~{ ~+j 1 !IWO TRACT,. Publishers. V;014. VIII. _--THE=- 800 Republican l'alliished Eveyr-ThUrsday,' .'fOWANBA, BY ROL'CDM.B & TRACY. sz - ,.7r) Per ipintein. in-Adraner .1,1r.-Hisiulnates--S,x rents a line tor first _.;,, 4, I i live cents per line for all su :-. w. le. , rt , ms. , Reuling notice advertising , ,Lts kc r line. Eight lines constitute a ' Isre au•i twelvs...lines an- inch. 'Auditor's . ... ..,, F.. i ... q.' Administrator's and Executor's ... , ~.,7±. ~ Yearly advertising $150.0 0 per to published in the Ilse*, rr ar Block, at the corner of Main i st ta:" over J. F. Comer's Boot and its circulation is over 2000. As.sii -11,,r11,1!“.; it; is unexcelled in its im • • - rt i Zu site s idreci:l7 trTOIC.N EVS- AT-L A W \ Nic/iOV RN, (E. J. Circe/and ,;.,,rsz). Canton, Bradford County entrusted to their care iu will Riceive prompt attention. ni Attoruoys-at-Law; 001 c, .V Co. • • • • S., Mike lit Wood's Block, south t ; ,t Batik. upstairs. June 12,18 s, iN C Elsbree and L Efirbr , e 1 . 7 . j 1. rear Block. Park St may 14,78 rirs; ,B,na .V Peck and D Or , r over Market OUR, ov.r Dayton'■ Etti)r 5pri114,76 ' °Bien in Ileari's Block spr t 4.76 vt, \"; t N• WHIN k -HALL. (W T Dacus )i c.ll. L 31.11011.) Office in real • ; INlnlor St. (Je12,7. Solicitor 'of Patents NII Al 1.:.r att. , utiob pittl to business in c..urt'antt t thesettlutxteut of estates. t-olye's Block. 4949 yew ,;y(; (1. McPherson and ", 1. 1 111;:n south side TlAlorcurts .Afeb 1,7 1 . I . ITT:Li,: 6ts.• kS.:I.,E k BUPFINGTON. - (H /V Vt. , a - , :: , As. E J Angle"awl . E D Buffington). ~.., ~ A .t. SI,It . 'lf Main street, two doors north •z.All T. usiness en trusted to thel .I:' W..; Ne prompt attention. oct 26.77 T conDING, Attor- I ..1111geitnr9-11A-Law. office to the wcr C•]'• Kirby's Drag gore. 'BO tf: T' •••• V. P .Vttnrne)-a -Law. Office it ttait, Street. w, and E. A..) Attorneys-at 1 , 4,, • )thee in Mercer Block. •i I%.rt,y's Driig store entrance on Main .t.ittway .north of I'ost-office: i:r raptly attended to. Special atten.' v c:atitis against the United St.stes ,, Bounties, Patents. etc „ and ie . % n si;ttlement of decedtint's estates. E 4 K E ‘ . 4 of tibvernmant claims at flGtebnt 'I I'S( CA A'S AND SURGEONS f: tine. over Dr. H. C Drag SV,re. fob 12,7 N ;ire. P. N: F. Office it DwaLltow r "tr. 4•t..• ruor Westou Sl_ fob 12,71 tat deiir ob s street.. :Stiicisl at— ille'l4VOl of trie Itirost 7 , . . . : ot11,:e and raw . north o• M.E Chur•b Ponst.,u U , ".firtnieut. • lb 22 iR ! 74%1i.Office Pine St., .)pposite hours from 10 to 12 *At. and r. Spectral attention gives to Eye, and Discaso . s °Utile Ear. ioct 20 77 II T... •J- M.D.. • , iv.•,i•ATISIC PHYSICIAN & SUEVIV.OI4 •i . • .ttiee !oat nortb of Dr. :'orbon't t. th•elis Pa.' HOTELS :t. , )rt•tt: Matti wt., next corner south !:rl.ige 4treet. New house 'and new :er , olghout. The proprietor has r 1,31111 , or eipeuse to making hie :-.la.s .cud respectful"... solicits • share Steals at sll hours Terme Lan., Stable stt‘Otted HENRY. SECRET SOCIETIES Ns PITT. NO. 68, G.- A. IL Meet" 81t, i nifty evening, at Military HAIL GEu. V. MATH. Commander. : i ,;ine, Adjutant. : . Ie); 7, 74, . ; LoloiE. NO. 67. 'Sleets it K. of P , ia.:l.".tvory 'Monday eve dog kt 700. - An. Ot•nertts $3.'00 per 'Week. Aver years eiperlence,-$ll. .IEsSE ',Ty.E.its. Reporter. Dictator. ' fob 22 78 .t 1 it !,, ,ITE N0:167. I. 0. 0. F. Meet low R Hall every Monday evening N.M.EN Hui.. Noble. Grand. DicsE AND SIGN PAINTING P. E. No 32 Second Itreet All.orders L n.ceiVe prompt attention. June 12,15 EDUCATIONAL. IN's:A COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. NPI:ING rERNI will begin nonday, 1 P+ , 2. - For catalogue or other I.nfor. t address or call on the Principal. EDWIN E. QUINLAN, A. M. Towanda, Pa. lIE Pc:UMBER AND GAS FITTS*, aT EL LIAMS, 'EDWARD. PracticalAltimber vv and Gros Fitter. Pllce Of bustneas In ?dee r nest door ,to .Tpurnal office opposite • :! square. plumbing, Gas Fitting, Repair of all kinds, and all kinds of Gearing z-I , tly'attended to. Ail wanting work in Ids is oild give him n call. July 27,77 /.1. - sqRA 2vcs C'. S, General Insurance AgeneY, I, wanda, Ya. Office In Whitcomb's Book july 12,74 And had One of His. . 45, CENT DINNERS 6.1 ; : 2 fiRNAIIENTAL JOB PRINTING • s pecialty at the itztosucas .01os. , , , . ~ _ ~.._, :„...,,, _...,...,,,,..-„,...,...,„,„,---4,,- , ,,,..----------- -,---------1--- -,--_, , -- : -.-,.:1 , - --_-..--,--, -_,-.:7 - ,_, ,1. - -,7,,-_ - _-. - - - , - ... --- , - . - " 2. 4, f - . :". , ' ' ' 1 ; , , . ; "•/ - . , , . •- • . • ~ . ': ' . 7 , ' , _ ~. •,-,..-„: ~,,,..,., 4 ' 1 ' ... , ~. , 3 ~ .J -:. 1 ~.. , , ~. ". 0... t,_,- ....„.„.„ ~:._ '..".._ , ._,.,, . .. .. _ AL- • IT , : - , :,--,' -, - 3 ,. ) , --;:-. ---.,: - -2 : t...,.. , 0 , if,:„.„ ... .75 ~. ... r.., or'.. r .: - . ~.7,..... „I. ' ` 4 41, -- 6. b 4 Or" %1.1, a: 0 1- 1 --k •L 'i l -- 4 ' t , TA.- •---..-. - _ ~,-,. . ~. • ~. - , 1 • ' . • - ' ,• , , ..-; ~., -- • t-,- -, , -7. , -, , . - .t- 4 ,- - /' •:•r' - " ' - - 1 .:. = , • VoceUnman Advertisement. NEW FIRM I NEW STONE I , (lormarly with , llentielensz_ka" 11A9 OPENZD eweiry°Store . OF MB OWN IN P ATTON'S BLOCK With Sviarts & Grortien!s Store, Main Street, Towanda, Pa., Where he keeps a FULL ABBO!ITEENT Gold & Silver Watches SWISS AND AMERICAN; CLOCKS, -sPECT&CLES, ETC. • Sir His Stock is all NEW and of the FINEST QUALITY. Call and see for yourself. • • REPAIRING' DONE PROMPTLY CM We kee_to pa band emetsetly ter puiiere, Lairg; g41):004141C; - : LAT/1;: 5H11416413 SASH I)6oitEe trax - os, StiEE'riNG • tATER, - PAINT§, OILS, VARNISHES, WAMONISAVER I SSIMPLIE 4 Felimp; Sixilsol443S; Carriage Trimniings. /also a inn line Of Mug sad Eon; lisedsakra.:anii a Willie nt _ Carriages, Plaiforni-anstiaimber Wagons, Made by ns th skilled workmen, and warranted in every'. particular. -j Midi/ MST. & SPALDING, Hardware Dealers. Troy, April 27-1 Y • BL' ANK BOOK MAN:tFACTITRER AND 800-11 Elll A 1f 1 ie4 . .. J. .P;utN6s, TOW,VSI) ; I,' PA All work to his line done, well and promptly sF lowest pries. • . •-• • - • t • Parties baying volumes inentagatalein betas.; cashed with any missing inunberned.anst - peles.' All order!, given I...r.giet_slan, -Agent • toe firadforA County..will be . promptly executed. ec4 cording to directions,. sergel•tt-ss Og L. ROSS • • Now occupies the Corner Store opposite Dr. H. o:Porter's Drug Store, Main fiteeet, with a large stock of • GO - CZARS; OF - THE BEST QUALITY. • Mr. Ron has ANOTIMB Stone ox Samos EITHILIM J. L. Schoonover is clerk. The two stares are connected by Telephone. Mr. Ross can now feel initialled that he can give the ). BEST GOODS FOR THE' LEAST MONEY i. - r . •I His experience enibles him to select the best goods, whichrheia bound to sell all ii:LOWir PRICE. You can alwayalret • bargain if yon BUY YOUR GROCERIES AT ROSS'S. All goods delinfed in the Borough FREE. FARMERS will dornell to call with their Produce and get the CASH.' 20apr82-17. M. HENDELMAN JEWELLER, • , •- . - .:' -.. La still to be found at the 01.,D.STAND Next door to Dr. 117 C. Porter's Drug Store FINE AMERICAN AND SWISS J E W ELR;L SPECTACLES . & ALL OF WHICH WILL EE SOLD AT THE VERY WWI= PRICES, • Clock'. Watches Ind Jewelry protiptly repaired by an experiencaddind competent motinnan. • HENDELMAY.. .eptl6•tf _ . - L N.