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ET Mullany, = Pittsleld arts. %
sepulchraf monuments. has gained q vide
reputation for fearful delineations ofrail
road accidents, drownings and the like
on the tombs,ones Of those whom, sacb
disasters have made the subject Of his art
But Muliany 10 q genius IN 0ther tElngs
than sculpturing. Soma tins since ane
Of his countrymen and fellow Cstlloaiss
died, and on bis grave stone was inscy!h
ed, by order Of his son. The pioas u
gend, 5tl i athrsr 'nA ss1s'
Pray for the sou, = Hugh l'omahss.
But soon after miracle or something
like it happened sponahue .Ms Es
was converted to Vyotestantism, a.c
with Q troubled conscience he hasteEc5
to the sculptor with, ~ say, Mullary,
I've become, q Protestant" & hullany
yrunting II know it,"-he continued
land must have tho 'Papistry taken ict
of that stone Muiiany, the dead ara
past praying for" The artis, scratched
his head minute, anh then with chuck.
le and twinkle OF the eve such as nh
Irishmah only can achieve. he exclaimed.
"All right have it! III DIX yez.rl And
no did. for when tho sou next visited his
fathers grave an enormous Don't" OH
cd the space above the obnoxious legend,
and it read ye,ba sG4 s
DON'T Il basi,i
Pray for the soul Of Hugh Donahue.
The Papistry was out OF it! N.. si
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DANCING AT HOME Henry Ward
Beecher took occasion in a recent sermon
to allude ts recreation and amusemen.s IN
the home. circle as being healthful and nat
ural and we append what he said about
dancing:
"Some PERSONS, when they Join church
think that they must put all the glee and
mir,h and music out OF THAR lives. Don't
do i'll II a love song ripples up to the
surface OF your heart. sing it sing il sing
1t! Don't let it die My second mother
for ! remember no otker--wss my ides
Of womanly gen,leness, propriety and ele.
gance. She was not. however. very de-.
mon,trative. She used, bc'ors marriage. to
bs quite bells. aud was often known TO
trip the light fantastic toe. One evening.
as my father played time on the yiolia
my mother arose, and in the most grare'ul
manner possible TO conceive, commenced to
dance around tho room. didn't know
wha, TO make Of it. l was specehless with
conformation and delight My father look
oil on in surprise Never in the whole
course OF my life had ] seen such thing
attempted in my fathers house. 1t was
deliriou-. and got lessen then which has
lasted me ever since. think to this day
il my mother had danced sftsner and said
the csirchism little less. it would have
been better for all ef us. Ifyou have tai.
EN-, for music, cultivate il; for dancing.enl.
tivate il wha'ever gifts God has given YOU.
make ths most Of them. whether Of voice,
foot, or eye. " f ""a'
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ry- A man named David r. Spencer.
with his family, consisting OF wife and
three children, arrived in Putnam Ceun.
ty, Pa. few days ago. having moved all
their earthly goods and family from East
Tennessee, a distance OF five hundred
miles in wheelbarrow. He was just
twenty FIVE days on the way. Ono OF the
children. the youngest. he wheeled the
whole distance. while the vile and the
other two children walked every 'tep Off.
The wheelbarrow was built according 70
his own notion, the wheels being -four
feet high, and the body Of the concern
standing thirty-four inches from the
ground He says he left Tennessee be
cause he could only earn fifty cents per
day there, and having relatives living IN
Putnam County. he just thought he would
strike out for there. which he did IN the
above novel manner, A4f
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The CORRECT WAY TO FELL TREEs.-
When tree stands perpendicular, and it
is desirable to cut it 40 that it will fall to
the north for exrmple, let the kerf on the
north side be cut at least six or eight
inches lower than the kerf on the south
side; and let the tree ho cut at least two
thirds through the north side. lfthe wind
does not blow from the north tree cut
in the foregowing manner will certainly
fall towards the north, The chips which
fly from the,n will indicate exactly the
direction which the tree will tall II the
tree is to be felled towards the south, let
the south aide he cut lower than the north
side. and be chopped more than half way
through the body.
To prevent long splinters from draw
ing out of the heart OF tree, let the mid
die be cut entirely of, leaving the outer
edges to be cut away last. A tree which
does lean will fall the way chopper
cuts it to fall A friend wrote us few
days since, that an estimahlo citizen was
crushed by tree that fell in the opposite
direction from what the chopper had
calculated. When it is desirable to fell
a leaning tree in the opposite direction
from the way it leans, hitch a long rope
to it twenty or thirty feet from the
ground, then secure the other end to a
long lever, with the short end Of the lie
yer resting against post or tree, have
ing a.team hitched to the long end ofth
lever. A tree that leans much can read
lily be pulled over BY such an arrange
mcnt As the tree begins to fall, drive
the team speedily to the right or left.
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: The psnams Star tells .hs.follow

