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One For His Grace.

An amusing story of the Duke of
Wellington is told by the Man About
Town. in the English Sporting Ga
zette. "The duke" he says, twas
once in church, no matter where, when
collection was announced for some
charitable object. The plate or bag, or
whatever it might be, began to go round
and the duke carefully put his hand in
his pocket, and took out form, which
he laid on the pew before him ready for
transfer to the plate. Beside him sat a
little snob, who, noticing this action,
initiated it by osLentatiously laying a
sovereign alongside the ducal form.
This was too much for his grace, who
dipped his hand into his pocket again
and pulled out another form, which he
laid by the side of the first. The little
snob followed suit by laying another
sovereign beside the first. His grace
quietly added a third form, which was
capped by third sovereign on the part
of the little snob. Out came a fourth
form to swell the dukes donation !;
then the little snob triumphantly laid
three sovereigns at once upon the board.
The duke, not to be beaten, produced
three forms. Just at that moment the
plate arrived. The little snob took up
his handful of sovereigns and ostenta-
tiously ratified them into the plate,
then turned defantly towards his rival,
as who should say, think that takes
the shine out of you Fancy his cha
grin when the duke, with grim smile,
put one form into the plate and quietly
swept the remaining six back into his
pocket. His grace used to chuckle
when he told that 81 DRY, and think on
the whole he had the best of it.
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Khivan Proverbs.
He who steadies himself between two
ships will certainly be drowned.
Shame is worse than death.

He who steadies himself between two
ships will certainly be drowned.
Shame is worse than death.
He who weeps from his heart will pro-
woke tears even from the blind.
A lean horse and hero in strange
country each look amiss.
When you go to law against the en-
reror, God Huns elf should be the judge.
The wise man strikes twice against
one and the same stone.
You may praise the Russian thou
sand times, but his eye will still be
blue (the reverse to handsome, accord
ing to Usbeg taste).
Young men may die old men must.
The over, licking (fattering) tongue
soon makes wound.
He who fears the sparrow will never
SOW a millet.
When the ass bears too light load
he wants to lie down.
The spoken word cannot again be
swallowed.
He whose heart is full soon finds a
tong ue.
Smoke rises only from large blocks OF
wood.
A living mouse is better than dead
lion.
Him whom God has marked, the
prophet strikes him with his wand.
He who is on horseback no longer
knows even his own father. (The armed
man on horseback spares not his near
est relat. ON
When you die, even your tomb shall
be comfortable.
Men speak to each other by words
animals by signs.
Man is caught by his tongue; an OK
by his horns. -,
That which is taken in with the milk
only goes out with the soul. Faults
contracted with infancy disappear but
with death.)
The open mouth never remains hun
CRY.
Do not fasten up your garment until
you see the water.
Time does not bow to you; you must
bow to time.
A great head has great cares.
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COTTON MARKETS.

Characterization market dull. Middling
15Ac.
Sr. LoU1s.-Cotton market steady. Mid
ding, 1870. ~.
LoU1svILLE.-Cotton market quiet. Mid
ding, 1514c.
SAVANNAH. Il Cotton market heavy Mid
ding, 1870.
New YoRK.-Cotton market quiet. Mid
ding uplands, 1880.
Administration market quiet and weak
Good ordinary, 13H@131Sc; low middling
1419@1494c; middling, 1870.
New ORLEANs.-Cotton market active. Good
ordinary to strict good ordinary 13Sk(014sSc
low middling to strict low middling, 1870
1870; middling to strict middling, 15JS@165Sc
good middlings, 17@174c.
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Several passengers on the lower
Mississippi were attracted by the alliga-
tors basking in the sunshine. care they
amphibious, captain ?" asked a locker
on. Amphibious, HI u answered the
enthusiastic officer I" they'll eat hog
a minute I"
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How Eggs are Hatched.