-NELSON c .. ilitt; _ it DEALER DI ,-,, WATCHES, - . (zoo= eats °ow AND PLATED - .... . , JEWELER of ovary eartoty. sod Spootoolso. or; Pintail Atontloo paid to ropolftiut. ( Sbop la`' or Voosht's Ow way Store. IbilnAtfATowsnds, Papas. , 0404 NEW GOODS I JEWELRY, ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY. ' TROY, PA. CHgSPUJI-NAILO also PAPER RULER; &o 'l3l Gri,rssNi• street, UTICA. N. Y, . 7 11.41 X STREET, .WITH A FULL LIN* OF WATCHES, BTERLING SILVER• AND PINE PLATED WARE, EYE GLASSES, cLoaxs,, FROM THE CHEAPEST TO THE BM, .;,:. : 7707iF4.20A.-.8*Awi0xiipi:.:.070574. , ...V44,,, - ,.:*,.,:!,_,: :: „,41,ffip,417,:; -4.4TwApiy..:4, .1084. AGW Advertisements. i The Secret of the universal success of Brown Iron Bitters is sim- ., ply this: it is the best Iron preparation ever =4; is compounded on thoroughl y scientific, chemical and medicinalinciples, and does just what is claimed for it—zio more and no less. - By thorough and rapid assimilation with the blood, it reaches every part of the System, healing, purifying and. strengthening. Com mencing at the foundation it builds up and restores lost health—in no other way can lasting benefit be • obtained. 29Z/ea:bons Ma, Ml:aim Nov. 1. I have been a great Sufferer from a very weak stomach, heartbara,and • dyspepsia in its worts lonia. Nearly everytMng I ate gave tne distress. and I cotild eat but little. I hare tried evinything recommended, hare takes the prescriptions of a dozen physicians, but got so relief until I tog t Brown's Iron. Bitters. I feel . none,pc the old troubles, and am a. , new scum . I am getting. much - - stronger, and feel fint•rate. lam a railroad engineer and now make my trips -regularly: your not say too much in praise of wonder.- ' ful medicine. D. C. /tlAcc. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS does .•contain whiskey or alcoh T ol, and will not blacken the teeth, or cause headache and constipation. It yi 11 cure dyspepsia, indi gesti_on, heartburn, sleep lessness, dizziness, 'nervous debility, weakness, &c. Use only Brown s Iron Bitters inside by Braila Chemical Ca, Baltimore. Crossed red lines and trade-mark on wrapper..• By Universal Accord, AVra's CATIUUT!C Pius are the hest of all purg atives for family use. They are the product of long, laborious, and successful chemical investigation, and their extensive use, by physicians in their ,practice, and by all civilized 'na tions, proves them the best and most effectual - purgative Pill that medical .science can Alevlse. Being purely veg etable no harni can arise from their use, and being sugar-coated, they are pleasant to take. In intrinsic •value and . ' curatives powers no other Pills can be compared ,t+ith them; and every person, knoiving' their virtues, will employ, them, when needed. They keep the system ..in perfect oider,•.and maintain in t Atealthy action the whole machinery of life. Mild, searching and iffectual; they are especially adapted to the neeils of the digestive apparatus. derangemsnts ~:of which they prevent ._and cure4if timely taken. They are he best and safest physic to employ flr children and weakened constitu tions; ,where a mild but effectual cathartic is•remilred. or sale by 'all druggists.- The Bad and 'Worthless are. never imitated or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remeds/imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it . had been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters seas the purest, best and moat valuable fainily medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press And peo ple of the country had expressed the merits of EL 8., 'ankn every way trying to in duce suffering invalids to use their stuff int stead, expecting to make money on the credit, and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word "Hop" or "Hops" were used in a way to induce ,people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no mat ter what their style= or name is, and espe cially those with the word "Hop" or "Hope in their name or in any way con nected with.? them o'r their name, are imi tations or counterfeits. ,Beware- of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genaine Hop Bitters, with a bunch or clus ter of green Hops on the white label. Trust nOthing else. Druggists and dealers 'are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits. the r Whole History of r Medicine No preparation has everperformed such marvellous Ores, or maintained so wide: a reputation, as AYER'S Cusitny PncrOßA!., which is recognized is the world's ,remedy for all diseases of the throat and lungs. Its ' long-continned series' of wonderful cures in all cli mates has made' it universally known as a safe and reliable agent to employ. Against ordinary colds, which are the forerunners of more, serious disorders. it acts speedily and surely, always re lieving suffering, and often saving life. e protection it affords, by.it4 timely -e in thioat and chest disorders. makes it an invaluable remedy to be kept . always on hand in every home. No person cau , afford to be without it, and thoSe who have once used it never will. Pion) their knowledge of its composition and operation, physicianS use the CIIERRY 'Pecroltxt. extensively in their practice, and clergymen . Tecom mend it. It is absolutely certain in its (healing -,effetts, and will always cure where cures are 'possible. For sale by all druggists. A AGENTS! AGENTS! AGENTS! For GEN. DODGE'S bran' neu i bbok, entitled Thirty-Three Years Among OUR WILD INDIANS] true reeved of the Amboy, rikirtv-ThrognarrAirsaaat Espericree ammo Of lINSCOM With =Sae hitivd r ika By Gen. Sher m an. Thla new work wee at once enbetaihed for hy Presided Awning oat attire Cbligt. and. by Gas Annum. Gen Grant. Geol. Sheridas. Gar ilascatE, end thoweriadad tea. Went Men; thew Out apse—"R u *llea BMA cu Woks* An . over wrinen... Inasor .Wrier (Methodist) rya I—./t io a book ef imams, vane." It lithe oak anthem tie seconit of ow Indians ever published, fully neva& Ins their "Many U.