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PRUSSIA.
The New and Old Penal Codes.

The London Echo of Aug. Is, says that the
commission appointed to inquire into the penal
code Of the North-German Confederation has
made the following report, showing the chief
differences between that proposed and the exist
ing Prussian code. l. According to the existing
code there are fourteen crimes to which the
penalty OF ... is attached; it is now proposed
to reduce .. lumber to three, namely, premedi-
tatCd murder high treason, and assaults on the
head of the State. The other crimes formerly
punishable with death were petty treason, be-
trayal of the interests of the country, unpreme-
ditated murder committed during the commits
sion of a crime, arson, making breaches in
dams of rivers, damaging railways, telcgraphs,
and buovs, wrecliing, poisoning wells and
springs, whenever these offenses led to the death
of an individual. These crimes are to be pun
ishable with penal servitude for life. 2. The
minimum term of hard labor to be reduced from
two years to one, and the maximum from twenty
to fifteen. The longest term of imprisonment
from twenty years. 3. Condemnation to hard
labor not to involve forfeiture of property nor
sequestration. d. In cases where fine is in
tlicted in addition to imprisonment, it is not to
exceed two years. If the criminal is tried for
other offenses the total amount of imprisonment
awarded is not to exceed four years. ). Con-
demnation to penal servitude is not necessarily
to involve loss of civil rights; this is to be left to
the decision of the judge, with the following
Xceptions-Perury, eXtorton, and exciting to
debauchery. The deprivation of these rights
in cases of Imprisonment not to
exceed the longest term which can be adjudged;
that is to say, ten years. 6. After having COM
pleted one-half of his term of penal servitude or
imprisonment the criminal, if he has conducted
himself well in prison, is to be liberated condi-
tionally, and may obtain the remission of the
remainder of his sentence. z. The number of
otfenses which formerly left the criminal after
his liberation from prison under the surveillance
of the police to be considerably reduced in num-
ber and in all cases the right to exercise this
surveillance must be decided by the Judge. s.
The mere attempt to commit an offense is not to
be punished with the same severity as when the
offense is completed. Also in the latter case
when the offender has not acted of his own free
will g. No child under twelve years of age to
be amenable to the criminal law. TO- Judges in
pronouncing sentences of punishment may take
into consideration the time during which the
prisoner has been awaiting his trial.
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ARIEL.
How stokes Defeated the InglOrious GeOrGians
In a Horse

in "a Horse Huce.
The Tennessee correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial tells in his last letter how
''once upon n time" distinguished horse named
Ariel was made to look very unlike himself-.
During the entertaining canvass lust closed,
Senter had great deal to say about his honora-
BILE competitors raGe-horse record-detailing
with evident satisfaction the many dodges of
the gifted Stokes to raise the wind in n pecu-
mary point of view, though the clever devices
of cutting off his horses tails aud besmearing
the noble beasts with red, white, and blue, or
any other color to make n betting man believe
that the horse he saw was not that horse, but
some other horse. An old man of the noun
tains recently told me of one of the exploits of
the sagacious Stokes in the matter of paint,
which paid him better than seat in Congress.
Years ago, the fame of "Ariel" was as
widespread as that of his master now
"Ariel" was famous war-horse belonging
to the now famous Stokes, and acknowledged
to be the fastest horse in the South. A wealthy
planter of Georgia, and great admirer OF fast
stock, advertised far and wide that he had
horse which could outrun any horse in Alabama
Georgia, or Tennessee, except Ariel (nobody
disputed Ariels claim to be the fastest horse in
the three States), and that he was ready to put
$4,000 upon his favorte. He gave the public
plainly to understand that he would run against
any animal within the three named States, eX-
coping old ARIEL. OF course Stokes heard of
this stempting Offer for nothing relative to horses
ever escaped his attention. and he thought he
would 90 down and win the $4,000. Acting at
once upon the resolution, he procured several
kinds of paint and hair dye and changedthe color
of his renowned horse until no one would take
him to be Ariel. Thus prepared, Stokes set his
eagle eye in the direction of Georgia, and was
soon on the ground to compete for the $4,000.
The race came off, Ariel came out, head and tail
up, three lengths ahead; the sagacious Stokes
pocketed the money and cut for home. But the
trick was found out, and posse of outraged
citizens of Georgia came near capturing the man
who had captured their money. But true to his
fame, Ariel bore his master over the border at
240 speed, leaving the discounted enemy so far
behind that they returned to their homes poorer,
wiser, and better men. In the language of nay
informant, this is what first gave Stokes a
and up, until the first thing we knew he went to
Congress-"
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hand much hadmired the way they punished
porter ouse steak hapiece hand mug of arf-
and-arf, hand for the moment hi wished myself
Hoxonian again Hand you may judge hof
my .hastonishment when Mister Loring hiuyited
me to come and see them at Putney, hand when
hi saw i'm give the Award boys buttermilk and
eurrants for their eavy meal, hi said hin my
mind, the Hoxfords can row hagainst hany
currGnts like that Chi do not mean this for pun
yen will please not so hexpress it,
The race started hat the word go pronounced
by Mr.. Blailde. He was the coach" hof the
Award four. The boat used by Award was the
Hamerican boat they went TO Helliot to get
built The day was fine; not cloud hobscured
the ORION. For the first mile the Awards were
ahead, but when the
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The International Boat Race.
Important Letter from Mr.. William
Henry Russell.
a Complete Account of the Con
test Between the oxfords
and Harvards.
Sketches by NEr. Herring. Ee. A.,
Expressly for the Series
Column.
THE "HANcHoR," MoRTLAKE, Aug. 2S.

