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Poetry.
WHEN MARY WAS A LASSIE.
Tlia inapto ttw are titiirrd with wd,
Th birch wUh (rnlfVn yellow;
And btRh fthoTft lhorrhArd wall
Hn kpplMi, rich tnd mllnwt
And thttt' (fa v through yonder Una
That look! no still ftnri prwpy
Tb way I took on Sunriay ete,
WbB Mary wu a lftMle.
Tmi'd feartly think lht patent face.
That looki o lli In and farilt
Wu ono the Tery swetct on
That btct bcnnnt titn.!;
Bnt wh I went throng jonAw Una,
That kok to utM and (irwy,
Thm yHi went brlpkt, tlioa efaeek wera fair,
Wban Mary was a laaala.
Bet many a tmAtr Borrow,
And many a paltt .
Bar ina4 IhnM fnrrowa aa th fae
That nHl to b an fair.
Fnnr Kmn t ynt Irr oharchyarrt,
Thmnpta tha tan, ao atlll and trrJ
W't( bom and laid away our dead,
Sine Mary waa a laaala.
And ao ynn ITa frown to loro
ThftwrlnklM mnrihan maeat
Xarth'a winter flowpra are aweeter fat
Than all apiinp'a dewy poalea;
Tkey'H carry na throneh ynnder lane
That lv ka an atlll and ftraaay, ,
Adnwp the lane I naed to f o
When Mary waa a laaaln.
Selected Story.
CENTREPOLE BILL.
Itdrizxled onmistnbly that night--not
In straightforward rain, bnt in snitking
gnats that glanced down the neck and np
the sleeve. I pulled on my coal and splash
ed ont to the gate to see if it wei e fast
gainst wandering- rattle. The lights in
tne bonne aleunied dimlv throngh the mist.
fts if the wet had reached them too, Even
old "Don," who followed me ging rly ont
from the porch, shook his shaggy o mt. and
sniffed his disgust at the weather. Satis
fied that all was right I was abont return
ing to shelter, when from around the cor
ner of the fence came the snnnd of horses'
feet, end a heavv wagon socking and groan
ins np the inclined. A low, prolonged
growl from the dog greeted the coming
team, and 1 waited a moment to see who
coold be traveling at inch a time and in
such sorry storm. There soon came
abreast of the gate a huge wagon, drawn
bv six mules, which I could barely see
throngh the fog, Attracted by the fire in
mv cine, which I had succeeded in kcep
ing alight, and the increased growling of
the doir, it stopped, and alter the brat
rattled down, a hoarse voice issued:
"When there, Jiinel I say, stranger,
now far is it to townr
"To Los Anselo? Ten miles.
"That's a partv outlc ok for me. Ten
milesl Is this a tavern?"
"Na"
"Ten miles to town! Waal, stranger,
guss I'll slake ont here to-night Them
anininlee is too boat to do that Where's
yer water?"
It's all aronnd von to-night; bnt yon can
turn your mules Into the corral, and bring
your blankets befof the fire. It's too wet
to stay out here."
"Waal, I've seen wus nights nor this,
and I'm eennmoxt watcr-prool; but since
you're pressin', I'll turn out these critters
and jine ye in a shake. Git np, here, yon
old cantankerous Guv'ment niuli l That
ar' Black Hess is the ornareat animnle
ever see!"
It required bat little time to unhitch his
team and I opened the gate, and in the fag
ged creatures came gaunt and woru, with
moth-eaten tails, dripping with wet and
generally cast down, as uinlesare when their
kicking days are pat ihongn there was
a prospect for them of foddi-r and corn,
not the ghost of a trot appeared, but they
meandered slowly into the yard, where
ont own horses crowded together under
the shed, and gazed inhospitably at the
new-comers.
"liave yon had any supper?" I inquired
of the teamster as ho ciiuio into the bouse
with his blankets.
"Waal, now yon mention It, I ravther
think not, and I do fuel a heap hungry "
I menaced to Ret him a cold bite and
glass of toddy, and as he whipped out
short block pipe ana movea up to the nre,
he began to thaw, mentally, as I saw from
the gladness in his eye, and ptiVMcnlly,
the steam from his clothes ut tented. 1
alone that night, and glud to have company.
I bad a good view ot my gu st now:
short, thick-set man, with a shock of
beard, bronzed face, where it could be seen,
and sharp, gray eves. A soldier s cout
luaoh too large for him, was his upper gar
ment the only apparent additional vesture
being a pair of immeni-e boots.
"I like that liquor o' jour," he said, after
a time. "It ktteUn as it goes down. Ilow
long inout yon have lived here?"
Only a year," I answered.
Between the wreaths of curling smoke
he scanned nie closely, and again inquired
"Where moul ye hail from?"
"A greut distance from hero Irom
Maine.
"From Maine? Yon don't say so! I'm
from them parts mvittlf. It seems kind
good to meet a lelier-nationer in a furriu
laud. Ilow s ail the folks down in Maine?'
"About as usual, I fancy. But how
you get out nerer
yon
about it It kinao drops tbe tailboard
of a feller's feelins to strike a imin from
same deestrict
Assuring him that I should enjoy
confidence and his story having mixed
"another still 'on to take out that loat putvh
of cold" he related as follows:
Tbe fust of it was, me and the od
had a scrimmage not a fightin' one mind
ye, fur I wouldn't have hurt a hair of
old man's bead, not for gold; but I
pesky tired of farmin' and plowin' and hog
killiu', and such like, aud was a bound
to go to sea. It's enrus a feller never knows
the right side of bis melon till it's too
that's the way with all on us and kuockin'
about in the world jut pulls the bunk
ot the con, ana mows ye what s what
HoWHOiuduver, sueiu' as how I was hank
erin' to go away, and as 'Mella (Pritehard
had married that eity chap, and as the
msn said I shouldn't go, I was more deUr-
mineder than ever. There was a circus
come along to our town, and me and
otbci boys wus kindvr handy helpiu'
tbe horses, and doia' chores for the
and we got into tbe show. It was
fust time I sver see a circus, and the riders,
aud the beautiful women on a calico horse
was too much for me, partickly after I
let in to the Liviu' Skeleton and the
Lady. Bo I mifle np my mind to run
with this show, and I marches np to
boss and asked him if he would hike
IWhat can yon do?' soys he. 'Auythiu','
says I; 'mostly drive, ' 'Well,' soys he,
want a boy to drive the wagon with
centrepole, and I'll try you.' And I left
old house and all ten years ago, and
never seen 'em sence."
The thinking man pansad ft momeut,
and then proceeded:
"It was Din Rice's Circus and you
it was a good show but it wss hard
for me, and the beautiful woman didn't
so beautiful every time I see afterward,
we roughed it all the while; and I shouldn't
nave stuck to it if we badu t been travulin'
West I thought if I went fur enough
migtit get to Culiforny, where the gold
growin. :
A grim, peculiar smile flitted across
quarter-section of his faoe, and, ending
- sneer, lost itself in his shaggy luard.
"I did leave the business lor while,and
was some years in Consdy and Wisconsin.
but I always hunkered after the show,
come book to it. There was three of
chums; and, very siug'ler, we was all
Sill, and they gave us names to know
apart I was Ceutrenole Dill, 'cause I
that wagon; there was Canvas Dill, as
that wagon; and Stubby Bill, as was a
hand. We traveled and traveled
we got to Monnd City, in low ay; and
Stubby was knifed for something or
in row, and died. He and I didn't
cahoots so inuoh as Canvas and me,
we missed hiai for all o' that We
some bubbly life, off and on, we did;
If I was ft youngster, I 'd rather set up
' any perfession but eirous-driver,
man oau't always hove his 'drathere.
if he oould, p'r'aps be wouldn't
better oil,
nrwtnuinUt'
,rve it which we didn't; end that night
nrM comet to me, and soys be. 'Centre-
ile I Hin t a goin' to sling thia cart any
ore' And I says to hiui, 'Why?' 'No
"We got to Ioway. m I was sayln', and
(he boss won mighty leary one night lie
bud a Swivel eye, aud was bit when he was
drnnk! and he r!' us partickler deviltry,
which no man hanker fnr if he don't do-
nerve it which we didn't; end that night
Canvas
pol
.... h. rivA nvar ma with
sharo-corked horses.' Whioh I knew then
he menu to leave me snow, mi
line him anyway. And be says to me.
