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J*, • ' *l"v\ -> - " ' * - .*,, . . : ' »f-«- I. TAN tLVKE. tmtrm* FftbiMMr. HcHENBT, •i i" -- ELLINOI& MAKTIISS lined with monkey skins are •old in New York. A VERMONT man undertook to kill a lien; the fowl fonght back and scratched his hand, inflicting a wound that proved I?-. THK city of New Yqrk now spends on its streets, sewtfs and water- pipes about one-third of a million dol­ lars every month. 3F*OZEN mutton and beef is now being •ent from Australia to England, as it has been sent there from this country for severed years, and the competition be­ tween the United States and Australia promises to be brisk. y TUB Hebrew citizens of Baltimore lately planted on the grounds of their hospital a Garfield memorial tree, the first tribute of the kind ever paid by Jewish leaders to a representative of another race and religion. REV. DR. W. L. GAOK, of Hartford, on entering his house recently, found a burglar, whom he promptly grappled. The struggle continued along the hall and into the street, where the thief was thrown and held by the clergyman until secured. NORTHERN ARIZONA has had a suc­ cessful season. Grazing is excellent, potatoes 5 to 6 cents per pound, and grain 6 to 7 cents all along the line of the railroad west of the San Francisco mountains. Everything produced in the country is in great demand. disagreement of doctors is a popular fallacy. In the first place, there is not much real disagreement, and the dis­ cussions are largely in regard to tech­ nical terms rather than the pierita of a case. He says, moreover, that it is as unreasonable to expect unanimity among doctors in regard to disease, as it would be to complain of engineers for differing in their opinions as to how many miles an axle with a flaw in it could run with­ out breaking down. The controversies over medicine are trifling when com­ pared with those which come up in law, politics, finances and religion. Mortality ranges from 1 to 3 per cent annually; but, since for each lawyer that gains a case the other must lose, it follows that lawyers make 50 per cent of mistakes. In religion it would range from 100 per cent, saved of the Universalists down to the one less in ten "consigned by the Calvinist to the hades of the new re­ vision. " A FRENCH paper, giving an account of an interview between Gainbetta and Gen. Chanzy, .late Minister to St. Pe­ tersburg, states that the Premier de­ clared his foreign policy to be based on peace with all European nations, and for an internal policy more stringent action against the clergy. WHEN Tom Hughes located his colony in the United States instead of Canada the Canadian papers pronounced him one degree removed from a traitor. An. other Englishman has proved recreant. Mr. Walter, of the London Times, after making a tour of this country, recom­ mended \the United States before all other countries as a field for ranglinh immigration. Noticing these recom­ mendations of Mr. Walter, the Toronto Mail intimates that the thoroughbred Englishman is influenced by selfish in­ terests, and says ill-naturedly: "But, whether his views are biased by selfish interests or not, it is obvious that he shows but an indifferent example to his brother legislators in becoming the emi­ gration agent of the United States, par­ ticularly at a time when the Canadian Northwest is putting forth, claims, too public to bo ignored, and too strong to be denied, for superiority as a place of settlement for emigrant subjects of En­ gland. If the personal influence of Mr. Walter were greater we should feel more alarmed for results; but we have not learned that he can greatly affect the course of emigration." The Globe has much to the same effect, stating in ad- HCW FOB THE CUMOUS. ITOBT is so valuable that manufacture em who on it save «v«a the powder, which is sold far making jelly. TUB average life ml ui English gold sovereign is *'«oui MghWea y«at>.--that is, the coin lw«« tiuM-^Rtn«n of a (rain ia weight m about that l«*wgth of ttaae. It then ceases to b« lwgal teuder. It is said that of the £1*9,000,000 of British gold coinage 40 por etut. is worn down l>elow the legal rate. DR. Lewis BiLoi, of Albany, in a re­ view of the medical evidence in the rtols brated Billings mprder case, allude* to the curious fact that a ball of a given oaliber fired through glass may make a hole enough smaller than the full SUM of the ball before tiring to urevent an untired ball of like caliber passing. Dr. Bslch notes having seen " a base ball, thrown with great force and having a rotary twist, make a round hole through an ordinary window light, and when the > *n£ Heaven's choicest blessings down ball was tried to be again passed through • on the head of the good and pious Mr. the same opening the hole was nearly J- P°t. She insisted to the citizens town who was poor, and to make np a purse for her the bovs decided that every time they achieved a jack pot the winner should chip in a quarter for the old lady. During the week the jack-pot fund acquired great proportions, and when they came to leave a pious young man of the party was detailed to deliver the money to the good old lady, which he did. He left her the money with no explanation except a card, on which was written the legend, " From Jack Pot." The good old soul took the money with many thanks, and asked the young man if his name was Mr. Pott. He said j that it was not his name, and on being ! pressed to tell oomeiiiwg of the good J Mr. Pott, he said it we*> the