives nnd homes of mvrimls o'f sutlcrers brighter than ever the electric light can, which people pause to admire along the way. Still more happily served llinn the old sailor was an in aim, 11 iiu i rule iuus cum.criiiii uis cusu : "CROOKED HAERTEL" Accept a thousand thanks for that "golden remedy." I suliercd for many years with rheu matic, pain in my limbs. My legs were drawn together, nnd people called me " Crooked Haer tel." 1 used St. .Uror.s On. nnd was cured, nnd now feel so well that 1 think 1 could dance, as in my young dnys. Jons Haebtkl, frcmont. 111. N T N U -11 It is the concur.. cut testimony of Xv public and tlie metli 1 cal profession, Mm' Hostctter's Stomach Bitters 1b a mrnlicfix which acbinvtR rr. suits Ppccdily P-Jt, thorough and b--nipn. IJfuMp rnrftr . inu li ver disorder, it iuviKoniti-rt the n-.- ti cnntmern Kluui'? and bladder nun', plaints, and hnpti-ns theconvHlfKct-ncr i t h o b rccovi'i'if.' from enfeebling di easott. Murt'ovrrit in tho praml Fperiili for fever and ain. For fialo by l)ruu Kintfl nnd Dealer generally. P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORYoftheWORLD Embracing full nnd authentic accounts of every na tion of anci'-nt aud tundern tiiiu-s, and including a history ol the yv. ami tall nf the; Ureek and lloruau empires, the middle ages, tho erusadr, the teudal system, tho relormation, the tiisrovcry and sett le nient of the New World, ete., rti. It contains fine historical engravings, and in tho mo-l complete History ot the World evT publi.-ln d. Bond for speci men, pages and extra terms to Agent Address National lmusniMi Cu., Philadelphia, Pa, In DTmndanco. ."5 Million ponnde Iinportert laot y cur. Prices lower than cvf r. Agenta wanted. Dou t 10 lbs. Cioo3 KSIack or neixed, for $1 . 10 lb. Vlnti Vlnctz or PSIxcil, lor f?-J. 10 lba.liolc Black or Biixcd. tor Send for pound sami.lc, 17 cts.?r for po'twro. 'I'licn (jet up a club. Choicest Tea In the world. LarRoat variety. I'leasi s everybody OMest lea HouBa In America. No c'iromo. t.'o li-u.bug.-Stralpht bnslKAv Valuo for money. HOU'T WEUS4. Veal TSt...V.,l'.O.Poi . ft WD I, ILrlLU i,JJUU. D'.UU lUf bUbUWl Par an dm 1u run live Pills make New Rich Blood, and will completely change the blood iu the entire system in three months. Any person who will take one pill each night from 1 to 12 weeks itmv bo restored to sound health, if such a thing bo ptesible. bold evervwhere or sentuy mail for 8 letter Plamtis, I. K JOHNSON & CO., Uoatou, ilu-., fo r in rly Bun nor, IUe. GOOD NEWS LADIES t Get up Clubt ur cei.k BHA'IKD TKAS, nd Hear. t.auli:ti "koti Bon or Ooli Bind Tea Cct," (44 iincei,) our own luiorUiiuO. 0:1c f that beftsltful TeaKeU Riwn w.;y to U. e .ai t i-u.iin A Club for $15.00. tiewtr of tl: io-cwlit " ( IlKAf TEAS " ttiat rlMlBclvrtisel tliey r dingi-miia '.nj detriment! In health 4I0W pulsrn. Deal oulj with rdUbid linntfi and with flrat bands If poi'tUe. No humbug. The Great American Tea Co., Importers. 1. a Dos 2e. U YKSKY DT., NW York. MAKE HENS LAY. An English Veterinary (Surgeon and Cbemist, now traveling In tbia country, sayu that moat of the Horse and Cattle Powders Bold here are worthless trash. Iiu says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolute ly mire and immensely valuable. Nothing ou earth will make heuB lay like Mic.ridau's Condition Pow ders. Dose, ono teaspounful to one pint of food. Sold TjTiiyi,1Av-i;'leV.t "i mV) '"r 8 leit. r stamps. I. 8. JOHNSON 4 CO., Boston. SIai-s.,iorinerlylJauKor,Me. lASTHftlA 6-URtltfi ivvruiHi. AHinnia t urc iiRVi-ryutuioKiYe im mediate rtltejiu tins wotv.t I'aw.iiiaurescoinfort- labieBleepienocuruk'rnnhcrett lot hern rail. a irta ronttneti in miw( Mpltcal, JTic o K". a'ld f ? form amp. ln It. srHIFFM S, Hr. Paul, M;r.n I Tnil Til 18 MIGHTY. Prof. MAR TINES, T-y las; uicai opoBiau dmi, abu viuaasr n4 fijotMlofial, will, (uf 3D MUU, its m. !, mU? ol mm had iKk of Ukr. Mad CURRkCT PiO- TURK of juur futuro buaLknA oi m tt. illi nttui, tiast t l f... t, yii. ti m in,-T Fi..B..,r,. H, Phonoffrnphr. or Phonetic Hhorihniirf Catalnpue of tvorka, with Phonographic Alphabet aud illustratioim, for befdunera, aont on ap)lica ticn. iUrowi. lienn Pitman, Cincinnati, O. ENGINES! UTracllontt PnrlablrXnr Vrm,HswMill A Hoik rttion For urit-M. etti. WriUTU AULTMAN4TAVLOUOO. Man.n.