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Housekeepers will find n tempting array Of
staple and fancy groceries at Mr.. NJ Hsoketts corner
of Dryades and ThaIia streets. He has choice teaS
new buckwheat and golden syrup layer raiSinS otron
currants mince meat etc. all at reasonable prices and
delivered free of charge.
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We would advise all those going North, who
seek speed comfort to get their tickets through by
way the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, of
which genial and energetic young gentleman
E. p Shute, ESQ, is the general ticket agent.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

The heavy sales, the large posters PIacarded
around town. handbills to be seen everywhere al
servo to show that n. Cognn. 10 and % Canal Etree
in earnest and Ii bound sell of his clothing Ss nall
prics and tbooe damaged ut much less. II neeessary
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

Ruflings have now become stylish, and make
the ladies look we'll Levy Bros, $50 Magazine street.
have large assortment, at low figures.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

1t took dollars formerly to keep schoolboy
in clothing but since NJ CoGAn had his stock sghtly
damaged by re at SO Canal street, dimes will
answer rs his prices are 30 low.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

The Clearing House that will return you the
value of currency deposited demand is that of NJ
Cogan 10 and 80 Canal etreot, where hats caps and
clothing can be had at hAlf.price-
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

Laplace's Indian TurniP Pectoral Balm is
universally Acknowledged the quickest and surest
euro for coughs colds aud bronchial affections. Try
the next time you afflicted All good druggists sell
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

Among the many attractions that make the
store of Levy Bros fAv0rts resort ioa arc .'
pretty corsets they retail 30 cheaPSt %" ST.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23

All colors of Empress cloth retail at 25 cents
It Levy BrOs., $50 Magazine street.
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Hats, Gaps, clothing, trunks, valises, at half
price for cash at H. CogAnS 10 and 90 Canal Etreet
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The champion letterer and sign painter, 1873
GirOd street.
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Transient Advertisements q so Per square each In
TTenty.ayo Fer cent discount allowed on TIE aboVs
EAfe0.- -7
Cuts inserted a6 abovo rates. Ntthf @3atScoun6.
Death and Marriage HotacsA y sAoh 1nsoESsss,a.
: Wnnfa nd Rr1nEun1 Inf1EnaA1inn A6vegNl1an anqlllr
49, = - ifrflSsHl - err = s.'ro
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Signs painted in the most artistic manner at
3Ss GIrpd street.
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Cheap Digns, at 1888 GlrOd street, near Camp
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ADVERTISING RATES OF THE "sTAR."
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THE PRUssIAN MINISTRY.

A most significant event is the return Of
Prince Won Bismarck to the Presidency Of
eral Won Room. There is even some talk
of the re-establishment of the office oi
Pftssian Chancellor, but nothing is as YET
decided about this. Nor are the details oi
all the Ministerial arrangements yet set.
tied but the Cabinet will be thoroughly
Bismarkian, and Herr Won Camphausen
the Minister Of Finance, will, next to the
Prince himself, be its informing spirit.
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European Hotel, Bolton street, Dublin.
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THE CONVERSATIONS AT ROME,

We publish elsewhere the protest of the
Vice Provost General of the Society of
Jesus, with reference to the seizure of the
Gesu, and that of the Rev. Father Cardella
with reference to the seizure of the Roman
College. The special correspondence of
the IEmes now records the appropriation of
eight other Convents, including such parts
of the Minerva and Gesu as had remained
unappropriated, together with the Fran
ciscan Convent of San francesca o Ripa,
the Barnabite House of San Carlo del
Catinari, and the Carmelite convent of Sta
Maria Traspontina, and the following con-
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i. TEXAS ITEMS.

