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Medics! and Magnetic Treatment. Mt> < 'h h i‘ !• V i. va v l 1. "TilK' 1 Ellsworth, Maine. Chas. t. iVlunn. V. S.. - ■ i; \ ! ■ I All **I i li» Ontario \»*u*rinan (ollej?e. Treats •; - . -i-•?*** -tva»«-l animal. * »m • »• ' n - t a y i .*u>t ; ami • -*-r XU «B GCA ; • - A M • ! At.n *9 LAW \ COLLKCTHIA OFFICES Giles Drummey. pmmmm* <■»•*•* ^ W y ** » WX V1 L ',T* V * mm2* m* to 2u2* ml*** m> £* m m* m*mmm\ mm > M \I> Mia.KT. I I-L8W' »KTH, VK. A : ,:t. r- an i imine-ttaie attcn i.1 Lhfl. CHAS. H. URL'MMEY. DR. H. L. HOLT, DENTIST, •.•OFFICE. BRADY S BLOCK *.* STATE S T II 1*3 E T , -no N< E ‘AMI. 1!! Ii.l'lNG.^i . ;• r i : v Fred L. Masons Attorn?) A. CminM’lor at Law. State St., ZIUwcrth, llaice. Mg I .ohit* i»»uoiirti« «l upon >1 |* of Krai 1 »l«tr. Mori., HomU. Ac. 1>*» rountx upon lommrrrial paper and <ol lectlon* h( liberal rate*. Ai'-tru. t.“ «.f title b* It* ai F.-tatr a ft|M‘claHy. A i -. v ;.ij ... ... u.j jr> lly atU'mleG to. lyrlu KULD L. MASON. G. B. Stuart, ATTORNEY - AND - COUNSELLOR at LAW. State Street, - . - Ellsworth. Me. tni * DR. H. GREELY,* EE2TTIST. Graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, : lass of *75. » • office over H. B. Mason’s Store. •24tf DYE HOUSE. All kinds of (iarmentr-cleansed and dyed. K. I Dlovi— ;it.d o-trich Feathers a specialty. I. iundrv M->rk of all kinds done at sh^rt notice. ivr4o I. .1. FILES. Prop’r. Lemuel Ward Peters, Attorney »n«l I ouuselor at Law, |Of| Washington M.. Hoorn ft. Roger* Building. Boston, Mass. tf48 JOHN K. MASON, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor of Patents, Wheelwright & Clark’s Block, BANGOR. - • MAINE. Ha. resumed Patent piartice, an.l will obtain Pa tents for inventors; bring and defend suits for the Infringement of Patents, and attend to all kinds of Patent business. ^^Correspondence Invited, ltf Wood Xiot for Sale. The subscriber hereby offers for sale his valua ble wood l<»t. known as th** tireely lot and situated south of the Bin ksport road, in Surry and Ells worth. It contains 1100 acres consisting of mea <»w and timber land. It will be sold in large or small lots. J. T. CUSHMAN.' El Is wort i, Aug. 10,1891. 3moa33* For Sale. Mv home b»t with buildings, situated in Eden, seven miles from Bar tfarlmr, on the stage line from Bar Harbor to Ellsworth. Will l>e Bold at a bargain if applied for soon. A#-For further par ticulars apply to _ MBS. A. J. CHATTO, tfj4 West Ellsworth, Maine, j Nothin? On Earth Will HENS' t. /K'f LIKE Sheridan's Condition Powder! }t i- al«»-iut. r t-nre, Htjrhiy I'onnutrtW. In qinn ' •« lit!. • a Cent a iia* . M:a<-t. - a • •• it- nn i mr. - a! .’a-, . i,.-ai f r - ’ v' - Ih nv rv than <»>•, j wli. •, hen« mou.t. r *•' - Sar: ; . ■ • i.ts • f j .■) *<••«* l*i»ullr% Pnner trnf Jr. f ' ' n St . p..«i n V™**. EvebyMotheB Mi>til«l Have it in The Honac. /trapped <>n Sugar, Children Jure Joiinson’s Anodyne Liniment hi ‘-lie f:r !r:cp, Z:\ii, Sire Threat. Crtrti. Fair*. 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Cock Stm d liters -of all kinds. - Tin Ware of my own manatacture, made from the best of -UK'k. Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to Try My Prices. J. P. Eldridge, :ij Main Street. BALSAM Cures Coughs, Colds, Asthma and CONSUMPTION. Made onlr by F. W. KINSMAN A CO., Druggist*, j Price lOo.. 35c. and 75c. New York City, bold by all druggist* and medicine dealer*. 3mo836urm MITCHELL’S BELLADONNA PLASTERS I tick WEAK M NGS PLEURISY, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LIMBAliO, all Coiighs and Colda. Price 2.'*c. at Druggists. I vritorm Pauper Notice. The undersigned hereby gives notice that he ha* contracted with the City of Ellsworth for the sup port of the poor during the ensuing year and iiae made ample provision for their support. He there fore forbids all persons from furnishing supplies to any pauper on his account, as without his writ ten order, he will pay for no good* so furnished. HABBY 8. JONES. Unrortb, ▲jrili.UM- If I To the Ellsworth American. | Your late told story, (.'ailed Allegory, Should call all people to make reform. With its dim ami misty I»ark hints of whiskey Retailed by demon* in human form. God help the children! His love had willed them A happy childhood all free from sin. Now. scarce the babies Have left their cradles When Rum's dread maelstrom has drawn them in. God's eye is holy : His mills grind slow ly. Put very small -hall their produce be. And high in Heaven His word i* given, "As to the least so thou doest to Me.** | Rum does bring bad luck, • And obi ilsl-akkuk >aij. "Wot* to him that gives his neighbor; drink.” They can’t deny it. 'Tis Heaven's tiat. Kuniseilers .7 re on destruction's brink. By song or story or allegory. Sermon or lecture or any noise. Let every preacher Anti all the teachers Awake the jteople and save the boys. Temperance. I 1 For tlie Ellsworth Amenau. | The Spectre or Pirate Rock. Near the northern exremityof Swan's I-land may be seen a lone island called Pirate Rot k. It is tuarly circular in shape anti Is made up < f huge boulders anti caves, and its bold, precipitous clifts have firmly defied the angry wa\.s which have beaten upon its shores for thousand* of years. In the early pat t of the seventeenth cen tury this island was the subject of many strange auti weird rumors by a lew rtsher nieu who had -eitled Swan's 1-land on a* count *-f its nearness t > the fishing grounds A number of these fishermen, returning iu their boats on wild, windy uights. hail t*»- i held strange sights. One of them declared he had seen an old man with hi- white hair streaming iu the wind, wildly -winging hi- hand* about, and anon, raising them to Heaven, a* in supplication <>r prayer; another had seen similar sights and had lnard angry voice.-; while others had seen strange lights, which always shone the biighte-t before h storm. A few of the boldest made visits to the haunt* d island in the dai nine, but there were no sign* of human or supernatural habitation visible. The more sceptical I said that the*** -ight- and sound* were on ; ly the bending and swaging of the few stunted trees that grew among the rocks , ami the dashing of the waves, which al ways moan before a storm But this very reasonable explanation did not quiet the fears of the more s- f*erstitious. for had they not seen and heard for them- i selves? A few years rolled on and less was thought about the spectre. Vet the uuru- I ly lad wa.- in*tautly subdued by the threat of leaving him on Pirate R .<k for the ' night, a threat which many of the b .ld**t parents would not have dared to carry out. Boatmen would hurry a little to reach the harbor before night settled dowu. yet they would have been ashamed to own. | even to themselves, that they felt timid to • pass Pirate Rock after night-fail. <>ne night late in October, two fisher men. Timothy Free/e ami David Benson, were returning from their trawl.