There's an old pard of mine here, and he
as how there's ft Gnv'ment train coin'
frrm Omaha neit week, and we can
eet job there to ro to the Injnn conntry.'
Well. Canvas,' says t kinder elowly like,
if yon rocs, 1 goes.' 'All nguv seys ne.
I couldn't help wiidiin' 'twas somen else
than theloiun country, for I had beard
ibm nrittorswaa liuhlnin'to floht. nd ate
'J . . .: ...
np the dead 'una. It sail well enougn to
stay at home and
it oomes to goin
n
.
Yon ttaroHtora have a strange, wanner-
inglife. How do yon manage to live sor
e .... . . l
drive has run away from the East for rob-
bin of murders. And can't stay in no one
plane: it haunts them all the tiiue.a ia uiey
1 . ! , .mnph
.hino l,v von ever been in the Iujon
oonntry?
i talk abont it; bnt when
i'. it's ft horse of another
I
I
his
a
a
o'
did
"Never in my life; bnt I have often wish-
lto"
"Yon had bettor tnw that, and keep ont
of it It's attcmplin' Trovidence and many
r.fl devils, to oo there. But as I was say-
In', wo snnared no with the boss which
" .
there wann't mnth like sailors, and never
t i . ju... i .i.. jnnn.M.hr,T.iil
don't take much drinkin.' and dancin,'and
n r n a fe er ont llul we EH
awav from there, and got to Omaha the best
we conld-there wau t any railroads in
them days-ond Canvas and me wash't long
.... .i.;... f. hml
in uirinu uiii. ivi it . . . .... --
Kuv meiit soinrs- partickly them as has
dirty uniforms has buggered smart eye
to pick out feller as knows his bis aud
they see at onct as how Canvas and me
saveved bosses np to the handle which it
. ... r r
was true, thongn 1 say n, lor wn auu
v. a ....... .i hnua. ovor ainna wa was
knM.hili n a anine-ind some o them
drivers didn't know no more about bosses
than a dog does the price of hymn books."
"Whst made you and CanvBS such
,. 5"
"Waal, yon see, we had raddled togeth-
.. ... i in nn n in dnnhln har.
ness. Don't yon know that Natur' makes
And soma men din
evervthinc ijrnir?
married which I never could sence that
city chap carried off 'Melia, and which is
resky, any how, "cause one or t'other is
bound to Hies over me poie cr dusv me
breechin'; but there's some as gits to be
nards. and them's better nor man audwifo.
And old Canvas, he onst saved my lite
when I was attacked by ft euchre-slingcr
in Lbicngo, whicu 1 someiimis miua ne
didn't ought tur, as I hain't been wuth
much to nobody,
"Hut said 1. "there s always something
for a man to do, if he only knows it"
And the teamster drainsd his glass, and
answered:
You're right, there, but it's lucky
anybody can find it out, if ho oust gits
down like. You ain't a gettin' tired, are
ye? I'll go throngh the rest like the Ten
Commandments through a Sunday school"
"By no means; it Interests me very
much."
"Wool, we started on our trip, and was
bound for Arizona; twenty-ei;ht wagons,
fonramb'lances, and two companies of cavalry-
a right smart line of us. It ain't very
interetsin , goiu over tne nains; notuiu
but sage-brush aud jackass rabbits, and
deer, aud such vermin. And the deserts
where we had to drag along, hub-deep,
the sand, water forty miles apart, and
grass nor nothin in some o them nights
I nsed to wish to get home agin. Bnt Can,
out
the
his
the
was
fur
late;
off
old
the
wa
ter men
the
wus
Fat
off
the
ine.
-I
the
the
I've
know
lines
look
and
I
was
a
in
and
u
named
us
drove
drovo
gen
eral until
there
other
go
but
see
and
In
but ft
Least
wise, be no
vas and me was goin' to git gold, and
back rich and see tbe old folks but which
it can never be. Canvas and me done the
best we-eould. Wo didn't see many Injuns
fust along; onst In awhile a few would hang
around behind ns, or we would see one
two skurrying up a canon. After we got
well away from the settlemenla, they tried
stampsde the cattle; but we was pre-
pored for them, aud they didu't get but
few. It wasn't pleasant for a man to
o' Injuns all the time, and many
a night as I've been on guurd I thought
see a big 'un nnder every bush. My
mother used to read in the Scriptur' about
ronrin' lions and 'itcekin' to devour,'
that book don't say nothin' 'bout 'I'aches,
which is very sing'hir, it it makes for
show us how to go. P'raps the fellers
wrote it never was in Arizona and I often
thought as how Ood lelt that country
ot his day-book, as bein' o' no account
leastwise, p'raps that was the place where
the devil squatted when he was jerked
o' the garuing, as gron'therused to tell on."
"liut the Government does its best there,
doesn't it? siponds millions of money?"
"Best bed ! Young mon, d'ye know
I thinks our Guv'ment is bilked in them
matters. They sends ont agents, and bur-
eatis, and comniishners, with pockets
of mouev, ODd them fellers cheuts tbe In-
juun, and cheats the Guv'ment, and every-
corolei one sijnaw, ond retired without
loss. I'ut they've got one bully boy there
now Custer and he's pattin' a bead
them Injuns; oud he just don't wait for
? ' oWc'uts? wrluJ Tni 35s
commishnerB, but goes for 'em, and plum
to the devil goes Mr. Injun.
"I see that some Quakers hove been
that Department. Don't you thiuk
they will succeed?"
"You can just bet high agin' it, and
to wiu! Did you ever try to keep off bumble-bees
by givin' on 'em sugar? Them
territories won t never be wuth nothiu'
safe till them cussed varmints is wiped
III was the boss driver of Lhat Department,
I'd send enough sojers to (firral all on
and I'd take every blarstsd. copper
thief and bung mm up in what trees
"I guess I'll ile up a little; it rnns
.i l... . .,;,.!. i.. i.. A11...1
could find, till the crows' day o' judgment
had settled on 'em. Rut this ain't
story.
'Una
he
himself another glass, aud continued:
'
We camped out one night at the jaw
1 o
and Canvas
a canon, ate our suppers.
m was on guard together, in tbe
watch. We used to meet at the end of
walk, and stop a bit and tulk. Rut we
a good lookout oil tho while. It was
dark, and every one was asleep, liy-und-by,
Canvas, says he, 'Centre, I'm going
to the spring to get a drink.' The spring
was about a hundred yards up the gulch,
among the bushes. 'Well,' says I,
belong, and if you see anything, yell.'
And off be went, whistllu sottly like
hisself; and I stepped away again. He
gone a long time longer than he hod
ought lo, onu mougu i uauu ( neerd
noise, i was sina o narvous, aa we
knowed how muny Injuns might be
ub. At last, I couldn't stand it
longer, and aud 1 put lor the wagons,
waked up Jim Bruce, which was outside,
and Bill West, and I says to 'em as
Canvas bad been gone too long, and
they go along 'o me to look artor
which they did, bein' good fullers and
hard to do a good turn, partickly lor
aud Canvas, which hod often helped
shoe their team when the bluoksuiith
sick, and we went np to the spring togeth
er, iou oouiun i see a wins, and we
sen t take a light for them to shoot us
and we softly crawled up to the spring.
