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CURRENT ITEMS.
Personal and Literary.
Max. mst by this time need a clean shirt,
as he shipped all hia baggage some weeks
ago.
The Richmond (Va) Whig speaks of
SumtKr as that “ vinegar-blooded blue
belly.’'
Tua Duke of Hamilton, succeeded three
years ago to a clean £70,000 a year, and is
now an insolvant.
Private letters say that Thomas Carlyle
intend* paying America a visit next year,
or the year after.
“ Mrs Bstsy Jane Ward” has written a
letter to Artemus, in which she advises
him to stop writing to Punch, and toadying
> British, and come home.
The Doyleston (Pa ) Democrat says that
Secretary Stanton has given the colored
Episcopalians in Washington SIO,OOO worth
of bricks to build a church.
Dr. Holland is to edit a work entitled
Christ and the Twelve. The plan embraces a
selection of the choicest poetical gems on
religious subjects gathered from various
authors.
Professors Mallory and Niles, of Trin
: ity College, Hartford, Conn., will edit the
Connecticut Churchman, the Episcopal organ
of that State, after the first of January
next.
Mr. Lowe, the adapter of the screw pro
peller in its present useful form, wa9 ran
over and killed by a heavily laden wagon,
in Blaokfriar’s road, London, on the 12th
ultimo.
The editor of Good Words asked Miss
Molcck the other day to write a tale for
him, and she replied that she would do so
if he liked, but not for a les3 sum than
$8,600 in gold.
M. B.tlrsten, a famous song writer,
whom the Swedes called their Beranger,
lately committed suicide at Stockholm. He
was tormented by au iucurablo malady,
and cut his throat to get rid of his Buffer
ing i.
When the King of Italy arrived in Flor
ence after the Veuetioa/efM he was met by
Baron P.ica?oli, who offered him hia hand.
“No,” said Victor Emanuel, “let us em
brace each other,” and he suited the action
to the word.
Tt is reported that A. T. Stewart is grad
ually withdrawing from active business.
The details of his tmmense estates furnish
business enough for one man’s time. Mr.
Stewart is computed to be the richest man
in America.
A rich widow and believer in spiritual
ism has presented Home, the Paris medium,
with sl<io 000. The lady conceived herself
neglected by relatives, and determined to
spend her money for “some philanthropic
object.”
The German papers announced recently
the death of M. Frank, a distinguished
rabbi of the Jowish Church of Germany.
He was born at Wilnain 1758, and was con
sequently one hundred and eight years of
age at the time of his death.
Rev. I)r. Pierce, in the Baltimore Epis
copal Methodist, says, “There are two modes
of sermonizing: one is, as if the preacher
were laboring to sustain his text by his dis
course ; the other as if he were laboring to
sustain his discourse by his text. The lat
ter is the right mode.”
The Memphis Post tells a story greatly
to the honor of a son of Gen. Lee. At a
dinner party in Richmond, one of the
guests proposed as a toast, “The Fallen
Flag ” “ Col. Lee promptly placed his
band upon the glass and arose. ‘Gentle
men,’ raid he, ‘ this will not do. Wo are
paroled prisoners. We now have but one
flag, and that is the flag of our whole coun
try—the glorious old stars and stripes. I
carrteoogmze no other, fight for no other,
and will drink to no other.’ ”
Miss Vi.nnie Ream. who is to execute a
statute of President Lincoln for Congress,
is a native of Madison, Wisconsin, is about
twenty-two years of age, and has been a
“ female clerk ” in one or the Departments
at Washington, where the family has for
some time resided. Her first attempt at
sculpture was the result ol a visit to the
studio of the younger Mills. She was sat
isfied that she could “sculp” as well as he,
and on a subsequent visit she presented a
medallion so well done that the elder Mills
could hardly he made to believe that it was
her own work.
Mr. Jacob Loucks, a respected citizen of
Manchester township, York county, Penn ,
and supposed to be the largest mania the
country, died of apoplexy, at the age of
fifty seven years. He was exceedingly cor
pulent, and was supposed to weigh about
five hundred pounds at the time of his
death. His coffin measured thirty five inch
es in breadih by twenty-three in depth.
Hi? weight was not far from that of Daniel
Lambert, of Leicestershire, England, which
is given as five hundred and twenty-eight
pounds, and who is said to have been the
largest man in the world.
Thf London Court Journal says that Mr.
Teunyson is aboutto leave the Isle of Wight.,
where he has a pretty house and grounds
at Faringford. If the report be true, he
will actually have been driven away
by the curiosity of his neighbors. He
has bought up all the land he could get
around his grounds but to no effect. He is
watched and dodged wherever he goes. If
he opens a window or pulls up a blind, a
blind a score of eyes are upon him, aided
by opera-glasses and telescopes. In Lon
don he is quiet enough; no one suspects the
great poet of our day to be that tall man
with a wide-awake, long beard and jspec
tacles.
It is known that M. Michelet married a
young wife in his old ago, and that his
work La Femme ia to a great extent made
up of the results of bis personal experience
of married life. Madame Michelet has now
made her debut as au authoress. M. and
Madame Michelet, Before leaving Paris, as
they are wout to do to pass the winter sea
son at Hycres, gave a farewell dinner to
their friends In the evening some chap
ters were read of anew novel by Madame
Michelet, called IS Enfant. This, like some
of her husband’s books, is said to be per
sonal, and to contain passages from the his
tory of her own life. Madame Michelet
was a governess, and for some time lived in
that capacity • with the family of Priace
Cantacuzene, at Bucharest.
domestic PavairapS*.
—Six white rats were caught at New
buryport recently.
—Minors are aot allowed to play billiards
in Tennessee.
—There has never been a divorce grant
ed iu South Carolina.
—Six youthful Japanese are students at
the Mouson (Mass.) Academy.
—The Louisville Democrat says the pop
ulation of that city is 155,000.
—A Virginia gentleman has a gun with
which he has shot seventeen hundred deer.
—A lady 80 years of age, in Salem, Indi
ana, claims she is damaged $25,000 by a
slanderer.