*. They had had a good day’s fishing which delayed them later than usual The sky ; was oveicast, and the bay smooth, except i an occasional wave would roll iu from old ■’• eau to remind them of the coming storm They had almost reached the little Welter ed harbor w hen Tim ex' iaitned; “See Dave, there it is—there’s the light! Can't you see it?” Tim was very much excited i a- he pointed in the direction of the light Dave gave one startled look ami exclaimed : I'll be blowed if there isn't the devil him self.'’ for there could be plainly seen a blue light shining from among the rocks of that haunted island. “Let us find out what that is. ' said Dave with sudden determina tion. “I’ll land and settle this mystery if I am blowed to blazes.” Tim tried to dis suade him from such a reckless undertak ing. reminding him of the coming storm, i the anxiou.- friends waiting ttieir return. ami that the light he saw was only the ; phosphorescent waves. But David was I determined to land. So they slow ly pad I died their boat toward the shore. They were both brave men who had faced calm j ly hundreds of dangers upon the deep; yet ■ j they trembled with fear as they approach 1 ed that unholy light, which, instead of vanishing, constantly grew brighter as j they neared the shore. The boat’s keel i grated against the rocks, and they climbed I 1 up the rough bank.following the blue light | as their guide. At last they came to an j opeulng, an aperture between two rocks which looked like the entrance to a cave. They crept forward and peered iu. The light dazzled their sight for a few min utes. but when they had become accustom ed to it, their eyes fell upon a scene such as these humble fishermen had never before witnessed. The interior of the cave was one of lux ury. The walls were hung with damask tapestry. Rich Persiau rugs concealed the floor, while from above was suspended a lamp whose rays had guided the fishermen to the cave. In one corner of the cave was a table which was piled with swords, shields and other implements of warfare. In the other corner, on a shelf of rock, was piled silver of every conceivable shape —dishes of solid silver and gold which might have adorned the table of a king. As soon as they recovered from their sur prise, the two men entered. As they crossed the threshold, they were suddenly startled by an agonizing voice screaming almost into their ears: “Back, you de mons, back, I say, into the ocean. Can’t you let me die alone?'' Dave raised the tapestry in the direction from which the sound came, aud there, crouched in the farthermost corner, was the form of an aged man. His long, white, unkempt hair hung to his shoulders, and his pale, shrunken face and wild expression showed at once that he was a maniac. He bad been reclining upon a conch when intrud ed upon by the fishermen. His trusted sword lay by his side. He was evidently dying. A sense of great relief came oyer his face as he found bis visitors were liv ing men, and not the sea-drenched forms which he so justly feared. The fishermen took in the situation at a glance. They saw that the old man had but a few hours to live. The old wretch stretched forth bis hand to grasp that of the honest fisher man's. “Oh, how glad I am to speak once more to a living man. Fur years my only company has been dead men who come to visit me every night. They laugh and scoff and point with their fiesbless fingers : at me. I can see their glassy eyes in every darkened corner until I have grown mad. Every night seems an eternity to me. “Who are you, and how cameyou here?” j asked Dave. I “Don’t ask me, oh, don’t ask me. Go away and let me die alone,” said the old man. “Can I not do anything?” asked Dave, sorrowfully. •No, no. nobody tcould do anything for me. Go away. No, stay until I die. Don’t leave me for the demons will come hack. Sit down. I will tell you the story of my life. Confession will ease my guilty soul.’* He took a drink from a silver goblet that stood near him. then began to relate the extraordinary events through which he had passed. His eyes were constantly wandering about the cave as if in anticipa tion of some object of dread. “Years ago." he began, “I lived in a happy home iu England. How well I re member those ivy-clad walls, the wide spreading elms, and the green lawns on which I played in childhood. My father was wealthy, and sp< nt most of his time in business aflairs. My mother dead, my only companion was my little sister, Eu lala. Together we spent the sunny hours of childhood which lasted, oh, so short a time, even as the bloom upon the peach, the down upon the butterfly’s wing, the morning dew upon the rose. But why tarry over those lost days! How my little sister cried when I left for Oxford! She said she would never be happy until 1 re turned. I have never seen her since. I stayed in college one year w hen I began to read novels of the daring exploit* of the Barbary pirates who were then making such havoc among the fleets of Europe. 1 ran away from school, and. at London, shipped on board of an African bound slaver. I soon became accustomed to the new life and was delighted with it. K »r three years we sailed between the coast of Guinea and the different European ports. But one trip as w« were returning with a cargo of some two hundred slaves besides a large quantity "f g bd and ivory, when three days out we were overhauled by a c raft which we thought t<> be a war-ship We quickly sunk our slaves into the ocean a fate which many of our poor sailors soon shared, for the ship proved to be the pirate <raft Terror. They -..on attacked us. Every man on our ship fought with desperatiou knowing it was for his life. But superior numbers and -kiil soon over p >werrd us. The pirate captain boarded us. and those who had escaped the sword found a watery grave. Myself and an other boy alone were saved. The gold, ivory and other valuable- wer - transfers d on board the Terror. We saw the burn ing wreck of our slaver sink bem-a»h the waves. A new road to crime was opened to me. oh. could I but turn back the pages of my years to that day, how differ ent the history of ray life would read. But no, I had found the life f-*r which 1 left my home. I was not sorry for the change. Life on the old slaver wa- getting monot onous. “We now -ailed for the West Indies. There we scoured the seas for years prey ing upon the mi rchant ships entering or leaving the gulf. We made our headquar ter- at the Bahama 1-land-.w here often we have lured ships iuto dangerous passage-, and when upon the r.u k- we would see tire their valuables and dispose of their crews. N > merry was shown, no age -.r-ex was spared for ‘In-ad men tell no tales.’ “We had accumulated a large amount of treasure and were about to set -ail for Eu rope when we sighted a Spanish brig. El Dorado, from San Salvador, loaded with silver ore. We gave chase and in a few hours succeeded in overhauling them, “ur vessel was well disguised. We ran near them and asked them if they could spare us a little provision as we had lin n greatly delayed :n our trip up the gulf. They readily consented to supply us, and, without awakening any su-picion. we went aboard When in light positions we sprung upon their crew and soon had them over powered The old captain as well as the crew was compelled to walk the plank in spite of their entreaties to spare their lives. “The El Dorado was a remarkably tine brig, and our pirate captain put me aboard with fifteen trusted men to take her to the Bahamas while he continued his voyage. But no sooner had the Terror left than we started out on a cruise up the gulf. Then were repeated all the acts of robbery and bloodshed. I have seen the water red with the blood of the slain.yet I had no remorse, no pity. But now their cold forms come back and taunt me in my dying hours, and 1 dare not a.-k them to have mercy. We scoured the seas until we had loaded our brig with riches brought from every clime. “While sailiug toward the north, we sighted a Spanish warship which had been sent out to capture us. They were fa-t overhauling us when we came iut<> the fog among the islands near the coast. We eluded her, but iu our ett >rl to escape from the bay we struck on yon sunken rock. The waves were running high, ami our crew made a desperate attempt to escape, but they were all washed into the sea ex cept myself and two sailors. I was un conscious when the sailors drew me upon the rocks but I soon revived. We did not dare to throw ourselves upon the hospital ity of the fishermen 1 or fear that they would deliver us to the warship that was hovering near us. i “Soon the tide went down and wr could get aboard our brig. We removed all that you see here, besides all the money we had accumulated. That night the brig broke up and went to sea. In exploring this island for a place of shelter, we acci dentally found this cave with only a small opening. We transported all our stores here and buried the money. We fitted a stone into the opening of our cave so that it appeared like a solid rock. "We three were left together, hut oue of our men soon after died from injuries sus tained when we were wrecked. The other died some six months later, and I was left alone. Then armies of murdered men came for me on every dark and stormy night. That's when I fear them most. I have stood for hours on yonder rock with my sword to keep them in the water." The old man sank back exhausted. The death dew was on his brow. Ilis face as sumed a more horrified look as he mur mured ‘I dare not live, yet I am afraid of death." •‘Where did you bury your money?” ask ed Have, excitedly, as he saw the old man gasping for breath. “It’s — where — shadow— rock— falls— noon,” trying to point in the direction of his buried treasure. But his arms fell at his side. He was dead. The two fishermen were silent for a few minutes, then, as they saw they could do do more, they left after first placing a stone carefully over the mouth of the cave. They found their boat and rapidly pulled for the harbor where anxious friends awaited their retnrn and to whom they re lated what had just occurred. The next day they buried the old man in a deserted part of the island on a bold bluff overlooking the sea. Buried in a foreign land, he had no mourners, no friends. He had chosen for himself a life of crime; and, as Whittier has truthfully said: “We shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the coming life is made, And fill our future atmosphere With sunshine or with shade. I The tissue of the life to be We weave with colors all our owu, And iu the field of destiny We-reap as we have sown.*’ A Spanish war-ship, cruising in those waters, hearing of the discovery of the very pirate of whom they were in search, came and took possession of the treasure after liberally rewarding the fishermen Numerous searches have been made for the buried money, but none was ever known to have been found. The island has since changed its name, but, iu all other respects, it remains the same deserted rock- The few venerable trees bow '.heir heads to every bre* ze. and the blue waters gently ripple against its shores. Many strangers, every year, w ho have heard this legend, visit the islai d where still can 1** plainly seen the “Id cave which was once the abode of the famous pirate. | For The Kllsworth American. I Black Woods. No. 2. TIIOs. A. ClUHTltFE. In article number one, we left Isaac en tertaining Ids fellow passenger with some <»I his exploits at hunting in the woods of Maine. Isaac wa» a good shot, hut w hen he came to tell that he shot ten deer one fall, and • veiy one he shot in the eye, the driver whipped up his horses a- if anxious to drive away from something. In a short time they emerged from the woods, and began to see signs of civilization. A heavy shower of rain began to fall and Isaac’s advice was to turn into the house of a Mr. Itowtiing. whom Naac said **was a downright goo* 1 old man.” Mr. I> re ceived them in hU usual courteous inanm r. drew the team under cover, ami in con junction with his good wife gave them a kind reception. The rain continued to fall ami as night was tomiug on the party was invited to step till morning Supper was >•••’□ ready and the hot johnny cakes that Mrs. I>. only knew how to make j u-t to suit the appetite of everybody, vau ished when plac« d before the three hungry men, like chaff in the wind. Mr. I> was a good story teller, and as Isaac had near ly < \hausted his store, Mr. I). held the j floor till the faithful hammer iu the old i wooden clock pounded out the number of twelve. Mr 1). related a number of bear stories, • me "f whn h was a> 1 .lows Ouc spring j the bears made great havoc among tm sheep, killing > mie for him and his neigh- j ‘■ 'is He one day took his old flintlock. 1 put in two one ounce halls and set it by a sheep, lately killed, about a mile up the stream. \b«*ut ten ■'•.Jock at night In heard the old gun roar! Early the next morning he went to see the results of the shot. He saw by the blood that the bear was badly wounded, but after following him for a short distance his bearship took to the water and swam across a small p<md. Tin-ugh he searched carefully he could find nothing more of him. Consid • ring licit he was a bear that pow.ler and lead had no power over he carried his gun home, idle slaughter of sheep was not any diminished, and he concluded to try a steel trap. He went to his trap in a f« w days, and the old bear w as there, fast and savage; but a bullet tr< m the old gun so«.j, settled the matter, “and what do you think?" continued he. When I came to skin him 1 fount! that two bullets had passed directly through his middle, evi dently the two from my old gun. as the wounds wo re not healed.” No one -poke for live minutes, then the silence was brok en by Isaac, w ho rejoined, “1 believe every wold of it." I’lie silence was next broken by Mrs. D who announced that it was (inn to retire; but Isaac insisted ou having one more story, and Mr I>. related the follow ing “This piece « f win «is you have come through," s.id he. addressing tin company. “is called the nine miles woods. You must have noticed that the land is very mountainous. This led timid peo pie to believe that every ‘pokehole' amongst