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Hats and Gents Furnishing Goods.

JOHN n. MCKEE BRO. Sc Union street.
VAIN WALKER. "A Public Square.
ISAAC WATERFIELD, 43 Union street.
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MISCELLANE
SCRAP ZINC,

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i by selling your Scrap Zinc, in any quantity,
direct TO the consumer.
MCCULLOUGH IRON Co.,
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Real Estate Aqents.

Real Estate agents.
ARLINGTON, FARRAR & KEAKLEf, Sc North
COllegesstreet.
HOS CtLLENDER- 80 North Cherry street.
JAMES HICKMAN, No. IS Church St, Maxwell
House.
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Retail Dry Goods.
THOMPSON BROS KELLY, Il \. Summer st.
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A Marvellous CIre.

One Of the most audacious quacks that
Great Britain ever produced was John
Harrison Curtis. "Aurist." He knew al
most absolutely nothing of the profess
sion that he adopted, but he got some
thing of reputation, and was once sum-
moned to attend Sir Robert Peel, who
was suffering from temporary deafness.
He went provided with two watches, one
that licked very weakly and another that
made as much noise as clock Peel be-
gan to question him as to his mode OF
treatment, but Curtis, giving him a dig
with syringe, told him that if he didn't
hold his tongue some injury would befall
him. The quack at first applied the weak
ticking watch to Sir Roberts ear, and OF
course he couldn't hear anything, but af-
ter working for some time he used the
other one, and Peel could hear perfectly
we'll. 1t wes marvellous cure Spring
field Republican.
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An UnvyeicOme Guest,

Good old Mrs. Call was quite hard of
hearing. Her daughter Lydia had ar
ranged party, and the young men and
maids were al on hand. In the midst
of the FUN in, popped old Deacon l.,
who hung on till Lydia was all out of
patience. By and by be gets up to de-
part 81
"Oh, deacon, Deacon" said Mother
Call, don't think of going before tea!
Oh, do stop to tea, won't you ~ 80
The deacon, SO strongly urged, re-
piled: lH dos.
"Well, rather think will, as the
folks will not expect me home before
dark"
"What did he say, Liddy p said the
widow Lydia had q ready answer.
she says he will not to-day, as the
folks expect him home before dark
Why how deaf you do grow, mother 2"
"Oh, well, some other dav, deacon !;
now do, won't your" said Mother Call.
as she bowed the deacon ont.
"Smart gal that" "said the deacon, as
he trudged along home; "she'll fnd her
way in this world, Ill warrant
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The body of Lady Dixie, who died
in London, was burned on the 10th of
October at Dresden. The ceremony
was performed in the furnace recently
invented for burial purposes by Herr
Siemens. Six minutes after being placed
in the furnace, the coffin burst; five
minutes more and the flesh began to
melt away, ten minutes more and the
skeleton was laid bare; another ten
minutes and the bones began to crum-
BILE. Seventy-five minutes after the in
PRODUCTION of the coffin into the furnace
all that remained of Lady Dixie and the
coffin were six pounds of dust, placed
in an urn. The brother-in law of the
deceased was present.
Seventeen Cinnamon we're arrested in
a gambling saloon in san. Francisco
last week, and the capital of the con-
cern and that of the seventeen included
amounted to the magnificent sum of
81 So. 1t only cost ten cents chance
to try ones luck in this establishment.
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A Memory for Dates.
A woman with memory for dates is
q curse to her friends

A woman with q memory for dates is
a curse to her friends!
For she is always telling when every
thing took place, and the delightful halo
of mystery is torn from all which lies
:--t4io- -4Aasi---- r
Just you try TO make that splendid
McBlifins think that you are only
twenty-five years old, and your Woman
of Dates will throw up her hands, and
exclaim:
"Dear me Eliza Jane. what mis-.
take you have made! Why, yon were
twenty-nine years old last March! ~ /
remember it as though it was but yes
terday! Powerful hot day it was for
the season, and an eclipse of the moon
that night!' ~ 3'sa5FFi
sd II you undertake TO tell somebody
what year the small pox ragged, this
Woman of Dates will correct you, and
If you should speak of Aunt Nells tin
wedding she will set you right on the
point without scruple.
Once started on her favorite theme Of
dates there is no stopping her. Like
an tight-day clock she must run tillshe
runs down.. su 81 :.
She will insist on telling her audience
how old Uncle Tom, Dick and Harry
were at their death, and in what year
Bundles folks lost COW, and Dixon's
folks valuable steer, of pleuro pncu-
monia taa.a
She will explain everything on which
dates have any bearing, from the age
of her great grandfather down to the
age Of the baby next door, which hasn't
vet cut tooth. a .faae
Well, it takes all kinds of people to
make up a world, and if it were not for
the Woman of Dates we should never
know what age to ongrave upon the
tombstone of the next old maid who
dies-since old maids birth-dates are
never found in the records of any we'll
regulated Family Bible.
sIU8 KATE THORN. s.
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NUMBER 4s.
lHil'sf:sna,w
From the Dsnbury News. e 3 =:
"yyho is Teiiiny the Sf0Ty.