—lt is stated of the population in Nan
tucket, that one of every sixteen ia over 70
years of age.
—Living in Washington city is decidedly
cheaper this winter than it has been since
the war oommenced.
—The other day, in Dubuque, a grateful
convalescent patient presented his physi
cian with a four hundred dollar piano.
—A young man in Boston tried the ex
periment of taking nitrous oxide gas, last
week, and has suffered permanent physical
nd mental injuries therefrom.
—Mr, Thompson, 20 years of age, and
Miss Judith Miller, lees than 14 years,
were married in Ohio county, Ky., the other
day.
—A Nashville dispatch says that hun
dreds of horses and mules are being
skipped South through that city every
week. *
—There is a gang of villains in New Or
leans who kidnap little children on the
streets, and thon obtain a reward by re
turning them.
—An avalanche of snow from the roof of
a house, in Boston, fell upon two young la
dies who were passing, and almost killed
one of them.
—lt is a somewhat startling fact that
within the last two years a majority of our
State Penitentiaries have nearly doubled the
number of their inmates
—Negotiations are in progress for the
introduction of a large foice of Chinese
laborers to be employed in the construction
of the Central Pacific railroad.
—The Secret Service Division have made
a large haul of counterfeiters near Niagara
Falls. A large quantity ot counterfeit cur
rency wa9 found in their possession.
—A fellow in the neighborhood cf Dur
ham, Me , Is engaged in the pleasant busi
ness of disemboweling farmers’ horses. He
has been at it, a long time, and they cannot
find out who he is.
—Ada Adams, a notorious courtezan of
Louisville, was Bhot on Tuesday night by a
ruffian M’lle Adams has figured in a num
ber of characters, having served in the army
for two years.
Fulton launched the first steamboat in
1807. Now there are over three thousand
steamboats traversing the waters of Amer
ica. Nearly all the rivers of the world are
traversed by steamboats.
—There was an elopement in Eredonia,
New Hampshire, the other day ; the date is
not given, but it was the day after the
young lady concerned had been whipped by
her father for “fitting up nights ” with her
lover.
—On Saturday, a young lady belonging
to a respectable family in Nashville, donned
male at,ire, and attempted to leave on a
steamer in search of udventurc. Her flight
wi3 soon discovered, and she was arrested
and returned to her friends.
—They are goiug to make a ha3h of
“ Othello ” in New York, according to the
papers: Edwin Booth is to do the Moor in
English, while Dawison, the great German
tragedian, is to give lago in that, language.
We do not know how it will work.
—A*rich man in New York, a few days
aeo. presented to ten female friends—par
ticular frienda — each a piece of cake. On
dissecting the cake it was found that each
piece contained diamond jewelry to the
value of SI,OOO.
—Broad street, in Philadelphia, is des
tined to be the finest street, in any American
city. It has been extended from Nicetown
Lane to Fisher’s Lane. It is now ten miles
long, with a width of one hundred and thir
teen feet, and as straight as an arrow.
—Dramatic clubs have been formed at
Franklin, Ky., Murfreesboro and Columbia,
fenn.. and Huntsville, Ala., with the ob
ject of raising money for the purpose of
re-int erring the Confederate dead who lie
on various battlo fields throughout the
South.
—The Catholic Church in the United
States is said to have 3.884 churches and
chapels, 74 theological seminaries, and
1 404 academies and schoo’s containing
30,000 pupils. The Catholic population of
the United States is estimated at from 4,-
000,000 to 5 000,000.
—Rev. Dr. Edwin R Webb’s Shawmut
eburch at Boston has just received anew
$20,000 organ, the largest instrument of
its kind in the country, except the “ great
organ ” at. Music Hall. A stream of
Cochit late water will aid in divine service
by working the bellows of the machine.
—A gentleman of Philadelphia, named
Hayden, while rapidly turning the corner
of Union square and Broadway, in New
York, the other day, caught his foot in the
hoop skirt of a young lady, and was thrown
down upon tho side walk so violently as to
knock out all his front teeth and injure his
faoo very severely.
—A lady living in the North Ward of De
troit recently gave birth to four children at
one lime. The same lady, on a former oo
casion, gave birth to triplets, and on a still
former occasion presented her husband
with twins. First of all she started with
one. The pair have been married about
seven years.
—S >me months since au organ was pur
chased and used in t he Methodist church at
College Corner, Franklin county, Ind.
Many members of the church were strongly
opposed to its introduction, and much ill
feeling was the result. The organ was
fiually carried out of the church one night
by unknown parties, and destroyed by fire
Recently another Organ was procured and
placed in the church, but a few days after
wards it was also destroyed, the vandals
usiog apiece of railroad iron to accomplish
their purpose.
—A New York Times' Washington dis
patch says : “An investigation into the cir
cumstances of an alleged loss of $40,000 on
a New York train last week, by Caleb Lyon,
Governor of Idaho, will take place in a few
days Governor Lyon asserts that it be
longed to the Government, and that he was
bringing it here to deliver to the Secretary
of the Treasury as the balance due from
him to the United States. Why he should
have carried the funds about his person,
and especially why he should have taken
the belt containing the money from his per
son in the cars, as ho says he did, requires
explanation.”
—At New Orleans, recently, a Shreve
port merchant was passing au unfinished
building, when a block of granite fell upon
him, crushing him to the earth. He uttered
a cry of pain, and never afterward spoke
A. singular fact in connection with the ac
cident is, that a young man who was in ad
vance if him yielded the way for him to
pass as the stone fell, and thus saved his
own life. The accident is the second of the
same kind which has occurred beneath the
same building, and iu this case, it is thought
will cost the builders, and perhaps the city,
a heavy suit.
—The Alta California says : “ There is
scarcely a branch of business in the State
in which the Chinese are not found com
peting with Americans and Europeans.
Many of our most, prosperous manufacto
ries depend for success upon these sober
and industrious laborers, wbo, in a remark
ably short time, without learning our lan
guage, understand how to do the work re
quired of them. The greatest trait in their
character appears to be irjitativeness, and
the chief application of that trait to pat
tern after their American neighbors. Their
enterprise aud business tact are far greater
than many persons have any conception
of.”