There was a big Cottonwood growin'
aside of it, and we ran agin' this, and
something sittin like leunin' 'gainst
trunk- usuvas, says i, canvas, my
is that you? And he never made me
reply, but kept as quiet as a skull
tombstone, 'JimRruce, soysl. 'justserotcb
a lantern; there s somethin" wrong.'
of the body, nd there was wot,
stream upon it. 'Canvas, says I, 'what
tbe matter?' end no word. Jim soonfetch-
ed ft light, and thore was Cat vas,
dead, pinned to the tree by seven
And the thieves bad out off bis bands
put them iu bin pockeU, aDdoutofl'huar
iuu iiuwuoa lucu uu uw luivumwi
Oht what ft vengeful c lit tor iUouo in
ye!
not by the same Are, una ann ont ot uie
same dipper, end shared his last terbackor
wilh me-when I mr. old Canvas, cut tip
like a sheep, end dead forever from nie.
"Young msn' they say when a woman
lose. Her nrsi young uu, urees ucr, a....
ss how ft lioa robbed of ner cubs is craiy ,
but my yon never feel m I did when I jaw
Canvas-him as had been my pard; bad
not by the same Are, and drink ont of the
Ten thousand devils WM tnggin' at my
heart, and I sank, with ft yell, down by hie
i . ,
i ipt miu ui mi n.(rr Kuiu,n.
powered him, a he recalled those agony
aavi days of the pant.
"Thev told me arterward that my yell
ronsed the camp, and they came rushing
out to the spring ; bnt I didn't know it then.
l wae siunueu imu, uu
harpened. When morning came, theybur.
ied Canvas near where he died. They
didn t leave no monnd to draw the Injnns
. . i . 1 i 1 I . 1 ...... .1
Dm on m k " -,
1 tu . j 1 1 t ' ..... f
uou, i u . m u iju "i ''"7. J .
yours, uu i wipe on. iue kow iu. j wu.
n, a mwmnv and f. full, WAI'llI T WftJi laid In
a fever, which nightly made me pass In my
checks; bnt I didn t, for I couldn I die till
. ep mj wuiu wuu wu,
"Younir man. he continned. after
panse, -I left that train at Tuseon; and
don't look as if I could cry, bnt I did then,
'Canvas,' says I, 'old pard, yon're gonel
Yon was thirty-font years old. So help me
since that time I ve been roamin , roamin ,
I have come in this trip to Ret ft little mon
er. and I'm going back. D'ye see this
knife?"
lie Dulled ont from his bell hug,hrod
knife, with a wide handle, and handed it
to me. In the wood I saw thirteen boles,
...
as h Dorea wun gimicw.
III "iou seethem holes? Everyone
Tache. It's my account book, and every
injim am, iu ic ""
Rood many to make before I do as I snid to
Canvas; but 1 m goin back praps I mav
meet Canvas some dy. if I keep my word
wh ch the nreacher savs is the rifht lay.
- i
W hat room there was here ror iiomny
on human vengeance! Bnt I could not
g'"1-,. , ., , . , A
"Well, you re kindly heard my slory.and
yon re from Maine; thank ye for both. I m
J nmtw tf In art In "
' . . . , , ,
And with this ronsh good-niclit, he rol
led himself in his blankets and the regular
breathing soon showed hin to be asleep. 1
had but fitful slumbers until early morning,
whon the teamser ronsed me to take hn
leave, and he disappeared.
Nearly a year after, my connection with
the mines took me toTuscon; and while I
was there, scoutiug party came in with a
I umii, nuuuuni lu.u " unu " 1 " " ' "
them not a soldier, but one who was ftl
ways eager for au Indian fight and furth,
er than this, nothing waa known of him.
Out of curiosity, I went in with the sur
geon to see him; and there lay Centrepole
Ililh Ho recognized no one, but kept in a
deep stupor, bleeding from internal wounds
tliat could not be stannhed.
"lie was an awful ik'nter," said the Doc
tor, "and has done nothing but follow the
scouts."
"Doctor." said I, I know that man."
And as we watched, I told his story.
We sat there several he nrs, aud at last
the struggle came. 1 he dying man, ruis
if ing himself en the pallet, looked filed!) on
the ceiling, and. in a hoarse voice, said:
"There's the show and Canvas" and
he fell back, dead.
I looked, afterward, in his belt, and found
two knives.and in each of the handles there
were seventeen holes. These keepsakes of
the man I begged, and have them to this
day. Ortrland JoriMt: for January.
Behavior in Church.
in
no
We may classify the petty incivilities of
church life thus:
1. Smells. Violent perfumes, especial
ly those containing musk, are disagreeable
to most persons, and to some positively
distressing. There is no smell so univer
sally pleasing as no smeU. Never scent
go yourself when going into a crowded assem-
bly. I he same is true oi tne residuary
niell of tobacco which hangs about the
garments and afflicts the breath of those
who habitually suioe. But tobacco almost
or invariably makes men self-indulgent and
regardless of others' convenience. More
brutal yet are they who go to church reek
to ing. like a Dutchman's soup, with the
a smell of onions. There are scores of peo.'
be pie who have lost all profit of a Sunday ssr
thinkin' vice by the sickening smells which sur-
I rounded them.
old 2. Socsns. Whispering in church dur-
ing the service is sn uflront lo politeness,
bnt Much of tbe coughing which goes on iu
church arises from the poisonous gases and
to personal tfliuvia which exist in unventil-
as lated churches. Hut the power of the will
over the muscles which do the coughing is
out very great A heedless person will cough
twice as much as is ueedlul will cough ot
the worst time possible, will cough plump
out upon the Becks of those befuie him, in-
stead of embalming the sound in bis hand-
kerchief as, with a little skill and polite-
ness, he might easily do. We would not
forbid men who cannot sing to "makes
joyful noise" but it should be ft softly
noise. In all cases when it is ft man's duty
full to sleep iu church, it is his duty also to
snore with the soft pedal down.
3. Sight. Every one likes to see the
cannot be done through your
you cannot help being betore
ulcsa you ore on tho bock seat
no Rut, with a little thought, you may very
much help those behind yon. Any conduct
on which shall divert the attention of others
no from tbe service, such as ostentatious play
SSTnX'
ap
pointed bet
nor
out
ing with a watch or opening and shutting
it, reading books or papers, looking about
iuquisitively, is impolite.
Many churches have the Ten Command
ments set up upon the wall, in sight of the
whole congregation, although not one
the sins reprobated is likely to be commit
ted in church time. Would it not be will
to hove another tablet, enumerating the
sins which men are prone to commit
church time?
Significance of a Wink.
we
ray-
Smith, the auctioneer, is a popular man,
lt. a gentleman. No person
my offended at what he says, aud many a hear-
(y laugh has beeu provoked by his sayings.
ray- I recently euKHgtHi m itiu Hula
VSDerable household furniture and fixings.
u. "?, ?l "B'"K. K'"B.
I 1 1 at 1 1 nninn 1 tavliun ti a aa u uv aa ill ins Mmin
of . "
I iMnunnA ,.n aurienll iieul ultmililMeu naja
and ,
UI1U
early
the
had
very
up
'don't
to
was
auy
ouy
never
dog
gin' no
and
how
would
him;
never
me
them
was
dor
A wink is as good as ft nod to blind
horse or a sharp-sighted auctioner,
Smith winked, aud the man winked,
Smith kept "going, going," with a lot
stove-pipes, glassware, carpets, pots
perfumery, and finally this lot was knocked
down.