THE "HANcHoR,' MoRTLAKg, Aug, 2S.
Mister Series Redi,Or:-There ave been many
haccounts of the race between the Hoyfords and
Awards, but they ave mostly been hof no hac-
count, for hi ave not written but two besides
this one, and has you know, my hepistes to the
press har Railways sought halter has being
Railways the most hauthentc
During your unfortunate civil war, the Lon
don Times paid me a large hamount to keep
them posted hon the unfortunate hevents then
hoccurring, hafoat hand hashore.
Hi ave long noticed with what care you
chronicle the hcvery-day appenings hin your
column, hand the fine illustrations by which
you hassist the understanding by your hartistic
happeals to the hi
Hi ave ad the hassistonce hof Mister Errng
the hanimal painter, to make these drawings
which hi send you, hall hof which were taken
hon the spot
Hi might say hat first, the race was won by the
HOxfords, as hi expected. The Awards, has
soon has hi saw them
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They were Completely Pumped Out
hand so heXausted that there was nothing left
hof them. Mister Errng the hartist hand my
self left them hat the Hanchor, laying hon their
hoars, hentirely used hup.
Heverybody says the race was very fair, hand
the Hamercans did well. The HoXfords said
they rowed clever, hand they were sorry they
did not make it closer; but they were not taking
notice. hand did not know the Awards were so
far be'ind, or they would ave eld hup more.
The Awards are hall now laid hout hat the
Hanchor, hand hi wrote to the Times to ave
them well taken care hof, hand sent ONE by the
next steamer
The Hoxfords immediately rowed back to
Putney to catch the hevening train
The HoXfords may row hover to Hamerica
before the olidays hif they can spare the time.
Hi 'ope tho Awards VIII say the Henglish 'ad
heverything fair, has the Hamericans are much
prejudiced against Hold Hengland has hi learnt
when hi was hin your unfortunate country du-
ring your civil war. Hi ave none but the best
feeling for the Hamericans and Mister IIoakey
ALL Mayor of IIamerica.
Ave these illustrations well hengraved hf
you please. Yours,
WILLIAM ENRY RUSSELL.
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but the HoXfords, through the mannuvres Of
Mister All, the Hoxford coxswain, did not take
the Awards wash.
Has Chiswick Church was passed Award was
visibly distressed, and Mister Loring ordered water
thrown over the stroke and Simmons. Some
Hamericans said Mister Loring hought to ave been
thrown hin the water two weeks before, hand
left there. Hi thought that would ave told
hagainst Mister Loring hin the long run, hand
so hexpressed myself to Mister Erring, the
hanimal painter.
Hit was now hin the last mile plainly seen
that the Awards showed no bottom, while
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An aged, grey-haired, and decrepit Lothario
recently eloped from Mississippi village with a
nice young girl of fifteen, but the telegraph
stopped the couple at New Orleans. When in
formed at the police station that the old fellow
had wife and family, 81 know that replied
the little beauty, ''but, you see they don't treat
him well; and he's got the rheumatism, and the
asthma, and he's got failing in the back; and
YOU see, l sorter pitied him, and him and me
concluded we'd come away and live by our
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SHE NEVER SMILED AGAIN.