People have an idea that the hen sits
on the eggs for time, and when the
time comes for Matching the chick bursts
forth. There never was greater mis-
take. The chick, until liberated from
the shell by outside aid, is as incapa-
BILE of motion as if it formed a solid
egg, which it nearly does. You might
as we'll inclose man in an iron boiler,
and tell him to get out of it without
help. The chick grows on the inside
of the she'll, and bursts up very small
scale. OF course when it does this, it
at the same time " breaks in that spot !"
the inside of the egg. This admits the
air; in a short time it breathes and gets
strength to cry loudly. The hen then
sets to work to liberate it; she brings it
forward under the feathers of the crop,
and supporting it between the breast
bone and the nest, begins the work of
setting it free. She bitches the point
of her beak into the hole formed by the
raising of the scale by the chicks beak,
and breaks away the egg-skin or shell
all around the greatest diameter of the
egg. The Joint efforts of the hen with
out and the chick within then iberate
the prisoner, and he struggles into ex-
istence, and gets dry under the feathers
and the natural heat of the hen. All
female birds which sit on their eggs to
hatch them have the hook in the beak
strongly developed. Even the broad
billed duck and goose have those hooks
especially developed, and with them
they liberate their young. In Austria
liza, where everything seems to be by
contraries, it is the cock of the bush
turkey that matches the eggs, and not
the hen. 1t would be interesting to
know whether the hook of the beak is
better adapted for this service in the
male bird than in the female. The
hook of the beak of the ordinary cock
of the common fowl is quite different
from that of the hen-it is adapted for
wounding in fighting, but not for hatch
ing of eggs.
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MASON AND HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS
IN RUssIA.-These Instruments are max
ing their excellence known to the SOW
ercigns of Europe as well as those OF
America. London alone has had nearly
one thousand of them since the begin
ming of last year, and the London Choir
mentions it as significant that one of the
best portraits of the Russian Princess,
whose recent marriage to the Duke of
Edinburg is so magnifceutly celebra
ted, represents her as playing on one of
these popular American organs.
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The editor of the Griffin News
makes it point to inquire of the lead
ing Georgia planters who visit that Of
fee as to their prospects, and they all
concur in the determination to so pitch
their crops the present year as to be
able to control their cotton next sea-
son, and sell when they please.
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One Mrs. Law, of Vermont, called
her husband a liar eight years ago, and
he has not spoken to her since, though
he has remained in the house. In this
he has done right. The practice of
married women calling their husbands
liars ought to be discouraged.
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NAsHYILLR.

Cotton, demand good at full prices; good
ordinary 1Sc, low middling lac. Flour quiet
at $6.5099. Wheat ls quiet at $4,000. so
Corn, 73@75c. Oats, 60c. Lard, 10c Bulk
meats are dull, shoulders, exc; clear rib sides
s15 !; clear sides, $40. Bacon shoulders, 7s<c;
clear rib sides, exc; clear sides, 99<c. Hams,
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The Neo1 York WEEKLY WITNESS, at One
Dollar per d'eaunl, is the best Weekly ne,ospd-
per IN America. 1t has increased IN circula-
ton ten fold a0ithin a gear.
The Nelo York DAILY WITNESS, at Three
Dollars, is the best for business men. Send
Cby postal cdrd) for sample copies.
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NEW ORLEANS.

Flour treble extra, $6.3707. so, choice
family, 5000. Corn, white, 75c, yellow, Sc
Oats. GOOGLE. Hay, prime, $50. Mess pork,
$16 Shoulders 70, clear rib sides Sc, cleal
sides 81, hams 12@1215. Sugar, common,
81, good fair to fslly fair 61@71@, strictly
prime 8ss. Molasses, fair sec, prime Csc.
Whisky, Louisiana CSC, Cincinnati S1.Os.
Corn, 1915.
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Hack, Hack Cough, Cough.

Cough is q symptom by which various dis
tubes and lungs manifest themselves. But
whether it arises from the irritation produced
in the throat and larynx by taking cold from
an attack of bronchitis, from incipient con-
sumption, or from various other causes, moth
ing will allay it more speedily nor cure it more
permanently than Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t does not matter whether it be a
recent attack, or a lingering cough, the Dis
covery is in either case equally well adapted
for it's relief and permanent cure. In fact, it
will cure a cough in one-half the time necessa-
~ to cure it with any other medicine, and it
does it, not by drying it up, but by removing
the cause, subduing the irritation, and healing
the affected parts. No time should be lost in
commencing the use of proper medicine for
the relief Of cough, for unless this cour-e is
pursued, serious and dangerous disease Of the
lunps ia iahla n rasuIt
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THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
nm NH1NR