e meet j desire of the donor to remain incog., j .and, pressing the old lady's wrinkled | hand, he went away with a tear iii his i sunburnt eye and another coursing down ; the side of his nose where the skin had peeled off, and left the old lady shower- dition : " The United States is, of all THB new directory of Memphis, just j countries, that in which the English issued, contains 17,577 names, 1,207 i settler is least happy. He is constantly more than any previous directory. An j being riibbed against by persons who estimate of the population of that city j hate him because he is an Englishman, and suburbs foots up 46,320 for 1882, I To encounter this prejudice is an expe- against 43,565 for 1881, and 40,927 for 1880. According to the national ceiisus rieace which nobody likes." It won't do, gentlemen. This sort of talk won't the total population of Memphis proper ! make emigrants cross the line. En- in midsummer, 1880, was 33,593. glishmen % take as kindly to our institu­ tions as to our soil, and they probably know when they are happy. A TRAIN on the Northern Pacific rail­ road was brought to a standstill by a herd of thirty or forty buffaloes charg-1 Dean Stanley. ing down upon it. There was a de- About three years ago, on Whit-Mon- tachment of United States infantry on i day--one of these occasions when the board the train and they fired volley > Dean delighted to mingle with the after volley into the beasts, but did not ? Abbey drawing their at- J ' 1 tention to points of interest and beauty that might have been missed by work­ ing men, or explaining the history of bring down one of them, and there was no evidence that they so much as hit one. If they had been Indians they couldn't have been more successful in ' missing them. particular monument*--a woman and her two children, a boy and girl, were lingering around Henry VII. 's Chapel. They were not exactly belonging to the artisan class, but poor evidently, and CASH-BOYS have been superseded in a j with an air of struggling respectability. Boston store by a mechanical arrange- j A-8 they chanced to come near the ment for conveying purchase money ' Pean> w^° boeu ta^^?gr to others, from the sales-clerks to the cashier's one-third too small. THE English antiquary, John Aubrey, who wrote about the middle of the sev­ enteenth century, says that in his time mc»»t of the houses in the West F,nd at London were protected against witches and evil spirits by having horse-shoes fastened to them in various ways. It was the belief that then no witch or evil genius could cross the threshold which was protected by the shoe. The fact is that the superstition has been traced about so far back, and then we find it lost in the obscurity of the ages. The custom of nailing horse-shoes for luck to all kinds of sailing craft is still in vogue, and is religiously maintained to be a wise and lucky measure. The supersti­ tion goes further, by making it fortunate for any one to find a horse-shoe, and the good luck is increased with the number of nails that are attached to the shoe when it is picked up. IT is curious to note that Scott's earliest poems were published under the title of William Scott. Still more curi­ ous to note that he was not aware of this until it was mentioned in "Taylor'sSur­ vey of German Poetry." Scott wrote to Taylor, to remonstrate. "As to a na­ tive of Scotland," he writes, " there are few things counted more dishonorable than abandoning his own name." Tay­ lor's defenoe was, "If you had seen the + *' w If there Is one thing more another that Algonquin needs, it new depot. We shall speak inore of this another time. | there that Mr. Pot must be a banker. ! or a wheat dealer, or a railroad man, j and claims that if she does not meet her j benefactor on earth she is sure she shall meet him in heaven.--Milwaukee Sun. Carlyle's Laugh. None of the man v sketches of Carlyle that have been published since liis death have brought out quite distinctly enough the thing which struck me more forcibij than all else, when in the actual presence of the man ; namely, the peculiar qualit j and expression of his laugh. It need hardly l>e said that there is a great deal in a laugh. One ot the most telling pieces of oratory that ever reached my ears was Victor Hugo's vindication, at the Voltaire Centenary in Paris, of the smile of Voltaire. Certainly Carlyle's laugh was not like that smile, but it was something as inseparable from his personality, and as essential to the ac­ count, when making up one's estimate of him. It was ns individually charae- toristic as his face or his dress, his way i>i talking or of writing. It seemed, indved, indispensable for the explanation of all of these. I found in looking back upon my first interview with him that all thai I bad known of Carlyle through others, or through his own books, for twenty- five years, had been utterly defective-- had left but. in fact, the kev to his whole highest market price. We learn that W. Johnson bought the lots formerly owned than Is a Vorth Kay iii four ?iers in tier Jlwen ^istry a iveii „narer St/.l'l irEN the woman timidly asked him if it was true that some little princes were and returning the change. The j buried in the Abbey." Immediately her much joy aifd a"K>ng *»«*• ^LhpJnok them to the chapel where are Oil* life. Mrs. Fairweather, the satWft-P?