SHE NEVER SMILED AGAIN.
She never smiled again-her lips
Were never wreathed with dimples merry;
Her mirth had suffered an eclipse,
And she looked melancholy-very.
She never smiled again-her face
From that sad hour was fixed SO grimly;
Nor sign of joy you there could trace
But only sorrow shadOwed dimly.
She never smiled aoain-beneath
Their cruel power what griefs restrained her?
She'd been martyr 10 her teeth;
But, oh! it was not they that panied her.
For she had lost taem every one
Ay, one by one, her jaws they quilted;
Twas then her business was done
She went to get her mouth refitted
And certain wicked dentists had
G think it right the world should know it,
Put IN a set so false and bad,
She never smiled lest she should show it.
Admiral Prince Menschikoff, who died a short
time since at st. Petersburg, was conversiug one
day with Prince O. when the latter said,
''There is no Cod
The Admiral retorted, "You utter Il BIAS
phemy"
every WE'LL" reioined the Prince; ''but what
if the Emperor should repeat to you the very
same thing?"
THAT would alter the case replied Menschi-
koff: ''his Majesty knows more about it than |
do
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Awards coxswain, ad made a better heffort to
take HoXfords' water As Ammersmith Bridge
was passed, the hadvantage was still with the
Awards, but the Hoxiords began to pull hup to
them.
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The Great Bottom Shown by the HOXfOrds
must henable them to win. Haccordingly, when
the gun fredhopposite the llanchor, the HoXfords
came hin hover heighty lengths ahead beating
the Awards by nearly a arf an hour. The race
hoccupied hin hall p minutes Al seconds by
Bensons chronograph.
When the Awards pulled hup hin front hof
the wharf
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TT Y. L AU ERBA H S

Entrance No, IJ5 5. TENTH Street.
This schoo presents the following Advantages
Finely ventilated cassroOms with ceilings thirty feet in
height, giving each pupil more than double the usual
breathing space.
Wide, massive stairways rendering accidents in assem-
bling and diminishing almost impossible
corps of teachers every of whom has years of
experience in the art Of inparting knowledge and
mode Of teaching and discipline calculated to make
Indispensable requisite for complete success ~
Applications received at the Academy from 10 A NJ TO
bP NJ, daily, on and after August 20.
Catalogues containing fun particulars and the
leading citizens patrons OF the institution
may be obtained at Mr. w. f. Warburtons, No 4SO Ches
nut street. or by addressing the Principal as above
Late Principal of the Northwest PabIc Grammar
Sehep- eE In
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Andiing their Seals,
hi add made hup my mind the Hamericau system
of andlng was hinferior TO the IIenglish, and
the Hoxfords must win. The toss for choice
was won by the Awards who took the hother
side of the river which was mistake hat the
start. They should ave taken this side.
Hand when hi saw theheating hof the Awards
hi knew the Hoxfords must win. Mister Loring
may be a hoarsman but hos kou say hin Hame-
rica, "he cant keep Otelle Aln hi saw ira
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Feed the Awards

Feed Tie ArVardN
with a wine glass of buttermilk hand height
dried currants hapiece, hi knew the HoXfords
must win, hand so hexpressed myself to Mister
Erring, the hartist Hit as so appened.
Hi ad the day before seen
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FoRETHoUGHT.

We were dining the other day in company
with our little nieces who are brought up very
strictly. Mamma detected the youngest IN the
act of pocketing piece of bread.
What are you doing, miss!'
"Oh, mamma it is so nice and new! want
to keep it,"
keep it?'
Eyes, ma, till tomorrow, to eat instead OF
the stale"
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gentleman standing on the street observed
lady passing who was gotten up regardless OF
expense, and turning to his friend, said, by
Jove, Charley, isn't she splendidly upholstered J!
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SsVNEST PENN SQUARE ACADEMY" I"
w S. W. corner of MARKET Street and WEST
PENN SQUARE.
7. BRANTLY LANGTON having leased the upper part
of the Third National Bank Building, will reopen h
School ON MONDAY, tember 49,
The facilities of this building for school purposes will
be apparent upon inspection The Gymnasium will be
under the immediat ervisi Of DIR. Jansen, and is
being abundant supplied with apparatus for the practice
of either light or heavy gymnastics.
The of instruction embraces all that is needed
TO tit boys for College, Polytechnic Schools Commercial
Life.
Circulars containing full information respecting Primary
Department College Glasses, the study of Vocal Music
Art etc. be obtained by addressing the Principal as
above. The rooms wall be open for inspection after
August 81. 62tf
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SSTTN II 4 H l L l."
SELECT FAMILY BOARDING SCHOOL,
An English Classical, Mathematical, Scientific
and Artistic Institution,
FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS!
At Pottstown, Montgomery County Pa
The First Term of the NineteentR Annual Session will
commence on WEDNESDAY the sth day of September
next Pupils received at time For Circulars address
REV GEORGE F. MILLER, A. M
Principal.
REFERENCES:
REV DRS.-Meigs Schaeffer Mann, Krauth, Seiss
berger, Wylie Sterret Murphy, CruksRanks, etc Non
HONS-Jndge Rludow, Leonard Myers, NJ Russell
Ihayer Benz M Boyer, Jacob S. Yost, Hester Clymer
John Killinger, etc. ''S''
ESQS-Lames II. CALDWELL James L. Claphorn q g
Grove, r. O. Wood, Harvey Bancroft Theodore g. Bo19s
q; f. Norton, L. l.. Houpt S. Gross Fry, Miller 4 DER
Charles Wannemacher, James, Kent, Santee 4 Co.
etc. 2 % mwf21n
TT Y. L A U D Z RBA c HIS
CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL
ACADEMY,
FOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN,
ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS
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There is no class of citizens more looked up
10 than omnibus drivers,
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ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETo.