the ledges was the abode of a band of robber* ; therefore, the report went far ami near that Black’s woods were full of robbers. “During the excitement caused by these reports, a man on horseback wa- riding through from the town of F. Night came on much earlier than he expected, and he soon learned that the major part of the distance he must travel in the daik. He had heard the reports in regard to the dan ger of traveling through these woods in the night-time; but his business was ur geut, and he felt that he must go on. Nothing occurred to mar the quietness of the darkness, till he airived at the foot of ; the big hill; but here, all of a sudden a man appeared nearly in the middle of the . road, armed with a heavy club! lie stopped i his horse and asked the supposed robber what he wante d, but received no answer. Again he demanded his business; but no answer broke the awful silence of the mo ment. The man was terrified and during the impulse of the moment, he plunged the spurs into his horse’s Hank, and he shot by the armed villain like light. He heard, as he supposed.the whiz of the club in dangerous proximity to his head; but he escaped harm, and his noble beast after an hour’s ruu brought him safe to town. I Great was the excitement in the little vil i lage of (’., when all had heard the start ling news. By daylight the next morning I a dozen men were armed with shot guns, ! headed by the indomitable ‘Gowen,' who i swore he would quarter that robber if he 1 got his hands on him. In about two hours this fighting baud arrived upon the battle field. The robber was still there; but he had metamorphosed into a spruce top, which some kind hand had stuck into a j mire in the road to indicate danger. A | big laugh made the old woods ring, and after emptying a few bottles of the old j style Medford, they returned quietly ! home.” —He Had to Swallow That—Miss Laym low —Keally, Mr. Squirmley, I do not think that you had better take me out. You don’t know what a perfect Jonah I am, and always will be. Mr. Squirmley (seizing a long-awaited chance)—Oh, Miss Laym—Clara—let me be the whale! Miss Laym low—This is very sudden, Mr. Squirmley. But 1 have no desire for a three days’ engagement.—Puck. —When the editor occasionally makes a mistake in his paper the whole world sees it and calls him a liar. When a private citizen makes a mistake only a few inti mate friends know it and they slip into the office and beg the editor to keep it out of the paper. When the editor does a good deed everybody calls him a hypo crite and says be is a wolf in sheep’s cloth ing. When a private citizen does a philan thropic deed, the editor is importuned un til he lauds him to the skies as one of na ture’s noblemen, and when the private cit izen dies the editor must write up all his good qualities and leave out all the bad. When the editor dies the private . citizen charitably says: “Now that dastardly old liar will get his just deserts.” Lo, the poor editor 1—Glencoe Democrat, 1883. —Miss Balfour, sister of Secretary Bal four, has published an account of her re cent experiences in the distressed districts in Ireland where relief works have been carried on. She says that one peasant told her that “If it hadn’t been for the famine, we'd all have been starving.’* I {fTom our reaular correspondent. 1 Washington Letter. Washington, I). (.'., Sept. 7. 1891. The President has put things in an un usual bustle at the White House by send ing word that he and his family would re turn about the 15th inst.. having doubtless fouud the continued rainy weather dis agreeable at the seashore. Extra nun have been put to work and no effort will be spared to have the improvements as nearly completed as possible on the upper tl K»r by that time, but the painters, fres eoers and decorators cannot finish their work on the lower floor before the first of October, and it is very doubtful if they can be got out so early as that. The White House, although far from being a model residence, will, when the improve ments now under way are completed, be in a much better condition than it has been for many years. Secretary Noble left this morning for ( ape May Point, where he goes to con fer with the President upon a number of important matters pertaiuing to the in terior department, including the opening of the Oklahoma Indian Lands for settle ment. It is expected that the conference | will result in the issuing of an executive proclamation setting a date for the open ing of tin Iudian lands. The promotion of J. S. Durham of Pennsylvania, from U. S Consul at San Domlugo to Minister resident and Consul G< neral to Hayti. seems to give general satisfaction. It has put an end to a lot <>f Democratic misrepresentations made sole ly with a view to create dissatisfaction among the colored people. The present critical condition <*f affairs iu Hayti caused : the appointment to be mad*- sooner than it otherwise would have been made. Mr. Durham is said to be thoroughly familial with Haytiau artairs. Those Democrats who have been pre dicting the failure of the negotiation for the repeal of the German prohibition of the importation of American pork pro ducts, because of the several aggravating delays which occurred at different times, are now at a loss lor something to say on the subject, the imp* rial decree of Em peror of Germany having been is.-ued re scinding the former prohibitive degree. Hv the way. Secretary Husk has. whether intentionally or uot is not known, given Representative Hatch's Speak«Tship bourn a big boost by writing that gentleman a letter which, after informing him of the goad news, says “The thanks of the farmers of tins country are due t<> you f• »r your »(fur 19 iu their behalf, ami especially your advocacy before the House of Repre sentative- of the Fifty-first ( ougress of the meat inspection bill, w ithout which the above result could not have been ob tained." As Mr. Hatch is a political op ponent of the Secretary the writing of such a I« tter makes him all the more de -i rving. There should be no politics in the enlargement of the market for Ameri can products, and Cucle .Jerry" is fully aware, of that fact. Gov. ,J. W. Fifer of Illinois, ami Ids of ficial staff, spent several days in Washing ton after they had officially dedicated the Illinois monuments on the battlefield «.f Gettysburg, and Saturday night the Gov ernor was given a routing reception at (. A. IF Hall, which was attended, not only by all the citizens of Illinois, temporarily residing here, but by hundreds of other people anxious tv* see and honor *• Pri vate .Joe” Fifer. whose name and reputa tion had traveled ahead of him. There were speeches of welcome and a rattling re-ponse frf*ui the Governor. If cabinet rumors were chicken- a multi tude could be fed with the present supply. ' hie of the latest i- that Hon. Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, is selected as Secretary Proctor’s successor. From the best information obtainable your corres pondent doubts whether any one is yet se lected f«-r Secretary of War The Presi dent ha- until the flr-t of November to make the election, fur while Secretary Proctor might prefer retiring before the date of the beginning of hi- Senator-hip it is certain that he will remain if i: i- any accommodation to the President until the last miuute. There is also lots of talk at., ut the probability of Secretary Blaine's resigning, but at the State department he is expected t>> resume his duties about Oc toJjer 1. Secretary Tracy’s name has ai-o been living around, it being stated that he would resign If nominated for Governor of New York by the Republican State Con vention He is at his desk to-day, but he positively refused to discuss what he characterized as idie rumors. By direction of the President Acting Secretary of Stale Wharton lias instructed Minister Egan by cable to formally recog nize the new Chilian government. Bi t K.-i-oiu, Sept. 4th. 1M»1. Editor Ellsirorth American : Sir -Sometime between the middle of October and the last of November. Is7«;. there was a paragraph in your paper that read as follows: ••Prescott Heath left his wife several years ago without cause. He has now come home and Tound his wife getting along nicely. But because Mrs. Heath wouldn’t give Heath her prop erty Heath has destroyed it with tire.” | Now Mr. Editor, that paragraph was an absolute falsehood from beginning to end and it has done me mure harm than any other one thing in this world, dor this rea son : If I ask a mau for employment they say, No. for the Ellsworth American j said that I burnt niv wife’s buildings. Now, Mr. Editor, as you published that false paragraph iu your paper to hurt me. I hope you will be so good as to publish a copy of the deed. You look in the regis ter of deeds book 12(5, page S3, and there you will tind my deed, that reads as fol lows : KNOW \I.L MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT ! I, John Pattersou, of Bucksport, in the 1 county of Hancock and State of Maine, in consideration of five hundred dollars paid by Prescott P. Heath of the same Bucksport, the receipt is hereby acknow ledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto said Prescott P. Heath and his heirs and assigns forever a certain lot or parcel of land situated in Bucksport and bounded and described as follows to wit: Beginning on the road leading from the village to the Cape Cod Settlement so called, at a cedar stake on said road, on the line between land owned by Sylvanus Chitman and Jeremiah Col son in A. D. 1844; thence running wester ly on the line of said Chipinau 123 rods to a slake ami stoues; thence running northerly parallel with said road to the line of Amos Treat about 42 rods; thence east terly by land of said Treat to the Cape Cod road ; thence on said road to the place of beginning containing. 28 acres more or less, being the same deeded to me by (Jeorge W. Colson, Nov. 7. 18<‘*4. The remaining portion of the deed is in the usual form and the whole is duly exe cuted. Now, Mr. Editor, you see that this deed proves that that paragraph in your paper was an absolute falsehood; and I wish you will be so good as to rectify that mis take by publishing this deed. There is one more mistake I wish you to rectify. The indictment that was brought against me to appear at the April term of court, 1877. says that Prescott P. Heath of Ellsworth, did go up to Bucksport and set Are to oue of Joshua A. Danforth's build ings. Now, Mr. Editor, I never belonged in Ellsworth and Joshua A. Dauforth never owned those buildings and 1 never set the buildings on Are. Now, Mr. Ed itor, as the paragraph in your paper was the means of preventing me from getting employment please rectify those mistakes by publishing this letter, and oblige, Prescott P. Heath. From One Who Knew Him Well. A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL—EDWARD EVERETT HAl.ES ES TIMATE OF THE AUTHOR AND DIPLOMA TIST. Edward Everett Hale writes in the Bos ton Commonir,-tilth. the following personal tribute to the memory of Mr. Lowell: The death of Mr. Lowell will be heard with sadness among all people who use the language which he used so well. It will be heard with sadness al>" among tlie leaders of Spain, where his life was so honorable to himself, and where he re newed the warm relations which have united Spain ami the I'nited States. In this neighborhood, however, which is his home, there is a world of personal recollections of the utmost tenderness, which are quickened by tlu* announcement that we an* not to s«*t* bis face again, or meet his cordial salutation. He was gift ed with that greatest of gifts, the art of making friend**; and in every circle which has known him there are pathetic remem brances of tin friendships whit h he had formed and tin* steadiness with which he maintained them. I he young men who were around Mr. L«-well in his college days knew, fifty years ago, that he was one «»f the greatest p< its of the time, as well as tin y know tow that he ha** achieved that premise. "The numbers of his own da*s with per fect unanimity appointed him their class poet, and this was not before he had writ ten and published poems the sweetness and tenderness of which are still remem bered. There is. indeed, a touching anec dote. perfectly authenticated, of the half piaiutive way in which dead Dr. Lowell, his revered father, said to a friend that Janus had promised him that he would give up writing poetry and would take to study. There is hardly a fattier in the world w ho would not feel gratified if his -on at the university made him such a promise But as one recalls the story now. it is ‘•imply to be thankful that Dr. Low ell misapprehended the decision of the promise. <>r that the poet found it impos sible f«-r him to make good his words. The instinet of tlu* poet was in him. ami it wa** not to be trampled out by any firm resolution of the student. The 1’niversity did not. indeed, show its foresight in its handling of one. whom tlfty years after, it was proud to make it* orator. The tradition was that the gov ernment was very unwilling to proceed to the hardest measures, but. at tl.« wry la-t, on the eentral point of pressing his atten dant* at eh.q el where he almost always found him-t If too late for entrance he was suspended fr in the college, and was not able to read the poem which he had pre pared for class day Weil authenticate! tradition -ay - that he vvilne--«d the cere m nv of the dance around the tree Uim ugh the chinks of a covetid wagon in which he had ridden from (’. tic »rd. w ho h w a> hi- place of exile. His loyalty to it - Alma Mater, however, afterward shoyved that he took no offence for ary harshness of her treatment. And a- pro fessor, and as •-ralor on the great day <>f her quarler-miilenium. he repaid t>» her a hundred fold all that he had received from her. And in all he has done for literature and education in America, he has shown himself not unworthy of her best tradi tions. It is one of the tlncst illustrations of the readme-** with which America submits her diplomatic business ?