*" leen% *nage. napkin. etc.i It Is rapids with thrilling experiences of the Author, and of b eams Beads. TeldOela, C0w 43 071: Mum Border ate., vividly Openness Ws to the Greet West as It now 4111 tiorasd if put. With libel Zsgravisga and Superb Chromo•Lithcgraph Plates to la ccdota. from photosraphs' Ssedeby the ILL Gonenimeat apresslyfortAtio orals erpok il0t.V111! Mb grand book is not ont•eeilles All other' litto 1. No ecaspreitkes Asentiamenge its to se enders *day. We treat 1000 more spin at men Es drive 2wrika4 gad spseia Ihrm Orel. Our lanortheu lan with full putieulam sole ins. A tine Spreinies Piefa sent Or oddities fare a eentatamp. Address the age pub's, A. D. WORTHINGTON Sr CO., Llawrsossithism ivonasimearr l or' THE PIMP= Br TIE /WM: . ` Alat wit Ths PEO014"- SELECT POETRY. OVERCOME:I'H I To Lim that overcomith, 0 word divinely strong, The lactißts palm, the fadeless Meath, The grapdimmortal song. Add his the hidden manna, 4nd his the polished stone, • Within whine whiteness shines the tudiiii Revealed to him alone. To him that overunneth- Ah, what of hitter strife Berne he win tire battle's gage • And snatch the crown of We t What whirl of crowing weapons, What gleam of flashing eyes, Whasstem debate with haughty toes, Must be before the prize. - To him tint overcometh Shell trials, aye Wall, The %Aid, the Flesh, the Devil, He needs must face them ali t - - Sweet - 100s of temptation May Dire with silveni strain, And cope he mist with subtle toes, And. lanch 'math flery pain. To Wu that overcometh • A miglity help la pledged; He wields a sword of purest mould, By use of cycles edged. k And prophets and confessors, A matchless valiant hand, Have vanghished earth, and stormed the skies With that triumphant 'brand. To him that overeometh ' 0 Promise dearest dear! The Lord himself, who died for him Will evermore be near. Sere. dust upon his garinents, Them; robes that royal be, For "On my throne," the Klnj bath paid, " Mine own shall sit with me." To Urn that overcometb, 0 word divinely strong! • .1 • It weaves itseit through weary hours I.Ure some rejoicing song. For his the hidden manna, • .And his the name unknown. • • Which Christ the Lord one 4ay otAltYa • Will tell to him alone. —Margaret F. Seagate! MISCELLANEOUS. A WEDDING RECEPTION. "Just :what I expected !" said Mimi • Dela viguenmourufully. • She was sitting out on the balcony, where the mignonette and aster were all a blaze of vivid color, to enjoy the sunset; but she didn't enjoy it any more, after Mur:iade Vail had told her the news. There was a band playing in the little park, whose grecn grass and sparkling fountain formed such 41,pretty living picture, but she did not bear its music any longer. • sAMarried said Miss . Delavigue, lifting her hands, and drawing a sepulchral sigh— ".married! Does the, whole world think, and dream, and' trouble itself about nothing else ?" verry berry, auut," fetid: Muriade ; "but— ',IN°, you are not," said Wm DebivigUe. "Don't begih, at this late day, to tell me Wiehoodn." • "I don't mean' that rpi.sorry because I've promised_ to marry _Tom," said Miriade, with a bright spot on each cheek, "because that would be a faLehood. No, indeed,'Pm not sorry ; but I mean I'm vaned to dirap ixAnt,you, aunt." -. • Muriade Vale we; a. dark, Spanish-eyed girl, with brows like two perfect • arches ; -a red, cherry-cleft mouth; and the most ro guish of dints, scarcOly large enough to be dignified with the name of dimple, that came and went in Fs capricious fashion in her chin. She stood, with folded hands 'and head slightly drooped, before. the prim, el derly lady, whose black silk dress resolved itself into such4)erfect folds, and whose iron gray curls hung so precisely on either side of her face. "Didn't I take you when yoit were seven veers old, and bring you up as a young latti should be brought up?" sadly demanded bliss Delavigue. "Yes, :aunt." "And hayen't I had you edncited at Mademoiselle Melisse's, with extra. piano lessons, and your voice cultivated at two dollars a lesson ?" went on the old lady. "Yes, anus" confessed lilariade.. " And," s4erely went on the catechist, "just as you were getting to be a real com panion for me, iu my advancing years, you forget all this, and run a with—Tom Whit worth." " I haven't run off with him, aunt 1" flashed out Muriade, scarcely knowing whether to laugh or to cry. "But you would, if you couldn't .wring a consent from me. You know you said Miss Delavigue. "You'd scramble down a ladder, or climb out of a fourth story window." "I love him, Stint," said Muriade. ear nestly; "and be loves me." " Rubbish I" said. Aunt Delavigne, with an energy that nearly tipped her :eyeglasses from her Boman nose. "Yon 'mesa - tbit he loves ycitir expectations. He loves the idea of inheriting my money, and this brown. stone home, and all the shares in the Mexi can silver mines. That's the beginning and the end of .11 l" " Neveri aunt :" cried poor Muria°. " That's' well," grimly ;Announced Miss Delavigue ; " because rye my own ideas on the subject. I don't know that Pm at all too old to marry . tayself.r • " Aunt I" exclaiMed Idarisde. in surprise. " Wily not ?" said Miss Delavigtte. " I suppose there can be old fools' as well it young ones." , "But," pleaded Muriade, " are you in earnest ?" " Why shouldn't I be in earnest?" "Aunt," burst out Muriade, "is it Major Larkington ? Is it ? Oh, I know it is ! And oh, aunt, dear, I do so hope .:you will [be happy ! And Major Larkingion' is per; rectly, splendid, since he got his false teeth ; only, aunt, those tedious stories of his atm% the War in Florida--won't.yon get tired ,of them, if you're obliged to hear that' even day?" Was Delivigue loolred in some perplexity at her niece: She had supposed that this hint would:have • Miriade with _ dismay and disaprlohrtment ;, but on the contrary that young damsel appeared to accept the' idea as the most natural thins in the world. And Tom Whitworth, chancing, entirely by accident, of course, to come in just' about that time, coincicled in 3fuxiade7s view of affairs entirely. , " The jolliest thing Ij ever hoard of !" de-, clued Tom, who was a fair...complexioned young Saxon, with curly yellow locks, a blonde moustache and superb teeth—w,hich latter was a fortunate circumstance, Waage Tom. Whitworth wartelms WOW& "It's a twist middbmgtstroutirter - , "I dare sew,* s a id llesegelasiime; primly, But ertafto *. ray ttrionkebo#.l4o get ting all 14- money r "Dear me !" said Tato,Bleinglikk blonde brow "It was lituriadij imudirik _prok your money, Wm Dela** Of contra, if yonApose to leave KID W after yon had dciiiiiirith it, it would bays been very woe* able.- Beady cash always Acmes bandy. Noir, yon know tbit i llorkide, is well as I do," in anima *ia learning gesture from fiancee; " : - "b l , Talky= aro such abutglierr'said IthllW Ulf . " WeD, perhaps I wam 'smarms**, Tom. "Bat I moat Mao Delolgtt' to in es ts id the whole thing. `The Money is hem aid we don't grudge it to her. And were reedy to work for our own, aren't i we,Muted. r I' not rich, but my dice 'ringo me a thousand dam a year, and we're both go. ing to economise like womytidni—aren't we, Miriade? And Major Lerldngton's a brick, and we hope you'll be happy, eumuy as we're going to , be." And Tom 'Whitworth equeeied Mir Dela. tigue's band until the old lady cried Out : !or mercy. , 'And - now, aunt," said' Ifuriadei radi antly, " when is the wedding •to be ? And why haven't you said anything about it be- sore r Mies Delavigue hesitated a• liAlle. She blushed. Apparently she did not Itnow what to say on the spur of the moment. - ".Weil," she Meted, "Major laskinfen did say something about the twentieth of December." 