The sale of the famous Steele oil farm,
on the 17th inst., for a Government debt of
SII,OOO, is one of the mest striking in
stances of the reverses of fortune, says the
Erie Dispatch, that has occurred in some
years In 1864, this farm, when left to
John W Steele, was returning au income
of $2,000 per day, and in the safe, Kept by
Mrs. McOlintock, who left him the proper
ty, was $40,000 in gold and SIOO,OOO in
greenbacks. Steele and Slocum (Steele’s
partner) were famous names in the oil re
gion, while their money lasted. To day
Steele is impoverished, and Slocum is serv
ing out a term of imprisonment for being
concerned in a brutal assault on an unof
fending man. The descent -of theee “ oil
princes” has been as rapid as was their ac
quisition of almost boundless wealth.
Foreign Gossip.
—The Queen of Belgium ie the best
horsewoman of that country.
—Every English steamer built now is on
tha American model with Scotch engines.
—A young “ blood” in a crack London
regiment has lost $1,000,000 recently in
gambling.
—Members of the “conjugal relation”
will please notice that the penalty in Paris
for selling one’s wife is eight years hard
labej. Better put up with her
—lt takes three columns of a French
journal to give “full particulars” of how a
girl in Paris was miraculously cured of a
mortal disease by having her eyes rubbed
with a piece of the Pope’s petticoats.
—A singular innovation was made at a
funeral in Paris the other day. Instead of
a laudatory discourse in honor of the in
dividual interred, one of his friends read
extracts from a newspaper article in his
praise.
—The artesian wells of Crenelle and
Passy, France, now emit volumes of steam;
the temperature of the waters, which rise
from the depth of twe thousand three hun
dred feet, reaching eighty-live degrees
Fahrenheit.
—A French Court has decided that when
a railroad fails to transport passengers to
a given point in a given time, by the break
ing down of an engine or any other accident,
the company is bound to pay the expenses
of passengers who may adopt other means
to reach their destination.
—An English jury has decided that when
a man who is smoking in a railroad car re
fuses to remove hig cigar at the request of
his fellow passengers, they have the right
to knock it out of his mouth; and the
Judge thought that tho blowing of tobacco
smoke in the face of a fellow passenger
might be considered an insult.
—ln one of the great clubs in Paris there
has been a desperate gambling bout which
lasted twelve hours on each of three suc
cessive days. The players were a young
Russian and a Turkish Grand Siegneur,
both very rich. The first night it cost the
Russian 150,000 francs ; the following uay
he regained 20,000 francs; the following
night he again lost these 20,000 francs and
250,000 more. Russia then gave in, and
withdrew from tho combat with a net loss of
400,000 francs.
—When Queen Victoria made her recent
visit to Wolverhampton, England, to dedi
cats the statue to Prince Albert, her cor
tege passed under six riumphal arches on
their way through the principal street. The
chief of these arches wasoue of ironand coal,
to which the Earl of Dudley contributed
twenty-five tons from one of his famous
collieries, some of it being hewn into blocks
weighing two tons each. There was also an
arch composed of hardware and japanned
goods, among which coal scuttles were unite
conspicuous.
—The Steinitz-Bird chess match bas
come to a conclusion in a manner neither
satisfactory to the chess public nor to Mr
Bird. At the conclusion of the sixteenth
game, Mr. Bird was compelled, by business
engagements, to leave London lor America,
and accordingly requested a postponement
of the match for several weeks, to which
proposal, however, Mr. Steinitz did not
yield assent, and be accordingly claimed
the stakes and the match. The score stood:
Steinitz, six; Bird, five; drawn,five. From
the score it is seen that Mr. Steinitz has
very little claim to be considered the first
player in Europe.
—The shipwreck of a cargo of rum, near
the mouth of (he Mersey, England, a few
weeks ago, led to hideous consequenees.
The cargo was beeehtd at New Brighton, a
well known bathing place. As the barrels
were washed ashore, they were broached
on the beach, and the bystanders drank till
they dropped One young man died on the
spot. Nearly a hundred others suffered
desperately from the effects of their de
bauch. A *ceue of violence and debauchery
ensued such as has never blotted the annals
of civilization, and, even as described iD
the most respectable English papers, unfit
for publication in detail.
—A Mexican letter says : “We have had
some celebrated runners in the United
States, but scarcely equal to a young Mexi
can 33 years of age namd Ochoa, who
lives at- Hidalgo, in southern Chihuahua
He has been known to beat a man on horse
back for a distance of thirty miles. He has
often made 150 miles in 24 hours. A friend
of mine lately gave him $5 to carry a letter
50 miles and bring him an answer He did
Uin 22 hours, taking, as he thought, plenty
of time, there being no great hurry. The
last fifty miles he made slowly in seven
hours From this may be gained some idea
of the trained courier systems of Montezu
ma and the Peruvian incas.”
—The advances of Egypt since the be
ginning of this century have been great and
sure. For a long course of years the ma
terial development of the country has gone
favorably on. Manufactures, agriculture
and commerce have alike been fostered and
stimulated. Railways have at once em
ployed labor and assisted industry. Canals
have fertilized a wide extent of territory,
and remuneratively di.-psrsed over the
whole country and conveyed to foreign de
pots the products of the various districts
This year Egypt has produced a cotton crop
estimated at twenty millions sterling, and
it is credibly told that the condition of the
common people has begun to be sensibly
improved.
—A man named John Norton was exam
ined before the London magistrates the other
day on a charge of picking pockets on
Blackfriar’s bridge. The prisoner, in de
fense, said he was on the bridge looking at
ihe works, with a vast number of persons,
when Vie missed his handkerchief. He
looked round to see if any one was near
him of a suspicious character, and, not see
ing anyoody that he could fix vpon, ho went
round the company examining the hand
kerchiefs in their pockets to see if they had
got his. [Loud laughter.] When he came
to the piosecutor, his handkerchief was
very similar to the one he (the prisoner) had
lo3t, and he took it to see whether it was
his or not [Renewed laughter]. He had
no intention of stealing it; he only took it
to examine it, -s it was so like his.
