1 T IUN IUN IUN hr . . f ! : Seuotclr to politics, fitcraturc, Agriculture, Science, iiloralitn, axib encral Intelligence. VOL. 27. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY 28,- I8G8. NO. 9. ! ) r r .1 .0 J Id Published by Theodore Schochi TERMS-Two dollars a vearin advance and if not paid before the end of the year, two dollars and fitfy tet. will be charged. No paper discontinued until all arrearages nre paid, fcicept ac the option of the Editor. JC7Ad vertisements of one pqimreof (eigl.t lines) or lest, one or three insertions I 50. Each additional insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoition. JOB PKI.TIXG, OF ALL XI5D8, Executed rr. the highest style of the Ail, and onthe most reusomble terms. Drs. JACKSON & BLDLACK, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.' DRS. JACKSON &. BIDLACIv, are prepared to attend promptly to all calls of a Professional character. Office Op posite the Stroudsburg Bank. April 25, lS(37.-tf. "jmsT'd. TiiTsuiTii, Surgeon . D eiitist, Office on Main Street, opposite Judge Stokcs' residence, Stroudsbvro, Pa. 07" Teeth extracted without pain.0 August 1, 1SG7. .A. Card. The undersigned has opened an office for the purchase and sale of Real Estate, in Fowler's Bjildins". o" Main street. Parties having Farms, Mills, Hotels or other proper ty for sale will find it to their advantage to call on me. I have no agents. Parties must see me personally. GEO. L. WALKER, Real E.t!ite Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa. C. W. SEIP, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Ha. removed his office and residence to :he budding, lately occupied by Wm. Davis, Ssq., on Main street. Devoting all his time o hi profession he will be prepared to an- werall calls, e.ther day or night, when not jrofesstonally engaged, with promptness. CO" Charges reasonable. ScO Stroudburg, April 11, 1867.-tC E10M1S, Jr. .TTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. STROUDSBURG, PA. IJjice, one !uor Lehw Florys Tin SIiop. J All claims against the Government prose uted with dispatch at reduced rates. C& An additional bounty of 100 and of 50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, f 8 Etl OF EXTRA CHARGE. August 2, 15GG. A. Card. Dr. A. Un-VKS J.MKS0S, Physician and Surgeon, BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT IIAV ing returned fr-.ii Europe, lie is now prepirel to rump the active duties of his profession. In onl r to prevent disappoint ment to person living at a distance who may wi&li t- consult him, h? will be found at his rffice every THURSDAY and SAT URDAY for consultation and the perform ance of Siirgic.il operations. Dec. 12, U67.-1 t. WM. W. PAIL. 3. D. nOAS. CHAELE3 "W. DEAN, WITH W.M. V. PAUL &, CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS & SHOES. WAREHOUSE, 623 Market St, & 614 Commerce St. above Sixth, North side, PHILADELPHIA. March 19, 16C6. tf. Itcli! Itcli! Itcli! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! noLLi.snoirs itch i silt khedi ointment. No Family should be without this valua ble medicine, for on the first appearance of the disorder on the writa, betweeu the fin gers, &lc, a s!iht application of the Oint ment will cure it, aud prevent its being ta ken by others. Warranted to give satisfaction or money efunded. Prepared snd sold, wholesale and retail, iby W. HOLLINSHEAD, ikroudsburjr, Oct. Hi, '(J7.J Druggist. J. LAJVTZ, UE.Vri.ST. HajB permanently located him self in-Stroudsburg, and moved his-office next ioot to Dr. S. Walton, where he is fully prepared to treat Jthe natural teeth, and ahsoto insert incorrup tible artificial teeth on pivot oiid plate, in tqe .latest and most improved manner. - .Most persons know tlie danger and folly of trust mg their work to the ignorant as well as the traveling dentist. It matters not how much experience a person may have, he is liable to have toue fail arcs out of a number tf cases, and if the dentist lives at a distance it is frequently put off until it is too late to save the tooth or teeth ag it ruav be; other wise the inconvenience and trouble of going w tar. Hence the neceidity of obtaining the services of a dentist near home. All work warranted. ' . Stroudsburg, March 27, 102. - DOX'T you kuoiir that J. n. McCurty is the only -Undertaker in filroudobyrg who understand Wu business! If not, attend a Funeral managed by any other Undertaker m town, and you will tsee the proof of the fcct. . . Sept. 20, '07. DO.VT FOKCET (hut u.'rii you want any tbiug in lb Furniture or Ornamental -line that McCarty, in the Odd-Fellows'-. Hail. Mnin . KLit Kiro... burg, IV, j tie p!aCC to cl j, Kept. 