1 "Christmastime 1" exclaimed Kuriade. Tega w how perfectly delighttal t Couldn'tge to have oar wedding at the same time ?" "No," said Tom, stoutly..• " We must be married ou the thst of Eleoember. You quid we eicrald, Mottade, and you mutt not go back Of yotkword." "Bat, Toni, it would only ,he three weeks." "Thee weeks or three days;" • stoutly maintained Tonr_Whitwortb, " you remised me, arstli eanl,Jet you off."- - " Well,Abeni r you obstinate fellow," said Mu Vale, "we can be baok,,,..iten4or trip Jost in time - to -dance at Auff,Foavigtte's wedding." "Agreed!" said Tom, looking Tery hap. py indeed. ;.1 Apparently the young couple were in no wise, discomfited at the idea of going to honiekeeping on a capital of love, and love alone. Tom Whitworth began to look diligently around among dim; old auction-rooms and musty, second-hand stores, to' find some.!, thing astoundingly cheap and• delightfully comfortable, wherewith to garnish the small cottage which he had decided' to take a little out of town, so ow to economise in the arti ele'of rent. And Miulade joined a cooking class, made herself a bib-apron, and began to, come down into Mrs. Delavigue's kitchen . to ax, periment in pies and puddings, dainty little tea-biscuit, and salad which might have tempted an anchorite to break his vows. And she studied up the question of pol ishing brasses, cleaning plate-glass, mending china, and darning table. ligen, with notable earnestness. And she was more ' affection ate than ever with her angt. "-Because," she told To "there is some. thing so pathetic, about !Aunt Delavigcm's happiness, coming so strangely in the au umn of her life. And_ I'm afraid, Tom—, now don't tell anybody—that Major lark ington is only going to mary her for her money. For he is certainly ten yeas younger than she is, and he has only come from Philadelphia once to see her since the engagement." " Lore is like measles," said Tom, philo. sophically. "Ever one has* in a different Uffil While afhts Dekelpie, who had been judge and jury all by herself, at last res. dered the verdict to a public consisting of herself alone. "They love each other, after, My money had nothing to do with ie Tom loves Miriade, and Miriade has not ceased to,love her old aunt, now that she no longer believes herself to be an heiress. There is such a thing as honor, and truth, and real affection in the world s after all." The first of December came, and Miss Delavigue gave Muriade the prettiest of weddings; tinder a marriage -bell of white rose-buds and =ilex, with an artistic little ddeuner, and she went away in a rdovaeol ored silk dress, with daisies in herhat. "But," aunt," she said, "it's too strange that Major Larkingtonlisn't here I" " Ho couldill come," said Miss Delavigue. "He'll be '''on kind on the twentieth. /Callon andTotn get back in time!" • "Oh, we'll be awe to do that!" add " And be sure, aunt, that you thank the major for' . the dear little pearl locket that he sent me." ' The twentieth of December came; so: did Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vihitwordi, frestil'ertua the icy spray of Niagara Falls., I ' Miss Delavigne's parlors were once more decorated with the choicest hot-house ~ flow ers, while Sonberetti's men were arranging the supper-table and putting champagne bottles ,into silver coolers. The old' lady , herself; in pearls, point base, and the palest of laiender silks, stood in.the middle of the . room, receiving her quests. Major Lark ington himself was I .e, looking very stiff and military, and an old-young lady in s dress exactly off the same.tpattern of Miss Delavigne's. "Tone are late Tom, , and Muriade," , said the hostess, beamingly. "The. marriage ceremony was performed. alf an hour ago; The major thonght ho would rattier have it over before the guests. began :to arrive. Stop I Don't congratulate Me I'm not the bride. This," introducing the old young lady with the profusion of curls, and the slight soupcon of powder on her cheek bones, "is Mm. Major Larkington, and my old schoolmate, Helena' Dove, who' has given me great 'pleasure by accepting my hospitality on this occasion.", "Delighted, I am sure!" stammered Tom, staring with all his eyes. Itauytie - Mgratuudiens " faltered Muriade, scarcely less lammed. • And then they took advantage of • strewn of newcomers,, who monopolized the bridal pair, and taxed Miss Delavigue with her duplicity. , • - "Sold," said Tom, succinctly, "complete. ly I" 1 "Aunt., how could von deceive us so ?" said Idmisete. "I didn't deceive pin," said Miss Dela vim, laughing. " I said there imild tkt old fools as well as young ones, and I say so etilL And you ruts& Mentioned Major larkington ! I didn't feel myself called upon to go into any disclaimers, although I knew then that he was engaged to' Helena Dove ; and the only point I gained was the certainty that my niece and nephew were net heart. less fortune-seeker; but me just as well as if they believed thanielves my heire 4 sis well as the conviction. that Tom Whit. worth loved Muriade just because she was Mnriade, and not the rich old woman's Dull relation." Miss Delirrigas Jude bal will the next day, and left all her money to *ode& and non, beanie she was easy in her mind at "It was a regular C00.161111V 1 she said; "bat it revealed to meetly what I wanted to lmcnr.-4-itelea Forrest' Grates. • • 1 Dana . 'Manx—Always eat your'fbod 'lowly, Masticate well, Mt' down to your meal in good humor, as you go to bed, smiling and peaceful. ' Keep good natured, and never indulge in anger. Ma' is the way to insure digestion. sound sbwp and long life. COAILIESSIIIIEM • AND SZNATORS. Phi Desiestie Lill if the Peep Pee Ilirres atinatives la Wasigagtea. I refer, of course, to 'those who do not live in &deb, which the majority of them cannot afford to do. Many of them; even those whose wives and children are with them, lodge in one place and go , several squares in all kinds of weather for their Snails, which last they take pciesibly in a dining room in a back building on the first he o , floor, looking only a n a brick ' wall, six feet distant, w the sun never shines Sad where people huddled together, rut meal times in little tter - onler than tidings in a pen. The food in the place which I am accurately describinglas one where I know certain Ikpresentativ*B and their families to have taken their meals for several ransom- WS months is badly served, never very hot or teniPtingly rooked, is of medium quality Ind ant; Naturallys eating in 4* cheerless a place of so unsavory a dietlis apt to sow the seeds of the dYsPoPsis which fr• *dm' hours stud even occasional drinks de. 