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COuto Oo mauo WttuOut AuOlCiOual Cost,
or atleass 30 slight as not worth men.
tioning.
On motion Of Alderman Carroll, the
Committee on New City Hall was in
strocted to have thsN necessary changes
made. E
Alderman Tay lor presented the sample
OF cap for police uniform, and recon.
mended that the Council furnish the
same to the force; the cost for patrol
men 50. 80 each. aud for officers ST. rs
each.
On motion, the recommendation o'
the Committee was adopted
Alderman Carpenter presented letter
from Eugene Cramer, scenic artist, ask.
lug for the contract of painting the
stage in the new Opera House, IN the
New City Hall now bsiug ccnst nctcd
here. The same was referred TO lb,
Committee on New City Hall
4 motion by Alderman Lowud.:s
that. in connection with The caps voted
for by Council for the police, they also
furnish the numbers and trimmings
and also new bolts for them, was no,
| acted on.
On motion of Alderman C,opcr
Council adjourned.
CHARLES BARNUAI, City Clerk.
------Ss S-----
The AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH H-1'ur ar,
of te:egraphy has been wonderfully in
proved Of late by notable system
called tho automatic. In the report o.
Postmaster General CresswelI, this me
thod was highly lauded. He was se
verely tuken to task for this offioiu
praise aud determined to probe the III ut
ter vigorously. 1t WIS arranged thut til,
Presidents message shonld be the test
The World gives the result thus:
! Some preliminary messages of gree,
ing aud arrangements were first sent
then ut precisely sour minutes before II
'ha Presidents mrsoaYe was announce,
to be coming, uud loud whiz flied tn
ofiitc u n whrc! begun to revoive, turn
ing off take after 'iake'o the ducu
iurns. Tl. WIZ continued, broke,
only by short int,rmissious to suppl
new tape, until oiShtcen INMATES an,
stopped m Suddenly AS it ha,i begun
aud the Presidents message Of ~. on
words was i'll the Office in the form q
twenty three bundios of narrow paper
hung up on rs many hooks. Tie tim
| oCouPieti III tItnSUllSSlOD WAS tWenty
two minutes and IL half, und this with
single wire. Tho number of words
mlnu.u sent was about 800. Tho mes
sage was then re-transmittcd to Wash
iugton ln about the same time that
had taken to come, and then Postmustc
james bade good night to the Post
master General, aud Puck's promise t,
girdle the earth in forty minutes ha,
been put to shame. The .uperiutend
ent of the company claims that its on
wire will do the work of twenty. v
ordinary wires, and telcgraphing ren
dered proportionateiy cheaper"
If this mode Of tclegraphing shoult
come into greater prominence. it seem
to us that other companies will eithe
huve to secure u system Of cQnal ra
pidity In transmitting messages o
".hut up shop"
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A BLOODY DAY.-We have news from
various quarters that Christmas day
passed s@:d scsaes G: blood, riot and
drunkenness. No wonder the heavens
we're overcast and shed rainy tear r-drops.
The birthday Of the Prince of Peace
has been turned into O Saturnalia of
riot. bloodshed. debauohery and VIC.
lence. Shame upon those who thus dis.
credit the day!
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NERVOUS DRD1n1rY.-A DspaEssEp,
IRRITABLE STATE OF MIND; WEAK, NKR:
voCs, EXHAUSTED FEELING; NO ENERGY
OR ANIMATION; CONFUSED HEAD, WEAK
MEMORY, OFTEN WITH DEBnITATINa, IN. :
VOLUNTARY DIsCHARaRs.-rbe conse-'
qnence OF excesses, mental over-wor or
iudiscretions. THIS NERVOUS DEbnIrsY
finds SOVEREIGN CURE in HuMPHREYs'
HoMGPATHIo SPECIFIC, No. 28. It
tones up the system, arrests discharges,
dispels the mental gloom and despond-
ency, and rejcvenates the entire system;
it is perfectly harmless and always Ell
ficient. Price $5 for package Of five
boxes and large So vial OF powder,
which is important in old serious cases;
Or 81 per single box Sold by ALL
Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt Of
price. Address HUMPHREYS SPEcF1o
HoMGHATu1c MEDICINE COMPANY, No.