<• men <>f conscience ami character, without asking from them what is called a diplomatic education, that Mr Lowell in the missions to Spain and to England, discharged so admirably the duties which were entrusted to him If anybody supposed that here y\a- a mere man of letters, ignorant of the ways of action of nu*n of affairs, Mr I.owelTs di* patches ui.deceived them. He was ap pointed. as I suppose, to England, simply In cause he was the most capable diploma tist whom we had abroad. He was sent to Spain ui iler the ii lluenee of that happy tradition which had sent Alexander K'cr ett there and Mr Irving, with the view that a literary man well represented this country in that nation from whose ar chive* half our history must be studied. In Spain, however, he showed that he was not merely a man "f letters, but a man <>f affairs, and the author.ties at Washington honored the administration when they transferred him to the post at London. Since his return to tills country, Mr. Lowell has not Iw en able to tak- a very active part either in literature or in pub lic affairs. But whoever has met him lias found the old cordiality and -simplicity and tlie readiness to remit r **ervh e where st rviee came within his power. From the im \hau*tible stores of his reading he w..uld always contribute t<» the necessities of anyone who applied to him: ami with the freshness of youth added to the ex perience of manhood, he kept In- eves ■ ■pen to whatever was interest.ng in the literature of our Fine or the study of our language He felt tin* personal hisses which are the severest penalty of advanc ing lift. The la-t time I met him. I con gratulated him that he was at Elmwood, and lie said, with hi* tender -mile. “Ye*, it i- good to be there, but the house is full of ghosts." Ami so indeed it was. But he could not be morose; he would not op press his friends with the story of any of hi* own regret* ; am! the last and earliest memories which we have of him are <>f his cordiality, affection and tender sym pathy. Edw ard E. Hale. Intemperance iu Colleges. The ' hrixliitn <>t Work is moved t<> ex press itself as follows on the question of intemperance in colleges: It is time that some plain and strong words wi re spoken concerning the drii k ing customs prevalent among college stu dents ami the sentiment which prevails concerning these* customs in some college i circles. It is our conviction that the col leges of the country as a whole are not ex erting the influence which they should ex ert in the matter of intemperance. In their attitude on the drink question they are not 1 abreast of the best and most enlightened ! public sentiment of the day. We have ob | served with regret that the cup and the ' i punch-bowl still figure quite as couspicu ! ously as ever at class dinners, alumni meet I iugs and other convivial gatherings of col ! lege men. In these gatherings also are cherished and perpetuated in song and cus tom much of that same false sentiment and those romantic associations, clustering around the wine-cup, which have done 1 more than anything else to lure impres sionable and enthusiastic young men into the terrible folds of the drink habit. The countenance given to drinking customs in college circles is due -in large part to that false and vicious sentiment which excuses and condones excesses of other sorts w hen indulged in by college men; that sentiment which sets up and sustaius a different standard of morals and conduct for col lege men than that which obtains in re spectable society outside of college walls. The Boston i/eiwM, In commenting upon the action of the Cambridge authorities, who arrested and fined a number of Har vard students for keeping drinking clubs said : “There is probably no truth in the report that the Cambridge police are going to swoop down on commencement punch at Harvard. There are some things that the law is bound to lespect, and com mencement puuch is one of these.” This was intended as a stroke of humor, but it is suggestive of some things which are not humorous. It has been held that law and public sentiment were “bound to respect” many thiugs in college life which are not entitled to respect from any source. We are far from a disposition to hold college authorities accountable for all improper habits and indulgences to be found among the young men under their charge. Neither are we making any plea at present for a specific line of teaching in the matter of the use and abuse of alcoholic stimulants. All that we ask is that by example at all times and by precept at every seasonable opportunity, the practice of drinking in toxicants shall be discouraged and con demned, and an atmosphere of thought and feeling finally created that shall make It impossible for any college student to join a drinking club or to engage in an occasional bacchanalian revel without the certainty of disgrace and puuisbment. In these momentous and critical days of the conflict with the liquor power the Chris tian public has a right to expect that our great institutions of learniug, gathering within their walls, as they do, the flower of our American youth, shall not throw a part but the whole of their influence on the side of truth and righteousness; that they shall not assume a passive or indiffer ent attitude on the temperance question, but place themselves squarely and strongly in antagonism to the liquor curse In all its forms. The Flag of Our Country. At his reception iu St. Johnsbury, Vt., President Harrison made a speech on the flag of our country, which is worthy of be ing reproduced iu every newspaper in the land : It gives me great pleasure to see that the flag is everywhere. I journeyed across this continent, and. except when darkness shut in the landscape, I was scarcely out [ of sight of the American flag. On the wide plains of the West—once called the (treat American Desert—now and again in the abodes of adventurous setllers. the flag appeared, and was waved in greeting as our train sped on its way. I rejoice to ^e it everywhere iu the hands of the school children. In that gn at demonstra tion in New York, in observance of the cen tennial of the inauguration of Washing ton as I moved from the Battery up through those streets dedicated to com merce. ami saw every front covered with flags, hiding for the time those invitations to trade which covered their walls, the | thought occurred to me, what will be done with these flags when this celebration is | ovei? And I suggested at the ceuteunial S banquet that the flags should he taken in to our school-houses. I rejoice to know that everywhere throughout the land, in all our patriotic towns ami villages, movements have been inaugurated to display the American flag | over our Institutions of learning. When Hood was investing Nashville, and when that gallant, unostentatious, but al ways faithful and victorious leader, (»< n. (ieorge H. Thomas, was gathering the I remnants of an army, that he might con • front his adversary in battle, it was as signed to me to entrench through tin I beautiful grounds of a suburban residence of Nashville. The proprietor wasaTen ! nessee UniunWt. While I was tearing up the sod of his ! beautiful lawn, he was removing his libra ry ami other \aluables from his mansion, hs tin* house was within range of tin rebel ■ | tire Happening into his library, while he j 1 w as thus engaged, he opened the closet be- 1 ' low tin* bookshelf ami. tak ng out a haml -ome bunting flag, asked me if I had a garrison flag. 1 told him No.” ••Wei!." ; he '.aid. “take this, sir. I have never been without the American flag in my house I would be glad if that could be said of every one of ,.ur homes. 