[Laughter]. He was sent up for trial.
Art and Science.
—Transforming sand into 6tone, in the
short space of ten minutes, is an English
invention.
—A microscope, with double the power
of any previously cons rusted, has lately
been completed in England, magnifying 15,-
000 diameters.
—Artists have adopted different emblems
of charity. We wonder none of ,hem ever
thought of apiece of India rubber, which
gives more than any other substance.
—ln a life of fifty years a man makes
upwards of 500,000,000 of respirations,
drawing through bis lungs nearly 170 tons
weight of air, aud disenarging nearly 20
tons weight of carbonic acid.
—The Ross Winans cigar ship has re
turned from a short eruise, during which
she encountered very stormy weather, but,
though the sea was very heavy, she steamed
through it at the rate of sixteen knots an
hour.
—A new mechanical excitant of vital ac
tion is called the “iron treatment.” It
consists in incasing the legs in iron
“tights,” to which one or two thousand os
ciliations per minute are communicated by
machinery. The operation sends the blood
to the extremities with almost intolerable
force and heat, and must be very easily
overdone. Governor Morton, of Indiana,
is said to be trying the experiment with ap
parent benefit.
The Story of tine Noses.
The following story is taken from Ed
ward Laboulaye’s “Fairy book of All Na
tions”;:
At Dewitz.in the neighborhood of Prague,
there once lived a ,-ich and whimsical old
farmer, who had a beautiful daughter.
The students of Prag te, of vrhom there
were at that time twenty-five thousand,
often walked in the diret tion of Dcwiiz.and
more than one of them offered to follow the
plow in hopes of beecming the son-in-law
of the farmer. The first condition that the
cunning peasant set on each new servant
was this: “I engage you,” he would say,
“for a year, that is, till the cuckoo sings
the return of spring; but if, from now till
then, you say once that you are not satisfied,
I will cut off the end of your nose. I give
you the same right over me,” he added,
laughing And he did as he said Prague
was full of students with the end of their
noses glued on, which did not prevent an
ugly scar, and, still les3, bad jokes. To
return from the farm disfigured and ridi
culed was well calculated to cool the warm
ost passion.
A young man by the name of Coranda,
somewhat ungainly in manner, but cool,
adroit and cunning, (which are not bad aids
in making one’s fortune), took it in his head
to try the adventure. The farmer received
him with his usual good nature, and, the
bargain made, sent him to the field to work.
At breakfast time the other servants were
called, but good care was taken to forget
Coranda. At dinner it was the same. Cor
anda gave himself no trouble about it. lie
went back to the house, and while the farm
er’s wife was feeding the chickens, un
hooked an enormous ham from the kitchen
rafters, took a huge loaf from the cupboard,
and went back to the fields to dine and take
a nap.
“Are you satisfied?” cried the farmer,
wken h,. returned at night.
“ Perfectly satisfied” said Coranda; “I
have dined better than you have.”
At that instant the farmer’s wife came
rushing in, crying that her ham was gone
Coranda laughed, and the farmer turned
pale.
“Are you not satisfied?” asked Coranda.
“A ham is only a ham,” answered his
master. “Such a trifle does not trouble
me.” But after that time he took good care
not to leave the student fasting.
Sunday came. The farmer and his wife
seated themselves in the wagon to go to
church, saying to Coranda, “It is your
business to cook the dinner. Cut up the
piece of meat you see yonder, with onions,
carrots, leeks and parsley, and boil them all
together in the great pot over the kitchen
fire.”
“Very well,” answered Coranda.
There was a little pet dog at the farm
house by the name of Parsley. Coranda
killed him, skinned him, cut him up with
the meat and vegetables, and put the whole
to boil ever’the kitchen fire. When the
farmer’s wife returned, she called her fa
vorite; but, alas! she saw nothing but a
bloody sk;n hanging by the window.
“ What havo you done ?” said she to Cor
anda.
“ What you ordered me, mistress, I have
boiled the meat, onion, carrots and leeks,
and Parsley in the bargain.”
“ Wicked wretch!” cried the farmer, “had
you the heart to kill the innocent creature
chat was the joy of our house?”
“ Are you not satisfied?” said Coranda,
taking his knife from his pocket.
“ I did not say that,” returned the farmer.
“ A dead dog is nothing but a dead dog.”
But he sighed.
A few days after the farmer and his wife
went to market. Fearing their terrible
servant, they said to him, “Stay at home,
and do exactly what others do.”
“Very well,” said Coranda
There was an old shed iu the yard, the
roof of which was falling to pieces The
carpenters came to repair it, and began, as
usual, by tearing down the roof. Coranda
took a ladder and mounted the roof of the
house, which was quite uew. SLingles,
lath, naifs, and tiles,, he tore off everything,
and scattered them all to the winds. When
the farmer returned, the house was open to
the sky
“ Villain,” said he, “ what new trick have
you played me ?” ■
“ 1 have obeyed, you, master,” answered
Coranda “You told me to do exactly what
1 saw others do. Are you not satisfied ?”
And he took out his knife
‘ Satisfied !” returned the farmer, “ why
should I not be satisfied? A few shingl- s
mere or less, will not ruin me.” Hut he
sighed.
Night came, the farmer and his wife said
to each o her that it was high time to get
rid of this incarnate demon. As is always
the case with sensible people, they never did
anything without consulting their daughter,
it being the custom in Bohemia to think
that children always have more wit than
their parents.
“Father,” said Helen, “I will hide in
the great pear tree early in the morning,
and call like the cuckoo. You can tell
Coranda that the year is up, since the
cuckoo is singiug; pay him, and send him
away.”
Early in the morning ihe plaintive cry of
the cuckoo was heard through the fields.
The farmer seemed surprised. “Well, my
boy, spring is come,” said he. “Do you
near the cuckoo singing yonder? I will pay
you, aud we will part good friends.”
“A cuckoo! said Corana; “that is a
bird which I have always wanted to see.”