562 Broadway. N. Y. For sale by
GE1oER Il McGnEaon, Columbia, 8. @.
Dec17 Him
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SINGULAR STonY OF SEA FAR1NG LIFE
Patrick O'Ncal and Frank Miller, two
of the crew Of the schooner Tubal Cain,
OF Gloucester, Mass. who left the vessel
to visit their travis, October IL, aud
disappeared in fog and were supposed
to have perished. have been heard from
at London. The men we're six days an d
nights in boat, without nything to
eat or drink, except n little rain en- one
occasion, which soaked their clothing
aud gave some relief. On the seventh
morning, they were picked up nearly
dead from exhaustion by a Norwegian
brig. bonnd to London, and kindly
cared for. No tiding, have yet been
received of George Cock and Jesse
Oliver, belonging to the Same vessel,
who nobly risked their lives to 90 in
search of these their companions, but
ncver returned.
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Forbear to sport an opinion ou sub.
ject of which you are ignorant, espe.
CHILLY in the presence of those 10 whom
it is familiar. If it be not always in
your power to spenk to the purpose, il
certainly is to be- silent; and though
thousands havo remembered with pain
their garrulity. few have had reason tc
repent their silence.
missionary among tho freedmen in
Tennessee, after relating to some little
colorcd children the story of Anaua.
and Sapphiru, asked them why God
does not strike everybody dead that
tells lie. when '.'one Of tho least in the
room answered, "Because there wouldn't
bo anybody left"
"What do you seu those fowls for?'
inquired person Of q man attempting
to dispose Of somo chickens of ques
tionable appearance. II sell them 70,
profits, was the answer. "rhank you
for the information that they are pro
phets. responded the querist, Il took
them to be patriarchs.
Died, on the Goth Of D December. in the
sixty fifth year of her age. at Orange.
burg, Mrs. Anna Murray Sims Knowl.
ton' uaugnter OF the late BeDJamin and
Priscilla Sims, of Augusta. Ga, and
:c!:c. ot Tie late Augustus Kuowltou, oi
New York.
This manifesto was recently posted in
the streets of Down East town: "To
oil whom i; may concern: This is to cor.
tify, that have failed; my creditors
may go and hang themselves.
"WILLIAM ROY"
Genet. the escaped New York rings.
man, is gran dson of that Monsieur
Genet, who was sent as Minister from
France to this country during tho time
Of Jefferson.
The Methodist Episcopal Church,
North, during the past year, is said
to have gained in money 81, 1000, 900.
and in memDersbip 5000.
An English publisher, who ad yertised
"Joaquin Miller, half cnlf." is threaten.
ed with libel euit.
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The venerable Johns Hopkins. OF BAL
imore. died in that city on Wednesday
morning. at a very advanced age. He
was the richest man in the city, bis pro-
perty being valued Mt from $4,000, 900
to $40, 600. 600. His parents were
Friends, but he did not maintain an
never married. His life was one of de-
voted energy. in which his conduct was
guided by forecast aud remarkably good
Judgment. he has made Especially in
late years. q most liboral use of his i'm
mense wealth. by giving large sums to
public benefuctivns. and to works de-
Iaigncd to promote tbs comfort aud plea.
sure OF the people aud increase the
wealth and power OF the city OF Balti.
more. He has not only by the liberality
OF his donations. but also by the wisdom
with which they we're besto we'd, estab-
lished grand claim to the titlu of a
public benefactor.
The Norfolk Virginian editor has not
forgotten the days OF his youth. Hear
him Christmas morning as he went to
take his matutinal egg nogg:
The unicorn, the drunkurd. the proud
man, oil these lift up their horn. Every
public man and almost every private
one blows his own horn. Fiction is de-
scrihed by the sarcastic "as in horn. -
Then why should not tho small boy
have his horn and blow 1t mt his own
sweet, noisy will?