- The Psnama Star tells ths.follow.
ing story Of canine saRseity; f"When the
dog wishes 10 cross river where alligAtors
abound, he gees up stream . great way aud
barks with all his might; the a!ligstors "a
there and wait fer bis getting ia to swim
across. The dog knows what he i ahout;
when he a,es from the number Of snsats
above water that hia enemies have oil gath
sred to tho feast, he rnns down the bank -
last as he can. aud swi,ns scross before the
alligs,or, are aware " tho trick that hes
been played npon them. "iF livNe si'l ,s.,s.
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Cards or communications of a personal
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.tes and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
State Offices S2j.00. County officers, $1,000.
Editorial notices, 25 cents per line.
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Address all letters and communications to
J. S. DUNHAM. Editor and Proprietor.
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Col. VIM. T. BOURNE.

Formerly Of Fort Smith, Arkansas, will as
slst me In the duties OF my Agency. ! am
prepared to make cash advances on oil ship
iner,ts Of Cotton to the House Of Messrs. +. L.
BRAvNs & Co, Baltimore. and will PERSONAL
ly guarantee to shippers rs much per pound,
net. as they would feceive by. shipping: to
New Orleans or New York markets. 81,
&. A. MEYER,
Agent for Baltimore and Arkansas.
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NO 10

"HowI1aanW A1so,"-we begin to
believe q - sns good in the
Indian CO. n4r oil, and that he
may yet prove 70 be : "man and BROTH
err" The New York Journal Of Com.
m~cs, in alluding to 1.-THE savage Howl.
ish Wampo and his recent complaint to
the Government, rempsks:
The burden otthc speeches At recent
Indian council on the Umatilla reserya-
ton, Oregon, H. strange a. the flrst halt
OF Tho specification may seem--was the
love of home and the unful6lled prom.
ises OF the whitea. Che Government,
wished the I4fS belI their reservs.
zion and rsm} usual mad. Them
tempting Oh - I. 10 even posi-.
bic, under tie 4a |olicy In favor Of
w Washington, wvu1 l.~s s1~o- se-iau.a
But the .Ipdians were distrustfal, and
moreover had another reason Tor hesita
ton. "Wenap Snoc<," chief Of the Ca
yuses, said to the Commissiopers--"You
wish to ace my heart; want you to SEQ
IL" II am very fond of
this land" "Tewalcatemy" said, :" My
friends, I tell you love my country |
wish to raise my children no it."
"Picrre7 said, awhile live l will nos
part with this, land, nor will my children
after me; they will die on IT, And
"Howish Wampo' summed up The whole
case, for himself and his brsthern, in the
following really touching words My
father and mother, my brother and sis
tcrs, are buried in.this land, their graves
are here and am to gnard them This
reservation is nota large piece OF land;
it is 10 US mother; we we're -asea up
on it When you ask me to leave It, you
ask mo to 60 away and bcllost--to have
no home. do not want to part with nv
lands .F"f eNt ~
These sentiments must sonnd oddly IN
the ears OF those who profess TO believe
tha red man capable only Of sayagery.
Much more remarkable, however. was
future in the same chiefs complaint rec
pesting the disrega ded promises which
were msdo when the indians we're placed
on the reservation. when we came on
it," he said, "thrce chiefs were to have
goo~ ~houses such as white men lived in;
we were to have good white doctor. .
blacksmith, school teacher to teach our
children. and a man to teach US rsliaiou.
IL want you white chiefs
to know that Of all these things that were
promised us we cannot see any
The sound Of the heather led mans
voice calling for q teacher Of religion 10
one which demands attention even frosc
tho secular journals. Will the Chris ~
churches here it? IL
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kT An extract from private letter
received In Elizabeth, N. j on Wsdnes
day, and dated 'Hotel Byron, Pres Viii
leneuva. Sept. 4, 1871. Lac de Geneva
IL printed In the Elizabeth JoE,nal as fol.
lows
looming up the lake the other day. !
met Gen Anderson aud bis family. The
gentcral Is on his last legs, or rathei hs
is not on his legs at oil, since he has 10
be carried, and ], as an American. am
ashamed to say, he is so poor that he
cannot afford servant to take care Ut
him. His wife, who 10 perfectly devoted
to him, is Obliged to do every thing, She
has family Of four childcn, aud they az
live on his half pay. 1t strikes me that
man who stood by his government as he
did under peculiar circumstances, deserv-
IS more from his government than hs
gets The idea that he should bs so poor
as to be forced to live y here, wh.s
the dearest wish OF his heart Is that lis
might, as he EXPRESSED il, close his eyes
in bis own land seems hard. lie WAS
peculiarly tired. With aSouthern wife.
the daughter OF one Of the wealtliest
men of The South, Southern Affiliations,
and probably his family OF Southern sen.
timsnt, he had, indeed. . hard task to
perform when be did his duty as be did;
and then TO think that his government
and the people should allow his last days
to BE- those ofpoverty and absolute want!
Well, 1t varides the saying, 'Repubfics
are ungrateful.'' ~ -
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EE Pay for yosr .pat's.
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rE A Newtown man Of poor means
but lofty feelings having expressed dc.
sire to be buried with pomp, his well
but misguided relatives planted
him In q colored graveyard. NJ
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DON'T