irThe Montgomery Press says that the
worm is reported in cotton fields in
that county, but as yet have done no
serious tamagc.r Several good rains
1feliin Montgomery county last week.
Montgomery has the usual amount of
Capitalization Office. o5 snials ,nifoi Z
'nd x Telegram = to to the Galveston News
reportss heavy rains In Falls county,
But the cotton crop Il Splendid, while
Z corn win be Short. A house was struck
by lightning III NIdrlin, on Monday,
siut no one fitrt. No WORMS IN the cot
ton, and health good. ''''i' II ''''i .
'H The waco Examiner says there are
'soine thousands of visitors at Lam
passas, and they are still arrivingat the
rate of One hundred a day..np The
heaithftilness of the waters of Lam
passas Spffngs is proverbfai all over
rraxsAs gisz-t1'' 9 ipbesh 9nI sill soil
1' Ed. Quick ana J.w. GLENN, the new
State GeoIoefsts, are safd 70 be catehfhg
lizards bttNsen Austin aanfl. Weber,
willie. thinking them TO be geological
spscin1eDs--lSnnlN droe' 1fmoes hi
!. The Supremerourt of the State all
iiourned ON the 19thinst, to meet again
on the 1lfhlof August. IN see .msoi
HI The. ,notoriops Jack HcImr one of
General Davis State foiice, was killed
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To the Democrnts of Dallas county.

We, n portion of your fcliow-citizens,
take this occasion TO address you as
brethren OF the same political faith, on
4 subject of such vital importance as
to Justify the united action of every
Democrat who desires good government
in our State. We refer most respectfully
hut seriously to the duty of every
Democrat TO register in his election
precinct, in order that he may vote at
the December election. We believe
the duty TO beS solemn one, appealing
to the highest sense of patriotism.
No man who loves his ccuntry and
wishes honest government, in lieu of
what we have had for years past, can
now refuse to registerand stand excused
before his own conscience. Every
Democrat who does so, no matter what
the cause may be, to that extent aids
the Radical party = the party who
imposed ON us the late odiOus
registration and election laws, the
school supervisors and their allies to
live off the people, the police law,
military courts to try our citizens, the
outrageous taxes wrung from thepeoplc
to be squanderod on partizan schemes
and fayorites, and who outraged
deccncy, justice and honor by placing
such men as Oliver, Nancy, and
others on the bench of Judges, and
Davidson MS Adjutant General You
cannot forget, SO soon, these and similar
acts Of wrong, outrage or atrocity. ~
Now that you can register almost at
your own doors, in your own election
precinct, without" being degraded
without even taking an oath shat yoM
are a mater that no pitiful fee of two
bits has to be drawn from your pocket,
and lsocertiiicato Is required, butsimply
and only that your name is to be
recorded in the precinct registration
book-and now that.iyou no longer
have to herd for four days at the
county scat to register as well as to
vote, will you, fellew-eitizcns, can you
as men who love freedom, refuse to dc
your part lredeeming our State? mil
Owing to the disgust ofthe people at
these bad-laws, executed by appointed
partizalis, not one-half the peopevoted
in Dallas and other counties of North
/ Texas in ls7.l or 1872. For this we dc
not complain. But it is q fact that
to that extent our strength will be
weakened in our State Convention
Instead of having about twenty-five
votes to such counties as Grayson
Collin and Dallas, they will. only hav'
!. ten or eleven each. Other neighborine
COMMITTEES lose in about the same way.
-oNhosu. who cannot possibly register
in their precincts within five days
allotted to- each, can still do so before
the District Clerk. But in the ont
or the other way, we invoke every
Democrat in the county-indeed il
every cotnty--to register and then tt
vote! The result will be freedom tx
Fexas.nu,sr MANY DEMOCRATS. /,
Dallas, Texas, July 26, 1873. )wol.
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justices. ELECTION again.