'sky WS thniflasemiknown.wheh a! Rep msentative has it, ak malaria, or, when: it seizes a Senator, as pnemnonia. ' 1, , The 'edgings a few blocks disttuit*dhy some of those who eat, as I have . - 'OA are up more than one flight of ate . • ' in a very shabby-looking house inside; I ~; I ris poorly furnished. The hall and steirmso are dark by day and;night, for onitfukasas burner is allowed to ticker, in a 7.- clini way, during the evening in the ball on tithet'flrst toor, and there is nonein the hall up stairs through which the " member," his wife and children' stumble on returning from their late dhum, and he gropes his way -through darkness even more dense when be domes in after ten o'clock' from any place. ' Their rooms are three, a seictilled parlor and a bed mom, in which thi3y rand two children crowd, and a hall room, or one in the back building for the nurse, if they indulge in Rich a luxury, as some feel they cannot af ford to do.4The parlor i the member's atlice, the children's play and his wife's sewing room and reception room, where she receives visitors whenever any find her at home. It beam evidence of all the purposes to which it is put , and its scanty, shabby furniture and eeriet are almost conceded beneath newspaperi, CongreMional Records, documents and books an seeds from the . Agricultural Department tio be distributed to constituents. The children's - toys,' the baby's carriage, the nursery 'refrigerator in which the baby's milk is kept and the , u2Other's work-basket, as well as her card.. basket baSket overflowing with cards from foreign and domestic dignitaries—for she has dill,- gently called on every one in official life-'-- adtwithstanding the feet , ' that she has no suitable place to see visitors, all are to be found or stumbled over in this room. No wonder she is generally reported " out," even when actually at-home, when her visits ere returned. Big I an d glad to say none even of her most fashionable acquaintances umb her because she does not live in better dYis• . , Of course, there are some Senators , and Representativeswho live in boarding hotises whets's* better situated than thoile I have described, but few of them are, if they have children with them, as their expeusei are too he_ ivy to afford the best accomodations here, many of them having residences at their distant homes, the expenses of which only , partially cease daring their ,absence. Some, instead of going amt to meals; are supplied by caterers, whtsend the ' food in covered tin 'limes to cu4Somers living some. limes a mile from wheigthe food is , cooked When it , is brought in, none MAO, the member 4 writing materialt and manuscript, 'including his hall-finished speech, are shoved to one side of his table Old the food is de posdted'on the remaining space, which is covered during the meal with a cloth which has decidedly seen betteir days. To this un appetizing repast the. ,family draw up' and think that at least the; sublimity of discern toil can be found in phases of Congressional rife in Washington and wonder why they jmagined before coning here that theft paths would be strewn with rose's and that when the head of the douse was elected,they thmight earth had no brighter lot to offer than theirs was to be. • -Unless rich enough to afford the best ac commodations a hotel can offer, the mem bars of either house of Congress who live at the hotels have the advantage of those living in boarding houses only in the better meals, better furniture and attendance. Their rooms usually are very small and, of course, overcrowded by their trunks, books and ,pa pars, and one room often , hits no outside windows. One Congressman of my ae quainhatee who, with his wife, occupies a couple of very cheerful rooms on the tippet floor of a hotel, has perforce to do all his work—and he has,no clerk or private` secre tary—in the tame room where his wife re ceives all her visitors. Yet he does it well. But when he has work to do which demands steady thinking he must borrow the time from that belonging to sleep in order to se cure quiet.— Washington Correspomknes Philadelphia Times. NEGROES SELLING COTTON. Promptly at the proper hour the men and women employed in the cotton gins walked into the buildings, and when the whistle blew they were at Work. Early* the.morn ing, before sunrise,. the little carte and light one-horse wagons began to roll into , town. Safi and row-boats came Slowly rip Bud down the river toward the town. Carte and boats were laden with the famous Sea Island cot ton. The cotton was, packed in , bed ticks, in baskets, tied up in sheets, pounded into grain sacks, pressed into burlaps, and one old woman had a handkerchief filled with the white staple. Cart after cet, wagop after wagon, boat after boat, drOve or sailed 'up to the warehouse. As the (mitten offered for, sale • use brought in, the black owners nervously pushed up to ' the scales, 'and watched the weighing and the motions of the weigher. The seller, when 'told the weight, generally mumbled hi a:low, much abused tones as if to himself: 4 . "Pears to me dat mighty light cotton." Thew 'all the other negroes who had not sold glared at him, and said disparagingly,' " You's no 'count nigger. Die man; he a gentleman. He no cheat poor niggers." Some Bold out right, accepting a fixed price for their seed cotton—seed cotton is that • which has_ not had the seeds separated from the fibre by thi. cotton gins—others wanted their cotton ginned, they paying a certain price and re.. calving the seed and cotton' back. Others ,Mold the cotton And the after the cottoi, had been ginned. Still others sold' tht ginned cotton, and received the seed back again. They took the' seed horn* using it as feed for their cattle said as Manure for their land. . 