"To whom?" said Smith, gazing at
smiling stranger.
"Who? Golly!" said the stra ger,
don't know who."
"Why, yon sir," said Smith.
"Who, me?"
"Yes; you bid on the lot," said Smith.
"Me? Hang mo if I didl" insisted
stranger.
"Why, did yon not wink and keep wink
ing!" "Winking! Well, I did, and so did
at me. I thought you was winking as much
tossy, 'keep dark; I'll stick somebody
this tot of stuff,' and I winked as much
say, 'I'll be banged if you don't, mister.'"
sjylon lltraUU
CuiWi.ED cp. Once upon ft time ft
found in his henroost a siuiple-
minrle,l annl In tha vintiiitv who
by, without visible means of support
"What ore you doiag here, yon rascal?
just Stealing my chickens?"
hit "No, Sir," was the response; "I
the thought of doin' nothin' of the sort."
boy, It Is unfortunately happened that
no simple-minded individual wore a high
on a hot, of the dimensions of a beehive,
the orown thereof woe dilapidated to a
I ious extent Just as he had put in bis
sticky nial, the head of half-grown pullet
is seen to protrude from the aperture,
"See there," said the gentleman;
stone did that chicken get in your hat?"
arrows. "Weill" exclaimed the simple-minded
and individual, vith an air
und lubarnuuiuent, "that in Xh fttntugttft
i tiling lun ever nappe Bed to sue. i -up-
bin ioi tha darned cruu-r muuk Minimi
I up my trowrit' legal"
Summary of Congressional Proceedings
Ssnitk - Jan. lltli. Stunner gave police
that he shmiM Introduce s bill for the refunding
sad ooosoHdstlon of the national debt, to eitend
banklns facilities and esubllnh specie payments.
Bnwt lntmdnred s bill to rressrvo the neutral rela
tions of the United Htstes. 1 ha bill to eiempt
osnned sndfreM.re.l flh from Intern) tas VM
p.p.ed. Hhrrmsr latrodcd a bill to proTlde s
nations! ourrency of coin notea, and to equaliia tha
dtntrmntlon of cimtlatlnff notea. It prorlrtea that
ilS.ooo.'ivn aofllttonal nntea mar ne lamieft to na-
tlonal banka In atatas nd tarrttorlpa having Iraa
lhan their proportion Pratt Introduced a hill giv
ing; to state coiina concurrent JnliarilctJnn with
United States dldtrlrt eonrla In certain caaea of
maritime contrata and tnlla upon navlgahla rlvera.
Tha Virginia hill waa taken np, and a diacuaalnn
aliased npon Wllaon'a motion to poatpone. The
motion waa loat 70 10 ya. a lengtny aia-naaorj
then followed on Drake's motion to drpriva the
atata of representation and remand It to Ita present
onndlUon In case tha Leglalattira reartnd Ita ratiflra.
Hon of the nfte. nth amendment, No art 'on waa
taken. A veto meaaage waa reralrcd from the
President concerning an extension or a oertatn
patent of Boiling. White. Adjourned.
Hotrss Bingham withdrew his Virginia
bill. Intending to offer It sa a auhatlltita foe that of
tha reoonatruollon commlttea. Parnaworth Intro
duced a bill deolarlng Virginia entitled to rere
aentallon In Congrcea 00 condition that no perron
ahall be allowed to hold ofllca. civil or mHltarr.wtio
cannot wear that ha had never taken tha oath aa a
member of Congreae, or aa snr officer, h'gialatlve.
Judicial or military tinder tha United HUtea, and
therralter aegagea in insurrection or reDetnon
again! the aatua, or giving aid or comfort to tha
anemlea thereof, or who can awear tliat ha has ben
relieved of disability by Congre... 2d. Thai tha
constitution of aaid atata ahall never be ao amended
aa to deprive any claea of tha rlirht of auffrage, or
tha enjoyment of any right or privilege on account
of race or color, blngham offrred Ills bill sa a
enhetltute. Debate loliowed. Farnawortk'a bill
waa ordered printed and recommitted. Heveral
notlcea of amemlniente wera givan. The bill re
lating to the payment of penalons waa committed
liOgan reporte,! a kill relative to laaulng artificial
Umoa to aolinera, wnirn waa pnaaed. t.ooh reiHirt-
ed s bill attending till Jan. Wi, the time lor mak.
Ing clalnia for ailtllliotial bonntlea. hecommltted.
A bill waa paaarrt aubdlvlillng II. B. tilillclal dla.
tlcta In Iowa. The House want Into Committee of
tha Whole, when Kelly, of Pa , made a apeech crltl'
slalng tha report of emmleloni-r Walla.
S!t. Jan. 12 Conkling presented
thereaolutiona of the New York leu lalature, with
drawing the rtiflcation of the 16th amendment hy
that atata. Hniuner Introduced tne funding bill, of
which he gave aoilce yeetardey. Jt contemplatea
the extinuiiiaiimeni 01 tne 0 atia nr isr.s aiol
funding them in 6 per cent 10.4'a. Kameey Intro
duced a bill granting lasda to aid the conalrn'-llon
of a railroad from the weetern boundary of ltlnne.
aou lothe Winnhieg dintriet. Wilaon from Judic
iary Cotnuiiltee, reported In favor of aettlng apart s
portion 01 the fort rineinng military reaervatlon
tor a prominent military poet Tha Virginia bill
waa taken uu st d Drake's amendment to prevent
Virginia from reaclnding Ita ratification of tha 1Mb
amendment waa dtecuaai'd. several smendnionta
were offered, flumner preaent-d a memorial from
Virginia republlcana now In Wa-hlnatou, aettlng
forth the aituation of affaire In that atata. They de
clare that a niajorlty of the Virginia legislature waa
elected hy fraud and violence; that colored men
were deluded Irom the Jury box; that belief In
the right of aeceaalon waa aa firm aaaver; thettbe
action of tha Walker party during tha latacauvaa
waa for tha avowed purpoae of deceiving Congreae
and gelling tbe Stale admitted! that Uov. Walker
waa a copperhead during tha war, and tha Tree!
dent of a club In Chicago to rescue rebel priaauers
from Camp Donglaa, aud that hie eentlmente had
undergoua no change. They aak Cougruaa to au
force theexia'ing reconatructtnn scla.
Hoi'hk. Wood presented the joint reso
lution of tha New Turk Legislature withdrawing
aaaetit to the ratification of tha fifteenth amend
ment; tabled. (tarfield Introduced s bill toamend
the act for tha eatahllahinent of the Department of
Education, ami to ebol'ah the uureau of Kaliigeee,
Kreedmen and Atiandoned I.anda; referred. Itilla
era Introduced, by Pomeroy, declaring the Ilea
Moluea Kivor not a public highway; by Conuer, for
removing sand-bar at tha mouth of Clinton Hirer,
Lake su Clair; ailoiied. 1 lie Virginia hill wa
taken up. kamsworth sn l Paine aKke in favor
and Morgan agilnat. the latter favoring liluguaiu
auhautute. Adjourned.