'fi. j BEN. WADE OF OHIO. iter. No farther notice was taken of the Massachusetts pave this man birth, in affair of the day before. "Wade was not the year 1800. lie was the youngest of J challenged ; but ever afterward was treat ten children. His father was a soldier, 'ed with politeness consideration bv the who fought in every revolutionary battle . from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. His mother was a daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman, a woman of vigorous intellect and great force of character. She fed and clothed her brood while the father was in the army. The family was one of the poorest in New England. A portion of its scanty property was a library of books. This eventually became Ben jamin's possession. He read the volumes through and through, and over and over, after his mother had led him so far into an education as to teach him to read and write. When Ben. was eighteen, he tear fully turned his back on tho old plough and the old homestead, and. with seven ! dollars in his pocket and a bundle of cloth- ins: on his back: started to walk from Springfield, Mass., to Illinois, to seek his fortune. He footed it to Ashtabula coun ty, Ohio. There, the snow falling, he determined to wait for spring to finish h is i journey ; hired himself out to cut wood in the forest at 50 cents per cord, and snatched hours from sleep at night to read the Bible by the light of the fire on the hearth of the log-cabin. Both the old and tho New Testament are at his tongue's end. Spring came, but the journey, to Illinois and fortu.no was suspended by a summer work at choppiug, logging, and grubbing, followed by a Yankee winter at school teaching. The journey was sus pended by a second year of such work, and was finally lost in an experience of driving a herd of cattle. Wade led the "lead" steer of a drove from Ohio to New York. Six times he made this trip. The last ox he had took him to Albany. 'Twas winter. Of course, the drover there ex panded into a school teacher. When the frost was out of the ground, scholars and teacher went to manual labor. The Erie Canal got the teacher. During the sum mer of 1862 Wade shoveled and wheel ed "The only American I know," said Gov. Seward, in a speech in the Senate, "who worked with a spade.and wheelbar row on that great improvement." An other winter of school teaching in Ohio, and the persuasions of Eligha Whittlesey, and the friendly offer of a tavern keeper, who bad got to loving "Wade, to trust him bed and board without limit, drew Ben, at the age of twenty-six, into a law office to study for a bar. He was admitted in two jears. lie waited auothcr year for his first suit. He won that, and in win ning it won the sympathy and faith of the lawyers of the district by his zeal and hard work for his client. The man's hand was on success ; nothing but death could detach it. Juries in Northern Ohio, got to be his way of thinking, and there was a growing coincidence between Wade's arguments and the judgments of courts. He began to be a man of pro perty, and a part of his estate was the opinion that prevailed all over the west ern Reserve that he was an honest, just, benevolent, brave, and wise man. That part of hi3 estate in Ohio has been ac cumulating at compound interest. It is very big now. Soon after entering the Senate a fire eating Southerner in debate grossely as sailed a 'Free State Senator. As no al lusion was made to himself or his State, Wade sat still, but, when the Senate ad journed, he 6aid openly if ever a" South ern Senator made such an attack on him or Ohio, while he sat on that floor, he would brand him as a liar. This coming to the ears of the Southern men, a Sena tor took occasion to pointedly speak, a few days 'afterward, of Ohio aud her people as negro thieves. Instantly Mr. Wade sprang to hi3 feet and pronounced the Senator a liar. The Southern Senator were astounded, and gathered around their champion, while