He ran to the tree and shook it with all
his might, when behold! a young girl fell
from the branches, fortunately more fright
ened than hurt.
“Villain!” cried the farmer.
“ Are you not satisfied ?” said Coranda,
opening his knife.
“Wretch ! you kill my daughter, and you
think that I ought to be satisfied ? I am
furious. Begone, if you would not dio by
my hand!”
“ I wilt go when I have cut off your nose,”
said Coranda. “1 have kept my word and
do you keep yours !”
“Stop!” cried the farmer, putting his
hand before his face; “you will surely let
me redeem my nose ?”
“It depends on what you offer,” said
Coranda.
“ Will you take ten sheep for it ?”
“ No!”
“ No; I would rather cut off your nose,”
And he sharpened his knife on the door
step.
“Father,” said Helen, “the fault was
mine; it belongs to me to repair it. Cor
anda, will you take my hand instead of my
father’s nose ?”
“I make one condition,” said the young
girl. “We will make the same bargain ;
ihe first of us that is not satisfied after
marriage 6hall have their nose cut off by
the other.”
•‘Good,” replied Coranda. “I would
rather it wan the tongue; but that will come
next.”
Never was a finer wedding seen at Prague,
and never was there a happier household.
Coranda and the beautiful Helen were a
model pair. The husband and wife . were
never heard to complain of each other;
they loved with drawn swords; and, thanks
*o their ingenious bargain, they kept for
long years both their love and their noses
Rogers used to relate this story: An
Englishman and a Frenchman fought a duel
in a darkened room. The Englishman, un
willing to take his antagonist’s iife gener
ously tired np the chimney, and- -brought
down the Frenchman. “ When I tell this
story in France,” pleasantly added the re
lator, “I make the Englisttman go up the
chimney.”
A person more conversant with thea
trical than scriptural literaiure went into
a city bookstore, the other day, and asked
for a copy of “ Exit Homo.”
Home, Famu atul Gardens
THE FA'.ITER’S 80NO.
Let the wealthy and. the great
Eill in splendor and stale:
I er vy them not, I declare it.
I eat my own lamb,
Jly own chickens and ham ;
I '.hear my own fleece and;l wear it. .
X hate lawns, I have bowers,
I have fruits, I have flowers,,
The lark is my morning alarmer.
So jolly boys, now.
Here’s Godspeed the plow,
* Long life and success to the farmer.
As you value your eyes, don’t pat out a
ker isene lamp by blowing down the chim
ney. An explosion is very likely to be the
result of doing so.
Eliab H. Clark, who lives on the prairies
two miles and a half north of Charleston,
Illinois, has this season raised ono hundred
and ten bushels of corn cn one acre of
ground.
A lady asked her gardner why the weeds
always outgrew and covered up the flowers.
“ Madam,” answered he, “the soil is mother
of the weeds, but only step-mother of the
flowers.”
In some of the large dairies of Devon
shire, each milker has three buckets, and
divides each cow’s milk into three portions,
which with their cream are kept entirely
separate.
Rats—A Connecticut Yankee has cleared
his house of rats by catching one and dip
ping him :u red paint. He then let him
loose, and the other rats, not liking his
looks, left immediately.
A few days ago at-. Rockford, Illinois, Mr.
A. S. Buell killed two hogs weighing togeth
er, 650 pounds, that were only eight months
and fifteen days old. These hogs are
known as the Chester white breed.
The Portsmouth Chronicle says a provision
dealer in Montpelier, Vermont, has taken
the produce of butter from a dairy at 25
for which the seller had refused 52
cents per pound only a short time since.
A patent has been granted cn a method
of preparing corn cobs for use in sta-teng
fires. They are dipped in some composition
wnich ignites easily. Dry corn cobs can
be used as fuel by farmers to good advau
tago- *
On account of tho crowded condition of
the rooms at the Michigan Agricultural
College, thirty-four applicants had to be
turned away last year, although notice had
been previously given that no more could
bo admitted,
A Cheerful Witness- How Experience Conquers
Prejudice -—Mr. George Tftrail, of R (Chester, in n re
ceut . tter to Wilcox * Gibbs’ S. M Cos., writes: “One
of your machines bus been used in my family for the
past eighteen mouths It inis given perfect satisfac
tion, and I consider it the best Sewing M ichiue for
family use. I the more cheerfully hear my testimony in
its favor because I teas at frst greatly prejudiced
against it”
Til S3 J 1 AKIrETS.,
New York, January 1, 1887.
fliOOS —Extra Round Hoop laio—. 11 00 (eg 12 59
WHEAT —No.2Milwaukee Spring.. 240 (fi} 245
BARLEY HO ® 120
CORN—Sound Western Mixed 109 Si 110
OATS —New Western 80 (0 .65
PORK—Mesa new- 20.00 @ 20 75
BEEF CATTLE—Common to g00d... 12 00 @ i6 00
DRESSED HOGS 8 -5 @ 8.50
Chicago, January 1, 1567.
BEEVES—Stock to nrim. 4tO <&s 650
BUTTER—Common Firkin -IS @ 20
FLOCK— Winter White 12*70 @ 13 £0
Spring Extra 10 00 (0 1100
GRAIN—Corn No. 1 74 © .75
Oats, No. 1 and 2 .41 @ .45
Ryo 00 © .01
Wheat —Spring No. 1 New. 2.11 @ 234
Barley Western—new 1.00 © 102
HOGS —Live medium 575 <& 6.00
Dressed 085 @ 6.90
HOPS—Western -50 g> £5
L.tRJ 11 11?^
PORK—Mess, New 18.25 © 19 00
Cincinnati, January 1, 1567.
FLOUR—Winter Extra 11 00 @ 12.50
WHEAT—Spring No. 1 235 (0 2.40
Winter No. 1 2.76 @ 285
CORN—New, shelled 61 @ .62
OATS —Nos 1 and 2 63 (g> .66
RYE—No. 1 1.16 fes 1.20
BARLEY—Prime Fall 1 <‘2 © 1.68
PORl?—Mean—Regnlar I9 60 20 00
HOG3—Gross 6.00 Q 660
Nett.—t 700 © 7.60
LARD 12
Habitual Constipation.