The DOUGLASS INFANTRY. Some time
since company Of colored men, called
the Douglass Infantry, was organized in
Augusta, Ga. The officers were duly
elected, by order from tho Governor,
and commi ssionod The company,
which IS composed Of 1fty men, rank
and file. purchased its own arms, En-
field breach loading rifles, equipments
and uniform. The company will have
its first public parade next Thursday
Emancipation Day.
'Miss Mowry, half-broed, of Bay
City, Mich, has fallen heir to proper
ty at Pittsburg. Penn. worth about
50. 10000 Why will people use the
word fallen in such cases as that, asks
the Courier Journal SO far from e1-
periencing anything like sense OF fall
ing, we'll be bound that girl feels pre-
oisely as if she had gone up fifteen miles
in balloon and had gotten astraddle a
rainbow.
This is the way tie talented author OF
q new and thrilling romance expressed
it: "a hard, fiendish laugh, scornful
and pitiless, forced its passage from his
throat, through the lips that curled in
mookery at her appeal; she covered her
oespairing face, and gust and whirl.
vino OF sorrowing agony burst forth in
her Irresistible tears"
Raleigh Neos: The Saturday before
the adjournment of the General Assem-
bly,, large nupber OF the members
contributed, as Christmas Gift, one
days per diem, SIS each, to the orphan
asylum. The amount aggregated over
$500.
1t is reported that son of Brigham
Young is going to marry newly estab.
lished female seminary.
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,OuR Book aTAplEs yMr. Bryan has
furnished % aeppy OF, ,t;Naneyr'..a novel;,
by Rhods Bronghton3 author OF .tGoodssss
bye, Sweetheart. "''.Rsd as Is Rooaasi Roa p Is g.
She" etc. This is certainly one Of the
brightest and most entertaining novels
that has appeared for many years. The
incidents. though sometimes startling
and unexpected. are very natural. aud
the characters and story. from the be-
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attention OF the reader. The work has
been warmly commended by the press
during it's publication. as a serial, in
Appleton's Journal, and, in it's book
form, bids fair to be decidedly the novel
Of tho season. Price, in paper covers.
sevvnty-iye cents.
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-St.
Peters (Oa!ho!;c) Chnrch-Rev. J. L.
Fullerton, First Mass A. NJ; Second
Mass 1o.'9 A. NJ; Vespers ~ P. NJ.
Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand,
Rector, II A. NJ. and 1 p NJ.
Lutheran Churcl-Rev. A. Il. Rude,
II a. NJ.
Washington Ssrert Church Services
1T II A. NJ. aud 81 P. NJ.
Presbyterian Church-Eev. J. II.
Bryson, II A. M. and p. IL.
Baptist Church-Rev. J. X. Menden-
ball, 10ls A. NJ. and TIP. NJ. Sunday
School ut 8 Z. NJ.
PHo:SIxIASA.-Thought is to the
brain whnt sound is to the instrument.
The cup that cheers is mostly fol-
lowed by the hick.oup.
Calcraft, tho old e1ecutioner, says his
assistant is not yet quite up to the
naTh-ho hasn't quito SO: .he hang 9:
it.
1t has now become question as to
whether phrenologist can toll what a
barrel contains by examining its head.
Distillers say that the continued de-
mand for increased piquancy to their
whiskey cannot be granted unless iron
barrels are employed. as the quantity of
loil o. yitriol already used burns through
the wooden slaves.
The friend who pardons great
wrong acquires superiority that wounds
the self-love OF the pardoned man; and
however much the latter may admire the
generosity of the giver, he can love as
be had previously done-no moro.
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IIUN NV|GCe UFtCICh:
For most of the years have lived. the escape
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History That romance is now ended, and our
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From G.H. y. o. VotrGrd:
Ion could not prepare a work tina: wog'i 81
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From jym H. FuHcSs. d. D.:
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Fran lion Henry Tiisoa. rice President:
You have done u good work This sorry o.!
the heroic c"nduc; of fugtires of oppression,
aud Of the devotion Of their friends. viii be
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From Joha G. Whittier :

IT0H JOHH .. u HlIt.tT:
The b0ot is more Interesting Htdn anu r0a nance
Il will be Of permanen; value to the historian Of
The country daring the an'i.slavery struggle.
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