-M.O. OPIUM Morphln Habit Cured in 10 LuUOilaj. NupMytlllC'ui-vtl. ha. J. taTKruKHn. iotmnou oh iu 2V;lllnrtlcilTe the world; Ituinul, y rmtmxj Addrm Ji Itroaaon, Detroit. Mich. CiAKO A handsome set ot cards for 8c. stamp. 'OUectora. A. K. JiAbbET'l', Aocksataa, M, i IV JB STOMACH, im htrh mm fl al II ft IIU 3 Ha3MM3 T j t S.' V 2: Xi' MerchantTfs. GABI B Ei rWJ EE IM TT for humftfi, fowl and animal flesh, was first prepared and Introduced by Dr. (co. W. Merchant, In I,ockport N. Y., V. S. A., lKXt, since which time It has steadily Rrown in public favor, and U now acknowledged nnd admitted by the trade to be the standard liniment of tno country. When wo make this announce ment wc do so without fear of contra diction, notwithstanding we are aware theie are many who are more or less prejudiced against proprietary remedies especially on account or the many hum bugs on the market; however, we are nlcnscd to slate tli.it sueh prejudice does not exist agninst 1A1;UNU OIU We do not claim wonders or miracles for our liniment, bat we do claim it Is without an equal. It Is put nn In bot- lies oi inree piy.up, nuti bhw. ask Is that von lve It a fair trial, remembering that the Oil put tip with white wrapper (small) is for human and fowl fliwh. nnd that with yellow wrapper (three sizes) for ani mal flesh. Try a bottle. . As these cuts Indicate, tno Uil is nseai success fully for all diseases of the human, f old and animal penI. bliakc wen heroro using. Cannot be Disputed. Ono of the principal reasons of i iV. ...nn,l..r.'.l ' Ma. J3- st.VO chant's tlargling oil is that It Is utrr' v t manufactured strictly on honor. f Its proprietors do not, as is tho case Willi too many, aucrm&King lor tnclr medicine a name.aunin- i.i. ii.'rnnilvK proncrtics by using inferior com pounds, but use the very bet goods to be bought In 1 ' y tlieniarket.iegiirdles'of cost. For t half a century .Merchant's Garg fa-'.' V TZ ling Oil luis been n pyr lJHN .Htnt'sly, nnd will couth A.-- by all respect abl ling Oil has been a synonym for iniie 10 oe ires. For bv all respectable dealers throughout the United States and other countries. unr testimonials uuiv imiu iwo to the present. Try Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment for internal Mt25ffl5K ) neighbor what gooa It nas aone. Don't fall to follow directions. Keep tho bottle well corked. Ci i.'.l 'r'll'jT.'. .rtv' - - . - . eunre Itnmfl and Rprnin nnd Uruises, Strin-ihuit, WmdttaUs, l'ont U t in Hlincp, I'fUindcp d l-'cef. l;mp i-i I'nltry. S ire Nipt'tcs, Curt), rni'-kc.l llc.-ls, old Sores, 111 izoi. Lnnie Hack, lh'tiuu.rlioids or Piles, Tootliachc, lthcumatlsm, Bpavius, Hwveney, Corns, Whitlows, Weakness of the Joints, Contraction of Muscles, Cramps, Swelled Igs, Fistula, Mango, Thrush, Caked Dreasts, Boils, Ac. tUntO Seal, is. Chilblnln", V'rost Hito. Kcrntchcs nr Urease, dialled llunds. Sand I'rackK, Toll Evil, tialls of all kind". Mwellir.ir, Tnmorj. Flejh Wound", I'lait, Itinclione, l'oul lirs, (ianjet in CowH.lurcy, Onwkcd Tenia, Calloii", I,anione", Horn Distemrcr, Crownwali. (.intttnr, Abscess of tbe Udder, fit nn HEW Alt 1 for proof of the exist 9''""" ,,icn nf a betiei liniment than "Merchant s tiartflinir un," ot n T better worm