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The Sewing Machine.


SCOT oneY Don't say so Which did you get'
One OF the kine to open and shut
Own il or hire n, How much did You pay
Does IL ~ with crank a treadlef Say
In a single man, ana sJmewhat green,
Tel me shout your sewing machine"
"Listen my boy and hear about it.
l don't know what / could do withoutft;
I've owned ene now for rany year,
And Ike II 50 well call II my dear,
'Tis the cleverest thing that seea,
This wonderful family sewing machine.
It's none Of your angular Wheeler things,
With steel shed beak and cast-iroR wings
It's work would bother a hundred OF his,
And Is worth thousand Indeed II is
And has a way-you needn't stare
Cf combing and braidng it, own back hairl
Mipe Is not one Of those stupid affairs
That stands 10 the with what-nots and chairs
And makes that dismal, head achy noise,
Which all ile com forts of sewilg destroys
No rigid coDtrivanee Of lumber and sieei,
But one with natural spring in the heel.
Mine is one az the kind 10 love,
And WEARS shaw and a soft kid glove
Has the merrlest eye ami dainty foot,
And sports the chArmingest gaiter boot,
Aud bcnEeI with feathers, aud ribboDs and loops,
With az ind, finite number VI hoIps.
None Of your patent machines for me-
Unless Dame Natures the patented
like the sort that lfngh and talk,
And take my arm for an evening walk
That viii do whatever tie owner may choose,
With the slightest perceptibIe turn Of the screws.
One that dance-poss biy hirt,
And make padding y eh as a shirt
One that siEg wiiho, dropping a sdtch,
And play tho housewh .ady aud Witch
Ready 10 give the sagest advice,
Or do ap your collars and things % nice.
What do you think Of my machine.
Aint Il The best that ever ~as seeni
Tisu't clumsy, mechanical TOY,
But desh and blood Hear thar, my boy
With turR for gossip and kousehaid aitar-,
hhich includes yca know, tBe sewing VI tares-
Tut, tut, don't talk. zee Il alt
You neednt keep winking hard st the wall
know what Jour ndgsty tumblings mean
Would you like yonrssn a sewing anachinei
Well-get one thsn-of the same design-
There was plenty left when got mine"
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The 1needlc gun" IN use In Prussia Is 4
formidabls- weapon-d dbcfibbt ~ ne Lon
don 1isses as . convertible Enfield on the
Snyder system, with improved ammunition
devised by the Woolwich laboratory. This
rifle possesses the advantage Of being sim.
pie, safe, cheap, non-capping, and little
liable to get out of order. Moreover, it does
not require such reduction Of the steel q
to destroy the efficiency Of weapon which
for military purposes, is required to act al
|a nike as well as fre-arm. A portion d
tine upper side Of the breech end Of the bar
rel is cut out for the admission of the cart
ridge. This vacant place is closed, after
loading, by q lump of steel, the "breech.
stopper" or "breech-piece," which hinges
upon one side of the barrel, and forms {
false breech, against which the back end o.
the cartridge rests the barrel is, in fact
shortened to this extent. "A plunger ol
piston transmits the blow or the hammer
through the stopper to the cap of the cart
ridge, which is withdrawn after tiriag bv 1
little instrument which forms part Of th.
stopper.
The cartridge is on the "central fire" sys
tenn, the chief novelties being the case a.
bullet. As regards the former, the objec
has been to provide case which shall un
coil or unwind to . certain extent on dis
charge. The bullet is . combination D
various constructions, none Of them original
but producing together projectile Of suiii
cie,.iy distinctive character. 1t has th,
general form and appearance Of the Enfiels
rife bullet, with its hollow base and bake.
clay plug il has the cannelures whicl
originaily characterized the Tamisier an,
the Minnie bullets, and the wood plug in tn
head, to which Mr.. Mstford and Mr. Whit
worth may lay some claim. The cartridg
il perfectly impervious to moisture II i
safe, mot liable to lead or foul; il admits o
about IA rounds being fred In . minute
and it shoots from 20 to % per cent. bette
than the service Enfield ammunition.
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the London Workingmen's association:
IL, CARLroN-HoUrsE TERRACE, July 9.
GENTLEMEN have the honor {, acknowl.
edge the receipt Of your letter Of the goth.