or, - JOHN p. LEVY
oP BEACH and PALMER Streets.
~ WASHINGTON Streets ava
PHILADELPHIA.
MERRICK a. SONS,
ENGINEERS AND MACHiNISTS
t @ M Mhign ana Low Pressure Steam Engines
lof Land, River, and Marine Service e
Boilers Gasometers Tanks Iron Boats etc
Gastngs OF all kinds, either Iron or Brass
=, iron frame Roofs for Gas Works, Workshops and
al Retorts and Gas Machinery of the latest and most
Every description OF Plantation Machinerv alan
sugar, saw, and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans oil
steam Trains, Defecators, Filters Pumping En-
Sole Agents for N. Blleux's Sugar Boiling Anna.
ratus, Nesmyths Patent Steam Hammer and Asnin
wall Woolsey's Patent Centrifugal Sugar Drain
ing Machines. A eaH
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HoHiords Began to Coach Their Boat,
hi knew they must win hand SO hexpressed
myself TO my friend, Mister Erring, the cele-
brated haniInal hartist. No inducements could
be used TO get the Awards to "coach, hand they
lost.
Awards rowing was very clever, hand would
AYE been quite andsome if SIister Burnhaln,
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EDUCATIONAL.

MISS BURNHAM's SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
w Ladies opens September 90 Personal interview can
he had after September 6, az No 1916 fibert street
t,r r9r circulars, address f. r. GOURLAY, ESQ., No oOb
WALNUT Street. S96 I'm
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Thursday RvsuiuS, NAY 49, lsOS,
WILL rms PACIFIC RAILROAD PAY