*®®®8 , , . Mr*. Hen (Voing Ouu readers In Wnueondi and vicin­ ity should not fall to read the new advertisement of F. B. Harrison, Drug­ gist. As usual he will b£ on hand with n good stock of Holiday Hoods, and invites the public to call and Inspect them. Lucy Kslrwcnthcr, her dnitfliteri Mi si* Jennie Scarles Mrs. Pnffv, always doinjf pood, M ISS Kloise Waite ItridcsmaiilS Miss Itntiic Smiiti Miss A'l'lie Colby Miss 1 ATCY HALL who I« canynsslnar for the splendid Book entitled. "Ti»« grow­ ing World." will visit Alden this week and we tru«tour readers in that sec­ tion will not pass this splendid hook by without giving It a carcful examina­ tion. It is a very interesting and val­ uable volume, containing much infor­ mation to be found in no other work- Remember this when Miss Hall calls. THK benefits of advertising and the liberality of our dealprs oyer those ot some of our neighboring towns Is shown by the fact that people come twelve and fifteen miles over these rough roads to tratle. On Friday last J, Bonslett sold a bill of 8104 worth of furniture to a nian in Woodstock. wl#> said that after hiving a man to draw If h6m", he safed 515 by the trip. This speaks volumes for our business men. Live and let live is fclieii motto, and tli's fact is becoming known far ant# near. THK tickets for the New Year's Par­ ty, at the Riverside House, which will take place o:i Monday evening, Jan­ uary 2d, will be issued in a few days, and like all parties at this popular dancing resort, will be a.pleasant and enjoyable affair, and just the place for those whe love to "trip the light fanir tastic" to go and have a good tfme.-i- The Wauconda Quadrille Band, five pieces, will furnish the m«*ie, which assures as good music as can he found In the Northwest. When making up your programme for New Years be sure and put down the Riverside. THK Steamer "Lotus" made her final .trip fn*- the season on Friday last, and steamed Into her new dock at Amos REMKMUKR the Auction of Yankee Notions. Glaes and Tinware, at Smith & Snyder's building, near the Depot, on Saturday next, commencing at otf«ding him and leaving mm in im . ̂ agon, with his head hanging over tatil-board. It seems that this pun- CREENWOOD. EDITOR PLAINDKAI.KU:--'The meet­ ing for the organization of a singing class on Saturday evening Inst, at Dai ley's Hall, though' not largely at­ tended was eflectual in its work. The meeting was called to order with O. Garrison in the chair, and D. W. Soper as Secretary. The following were ap­ pointed as a committee: D. W. Soper, W. A. Baker. Perry Murphy, Charles Hotchkiss. Geo. Hunt Jr., Willie Dike. After consultation it was decided to conduct the class upon the ticket plan, fixing the price per ticket a,t 51 each. Prof. S D. Baldwin who had been ly- vited to be present at the meeting was at once interviewed and his services secured to conduct the class. S. D. Is too well and favorably known Itere for his ability to be questioned for a mo­ ment. In a few brief remarks he sta­ ted plainly Ids views of the manner of conducting a class, which was fully en­ dorsed by all present. The first meet­ ing of the class will be held on Satur­ day evening next. Books for the use of the class will he furuislied by the teaeher free of charge, H. R. Baldwin was at home again on Sunday last. Mrs. Win. Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dailey came home on a short visit to her parents and friends, Iler ho'me at present is in Iowa, John Charles and family returned home osi Tuesday of this week froin their visit East. n OB the JRgetm Sea. ' At last at two in the afternoon, Chios, the ill-starred, is in sight As if she had glory enough in giving birth to " the blind old man o! Scio's rocky isle," she must add to the great epic a fiery ordeal and tragedy. The isle is only about the size of Orange County, New York, thir­ ty-two by eighteen milea, but it is big with renown ! Cut off by a narrow strait from Asia, it looms upon the vision in three-fold mountainous magnificence. As we near it a breeze blows down the stra't from the northwest. How do I as­ certain this point of the compass ? Not alone by the red, blue, and white Rus- cian ensign, whose double eagle dallies wind and scorns the sun; not from the white plumes which t>hine upon the cloven helmet of the wave, but from the dozen Moslems on the deok, who, with unfailing piety, turn, by starlight oi sunlight, toward Mecca, and "com­ pass" our thought One of these Mos­ lems is a soldier, three are Caucasians, one an Imam, or priest, and all are pil­ grims bound to Mecca. As Chios is more dearly sighted, one of this number calls to prayers! It is the Moolah. How strange and audacious his call, on thin steamer of civilization ! Soon the car­ pets are upon the deck, and the genu­ flections and monotones of the pilgrims begin. Then, putting upon their pray­ ers a splendid climax, and then pulling on their slippers, they, too, take a curi­ ous look at the celebrated and ill-fated island. This isle is known to the Mo- hommedans, not for its wine, for they are abstinent; not for its figs, for other places are more prolific ; not for its silk, for silken Broussa outvies all these isles ; but for its mantir, the product of the lentisk tree, which when incised drops its gum about the middle of August. When refined it is used by the Levantine females, who are not too languid to knit like Penelope, and not too lazy to chew. It is to the female what tobacco is to our sex. It also makes liquor. This gum was the chief source of revenue to the mother of the Sultan, and the isle is said to have had some political and other advantages by reason of this pe­ culiar prodner. As we draw nearer to