Sesati Inn. 13th. The House bill re
lating to Dea Moines Hiver passed. A peUlloa from
J.H"a llrowne.aaaliig for $12,000 for extra expliai-a
aa Miniatar to China, waa preaentad. A bill waa in
troduced, by nYuurc. to remove dieabllltiea from
certain persona in Texaa. A reeolution W4a offered
of
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"how
rrqtilriuH I trtt.r lor the acquisition of territory
to b ooUwldiTt-d Id ono Keua -Frttt poh on
tb rotit nrrenl JnrltMlIcttin bill, IUmy lutro
Jiit'd t Jo tut reaoliitioti rfltive to an ADinciu line
ot mat! tcamr to fcuropf; Kellofrtr. a bill to aid a
railroad to tha Tr.ua line from tha Miaaianlnnl Itiv-
er. Ilia Virginia blU waa taken up, and Dralte'a
aiiir nl latent n jccteri 46 to 11, tuuuuua amend
DifuL prracribiuit the oath aa before mentioned.
wee etfatlo brought up, attpported by Edimiutla and
oppOMHi hj fy, Truinbull and Morton. An em
niald pftraonal dtecuulon followed between Hu tu
ner and Trumbull, character! iinl bj coneiderab.e
pereonsl blttrrneea. latoe uke on tbe aeneral
wulject of recone traction. Wllley aubuiitled au
amendment to fcomuii'ir bill, which wit U' ected
on. and, pending eiplanatloua by dmuude the
equate wuuiiuto executive aeeeiou.
Hor McCoriuiek offered ft resolution
en n, Hiring into the eipedlency of eitabllahlnir
territorial auvernmontovvrclvlilxe I Indiana In In
dian Territory. WillUme, a reeoMiiiou looking
redaction of taxation, and declaring that ternto
rial arntiialt Ion by pun baae waa au aeeault uiton
the national credit. A bill wan introduced by Mor
rill aud panced, prohibiting any under offloera
the government irotu Hiving brnaeuU to olliclai au
perlora. or the latter from eca-Dtlim aucb nriaenla.
under penalty of dletuUelon. After aorae ruunuig
diat-uaaleu on repudiation called out by a pereonal
fipleuaiion from Muneen, the Houaw took up the
Virginia bill, which waa dlecueatd. but no action
reached, when Faruaworih gave notice that
ah on Id move the prtiviom q neat ton on Virginia at
o viuca ou tue itui. and the liouse adjourned!
Senate Jan. 14th. Drake offured a reno
luliou abollhtng tbe franking prvllege, and for dla-
ooutluuintt the publication of public docunietita.
niiiey iiitrouuceu a bill eetauiuning 1h letter-car
rying ytetu In citlea containing over 6.000 iuhab
Itauta. A dicuaion waa had aa to tb ' authority
the Internal venue rommlteionir reladug
varaa.u.. uv V K"" Will - V"U U, 1USJ tllir-
tlon bidng un Edmund' amendment. WiUt-y offered
an amendment providing that before meinbera
the Virginia Leglalature reuume their auata they
auau vane cue oatu preaurtoeti tu the amendment,
Aa amended, the amendment naaee 1. StT.
eral other aiuendinente ere offered and rej
xi. a meaaaue waa receivea from the Uoiiee. with
tbe joint raduMou paeeed by that body for the ad
niiMdouof Virginia, Trumbull moved the aubetl
tutlou of the He n ate bill. It waa aureed to vote
the bill at four o'clock on Monday, lo wliich day
ouiiaie eojouriieu,
Houftn. Tbe Virginia bill wag taken np,
aud tbe whole of the aeaalon apentln Ita con a) dera
il un. Fitch ("f Nevada), Upatio (of Ohio), Uawlev
,of Illlnolni, Aaher (of Uiaaourl), Coi and Ht-nofteld
apoke tn favtir of the bill. A eherp dbeU took
place betwnco ward (of New York) and rarne worth
of Illluola), two ni(-mtera of the Kecouatructiun
Committee, aa to tbe couraeof the latter iu opposing
aoine parte of the bill which he had reported.
amend nteut waa adopted providing a penalty
un ing in e oatu laieeiy. -1 ne vote waa then Uken
Uinubam a aiueuduieutaaaaubatltute. amidat mucl
excitement, reuluug In Iu adoption Ml to5, 'ihi
preamble to the aubatltute waa tLeu voted
ifflrmatively, and tbe bill, aa amended, naeaed bv
vote of Ui jeae aud 4tf bay. Adjourned
uuuuaj.
Senate Jan, 17 A bill panted b? th
Honae Ut aeaalon probiblllng retired officera from
bt-lug aaaine 1 fi duty which would entitle them
uu pay, ae taaeu up and pad humner
p irteu a aunatuute ror tne came tiii ; aiao
rreiK'U aioltatlou bill providing au amount not
needing ttve milllona. Howard reported a bill
regulating deaceuta in Utah. The Vitgluta bill wi
again taken up. Morton aald be ahouid vote
beratutlalou liecauaeahe had complied with
re4iullte oondltlona. and btcaiiae be wautetl
cure her vote fur tbe l&th amendment, attll be
auprebenaton aa to what would be the tvault of
aduilaeion without any gnerantae that her aube-
queut ceurae would not be like that of Georgia,
if wan iiiuveu 10 tiuia turn oeueie uui, wnicn w
carried lift to 'i3- '1 be Home bill waatheu taken
lUimuuda auboultted the amendment which
bein Incorporated in the Be .ate bill, reuulrluii
oath from legllature aud ataie otllcera that
were not Ineligible under the 14 in amendment
After I'jiua further dWcuealou the bauate
Journcd.
IIouhe. A large number 01 btng were
Including: for Uie repeal of the touuage
Uion American veeaela; to pay one year'a aalary
Aaaocu.te Juattce to Btanton a wttiow; granting
lamia to VYieconein for a breakwater harbor
ahlpeauai at Mturgeon Hay to conuwt Oreen
aud Lake UlchigMUi to authorise the PoHtmaater
(General to contract for the con at ruction of
rou tee, net to eiceed iSnm.OH'O. The
refuaed to allow Uie uae of the Hall for an eddreaa
on tha National Labor Don vent ion. Holman
a reeolution declaring that the beuehta of our
currein-y aheuld be eecured to tbe whole people;
that National lUuk notea ahouid be withdrawn
greeubacka aubatltute!. Ooi offered a reao:ullon
declaring ft houra a dsy'a work In government
ploy. McNeeiy to aubatltute greenback! fur
Bank notea, TbeUoiiee refuaed to
the latter ti to ) 13. - The hill for apportionment
repreeentatlon waa taken up. Judd apoke at
allowing the preeent Inequalities of population
repreaentatlnn between the Eaat and Weet,
urging immediate aotion. utuere apoae
nueatlou, but before aeilon waa reached the
atljuurbed.
Two to uno ladies of Kingaton in
privacy of their room, of courne
playing circa the other day, putting
reet over their neaaa, ana musing noopg
themaelves. One 01 theut eueeeenea to
oli arm in performing the feat; but the
fair one Jacket! tne uecebaary luppieneNa
of limb, and though ahe very nearly
nroached auccegg, ahe atlll leu snort 01
At laat. a tremendous effort to Ret one
atiuata foot in its required potation
her bead, suap went the Lip joint, aim
foot went over canity enough, atayiug
until surgical aid reduced tne aiMiooation.
Tub I'uuk.t and Hwektemt Cod Livkb
In the world U Hazard A Caawell'a, nude
the aee ahnre, from freeh, eolucted
bv CAnWLLL. ilAZAUU A CO.. Wef
It i abaiilutely pur and Bictti. I'ai tiea
have once taken it prefer It to all
1'byalciana have decided it auperior to any
the othnr oils In tbe niarket. Bold by
druggiatu,
Miscellaneous Items.
There wore J 4, HO arrests mado iu St.
1, 1 I o t tear. v -
i r find. Conn., put no $3,000,000
worm ul new buildings last year.
The real estate transaction in New
York in 18G9, amonnted to $10,613,1,00.
During five days of last week $700,000
worth of real estate changed hands in Chi
cago.
Losses by Are foot bp in the United
States for the post fourteen years $380.-
2U9.000.
- The police of Zanesville. Ohio, attach
hose to the jail hydrant, and" drench with
cold water refractory or abusive prisoners.
