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A Chapter on Lawyers.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, thus discourses
on lawyers as be finds them: "Thc lawyers
are picked lot, first scholars" and the
like, but their business is as unsympathet-
ic as Jack Ketchs There is nothing hu.
manizing in their relations with their fel.
low.c creatures. They defend the man they
know 10 be rogue, and not very rarely
throw suspicion onthe man they know to
be innocent. Mind you. Iam not finding
fault with them; every side Of case has a
right to be best statement il admits Of; but
| say il does not tend to make them sym
pathetic. Suppose in case Of Fever vs..
Patient, the doctor should side with either
party according to whetherthe old miser or
bis expectaut heir was his employer. Sup
pose the minister should side with the
Lord or the Devil, according to the salary
offered and other incidental advantages,
where the soul Of sinner was in question.
You can see what piece Of work it would
make Of their sympathies. But tho law
yers are quicker wited than either one Of
the other professions, and ADLER men gene
rally. They are good-natured, or. if they
quarrel, their quarrels are above-board. =
They are not as accomplished as the min.
listers, but they bave way Of examining
with special knowledge for o case which
leaves q certain shallow sediment Of intel
ligence 10 their memories about a great
many things They are apt to talk low in
mixed company, and they have way Of
looking round when they make point, as
il they we're addressing jury, that is
mighty aggravating, as | had occasion to
see when one Of EN-, and a pretty famous
one, put nc on witness stand at dinner
party once
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EXCELSIOR (! EXCELSIOR I!

THE NOVELTY HAND STAMP!
The "Ne Plus Ultra" fall devices for Marking
Clothing, Cards, Books, DC, with case Of pc
to prn, any name Bottle Of lndl lille Ink,
Ink Pad and 1'weczers. Price, 81 SO. Sent
by Mail 10 any address on receipt of price
Agents wanted. Address C.p. Broadway,
Danville, Pa.
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DR. MN HALLS
BAIyAM T ERR LUNGS

Will Cure Conghs, Colds and Consnmp'
tioa surpr and quicker than any other remedy
ltscls like magic For sale by all Druggists
and Medicine Dealers every where
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CURE that COLD!

Do not suffer your Lungs to become diseas-
ed by allowing & COLDt to become sealed
Thousands have died Pnma ure i'eaths-The
Victims Of Consumption-by neglecting .
Cold,
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FROM PHlLlPSBURG.
A Narrow Escape.

EDITOR New NoRTH-WEsr:
A fire broke out on Wednesday night
abOught II o'clock in the Carpeutcrsh"p
attached 10 the James Stuart Mill at Phil
irsburg. which, for u half hour threatened
the totol destruction of the main building
and machinery. Although the mill was in
full operation the fire was not discovered
until the building was wrapped in flames.
The alarm whistle was then sounded and
the cry of fire raised. which brought about
seventy five men to the scene, buckets in
hand, and hy forming water lines from the
creek and tank to the main roof, the al
ready blazing Mill roof was drcnched and
further progress of the fame stayed. No
cause can be adduced satisfactory of it's
origin. The loss to the Company Is esti-
mated at $500. Mr.. G. Sherman lost a
fine set Of joiner's tools valued ut $4O0
Ten minutes after the flames were master.
ed the stamps again dropped as usual and
all went on as smoothly as though nothing
serious had happened. +. B. w.
Philipsburg, July l1th. 1879.
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New Senator from New Hamshipro.

The Springfield Nlass) Republican says:
Bainbridge Wadleigh, the Republican can .
ddate. who was elected on Tuesday last,
belongs 10 the better element of the party.
He was educated in the period when the
anti.slavery men of the State, under John
P. Hale, were making their successful
fight against the hard shell Democracy
was an original Free. .soiIer, and has been
steady and honorable friend of good gov.
crnmcnt ever since. Without q college Ell
ucation, he early acquired q thorough
knowledge Of his profession, and has been
for years, one of the best lawyers in the
S!atc-learncd, honest, diligent, aud apt to
win his cases before jury. He has reprs.
sented Milford eight years in the Leg,sla.
ture, and might this year have been speaker,
had he not declined the Office. lie gives
himself to public business closely.
In personal appearance he resembles Vice
President Colfax-being rather stouter,
younger, aud some say handsomer, hut
wearing the same open and cheerful counts.
nance.
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EED(CTION IN POSTAGE.
Th. Q 70 Cent Postal Cards.