this isle of Chios I look alxmt to see the terrible work of the earthquake. What a catastrophe, for ever so little* a tremble! Looking awav to the east for a. moment the main­ land appears a rocky reach of high, "*sar-lined mountains. They are streaked th dark lines and vales. Beyond and ovo Seio the shade and sunlight alter* I te, and at their base there are flal at-Arms out with orders to bring in the delinquent members. After an hour or so that functionary returned followed by about a dozen members of the Ohio Leg­ islature, whose blood-shot eyes, suffused faces, unsteady, shambling steps, and general air of shamefacedness indicated the late hours they had kept, and their heavy indulgences. With much austeri­ ty of manner, Baldwin reprimanded the tardy members, reminded them of the cost to which the infant State was sub­ jected by payment of their per diems, and was proceeding to farther elalx>rate his censure on the late arrival and the con­ sequent delay of legislation, when one of the delinquents cried out, " Hold on there, Mr. Speaker, hold on! How could we tell what time it was, when the Speaker of the House had all of our watches ?" ILLINOIS HEWBB JOHN M. GXPPS, a prominent P«OEiii||jf merchant, is dead. SuiLL-rox has beoome eputamie in '* the neighborhood of Lincoln. Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale was born at Florence, Italy, in the month of May, 1820. Her father was William E. Shore, a banker, who inherited the estates of of Peter Nightingale, and, as the will provided, changed his name to that of the person whose property fell to him. Florence was the younger daughter. She enjoyed all the advantages, which were numerous, of persons in affluent cir- ABSALOK T. ASH, an old resident of Alton, fell into a pond and was frowned. CAPT. THOMAS GEXIDBH, a native oC $ England, a veteran of the Black Hawk war, died recently at Virden. SPENCER JOHNSON, a farmer livings. J near Bloomington, fell from hi»$ wagon and was fatally trampled by the excite# ' " horses. ELEVEN loaded freight oars were wrecked, six miles from Galena, by a f rock which rolled down an embankment; as the train was passing through a cut. F. H. B. MCDOWKLL, Secretary the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Illi­ nois has resigned, and Elhanan Fisher has been temporarily appointed to the position. ' MRS. JOHN HOOAN, who had been a . > >„i resident of Chicago for forty years, died 'i from grief produced by learning of the death of her son, Dr. J. D. Hocac. at* ***>% Jacksonville, Fla. . THB Ornish minister m Peoria has ^ * . i :1 J 1 W • just returned from Switzerland with cumstances, and early in life attained small swarm, numbering forty-six Ornish remarkable proficiency in several girls, who are to make their homes in branches of education. Very soon her i Peoria as domestics. philanthropic! instincts led her to study, J EVEBT scholar applving for admission systematically, the best ways and means j to the public schools of Illinois on and to ameliorate the condition of the race, after Jan. 1, 1882, must present a cer- . physically and morally. In the search for information, she took up her abode in 1851 in the institution of Protestant Sis­ ters of Mercy, established at Kaiser- werth on the Rhine. Soon her activity showed itself, and we find her aiding per­ sonally and pecuniarily the Governesses, Sanatorium, which was restored *ud Geo. Pettlbone. If so no doubt | «n spots, deltas of mountain streams. will build a fine residence another ye; ^ scattered along. The . . . , . . , . " , r of Castro itself, which once con-It is said by those who ought to kno 3() ^ WftS the CHpita] oj that Waidner will run the factory her| island when it had 110,000. This another season, that J. J. Wilson wlb before the Greek revolution of 1822. retire, and that the vine star business looks like a shriveled, twisted "m ««<•"•« ••••<"•' •"« -- och still nearer wo perceive a hun- Purchasers of Dry Goods should nod vessels in the harbor, if it may b< fail to call at Butler & Warner's. Nuned one, by courtesy. The mountains da and examine their stock for tlirve now seem topped by palisades, Fall and winter trade. No trouble t< still above them and remote art show goods. er dreamv Grecian mountains, full oi Report of rulilic 80,0^ '̂̂ .,̂ for the month of November. ilire onoe lurked. The sea nevei Number days taught 20. Numbe^i go bliie in its bonnets of white, boys enrolled 58. Number girls enl ragged sea-walls give a still mow rolled 69. NnmW pupil* enrolled 127>l»te look to the harbor, to which th« Number ,Uv. *050. ago daily 102. t «i cwut o a crazy miiid. There are trees attendance 81! Visits from sjhool 9(111st the ruins. They give even to th< cersl. Visits from others 15. Co relation a sort of sylvan Greciar ntiral puniM*m*nl»tt trees are now rare on these H U - M V R I A P A K T U R K T L D E D A R E C , A N U L E A - N O W > W T DKHAKTMJCKT. n e a r e r > t h e w f t v e f l a r e g e e n k Number days taught 20. NMi»l»eie cascades over and channels through bovs enrolled 20. Nuinl>er girls enihroken mole. Some windmills fly rollod 22. Number pupils enrol led 42r sails on the lowest lands. A few Number davs attendance <M7. Averir sails on the steadier element--the ... " , „ .