In that letter, on behalf Of the Workingmer's
association, you invite me to attend public
meeting which they propose to hold for the
purpose of thanking me for what I have
done, or endeavored to, in their vindication
against attacks which they term insults and
calumnics, and Of which must own that il
Is difficult to visit them with any terms of
censure more severe than they deserve. It
is with reluctance that decline any invita-
ton proceeding from portion Of my fellow
subjects to whom CUR electoral laws, as they
exist, accord less literally than to others the
regularly constitutional facilities for making
known their wishes and for the representa-
Won Of their interests. The force of this
consideration ID, however, diminished when
| recollect how well and nobly, during the
recent parliamentary struggle the cause
which believe 70 be that not lees of loyalty
and order than Of freedmen Ind or liberal
policy, has been defended by the represents
atives Of the metropolis. If there be d single
exception, it only serves to exhibit more
eonspicuonsly the general truth Of my asser.
ton. lam Obliged to excuse myself from
accepting your fattering invitation, first, be.
cause / feel that. after the labors Of the las,
fise months, prudence compels me to look
for some comparative repose; and, secondly
because ! am convinced that | shall best
serve the cause, which, in unison with my
distinguished colleagues, and under our Ions
tried leader, had in hand, by confining my
humble efforts in political debates a. lar as
possible, frst, to my place Ia the house ol
commons, and, secondly, to any occasion
when meet my numerous constituents Ii
lancashire. In saying this, / shall nos be
supposed to indicate . disposition to receds
from the ground on which we have stood
during Il contest. Iiook upon the recent
esignation by Lord Russe3l's government
of their Offices - one more onward stss
toward the accomplishment Of their object;
and in the hour Of defeat I have the pre-.
septimefit Of victory. BY q scrupuious
modesasion in fixing the limits Or our
original design, BY : careful defe7ence 70
every wish Of the house Of commons h n
gard to methods Of procedure, and by an un.
flinching frmness in resisting every effort,
| direct q covert, TO impair the scheme o.
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IN every case send the OF each subscriber, and
their o. ADDRESS, with Town, County and Stste in
fuu. Macy by Draft, P. o. Order Express, in Re
gistered Letters may be sent at rssk.
Address all communications to
BRYAN, ROsBROOK 4 CO.,
p. y. Drawer 5s3.
100 Madison St, Chicago, ILL.,
60 The proprietors will donate IN the Home u the
Priendiess. ChcAso, &S 600 There will be 900
served rom person receiving the $50 GOO Gilt which
will lie donated the poor through the Young Mems
Christian Associaton and from the person receiving
the $50 000 m will be reserved $4,000, which viii be
donated 10 the Soldiers Home, Chicago and also from
tho persons receivng the Sl0 90 Gins In 0reenbaeks
will be reserved $500, making $500, which via BE-
ated different Orphan Asylums Of the City o
Chicago pert ct title viii be given TO All Of the above
Real Estate. aes
At the request Of Mr. Crosby Manager of Crosby Op
era House. We have changed the place of holding the
Con-. from the Opera Honse Smith Nxons CON
moiiors Hail. which has been engaged Tor that porpoe
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Ii NAPoLEos lii Is said TO be concentrating
one hundred thousand troops at ChalIons.
NO one who has read the two diffuse volumes
OF ssJulius Cesar" already published.
would suppose THAI Napoleon IIi. had sHy
power Of concentration.
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lessen the amount Of enfranchisement we had
proposed, we ssnght to unite the conditions
most likely to insure success in an under
taking marked in former years by so many
miscarriages. and failures. Whether our
plan is finally to be added to the list Of these
miscarriages remains yet to be seen. To
wait with patience the course Of present
events, to be especially On our guard against
any illusory or reactionsry measure, stimuli
ating the name and charscter Of reform, to
encourage the calm, serious, orderly and
temperate expression Of opinion, seem to Be
the chief duties Of the hour; and in dis
charging these duties am persuaded we
shall show we are not less 1--WE even think
we are rather more) entitled than our oppo-
nents to the character Of good citizens, Of
true-hearted 8ritons, and Of affectionste and
loyal subjects. fea
have the honor to bs, gentlemen, your
very faithful servant,
(Signed) W. X. GLADSTONE.
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A Cuae Hanlxee.

- GNAC 8AACCs
Some time since slab-sided mortal from
sdown east" who looked as if he had pass
ed through shingle mill, called at res.
pectable establishments in Philadelphia anC
inquired:
is this Burlap, Jean 4 Co.'ss"
"Yes, SIR"
swell, then, sir, reckon / owe you |
small bill.o
"What's your name, sirf"
"Zerrubabel Snooks."