Pray for the soul Of Hugh Donahue.
The Papistry was out OF u! N.
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KILL HIN MYSELF.


I'll bolt and run on the independent
ticket IL they do. Greeley-oh. by all
the angel worms in compost heap, this
is too much. Hero he rang the bell vio'
lently. I Gaeeley, mulching muddlc head
of Chappaquan, Tll-[here the bell hoy
entered. Pistols, pistols, at once. and
hot !; do you here ~
The boy answered, "Pistols, sir2 Yes,
sir" and withdrew.
Our reporter, gathering from Mr.
Wentworths casual hints that he had
nothing further to communicate. politely
but firmly got out OF the window. and
went down an awning post. He wishes
some one would brng him out his hat.
which he inadvertently left behind him,
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HT A tract Of oO,OV0 acres Of land has
becn obtained on the Canada aide of the
Saint Lawrence, above Qnebec, FOR col
ony Of Aisatians.
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fx" Women, wake up" cxclailns
the Revolution and IN indo ent rural cd.
itor adds "Yes, d--n 1t, turn out and
make A fire and put the tea kettle on .
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yisItInr Among tI.e ChInese.

The London Atheneum has an article
upon lecture recently given in London
by Mr.. II. Medhurst, on THE Curiosi-
ties of Street Literature in China" Ac-
cording to the lecturer, visiting is made
a most serious business in China, and
anybody who aspires TO be considered
somebody must necessarily have SER
want for the express purpose of carrying
and presenting cards. And a Chinese
card is an institution quite as peculiar
as many other Chinese peculiarities. IL
is a huge sheet of scarlet paper, with
the name inscribed in large characters;
the more mammoth-like these are, the
more grand and respectable their owner
is supposed to be. There are several
kinds of these visiting cards. First,
there is the plain card, which is a single
sheet of scarlet paper, with the name
written or stamped nearest the right
hand and topmost sides This is en-
| ployed only on common occasions.
| Then there is the official card, mostly
used by mandarins on visits of cere-
mony, which is also a single sheet, and
contains the name, preceded by the en-
tire title, written down the center of the
| cara lTOlu up W DOtbOin. LHtut uHdiui
there is the full card, which is
only produced on very grand occasions,
such as New Year visits of congratu-
lation and coincidence. The full card is
folded and must contain exactly ten
folds. 1t does not enumerate the titles,
but simply contains the name Of the in
dividual written in the right hand and
bottom corner Of the first fold, pre6xed
by the words your stupid younger
brother" And followed by the words,
"bows his head and pays his respects"
Where the person visited belongs to
generation senior to the visitor, the lat
Ter STYLES himself "Yonr stupid nephew"
IL two generations senior, the visitor
writes, "Your more than stupid nephew.
Should the individual visited belong to a
younger generation, the visitor takes to
himself the name Of uncle instead
Of nephew" retaining, however, the
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neau,irui Forever.