> „ _l-plv their work in front of the liar-aire dailv attendance 34. I»*r cent of * • -a- > e 3 "J--Congressman Vox m ew lor/ attendance 8:>. Visits from school cersl. Visits from other* 6. CorpoJ " ---- ~ 2~" ai punishments 3. The following we/ Thon^ht He If as Away Off. neither absent nor tardy during tPnrt Truesdell, of La Cross, had ... vr i i-» ..k„ p.iJher a singular experience on a visit tc month: -Nina Darby, r ivcl Morse, \ , . , .. •iiuiii.ii. jiuin Jnona, Minn. As he entered the Sanford, Harry Sanford, Newton Bea^ jie smoke issuing from the 6ley, Birdie Johnson, Eda Andrus. fcchen of a house in the suburbs, and J. A. SIIKUHJN, L'RIIU-IIM»on examination discovered the house INTERMKOIATK DKi'AitTM KXT. be on fire and tried to raise an alarm ; Number days taught 20. Nuin«* people who saw him thought he . I. I in VT.».«i* «,i,.u «Uti,t t»e mistaken and paid no attention bovs enrolled 19. Number girls .* . ,T . * , . - . " to his remarks. He started up the street rolled 29. Number pupils enrolled rouj. out the fire department, when titieate of successful vaccination, signed by a reputable physician. JCDGE Tt-iiEY, of the Criminal Court of Chicago, dismissed a panel of profes­ sional jurors and secured one composed of such representative citizens as W. C. . ^uu Seipp, Franklin MacVeagh and Charles given a thorough reorganization. This j ®^®sa8e- work had scarcely been accomplished | PEORIA Transcript: There are quite when Miss Nightingale had her attention j ft number of Government pensioners in directed to the inefficiency and misnmn- t our °ity who are said to be receiving * ftgeinent of the British military hospitals I pensions for total disability, and who are "• 41 ' Crimea. One of the plans sug- j us strong and healthy-looking as one^^' would wish to see, and are making, M , wages every day at hard labor. ; A MAN calling himself Dr. Lewis has?,**\ secured the notes of many farmers inf ,i*^* . : McLean and Macoupin couuties, by * ^ < making a contract to cure their diseases for §50. Almost immediately the paper turned up in the hands of third parties, and it will have to be paid. ' LEONARD GERBER was fined, atMi- ^^ nonk, $5.40 and costs for jumping on f freight train on the Illinois Central rail- * ! road. He was intoxicated and fell with in the gested for the reform was the formation of a select band of lady superintendents and of nurses to direct and minister iu the hospital wards. Miss Nightingale, at the request of the late Lord Herbert, then Secretary of War, undertook the organization and conduct of that body, and soon, where confusion had reigned, there was order, and, by affording care and consolation, she alleviated the suf­ ferings of all, saved the lives of many, and receivod the benedictions of a nation. A testimonial futod of £50,000, sub- . M m scribed by the public in recognition of ; his neck acro9a the ^ nndoniv by the her noble services, was, at her special j special Providencet thatsomehw ^eema request, devoted to the formation and maintenance of an institution for the training and employment of nurses. Miss Nightingale has greatly assisted the cause by her writings. Her name is a household word iu Great Britian, and, indeed, all over the Christian world it is the synonym of earnest, successful work in behalf of the sick and suffering. ready in such cases, his head must have been severed from his body. A SUIT in regard to the Wilson pat­ ents for canning meats, in which Chi­ cago capital to the amount of ^ $1,000,000 is involved, wns lately decided!'- by Judge Drummond adversely to the, ^ patentees, it being found that the iuven-^t , . 4 | tions lacked the novelty required to j make them valid.--Chicago Tribune. /'"Vj, ^ ] BEFORE Hon. Wm. M. Springer left ^ J ̂ Springfield for Washington, to resume ' * ' ; ^ his seat in Congress, he expressed it aaE^*^ /- * | | his opinion that the dividing political. YSf , , < lines in that body were a little too close, fS 1 owing to the prevalence of " cranks " in; iMil" 4 Washington. His fear is that some of them, about organization time, will feelS^ themselves "inspired by God " to shoot » | a Congressman or two. " ^ 1 THE recently enacted bridge-' ordinance of the city of Chicago^ ^ has been brought into the United States Circuit Court ' by the Es*f '•/ can aba and Lake Michigan Transport \ - tation Company of Marine City, Mich., * . who deny the right of the city to close " "f, the bridges at certain hours, and also? ' '**• allege that the Hairison street and otlier^ ' South Branch bridges are nuisances.,-';/ * which should be removed as obalxuc-/ tions to navigation. r o'clock. THE Ptillman Grand Concert r^entwas greater than he could bear T_. .• in the course of the following night par.y will give a concert at the Rnf die<L The WOB1an could not be side flail, this Wednesday evenjamed for this result, for she had not Dee. 7th. The company consist ̂ tended to do more than to defend her- Mrs Marie W. Gillette, soprano Mf- A® for the man there is not much • . v A»a» Uuse for sympatliv with him. The fel-aceomnnniRt; Weo. v. " eok*. nr#t f , 1 . , . . , 1 i)w who thus conducts himself towards or; O. Gillette, second tenor and 1 womau takes all the risks and deserves soloist: G. W. (^randall. first bass pj tljg consequences. Dutch eommedian; J. M. Stillij Doctor of Music, second bass and nt Genius Not Hereditary, cal director. Tbis company is hijt fhe majority of eminent men have spoken of by both the public and ther left no children or press, wherever thev have given *ve proved short lived. tertaiuments. and our citizens can ts were made on Sunday Number days attendance 781 finished I put tnem m inn liiuv /> in a very conspicuous place, where I could view them at mv leisure. Pretty soon t* nicely-dressed geiitleman stopped and began looking at them very atten­ tively. Presently he entered the stow and inquired if they were for side. I told him no, that they were made for one of my customers. He looked surprised, and asked the lady's name. I wolild not give him this much satisfaction, but told him where she lived, however. I wa» considerably surprised to learn afterward that he was calling at the house, and more surprised still when the lady, ac­ companied by the gentleman, called at the store three months later. She called him " dear " then, so I guess they(<were married.