After overhauling the ledger, Zerrubabe
was assured that 1t could not be, as BIZ
name was not on the books.
"a darned pretty way to keep 'em then
| guess if man owed me matter Of thre,
hundred dollars, could tell the date with
out looking. Hows'ver, don't want chea
you. | know this 10 the place. just Civ,
me receipt for three hundred dollars and
fifteen cents"
"Never mind the cents, Mr.. Snooks
here's your receipt for the dollars"
"Mighty careless YOU be Of small matters
One hundred cents make dollar where
came from. Fifteen cents aint to be sneez
ed at Good morning"
Messrs. Burlap, Jean & Co. were electri.
lied nc the miraculous honesty Of ths
Down Raster, and would not let him 70 O.
readily. They insisted on his purchasing I
bill Of goods, but zerrubabel was very un.
willing. ''It is darned hard to pay fol
thsm," he said she'd bin all the winter
raising that" But TO their great gratiica
ton, they succeeded in secpring So good
customer BY ceiling him bill OF one thou
sand dollars, payable m SIX months.
When the time for payment arrived, -us
notice for the demand was forwarded /,
the address OF the honest Down-Esster, tn
letter remained for weeks unanswered. Tn,
account was sent to limb Of the Law, resi-
dent in the town from which be hailed, anC
the next mail brougbs Barlsp, Jean & Go
the agreeable intelligence that no such per
son az Zerrubabel Snooks ever lived there.
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Total amount Of Gifts, $500 900
The drawing w take place, afer the Concert on the
stage Of the Opera House, where 1000 persons can
witness IL Committee VIII be appointed by the
audience superinierd the All purchasers and
agsnrs will supplied with correct lists Of drawing as
Is published. Parties holding tickets wh retain
them until after tie drawing and If their number ap-
pears In the t Of drawn numbers, they viii fosward
their Tickets immediately with full directions as TO The
principal Hotels Book and Music Stores and at Of
fee IA Madison Street. Price ~ 90 each; sent by
mai receipt Of price snd stamp for return postage
dHad Rsidhle agents Wanted in every City, Town
aud Village in the United ststes 10 vhom great Induce
meuts offered.
SPECIAL TKRMs on CLUR RAFEs.--Any party pro-
curing club Of 8 or more names for Tickets, and for
~aTaing US the money for he same viii be allowed the
flHowing commission. viz. We will send
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Some wears agp, some English officers
camping in the vicinity Of Mulkapoor, went
out tiesr-huntng, and bagged q splendid
iisress. Whilst returning home with the
trophy, they found in secluded spot, in the
lee of q jagged rock, what evidently was the
lair Of tiger, foI there lay bones Of both
human q; d brute kind, and shreds and rags
of clothing. More interesting than all, how
ever, was the discovery of q tiny kitten, not
more than a fortnight old, coiled in a corn
er, winking and blinking, and gaping at the
intruders The hunters at once decided that
this must be the cub Of the beast they had
slain, and willingly took charge of the little
orphan.
Tiger kittens are not captured every day,
so when the hunters returned to their quart
ers, the excitement in their tent was con-
siderable. THE newly ACQUIRED kitten was
provided with tiny dog-colIar and chain,
and attached to the tent-pole, round which
it gamboled, TO the delight Of an audience
numbering nearly twenty. About two
hours after the capture, however, and Just as
it was growing dark, the good people in the
tent were checked in the midst Of their
hilarity by sound that caused the braves
heart to beat rather irregularly
IL was the roar, or rather the combination
Of shrek and roar, peculiar to the tiger when
driven mad with rage. In an instant the
gamboling kitten became every inch tiger,
and strained, with all its baby strength, at
the tether, while it replied with a loud wall,
to the terrible voice outside. The company
were panic-stricken. There was something
so sudden and unearthly in. he roar, that it
seemed as though the great tiger, brought in
an hour before, had come to life again. Ger
tainly, the tiger in question was already
tiayed, but the picture conjured up be-
came not the more pleasant for that.
There was, however, not nearly so much
time for speculation to the sacred company
as writing these lines has cost, fo- almost
simultaneous with the roar, there leapt sheer
into the center of the tent, bold tigress,
and without deigning to notice single man
there, she caught her kidnapped baby BY
the nape Of its neck, and giving it jerk,
snapped the littlc chain, and then turning
for the tent door, trotted off at full speed.
