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The Cost OF Living.

Valuable statistics in regard to the
comparative cost of living in America
and Europe are given in the last Massa-
chusetts Labor Report
Gone dollar viii buy twenty pounds
of flour in Boston, one or two pounds
more in several European seaports, but
the same or considerable less in major
ity of the places compared. In Boston
one dollar will buy 5.56 pounds OF fresh
beef-roasting piece. In no place in
England will it buy so much by pound
or more, and in Europe still less, ,Copepy
hagen being the. only place given where
it will buy more. Butter in Europe av-
erages pound more to the dollar than
here, cheese less by more than that, ex-
cept in few spots.
"As for potatoes, they are cheaper
here than in England, and dearer than
in Ireland or Germany. Seven or eight
pounds of pork for dollar are sold here,
and not much over half as much can be
obtained for that sum in England or Eu-
rope, and nowhere as much. In rice,
milk, and eggs they have the advantage.
Tea costs less here than i'm England, but
more than OH the Continent. With cof-
fee it is about the same, though the diff
ference is little. In sugar the British are
little better of, the Continentals a
good deal worse. Coal is cheaper here
than in Germany, and dearer than In
England. Merrimac or common prints
are cheaper here than anywhere in
England or Europe. Boots are about the
same here as there, generally speaking.
There are but two or three places in
England orapn gthq ;0Duthent where
brown sheetings are cheaper than here,
while in brown shirtings the foreigners
are better off. Rent for four-roomed ten
ements is from two to four times cheaper
than in Great Britain, and on the Costir
nent than in Boston; in Austria fifteen
times cheaper. Board also is from. once
and half to twice as cheap in Europe
and Great Britain as in Boston,"
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idlJohn Bsnta6,s'arave. I.

According TO the London newspapers
the grave Of the author of, The. Pil-
urim's Progress, whose remains lie in
The Nohcofiformist burial-grounds, Bun
hill-fieids; is ias the present. time in "a
very unsatisfactory >. state. Whether
owing to atM6sPhefic influence Or other
injuriesy the fecumbeht figure Of Bnnyan
rs rapidly crumbling away, three parts
of the nose having already disappeared.
The tive t,asreliefs ON the side of the
tomb, rspresenting Pilgrim, sin laden,
starting on his Journey and Pilgrim at
the close Of, bis Journey, kpeeling hum
bly, at the foot of the cross, have been
subjected to adisgaccf,l Sct' Of vandsI-
ism. The nose, upper lip, and chin Of
the latter iguer have been deliberately
Clipped on and Chat very recently !;
iyhgs On the tqEmeTSthe. nose has been cen
erected by poBlics subscription in May,
1862. \ 81 n s.gt, 9af ffa gftf3 3...... 2
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Jonah. va. the Whale.

Unbelievers have often told us that the
story of the prophet swallowed bys great
fish was an absurdity. They say that,
being 80 long in the stomach of the
r1ehster, the minister would have been
digested. We have no difficulty in this
matter. Jonah was q most unwilling
guest of the whale. He wanted to get
-oht. However mitch he may have liked
fish, he did, not want it three times a
day and all the ,tiiiie. So he kept up 4
idget and struggle and ttirhifig, and
gave the whale no time TO assimilate him.
The man knew that If he was ever to get
out he must be in perpetual motion. We
know men that are so lethargic that they
would have given the matter up so
quietly that in few hours they would
have gone into fukesand' fshbones, blow
holes and blubber. Now we see men all
around us who have been swallowed by
monstrous misfOrtunes. Some of them
sit down on piece of whalebone and
give up, They say Il, -.
"No tisel / fwill never get my money,
or restore my good name, or recover my
health.n So
They float out to sea and hfe never
Htdru vi. OtnerSl TIE nlOHucHt tney RO
down the throat of some great difficulty,
begin Immediately to plan for egress.
The make a rapid estimate of the length
of the vertebre, and come to the con-
clusion how far they are in. They dig
up enotgh spermaceti out of the dark
ness to make light, and keep turning
this way and that, till the first you know
they are out. Determination to get well
has much to do with recovered invalid
ism. Firm will to defeat bankruptcy de-
cides financial deliverance. Never surA
render to misfortune or discot,ragemeht.
You can, If YOU are spFy ehotigh, make
1t as Uncomfortable for the whale, as the
whale can make it uncomfortable for you.
There will be some place where you
can brace your foot against his ribs and
some long upper tooth around which you
may take hold, and he will be as glad
to get rid Of you for tenant as you are
to get rid of him for a landlord. There
is a way out, if you are determined to
find it. All our sympathies are with the
plaintiff, in the suit of Jonah VS.. Levia-
than.
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much richer than Martha, who has ,sel-
fshly kept everything for herself. Take
the apple. It is yours .yi'reS tl
."But," whimpered Martha, "you said
the apple was for the one that could give
the most"
"True," returned her godmother.
:" Bit / said also, that what you might
call itiuch, / might call little. You for
get that" i.ff .o.,
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iAlsaf go 80 iH
,.ANiEMiGRANT. q