The new postal bill which hecame q law
just before the session Of Congress closed,
makes some changes in the existing postal
re. 'atiOns. which are Of general interest.
The most Important! is the authorization of
one cent postal cards for correspondence or
for printed circulars, similar to those
which were introduced in Great Britain
nearly tw" years ago. and are now in use
in nearly all European countries. The
House provided in the bill for cards with
paper flaps. to cover and conceal the wyi
ting. The Senate changed !his 10 All open
card In the conference committee the
style of the card was left to the Postmaster
General, who prefers the open card, and
will order that kind only t" be msnufactu-
red. The face of the card will bexr one
cent stamp. and will he provided with hines
for the address. and the back will be ruled
for the letter The price Of the card
and stamp will he only one cent. Il will
probably he three or four weeks before
they will tie ready for sale. as the plates for
printing have yet to he prepared. The
postage on circulars, newspaper and other
transient printed matter, which under the
old law was two cents for every four oun.
ccs or less, is now one cent for two ounces
or less; small circulars, which formerly
cost TWO cents to mail, can now be sent for
one ccnt-an important reduction to bust
ness men who use the mail largely to ad
vertise their business.
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Origin u Shyiock.

A correspondent of the Jewish Times
calls attention to the fact thst the Original
Shakespeare's Shylock, was Christian and
not Jew. He quntes from the eleventh
book Of Gregori Lots Biography of Six
tus "" in proof of this. A Roman Ner
chant. named Sechi, heard that Admiral
Francis Blake had conquered st. Domingo,
aud communicated the news to Jewish
merchant, named Ceceds. The latter was
20 confident in the falseness Of the news,
that after repeated proteststions Re said, II
bet pound Of my flesh that the report il
not true" And laya Thousand scudi
against it," rejoined the Chrissisn, who
caused bond % BE- drawn to the effect,
that in cave the report should prove untrue,
then the Christian merchant, SiGnor Psal
n. Sschi, Y bound % pay ~ Jswsh ner-
chant 200 scudi, and On ~ oshse hasd,
Il ,he truth Of tho sews y cosAlalsd, the
Ohsisslau merchant, eigsor Paul i. 0ecAi,
d justified and empowered % eut with his
own hand, With : we'll shaspspsd knife, .
pound ,of the Jews fair nsah, Of that pare
of Ne body i might pleass sh,m ,Whsn
ths ns1s pOvsd tssls. tss uhsiss,aa iasiafsd
On his boad, but 4si,~ Governor havisk rot
wind of tbs a6sir, rcported L . tBs R0pe,
who condemned both Jew aud Chrjstiar u
tie sssllsySs from which they could Qnly b
~ pevipK Ass 4 ,Aeo0 sscsdi
y ~ hospital q ~ dxtiae bgidg9
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EIGHT OF THEN.
Presidential Tickets Now IN the Field.

Presidential Tickets Now IN tho Field.
The following are the tickets for the
Presidency 80 far nominated. -4.
PHILADELPHIA.
President, Ulysses g. Grant. Vice Presi-
dent, Henry Wilson
e.. CINCINNATI III.
President, Horace Greeley. Vice. -Presi-
dent, B. Gatz Brown.
NoNDEsCRIPT.
President, Victoria Z. Woodhull. Vice.
President, Frederick Douglass. .,..
...s REVENUE Reform. ......
President, William s. Grocsbeck. Vice.
President, Frederick Law Olmsted.
r.,- i~ LABOR REFORM
President, David Davis Vice. President,
Joel Parker. .-.
.-.. ... TEMPERANCE.
President, James. Black Vice President,
John Russell. .,.,,.,r. r..-.
- "a "A. {. AETI.NAsONIC. ...
President. Charles Francis Adams Vice.
President, G. II. Howard. .......
DEAOCRArIC.-(For the last time) Swsl-
lowed Cincinnati The ruling passion strong
in death-anyth hing to beat Grant.
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Author Of Charles O'Nalley.

Charles James Lever, the Irish novelist
and humorist, died At Trieste on Sunday,
ut the age of 63. He was native of Dub.
lin, the son Of an architect, in wealthy cir
cdmstanccs, and was literally educated in
bis native city, and at Gottingham in Ger.
many. He was dashing young man full
Of animated spirits, and especially reckless
on horseback. He began life as q physician
and gained credit as q man of courage and
skill in fighting the cholera in 1882. His
eminence in his profession gained him the
position of physician to the embassy ut
Brussels, where he remained three years,
and wrote Harry Lorrcquer," the first of
those humorous and piquant novels in
which he brought out all the merry and
dashng qualities. and the healthy flow of
that distinguished the Irish race. Charles
O'Msl'ey," ''Tom Burke Of Ours" and
Others followed. In 1842 he assumed the
of the Dublin University maga:
z'ne, which he kept three years, contribu-
ting to that periodical Maurice Ticrnsy,"
''C"n Cregan," etc. In 1S45 he went on to
the Continent and fixed his residence ut
1'yrole. and afterwards ut Florence. In
1858 he was appointed British consul at
Spezzia. and nearly ten years afterwards
Was transferredto Trieste. where be died.
MIR. Levers novels will live a. the most
lasihfuI memorial of Irish wit and spirit
:xtant. but will hold no place with Thack
ray ard Dickens, or nf George Elliott and
|teadc rs nice analysis of character, and !
Of socini evils.
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REDUCED TO THE RANKS.