After all, it appeared that the little thing
did not belong to the tiger that was slain,
but to the brave mother that had tracked
and recovered it. Sanguinary man-eater as
she may have been, one can scarcely be sorry
TO hear that rot gun was leyeled at the
greit rejoicing creature, as she bore off hel
young one, and that she got clear off,
4
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GREAT lNDUcEMENT. FINE CONCERT
LIST OF GIFTS.

GIN in Real Estste consisting Of Lot 5, In Block
&c, KinKit's Addition to Chicago, on Rush
Street, being 80 by l40 feet, valued At siOvoo
~ Lots in brands Addition 10 Chicago, aimed sc Vo
lbs 0ne-fourih LOIS IN Wm. b. Astor's Let
Addition 70 Hyde Park and v God Lawn yaiued
Known a. a ~ r f9, n, Z. valued at Il, 900
Total 90. 900
J Gin 10 0reeDbacks $1,000
5 Giftsi Greeabaeks each $40 eO0 5000
10 eifts IN 3reenbocks each as tOo 80 600
Gifts N GreenhAcks, each ~ go lO,o0
GIFT In real estate, consisting OF y !, ", W as,
+. S., r. II, being niies west Of Chicago,
valued 1900
Gin in real estate consisting Of S. W. 9. 3.
4. 81. T IS, x. 4, and N. ". t. n. y. 3. I, +.
IL. 4, in juneau Co., Wis valued At Zoo
90 Glf In real estate, being fifty lots Brands
Addition 70 Chicago. esch 81 600 ovvo0
so Gins in Pianos, each valued nj $500, ~, ,oo0
100 0its In of par dr urnitnre eseh $780, 90 o40
800 Gents Gold Watches, each $3.50, oO,v 0
200 Gifts in Ladies' Coli Watches, each 300 10000
20o Gifts Ia sewing Machines each SlOO, 20 0C0
200 Gifts in American Silver Watches, each t69, 90 Ve
4D0 9ifis In '' Z" 4" :. so, $1,000
! 900 GIFTS ia silk Dress Patterns each 46b 5000
e 5la 5iits in Silver Cake Baskets each $40 500Oo
00s Giiis in Silver Plated Casters, each *lOs leO0
10, zoe GIFTS in sets OF silver 81 oons, each IS, s0 600
TO- 900 GIFTS in Of Silver Forks each -, 80 600
10000 Gifts in Gold Clasped Albums, each - ~, ,OG
10000 Gns In Literary Books, each ~, 4s.o0O
10. .Go0 Sifts In Cutlery. each ~ so, 3S,Wo
10, 900 Gins In Pocket Knives, each ~, ~, 600
10000 Gifts IN Gin Books, each el, 1000
10 900 Gfis In Receipt Books, each ~, le,UJ0
~ lIa Gifts in articles worth from vi to " lS,e0
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The London Times Of July 4, publishes
the following letter from Mr.. Gladstone to
the London Workingmen's association:
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-31

The downfall, therefore, Of this protege of
foreign despotism, and of the Government
which he has been endeavoring to establish,
is most crafty ing circumstance to Ameri-
can pride and patriotism That IL is likely to
be accomplished without our firing a shot or
losing a man, is pretty conclusive evidence
that, so far as this business is concerned, our
foreign affairs have been well managed by
Secretary Seward.
But, now, what Is to become of Mexico
herself is the next question. Already there
are rival claimants of her Government. Be-
sides Juarez, who has held on wonderfully for
the last four years, and deserves well of the
Mexican people, there is General Ortega,
who claims to be the constitutional head of
the country, and General Santa Anna. who
is ready for anythng that may turn up
Probably the United States Government may
have to decide the matter in the end; and in
that event Juarez will be the fortunate man.
Let us hope that whoever is placed in power,
Mexico will have, what to her would be the
greatest of all possible blessings, a wise, firm,
and stable Government.
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The End of the Mexican Business.


THE Mexican business, so far as the empire
of Macmillan is concerned, evidently draws
to close. The French troops will soon be
withdrawn, Macmillan will go back to his
home in Austria, and the Mexicans will be
left to work out their destiny once more
after their own fashion.