The mine of Trajanapotis, capital of
one of the Homan provinces of Thrace.
have been recently discovered near Dym.es.
A servant in Michigan who stole $50.
was not held for trial, because she was sub
ject to fits when under excitement Fits
of abstraction.
New York had, last vsar, bnt 42 mur
ders, ill suicides, 175 deaths by drowning,
and 75 persons killed by the horse cars, and
12,liM lilrlbs.
At Columbia, Ohio, the other day, sev
eral young ladies refused to be baptised af
ter a colored nan had besa. let down into
the font by the pastor.
During 1809, $1,085,008.33 of money
orders were paid at the Ht Louis post
office; $191,98(1 worth ol stamps ware snhL
and the office expenses fooled np to $72,-
The postage on letters to Great Britain
is six cents per one-half ounee. This may
be raid by affixing either the ordinary
United States stnmps. or a six cent Canada
stamp. LeMtcrs for trance, by way of t.ntr
land, four rents per half ounce; for France,
by direct mail, ten cents per half ounce,
prepaid.
Tho largest woolcn-millln the world
is that ot Mark Olroyd A Sons, in Dews-
bury, Yorkshire. England. The firm keep
on hand constantly at least $500,000 worth
of wool. Iu one room they have 600 looms
in operation. The engines employed in
driving the machinery have power equal to
1,110 horses.
American dnirvlng now represents a
capital of $700.01X1.000. The cheese pro.
cluot for 1.-II.7 sold roi 1 25,(HM),000, and the
butter produce ot New York alone was
nearly 85,000,000 pinnds. and the quanU-
ty of cheese made 72,000,000 pounds. The
vsino ot the products, nt a very moderate
estimate, was fou.uou.uoo.
Herr Kirchor. of Connntadt. Wnrtera
burg, has invented, a new printing Ink,
which by a peculiar process can bo com
pletely removed trora tho surface of the
aper, at a oost or ball a dollar (one gulden)
for every hnndred pounds of printed paper,
aud the material is then reodj for use
again.
On New Year's eve the house of Mr.
George Shepherd, in Russell eonnty, Vs.,
was entered by three disguised men, who
rce I Mis. ti. to give up (1,000 her hns-
liitml hn I recently received tor a tract of
Imid. Ono of tho robbers was ft son of
Mr. Shepherd.
A tob.tcoo chewer In Missouri, on
hiking ft chew oi tobacco, felt something
sting him on the lip. On examination he
found he had been stung by a hornet llils
insect, though imbedded in the tobacco for
months, was still alive, and lived several
hours after having been cut in two with the
kntle.
-It has been slated that the valley of
the Lower Bio Grande hsd a mild and
genial climate, that the erowinir season iu
eluded ten months of the year. Tbe
Urowusville Sentinel, of the 17lh ulU, says:
It is now tbe middle of December and we
have roastinR ears. We have had them
for eiuht months. We bave hid other
esculents and vegetables for a longer pe
riod of time. Ihese facts speak -com-
ment is unnecessary. Let the unbeliever
go the market and see for himself.
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John Morrissoy is Berseaut-at-Arms
the Massachusetts Assembly.
Caleb Cushins still lives, and Is
Washington.
The Tycoon of Japan has been par
aouea oy tue juisaao.
Hiss Irene Fatout Is lecturing on Wo'
man s Jdglits in Indiana,
Napoleon the Third has pardoned Ti-
baldi, who once attempted to kill him,
Wm. Wbipper, a colored lumber mer
chant of Philadelphia, is worth $300,000.
Amcdie Savran, French Consul
Richmond, Vs., died on tbe 0th of paralysis,
Mr. Kownid proposes, it is said,
spend the winter in the island of
Thomas
The Frlneesa Tech, formerly Frincest
Mary of Cambridge, gave birth to a son
tbe Uih.
Morgan Smith, a colored tragedian,
playing to trtmvndous bouses in Boot-
laud.
James II. Beutl'-y, a prominent mem
ber of the Chicago Board of Trade, died
on cuuday last.
Samuel Kimlmll, son of Heber Kim,
ball, a Mormou elder, wss kicked to death
by a mule a lew days ago,
Francis Joseph of Austria is the first
Christian sovereign who has visitsd Jeru
sulem since the Crussdea.
English papers say Ooldwin Smith
return to England soon, as the climate
America does not agree with niui
Ilobert Morris, the distinguished Ma
sonio traveler, is lecturing in Iowa
"Jerusalem and the Holy. Land.
The Chicago Post says, "Matt Carpen
ter is tbe unrivaled rbampmu of Cuban
claims in the Senate of the United States."
One of the "wealthy Americans,"
reoently married an nristneratio young
at Milan, turns out to be a roving iuurusy-
man barber.
Charles Iloberstadt, a New York
ncy, is under arrext in Winchester county,
for alleged forgery of signatures to a mort
gage.
William Penn's carriage is owned
Capt. Pierre, of Cleveland, who occasion
ally gives the old thing an airing in
streets.
Count Bismsrk is said to have fainted
when he received tbe telegram stating
bis favorite son IKrbert had been mortally
wounded.
Darn, oue of Louis Napoleon's minis
ters, was one ot tbe Peers of r ranee
years sgo, condemned L. N. te imprison-
msut for lite.
Gun. Sherman has issued in a general
order tbe death of Gun. Mower, than whom,
be says, a better soldier or a braver
never lived.
lion. John Hughes, ex-Congressman
from New Jersey, d ed on Sunday, from
juries inflicted by a drunken man
10m innmo oas urougut snu against
the Adums Lxnress Company to recover
tbe value of a lot of photographs lost
transportation.
Tbe veritable "Mother Goose of
sry libymes fame, was born in Boston
Hi'j-l, and disd in 1775,
Elizabeth tliot,
Maria Monod, a lunatic ennflred in
Aavliim iu Flutbush, N. Y., has been
qucathed au estate iu Queens county
f io.ouu or ui),uuo,
Her name
-Mrs. Ilose Burton, clerk in a Cleveland
jewelry store, has been awarded a
verdict against tier employer, Mr. r
fur slander. .
lion. George IL Pondletou has
selected to deliver tbe annual oration
fore the literary societies of the University
of Virginia in July nsxt
Major-Gen. Daniel Pratt, the
American trav ler and perpetual candidate
for the Presideucy of tue United'Stutes,
lecturing in new xorK.
Traupsicnn, 1he Fantln axsasmn,
that he never can be killed on
scsflold, ss he possessee means of
that cannot be taken Irom aim,
Th. lssdins Prussian caners
positively that Dr. Paul Buhoppe, the
vioted murderer of Miss Louisa Bteinecke,
at Philadelphia, is a Prussian jail bird,
-Logan, who was tried and .acquitted I
roe ton almntino nt Cni'im In new York. I
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some, months ogo, Was shot and killed by
Besperado a few days since.
-Bism trek wrote friend sarcastically
reflecting on the capacity of King Wil'iam,
and ft rival, gaining possession of the let
ter, showed it to the King. Hence the
coolness between the worthy pair.
-Sandy Ridge. Lowndes county. Am.,
claims the oldest inhabitant in the Htate
His name is itoht. Davis, ne is 103 years
old; his youngest son is 80 years old; and
his grandson, Jesse Perdue, Is 40 years of
age. He is yet a rut-rote rifle shot never
WPr" 'I'Mutd'A picks 75 pounds of cotton
. . . r -i. . v. !
the fun of the thing,
Funny Paragraphs.
Josh Hillings has "never heard of the
same man hankerin for some blled crow i
times."