ID DALLAS, july ~ 1912 1919 b.
10 .he EDITOR Oh I'm, Ihe iai'l se iel'',u
= RON ii, '''o ie''e. VI ,h.'o..s ,, ~
A I, yer, p',o'i9i,eu ~ ou 81, 80 "
to-u'y' sec nav i,o I'D. ~ -, -
grave error IN ,ei@'io'i ~ '''o II (Dil
Oh Justices '''l' Vi ',ie go Ala,.his
His opinion y that ed t5, 'Gss ' ,;,o =,
the Peace Is e t u " .nt qt'..i ''
.v'' opteqlfs Vi 5it y .'"S 800 ',.,o,,
pasep upon seVI'io ~ ri ,..lSa !. rls,al
hVe 81 'ip '0S'''o lI''s 49, i'rS!lli01
reads as lolioWs'
'"Ihere shall be elected IN each co o. n
" by ens aadiin,eu 1, NU'f fiSs y Inst
the Peace y etc. J .TDIIs b 40 ug9A
-re .;-a, IA soor th.+ th,,, aro IN, he
a.,',4t,d al, ,,,o,s,ho ,d;roc,,a nv lawp
nv, NV 49, tt,,.,, G,,,,orops arror is in not
~ ~ ,,,,,at IA tIox,, has ali-
~ loo,>'n ,3 " DiI'ny, D''Si ,.rn T,4f'''~.aT9
go 80. s,f 4, OF le,,t;tla,,iuAp
pectloii oiio vi GU ~
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~ mcps,,aD, E0itor
.gmr edss LILO aA9,nolY.
mi sct,hdetltn slll fbrcc.stndgiartcd

The ponlotiacy Of thu county luriledI
out saiufdatlf hll forcc,gtnd biartcd
IN motion the mighty ball (which VIII
crush forever The hydra-hcadcd reptile
known rs Radicnlism, next December
WHOM t,o, honesty, integrity and
-sirrpgth9f tiIoNHo shalt ghp eyptc'i
s,oh'b tht.rwants IN Observation-Disclosures
-istfNtfon ortfisSmtc. whctfcft'icre
be dissatisfaction ornot nt'tlo result
ofyt4tcrdny's proceeding, among amy
class or portion ofour people, we feel
tint IL lsa Democratic result, and one
, nrpiyedli& nftcrmany,p pains and grenl
laUbr, 1T being the fourth cli6rtVf the
peop.d to express their united Spq
combined wl4,ea relative to tholr Pp-
,.liticalnecpssities.1 We are DemDcrnVif
lii every impulse OF our existence, and
'as such rigl compelled to support the
measures adopted by the Convention.
five could have ordained itsworhand
shaped It's deliberations, thereiare sonit
thlDg5 Aye would have dong, ,hhd some
we would haye left unlpne.r !iHt the
Democratic party has spoken, and it
commands We obey WITH i zeal that is
second to no man in the Gpuntyyru..
r.. The people have had every oppqrH'-
unity to be fairly represented; they
nwcte fairly represented, and the work
81 Their dllSgat6s Shall beItbc golfrpI
ingi order OF eur action, ard shallreI
ceivebar support until wc are fNrthe'
advised ny the, saire power which
bropgR. iinto cxistence and auth4ifized
the psoeee,lings Of the Gonyontlon,sha'
pSsvenea aud adjourned i'm tliis'city
Bn yesterday. WI have no fears'ot'i q
third pariyso oftSB alluded to byfpeak-
ycrsa who, addrcssati tho masses oIsihf
sqNoblci hssemblea7 daring the recess
chat s,tperVencd ,b&wccn 'the9assdh-
bling aid adj urninent of the Eonyan,
.tion. Omlyltlie sore heads, or tht
sl,adicaiA, WIN Ne guilty of.leyh'e 10
abide Democracy mo true iithn who
blpye3 pllnciplc, and honor, and right
1Willi6oF zone moment entertain ilae
feesqiiat Zach thing as dividing The
s9hH fHhi;s Of the Democratic party j;
'ppssible, and for that treason, Wepiee
tlistthe fears thatwere Expressed arc
grJundlesso antihcaphble of growins
into fearful proportions. Let uswori
together for the common good, an(
now that cur 5lfS Several DUTIES have beer
.assisiicd US, by men Of our eitoosilng
4hdke Il "long paif,l 4 strorgipull, ans
"a pun ialtogethcr," and when Deem
ber's winds shall blow 'overour plains
our word for it, they will carry on thei
bos9nls9 Shc glad tidih3gs !, that i Texas il
! free, and ,that Radliieialism jiSlead for
ever within her borders.o dGnH9I9N
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apfonl MT NJ Mny8, ls19, which was,
whom submitted 10 tlio G0yun0r, hold
10 be- unconstitutional ny ihe Attorney
Goncrh, las been repealed and wholly
superseded hy the general laws on tile
subject Of the assessment and cOllcc-
ton Of taxes now In force.
You viii, therefore, bc Governed In
tue assessment aud collection of taxes
IN the couhtlcs rcftfred TO IN that net
BY the general law's on that subject,
without regard to the provlllons OF the
said special net In question, ~
- W. G. PHELPS.
Acting Comptroller.
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HAINIiNt July - lHfbs
10 Tho As,oaaofs aud COLLECTORS ~ .-l---
County 1Mnai WA
The following cnrespopfopec and
Instructions are published Tor your in
formation and guidance, viz:
'ifon. WA. Alexander, Attorney genermi
ISM: lrespociflllIy cnll your atten-
ton 10 tho proyisions<of an net 10 re-
lease certain taxes 10 the residents OF
tie counties Of Montague Il al. =
''l'he constitution provides that tax
alton shall be equal and uniform
Throughout the State. This net taxes
one portion of the State TO support the
governmental machinery of The whole
State and oxcmpts other portions. 1t
taxes, FOR State purposes, one part and
cXcmpts another of the same county,
and IL cXempN, In like manner, the
property of one class of property hold
ers, and requires II different class own
ing property in said county to pay. b
"Ihe constitution sets aside twenty
five per cent. of the revenue for school
purposes. This act approWiates this
revenue for different purpose. Isnot
this law violative of the letter and
spirit of the. Constitution An early
opinion is solicited. ..
"Your obedient servant,
(Slgned) A. BLEDSOE,
't ,sup.lg "Comptroller.n f
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Firm at 50 05@4 10.
KITCHENER, GREENE q Co.