incincine nun "Merchant's Worm 1 nijcts."man. L nfnctiired by M. (1. O. Co., Lock. S" liort, N. V U. 8. A. J OHM HOPCE. Sec'y. ?Ii5 WiisoBia Haptic CIoIWdj Company 3ej to announces to the public .hat in crc!ar to accommodaf o tha roatiy increased ciomandfortheir niiasnetis Garments they havo re novecl thole principal salesrooms mcl ofilcco frcp.i 403 Fulton St., JrooUlyn, to 7:5 tlF.nt 14th St., New Tork City, wharo all communica tions should ho Rdclroascd, and all chocks, draftJiand P. O. orders lie iiiado payable. W 'J & ia O J t U 4 "TllTUri MliMi J on mi m mm, f cv York City. ADVENTURES OT TUB NOTED OUTLAWS, r- Frank & Jesse IB THE - Towger Bros. 'mfu complete anl authentic account of these. IToliI Ilislnvnymciia IstieM itifitrniutnni uhnnt (,',L- MioilltiiK ol JrnHP. The viost riri'tf hiffnsiht' anl t-rciting book ever irriVen. Fully 1 It itt nt l. t r!tc fiuiek for terms, which am verv lilnTiil, and you can uuvke uionciy lust. Jsu'.v is tlio Unit'. IXM.fSKAS Jilt OS., N. 7th St., PhilaaolpMa, Y, Payne's Automatic E'ngines, 4? i mt Reliable, Pnrablo and Economical, trill fiirnlth t horsr ttoinfr uilfi i If x fuel and tctitor Hunt fli'V other I-M'liu? tt'tilt, not fitted with ail Automatic c'nt-off. Scul lm-1 llustratcil Catalogue "J." lur luloi'nttioii U l'nces. i. V. 1'avkk t Sons. ISox . Corning, K.Y. . i akey rn th,t n r" c3 wi ll witia n i amy v.Tcn I I v.'EAH. i "' PAT T liv :Lteli;i.i.k rs. livmail. 'illctH. Circi iJJjiJ litKli. ,1. H. JI1HCII & CO.. .IH lli-v St.. X.V. QPIHMiS irioRrmcNi 'SWEATING A Treetise on leec vcurc HI. NT ! tl- ' . Hit. .I.e. Of FMAN.l'.O.llOX IJ&.Cnieago.lll. Vfl 1 1 W R MFN If von want to learn Telegraphy iu lUUliu liitii a few months, aud be certain "t a itiiattnn. addiess Valentino XI row., Janeaviiie. Wis. ONE MILLION COFIES SOLD. EVERY150DY WANTS IT! EVERYBODY NEEDS IT J KKOW THYSELF,, 8C1FNCK OF T-IFFt OK, 8SLF- It a mMlral troatipo on KxhanPtPtl Vitality, Kerrnna onfl rhyBical Debility, Vrt'inature Decline iu Man; is an tiidiFpensnble treatiso lor every man. whether yoiintr, miilfllo apl or old. THE VCIKNTR OK IJFFi OR, SEIiF PUESKIt VATION Is beyond all comparison tho mot pxtranrdlnary work on I'hhiil(v'y t-vor i-uliliheil. There in nothing whtwviT that tho m;trri U or ti nj'l au either re quire or wirh to know but what in iuUy explained. lot onto Glooe. THE MCIENTF. OK MFEi OH, SELF. PUKSKKVATION, Inntrnrts thone in health how to rpinain ao. and the invalid how to become well. Contain one hundred and tweuty-ttveinvaluable preachplioua lor all torma ot acute and chronic diraMfn, for eai h of which a nnt-claaa physician would charge lrom $3 to $10. London Lawet. THE HCIENCE OK I.TFEt OR, SELF- PRESERVATION, Contains 300 pases, nue ateel enj'niviiifrB, In superbly bound iu French muslin, eulhobried, lull Kilt. It in a marvel of art and beauty, win runted to be a better medical book in every hi-uhb than can be obtained elsewhere for double the price, or the money will ba reiunaea in every liibtam-e. a ulnar, THE SCIENCE OK LIKE, OR, 8ELF- PREKKHVATION, Issomnrta superior to all other treatises on medical snbjecU that coinparibon ia Absolutely iuipoasible. Boston Herald, TUE feCl EN CE OF I.IKE) OR, 6ELF- PRESERVATION. Is sent by mail, setmrely sealed, postpaid, on receipt of price, only Vl.'Jfi (new Edition). Bmall Illustrated samples, 6c. Bend now. The author can be consulted on all diseaaea re quirinu xkill and experience. Address PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE, or W, II. PARKER, M. D.9 4 Bnlflnch Street, Boston, Mass. CIDER Presses, Graters, Steam Evaporators and all otha Cider Macbim-ry. Jiouine.- 6c Boachert Ce 6'i Vcaey bt.. New k'ork. Faotory, SyiaouM, H.f ... W V - r 1, J3sf HI
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