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!.
. The TAX BILL PASSED.
Mr.. emoot moved to take Up the tax bill; agreed
The hill was read third time, when Mr. Brown
asked u u was too late 70 amend the bill. The
reading wss reconsidered. After q long debate be-
tween Messrs wall and Shep the third reading
Mr. Brown offered amendments reducing the items
oftax In the county, which were rejected.
long debate took place on these amendments in
which Messrs; Wall and Brown urged that the tax
Proposed for the county vas out Of proportion and
Also that tine county hsd not hsd IL proportion Of
Mr.. UreIl objected 70 taxing portisn Of the Dis
riet which had not been benefited, and he charged
.s The q , had in the
MT. smoos dsispasa dc bin .. reported and urged
cisncy Of revsAss could be reissd. =.
NJ. Hunt moved TO make the totsitax Sl.U In.
M. snscot II would Nike to kpes bow st n pro.
Icsed 70 make up the sum required BY the govern
Mr. Hnnt.-By retresehnenf. fhs se,aieman
anSws that The ezpense. Of the ssvernmess can be
Mr.. snoot answered thss retrenehment should 10
:, The amendment was rejected: Yeas-hs.srs
fr, H E,on S,rrSll, cs.e Hsrsert, asut
Sss b s.a ssi.s, sexsshs. sS. sss.s
Seos 1sliafsra, and vsEmilii0n-D. ~ -
nl rn. on, .n ~ then passee' Hessis Aayssssss
The bill proviaes there shali be levied ON .il tsx-
Of Two Sa.r. ., ..e S Of s IND
sss.ed value Of said Ieopersy: on like property in
county Of eshington outside the limit Of said
sties tsx 81 one DOLLAR and fifty cents ON each o0
u the ssseseed value Of said property which suans
slaIl be divided asfoiows. namely On propsrty IN
tie city of Washington-Eor eeaersl fund Of the
kmps and public buildings, II cents for the Metro
eaehsr! in Tie p1S sos, ncuans cocrs %
f0 scsf .nG Gs
4 ',srest on bonds Of the District q ColsmSia %
BIZ cents for tntsrest on bonds q hs city Of
VA bneton, - cent?; for sinking fund OF the Dis
ttiet II Cofatis Is cents On property in the city
q Geo rEetoxn- tor general fund o. the District q
Column Va, 70 cents, for gas for street LAMPS and
pn bic .7fidipFs n cents for Metropolitan police,
y e.rts or Tie svppprt Of the public schoch, in.
frnd Is cen =; for fntercst bonds Of the District
q Colombia, - Cents for interest en- water stock
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MI KENepoN BOB a HoRsl,-W what tAe purse
81 Hing Richard could not then procure, eli can
ment VIII not raise the dead hOsre Of . hing. hut
y Will cure lame one, and-mure tam thst-it
Etn e most remsrkable thing for sweliihgs, stiff
world has ever seen. A man oueht tn an fer
Hltn me Rheumatism who has not tried this
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Lockwood. Hufty s. Taylor,

Are receiving large additions Of and desirable
Goods IN each department, particularly adapted for
the season, at prices 70 suit the wants o. all.
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3 BUILDING PERMITS have been issued a. fol-
lows: l. Chapel, IL three-story brick dwell
irgs. II street. between sth and Sth northeast;
and and ID streets northeast; MarRaret
Avery, three-story buildings, Maryland ave
nae, between 9Th and Ith streets northeast
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-10-11
OuP7Country.

Napoleon inspired his soldiers in
Egypt by reminding them that from the
pyramids forty centuries looked down
upon them. The eyes of all the ages.
past aud future, are upon us. The
worlds tyrants regard our power with
jealous hate and incredulous wonder.
eagerly waiting its overthrow. The
longing hearts of all the earth's op-
pressed and the waiting eyes of every
friend Of human liberty are turned upon
our country in joyous faith or in ap-
proving admiration. Fugitives from
famine and sword and the old world
tyrannies crowd our shores and share our
blessings. The continent and its islands
wait to enlarge our empire, and our en-
ample is the worlds evanpel of liberty
But best and holiest of all our trusts.
our country is the hallowed asvlum of
the whole earth, sanctified by the pray
ers Of the prosecuted of every sect, and
crowned by the blessings of the down
trodden of every nation. Truly, ours is
land of refuge and benedictions-a
goodly heritage, not only to enjoy, but
to preserve and transmit. Nav we ever
be worthy of turst so sacred. histo-
ry so iIIustrious, a mission so grand. Bv
power without wrong, by Justice with
out stain, by gratitude and trust in Him
who ''ruleth in the nations" and whose
blessings have covered MS, may we mer-
it his continued guidance and care. that
the regenerated nation, closing forever
the ghastly pages of slavery, rebellion
and war, may pass on to the loftier tri-
umphs Of freedom and of peace, press
ing all its powers to the solution of the
crowding problems of industrial devel-
opment and moral progress, still holding
worthily its unchanged first rank among
the nations of the earth.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1910.
JanerfO.
Brazil Correspondent Of Springfield Union.