1t KITCHENER, GREENE &. Co. +.
New ORLEANS, July3l.-Flour firm
er; treble So 50(97 20; family IS 500
8 so. Corn ilrmer; white zoe. Bran
Sjc. Hay, prime dull ut 81 "a 22i
choice scarce mt sos. Pork dull and
lower, S1075. Dry salt shoulders Sc;
others unchanged. Sterling y. Sight
4 premium. Gold 15l. Cotton dull;
sales 500 bales; receipts 1873 bales; no
exports; stock 26,2iG bales. ..2lif ,i I'd
New YORK, July 3l.-Cotton, net re-
ceipts l22 bales, gross. III bales. Fu-
lures closed easy; sales 6,G00 bales;
August 10 5-1GGbl9sc; September 1910
IS 5-l6c; October l75@l7 l5-16c; Mo-
vember l3e@l7 ll-16c; December 11S@,
II 11-lGc. Cotton weak and irregular;
sales 2,434 bales at dc. Flour in mod
crate request and unchanged. Whisky
96Ja91c. Wheat heavy and le. lower;
inferior white Westerns 81 IS. Corn ac-
tive and q shade easier. Rice active
and firm; Carolina SI@9lc. Pork ac-
tive; new mess SIT 40; Old Sl65 Lard
weak. Ttirpentine tlull.si Rosin quiet.
Tallow quiet, 7l@S4c. Freights firm.
Money unchanged, 8g4. Sterling dull
dull and steady. States dull. W! '." .'
IoNDoN, July 81. Bank rate reduced
J, now 3lyiGConsols 92!.0 lg. si.i..
s.. LIvERpooA July 91.-Noon-Cotton
firm and unchanged; sales 5000 bales;
speculative export 5000 bales; Savan-
nah, new crop, October shipment
93-16d. Pork Gas. -u. al1AL 7'i!,
PARIS, July 3l.-Specie increased
1000, O00f. Rentes 5Gf 50c..f,, gi.+t...,.
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rTaE firss gun fred IN the late civil
war was small four Pounder, belonging
tent ~ fhe War DtI1ftment 70 West
Point - trophy,
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.JuspigEs' EEECTgON.