the Northern men grouped about Wade. A feeler was put out from the Southern side looking to re traction, but Mr. Wade retorted in his peculiar style, and demanded an apology for the insult offered himself and the peo pic he represented. The matter thus closed, and a fight was looked upon as certain. The next day a gentleman call ed on the Senator from Ohio, and asked the usual question touching his acknow ledgment of the code. "I am here," he responded, "in a double capacity. I represent the State of Ohio, and I represent Ben. Wade. As a Senator, I am opposed to dueling. -As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code." "My friend feels aggrieved," said the gentleman, "at what you said in the Sen ate yesterday, and will ask for au apology or satisfaction." "I was somewhat embarrassed," con tinued Senator Wade, "by my position yesterday, as I have some respect for the Chamber. I now take this opportunity to say what I then thought, and you will, if you please, repeat 1t. Your friend is a foul mouthed old blackguard." "Certainly fcleuutcr Wade, you do not wish me to convey such a message as that?" : "Most undoubtedly I do j aod I will tell you, for your own benefit, this friend of yours will never notice it. I will not be asked -for either retraction, explana tion, or a fight." Next morning Mr. Wade cams iuto tho Senate, and proceeding to hi seat, deliberately drew f rom under his coat two large pistols, and unlocking bis desk, laid them inside. Tho Southern men looked on in silence, while the Northern mem bers enjoyed the lirj chIviV furprii'C at the proceeding of the plucky Ohio Scna- . ... . - - Senator who had insultingly attacked him. Gen. Hawley's Speech. Upon being conducted to the Chair : of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, as permanent President Gen. Ilawloy addressed the Convention, thanking them for the high honor con ferred upotfhim, and soliciting their in dulgence, lie said, we come together, charged with the momentous duty of selecting the Chief ruler of the great nation which leads the world in the pro- motion of freedom and equal rights Applause. The indications of your purposes and spirit already given assure us mat you will maintain the noble character of the Republican party. We unavoidably recall at this time tho Con vention of 18C0, with its profound anxi- eties il fresh Pure and glowing devo- tion to liberty, and its enthusiastic accept ance ot the wager of battle tendered by slavery and secession. Applause. It now seems clear to us that God then ruled our counsel. He made our decla ration of principles manly and severe; He gave us Abraham Lincoln for Presi dent. Tremendous cheering. God send us like wisdom and success to-day! Applause. He tested us in a. manner and to an extent which the liveliest im agination could not have anticipated. Posterity, we hope, will decide that we stood that test with a spirit worthy of a frcc people. Countless treasures and three nundrcd thousand, lives ottered were the evidence that we were solemn- ly in. earnest. We offered our lives and our property, but it wa3 not . enough. We laid ou prejudices of race and class on the altar, and the consciousness that we at least deserved success redoubled our nerve. The same high resolve rules to-day, and the honest men of tin coun try are ready for equal and even greater sacrifices, if they be indispensable to the declaration on this continent of liberty and equal rights to all. Applause. We learned the first lesson when we found that we must make all men free and call them to the battle-field. Wc learned the second lesson when we found that we must do still more, and give impar tially to all men a share in the Govern ment we were endeavoring to restore. Great applause. With a clear and fear less expression on the essential and im portant question at issue, which the peo ple well understand, and no ingenious de vice, no words, can obscure or void 1 1 . -passing Dy all personal and temporary controversies- working in perfect con fidence that the American people mean to do right and will do it in the end wc may feel sure ot triumph. The pow er of a nation of forty millions must be behind the just claims of the poorest working man of whatever race, and to recover the just wages its majesty must be felt