HOW TO EFFECT A CERTAIN AND PERMA
NENT CURE.
Some occupations of life predispose to Costiveness
especially those which allow hut little exercise. Per
sons who contract this unfortunate habit of
body, nnder such circumstances, might possibly
be relieved by changing their sedentary employ
ments for others of a more ac.ive kind; but this
is by no means certain. Habitual constipation
is a very obstinate disorder. All the ordinary
so-called rem-dies invariably aggravate it. Nothing
can be more injurious than the continued use of strong
aperients They at first irritate, and finally almost
paralyze the bowels—tegiriering them so torpid that
enormous doses of cathartic medicines have no effect
upon them. A mild aperient, combined with a gentle
stimulant, is the true remedy, and a combination in
tbe happiest proportion of these ingredients, is found
in HOB TETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. This fa
mous Stomachic invigorates the whole intestinal canal
while quietly- removing from its convolutions al
impediments to a fr-e passage through them. No
mere purgative lias this double operation. No ordi
nary stimulant effects "the desired object. Cases o!
Constipation abandoned as hopeless by distinguished
medieal men have' been cured in a few weeks by the
Bitters. To those who have tried all the medicines of
the dispensary in vain, we say try this irre-istiblo
stimulant and aperient. There is no sufficient reason
why Constipation should be the consequence of seden
tary habits. HOSTETTBRS BITTERS, by tmp
phingthe vigor which would otherwiso be derived
trotu exercise, will in all cases enable the system to
perform iteexcretory functions regularly and health
fully.
Schcnck’s Seaweed Tonic.
This medicine, invontec! by Dr. J. H. Schbxok, of
Philadelphia, is intended to dissolve the food and make
it into chyme, the first process of digestion.. By
cleansing the stomach with Sclienck’s Mandrake Piliß,
the Touic soon restores the appetite, and food that
could not be eaten beforo using it, will be easily
digested.
Consumption cannot be cured by Schenk’s Pulmonic
Syrup unless the s omach and liver is made healthy
aud the appetite restored, hence the Tonic and Pills
are required in nearly every case of consumption. A
half dozen bottles of the SEAWEED TONIC and three
or four boxes of the MANDRAKE PULS will cure
any ordinary case of dyspepsia.
Dr Scqencs mates professional visits in New York,
Boston, and at his principal office in Philadelphia every
week. See daily papers of each place, or his pamphlot
on consumption for his days for visitation.
Please observo, whon purchasing, that the two like
nesses of the Doctor, one when in the last stage of
Consumption, aud the other as he now is, in perfect
health, are on the Government stamp.
Sold by all Druggists an! Dealers price $1,60 per
bottle, or $7.50 the half dozen. All letters for advice
should be addressed o Dr. Schexck’s Principal Office,
No 15 North 6th street, Philadelphia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents: Demas Barnes & Cos.,
New York; S. S. Hance, Baltimore, Md.; JohuD.Park,
Cincinnati,Ohio; Walker k Tayior. Chicago, 111.; Coi
ns & Bros., St. Louis, Mo. [lw]
ATXCOCK’S PORriCS PLANTERS—The-e
plasters have the compactness of kid leather aud the
flexibility of a silk glove. They, have cured varicose
veins and external aneurisms. For all affections oi
tbe chest, weight about the diaphragm or upper por
tion of the bowels, in colds aud coughs, for injuries i
the back, for all str-ins or braises, for a weak back,
for nervous pains of the bowels, anu other nervoas
affections and cramps, f r heart affections,—in all
these cases they have to be üßed to be proper ty appre
ciated. T HESWEBS ON’B LETTER.
FaßNYille, LociilAHA, March 8, 1850.
Dr T. AILCoCK — Sir: l have been suffering under
a severe ettsck of neuralgic disease oi my bowels for
yers, with hypertrophy of the heart, and have tried
everything known to trie practice f medicine from the
very best M. D.’s: but truth prompts me to say that
your Plasters have given me more permanent relief
than anything else I have used, and I believe wulp.O
duefi a perfect c ire. ...
The counter-irritant effect of your plasters is pro
duced in such a mild and gradual way, that so invig
orate the circulati n around the parts to wii ch they
are applied, ana exert upon all nervous diseases such a
great sedative influence, that I place them confidently
at the head of every plaster now in use.
o,aa
THE SIEAI> OP COMET,
according to Milton, is rendered tenfold more terrible
by its
“ Horrid Hair,”
and there are thousands of fiery, human heads which
might bo rendered charming by sjmply changing
their tint to u mellow brown.or ttfk- fectly natural
black with
€KISTAIXaO'S HASH DTE.
It is ridiculous to carry into society a gray, sandy or
carrotty head, when five minutes would render it a
attractive as Nature could have made it in her happiest
mood. Manufactured by J. CKISTADOKO, No. b
Astor House, New York. Sold by ail Druggists.
Applied by all Hair Hressera.
A Household Necessity Exists fo? the use ei
Hurao’s Celebrated Catarrh Snuff.
The boat Known remedy for "a Cold wj the Head,”
Headache, Snuffles, Sore Ey9s, Deafness, and the worst
forms of that loathsome disease, CATARRH.
It cleanses the entire head. Its effects are pleasant
and wonderful, contains no tobacco, nor injurious Ingre
dient. It has the highest, professional testimonials.
Sold by all Druggists for 26 ceuts per Box. flan be
sent by mail on receipt cf 30 cents for one Box, or $1
for four Boxes. Address JA3. DURNO, Poatoffice Box
1235, New York City. Wholesale by D. BARNES A
CO., 21 Park Sew New York.
ie. iossias’
VENETIAN LINIMENT.