,a me tho bstS%ig aeI,t i
ha s,,t,icient replv to several in qui
NAH ls aaI,' slls,buao,, bI5t,oli8ri,s a. r.
sf fics ~ my WY! fam neS S5 I5a ;m i,
-i ,aatad hT t,a yoters Of [,,s, county, inv al
1870, az rns,>oo+,t,a 'Ust,aes Tre
II ~ ~ ~ - i ,,,.,5 tr11eaisti
,aftisgnYfs flii,;,i III offact.
i, tit et and rof f ec,,rs a Nh
~ y, % 10 49, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Viii n
oe I;T',l1' r.. i3irr 80 'iiTsn %GeId
9 eli IL ,>,,,, IL . ~ 5sY@
iii1edef 5f i 81 TExAs, aGE
,i.d -. h,ib . AUSTIN, July AZ 1873. !
dom 1Ty,King, Esq, iSh@ifinof Eli
ono qountyfTexas: Sia oe4r 81 ,d'snh
81 Tsstf1Rsl i A 9rai IS to your favor Of thf
14th fhst.,1 would state tth6 She ials
osald g rs "a 81 Secsioi i " - 1
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THE MARKETS.
nnnan. rllr Tive sineh mnrheL

KGNsAs Clra, July 60
Cattle Receipts 1897; shipments
/, 100, This market tleday has declined
10 to 20 cent? per 100 pounds, there be-.
ing asurplus u common stock. Sales
were hs follows; 100 corn-fed TeXan
steers, nv LIZ ibs, al $500 % green
Texan stesrsy nv 1,0o0|ibs, ut 50 %;
o. green Texan cows, Nv 1872 lbs, at
- l2!; 10 green Texan steers, av 1863
lbs, at y l2,; Al green Texan cows, nv
5s2 lbs, at $50; - green Texan steers,
nv 1855 lbs, Mt 50 80; 10 extra native
steers, AK l,2ii lbs, at.Si 50; ! extra
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D9s'T st q single white man in the
county All TO register. Remtf1bef
this and don't neglect It.
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The County Cpny, nton of n this
llcoahty, on last Saturday, 'nnpsd asits
elanit,e AorsSerlatar nj rromineht oitizcTl
( of this coaaty,ya,fl one IN whom the
llwfitat or, his has the -utm6st conf
deaee, aud whom we desine t0l sserelea
lvateslTto the position. This geiftlenlan
fgois to tbeliDistfset 6onvehti6h with
! IA e iut0rsenaent of his county, and we
,,5Ss5 sstfdially iffdofsel the aetioni OF
III stt ~, f.atifk5n. i1rI riui IN b
bll EhoiildleitheT Of Tho genifcniefi re-
l<4iyp the B6fHinetfshp we know flie
hdisfFiet.sn III belalfy and rreditaBIy rep
rcseHted! .irli'. 100 I 'iiii Z
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ID led

AT his late residence iu this county, on the
4 LIST of July, instant, JOHN MERRlFlELD,
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Prime yellow...25e9 fHsF.. szgg
20 SPOOL COTTON. "a
JIG p Coats q doz.75 Hadley ..............".G
J.A. Clark Jr, doz75 Green & Daniels...45
49, GRAIN BAGS n u 7
American, y 100. s86 COT Amoskeag, . l0e.sT 80
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
I0npeYitY in Horses.