wherever the humblest loyal man appeals against personal violence and op pression. Cheers. Every dollar of the national debt, the blood of a soldier is pledged for. Enthusiastic cheering. Every bond, in letter and in spirit, must be as sacred as a soldier's grave. Re newed cheers. Wo must win, gentle men, and shall win. It is the old fight of liberty, equality, and fraternity, against oppression, caste, and aristocracy. It is the old fight to make the world better "with malice towards none and with charity for all." Loud applause. We may halt for a moment, and change the direction, but the good cause always goes fiteadly forward. It is related and whether it bo true or not, the inci dent is well invented that on the evening of that awful battle of the Wil derness, when the legions of the Uuion army had fought all day, rather by faith than by sight, in the wild woods and tangled brush, some man asked General Grant to step backward a little and re organize, aud that he replied: " We have done very well, gentlemen; at halfpast three in the morning wo move Joricard." Long continued cheering. We accept nis spirit ana nis words, i'ernnps 1 am not anticipating in saying that we shall accept him again in person as our leader. Loud cheers. Thanking you agaiu, gentlemen, very heartily for the honor conferred, I await the further pleasure of the Convention. Applause. A Paradise. A writer in Jul nam's Monthly Jlaya iar. thus turns up the happy lot of the Japinese : , " ,. Take the Japanese as a whole, high and low, righ and poor, and they arc the be6t fed, best clad, best lodged, lest over worked, and most genial and happy peo ple on the face of the earth. l'ood is abuudant and cheap imagin ary wants arc rare; thus temptations to crime arc less than with us, though the laud is no Utopia. There is no euch thin as squalor to be scan iu Japan. In the house of the very poorest, a Fifth avenue belle might sit upon the matted floor without soiling her dress. The btrcets are admirably sewer ed ; all offal and garbage arc removed for manure. , t ' . ; There is no bigotry. The people aro wonderfully open-miuddd. Thero U no hatred of Christianity ns such ; only it is feared ss a'i ongiu? to "auc political Hiram Hill, the Diver. About twenty years ago, Iliram Hill accepted employment on Messrs. Eads & Nelson's submarine bell-boats. In time he was installed as diver, and as such we propose to speak of him. He remained in the employment of Messrs. Eads & Nelson for a period of eighteen years. He is now employed on Messrs. Dugan & Co.'s Undcricritcr, where we saw him a short time ago, and learned something of the life of a diver. The use of a bell in diving operations is now discarded. The diver wears a water-tight armor over his entire person, except the head, which is covered by an inverted metallic pot, in which the head can turn and move at ease. Thick, transparent glass is fixed in front to serve as windows; and to prevent accident, this glass is protected by steel guards or fenders. Equipped in this armor, the diver puts on a pair of lead-soled shoes, weighing each twenty pounds, lashes to his back and breagt a piece of lead weigh ing forty pounds, attaches the tube thro' which he receives air to the back of head pot, and then is ready for his submarine exploration. Mr. Hill generally descends to the bottom of the river by the use of a ladder, but can, without incuring any risk, jump from the boat and sink to tho bottom. The moment the diver appears under the water, the air pump commences its work of supplying him with a constant stream of fresh air. If at any time, the air creates too great a pressure upon him, the pressure i3 relieved by a self acting valve, at the side of the head. If the pump does not furnish sufficient air, the diver indicates the fact by.signs, and the supply is increased. Mr. Hill informs us that ho has remained under water for five hours at a time. The weight of lead fastened upon his feet and body, is nec essary to counteract the buoyancy of the air furnished him by the pump. While on the boat, the armor aud weight are a load for a strong man. Under water, they impose no realizable weight, and in no way impede motion. Mr. Hill stated that he has, while under water, clambered up stanchions, jumped down hatchways a distance of