1 here is iusp’.raf iot, in it It has a story wrought into its folds, until every thread lias some h s>nu s,, t,-!l of sacrifice and he roism. It i- to it and about it that we must gather and hold the artections of our people, if these institutions are to be pre served. I have it in mv mind as I »aw it one tight in Newport burbot <io.!,g out >f that harbor upon a government \ cssel about midnight, when the heavens were dark encd with eloulds. I saw a sight that will always live in mv memory. The - Nicer* of the torpedo station had run up the starry banner, and turned upon it. as we moved out of the harbor, two great fhettie search lights It revealed the banner, while below it the staff and buddings w*re hidden in b!aekne«s It seemed to be glorified as it had been out of llu- battlements of heaven, lifting its folds iu th* darkness of night, as an *m bb 111 of the hopes of a free people. Us keep it thus 111 our hearts, let it always be borne in out marching proc*> sions. We have no place here for the r I flag of anarchy. Gtir national emblem stands for a free people who have voluntarily p aced t! m selves under the restraints of law. who have consented that individual liberty shad cease when it infringes upon the rights or property of another; this is our compact; this is the liberty which we offer to those who cast in their lots with us, not a liber ty- t" destroy, but a liberty to conserve ami perpetuate 1 am most happy to witnes in this pros perous New Kngland town so many evi dences that your people are intelligent, in dustrious ami enterprising, ami .•vtrs.-f tiotne and order. You have here -< me great manufacturing establishments, whose name and products have spread throughout the world. You have here a class of enterprising, publicspirited * \ /.ens, who are humbug for you free libra ries and galleries of art, and by them are ministering to the good of generations that are to come. You have lu re an intel ligent and educated class of skilled work men. and nothing pleased me more, as l pass, d through your street* to-day. than to be told that here and there were the llOU.es of the VV iking people of St .lohn burv : homes where eveiy evidence of com fort was apparent; homes where taste had been brought, to make attractive the abodes where tired men sought rest ; home* that must have been made sweet for the children that are reared there, and c« m fortable for the wives whose places of toil and responsibility they are. Here is th* anchor **f our safety. This is the stake that binds nu n to good order, good citi zenship, to the flag ami the i • •ustitutior: - a contented, home-owning, working class. Washington Entombed. (*1 niton l ow n . 1 >«•<• go. «>n Wednesday last, the mortal part of WASHINGTON the Great -tie* Father of ; his Country ami the Friend of man, was consigned to the tomb, with solemn hon ors and funeral pomp. \ multitude of persons assertr led, from j many miles round, at Mount Wrnon, the choice abode and last residence of the il | lustrious chief. There were the groves — ! the spacious avenues. tl;>- beautiful and sublime scenes, tin noble mansion—but, alas! the august inhabitant >rus ><-••• u-> //<■ /•>. That great soul wa- . His mortal part was there indeed; but. ah ! h <w affecting! how awful the spectacle of such worth and great m ss, thus. t*» mortal eyes, fallen !- -Yes ! fallen! fallen! In the long ami lofty /Vu7iVo. where <»ft the Hero walked in all his glory. h“>r lay the shrouded corpse. The countenance still composed and serene, seemed to de press the dignity of the spirit, which lately dwelt in that lifeless form. There those who paid the last sad honours to the bene factor of his country, took an impressive— a farewell view. < >n the ornament at tin* head of the cof fin, was inscribed St i:<;f vi».Hokum about the middle of the coffin, <;uu;iv i»KO—ami on the silver plate, GES /. HAL GE< >KGE WASHINGTON, | Departed this life, ou the Uth of Decem ber, 170b. .l'.t. <18. Between three ami four o’clock, the ; | sound of artillery from a vessel in the riv- i er. firiug minute guns, awoke afresh our solemn sorrow—the corpse was removed—a band of music with mournful melody melt ed the soul into all the tenderness of woe. The procession was formed £ moved on in the following order: Cavalry, ) Infantry. *■ With arms reversed. Guard. ) Music, Clergy, The General’s horse with his saddle, i holsters and pistols. at ( O' ! I Cols. * * Her, j Sims, 2 , — * gw I 8 | i Mourners, Masonic Brethren, Citizens. When the procession had arrived at the | bottom of the elevated lawn, on the bank of the Potomac, where the family vault is ' placed, the cavalry halted, the infantry marched towards the Mount and formed their lines—the Clergy, the Masonic j Brothers, ami the Citizens, descended to the Vault, ami the fuueral service of the | Church was performed.—The firing was repeated from the vessel in the river, and the sounds echoed from the woods and ! hills around. Three general discharges by the infan ! try—the cavalry, and 11 pieces of artillery, i which lined the banks of the Potomac back of the vault, paid the last tribute to ! the entombed Commander in Chief of the ! Armies of the United States and to the de parted Hero. The sun was now setting. Alas! the son of cji.okv was set forever. No! the name of WASHINOTON — the American President and General— will triumph over Dkatii! The unclouded brightness ot his Glory will Illuminate the future ages! Kingston. January 4, laUO. N«>tr.