Mrs. WInslOw's Soothing Sy rup is the prescrip-
ton of of the best female physicians and nurses
In the United States, and has been used for thirty
years with failing safety and success by mil
lions of mothers and children, from the feeble in
FAINT of one week old to the adu 1t corrects acid
Ity of the stomach. relieves wind collie, requisites
the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort to
mother and child. We believe it to be the best and
surest remedy in the wor d in all cases of dyson
terry and diarrhpa in children, whether It arises
from teething from any other cause. Full di.
rectons for using will accompany each bottle.
None genuine unless the fac-simile of CURTIS d
PERKINS Is on the outside wrapper.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
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Alexander Dumas and His Son.

The recently elected member of the
French Academy is described, at the
age of twenty-one, by his father, as fol-
lows "What shall 1 tell you of my
son? He has come into the world at
the melancholy hour when it is no
longer day and is not yet night so the
assemblage of antitbeses which forms
his strange personality is one composed
of light and sLade. He is idle, he is
active he is a gourmand, and he is
sober he is prodigal, and he is econom-
ical he is mistrustfuI and credulous
blase and innocent; thoughtless and
devoted ; he has a cod tongue, and a
prompt hand he mocks me with all his
wit, and loves me with all his heart
Finally, he is always ready to steal my
cash-box like VALERIE, or to fight for me
like the Cid Moreover, possessing
a nerve the maddest, the most attract
i've, and the most steadfast that have
ever seen sparkle on the lips of 20 ing
man of one-and-twenty, and which,
like flame poorly shut down, breaks
out necessarily in revery as in agitation,
in calm as in danger, in smiles as in
tears From time to time we fell out,
and, like the prodigal son, he takes his
inheritance and quits the paternal man
sion then I straightway buy calf and
fatten it, quite certain that before a
month he will return to eat his share of
it. 1t is true that evil tongues affirm that
it is for the calf he returns, and not for
me, but understand all about that"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-06

The most original phase of society
life in Washington is the card announce
ment of births. One of these tiny
cards is an infiuitesimal drab-colort d
affairs, with small rabbits head and
ears on the flap oil the envelope, and a
corresponding one inside, at the top of
bit of sheet, making the announce
ment. 1t reads g Compliments of Mr..
and Mrs. Blank and son, January 30,
Z p NJ
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To MAKE A FANCY Box.-Paint
wooden box white, and when dry, sketch
with a pencil figures on it, such as flow
ers, birds, animals or castles. Then
paint all except the figure black. They
are substantial and very pretty.
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DOCTORS SOON LEARN ITS VALUE.

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. -, 1870.
DR.. PIERCE-For the past six months 1 have
used your Golden Medical Discovery in my
practice, and in that time / have tested its
merits in severe coughs, both acute and chron-
ic, in chronic disease of the throat, severe
cases of bronchitis, general arrangement of
the system, constipated condition of the bow
els, and wherever thorough Alternative has
been indicated. In all cases have found it
to act gently yet thoroughly and effectualy in
removing the various diseased conditions, and
bringing about healthy action throughout
the system. Yours fraternally,
H. T.. Hall. M ID.
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pork S15. Bulk meats, shoulders 57s. clear
rib sides 7s4c clear sides 8. Bacon, shoulders
&c, clear rib sides s5s, clear sides SS sugar
cured hams 12c. Lard, 91(c ia tierces, 9sI in
kegs. Whisky 931<,
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LEMON JELLY.-Two cups of sugar /;
yolks of three eggs; juice of two lem
Ons. Cook till thickened by setting in
boiling water, then add the well-beaten
whites of three eggs spread between
the layers of the cake, and trim off the
rough edges.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-06

THERE are more than one thousand
different kinds of pills in the United States.
Some of them are sorthless and injurious,
others are good and beneficial Old Doctor
Parsons invented the best ambitious pill we
ever saw or heard of. They are now sold I'M
der the name of Parsons Purgative Pills.
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THE MARKETS.
st. LOUIS,
LOUISVILLE.