--Interview with Fa&humablt Shoemaker. Adulteration. A Harvard College professor reports their families Walter Scott j^d Daniel Webster are almost without jing descendants, though each had out for a rich musical treat at and grandchildren, and along Hall thi< evening. Reserved Seats Igjogue of like cases could be made. »al« at the Drug stores of Colby Bro© fatality seems now to have invaded] t 111 el P W Reslev The Elkhor* race of the illustrious Havelock. j that out of 119 samples of wall-papers of ' " . . - tl « eldest son aud inheritor of his title various colors, all obtained in Boston, Wis., Independent* In speaking ' t"'j„8t },een atticked by insanity. Sir he found nearly one-third poisonous; entertainment in that place savs: Havelock Allen--he took the last | and out of sixteen samples of tinted The Srillman Concert Compa£e ^ the condition of receiving a ! papers used in kindergarten schools, orened the season here this eveui^e legacy--has been a prominent J cards, tickets, window curtains, lamp- mid their efforts were not in V!X'"i)eral politician, and also one of the j shades, shades for the eyes, covers of lit at 1:11 i,( Hroot Rr}ti»n 1 Itrtnknmid wrn.11 not 111 They had not only t tie largest but aL ^led Baptists of Great Britian. the best, pleased assemblage we Havelock line may be continued ever witnessed in this village. k,nprli the younger sons, but if audience manifested their approval ^ conimol) rnle is followed, few, if jr, of the descendants of the founder Id t weir talent. Scott's children ' re far from brilliant, and Webster's books aud cx-xes, wrapjjers, ami a variety he met a horse running away, tie stop­ ped the horse, got into the rig, and started for the hotel in the center of the town, when he noticed a man lying on the edge of the gutter, apparently dead, asleep or drunk. Ho drove on to the hotel, told the landlord to put out the liorso and find the owner, as he did not belong to him. Then he turned to a policeman who was standing near, and informed him of the man lying dead down the street, and asked him to turn in an alarm, as the house was on tire. The people standing around took Trues­ dell for an escaped lunatic, and smiled pityingly at his vagaries. Winona is a ijuiet, beautiful town, and to have a stranger drive up to the hotel with a rig that he acknowledged was not liis own was an unusual event in itself, but for the stranger to claim to have found • dead man in the street aud a house on fire, was spreading it on too thick. But the landlord took the rig, and the police­ man finally sauntered off iu the direction of the dead man, saying that he was go­ ing down that way anyhow, and some­ body finally told Truesdell where he woiild find the engine house. He did not tell the firemen anything about the rig, or fhe dead man, but only informed them where the fire was, and in that • Sonnet From Keats* I James T. Field*-! "Have Lever given you one of Lamb's letters to carry to America?" said Proctor to me one morning as I arose to take leave of him. "No," I replied, "and you must part with the least scrap of a note in 'Elias" hand-writing. Such things are too precious to be risked on a sea voyage to another hemisphere." "America ought to share with England in theea things," he rejoined, and lead­ ing me up to a sort of cabiret in the li- I brar.v he unlocked a drawer and got out ; a package of time-stained papers. "Ah," I said he as he turned over the golden ^ . ! leaves, "here is something you will like ! ^IOU Company of Marine City, Mich [ to handle." I unfolded the sheet and ^ *" " ^ j lo! it was in Keat's handwriting, sonnet • "Gu First Looking into Chapman's j Homer." Keats gave it' to me," said j Proetor, "many, many years ago." And | theu we proceeded to read, in tones tremulous with delight, these undying | lim-s: "Much have I traveled in realm* of (told, [ And ninny goodly stars and kingdoms seen; j Kound many Western islands have I been Which bards in fi-alty 1» ApoMo holds. i Of! of one wiiU» exp.Miise bail 1 been told, | Thai deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesae; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene j Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold. Then fell I like some watcher of the skie* When a new planet swims into ken, Or like stout C'ortez, when, with ea^lo eyes, He stared at the Pacific, and all hia men Looked at each other with a wild surmise, i Silent, upon a peak to Daricn." I sat gazing on the mat} who had look­ ed on Keats in the flush of his young genius and wondered at my good for­ tune. Presently my hospitable friend, still rummaging among the past, drew out a letter, which was the one, he said, ho had been looking after. "Cram it into your pocket," he cried, "for I hear coming down stairs, and perhaps she won't let you carry it off." The let­ ter is addressed to B. W. Proctor, Esq., 10 Lincoln's Inn, New Square. Anal brought it with me to Amerios. grear applause. We shall personal mention for space permit, but if they were to hold nights in a place the house crowded the twelfth night. would AUCTION SALE. The undesigned wil l sel l at auction on the tarm of the late ed all the reputation they possessed the fact that they were their father's ildren. Milton's descendants were all .the female line, and in the second oi lrd generation had become so poor at they were relieved by a public sub- of other purposes, and in some form met way got them started. When Truesdell got back to the hotel the owner of the rig had put in an appearacne, the police­ man had found the drunken man, and the house had burned down, causing a loss of 85,000. Whan Truesdell goes to Winona agaiu he will take along some blank aflidavits, aud go before a justice and make oath to what he says, so as tc expedite matters.