twelve and fifteen feet, with much greater ease and less risk than he might have performed the same feats out of water. Taking with him his tools, tho diver has frequently worked for hours at a time, patching up the bottoms of snag ged steamers, sawing boards, boring holes, driving nails, etc., with perfect ease and accuracy. When the water is clear he can recognize shapes at a distance of two or three feet, and at a distance of six inches' he can determine the different kinds of timber. When the rivers are high and the water is muddy, every thing is impenetrably black, rendering it immaterial whether his eyes are open or shut. But with Mr. Hill the character of the water is immaterial. He has been at the business so long that by the mere sense of touch he can instantly deter mine what portion of the wreck he is ex ploring; can caulk up cracks or patch up holes; he can determine the character of a sunken cargo; pass from hatch to hatch through the hold and do every thing else underwater that an expert blind man might do on land. He says that he breathes full and satisfactorily; that there is no stifling sensation, no matter how long he remains under. . Indeed, so ac customed is Mr. Hill to life and labor under water, that he feels somewhat lost when his stay on laud is protracted. He is of the opinion that iu the aggregate about three years of his life has been spent under water; yet he Jias no scales on his body, no sign of fins or gills, not eveu web feet. He is, to all intents and purposes, a human being, not even par taking of the naturo of a merman or any other cquatie animal. Cairo (.) Democrat. An Irish Mother A Maternal Example Worthy of Imitation. The Lynn (Mass.) " Reporter " tells the story of an Irish woman, who has been a mother indeed to her fatherless children. Her name h McCarty. Her husband was lost in a fishing vessel from Gloucester, and she was left with four children, the eldest of whom was only eight years. Finding that she could not bring up her children respectfully in Massachusetts on her slender earnings, she sold her furniture and put her chil dren nt a Catholic school in Brooklyn, agreeing to pay a certain stipend for their board - and ' instruction, secured a rassago round Cape Horn to California by working as a stewardess, arriving safely, went. to work there to earn money aud from thence went to Nevado Terri tory. Every thing that she could save from her earnings was eent'home for her fatherless children, to tho caro of a wo man who had charge of them. This con tinued until 'Mrs." McCarty became ap prised of tho unfaithfulness of this' wo man, wheu she immediately borrowed mongy enough to bring her to Massachu setts having just previously sout all sho had to tho dishonest woman and started to find her children. They were scattered around; thrco of them iu fami lies; one of them had died without her being apprised of it, and one of them was where he was ill used. She has gathered them together and has started back with them to California, determined hereafter not only to work for tbcui, but to have them where, the can look after them: Such cucrgy aud maternal, fidelity de fcrve a record, as an example aud au cn fouriigeiiu'iit t" oth Arrest of an Alleged Swindler. For some time past Buffalo, iu common with other cities throughout the Union, has been flooded with the circulars of Clark, Webster & Co.', reputed proprie tors ot the swindling gift enterprise con cern Having headquarters in this city, and known as the " Merchants and Bankers Gift Enterprise." Among those who have been swindled in Buffalo were many crippled soldiers and sailors, and the authorities of that city sent on Deteotive Cusick to obtain the necessary information to warrant them in obtaining an indictment of the swindlers by the Grand Jury of Eric County. Aided by Detectives Coyle and Elder, the case wa3 worked up by the officer, and resulted in the discovery that one A. A. Kelley, pro prietor of Kcltey's IVcekfy, an illustrated paper, was at the head of tho concern, the headquarters being located at No. 697 Broadway. The detectira returned to Buffalo, reported what he had learned, and, the necessary indictment having been procured, he yesterday returned to this city, and Kelley, haviugbeen arrest ed at the Metropolitan Hotel, was