a
His name is Horn simply John Horn
"a quiet but inquisitive bipcd. who
makes his way in the world chiefly by
re-hashing stale jokes and anecdotes.
The most remarkable thing abodss
Horn is that he hasn't asspark of hamor
in his whole composition, pndsthe cold,
lifeless manner in which he gets off an
old ancclote would chill sthe blood in
the veins of Hottentot. He always
assumes the guardianship of any new
story that happens along and woe be to
him, WHO. in the telling thereaf, varies
Zone jot or title from the original, for
Horn will not hesitate to make correc-
Itions on the most trivial points and re-.
cali omitted and unimportant eircum-
stances without regard 10 time, place or
opportunity.
| once Witnessed a striking display of
this popularity.
My friend Dickson, who loves fun
and tells good joke, was making a po-
ltical speech down on the Fork to a
whole school house full of the ssUnter.
rifed, and he had occasion to illustrate
some Of his remarks by an anecdote-
And Horn, the indefatigable, hoary old
sinner was there. 7a.s5 ~
The 'anecdote was the then current one
among stump orators, Of The two dar-
kies who went out hunting, and Dick
son, merely to give individuality to. it,
called the hunters Jake and Sambo.
| AS Dickson told it, Jake crawled into
the den while Sambo stood guard at the
entrance, and when; old mother bear
came up and got part way in, Samho'
caught her by the narrative and held
her fast; Jake, seeing something like
ia dark cloud risin' in the east.n' called
out to Sambo, "Sambo! what am dat
darkens de hole?'' And Sambo replied,
"If dis tail-holt slips, you'se soon see
what darkens de hole!'
Just as Dickson finished this anecdots
in his most inimitable style, and was
stepping back to receive the laughter
and applause Of his audience, the bull
let head and long nose of old Horn
rose up out of the crowd, and a sharp,
squeaking voice cried out: -. 59sTse
"By the way, Mr. Dickson--my un-
derstanding is that Sambo went into tho
hole, while Jake held the tall" z ~
The house now came down with
roar loud as the thunaers of Niagara,
in the midst of which Dickson was
heard to observe - ,.' =
"The Internal old heatIen!"
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ab aomsd Dbs }tnam g Ars b stnt Gbufad agriculture iay
Gashiur NuhS.

Sash ends form the back Of the apron
front.
The Continetal hat is fashionable
among demoiselles.
Feather trimming is becoming more
fashionable every day.
Plush is not worn this season at all,
save by very young children.
A velvet underskirt is cheaper in the
end than the best of velveteen.
Put the largest red rose you have di-
| rectly on the front of your new bonnet,
and you will be in the fashion.
The newest French bonne,s have long
streamers of, handsome gros grain or
satin ribbon do En the back.
Quilted silk and satin walking basqpes
are in vogue again, to remind US Of our
dear grandmammas
Every lady should have a felt hat for
knocking about in.'' They are very
cheap and take the feather trimming
nicely.
Bonnets are not worn with such high
crowns as they were six months ago
There's reason in all things" said Miss
McFlimsey when she cut her "three-
decker" down.
Necklaces of small, square blocks of
jet, are new and pretty. Being t,they
can be sewed on ribbon or velvet, and
are worn with brilliant effect
Ball fringe has almost reached the
size of cobble stones. The balls, in
some instances, are filed with shot to
keep the polonaise down and hide the
facing. .. s...... ....... t.--
For full dress the hair is arranged
high in the back and the top of the
head covered with finger puffs and
loops. Ordinarily, straight back from
the face and queue behind.
American silks are quite popular this
season. They are well spoken Of, wear
better than some imported silks, and
can be had at comparatively cheap pri
ces.
I Many of the new velvet sbasques are
made with deep revers, faced with quil-
ted silk or satin, the cuff being also of
silk or satin and quilted to correspond.
There is very little economy and
much less satisfaction in the ready made,
or ''pattern dresses" They are;poorly
made and sewed on the machine, and
fall apart without the slightest proyoca
ton. r
Nearly all the Scotch plaid costumes
are trimmed with bias kelt plaitings of
the same material There is trimming
for them of fringe, combining all col
ors in the plaid, but it is not pretty.
A newt fashioned muff is square and
the shape and size of cigar box. 1t
is of sealskin and opens at the top for
small bqnI1Ies, ayes ,h..sdlsesehiefss
etc. It is lined with pink-quiIted satin
and can be secured upon payment of
SO in q. S. currency.
Dyed feathers should never be worn
out doors in rainey weather. The color
goes off on its own account and leaves
stains on bonnet and basque that can
not be eradicated The same may be
said of feather trimming, much of what
is sold nowadays being twice dyed, and
very poorly, too.
There is very elegant garment for
full-dress occasions or reception visiting
known as the Partisan cape. 1t is one
solid mass of jet and bugles on lace
foundation, over some light-colored
silk. 1t is one of those things, as the
Snowman is in the habit Of saying, "that
must be seen and examined to be ap-
preciated."
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Dalzelps Opinion of Sherman.