Wheat, No. 2 spring s1-2O. Corn, No. 2
mixed coke. Oats, 4714c. Hogs, shipping
lots $4.50@5.OO, packing lots $5.0O@625.
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ALL articles we think that are packed
and sold full weight, should have the patron
age of consumers, alo of dealers we are
glad to notice in the article of soap that Proc
tor & CANDLES Extra Olive German Soap is
always packed actual weight.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

MUFFINRECPE.-Tw eggs, one quart
flour, pint of sweet milk, two oun-
ces of butter, a gill of yeast, a tea
spoonful of salt.
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We understand that the whooping-
cough is quite prevalent in the towns around
us but that no cases have proved fatal.
Some families use nothing but Johnson's Ano-
little ipecac, to produce vomiting, would be an
ADVANTAGE
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NICE DISH FOR THE SIcK.-To one
tea-cup of cream take four rolled or
grated crackers, one tesspoonful of white
sugar, the white of one egg beaten to
froth, with teaspoonful of jelly of any
kind
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FOoLIsHLY spent, money paid for
childrens shoes not protec ed by SILVER
TIPS. Two weeks is about the time it takes a
smart, active child to ventilate the toe OF a
hoe SILVER TIPS the only preventative.
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The prayer reform movement seems
to be sort of high moral epidemic.
A crazy darkey in Troy entered the de-
tectives' office the other day, and offered
10 fervent petition for the graceIess
and unappreeiative officials.
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IoNG.-Into the white of an egg,
beaten till very light, stir six table
spoonfuls.of, powdered sugar, and spread
over the cake while warm.
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DEATH ON THE WHEEL This is how it
was done in the good old days of relig-
ions persecution "The prisoner was
extended on a st. Andrews cross, with
eight notches cut on it, one below each
arm, between the elbow anil the wrist ;
another between each elbow and the
shoulders one under each thigh, and
one under each leg. The excutioner,
armed with a heavy triangular bar of
iron, gave heavy blow on each of these
eight places, and broke the bone. An
other blow was given in the pit of the
stomach. The mapgled victim was lift
ed from the cross, and stretched on a
small wheel placed vertically at one OF
the ends of the cross, his back on the
upper part of the wheel, his head hang
ing down. There the tortured creature
hung until be died. Some hung five or
six hours some much longer"
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Ministers and Public Speakers

who are so often afnicted with throat diseases,
will find a sure remedy in this Balsam. Iozenges
and waters sometimes give relief, but this Bal
sam, faKen few times, will insure q permanent
win all those aflIcted with coughs or consump-
ton give this Balsam a fair trial; they VIII be
pleased with the resuM. and confess that the sURB
REMEDY IS FOUND AT LAST.
READ THE FOLLOWING
What the st. Louis Journal BIAS to say:
READ AND REFLECr-To such may desire q
remedy for this curse of humanity, consumption.
Allen S Lug BaIsam gives the anchor Of hope.
Aliens Lung BaIsRm has been tried by thou
sands who give evidence. not only by writing ties.
timonal that they have been cured, but By their
physical appearance.
The recomm endations this valuable remedy has
received nom those who know the good It has
done for them, place Aliens Lung Balsam In the
front rank of the healing and Hfe-restoring RENE
dies Of this century.
CAUTION.
Do net be deceived. Call for and be sure Won 70.
eeive Aliens Lung Balsam try no experiment
with worthless remedies.
in, HARRIS & CO., Projectors,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
For sale by all southern druggists and genera
deaiafs
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Go TO Riverside Water Cure, Hamilton, Ill.
BROWNS vERMIFUGE c. MFITs

CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK
from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach.
BROWNS vERMIFUGE c. MFITs
will des roy without injury to the child, be-
ing perfectly W HITE and free from all colOring
or other injurious in sredents usually used In worm
preparations.
CURTIS d BROWN, Proprletors,
No. 2I5 Fulton street, New York.
Sold by druggists and chemists, and dealers In
me dicIn es at tMent I've cents h1x.
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Aliens Lung Balsam.
This Great Medicine was First Offer
ad for Sale Ten Years Apo;