An instantaneous remedy for chronic rheumatism,
headache toothache, croup, colic, quinsy, sore throat,
and pains-in any dart of the body. He mem tier, this
article is a success—not. an experiment; for 19 years h
uas been tested. No medicine has ever had sicii a rep
station as this: silently it has worked its way befor
the public, and all are loud in its praise. ‘ Chronic
Rheumatism.” Thousands who laid for weeks on a
bed of agony, and never walked for months without
the aid of crutches, with this complaint, can testify t
the magical effects of this liniment. They are cured
tod proclaim its virtues throughout the land. Berne:.,
tier, relief is certain, aud a positive cure is sure to to.'
low. Headache qi alt kinds we wan nt to cure. Vu
.rid sore throat., quinsy, and diptberia are robbed oi
their terror’s by a timely usa of the Venetian Liniment
ft has saved hundreds the past three mouths. Price
tO and 80 cents a bottle. Office, 68 Cortland* street.
Vow VorV Finlil hv
POPE & SLOCUM-
No. 123 Clark Street,
CHICAGO, - - ILLINOIS .
Wholesale Dealers ia
CARBON Oils,
CKHftNESYS, GLASSWARE,
Caster Frames and Cruets,
And Kerosene Goods of Every Description,
Sucb as Shades, Globes, Burners, Wicks, Ac., with a
large stock of goods selected with gre: t care, am*
bought in many instances below actual cost of produc
tion, which we offer to the trade at figures whici
cannot fail to secure tlieir patronage. Call and O’,
amine. Being the oldest house in the above business
in Chicago, we know whereof we speak.
FAIRBANKS*
STANDARD l'pT.
OP AIL KINDS. /
Fairbanks, Greenlcaf $ Cos.,
22G A- 228 X.alro Strop*, dkleage.
fletrojiolitaii Hotel !
*OR. R.A HBOLFB U WXLLS STS.,
CmCAOO, ILL.
BALDWIN A JOHNSON, - - PROPSIKTOSS
This Hotel has recently been enlarged by tho addi
tion o? the May Hotel, and now contains Two Hundred
avd Kitiv Rooms, well fnrniahed and lighted with ga
OATS.”
These 0a f 8 are an entirely new variety, yield 183
bushels per acre, weigh 45 lbs per bushel, aud mature
tb~ee weeks earlier than other oats.
On receipt of Five Dollars we w r ill send a pack
age containing two quarts, by mail, post-paid. Ad
dress C 11. Van biindn, Sandwich, D-*Kalb Ce.
Illinois, or B. F. C'ra&in, Brooklyn, N Y
I'HE BOOK OP WprtDJBIIS
The Book of Wonders contains information of im
portance to everybody old and young, male and
r emale, married and single. Sunt postpaid on rooeip'
t <l6 cuts, by O. A. ROORBACH,
>->n -■ . ..... w— w
IHIPO KTANT NOTICE T© THE PEOPLE!
Kelley’s Grand North American Prize Concert.
Time fixed to award the Premiums, and the Concert to be given at the Wabash-av. Ittnk, Chicago,
23, 1807.
This is the Greatest Distribution of the Nineteenth Century, and most successful entcri>rise of the kind ever
inaugurated in the world!
259,000 Valuable Prizes, Valued at Half a Million Dollars,
INCLUDING $lOO,OOO IN GREENBACKS!
Will l>e presented to ticket holders.
The proprietors of this grand enterprise have great pleasure In being able to inform the subscribers to their
Concert that it is now an assured success. Out of 500,b00 tickets Issued, only 98,000 remain unsold. Ihe proprietors
do not wish to hold a ingle ticket when the concert, takes place, as it might createi dissatisfaction .among our
patrons, and therefore have been compelled to extend the tune to JAN L AKY Jo, 1807, when it Will positively
take place without any further postponement,
For 15 years we have been engaged in the gift business, and we point with pride to. the reputation we have won
for honcstv and integrity. Alanv of the prominent citizens of Urfeago, will bear witness to the statement that wa
have never made an v promises to the public that we have not smiredly fulfilled, and we refer to the leading bankers
of New York, Philadelphia, Poston and Chicago, for our character for fair dealing. •
In spite of all opposition and every obstacle, we shall prove to th" public that the, North American Prizo
Concert will be conducted honorably, anu all the prizes advertised will bo distributed fairly, impartially and
" 11 The ,d\m of drawing adopted is the following: Dupifoate numbers from Ito 500,000 are placed In a wheel; the
first number drawn out takes the highest prize, the next the second highest prize, andi oon until the whole &o,opo
prizes are drawn. We advise all parties w auling tickets to send for them at once. All orders for tickets will be
promptly filled.
Number of Xielcets Issued, 500,000-01.00 Each.
1 Gift in Greenbacks * S 30.000 1000 Gifts in Greenbacks.ss each 5.M0
, “ •* 10,000 1 “ It sidci.ee in Chicago 5,000
j .. n,O 0 10 “ Lots in Chicago, $OOO each 6,(X10
7 „ .. -UMi .so “ Pianos, 8. 00 each iiO.OOO
i „ . I. W" 20 “ Melfvieons. f-lnO each 8,000
i .. .. 2,000 100 “ Family Bibles, *2O 2,000
0,1 .. ii'ijiV) each. . 20,un0 200 “ Gold Watches. $l5O each , 30,000
all „ .. * rsio ” 10,000 “ I.ahii f'-old Watches,#loo each 20.000
,11, n ion “ . . 2,o(si 200 “ Silver Watches, IC> each 13,000
Si .. a. ** 1,000 800 “ Silver Watches, $4O each 12,000
.. .. 10 “ B,ouo 24 7,043 other Gifts, worth $290,c00
EVERY OTHER TICK tuT DhAWS A. Pri-IZE!
TtiAriicfribntinn rniii ini/p rilftf't l flftorthecoiicPrt. where 20,000 persons cun witness It. A fominlttcc Mil! bfl
All agentsgndpurehasers will tesoppliedadth acojrect
list of the awards as noon as published. i?ricc of tickets, each. Scut by ina-il on receipt or price uria deem
stump for return postage.