CALDWELL, o., Dec. 2, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Enquirer:
support General Sherman for the
Presidency of '76 because:
First-General Sherman is not a
Drunkard.
Second-General Sherman is not
Dumb.
Third--General Sherman is not a
Politician.
Fourth-General Sherman is not a
Horse-Jockey.
Fifth-General Sherman is not a
Gambler. #"
Sixth-General Sherman is not Re-
publican.
Seventh-General Sherman is not a
Demo crat
' PRIVATE DALzELL.
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Quoted Against Itself.
From the Newark (o,) Advocate. !

The Cincinnati Commercial is one Of
those newspapers that insists that the
money supply of the country is equal
to its necessities. Yet the financial col
umn Of the Commercial testilies that in
Cincinnati sail depositors in good cred
it'' can obtain loans at the banks ssat
eight and ten per cert, while outside of
bank prime business paper is negotiated
at ten and twelve per cent" Comment
on this is hardly necessary, for every
man of good hard sense knows that no
community can conduct business on
money borrowed at ten or twelve per
cent and be permanently prosperous,
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Auehg.
THE MOUNTAIN.
BY MRS. N. j. ROBERTSON.

BY MRS. N. j. ROBERTSON.
L am aweary, and fain would rest
In shadowy paths where human foot nee
trod,
When forest depths in summer hues are drest
And the strong mountain towers up to God
Not by the sea, not by the oceans breast,
Where rolling waves forever dash the shore
turn away from murmurs of unrest
To where the hills stand firm, forevermore.
Green grows the moss upon its granite breast.
And clinging vines DER all its harshnes
twine,
Why should my life be evermore unblest,
Leafess and silent in the summer time?
Thou know'st, o God! Yet they do err wht
sing
In suff'ring only can the soul grow strong;
Where sunlight comes not flowers can neve,
spring,
And broken harps send forth no Joyous
song.
Forth went from the mount when life wal
new,
Strong in my pride to battle with earth
strife; .....
o giant hillsl I come again to you,
Give back to me the wasted strength of life
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

rvHE undersigned having beon appointed
i Notary Public, would inform his
ffieifds,, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to fill Pensioners Blanks, administer
D aths, take Dispositions acknowledge Deeds,
Mortgages. and other Instruments of writing.
one4. .74tf. WIN. WORKMAN.
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n UESTS will find the best accommodation
" a: this Hotel, and no pains will be spared
to make them comfortable.
Hacks leave the Hotel every morning TO
Woojsfeld.
Carriages and drivers furnished travellers
at all times. july, 1851
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Now days if you see man with the
skin worn off the top of his nose and a
fine network of scratches on the backs
OF his hands, rest assured that man has
been coon hunting.
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Charlotte Cushman says earnestness
is the secret of her career. Dickens
said the same.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-24
PREPARATIONS FoR BOATING Ar YALE.