It's good qualities were soon made known at home
and very soon Its fame was noised far ana near
now it is sold in nearly everY drug store In the
United States, No similar medicine stands higher
with the people IL Is well Known on the Pacific
coast: and even from Australia. large orders are
received for It. And throughout Canada II is well
and favorably known; and sold everywhere.
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PUDDING SAUCE.-One half tea-cup
of butter, one and a half tea-cups of
sugar, and one pint of strawberries
mashed till juicy. Canned berries may
be substituted for fresh ones.) Beat
the butter and sugar to a cream, then
stir in the berries.
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HUMAN NATURE.-Some men are so
constituted that they cannot appreciate
kindness. An investment of goodness
and humanity on them is sunk-it won't
nav one per cent. If you are kind to
them, they will ride over you rough
shod and the only way to get along
with such creatures is to jam them
down iuto the earth and keep them
there. While you have them down,
they are easily managed;-they are hum
BILE, and can be guided but let them
get taste of the milk of human kind
ness, with which every body's bosom
ought to overflow, and there is no living
with them. A man may deal gently
with them, and he gets poor return
for his Investment but let a dog come
along and kick them over and they are
all humility, and eat your service,
sir,
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THE FRELEss LOCOMOTIVE. - The
statement is made on the authority of
General Bsauregard, president of the
New Orleans and Carrollton street
railroad company, that a fire'ess To-
connective that takes on a sufficieucy of
power at a given point for a round trip,
is a success. These locomotives have
now been in use for two months on a
portion of that road of about three
miles. They have resulted in a gain
over horses of twenty minutes to the
round trip. They are more manageable
than horses, being more readily stopped
and started, and give the driver oppor-
tunity to make change and attend to the
passengers. They start with 125 pounds
pressure, make the round trip of six
miles and get back to the starting Point
with 40 to so pounds. One dummy is
equal to nine mules. A calculation for
twenty years makes the running expen-
ses of a road with these engines one
fourth of that of equal conveyance with
mules.
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Snow PUDDING. dissolve one-half a
box of gelatin inOne pint of cold water.
After it is thoroughly dissolved add one
pint of warm water, two cups of sugar,
juice of two lemons. Let it cool, then
put in the whites of three eggs we'll
beaten. Serve cold with sugar and
cream.
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BUTTERMILK YEAST PowDERs.-One
quart of fresh buttermiIk made up with
corn-meal to a stiff batter, with tea
cupful of yeast. Let it rise (; then add
enough flour to make it stiff dough.
Put it on dishes or boards to dry in the
shade. Rub it up, and keep it in bag.
To one quart of flour put one table
spoonful of yeast powder.
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Soft GNGERBREAD.- Six cups of
-four, two cups Of sugar, two cups of
milk, two cups of butter, two cups of
molasses, four eggs, one tablespoonful
of baking powder. Melt the butter and
molasses together, mix in the sugar,
ginger, milk and eggs in the above
order, and stir in the flour, and lastly
the baking powder. Dissolve one tea
spoonful of soda in the milk if sour.
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"0EHWA cured by DIR. Beck's only
HENU known d sure Remedy.
W. NO CIIARGE
for treatment until cured. Call on or address
DIR. j. G. BECK, Cincinnati, o.
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SPONGE CAKE PUDDING.-One teacup
of fine white sugar, three eggs, one tea
cup of -four, half a nutmeg, one tea
spoon of baking powder, ono salt-spoon
of bicarbonate of soda, dissolved in two
tablespoons of milk. Beat together the
butter and sugar, add the milk, nutmeg
and half a teaspoonful of extract of
lemon then the yolks of the eggs well
beaten. Stir in the -four slowly, and
last mix in the whites of the eggs. Beat
well together, and bake twenty minutes.
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SPONGE CAKE.-Beat briskly together
for fifteen minutes, one pound of fine
white sugar and the yolks of twelve
eggs, then stir into this the grated rind
and juice of one lemon, the whites of
twelve eggs beaten to a stiff froth, half
a tablespoonful of salt, and lastly, stir
in three-quarters of a pound of sifted
flour, star we'll, and bake in a quick
oven. These proportions will make
three good-sized loaves.