A lady traveller who has lately pene-
trated the mysteries of the Japanese
female toilet, gives the recipe by which
they dye their teeth the beautiful and
brilliant black there deemed essential
to beauty, which is as follows;
Take three pints of water, and hav-
ing warmed it, add half a tea-eupful Of
wine lsaki2). Put into this mixture a
quantity Of red-hot front allow it to
stand five or six day, when there will be
a scum on the top Of the mixture, which
should then be poured into small tea
cup and placed near the FIRE When it is
warm powdered gall nuts and iron filings
-hould be added 10 it, aud the whole
=, ,uld be warmed again. The liquid is
,ben sbo painted on the teeth by a soft
feather @ brush, with more powdered gall
,ur, nuts and IRON, and after several appliee:,
tons ION the desired color will be obtained. "
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Three pdllaais sat up in an Office fair,
In an office fair, as the sun went down,
Each costly smoking and lounging there,
And watching the bellies as they stepped
down town.
For men must smoke and women look fine,
Though taxes are heavy and stocks decline.
And the gIocers' bill be running.
Three icices sat up till the midnight hour.
And longed and watched and hoped in vain ;
But the husbands, snug in their Office bower,
Were smoking dull care from their weary
brain.
For men will smoke, though women repine,
Though health and wealth and vigor decline,
And sickness and duns be on-coming.
Three corpses were buried from sight one day.
BY palsy, consumption, and fits cut down.,
And none but the doctor had ever dared say
That, "sure as great guns" they were
smoked out of town.
For men will smoke, though death does come
To desolate fortune, and office, and home,
And grocers and wives be moaning.
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A scotehmnn In London.

A ScotchmaR writes to the London
Spectator on the Provincial Character
OF London" declaring that its general
mental grasp and tone are much more
restricted and narrow than are those OF
the most ordinary country town of Scot
land. The intelligence of the London
shop-keeper he declares TO be a long
ways below the average of similar peo-
pie north of the Tweed, and cites as proof
of his assertion his adventure in search
of the residence of Thomas Carlyle;
Little more than a fortnight ago a
friend and | set ont for Chelsea, in order
to see the residence Of Thomas Carlyle,
or mayhap the old man himself, in a
quiet way, should he chance to be enjoy
ing his walk. A river boat soon brought
us to that interesting but sleepy suburb
Of London. None of us had the slightest
idea where Carlyle's residence was sit
uated, or in what direction most likely
the locality lay. Entering q groeer's
shop, over the counter Of which presided
bright looking and showily dressed
young man Of say twenty-five, /, as
spokesman, asked him if he could tell
me where Carlyle lived.
"a Carlyle street, sirS No, sir, don't
know it, sir. aE
"Carlyle's house. l said, the resi-
denee Of Thomas Carlyle.
." Don't know him, sir; never heard Of
him, in fact; but if the gentleman's s
name be at all known in the neighbor-
hood the shoemaker next door, who de-
livers the parcels, will most likely know.
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"I thanked my informant, and we came

away.
We did not interview the parcel
delivering shoemaker, but asked an intel
ligent policeman, who obligingly dl-
rected us to the proper route .hl
We resolved, however, to test more
fully the depth of devotion to hero wor.
ship, and the amount Of intelligence
which existed in Chelsea, so we called
upon big fishmonger within few yards
Of the street where Carlyle lived.
IL said: Could you tell me, sir, il
Thomas Carlyle lives about here?
"' No, sir; don't know the man, sir;
and Immediately adding, what does he
do?'
Very grayeIy / answered: He makes
books.
e" Makes books, does he? said the
man of fish, while glare Of incipient
deviltry shot through his eye as he looked
at his wife, seemingly to say, These
ge men are not fooling me, are they,
missis2'
"But we left him alone with his
oysters.
| asked five other different individ-
uals before | met fine old English
gentleman, who showed us the royal
residence, and expressed his surprise at
the ignorance of shop-keeping Chelsea
Now. | venture to say that in Scot
land you might search days on end
among the shop-keeping and tradesman
class of the present generation without
finding five who did not know the name
of Carlyle, while many would be ready
to discuss his merits as writer or his
claims to reverence as man. But
here, in the space Of few minutes.
we're six Englishmen, all in row, all
within hundred yards of the house of
the man whose influence, as one mind
upon contemporary thought, has been,
perhaps, the most potent of modern
times, and yet they hadn't the slightest
idea where he resided; had not even
heard his name"
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How Germany mIghtAt,ack Russia.