NI*ECIAL TKION, OK CLIII BATE?', s
Anv party procuring a dub of five or more names for ticket a and sending the money for the *o’™?;
allowed t '(<• {oliowine comnii^ioit: We will send o tickc* to one address for $1.90; 10 ti*
90 tiekets fo oiie address for £l7 50 Send tie* name of each Rub (Tiber and tlenr pos.ofllct. luldreng, with
townj Stateto fffi * Money by order, cxpresß, or in registered letters, may be sent at
° UI Kelley & Co.'s Gin- Coxcsurr—Thc first to embark in the gift enterprise bn.*inw ’"P*’® two or
A. A. Kelley & Cos., located at 105 Randolph street. Who does not remember then storiJ-o h.hJd,-pti re bases
three jwslgo, Where many purchased books and otte r oi 'wereXs
tick'-ts wilieh eniite and Ilieni to'ah.'b e gdt' o, U\. ...... that they
fortunate, ami Mies.; have the b. -t evidences that Messrs. K* bey <k Lo.hlaajs p i. '™ o A . A. Kelley
are honorable men and do b.i- nc- honorably and on Hit square. Ibei. ; .4. Tliese are soino
& Cos., have confidence in their boaor and .<*?,'7 (fid c-neeft to ihe pnblie.-iCldeago Journal,
of the reasons v. hy we foel If W*™; (1 (";im-iiAt ntlee"o : Lot ( . Wl.itr-.rd, Wholesale Paper
P.EFKF.KN' E'i.- I appau, SleKlUop.: Cos., Commci cial Agency, Lit eag e, imrlaek. Publisher, Philudel-
Dealer, Chicago: Louis Saarbach 4 nciwcrz, Imnorteis, J liliaaetpma, nu mu * York,
phla; fcrosby & Ainsworth, Publishers, Boston ; James L. Harlem & Cos., Impojtcrs, *
All communications should be addressed to
A.A.K£LL£i r A Cos., 103 Randolph. St. Chicago,
GILES, BROTHER h CO.
ITO. 142 LAKE STREET,
OHICAOO, ... IX.X..
Have gotten up a splendid lot of fine
American and Geneva Watches,
COMPRISING MANY NSW AND UNIQUE STYLES
Of their own manufacture, such as Fine Diamond Set,
Snow Engraved, Enameled, Fateut Magic Case.
FINE TIME PIECES,
Set In Geld Kracclets and Finger Kings.
MANCFACTDBEKS OF
SILVERWARE,
—AND
SOLID GOLD JEWELRY.
Richly Chased Tea and Tete-a-Tete Sets, Cups, Gob
lets, Urns, Ladies’Napkin Rings, &c ; new Grecian
and Medallion Pattern, Preserve, Jelly, Ice Cream and
Sugar Spoons. Knives and Forks, &c., put up in fine
style for presents aud keepsakes. A variety of
CLASSES,
STreneii Clocks, Kielily Plated Ware,
.ewcl Cases, &c., Ac.
74 aving through our house in New York and Geneva
very superior facilities for new styles and low prices,
we would confidently invite all to examine our stock
before purchasing elsewhere.
Dealers from surrounding towns will find our stock
of valuable Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Materials
very complete, and always as low as can bo bought of
manufacturers and importers having their offices ia
Now York.
IP
Am- o the Advantages Claimed for the Via
Sewing Machine, please note the following :
It cun ruukebni one Stitch, and *hut the Lock— thie
it never fails to do.
'I be Needle is straight— therefore sure and powerful.
The Blade of the Needle is shooter than that of an
othc * Shuttle Machine in use.
r, ’ -,/i is superior to most—thus producing mor
effect with Vo e .me effort.
It iH not Nois”^ 8 - mo : e 80 -
Tbov not onlv iun omelly hnt easily
tL T. n-iou i the un’'*! Bira P l .'' a,,d effective of any.
The feed is perfect. Adn.' uttt>l > arranged for exam
ination, c'eauing, oiiing, &c. ,
VV ilh its shuttle and straight so ' jBT needle— almpl
yet perfect feed and tension—speed ea *y motion,
it produces the best stitch, with the lca.' , Donnie, in
■be shortest time, without destroying the "*® au “
elasticity of the thread or silk.
Special attention is called to the fact that th
arrangements of the Weed Sewing Machine
are such that, a firm and elastic seam can be made
with light tension, and retain the pliability of the silk
or thread equal.y with hand sewing.
Prices correspond with those of other first-class
Machines. Every Machine is Warranted to give per
fect satisfaction.
Agents wauted. Extra inducements offered.
Northwestern Office, 102 Washington Bt., Chicago.
Weed Sewing Machine Cos.
PAYSON E. MAYHEW, Agent.
Oii-oizlar (Sawsg
--UT' -v WITH EMERSONS
- % Patent Movable Teeth,
L - o it REQUIRE LESi POWER,
W -Jr less skill, less files— saw smoother
'V rf aud better—cut lesi kerf. The
saw always retains Its original
” size. Sond for descriptive pam
phle., Cuiuiumng information of value to all interested
in lumber, aud cawing of any description
Address. AM RICAN SAW COMPANY,
No ‘2.lacili-sit..near Ferrv-st.,N.Y
FARMERS, COUNTRYMEN, AND
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
CAN SEND Tiiklß
•a's at
8S S . .i r - -aZ .-£ ,-B .4
£- % S.’S Hc- (31 ?’3*£l£.£ "B ei % SfS S■'
Softs* 00 PHOCU®aa£fiO
ANI) OTHttt rRuDfTCE TO
JOSIAH CARPENTER,
General Commission Merchant,
323 Washington St., New York,
To be sold at the highest market price. Every ship
per to him will receive his valuable Weekly Price
Current of the N. w York Market free.
4®* Liberal Cash Advancements made on consign'
ments. Merchandise purchased for Shippers at the
lowest market rates, free of charge,
WILLCOX
SEWING fej ImACHINE.
‘lts seam is strong Ed Her and less liable ta
rip in use or wea>B| “t han the Lock
stitch.’ [“JiirJgesVg Report," at the
“Grand Trod..'
Send for the *'R- VS Hport,” aLd sample*
of work.cotitainlnt'CT jMbnth kinds of stitch
es, on the snmtHJ3| fece of good*.
L. CORNELL Gen’l Agents,
133 Lake St. Chicago.