The Inventor and Propriotor Of Tho oneo
Famsus Rcd Jacket 1itters" Enlists as
. Private seldier in the United States
Army.
From 1853 to 1887, says the Chicago
Tribune. the namc Of Bennett Pieters, was
very well known in the city. It was con.
nected with the Red Jacket Bitters, which
were then popular beverage, he advertised
largely In the papers, and posted on fences
and blank walls. Pieters himself was a
popular man among his set: he kept good
saddle and carriage horses; had rooms ut
the Sherman house; rave excellent suppers,
where the guests were not called on to
drink his bitters, but was RECALLED with
champagne, which was perhaps no better.
but was certainly much more expensive,
and did not openly offend any Of the pfopri.
etors. His income was large one, but hs
r,v"s I, -a,',y. nnu- uIu NOT IKE u gO0r
Chicagoan, put it in, real estate. He failed
to lay up treasures in these orthodox quar-.
tiers, and hence when calamity came upon
him he had nothing to fall back on. In
1867 some individual, thinking he might
also make little by going into the bitters
business, began the manufacture Of the Rel
Cloud Bitters. Pieters represented this ~
An infringement Of his rights, and brought
suit to have h's rival enjoincd' The mat.
ter was tried in the United States Court.
An expert chemist Analysed Pieters' pro.
ductions, and found they consisted Of poor
whisky, favored with tansy. dogfennei.
jimson weed, or some other substance
which possessed no special medicinal vir.
tues. Ultimately, the court decided that
his rights had not been invaded, and that
Red Cloud and Red Jacket might havo
and independently originated
bitters. This hurt Pieters but not half a.
much as the analysis. People had supposed
that his bitters owed their rare virtues to
samples unknown to the white man, gath
cred at midnight in primevM forests, by
grim Indian chiefs, or dusky Indian girls,
lark. but comely, like the tents of
Redar, or the curtains of King Solomon the
secrets having been specially communicated
% Pieters' under circumstances Of 80 private
! nature that they never became puplic.
When the illusion was dispelled, the sale
If Red Jacket stopped, and Peters income
The less money he had the
nole he drank. He got involved in trouble
With his partner, and finally, in 1869, after
he defeat Of Gen. Soloman, and his dcpar.
ure for Washington Territory, he accom-.
'anied him along with O'Brine, Hayden.
Church &C. lie returned from there few
months ago and after lettering around the
'ity doing nsthing, last Monday he enlisted
Is cavalry recruit in the regular army,
md embraced this desperate resort of . ~.
luccd gentleman.
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Communicated.
Free Trade WOrshiping Protection.

A melancholy Irishman has written to
one OF the English reviews the story Of his
wrongs. He came here To ''better himself
induced thereto by glowing accounts Of high
wages. lie receives, in dollars and cents,
about one and half times as much a. he
did ut home. His house rent is 500, instead
of $12O. His boots Cost SO, and last just
one third the time Of English ones that cost
g. He pays 25 cents, instead of 6, for get
ting his hair cut; and his best hats cost
him $40, instead Of $3,25. His whole list
of items is constant illustration Of the tie.
pressing effect of Protection upon the wa.
ges OF Labor. He says; Protective duties
are rObbipg the working classes enriching
character of American manufacturers a.
most beyond remedy. Free Trade would
reduce wages from . sham to q reality
The purchasing power Of dollar would
reach its real value One dollar would then
be better than three dollars nOw." We com.
mend to manual workers, this testimony of
one of themselves against the iniquitOus
system which, under the pretense Of pro.
tectiDg American Labor, is putting it more
and more in the power Of grinding mo.
n"poiles.-Dee, LOdge Indepenaent 18th
inst.
We wonder if that melancholy Irish
man" will vote for Greeley. Greeley goes
far beyond anybody else for those ''Protec
tive duties that are Obbing the working
= ia,sU>, curl ching few manufacturers.
and injuring the character of American
manufacturers almost beyond remedy"
But what is most singular, and dnnac
countable on the part Of the Independent, is,
to notice it ''cOmmends" the above testi.
'nony 10 laborers, while its Editors and
Proprietors are sailing their hats in the cir
hurrahng for Greeley the Chief of the
Highest Protective Tariff.
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COMNUNICArED.
7aE ERRATIc DssrRoYER.