| correspondent NJ.
a Few days ago most ridiculous af-
falr happened in the harbor. An ice
ship from Boston entered the bav. com.
manded by Captain Green, in the South
America trade. Fort Santa Cruz. not
recognizing his house flag, hailed him,
and ordered him to "heave tor But
the WORTHY skipper didn't speak Portu.
guese, and the simple statement of the
name of his vessel, which he hurled at
the fort, was not at all satisfactory; so
blank shot was fred as a mild sngges-
ton for him to stop. But he called for
liis revolver, and pointing it skywald,
fired six successive shots.
Then solid shot from the fort skipp-
ed aross his how, and another better.
aimed, passed through his forcsail. The
fort and two shore batteries opened fire
upon him, and several Of his light spars
were cut awav. But he kept on his
course rejoicing loading and firing his
revolver. Finally he reached his quar-
antine and came to anchor Just as his
flying gibboom went bv the hoard. He
was then SO near the other shipping that
they dared fire on him no longer, and
the Polce-DoaI. Ine cnStOn-hOlSe- boat,
and the health-boat all boarded him, to-
gether with the captain of the port, who
with more vigor than politness, wanted
tn know "Why in--he didn't heave!''
"lleave to-" calculated the astounded
skipper, Was that what you wanted?
Good Lord! ] thought you were salut-
ing tie American fagr' "Diable!"
shouted the officers in chorus, and set
the case down as additional evidence of
lunacy which they regarded as a ne
cessary ingredient Of the American char
aCtpr ...
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BARNUM's NEWEST ENTERPRISE. Tile
problem of crossing the Atlantic in a
balloon is yet to be solved, and if no one
else accomplishes it, Mr.. Z. T. Barnum
will move i'll the matter. In note from
Waldmere, he says; "lf balloon does
not cross the Atlantic the present at-
tumn, | will expend fifty thousand DOL
lars, If necessary, i'll having the feat
attempted, and if possible accomplished
as early next year as may be, provided
one or more eronauts can be found in
America or Europe who have faith in
its success, and will heartily attempt it's
accomplishment within twelve-months.
AS at present advised, shall have the
silk material manufactured in China, put
together and prepared under the direc-
ton of scientific men in London, an ex-
perimental ascension made from the Sy-
denham Crystal Palace Grounds, then
bring the balloon to America, and make
the transatlantic trip from New York"
There is the ring of the true metal to
this. We believe the Messrs. Goodsell
honestly intended to have their balloon
cross the Atlantic; but they were un-
fortunate in its manufacture. Mr.. Bar
mum is not the man to admit of any
such word as fail"
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Heat Out Of $4,000.