'There was much openly ex premed suspicion of the buyer ; but it was expressed good-nataredly and never offen sively. The impression among the negroes was that the educated white man woula take advantage of the ignorant black man; but there was not, to,my knowledge, any dispute as to weight or price. The money was paid promptly, and Me, producers were apparent ly contented. With the money received for their cotton theLbought food, clothing, 'whiskey (vile w y) in jugs, and almost every MD or tromn bought a little package of cant' for the cqdren. at iodine. ECCENTRICITIES OP BEAUTY. Freaks of Beauties a Tkessand , Teaks Auts-Tite Beehinged Belle. Undoubtedly there is muihidle talk about the wonderful extravagance of ladles of the present day, their pursuit of constantly changing styles and the curies demanded 1 by those who can, or think they can, a ff ord the expense. One would be led to suppose, in the anemia of knowledge to the contrary, that these were things of - modern , growth. But just look at the " style" they used to put on in early ages, and their enormous ex travagance. We are told that the ladies of Ledea sleit on roses whose perfume had been artificially heightened. c And •in those times court maidens powdered their hair with gold.' Marc Antony's daughter did no: :hange her dress half a dozen times a day, "as do tie Saratoga grates,. but she made "Abe lamprOs in her tiabpond wear earrings. The dresses of Lollia Pauline, - the rival of Aggripina, were valued at $2,664,480. This did not include lark jewels. She wore at one supper 81,562,500 worth of • -jewels, sad it was a plain citizens" - supper. The luxury of Popp.sa,. beloved by Nero, was equal to that of LoUia. The women of the Boman Empire indulg. ed in all sorts of laxuries and excesses, and these were relived Orator Napoleon the First in France. Mme: Tallies bathed herself in i.% wash of strawberried end ,raspberries, and had herself rubbed down with sponges dip ped in' milk and perfume. r An Albanian belle of to-day presents a rather striking appearance. She is, -as a rule, coiled with Seed pearls and Coins, and enveloped, in a black serge pelisse. She uses paint on her face profusely, land her taste runs to cherry lips and the and jet-black eyebrows strongly drawn. An Al banian bride discards paint for a w • e, and, is, , if wealthy, wears a suit something this. : —Rose-colored under-robes, with ail .over robe of dark green velvet, the - idea being taken frotir 'a rosebud half opened in its leaves. Thus arrayed, the,„ girl of handsome features is said to loOk rally bewitching. ;The Tartars despise prominent neva pendages, and the woman who has the smallest nose is-esteemed the most charming, bat to outside barbarians she is a perfect fright. . The women of Spiti, iu India, wear tunics and trotwars of woollen - stuff, with large boots, partly of leather, partly of blanket,• which come up to the knee and whichl they are fond of taking off at any time. __ln or ler to get greatei warmth they often I put a quantity of flour into these boots besides their legs. Their taste in regard to . orna ments runs mach to all sorts of rings, in. eluding nose rings. - A typical .woman ins the interior of Africa is thus described :—" Her naked negro skin was leathery; coarse and wrinkled ; her fig urewas tottering and Imock.kno,e4 ; heti thin hair hung in greasy locks ; on her . wriiiit; and 'tinkles she had almost an arsenal of :metal links of iron, brass and copper, itrong enough to I bind a prisoner in ri'cell. About her neck were hanging chain's of iron, strips of leather, strings of woolen balls, and heayen' knows what, more lumber."— Bask% - • NAUSEA. , The feeling of nausea is a very common one. , •Sometimes it is felt slightly in , the morning, and passes away after breakfast. Sometimes it is severe, almost tc , vomiting, and fasts for hours after wakinl; and this may continue for weeks. When slight, it is duo .to a disturbed state of the mucous membrane of the stomach, cot to a deranged condition of the liver ; or to both. It may be relieved by various pnng• eat substances—say cayenne-pepper ; or by a warm bath; or by rest for a few days with little food and plenty or fre r tsh air. , i If saitere, relief may beobtained by m4 t icines which Anicken the secretions of the, kidneys, bowels and skin, or by counter-ii 'Ration; that is, by applying, say, a mustard poultice over the stomach and liver for ten or fifteen minutes every third or fourth day.' Sometimes there is a persistent nausea' dependent on the stomach's sympathy with Other disturbed organs. - In such, and 'in, fact in all severe cases, the , advice of a phkr sician should bersought, and generally 'there is no need of suffering months without. re. lief. Those persons who suffer from sligh forms of nausea and wint of appetite,/ are often advised to take a little alcohol before eating. But we earnestly commend to all such persons 'the follosiing sound advice from the distinguished medieal expert, Sit Lionel Beale,— • "Brandy, gin, bitters of cations: kind,. are taken for weakened digestion, eta., 'and a worse ayAem has never been carried out. The bad I}abit of taking now and then gin ger-brandy; cherry-brandy, or the worse one, of frequently imbibing strong sherry for relieving nausea, or a sensation of hol lowness, or faintness, or fulness, or what not, has.been the ruin of thousands. • "The amount used is gradually increased, and the nausea and other unpleasant sensa tioriS,lriitead of occurring once or_twice a day, occur R great many times. The result is, the victim will tell you he is obliged fre .iptently to resort to the remedy in order to do his work. ..Of those who act thus many will become staves to alcohol. They become unable to abstain,`and self-control is lost."— Youth's Compa4ion. , • BRAKEMAN 66 OMAHA BILL." William Eloggatt, better known as " Oma ha Bill," the brakeman who was burned to death on - the caboose of one of the trains which wait 'wrecked by the collision on the Central Pacific Railroad, near Danville, last Saturday, was in many respects a remarka tila character. His parents are int comforts hle circumstances, and reside in the State of Ohio. At the age of sixteen years "Bill" left home, with - his father's consent, and, be. gan his railroad life as a brakeman. He afterwird served as firemen, en eer, and conductor, but never forsook 4. a nail. He wasaii feet five inches tall, his strength was prOdigious. No man of equal physical prowesa ever rode on the top of a- tiox.car. He was employed' at 'different Sines by almost every company in the country, and there is not a railroad I man of any 'prowi. uence to whom he was net known as " Oma ha," or wile will not regret his tragic ' fate s His habits were peculiar, but his integrity was unquestioned. Ho never remolded on any line more than six months at a time . He would always-give due notice of his in. tuition to. " move on," and leave his" ; era players di an honorable manner. In the course of a year or two be would stride - into the Superintendent's office again, and with the remark, "Well, Mr.—, here I am again. Any chance to ~catch on'?" The Division Superintendents all over the Union appreciated his worth, and within six hours after making his application he .ouLi be pladed at work again. His libe rality was prordhial. No' railroad man ink distress ever asked for his aid in vain,. and his death. at the early age of thirty years will be mom keenlz felt by those whom he thus befriend. ad: He was in the caboose getting his lights ready for nee, when the collision 00. :.carnsd, and it can be truthfully said that he died while doing his duty.