Notwithstanding the fact that Macmillan
has given, and If supported would probably
have continued to give, to Mexico a much
more stable and promising Government than
amid the multItudnous revolutions and
counter-revolutions of the past she has been
able to secure for herself, still his empire
could not be looked upon by Americans with
favor, and its downfall will be accepted with
cheers rather than with regrets. Its esta-
blishment was, under all the circumstances
attending 1t, one of the severest of the many
insults with which during the Rebellion we
were obliged to put up from foreign coun-
tries. Not only was it defiant violation of
NE Monroe doctrine, which for more
than FNrty years had been q cherished
pohcy oi the American people, but it
was aVoWedly Gene for the purpose OF making
counterpoise In she interest of foreion
countries-of the "LGtiR raca - os tho Em-
peror Napoleon termed it-agssas the ,,ro Nth
and influence of the United StaGu- More
over, it was always believed by the mas.as of
our people that the establishment of Max
milian's empire, just at the time and under all
the circumstances OF that event, was gone
into with direct reference to an intervention
in behalf OF the Rebels, had their success,
or our own complications, ever presented a
favorable occasion for such movement. II
was in view of this that General Grant once
denounced Maximillan's occupation of Mexico
as "a part of the Rebellion"
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What the Late Rebellion Was

A DEMOCRATIC. contemporary speaks of the
traitor in Fortress Monroe as "guiItIess Of
moral l1rong."
Upon no point do the Rebels and their
friends exhibit more sensitiveness than upon
the moral character OF their late efforts to
overthrow the Government of the United
States. 1t is quite natural that they should
do so, Success often sanctiies in human
eyes a bad cause, but defeat can find no
solace except in the inherent righteousness
of its endeayors. Kossuth failed in his efforts
for the liberation of Hungary, but the justice
of his undertaking has not only saved his
name from reproach, but has placed it high
upon the rolls OF honorable fame. But sup
pose Kossuth's effort had been one for the
deeper ensEaUement of his people, what then
His name would have been saved from OBJ
ivion only bv its transcendent infamy.
The misfortune Of our Rebels is that they
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q L o A X N @ q
Pisiu Black French Beavers
FrOstsd Beavers, PLAN and fancy.
As racban Cloth
Castorine CIoakings
Fancy Fall and winter Cioakngs.
Finest grades staple Cloakings
CAS- sinner Es.
Full line Black Cassimeres and Doesklns.
New Fancies for Business suits.
"Baris' and other good American makes
Low priced goods for Boys' wear.
Double and Twist Casslmeres low piioea
BLANKETS.
Cheaper than ever
90, o. and S8-excelle-t Blankets
LarRe sizes and nne qualities.
Blankets supplied by the quantity.
Qurts-Alhambra, Honeycomb etc.
Extra size ana quality 1srscilles Quilts.
DRESS GOODS.
Empress Cloths, all colors good for sl2S.
Lupn's French Merlnoes sd wide, sI25
extra qualify, 81 so.
Plaia Poplins, 81 81 P6, sI'40 and sl.SO
Just opened, several cases, az unusually low prlees
silk-iaced PoplDs, handsome shades of lieht and
dark colors s2'9s and $3.50.
6s-eent double width Green and Blue Plaid Poplns
FLANNELS.
Large stock &C the new lowest prices
shs hsksr s,,, Eiannels' iuI & line much reduced.
BaIlaTdvSe Fine White Fisnneis, SIC to SIR.
WIDE sHEErINGs,
sSores BY ISs @ ySGdD Ds q pie pece al p,O Etd,ss
New York NIL ana all other good shirtiDaa
50 cent yard-wide extra B cached Mus In casa
20 cent yafd-wlde best Unbleached, . bates
CANTON FLANNELS.
Good reliable makes only kept
Extra good Plush, in bleached end uubleached-
% to 81 cents will Get good Canton Flannel
BY The piece at wholesale prices.
BARNSLEY TABLE DAMAsK.
Two yards vide vide BaInsley s2 2s for good quality.
able Damasls s. Napkins Toweis, etc.
inens OF every kind
French stock Linen Goods prices low.
GENTS MAUDs.
Carriage Ru0s, Table Covers etc.
Mammoth stock now open with daily additions.
bought PRINCIPALLY FOR cash. on most favorable terms
and rapidly selling at retail and In quantities
COOPER g. COMARD,
10 20 STRIP 8. Z. Corner NINTH and MARKET.