-Why Is kissing your sweetheart like
eating sonp with a fork ? Heconse it takes
. I 1 . a U
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The New York Evening Fostsays that
from the Dumber of weldings eocunino
now-a-dsys it will hardly do to ssy that
marriages are ecu traded
"Mother, said Jemins. "Ham wants to
como courting me to-night." "Well, what did
you tell him?" "Oh, I told him he might
cosie. I felt anxious to see how he would
set"
"Going? Why to the onewa, of course.
Always go tu the opewa. Doosid nice, yah
know. 1 awepa vt osa ver' nne, yaw know
splendid voice and bust always go to
the opewa, .
At a ma riage ceremony in Wickford,
R. I., lately, the groom became impatient
during the extended prayer, and interrupt-
tbe clergyman wilh "Elder, ain't that
I 'bout enongh 1"
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, inwsr in oikd giw. "iiiy
"? ' u' " ' "osorn iriena on tne
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tunv win lusiB uio ait:a lu-murruw. nrni j
won t nave to go to school.
advise short sermons, especially on ft hot
-Josh Billings on preaching: "I always
Hundar. If a m in later kant strike ilo in 40
minntes,. he has either got ft poor pimlet or
eiae ne 1a Doring in me rong piece.
A few years ago an ingenious gentle-
man managed lo got drunk free of expense
almoat daily in the streets of London by
falling down in a fit, with ft placard on his
hreaHt, "Don't bleed me, but give me a
ulass of brandy and water."
A sailor pansing throngh ft gravevard,
saw on one of tbe tnuibstoues, "I still iive."
This wss too ninch for Jark, who siiiltinu
his quid, ejaculated: Well. I've heard
ssy there srs cases in which s man may
lie; but 1 was dead, la own lu
A cliTKvrosu lust summer visited the
celebrated Hoosso Tunnel, and encounter
ed a sprightly looking Irinhmnn. who, in
reply to tbs question, "Do you think this
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no 1 lint iiiil, It II tie a great ornament to
socielv
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A handHoms yoniio bride was observed
U) be in deep reflection on her weddiiiR
dy. One of her bridi sinaids aaked her
the subject of ber nieditations. "1 was
thinkinn, sbereplied, which of my old
be..u I should marry if I should become
WIUOW.
Hair-cloth shirls, to take the plane of
hoops, have reoently been imported. There
is a nounos around the bottom in round
I plaaitsj on all except the frout breadth, snd
the tipper pnrt of the back has rolls of the
material, for a quarter of a yard, in imita
tion of the buatlo.
The remarks of the rude boys who
watched the arrival at the masked hull in
Now York were indelicate: "Look nt them
Icffi ulteen doilurs a pair I" Take out
lhat sawdust 1" "(live that boy a pair
breeches ! were the salutes to the so.intlly
attired ladies aa they eutered the festive
of
in
at
to
tit.
on
is
will
of
on
who
ball.
A German thus describes an accident
"Vonce, a long vile ago, I vent into mine
abble orchard to climb a bear tree to get
beaches to make mine vrow bud-1
ding mil; and ven I gets on the tobermost
orancu 1 van irom uie iowernioi uiiiu, nut
one leg on both sides of the fence, and like
to stove mine ouumies in.
A colored man engaged to answer
bell at a reaidonce in Indianapolis on New
tears Day, was discovered attempting
preve it the entranoe of a gentleman who
did not tender his card. Tbalady rebuked
him, bnt the 'boy' excused himself by ray
ing that he thought sbe 'would lose money
for a good many had already souo in with
out ticket 1"
A California lady, indignant at
manner in which Mihs Dickinson talked
alout the girls ot tbe Tociflo coast, pro-
duces tbe following:
Of tbe sirla on this ooaat, from Mtsi Dlcklnaoo's
tongue,
A. atraniter mluht Indira In harsh manner:
Dut w. kuow Ui loor thing baa no girls of
own-
Ana that's what's lb matter with Anns.
"Who's that gentleman, my little man?"
was asked of an urchin.
"That one with the spike-tailed cout'r
"Yes," was the response.
"Why, he's a brevet nuoleof mine."
"How's that?" was asked.
"Because he's engaged to my auut Mary,"
lor his money, the old man had some
cuse for not paving. A sow of the
man's had a litter of pigs, consisting
tour, one of them, which is generally
lady I case, being a small runt, as they oall them,
George told tbe old man he would take
A Vermont landlord, famous for being
deaf just when be wautod to be, whon
upon hie infirmity, one day, told
amused guests tbe following story: When
a young man, be worked on a farm for
stingy old former in an ar'joiuing town.
i,ii.k mm .u, u,
due for wages. Having called repeatedly
pig for his money; the old mau ssid
might have the small cue. George jumped
into the psn and seized the largvat
the old man snouted: "lake the
oue!" "Let him squeal,' said George;
can hold him." The old man, excited:
Take the small oue I" "I'll risk his
ing, replied Ueorge. Uld mau, dexpurule,
and as loud us he could bellow: "Take
small one I" "Let him squeal I can
biuj," answered George. "Take him alonu.
you dual' cuss; I can t make you hear
George carried off his pig
triumph, and has been deaf ever slues.
attor
by
the
that
wbo.
map
in
some incimed, -at moderatelv when
time comes, ana wnicu. wnen satlHtied.
leaves no nnu easant reminders. Mu
tildes measure their health by the quantity
in they eut; and out of ten persons, nine
gratified with an increase of weight,
Nor-1 iu reality 1'. indicates an increase tn
in I ease, showing that the absorbents of
Risk or Great Kitkhs. Dr. nail
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. . 1 . .' .. I1..
good health, is a certain Indication of
Soma dyspeptics are always hungry
and feel better when eating; but as soon
they have finished eating they endure
ments so distressing in tbeir nature as
make the nnhsppy victim wish for death
Tbs antmtita health is ihat which
the
be-
worth
was I system are too weak to discharge their
ly, and the tendency to fatness, to obsslty,
inoreases until existence becomes a
dee, and sudden death closes the
history.
Tu Comino Bystksi of EuucaTioN
ss convinced as a man can be that the
(.1,000 turn ol publio education is on the eve
sue, 1 very extensive reform, ine world
been taught words dictated by authority
been tbns far. The world needs knowledge
be training in inaepenueut tnougnt, aud
u'y the study of nature which will give
great
is
de
clares the
suicide
the last But I am satisfied that the
of the future of education will be the
of tho work of nature
longer the study of the languages,
longer the study of tbe human mind,
longer the process of mathematical
for though they musk form a part
liberal education, they should come
the organs have been trained
observation, and the mind taught to
assert i. ns.mitikrin.ff these observations.
oou-1
To stop aa itohing bead, use
. I Vegetable Hair lUuewer, a sure our. .
Honiton Lace.
n-i. . 1 .... . ....
x ue iienntiiui poini inee niadrt at llnnt-
tnn , Devonshire, Kngland, has been fa
another monn bnt it(1 ,., ,B ot now co.
fined to the town from which it lakes its
nau e, but extends over ft great part of the
conntry, especially along the eastern and
a part of the sonthern coast In the early
part of the present century, the lnoe mann
lantnrers of Honiton employed sbovtt 11,500
women and children in the town and neigh
bnriiiR villages. But the introduction of
the hobbinet machinery, abont fifty oreix-
I ty years ago, greatly injured the trade,
I though the number of persons employed
in lace-making in the whole conntry is stilt
I L, ,1 ..C I 1, . i 1 . . .
kind of household manufacture, carried on
in the cottages of the poor, and not in large
factories.
Honiton lace is produced by fixing ft
"priokiny," vis: a perforated pattern of
carn-uoeru or parchment npon a crshiou
called a "pillow," . Tins are then inserted;
next,
or spin-
L.' 'c" ."'... 1 '.