la3t evening taken to Buffalo by the officer The evidence against him is said to be very strong, and sufficient to warrant his conviction. Tribune, May 14. Some Facts About the Dome of our Na tional Capitol. The dome of the Capitol at Washing ton is the most ambitious structure in America. It is a hundred and eight feet higher than the Washington monu ment at Baltimore, sixty-eight feet higher than that of Bjinker Hill, and tcenty three feet higher than the Trinity Church tower, New York. It is the only consid erable dome of iron in the world. It is a vast hollow sphere of iron, weighing 8,009,200 pounds. How much is that? More than four thousand tons, or about the weight of seventy thousand full-grown people; or about equal to a thousand laden coal cars, which, holding four tons a piece, would reach two miles and a half. Directly over your head is a figure in bronze, " America," weighing 14,935 pounds. The pressure of the iron dome upon its piers and pillars is 13,477 pounds to the square foot, and St. Genevieve, at Paris, G6,000 pounds more. It would require to crush the supports of our dome a pressure of 755,280 pounds to the square foot. Tho cost was about $1,100,000. The new wings cost about 86,500,000. The architect has a plan for rebuilding the old central part of the Capitol and enlarging the Park, which will cost about 53,200,000. A Huge Tape Worm-Twenty-One Feet Seven Inches Long-How it was Cap tured. A tape worm measured at the drug store of Dr. W. M. Wilcox, in New Al bany, Ind., proved to be twenty-one feet seven inches in length. This worm was taken from a young lady, a niece of Mr. David Lewis, who lives four miles from New Albany. This young lady, who is 18 years of age, has been suffering from the effects of this worm all her life. She is small in 6tature, and her emaciated form is a sight to behold, yet she lived with this monster constantly gnawing at her vitals. A few years ago this young lady was put under the treatment of a celebrated physician of St. Louis, but all his efforts to remove the worm except a few links, were unavailing. Other ' medical skill had been tried before and since that time, but every effort to dislodge the enemyprov ed abortive until last evening. Dr. W. M. Wilcox, however, "snaked" it. Theyoung married women of Hungary, the land of pretty women, have recently been highly excited about the important question which of them is to be the wet nurse of the expected baby of the Quccu of Hungary, as tho Empress of Austria is called in the land of tho Magyars. It had been given out that the handsomest and strongest youug married woman was to suckle the baby, and over oue hundred photographs were sent in to tho doctor, who was to choose tho nurse. This mod ern Paris decided in favor of a beautiful young woman of Serasgus, who has al ready arrived at Pcsth, where she is the observed of all observers. Sho is to re ceive fivo thousand florius for her troublo, aud a liberal pension for her whole life. Ex-rebel Gen. Hill writes a letter, au uouncinz that 11 Democratic niggen marched in procession to a mass meeting which ho addressed iu Georgia the larger portion of tho audienco being ne groes." He says: " They carried trans parencies with Democratic mottoes. Pro claim it," he adds, " that houor is saved, peace secured and Democracy triumph unt." A Boston Democrat has recently gaiu cd posscssiou of a pair of lasts upon which tho boots of John Hannock worn inado for twenty years nrccediug his death. Upon the bottom of each is his original signature. Those who intend to walk in the footsteps of tho illustrious Hancock, will cow doubtless embrace- the opportu nity of having their boots made upou bis last.' It ia reported that a manufacturer iu New York has an order for two hundred thousaud thimbles, at eightoco cents a dozcu, for a gift coKrprmo, ticts fifty vcub-, and no Mink. This Protestant Cow. Paddy Murphy and his wife Biidget, after many years of ditching and wash ing, had accumulated a sufficiency to pur chase a cow (of course they had pigs), nuibu iucj um ui. me arse opportunity. As it was brought of a Protestant neigh- bor, Pat stopped on his way home, at the" hduse of the priest, to procure a bottle of hoi v water with which to exorcise tho. falso faith out of her. "Isn't she a foine creature V fnVod Pat of the admiring Bridget. "Jest hold her till I fix the shed." To save the precious fluid from harm. he took it into the house and set it up ia a crop board until he had "fixed" things. Then he returned and brought the bottle 1 i- , ... uacK ngain, ana wane lindget was hold ing the rope, proceeded to pour it upon, her back. But poor Pat had made a slight misu taka. Standing within the game lose was a bottle of aquaortis, that had been procured for a far different nnrnnse. nrl as it dropped upon the back of the poor cow, and the hair began to smoke and the flesh to burn, she exhibited a decided appearance of restlessness. 