M 1AG G18ACIC DEOT8OYE0.
Having received the personal congrstula.
tl0ns Of the majority of those attending the
Fifth Avenue Hotel Conference, Nj. Gree.
ley yesterday repaired to Chappaqua. &C.
companied BY party If about thirty incla
a!ng hIs daughter Ida and several Journal
'sh. Mr.. Greeley declined to converse
about Fridays Free Trade nominations, but
sent for what he calls his "Cincnnati axe. "
Armed with this formidable implement the
thermometer standing at 95 In the shade. he
cut down four large naples and trimmed
on the branches. A repast followed at which
Miss Ida Greeley presided Mioe2o Trio
Just - We expected. When every sane
man in oil the land looks upon the Maple"
above oil Other forest trees of America
with protective-venera;ion, enjoining upon
al, "Woodman spare that trse,r dottins the
undulating farms of the empire State; ,Hor-
ace Greeley is slashing ''four large naples"
cutting of every bongh with the ,heymom.
eter Ut W IN the shade" The rural papers
are recommending everywhere that the ma.
pie should be planted, and cultivated; but
Greeley, 10 show what he ''knows about
farming" is slasbing with his Cincinnati
axe" the beautiful aud venerable NAPLES of
Chappaqua with Us much ferocity rs . hun.
cry Democrat would slash half ripe melon.
Greeley cutting down naples When will
he hehsves Take away his Cincinnati axe"
and save the NAPLES. Restrain that man, he
has desroyed enough in his day and genera.
ton. 5...
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"NEAD LETTEK..'
Two Million Dollars Riskrd in Misdiycctcd
and CnmaiIabie Envelopes.

The aggregate carclessness Of the Amcri.
can people - strIkingly shown by stntis-
teal statement in the Posl"l Record of the
number of letters sen, to the Dead Letter
Office during n single year. 1t appears
that during last year nearly three millions
of letters were received at that offihe, Of
which six,y>eight could not he forwarded
for the reason that the county and state
were lett off the direction; four hundred
thousand were uns'smped, and more than
three thousand were mailed with no direc.
tiOn ut ALL ".
Some Of the unstsmped letters may have
lost their miniature portraits of American
statesmen through the .adhesiveness of
Uncle Sans mucilage, but how three thou
sand persons could mail simply blank envel
opcs, passes our comprehension. It must
he That they were hound ~ write \ letter
to some disagreeable acquaintance, and thus
deliver themselves from the burden Of
sowing letter" without the corresponding
obligation of receiving An answer, or else
the American people are wonderfully care
less. g @a. 1'@s". rs@.a7" t
The strangest part of this statement is
that there were found in these letters money
orders to the amount Of two millions Of dol.
lars. That tired lover or . cold friend
should write tender epistle and trust II to
the hands of Post Office clerk IN an envel.
opc innocent of even single line of direc.
ton, IS perhaps possible but that old John
Cashdown should send off his letters to his
business correspondents In the same faeh.
ion, 10 hard to he believed, f. 1s5* .af
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What was In a Freight Train.

Some idea Of the contents of freigh,
train of cars may be obtained from the fol.
lowing description of . recent smash up
on the Pennsylvania Central: The mass of
material in the wreck presented the greatest
possible mixture. There was . piano, and
. coffin, seventy five sewing machines,
hundreds Of coats torn aid mussed, cases
Of ready made clothing, socks, hosiery,
neck ties, hats. cases of silks and other ma
terials, kegs of carbonate of soda, two tons
Of plaster Of Paris, boots and shoes, lemons
and oranges, au immense quantity of shoe
pegs, half Car load of paper and envelopes
paint and varnish, mackerel, pickles, canned
fruit, needles, molasses, soda fountains, su.
gar smoked herring, ecoooanuts, nutmegs
and household furniture-in fact, almost
for stocking store, or for gen.
eral use in housekeeping. 7
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POETRY.
ONLY.