, " i LI TlTl. , , .T I 'l
I w n uuiuvri 1.11.1a uuutlllin ,
uir. technicallv "sticks." nnon which la
rnnml thtn thread inrm.kino th.n,i.
Th ,a thrown nr and nnrle nun
other among the pins, invarious dlrco-
linns, so ss to twist or interweave the re
quisite pattern. This is brief descrip
tion of the process; mora mmnte detuils
would only confuse, withnnt making the
matter mere intelligible, Honiton lace has
lately obtained ft new celebrity in England,
having been mnoh nsed by her present
Majesty, and the various members of the
royal family, and by leaders of fashion in
dress. Mon .oumnt.
I "Do yon say your prayers regularly
every night and morning?" asked a sym
pathetic lady of a little shoj-black, to
whom she had lust given a trifle. "I sllns
ses 'nm at night, mum, but any smart boy
can take care of hisself in the daytime,
,1. lilt I.. ' l
.as iua ui. og.. a ienV.
vonna ladvat Fort Edward who
was SmK rccevfdL the will
I '
of ft yonng English nobleman the sum of
etT iiiii tuuk i .... it.;. . v. i ..
gtalluet of $5i(joo.oua
Tn Mikin A Ilaui.iw Onnm CnTn
the course of Ichs than twenty years this
Company bave grown froi a very small be-
ginning, to be tb? inoet celebrated and ex
teuaive makers of instruments of tbe Organ
snd Meloduou kind in the world, prodtio
ing and finding demand for several times as
many instruments as any other maker,
four large vlepbaut tntks mum be out up
evory wtea 10 supp y luetu wuu ivory mr
keys; so tlioy must be srttd to ronsitma two
large slupbnuts per wk, Tbalr Oru
rsuk biKbest, not only iu this country, but
also in Kurnpe, where tbediinikud f it them
is rapidly increasing.
This irmarksble suooess is undoubtedly
owiiiK Rreatly to tlmir superior skill in thia
speoisiity aud to tbe very important lm
provsnients tliry bare effuoted in this claws
ol iustmniaDts; but it is tbe result, alnirmt .
I
; 1 j ,7 ' r " .,' " , T .
to, aud enerKetio piirmnti of certain prm-
, ciples. lufleiililu rules wun them sm (1)
,. ' ,1,. ,..,i.( ,.,i,. .,n,,
!,,,,, of evrry ilu,,roveiu'nt, suit buint(
-fM , .fr..r r, n.iprinr iimtmmetit t
lmyt th(,ir ,tlclory. Bn, i) 1o ,ell ,ray
nJI,Uest remunerative protlts, having
a 0lea price() whit.u ,re ,ijke to ,n.
I Inv nna Knvitiiy an Oruan maila Kv fhfa
lOowuanv has the satlHlaotion of knowinit
that be has one of the best instruments of
the class which can be made, aud this at
the lowest price at which such work can ba
I sdordsd.
of
IIoorLAND's OsnsiaH ltii-rtus. We clip
the following from the editorial columns of ,
the Leader, Cleveland, Otiio, oue of tho
moat influential papers of the West: "la
calling tbe attention of our readers to this
valuable preparation, we do so with a lull
conviction that it is highly soientiflo remedy
lor DyxpepHia, and all dwoaxee arising from
a disordered stats of tbe Liver or Htomacb.
In making this assertion we are suataiued
bv many of the eminent professional men
of tbe oonntry. Lawyers, phyaicions aud
:
olergymen, all bear witness to lUgreatuse
some iuIhwul It oouta ns no alcholia stimulunt.
but is purely medicinal, being compounded
re 111 the prescription 01 one ot tue most
celebrated physicians of his doy, and is
wall-known aud nsed by tbe luculty of tbe
prexeut time. It has ueen before tbe pule'
to
the
l"ys in the house.
lio in its present shape for over twenty
years, and during that time has become
known all over the world. To those in
used of a remedy of that character, wo
would say procure it at once, and do not
waste your time aud mouey on tbe many
worthless compounds that now flood tha
market; aud those who are not iu imme
diate want of it, we would advise to be pre
pared to batilrt villi dista.e by keeping It
ber
ex
old
ol
the
a
ral
lied hi
a
On si(UBf , for msrobndise of this description.
to be found in tbe city or Chioago. bhip.
ueM 04 reIv j,niicmv on the most fair
Iloofland's German Tonio combines all
the ingredients of the Bitters, with pura
Santa Cruz Hum, orange, anise, etc It is
used for the same diaeases as the Bitters,
in cases where Alcholio Stimulant may be
necessary. It is a preparation of rare
value, aud most agreeable to the palate.
IlBuova.1. The readers of The Time
will notice tbe removal of Fraukliu Sawyer,
dealer in bides, pelts, and tallow, to his
new aud commodious store at No. '803
Kinzia street, ooraer of Dearborn. Mr,
Sawyer is one of the oldest dealers in hides
iu tbe city, and bos secured for himself an
enviable reputation as man or business,
euergy, and integrity. His perfect relia
bility, and the confidence which all men
who come iu contact with him have in him
makes him one of the roost eligible oon-
bs
pig.
small
"I
bit
tbe
hold color in a most romarkable manner, aud by
any
thing." in
eatiuo Chicago,
ti.
are
when
dis
tbs
and honorable treatment, as well as that
whioh cornea from an extensive business
tiperience and acquaintance. Chicaijo
Timet.
Ir ora friends will use preparations for
restoring gray hair tbsy should use the best
in the market. Our attention has lately
been called to an article which has an ex
tensive sale aud a very high reputation,
known as King's Vegetable Ambrosia, and
we are iuclintd to think that it possesses
more desirable and less objectionable qual
ities than any other in tbe market It re
stores gray or faded hair to its original
its invigorating and soothing proprriies re
moves sll dandrnff and humors from tue
eoalp. Give it a fair trial and you cannot
full to like It. .
Tub Wegener Co. Silent Sewing Machine
with Baatur Attachment It is the most
says
f simple iu construction and the lightest run.
1 nt.. ,...! 1 m.nnf.nlllMil It Hill Uum
fell, tuck, braid, cord, bind and embroider.
It works directly from two common spools,
making the nnparalleled Elustie Doubt
Lock Si itch. Terms easy all deposits aud
runts being applied ou account of purchase
dis
ease. as
tor
to
i. ' the machine. Warerooms 39 Madison
du
uur-
Evsnx raJitii.v sboeld keep on band a
bottle of Pratt &, Butcher's celebrated
Magic Oil. It is the greatest pain killiug
remedy yet ofluted to the public It is safe,
oertain and pleasant to the taste. I.istant
ly relieves all pain external or Internal,
Try a bottle, bold by Druggists every
where, Tu CuNiUU Mail Line of Steamships
paiuful leave weekly from New York, Liverpool
snd tjueenston. Agents tn all tue prinot-
sm V" ."u"T.fc n
svs- .Vr"'' " e-e.
of a
has Huhlbut 4. t-ustLLS, leadiug vnousaie
diugjisis of the Northwest, ooruer Luke
and St., aud Wabash'Avenue, Cbicago,
it Is
us
basis
con
templation no
no
no
reason
iu'j, of a
after
through
argue
uoasui.
Hall's
, , i
' Fob Throat diseases and Affections ot
the chest, "iiroicn's Bronchial llrocAas" or
(lough Lozenges, are of great value. In
Coughs, irritation or tne xnroat caused by
cold, or Uuusual Exertion of the vocal or
gans, in speaking iu publio or singing,
they produce tbe most beuedoial result.
The Troches have proved their efficacy.
Iij TBI ad vert moment of the New York
Methodist in the columns of this paper. It
is an eight-page weekly, aud in every re
spect a first-class Keligioue and family
Newspaper. It is now in it tenth year of
highly successful publication.