—The foregoing from the Ulster County tlazett* of Jan. 4, 1HW. a copy of w hich was fur nished uh hv ll< nry L. Moor, Esq , from the pa per® left by'hi® father, the late Hon. John L. Moor. The Sly Granger. HE WANTED TO GET HOME WITHOUT WALK* IXG T1IEKK. j Dei roll Free Press.] “Tickets, please,” said the conductor of a train on a line running out east of Detroit, as he entered the car. There was a very general response in the shape of pasteboard until he came to a farmer, w ho was very earnestly looking out of the window. “Tickets, please," said the conductor. The man paid no attention. I’ll take your ticket, if you please." The man looked up at him. “IlLn't got any," he answered, slowly. “Well, the money then. Where are you going?” “Han’t got any money." “Well, then, what are you here for? If I don’t get either money or ticket I must put you off the train. ’ You wouldn't stop au express train just to put one man off. would you?" “Wouldn’t I? You’ll soon see whether I will or not. Now 1 want your ticket or the cash without any more fuss." • Narry one.’’ 1 he conductor paused for a moment or two. and then called the hrakeinan. • Now. are you going to get < tl without a fuss or will w»; have to throw you off?" I'he man sighed, and said he would go ■ »tl quietly When they got out on the platform and the conductor had his hand on the bell-rope the passenger east his eye over the living landscape and said “Ain’t there no way we can tix this up**’ “Certainly. Ticket or money.” After another look the man shook ! s head. Let h r go, < 'aptaiu. ’ j The conductor pulled the rope. The ■ airbrakes scrunched and the train came ton stop The man stepped < ff. and then, handing the conductor a bit of pasteboard, said I don't cheat no railway compare. Captain. Here ye ar« “Why in thunder didn’t yon give me this before? You • au ride rive znih s further ou this tu ket Step aboard livelv, now “Never mind. « apron I wmikl have to walk five miles back n I did. I live over yonder. > * long, i ip —one of the tu*• i interc-ung incidents in tin- .at* lit • * i g *■ .lei ts' newpaper ta re* r. \\ a - • I While .Janie- »> Hr:en wa- -la r-tr of N*w Y«>rk county he got ;» place in t!.< comp troller's otli* c for a prut, gc «>f hi- nnii;*•«I Copeland. I - man had charge of the city ami county ledger-. He -aw **in r moiis sums of money pa--:ng t!;r< ng!i the department ai d-u-p* cling that something v\as wrong In n ado a tran-, r pt of ttie tig ures ami .-how, .1 th* m t< * >'j;i i( , * riineii hail U'i love for 1 w, • I at this i m, . ami he t""K the flgu-e-. w tth ad h - < \ .• • u* >•.!*• a New York daily newspaper for pm rat.on. The paper examined the matter and re turn* d it Then <» Ht • n tu ught I.;- fig ures .1 ! - Mr. done- The i.,.„ > ... * . [.» j ud - t the tigur* - and make a full exposure of : he r.ng'.- stealing-. Win u th - d. ter no nation wa- coimnunica’« d to t > Hiien h* r* * k away th** paper-, hut *• r* ught them back in a f»-w week- and to.*! Mr done- to go ah, ad wit . th*- ; nhiienli* m <' Hi < n n-ver made anv i«’r.dition a- to the publication. tn»r diil h«* a-k !t any i mp* n.-a’nm f *r furnishing th«* pr- • f- ! H - Two d fram1-. Hy - "in* means unkm wu * Mr d • Tw»’e*l learn**! that the proof- *f hi- guilt, were in the hainl-of the / s. He nt i man t" Mr .! in •- ami ot!«-r* *1 ’•> buy t‘i■ * paper at any valuation that mig'1*' •*«• put on it This* tier was mad** in ra-h. to m* paid at out* Ni i. d n< - r« pin d that he did not pr«*| •-*•:<• . 1, - * it anv price. I';.*•!. Fw*. r- em.--.tr> :.t »im ! iilm that he con;*! *i * . : * «*r !*• w- r-<•. This conversation * «•cur*,*! Mr. don*-’ * dice in th«* / - *1* d : Snort !y th* re after a law y ei w h • wa- : ‘ • ... • ' .. -am,* build;ng -**nt f* r NT - d t » <•■>!* t«» 'n- « tli* * . as lit* w :- * • -• «• l • . i *ui Important matter. I lin k : g that tin* us tties — pertained to H.e 1 uihl'i.g. Mi d**ms wa nt to tin* law y*-t - Mi* • . ■ ; _ ush ered into a pi ivate loom wa- *« i fi«*nt**» 1 by Ki* har*! H c**nno!!y the * * j *.roll* r. ami Tw••• it’s i*: rtmr in rim** I d*» not want to -«•• this ntau, -aUl Mr don* -. and lie turn* d t • go out -f the place. "For (• d's -ak** 1" exclaim*! Connollv. "let me -av on** word to vu At this appeal Mr don* s -:opp, d. < onrndly tin n mm It* him a pi - p - in to f. g<« t j»«* pui, iieation of the *1 -diluents p. h.i a Ins possession, and ottered him an *i -rnnei suni of money t«* do this Tin- aim uut f tin- , tier was s*. * * * * \- i .•*!• mdiy waited f•»r the answer Mr .lop,, s sHl*l . •1 don’t think the devil w ill ever make a higher bid for me than that. I onno ly then b, gun t*> plead. :*i *! *lr« w a graphic p * unv of whv one * «.ill.i > With -S'* OOO.m.o He com Tided b\ -ay in. . Why. with tliat sum von »*onl I go » Kurope aud live like- a pm > * "Yes,” said Mr. Joins. 'it l -h *u 1 know that. I was a rascal. 1 caim-t . -nler your , t!* r. «*i any * ft* r in*: to j ■ li-li tin* facts in my p**--« --ion.” It was only a f**w *i-i\- at’* r *: -it ill*? proofs of tin- gigar t; frau* app* ar e«l in the colnmn.- -*f Mr. J i was telegraph* *1 to the four .pouters *f the globe. — Ill I O MU Milton Drisk been \ isiting hi- , * i- i. M i-t* • F**mmy Simps* n. ha- return* d 1. m* Mrs. Sara 1! •’ «*rts * ! -w.*;th ! s manv patron- in Sullivan K ' thr**** •* *■• ks 'i si ■■ has • - • her* sewii M tines I H. I.. (Ttaves, lieu. Kimiy and .J. F. Simp son. Sulli*. an sch w next Mot Miss Maud 11 o, gdoti **f soir .. ’ * • w 1 teach this term. Mrs. C. A. Stimson is vis ; er. Mr>. Katou iu I.»*w i-t* n LITTFI.I/s I I VIM. A(*F.-The number* of '/'/•• /. vinij .!«/» for August and S. y teinber oth contain Pus«piaie dc l‘ u> : a >111.!', i nett r nth ('htnii Hubert Hrownng. I Th* Last Fuglish House of tin- lb ar*l«d Tit, ('nnU‘hipnr>ii 'j . To-da} iu Mormro and I lie Ihct of Ureal Men, V Mia> Thoughts in South Africa. /■'■•rrn: ,7< ’ Th* ~Y ■ l Naturalist the Hev. .1. «*. \\ ■ •■ .* 1. ai.«i .lenny Lind, l. nuhm ijtmrt* rhj; A Forgotten H ic. and I he Post-n flier in i hina. < a hi,'/; From a Country Personage, (it n' no >tate> men of Austria. I.- ixun- II lftar iu a Huretn, '/tinpie llnr; Serial Hath in the Last Century, Murwy'*: "Hus iu Crhc,” V ' - for; with instalments of "The Ith.ir Hose,** “A Study in (irey” and "The Prim of Morocco” and poetry. For Hfty-two numbers of sixty-four largo pages earh (or more than .’*.”*00 pages a year): the subseription priee i**) is l«*\\ ; whii* f• • r•. ?10.;s) the publishers offer to send any ••tie **f the American $4.*to monthlies or w rekh* s w itlij The I, i >' i n tj A>je fora v* ar. both postpaid.' Littell A Co.. Hoston, are tin publishers. — Scribner's Maijoziup for September con tains tiie fifth and concluding arti«*l»- in the successful Steamship S« ric-. entitled “The Steamship Line- of the World,” by Lieutenant Ilidgelv Hunt. I . S. N. I'his number contains three articles on essentially American sub jects—on “Odd H »nn *,” from the dug-out Ui the Adirondack cabin; on “China Hunting In New England.” and (the third) on the “Pres ent Ideals of American I'niversity Life,” by Professor Josiah Hoyee of Harvard. Othei important articles in this issue are “Brown lug’s Asolo,” by Felix Mo-cheles; a deserip tion of “The City of the Sacred Bo-Tree,” by James Ricalton; Andrew Lang's “Adventurei Among Books;” the second in-ulment of tin serial story. “The Wrecker,” bv Robert Loui: Stevenson and Lloyd o-bourne; and sbor stories by Thomas Nelson Page and Charles O I). Roberts. —We are accustomed to associate the nanu of Rudyard Kipliug with stories of Indial military life, but in his nautical story, “Tb Disturber of Traffic.” which appears in tb September Atlantic, be has struck an entire! new vein. The story is related by an Hughs' lighthouse keeper. Another short story, “Ai Innocent Life,” is contributed by Lillie fl Cbace Wyman; Mr. Stockton’s “House a Martha” is continued by a long instalment and Mary Hartwell Catherwood gives us fou clever chapters of “The Lady of Fort S Jobn.” Houghton, Miffiin A Co., Boston.