When a gambler scents man with
money, he will follow him if needs
be, to the gates of eternity, if he thinks
he can get il. He will lay in wait
at every street corner, and will plot Sc
ductive plans to catch him and will pur-
sue HIM until the last shadow of a
chance to get hold of the money disap-
pears. An illustration of this has re-
Gently occurred i'll Chicago where n man
who was the possessor of $1,000 was
pursued, from place to place, and al
though aware that he was pursued and
of the object of the pursuit, was
finally ensnared and beaten out of all
his money.
A gambler recently arrived in Chica-
go, and registered himself at kuhns'
European Hotel us h. Gotier, of New
York. His vocation was not known to
the proprietor of the house. On the
same day, and by the train, a gentle
man arrived from Milwaukee, who put
up at the Sherman House. lie also reg
istered as hailing from New York. 1t
has since been learned that Gotier had
met the gen leman in Milwaukee, and
had discovered that he had large
amount of money with him, and had en-
tlced him into "A faro bank there, where
he had beat him out of $1,000. The
gentleman who had been victimized was
induced to keep the matter still, through
fear that if given to the police of Mil
waukee, his own name would be made
public. The next day after his loss, he
lett for Chicago Gotier had ''piped"
hlm, to usea gamblers expression, and
arrived in tins city, as before re-
marked, on the same train with his vie
tim. His object i'll following his victim,
was to secure large amount of money,
of which he knew him to be possessed.
He succeeded in carrying out his plans
for securing he rest OF the money, with
the assistance of another gambler, who
he assumed the name of II. q. Alosler.
The latter person found out where the
object OF their intrigues had put up, and
Tor hwlth set about to get HIM iuto his
clutches. 1t took but two days Tor him
to do this. He did it by also stopping
at the Sherman, and making the
acquaintance OF the victim at the dinner
table. lie met him whenever AN OPP
portunity presented itself, nd finally
told him that he knew how ne had Deen
used by 90, ier in Milwaukee, and re-
marked that Gotier, was, at the time
stopping at the Kuhns' Hotel, on Dear
borne street, and that for certain sum
of money he would agree to beat him
(Gotier) out of the 81 200 he had won
from him. In the event that the game
was played, the gentlemen who had to
take hand in it, and stake some mon
ey Ia nominal amount), in order as the
artful fellow said, to hide from cot
ier's eyes, the real object of the game.
To this arrangement the gentleman as
sented, after some hesitation. The
game was played in kuhns' Hotel. 1t
was a game of faro, and the result of it
as might be anticipated, that gentleman
who had been the loser of $l 900 in Mil
waukee lost not far from $4,000 in the
second game. When it closed he was
frienzed, on account of the loss, and
rushed out of the hotel, and, securing a
police officer returned to effect the ar
rest of the gamblers. pp lla
OF course they had made their escape
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A story is circulating, which tells how
a fair young lady went to drug store
and told the man to fix her up dose of
castor oil, and mix it with something to
take the taste away. The man told her
to wait In few moments he asked her
if she felt like taking a glass of soda wa
ter. She accepted the invitation and
drank the beverage. Presently she asked
the roller of pills why he didn't give her
the castor oil. The man smiled tri-
umphant smile, and said; MADAME, you
have taken it. l mixed a fearful dose
with that soda water!'' She turned pale; /;
she sank into chair; she gasped: "Oh,
horror! l wanted it for my mother"
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improving, when all Of sudden he
found that he loved Mabel.
Then the silly young man, afraid of
the wealth of the Ringwoods, allowed
concealment to prey upon his frame, and
grew as thin rs a shadow.
After a time he ceased to. visit his
friends, and Mabel grew as thin as
shadow, too. But the doctor whose
practice had grown extensive, drove by
each day, like Jehu the son of Nimshi,
AMI never even looked towards the
house.
And Mabel would sit by the window
and cry. But when her fla ther would
ask her what troubled her she would
not tell him.
Old Mr.. Ringwood was sorely troub-
led. He liked the doctor, and wonder
ed what allied him, and why he stayed
away so perseveringly. And he loved
Mable, and wondered why she was
growing SO terribly pale and thin. But
for all his study the riddle remained un-
read.
One day a thought like an inspiration
flashed into his mind. lie would send
for the doctor to come to Mabel.
No sooner decided upon than done,
and Hugh came over in haste, believing
she was very i'll. The servant was ex-
plicit. .F
"Where is she?" he cried, 'and how
long has she been sick?''
The old gentleman saw that he was
intensely excited, and he got another
inspiration.
i'll, L.,
ed. 81 guess that she's only pining for
you"
Poor Doctor Hugh! lie turned all
sorts of colors, and grasped chair for
support.
"lf you love her, my boy, go in and
win," said the old gentleman warmly.
"pve not the slightest objection, pro-
yided your love is reciprocal, aud shall
feel proud to have you for my son in
law. Don't mind the money, my boy,
but only think that human nature is
human nature, for all the tinsel of dol
lars" And he slipped from the room
just as Mabel entered it by another
door.
"Hugh!"
"Mabel!'
DO you think, kind reader, that we
would intrude on scene of private
love-making? We shall not do it, so
you will be disappointed, perhaps.
''But did Think" said Mabel, after
wards" that if you had the courage to
kiss me twice, the very first time you
saw me, almost, You might have been
brave enough to ask me whether low
ed you or not, instead of running away
from me-"
"Ihen you were conscious?" said
DIR. Hugh. "You might have rebuked
me-"
81 had seen your face, remember, and
| rather liked to be kissed by you"
And that is all that needs to be said.
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Th cpPOet RFyanL