--Peck's Hun. with in at most every household, he found two-thirds poisonous ; and out of forty samples of dress goods and fabrics he found nearly one-quarter poisonous ; al­ so, that he has found arsenic iu children's toys can lies, writing pap >r, hat-liuing aud various other article.-. Richards, situated 2 niles east of *Viption Burns' sons were respectable stock, on the Kidgeffeld road, on I ^ they were uot pwts ^ in cronina nf i <lav, l)fH\ 13, eo»ntiiemMn<r at 11 . _ _ A. M . the following described propehere are cafle3 i Willi A her hat more firmly upon her head, and l&arte4 in pursuit. She held her hat, which ^as large, on with one hand, and, saving the other as she ran, called out in a pleasing soprano voice, "Stop thief 1" Several gentlemen joined in the chase, and, as the thief saw he was be-; ing hotly pursued, he dropped the pocketbook. The young lady was the first to reach her property, and she re­ turned to her companion panting for breath, and exclaiming, " Oh, my 1"-- New York Sun. which genius 2 span of horses. "13 cows, part igh order has heen transmitted, milch. 3 two-vear-old heifers, 3 j*ey are not numerous The quaIrty lings 2 calves". 1 Durham ball. 1 luippe»re ,to be the result of a peculiar wagon, 1 spring wagon. 1 set >mbination of qualities and capacities, sleighs. 2 ?et itounle harness. 1 stiiien may have original and sublime 1 brcukin«r plow, 1 snlkv pneeptions, but lack the power of giv- *" ? ** -- I . them expression. The union of both exumnlng th. up. of tl,. trammia51„n i» rfffl Ie» A PHYSICIAN maintains in Lippineotfa Magasrine that the belief in the alleged ly known aa the wood-borer, with a microscope, and from this model, fur­ nished by nature, he made his auger, which was very successful. His work­ shop wss a curiosity. He made all his own models, and had engines and ma­ chinery well adapted to the purpose. He has also accumulated one of the most complete and valuable collections of scientific mechanical books in the oountry. TALK about gossip. How could the world dispense with it ? A party of men on the backyard fenoe, and a parcel of women around the tea table, would fall to sleep from «innate stupidity, if there was no such thing ss gossip.--Nne Mm- vsn RegiaUr. frequent.--Cincinnati Gazette. (Jnileless Innocence snd Jack Pots. There was a party of Milwaukeeans out in Iowa shooting cliickens, and they made their headquarters at a little Iowa town, where their special car was side­ tracked, and where the visitors became gr^at favorites for their generosity and good nature. Their evenings were largely spent in the perusal of the re­ vised edition of Hoyle, and they had mauj a discussion over that chapter of the book of Poker, which in the re­ vision makes a straight flush an inspira­ tion which knocks the everlasting spots out of a full hand. There w^ i very deserving, pious ol<| lady Jiving in the He Wilted. "I maintain," cried Mr, Quillliopper, excitedly, " that no :uau has been in such u uorrvhie predicament that he could not be in a worse one." " That's all uonsejioe," answered the blonde youhg man; " a relative of mine was once on daw. with nothing to eat; on the eleventh day ho wa< so hungry he hud I to eat hib own shoes ; what could be ! worse than tlna ? " "Well," said Sir. j Q., slowly, "he might have had to eat some one else's ! " The blonde young \ man wilted. ! A Scene in the Ohio Legislature, Eighty Years Ago. I Michael Baldwin, the irrepressible | and incorrigible, was no more dignified, ! abstemious, or moral in his position as the"sea I Speaker of the first Ohio House of Rep- 1 _ 1 flirts fhoti lia hoH htutn in tnfmnv "THE wolf changes its hair every year, but remaining a wolf," says a Russian proverb. Nothing very re­ markable about that. A woman some­ times changes her hair as often as two Or three times a day, and still remains a woman. Let the Russians switch off to something worth mentioning when they want to compose proverbs. ^ f w a brass band for the deaf--A Vermont man has willed his picture gallery to a blind asylum. The patients are supposed to be the onlv parsons who oan really appreciate the ooiieo- tfesk. . . resentatives than he had been in former vears or lesser stations. He presided over the Chamber in 1803, 1804 and ISO"). It is a matter of tradition that for his own pecuniary benefit, and for the entertainment of those among the legislators who had a penchant for gam­ ing, he established in his rooms the game of " vingt-et-un," himself acting as banker and dealer, and as a matter of course winning more frequently than any of the other players. On one occa­ sion, after much drinking and & late sit­ ting at the gambling-table, Baldwin found himself in