ONLY. ..
Only poisonous drop from the cup.
But 1t gave n thirst for more,
And awOke craving that wrecked u life
On barren. de.ert shore.
Twas only glance, a sc0rnful glance,
And II famed dreadful flame.
II was only kind, beseeching look,
But 1t won heart from shame
II was only dying mothers kiss
On n fair, pale cirsh face,
But always the thought Of that sacred touch
Drew her from evil xpsce.
Twsr only draught from the limpid stream,
But II saved the hunters Life.
Twas only the husbands familiar step.
Yet It cheered the gloomy wife.
1t was only II smile-a pleading smile
But II reached the hardened heart
And reused desire and an earnest will
To perform . nobler part. ra ..E..
1t was only tcar-a peariy tear
That stood Oh Lhc n'a,d""'~ ohssk, ''"t h7F
Yet it spoke sweeter goodby than words 81
liza We ever essayed u speak.
1t was only a w0rd-one single word
But sweet AZ the summers breath,
And II touched the spring Of thonghtless mind.
And rescued a soul from death.
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1t seems to he pretty well understood at
present that the Northern Pacific Railroad
will cross the Columbia about three or four
miles above the mouth of Snake River
A party of surveyors are locating the road
from that point to Pen dOre,lle Lake,
preparatory to let ting the contract for its
construction. The Company are indefatig-
able in their efforts to complete the road At
the earliest possible date. The Vice Presi.
dent and several other officers are expected
to arrive in short time Before returning
to the East, they will visit Walla Walla,
st which time we hope TO obtain infOrma.
ton in regard TO this great enterprise that
will interest our readers. Waua WalIo Rec
ord. .0. #. tEt
The Jewish Church, press and public, in
New York, have been scandalized by
. marriage between q German Jew Of
wealth aud good connections and his bro
ther's widow, union which, by Hebrew
Interpretation Of Mosaic law, Is incestuous,
and an objectionable sin. From . Chris /
tian standpoint the arrangement was .
highly desirsble one. The parties were
both rich and very much in love with each
other, but IN obstacle, fixed years ago by
IN othodox European Synod, threat !
ened excommunication II they consumma
ted their vows in wediock. Several Rab-
bis refused 70 unite them, and only whom
the bridegroom squivocated and told Dr..
Huebsch that be was cousin Of the brides
drss husband, would be solemnise the mar.
riage. the near relatives arc well enough
pleased, and only the organs and the priests
and the defenders Of the old laws and tra-
tliticns 1T JudaisdA. are especially pat ous
by Il. The Jewish 7Sssss referred y u y
an incestuous marriage, and severely criti.
cises. Dr. Haebscii = gailsyot wilful com.
pl,eity with rhs parties, Or criminal nsgsi>
A dozen psssons were stabbed O a. IN.
Dois ''plsae1rs excurdon.~
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REMOVAL OF AN N,MENsB CHIMNEY

s
REMOVAL. OF AN IMMENsB CHIMNEY
The Cabot Company, of Brunswick, Me-,
in order 10 enlarge their cotton mill, moved
their large smoke stack chimney, seventy.
eight feet high, seven feet nine inches
square at the base, and five feet square ut
the top, containing more than 40. 600 bricks,
and weighing more than 100 tons, twenty
feet, without rollers or balls. or guys or
braces to steady it--one of the greatest fea,s
ever performed in the State It was &C.
complished by building such ways ~ are
used in launching ships; surfaces planed,
creased, chimneys wedgei up. and moved
by two jack screws in four and half
hours. The flues were disconnected from
the boiler at 1 o'clock p. m., and at ~
O'Clock the same evening the dues We're
again connected, fires going, and steam up.
.fg sG --..AuD.e- ,a
Mrs. Laura D. Fair seems to be more
bsneful than the deadly Upas tree. The
breath of her nosirils and the flash of her
eye, like the fabulous wehr-wolf, blast
whatever passes within their circle. Virtue
and innocence shun her presence a. pois.
onous malaria Her victims, prosecutors
and defenders alike feel the whitening touch
of contact with her. Since her former trial,
Elisha Cooke, her counsel, 6prague OF the
Supreme Court, who was instrumental in
procuring new trial, and son Of Cristen.
den, her victim, have al died. She IL now
to 60 through the farce of new trial, and
then 60 forth again, breathing blight and
in the Sbcial circle "
A piscatorial Virginian recently conceiv.
cd the iden Of catching fish with nitro.gly.
cerine. At tho Kanawha falls he sunk
lin cartridge, containing about half pound
II glycerine, and connecting II with Z bal.
'cry, its explosion threw up a volume Ut
water some thirty feet high. With TIM
water were thrown up eighty-six fish,
lveraging from one and . half 70 thirteen
,ounds each. The lsh wGre not kille,l, b..
ne merely stunned, and we're readily pick.
lp BY = boat 3F 4. tssron
= = nj
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Gard Is Five Lines: Square Ten Lines. Of this
type, k'cal Business Notices - cents per line.
~ Correspondence short and ncwsy, solicited
from each camp. Writer'S name must accompany each
letter TO guarantee good faith. Permission to use
same or initials preferred.