The following pleasing picture of one OF
our greatest poets as he appears at home, Is
from the L0keside Nonthtu.
His piety is simple and sincere. There
is no more revereRt nature than his.
His confidence i'll the Eternal Goodness
is entirely beautiful He follows the Mas
ter with a loving, tender, rational,
devout spirit, that brings his life to The
test of the Divine pattern. His HYMNS
breathe the sweetest Christian senti-
ment. He lives in serene mood, in full
trust of an Immortality that shall give
being 10 freer expansion and mote-
ment, yet not impatient of delay here
In the flesh. As regards his habits, no
man is more frugal and temperate than
he. He subsists OH what is called
''homely fare" He eats sparingly of
meat and fish. Fruit cooked and raw,
milk, brown bread and hominy, comprise
his staple food. lie takes his wine III
the fresh plucked grape, of which he is
successful cultivator. Tea and coffee
he never uses. Tobacco in all its forms
he hates. The ridiculous report started
few years ago that he takes opium for
an inspiration, has no foundation what
ever, but in the diseased imagination of
some story-teller, utterly ignorant of
the man. 1t is entirely false. Though
rather slightly built, and never of robust
constitution, his health has been wonder
fully preserved by Difference to hygenic
rules. He loves the baths, lively exer-
ci Sc and early hours. He rises at five
O'Clock, or thereabouts, and retires early,
never doing mental work in the evening.
To see him climbing the hills and leap
ing the fences, none would think him
old. In his heart at least is perennial
youth. his penmanship is still clear and
strong. Would that our young folks
could write half so well His country
residence at Roslyn, L. l., is most
charming in location, surroundings and
outlook, filling ones dream of poets
home. 1t is three or four hours sail
from New York, and here he lives du-
ring eight months of the year. He spends
his winters in the city. s,
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God Is knocking,
Ever knocking,
At the hearts thrice bolted door,
Which we're locking,
Ever locking,
As we on have done befOre.
And we hear, yet hearing, heed not,
While We faster bolt the door.
He Is calling, .....
Ever calling,
In soft and gentle tone,
To the fallen,
And the falling,
To the weary and the lone,
Sill they answer not the summons,
Till the spirit voice has flown.
He's entreating,
Fer entrealiug,
BY His mercy. by His care,
Knocking, knocking,
And repeating,
Calling, calling, this His prayer:
Let me enterp Hear il mortal,
Open wide the sin.locked portal; d..
Hear IL, mortal open quickly,
God is waiting at the door.
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THE PATuos OF PovERrY.-A Detroit

newspaper tclls tue lOlloWlhS Sloiy
A boy about ten years of age, leading
lively little dog, called at the Central
station and asked if that was the place
where they shot dogs. Being answered
in the affirmative he said; "Well, please
shoot my poor little Dan. He's an aw-
full good dog, and he plays with the ba.
| by all day; but fathers deaf, and
mothers sick, and can't raise money
to get license" Then turning to the
dog, the boy lifted him up tenderly and
stroked him, saying: "Poor Dan! How
Billy will cry when l tell him you are
deadw Great tears rolled down the
boys face, and in little while those
around him made up purse sufficient
to save his dog, and two persons went
with him after the license. The boys
eyes fairly sparkled at his unexpected
luck, and speaking TO the dog, he cried
out: "You'r saved, Danl your saved;
let's 60 home to Billy!" - ''" y
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and the poor victim of of their villainy
was reduced TO the forlorn hope Of
catching them in a pursuit. The mat
ter was reported at Police Headquarters
where it had been kept very quiet, the
officials declaring they knew nothing Of
1t, when it is well known, TO limited
number, that they do. Gotier's bag
gage is still at Khuns', which make it a
possibility that they may yet be caught.
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ERIE RAIL WAY.