THAI "a, be no question that the Pacif,
Roa,,sd is one Of the greatest achieve.
mani, enterprise and capital have ever
wrought out, in the immense scope Of coun.
try trayerscd by il, and the resulting bene.
fits to the travelling and commercial public.
But it does not necessarily follow from this
that it will pay dividend to the stockhold
crs, as well. The probabilities that it pos.
sesses this element Of great enterprise are
strong for the tonnage and passengers that
willprobably be transported over it will be
ample to secure this result In 1865 there
were about one hundred ships plying IRON
the Atlantic shore around Cape Horn, the
tonnage Of which was estimated at 7o,oooi
Of steamships connecting with China ana
California at Panama, there we're 30 with q
tonnage Of l2O, 1000, while the tonnage Of
overland wagon trains, stages, etc, was
about 10000. Here we have two hundred
and thirty thousand tons going westward
two years ago. The return tonnage by this
time is fully as much. We may therefore
assume that the freight both ways to-day is
not less than 100000 tons Two years ngo
there were transported to and fro over oil
routes. per annum. ljl ooh t--ae"kers' Il
the general rule Of the increase Of travel
which is deiuced from an examination Of
railroad statistics, holds good, when applied
to the Pacific road, these figures will be in,
creased 70 at least 100000, passengers at
$50, each, S7j,OOO,OOO, and, dcductiug
100000 tons to be retained by the ocean
routes, 100000 tons of freight at, say SO,
SIO,jJOJ0J, making a total Of So, 900 600
gross proceeds for the whole road. This
must be far above the running expense, in.
tcrest on capital and wear aud tear Of ma.
torjaL We put these figures on record and
believe them to be certainly not An under
estimate Of what the Pacific railroad will
earn in the year $50, when it will be in
complete running order.
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BRrCS PoNERoY has got into little suarl
with the goddess Of fortune with whom he
has carried on an extensive aud profitable
Irritation for few years His New York
paper is not q success he IS indignant Al
the New Workers and writes his New York
editor, Lambert, as follows
"Never mind whether it pays or not. Pay
no attention to patronage. Listen 10 the
advice Of none, except they be Democrats
who dare be such at all times. Go right
straight on with the fight in defense Of prin.
clple. BankruPt me, If necessary, and when
every dollar ! have shall be lost, and we
can no longer publish newspaper, thank
God We can shoulder sPade, and earn a
dollar day working on some railroad"
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1900 pm. CINCINNATI EXPRESS, SUNDAYS
excepted, connecting ~ E,mra fyr Harris
burE Philadelphia and tho Suutl at o.
veg for Ithaca, 40 Eughautau Tor syria
cIse: at Lu'kawhNcu for Iloue.Iufs; at
Midtown for UnjonyiIloi Mt Go-hen for
Montgomery %. Guycuut fIr Nowburgh
AMI warwick aIi 90 Jersey city with Ex-
prs,s Tram OF New Jersey Railroad for
FAiatepG.n.
FROM BuFEALO-By New York Time from
Depot corner Exchange and Michigan streets.
0:35 A. NJ. NEW YORK DAY EXPREss, Sun
days eEceptcl.) Stops at Huruullsyille $40
A. N. lBkft.) Susquehanna 2;32 p. ". lDneD
Turner's 500 p. NJ, tSup.) and arrives in
Now lorE at 10: p. II. Connects at Great
Bend with Delaware, Lackawauua aud Wes-
tern RAILROAD, At Jersey CITY with midnight
Express Train Of New Jersey Railroad for
Philadelphia,
7r9O A. NJ. EXPRESS MAIL, via. Avon and
Horne!I:yilie daily except sundays Ar.
ryes in New York at 7:4o A. NJ
$50 ?. " LIGHTNING EXPRESS. runs
dadvI. Stops At Horn'llsyille 6:I5 F. II
Sup, and arrives in New Yorh 7:4O A. NJ.
Connects At EllnIrl with Nor,hon Central
Railway for HarrisDurg and the South. and
at Jersey City with Morning Express Train
Of New Jersey kalIrpal for PbilaIelEhia,
Baltimore anl Washington.
Sleeping Coaches are attached to this train at
Buffalo, running through t1 Nov YORK without
hlugo.
ll:9OP.M. CINCINNATI EXPRESS, daily, ter.
Dept Sundays) Stops at Susquehanna v:45
A. NJ, Bkft,) Turner's 3ij y. Nj. dime
and arrives in New York at $40 2. NJ. Con.
meets At Jersey cry with Evening Trains
for Philadelphia, Baltimore aud Washing
ton.
sleeping coach attached 10 this trai at Buff
falo, running through to Susluehanna.
Only one train east on Sunday, leaving Buffalo
at ESQ p. W., AMI DInkir4 LISP. NJ. and
reaching Now York at7:40 A.. NJ.
Boston and New England passeng gers. with theIr
baggage, are transferred free qt charge in New
York.
&2-To pleasure travellers the line Of the Erie
Railway presents many objects of interest, pss
sing through the beautiful valleys of the Che
muDg, Susquehanna, Delaware and Ramapo riv-
ers, an eyer-changing panorama of natures bean
ties commands attention.
Tho bsst ventilated and most lururiops .Ia.r-
Ing ooaoues Jrss~ IN ThEW World Us, nc.
company all night trains on this railway.
BAGGAGE CHECkED THROUGH.
And fare oE~dyS as iou a. by any other Rozte
mo- Ask for Tickets ria. Erie H sIwsv. which
can be obtained at all the Principal Ticket Offices
In the West and Southwest.
R. RIDDLE, WEI. R, aARR
Hen Supt. Gen'l Pass Ag t
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Novel swindlinE Triek.

The St. Adams tYermout) Transcript
says that about a year ago a young man
from that vicinity went of with "a circus
company, aud nothing was heard Of him
until few days ago, when there came
letter 20 his father, postmarked Flushing
l.. J. The writer stated that the missing
son had come to his house six weeks before
in feeble condition, aud had lust died
asking rs a last request, that his remains
might be sent home. The writer stated
that he was in poor circumstances; and ask.
ed the father TO send sixty dollars through
the postollicc to pay for a suitable coffin
aud other expenses attending the dispatch.
ing Of the body homeward The father at
first supposed the letter to be genuine, but
in order TO make sure that it WAS all right,
sent it back to the principal man in author.
ity in Flushing village, with q request to in.
vestigate the matter. The latter discovered
that tho son reported a. dead is not only
alive, but one of many in hi4 employ. The
attempted 7windlcr probably learned from
the son Of hi4 prolonged absence from
home, and rrsorted 10 the above scheme for
raising the wind.