—San Fraiteita Chronicle. I ; f THE Dimon's ADVICEi- a Think more of the harvest and less of the la bor Said good farmer Smith to his neighbor one day. Who paused on the hillside both stony : and ster- lie, To Chat with the deacon, hard-Acted and gray. The prospect seemed cheerless where even weeds Wilted, - And Ott would ttie liushanarsui growl and la. mei # l .; • Yet all 41 - Y o ked on, with heart unconlitling, Vexation his, rtion, instead of content. Soft dews aml,,warm rains on the MINI& descend ed, • . A eq4p)tal crop blessc(" 1 the youngiarmer's eyes, 0400 l that I am," in the antunia he' mur mured— My summer-time doubts Stow, deeply deSplso, 16 I might have Spared all of the fretting and worry ; The deacon was right, and my duty was clear— , Think more of the harvest and less of the labor,' I'll sing both In spring -time and autumn, next year." "Think more of the harvest anfees of the la. bor," Multi be the grand motto of &arab es, toll, I've God will bless those who act nobly and wisely, rri And flowers %II apriag from unpromlsini soiL —Youth's Companion. THE TOMBS PRISON. flow the Friends of Prisoners try to Simi.' ale in Liquors. Warden James•Binn, of the Tombs prison, ant at the desk in. his office contemplating the surroundings when a Telegram reporter called this afternoon. -- "T have been mak ing a mentaYealoulation as to what the con. tents of the - cases on these walls are worth as curiosities," said the Warden. " I sup pose that some enterprising museum director would pay a pretty good price Mr" the 411, ties I have gat*Qed, but they ace not !f i n' sale. I'm not ift4 liquor traffic, bltt I have bottles of w y that ought to be good, if age improves that stuff.l l; • Hero the Warden opened one of thi cases end brought out three loaves of bread. The reporter looked surprised, and the Warden laughingly saki::—"l've not turned baker yet. Three 'loaves of bread don't make a. Nike shop or imply that I am in tho baking business. Be patient a moment and I'll Show you something that will cot:Mace you that the age of ingenuity is not yet in the sere and yellow leaf. I take this loaf. It is of American bake, long4hin and his an indentation through the c ' i doh•e,of,the upper crust, as thongh two loaves had been jiined in baking.• it ; '.Now I ' pull it apart wheie the indent tion is and imbeddedt-Ir the very heart of the mass you see this pint bottle of whiskey. This was brought tere : by n woman whose 'husband was locked up for drankenne,ss. She knew his failing, sad-woman-like deter mined to please him, adopting this niethcid to smuggle liquor into his cell although she had suffered terriblronnceount of his ex- cessive use of it: In tliis loaf of German rye .read there is, as you see, by pulling it apart, a half-pint bottle filled With whiskey. Here is soother loaf of the same kind. The keeper at the main entrance: broke . it in two and saw nothing wrong, but a closer exami nation inside of the - prison revealed irtlie ex istence of a half-pint flask of ,brandy in each end of the loaf. :This is that one of the many modes that are resorted•to by friends who want to convey stimulents to 'prisoners. I have found flasks of liquor taking the , place of dressing in chickens, - turkeys, geese and ay:Mks:and it is not long since that a big mince pie vas sent in to one of our inmates. I was at the desk in the inside corridor wllen the pie came in. ' That looks good,' I said to myself ; bdt upon 'a:second glance I . grew suspicions as to its fatness. Crpoiremoving the top crust I unearthed a flask of liquor." HOTEL " BEATS." Sharp Swindlers Who.SPsicusatleally Beat the Bonifnices. For a City so large as St. Louis, the hotels are singularly 'free froni those pests of most hostelries, the " beats." It is perhaps owing to that that St Louis betel attaches are left free to cultivate the graces and cour tesies of the business. There is nothing which so disturbs the daily life of the. clerk, and so undermines his' faith in human na ture, as his constant wrestle with the " beat " question. The hotel beat is an ac complished rascal, whose time and talents ere mainly devoted to devising new schemes by .which to dine and lodge in a luxurious way at tho expense of somebody else. To the 'detection and suppression of this ' class the - hotelClerka of other Cities than*. Louis devote a great deal of their time. St. Louis, is previously -Stated, is .comparatively free from the evil, one reason being that the city is without thaLlarge floating population that Chicago- other cities have, and,. again, St. Louis a place generally avoided by tramps, Jere y Diddlers, and beats of all classes and d6grees. But the St. Louis hotel man is /nevertheless on the alert. Want of practice does not prevent him from sizing up the-rand at first glance, o and what he is unable to see on the - instant his mem ory supplies. There is a perfect free masonry among hotel men on the subject of ' itinerant frauds, and many a member of the latter -class finds himself staggered at the ' very beginning of his career to find his do -ings known to others as well as to himself. Some time ago one of St. Louis' best known Knights bf!the Register sent to an individual who had been at the hotel but a day, though he came with a goodly share of baggage, a bill for the day's board, with a courteous message that if he wished to rernain longer he must pay in advance. The man came to the office quite indignant, spluttered'arourul, talked fondly of the insult, but ended by paying the bill and aweek in ),advance,- be sides. 'By the close of the weetrehe- -- juid'ithe clerk had got on better terms, and where he came to leave he took the clerk' aside conll - : "Look I want to put a plain question. Why did you ask i.e to pay in advance? You see .I had 'money." • "Yes," said the other coolly, ~you hap pened to have. But when you staid at the Briggs ' Haase, in Chicago, seven months ago, yon didn't have. Let me see," refer ring to a meraora9rim, "you owe them $168.70. You owe Mrs. on Wabash avenue, a balance of $04.50, and you owe e week's board at the Island Holise is ToledO. Don't you ?" asked the clerk. , The man turned as white , as a sheet and muttering something about mistaken identi , ty got away as soon as possible.-8&. Louis Globe-Dentocrat.• _ ' JACK TARS As Sou:iliac —One of the diffi culties of manipulating the Naval Brigades on shore is to get them' to understand mill. Lary Words of cothmand.- I can' sympathize with.the staff officer who tried, but in vain, to get a battalion of sailors to manoeuvre round the corner of a house. He gave all the orthodcia,and regulation words' , of coin. wand—" Bight wheel," " Bring the left shoulder fotward," l -Ac. 7 -but Jack remained obstinately Sled. At last a naval officer who was standing by, on being appealed to, solved the qftestion., " Get pan ~rund that house ? Is that all you sifint Bine-jackets:" ho cried; ` luff,`and %rather I t pat house?"