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| The large warehouse Of GraF d Webster,
at FL Paso, on the Illinois Central Road, was
destroyed By fire, with its contents. On Thurs
day last.
| Take = clean glass bottle and put in q small
quantity Of finely pnlyerized alum. Then fIl
! the bottle with spirits Of wine. The alum
=, ~ be perfectly dissolved by the ALCOHOL and
rent as the pusest water. On the approach Of
rain or cloudy weather, the alum viii be visi-
PIC IN q faky, spiral. cloud In the center Of
The huid, reaching from the bottom to the
surface. This Is q clean, simple and beautiful
Barometer. on and Is placed within ,he reach Of
I'll who 'Fish to possess ore. For simplicity
| OF construction, this IL altogether superior to
tho freq barometer In general use In Germany,
james H. Written, one Of the New York
riotels, who led the mob against tho Tribune
office, has been tried aud convicted. and Is now
awaiting his sentence. His counsel, as mlght
haye been expected, Has Southerncr, Il. s.
Iharln, formerly partner Of VIM. l.. YauceY,
The gold coinage at the mint during july
vas $!6S, ,1o4.s0, almost all in double eagles.
Tie silver coinage, almost all half dollars, Was
-, ,otu.1S; aud Of cents $25 600, making a to-
81 s9ineEs liz Of s4 pieces OF the va1ue Of
Among the drafted men in Bangor Ma.
were two clergymeD, Rev. Mr. Everett of the
Unitarian, and Rev. Mr. Goodwfu of the Eois-
coTal church; Charles ?. Stctsou, CountYA
to1ney; A. D. Manson, Representative to the
Last Legislature; Francis E. Tower, Teacher
Of the Boys, High School; Wm. Fl. s. Law
tence, one Of the Clerks of the Board Of En-
rollment, aud many Others well known.
John snith-plain John Smiths not
very high sounding; it does not suggest urls.
tocracy; it Is not the name Of any hero in die
away novels; and yet 1t Is good, strong and
honest Transferred to other languages it
&C. aeems to climb tho ladder Of respsctability.
Tins In latin IT. .Tnhnuuae Qtng%Ar-. A.
Italians smooths it off into Giovanni Smithi:
the Sponiards render 1t Juan Smlthus the
Unfchmnn adopts It n5 Hans Schmidt. the
French ilatten it out into Jean SmeetB; and
the RuEsian sneezes and barks JohulofT Snitt-
oWsk1. When John Smith gels into the trade
Chambers about Mount Hecla, the Icelauders
soy he Is Jaime Smithson; If lie trades AMONG
the Iuscaroras, he becomes Ton QuSmittia:
n foland he Is known Us Ivan nSchmittiWeiski:
should ho wander among the Welsh noun
ta1ns, they talk Of Jibon Schmidd; when be
gees to Mexico, he is booked as Jontti
F'smitti; Il, Of classic turn, be fingers among @
Greek ruins. he tu1ns to Ton SmfEton; and,
n Turkey, he is utterly disguised as zoe
The following are among the persons
drafted In Portsmouth,, n. r., On Monday:
Rev; Messrs. Patterson, Eddie and Davies, Of
nominations; AID J. q; Broughton; +. ",
Miller, editor Of the Chronicle; Joshua Z
Foster, editor Of the States and Union and
Lewis ". Brewster, Of the Journal Horace
Webster, attorney at law; Albert L. Jones,
millionaire j and 4 son Of Ex-Governor Good
win, who was recently exempted in Charles
town, Mass.
Several new commercial and railway
schemes are spoken ofin Egypt. Among tbs
latter, the project Of q central Egyptian Rail |
way promises success.