A correspondent of Land and Water
writes The accounts of horses being
vigorous and strong at twenty-five,
thirty or thirty-five years OF age are
nearly as numerous as cases OF activity
in men at eighty or ninety. gentle
man who resided in Dulwich, some fifty
years ago, erected three monuments to
his horses which died i'll his employ,
aged respectively thirty-fve, thirty
seven and thirty years. The Oldest
was hale and hearty, and had been in a
carriage the very day on which he died,
but was carried off III two or three hours
by spasmodic collie. At Chesham,
Bucks, horse notorious for his powers
of endurance up to the last day of his
life attained the age of thirty-six, but
was nearly covered with warts. A horse
named Wonder, which belonged to the
Riding School at Woolwich, lived to
forty and Mr.. Culley, in his work on
"Live Stock" quotes a case III which
he knew a horse that lived forty-seven
years, carrying in his neck, from l., 715
to l, 75S, when he died, bullet received
at the battle of Preston Pans, at which
time he was judged to be about four
years old. / also know an instance in
which horse at twenty-three, wretch
edly poor, was sold for one pound ster-
ling, to a gentleman for his dogs, but
as there was good supply of carrion,
the animal was turned out to Craze, and
after months good feeling became
quite frisky. He astonished every body
by the comparative ease with which he
did some hay-carting consequently all
idea of killing him for the dogs was
abandoned, and for seven years he did
duty as market-horse, going sixteen
miles two or three times a week, and
frequently drawing heavy load the
whole distance he was finally shot at
the age of thirty. could quote many
similar instances which have come I'M
der my own notice. But even these
venerables were mere infants to the
barge horse formerly owned by the Mer.
sey and Irwell Navigation Company.
He was well-known to have reached the
almost patriarchal age of sixty-one
years.
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The Earthouake,s Courier.

A Russian journal published some in
teresting details regarding an atmos-
pherical phenomenon which was follow
ed by an earthquake in the village of
Kola Ca town situated at the extreme
northern point of Russia), and which
was at first attributed to the effect of an
internal convulsion of the earth. Ac-
cording to our contemporary, it was the
fall of an enormous asteroid which occa.
stoned the earthquake. The meteor
probably fell in the invirons of Kola,
although the precise spot has not yet
been discovered. Violent winds and
snow-storms preceded the phenomenon.
A few hours previous to its occurrence,
there had been several remarkable APP
pearances of the Northern Lights y
finally, about four o'clock, the asteroid
fell. 1t passed over the town to the
west, and during it's course there form
ed round the meteor dark cloud, which
suddenly extended itself far and wide,
and plunged the town in profound dark
ness. A few seconds after, fearful thun-
der claps We're heard, the earth trembled,
and began to heave in violent manner.
An earthquake occurred on the shores
OF the White Sea, at distance of about
300 kilometers from Kola, at about 7
O'Clock in the morning.
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Valuable Books.

A decided sensation has been occa-
stoned in London over the sale of pri-
vate library which belonged to Mr..
Henry Perkins, rich brewer, recently
deceased. The collection consisted of
only about 900 volumes, and yet, ac-
cording to the London Times, it
brought an aggregate of S136,000 The
library is said to have cost the owner
800, 900, which would be an average of
nearly $500 volume. The aggregate
sum was greatly enlarged, of course, by
the enormous prices paid for few OF
the books. A famous and unique vel
lum Boccaccio once sold for over
81 900; but this instance was fairly
outdone in the sale of Bible in the
Perkins collection for S21, 400. 1t was
the BibIia .Sdcrd Satind in two vol
umes, of Gutenberg and Faust, and said
to be the first book printed on metal
type. 1t is one of the five original vel.
lum copies, and, as all the others are
in public libraries and not to be bought,
this was the only chance of securing the
book. 1t can scarcely be said that the
value of the Bible is depreciating when
one copy, and that in Latin, will bring
over $4,000.
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Origin of Penny Postage.

An English lecturer recently told his
audience that Mr.. Rowland Hill saw a
poor woman whose husband was away,
look earnestly at the outside of letter
from him and then decline to take it, as
the postage was too great. He expressed
his sympathy, but when the postman
was gone she explained that the letter
was all outside her husband and she
had agreed on signs and tokens to be
conveyed by lines and dots and varia-
tions of the address, so that she could
thus learn without fee that he was vel
or i'll, was coming home soon, or wished
her to come to him, or would send hel
money next week, and so on. The
future reformer thought it pity the
poor should be driven to such shifts
and acknowledgements penny postage
This, the lecturer asserted, was tn,
origin of cheap postage.