An article in the Moscow Gazette
compares the marine Notifications of
Germany with those Of Russia. The
writer points ont the great Importance
for the German navy of the harbors of
Wilhelmshafen and Kiel, and shows that
when the projected canal between these
harbors is completed Germany will be
able suddenly to combine her North Sea
fleet with that of the Baltic and throw
the whole of her naval force into either
of the seas. Another advantage pos
sessed by Germany is, that she does not
require any ships of war to protect her
principal harbors, such as Konigsberg,
Dantzic, Stettin, Rostock, Lubec, Ham
burg and Bremen, as they are sufficiently
protected against the attack of an enc
my by their geographical position and a
few coast batteries.
In Russia, on the other hand, the cap
ital itself is exposed to the attack of q
hostile feet st. Petersburg was built
in such hurry that the most important
precautionary measures were disre-
garded. 1t was placed close to the sea,
although there was nothing to prevent
its being built ten or twenty versts higher
up on the banks of the Neva. The first
of the disadvantages caused by this mis-
take was the exposure Of the city to in
undations, which might cause losses of
many hundred millions of roubles. In
1924, when St. Petersburg was much
smaller than it is now, the loss caused
by the inundation was valued at hum
dred millions. The second disadvan-
tage-that of being defenseless against
a hostile neet--is even more important;
it compels Russia to keep strong fleet
in the Baltic merely for the protection
of the capital. And even this
feet, which cost sixteen millions, does
not afford complete security, for il would
not be able to resist the attack of first
rate power.
The article concludes by urging the
Government to strengthen the torti6ca-
tions of Cronstadt, which, it says, are
old fashioned and no longer capable Of
resisting modern artillery, and to build
huge earthwork Eve versts long on the
coast south of the capital.
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depreciatory appellative of stupid. y
There are still further varieties of self
designation, according to the particular
gradations of relationship; but these
above quoted by Medhurst will suffice to
give an idea Of the punctillious rules
peculiar to Chinese visiting This last
folded card being an expensive and cum
broas affair, is, as matter Of etiquette,
always returned to the visitor after it
has been presented, when it is again
taken charge of by the servant, to be
nseA on future occasions.
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Commencing October 18th, and con-
tinuing Six Days.

The Premiums offered amount to $40; 900
These Premiums are distributed fairly he
tween the Agricultural and Mechanical III
visions. Every day there will be H..
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The Harper Tragedy-Further De-
VelOpments.


The Harper Tragedy De-
velOpments.
From the Livington Daily Press, 27thl.
From accounts which were received
yesterday, from Midway, it appears that
detective Butts has not been employed
in vain. We stated, when speaking Of
this aAee some time ago. that this gentle
mai, ks by no means satisfied with the
aspect of the case, as it appeared at the
time OF the examining trial at Versailles,
of the negroes supposed to have been
implicated in the murder. On yester-
day, we learn, white man named Kirk
was arrested on suspicion, and active
search was being made for another
named Bolan, who disappeared from the
vicinity of Midway quite suddenly. The
detectives are, very properly, extremely
reserved regarding whatever facts may
have come to their knowledge, implicat-
ing these men. The rumor is, however,
that an old woman, who washed for the
suspected parties, accuses them OF hav-
ing blood upon their clothing and also
of having conversed together upon the
subject Of the murder on the morning
succeeding one of the party (for there
we're more than two) asking petulantly
why another had killed the old woman,
she couldn't have told anything any
how"
The case ia being pushed with vigor
and worked with skill on the part OF the
detectives, the prospect being that the
murderers will eventually be brought to
Justice