Abstract Of Time 1ahe Adopted Nay 26h, 1872
pULLMAN'S best Drawing-room and
II Seeping1 e, aches, combining all modern i'm
provements, through all trains from Buffalo
Suspension Bridge Niagara Fale Cleveland and Gin.
all lines of foreign and coastse steamers and also
with Sound Steamers and railway lines fcr Boston and
other New England cities
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A topper got so much on his stomach
the other day that said organ repelled
the load. As he leaned against the
lamp-post, vomiting, a little dog hap
pened to stop by him, whereupon he in
dulged in this soliloquy: ''Well, now,
here's II conundrum. | know where ate
those baked beans; | remember where
ate that lobster; | recollect where | got
that rum, but I'm hanged if / can recall
where | ate that yaller dog. Exchange.
This reminds one of fellow over in Con-
neaut, who went home and TO bed, one night,
pretty well set up. In TIL course of the night
the load upon his stomach had to be discharg-
ed. He felt under the bed for a receptacle,
but his disiciions not being very nice, drew
out Il basket of newly hatched goslins In the
morning, when he glanced at the admixture
the earnest inquiry was made-"Wife, how
the devil did come TO swallow these uhings~
Ed. TEL.
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strains stop only on Signal. xTrains do not Stop
zTelegraph Stations, Cleveland TIME .r
The Way Freight trains stop ut Jefferson in going
West. at 4b2P NJ and going East at 1855 A, M. These
trains carry passengers yTH 4-s'. 'r'I =
Passenger fare at the rate of per mile to way
stations counted in even half dimes.
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4 OF the eighty eight girls who have ca,
tered Michigan University, thirty y-segen
win study in the medical Department..
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A man in Washington county n. Y.
kicked another man and was arrested
for SO doing. When brought before
justice of the peace, he Informed his
honor that the man he had kicked was a
lightning rod man. The justice at once
discharged him, with the remark: "The
man who wouldn't kick lightning rod
man whenever he finds one is unfit to en-
Joy the liberties for which Washington
fought, and Thomas Paine wrote"
That justice had paid $500 for lightning
rods on his house last spring.
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Novel Duck Hunting

An ingenious Minnesota youth is TO q
credited with novelty in the way Of
duck hunting.
lie lives at a beautiful spot known as
Rice Lake, from the wild rise growing
, on its margin as thick as wheat in fields.
Ducks love this rice, and when they
have partaken of sufficient quantity their
flesh becomes of a nature to tempt the
palate of an anchorite. But the Rice
Lake ducks, either from experience or
an instinct which may be said to be wis
dom intensified, do not like human COM
pany, aud when they see a hunter ap-
preaching, generally hasten out of gun
shot range. Dick, the youth before al
luded to, was particularly fond of ducks
and looked with contempt upon the fu-
tile efforts of his sire to provide the
table with this delicacy. He determined
to have some ducks for dinner, if it took
all the morning to accomplish the task.
Proceeding to the corn field, he selected
large pumpkin, cut hole in one end,
removed its internal arrangements, car
ried it down to the shore, divested him.
self of his clothes, placed the pumpkin
over his head, and waded in among the
rice. In short time the fat and tender
pioneer of a flock of ducks approached,
and, imagining the vegetable to be free
from guile, encouraged the others to
follow. They were partaking of their
matutinal meal, when astonishment
struck them at the sight of the pioneer
suddenly diving-not that there is any
thing astonishing in duck diving-but
this one dived feet foremost and neglect
ed to come up. A committee of one
was appointed to investigate, and ap-
preaching the pumpkin, suddenly made
backward dive, and was gone. This
was enough for the others. They fled
in dismay, and henceforth numbered as
among their deadliest terrors the inno-
cent ingredient of New England pies.
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Enthusiasm Necessary to success.

There was never, probably, time III
the worlds history when high success
in any profession demanded harder or
more incessant labor than now. Men
can no longer go at one leap into emf
nent position. The world, as Emerson
says, is no longer clay, but rather iron
in the hands of its workers, and men
have got to hammer out place for
themselves by steady and rugged blows.
Above all, deep and burning enthusi-
asm is wanted i'll every one who would
achieve great ends. No great thing is,
or can be, done without it. 1t is a
quality that is seen wherever there are
earnest and determined workers-in the
silence of the study and amid the roar
of cannon, in the painting of picture,
and i'll the carving of statue. Ability,
learning, accomplishment, opportunity,
all well, but they do not of them
selves insure success. Thousands have
all these, and live and die without bene-
fitting themselves or Others. Men, on
tue other hand, of mediocre talents of
ten scale the dizzy sleeps of excellence
and lame because they have firm faith
and high resolve. 1t is this solid faith
IN ones mission-the rooted belief that
il is the one to which he has been called
this enthusiasm, attracting an Agas-
siz to the Alps or Amazon, impelling a
Pliny to explore volcano in which he
is to lose his life, and nerying Vernet,
when tossing III fierce tempest, to
sketch the waste of water, and even the
wave that is leaping to destroy him
that makes the heroic spirit; and wher-
ever it is found, success, sooner or later,
is almost inevitable.-Prof. Matthe,o.