possession not only of all the money of his companions, but of many of their watches. In the morning the House of Representatives was found to be without a quorum ; but Baldwin, accustomed to heavy drinking and late hours, was in his place back of the Speaker's desk. Rapping savagely with his gavel, he demanded the roll-call of the House, and then sent the Sergeant- Translated by the <{ueen. A good story reaches us from Belgium, the truth of which is guaranteed. A banking house at Verviers received a let­ ter from a bank at Buda-Pesth. Tlif recipients knew that it related to a mat­ ter of the greatest importance; but un­ fortunately. they could not master the contents of the missive, as it was written in the Hungarian language, and there was not a soul at Verviers who understood that longue. Accordingly one of the partners took a journey to Brussels, ex­ pecting to find everything he wanted at the capital, but only to be dissapointed --nobody at the banks could read Hun­ garian. * There was, however, still the Austro-Huugarian Embassy, whether thf banker betook himself, to learn that there was an attache who.spoke Hungar­ ian, but he bad gone to 'Biarritz foi some sea-batliiug. Almost iu despair, the hero of the story called upon the Burgomaster, with whom he was ac­ quainted, and related his troubles. Aftei some thought his worship, striking his forehead, exclaimed : "After all some­ times our most foolish ideas prove the best." With this enigmatical observa­ tion lie asked for the letter. " This is an affair involving some millions, and I shall be happy to pay a handsome douceur to the translator who has en­ abled me to get at ̂ ie meaning of the let­ ter in time totcqneiude the affair." " 1 take you at y»ur word," replied th* Burgomaster. "Give me 10,000f. foi the poor of Brussels, for the translatoi is none other than the Queen. She has experienced lively satisfaction in employ­ ing her knowledge of the Hunganar language to oblige her subjects." The Queen of the Belgians is a daughter ol the Archduke Joseph, whose beneficent rale of Hungary is still remembered bj the people, and she was born in th« Cajytol city during her father's palatine. --Manchester Examiner. SAID the teacher: " 'And it came to pass, when King Kezekiah heard it, tbat he rent hia clothes.' Now what does that *">»", children, ' he rent his clothes?'" Up went a little hand. " Well, if you kpow, tall us." " Please, ma'am," said the child, timidly, "I •'pose he hired 'em oat." THE revenue collected in Illinois fori the last fiscal year was $2,000,000 great-^ ^4,? er than the revenue collected in thet { previous year iu the same State. The'*^*s% Prairie State contributes more internal ^ revenue than any other in the Union.|4 Ohio comes next, aud New York third. J X , Pennsylvania contributes only $7,000,-,, $ < " 000. The Chicago district paid $8,000,-^ 000 tax on wliiskv, aud the Peoria dis­ trict $11,000,000.' THB Appellate Court at Springfield ̂ hais refused the application of John" Campbell, of Lewis town, for an appeal of his wine case to the Supreme Court, deciding that this is one of a class cases in which an appeal is not allowed!; f --that the decision of the Appellatet Court is final. The Appellate Court af­ firmed the decisions of the lower courts, which assessed fines amounting to $2t)6 for selling wine in the corporation of Lewistown by the gallon. IT is good to be a Christian, and espe­ cially a muscular one. Otoe evening a .Presbyterian minister, well known in Chicago and the Northwest, was pass­ ing the Tribune office, accompanied by- his wife. The hour was about 8 o'clock, and the reverend gentlemen and hia wife had just come in from a suburban town, where they had apent Thanks­ giving. Having some business in the Tribune office, the gentleman set his valise down and asked his wife to wait a moment outside. Ju .4 as the minister came out u well-dressed ruffian, carrying a gold-headed cane, walked up to the lady and grievously insulted her, the remark being heard by the husband, who, forgetting his cloth, landed a ter­ rific blow under the right ear of the scamp, who staggered across Madison street and then broke into a run, fol­ lowed by the minister, who yelled loudly for the police. No arrests were made. v. They Don't Know Hint. I know personally one of the greatest swells in New York, who spends a good deal of time in Europe. His father is a dealer in a special class of goods, and he is as well known throughout the United States as was Stewart, the dry-goods dealer. The son is associated with the father; he is in the very prime of life, as handsome "as a picture," accomplished, liberal in the use of money, fond of society, and a general favorite wherever known. When here, he moves in the very best of society, and is known as "Capt. ." "See here," said I to him lately; "how is it that you manage to go into society so much, and to have a membership In so many ' swell" clubs ¥' " What do you mean "Oh, you know very well what I mean. You know that I know that you are a tradesman, and as such you would hard­ ly be admitted even inside of an English hencoop." H "Well, that is a fact. They don't know over here that I am in trade. I held a * commission as Captain during the. war, and it was as an American officer that I was admitted into the oluba, and al*» into society." "You would be kicked out in a minute , 4 if it were known that yon sell goods for 7 . • living." * "Well, that's just about the mm ol fi ik"--Xondcm Oar. OUoqfo fWMk, 7S , -'̂ 1: Sk