- The sailors were round' the er in a twinkling.—Lendon Wci.td. • 4 ME *1.50 a Yesrtpildianee. . ITEMS OF INTEREST. !surest's; Fans Culled tress Her* sad Tbere. —Adair county, Ilisaouri, has a novo who has six fingers on ath bank.' _As kin jail. _ 44E, 7 -Arkansas has based its col ii tau years at .113.7.5 a month for each maxi sad an incidental experums. ' --Alabama has over .9,000,000 acres of government land subject to entry under Homestead and Pre-emption laws. —Fourteen tons of candy are consumed daily in St. Louis.. It &sits something to keep the girls of that city sweetened Winchester .) jail cost $40,000 with all modern improvements. Three prig- - oners escaped within twenty-four hours after is dedication. —A Elk Louis doctor contracts to prescribe for families at the rate of $4 per year for each member, and he is €aid to bo making a good deal of money. -A otirrespcindent :—" Do canary birds like'ftsh 7" " Well, we can't tell whether they do or not ; but they manage to catch a little perch everydaY. • •L—" Pap, -are first thoughts drank r " Why, no, my son. Whaf makes ion ask - suck muesticm ?" "'Cause I always hear lon _=- - talkin' about 'sober second thought.' " , -Tho favorite fowliegpiece of Henry Clay ,has been added • to the collection of relics and curlosities in the- State .Mtuteum of Indiana. *it a light shotgun, with a rather long barrel; and was bought - by_ Mr. Clafin England. . • —Colonel Willoughby Williams, of Nash ville, owed Omit $300,000 at the end of the war. Though then nearly seventy years old, he went to work and•before hie death, which wearied rriday, het Lad . paid every cut of his debis, —On the Gay that a divorce was granted lo Mrs. Perkins,Kansas woman, she .area' lying dead in the house, and the body of her imsband was hanging to the limb of a tree— one dying of heart .disease and the other committing suicide. =At a recent agricultoril exhibition at Ledenburg, in Germany, was exhibited a threshing machine which was driven by elec tricity at the rate of 1,400 revolution.; a min ute and which at the same time Ulumitim the inclosure in which it worked. =-A hotel boaster . who Wit ( vanuting- his , litiowledge of the world before a crowd of new 'Comers; was asked by ,a wad at his elbow,if ho had - ever been in Algebra? "Oh, -yes, certainly," said he, "I passed through there on top of a stage about a year ago-" —A man named Wells was arraigned in a - Cincinnati - police c3ourt a few days ago charged with stealing the crtahiGna,, the sig. nal cord, tie ice cooler and the danger lan. tern from a railway train. In consideration of the fact that he left the 'engine sni track,. he was let.off with a s 2 due. ;; z —The new Pension_ Oilice will - (tri one of the most splendid briilci , u4s kVA 11:14,:;toti, with & frontage of 400 aa , i:a t.:00 feet, the height of tile ',vita , corokl, being 75 feet. - It will have 166. j) bquariy feet of flooring, and'space for 1,500 clerks. - Con gress enacted that the cost was not -to ex, coed 3400,000. —The reports of the California IMmigrant Association show a large increase in the number, of arrivals of prospective sotlers-in that State. The new , r1:0 froth the'Eastern States, bat gc me aro peas. ants from minas the Atlantic. W,th few exceptions they locate ou unoccupied gov. eminent or railroad land. Thus some o' 'the most sparsely settled counties are filling —Lerimer county, pol l comes - to the front with a . good hunting story. Two men, named Charley Heidrich and '.4llus Stronse, tracked a big mountain. lion to a cave, and when the animal poked his heid out' to ask who was there ono ofth“ hunters put a ball through his head: This enraged the beast and he started- to interview his visitors, when each fired at the animal's head and he died: Upon examination • of- the carcass it was discovered that each of the marksmen had shot the lion_ in an eye, destroying both. —An old gentleman of this vicinity, Who has got some way beyond the nineties and . is only a few per cent below the par • which we all ought to reach before we render tho nal account, was discussing political and social questions with his grandson a di/ or , two since. The old man and the young one differ on abnost everything except poetry, eloquence and fainily affection. At the close of the discussion the elder said:—" I think I shall come around to your opinion, my boy, for I find I aTu getting into my seehnd childhood."—,l•7suryport Herald. —B. J. Bright, sergeant-at-arins of the Senate, is credited with having: said .that Zach Chandler told him of his brief expe. rienco as a pugilist. 'When a young man Chandler Law that he• was high tempered and aggressive; and ;might get .whipped some time. So he went to a teacher of Pngilism, and took a few lessons. One day the teacher told Chandler to strike out with the gloves and hit him haid if "he "could. The gloves were pretty fOrmidable things. Chandler took the map at his word, and let fly where he saw i nn opening, and he knock. ed the man so stiff that it was, a question for some time whether he was not dead. "It gave me such alright," said Chandler, "that I.deteruained to'put by boxing, as it Might get me into Onio - great trouble, for my strength was too much.". MAIDENS' PROTECTIVE UNION. • Some time ago a number of girls in Maine formed a sori of protective union and adopt ed a series of resolutions for their govern ment. 47 Chte of "their by-laws was that they would marry noximn,who bad - not learned some business, or engagPd is , some steady employment, no man who was ift thelhabit of tippling, and no man who was not a patron of the leading paper in the neighbor: lihood. The . Pre s ident of the Society ran away from home in two- weeks with the piano player of a concert sjoon. Tile fol lowing week the Secretary was married to a man who not only did not take a newspaper, butt'could neither.read nor write, and in less than three months six other members had violatedlheir protective obligations in one way or another, leaving one old maid as the sole faithful representative of a union, whose wise purl:wow certainly, cannot be question ed. And yet.some of the women folks ars dissatisfied lase they- cinot become Meson& Cincinnati Saturday Night. _ A Vsar Luszas.t. Bannottoow.--A. bride and bridegroom } llk!gheen shown politely over the White House the other day by one of the private secretaries or other men in wiiting;-the groom, in taking levee of him, hen&si him a el bill and cried dut ; " Taint that, Mr. Arthur; if I'd have come and -seen you before election, darned if I wouldn't hive voted for you," and the secre tary kept the $l and the compliment with out a word. You see, he-hated to undeceive the'happyi fellow and deprive him at- his supposed Pleasure in having seen President Arthur. - NO. 82