'Pour on more, Paddy," shouted Bridget, as she tugged stoutly at the ropo. "I'll give her enon-gh, now," quoth Pat, and he -emptied the bottle. Up went the hccl3 of the cow. rlnurr went her head, over went Bridget and: half a dozen of tha "childers " and awav dashed the infuriated bovine dowu tho street, to the terror of all mothers and the aeugnt ot dogs. Poor Pat stood for a moment, 'breath less with astonishmont, and then, clapp ing his hands udou his hins. Inolred nr. rowfully after the retreating cow, and ex claimed : "Be iabbers. Bridtret. but ian't th Protestant strong in her the baste !" When I am Pope. When I am Podc I.nronse tn rirnmnT- gate some new articles of faith : 1.' Every man shall be married nf thn age of 25, or show good causo for neglect 01 auty. 2. Every man shall annually tax him self one tenth oThis incomeuntil the, eum reaches the amount of . to pro cure books, journals and newspapers. 3. Wedding gifts shall never consist of luxuries jewels, plate, etc. but of books ; and with the birth of every child, ten volumes shall be put in the library in his name. 4. It shall be the duty of every youc married man to read aloud to his wife, at least one hour a dav. for tho first ton years after his marriage. But this shair not bo construed to the prejudice of the wife's right to read, speak, lecture, etc. 5. All men who lay by their books in a self-indulgent and hidden manner, ab sorbing knowledge without benefit to. their fellows, shall be treated as bees are that hide their nests smoked out, aud. their nests broken up. However, I will not tell you what oth er, laws I shall promulgate for fear I shall lose votes, and fail of becoming Pope. II. W. Beccher. Millionaires. A writer in tho Galaxy "gives the names of the following ten men as the. owners of one-tenth part of the taxable property of New York : William B.Astor, 810,114,000 Wm. C Rhinelander, 7,745,000 Alex. T. Stewart, 6,091,000 Peter and George Goelet, 4,417,000" James Lenox, 4,260,000 Peter Lorillard, 4,245,000 James D. Wolfe, 3,997,000 M. M. Hendricks, 1,690,000 Rufus L. Lord, 1,500,000 C. V. S. Roosevelt, 1,346,000 Total, $51,405,00 Astor inherited his property, as did. Rhinelander; the Goelcts made their for tune, partly by selling iron, and partly by buying a lot to pasture a cow, on which have since been built Fifth, Lexington,, and Fourth Aveuuea ; Lenox inherited his riches, and each year gives away near ly his whole income ; Lorillard, now deau,' made his fortune by selling tobaeco ;. Wolfe inherited a fortune, and married a Lorillard ; Hcndrickinheritcd part, and added to it by soiling copper; Roosevelt inherited ,some, and has increased it by the advaucc of real estate ; Lord and Stew art began poor, but got righ by selling dry goods. " - . Pearls. The Cncst pearls aro found near Cey lon, in the shell of a largo species of oys ter. Poarls should bo pure white, regu lar iu shope, aud slightly transparent. These who aro possessors of fine pear la should bear in mind that they are liable to be discolored by contact with acids aud gas and uoxious vapors of all kinds. This is the reason why gas is never seen iu tho halls of the English aristocracy, neither tho ladios beauty nor their pearl being able to bear it. - A school master asked a fair pupil, ' Can you decline a kiss? ": " Yes, sir" she replied, ' but I hato to plaguily."; . . . - - . ' i T. ' T-- Miss Nellie De Mare, of New. York. I has agreed to walk from Jersey.City to. ! Philadelphia, in 36 hours, for $1,000., The latest style is to wear ti c , parasol in h jdvouth, flung a', the side like a. Mbic Mi 11 y. 4
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