rup YuE CLUB COLLECTING MONEY FOR NEW
po,r-UoUsE-NExr YEARS CREW ALMOST I'm
TIRELY SELECTED.
lFROm AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRBUsR'l
NEW-HAyEN, Conn., Jan. 17.-Ab0ut boating
there is deal say. First OF ALL the Yale Boat oiup
received notice several months ago That the site OF is
present would be needed by its owners
IL has since appeared that the ground Is to be used as
part of the the recent coal combnations New
Haven depot The building had been getting old. 80
that the news great surprise ~ II nhsh'
have been but, IN view Of the financial outlook, the
pro pect OF securing site and putting up suitable
building anything but eniyening Inc mater
however has boon taken hold OF heartily. and MT
Ferry President CT the Club aud Capt Cook nave Doen
pushing matters with characteristic energy The SUI
dents have generously risen to the emergency anu mr
Ferrys recent trip 10 solicit subscriptions from the
alumni has resulted tavorably. Several SITES
have been under consideration including whitney LAKE,
which ia about convenient Of access az tho
and has advantage of smooth water aud absence o
strong currents It's longth however. was hsrhy sasS
factory and the socaed Mil River site ON the Far
Haven sIdo Of the harbor. and Just below INC ohaPs'
BRIDGE has boon virtually chosen. The plan Is 10 puu
strong atone foundation which Will be of permanent
yalue-the old boat house stands on pes-and To erect
upon this a plain and substantial WOODEN STRUCTURE
which may eventually be replaced by something mor'
imposing An effort will be made 10 have the Duiluhe
as convenient as possible. and to employ pernaho"
i,nitor which measure will result better care OIL the
Clubs propert IT, greater security to The whcrres'
oars &c. OF the Of private rooms To insure
proper use OF the funds collected for the new building
Professors Brush Richards and Wheeler Will serve as
committee OF supervision IL Is hoped that tho building
may be sufficiently advanced TO answer the purposes OIL
pext Summers training or not Lake 5aonstal, whch
IL the the Spring and Fall races Will nave 10 dc
resorted tO. .,, =. ,n
Last July : has given great stimulus 10 me
and fha hnne Nt VI
yersity crew has put a fine lot of into preliminary
framing Ont of these the has been almost Sc
Iected already and systematic work will soon he
entered upon Beside Capt. Cook. those who ara re-
garded as certain J. Kennedy Of Struthers, o.
Fast Uaddam Conn, and r. Wood Of Norwak. Conn
T1e following are among chose whose chances are
counted good for tho remaining two POSITIONS Z. ~
Fowler ID IT. Kellogg C. u. lockwood. &. A. Claim,
nj q
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STEAMSHIP REPAIRS IN MiD-OCE.fN.
The VOYAGE OF THE CHINA.

The Pacific Mail steamship China, Is days
overdue arrived at San Francisco Jan u.s. Much solicit
tude for the safety OF the great ship lad been felt
throughout the country Prom The Bulletin is con-
densed the following interesting statement OF the cause
of the detention OF the steamer in mid-ocean:
on the 10Th Of December the China crossed the anti
me ridan and, she coming eastward. the follow
ing day also called Dec 49, thus making two Fri
the engine broke down and was stopped, in latitude
500 IA north, longitude l75' so west; the weather
Rent before the wind aud finally laid TO- The wheels
we're dashed, the fires banked steam was blown on,
and the machinery allowed Time ne 70 asI %nUn
ton was made by Mr. Ojeda the cher engineer who re-
ported vertically into the piston had been torn
away and the injury could only be repaired by drilling
the nut above the cylinder. and by making
and inserting through II large ron Key, al
right ges thus firmly securing the rod to the piston
T6e trns condition Of the damage having been fully
ascertaned the Chief Engineer drew MS WORKING plans
and figured the amount OF 'e aha ,t Gould he rs
CURED TO fully effect the repairs a. many OF tne oos
necessary would have TO be anuaeIureu on y,
steamers for aoat 40 cubic inches OF IRON Was 70
be drilled out and the gigantic size OF the nacnhery
rendered the task a formidable oneito accomplish a'
The fires in the main boilers were extnguished, and
hundred fathoms Of cables attached in which condition
she lard to nearly eight days drifting about nearly IN
quite fresh from the eastward and forced the steamer
within 100 miles Of Brooks Midway Island where the Pa
cihe Mail Steamship Company have erected buildings,
! and Keep a supply OF coal and provisions, placed
there port OF refuge for use in case of necessity
on the 27th OF December, Just seven days and
twenyihree hours, or one hour before promised the
giant beam bowed toward the east the wheels turned
over and the China then seventy three miles north
| west OF the position in which she broke down,
moved on toward California, amid the delight OF the
passengers and the satisfaction OF all. who very gen
orally appreciated the difficulties of the task just
accomplished, and accorded TO the chief engineer,
Tor their skill and unIenitting exertons displayed in
THIS gency wen as TO the officers OF the ship.
10 overcome the difficulty, and for their watchiu care
and attention 10 duty. This accidental detenton OF
bout eight days could have been nearly made up had
moi tho CHINA lott IaDao with rsta6f shoot snou,s al