He wasyc,ing s6d <ratale ana he vas poor;S
There were sofrls,to Help.him, who had not much !;
There were others whowanted their help even more
(lfe was one who never was blind to sush.)
Said he, % Now dod grant that nor age nor youth
Shall lose one comfort by aiding me-" -
And bright In his courage, and brave In his truth,
Our darling sailed, lonely, opt oyer the sea.
And he asked not what he should like to do,
But just did whatever his,bapd could find;
"A nd full well trow that nobody knew
| whether his task was all to his mind.
But God was watching. He smiled and said,
" Free as mine angels he works my will
Why should saxtl's burden on such be laid?s'
Let him come higher, and serve Me still.
What does fl mskter to one, Who goes
To liye with the sngelstto live, with Me,
Whether they plant on hfs grave rose,
Or never see II out over the sea?
+" Come to Me quickly ini That tblce he knew,
And expected, and yet was the struggle leng;
The fields of Heaven were full in his view,
But the ties round his heart were warm and strong
But he chose the best-as be always could ..
The best for him and the best for us;
For he left us this, that whoever would,
Might enter Heaven conqueror thus
'7''F 10 Good Words.
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A MATRIfeNiAL PICTURE.

THREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE.
My desrcst, you are going out boz
Indeed, tits very cold;
Let me, sweet love, around your neck .
This handkerchief enfold. s.
You know how anxious for your healt i,
My own dear George, am;
One loving kiss before we part
Goodbye, sweet one, goodbye!
THREE. YEARS AFTER MARRIAGE.
You're going out---why don't you go?
can not help the rain;
You wouldn't grieve me nightly
To ne'er come back again!
Umbrella' don't know where II is;
Whatu you want next, / wonder?
Don't poster me about your cold
Good gracious! 90 TO thunderl
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r THERE is striking contrast between
'Barnum's first and second marriage.
When he was "Tayler Barnum," helping
his widowed mother, TI who kept tavern in in
sewing girl" Charity Hallett yielded
to the youths ardent affections, and be-
came his bride. They commenced house
keeping in the second story Of small
building, on the first floor of which the
bridegroom kept an oyster saloon. Let
this be compared with the Barnum of to-
day, with a property Of three millions,
and with palace at Bridgeport sur
rounded by aparts the establishment be-
ing unequaled in New England.
(. A s+Ioso ,Si dSs,SstiJE ofsTsst fern, will
cure ivy poiaon
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22

ehsea-nsksrs-o -ofNe~ York state
propose to Hganiza themsslvesinto ap,-.-
tectiye society. The basis is ts~s, "a
Cheese shalfb be sold for less tbsa 100 Genus
per pound, and, If q m~ssper ais mus. se,, sen
when the market Is Liver, then eitner tne
society or anv psember will buy " until
IL will brips that price,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22

dsaw them leaye their hanpy home,~
Ywo Prother> young spd fair, i
The light Of love was their hearts,
And hope was living there;
fathers blessing they received, 80
e. They heard mothers prayer.
: a sEhey seughtts tie city,scrowded mart, q
8here bHstlng business ran q Il
!. AtA MeUvfy tfde-Vf Industry, -, a., Z. j
~ The wprkof busy man. ''H ~
And there, with hope and energy, 3
q. 80 Y pies > earnest work began, " ~, ~.
Tho flight Of years to manhood brought -,
: s0p train, and still the sky W
Waspright With hope, and life was sweet,
The days PASSED happily.
And Oft that mothers gentle prayer ~
Was heard In memory.
There came dark, sad day. one felt
.sy, The tempter's wicked spell;
He listened to the siren voice.
He yielded and he fell;
Alas that voice 10 all his Joys
Q Was but the warning knell.
THE other won the praise of men,
r; And in life's twilight gray, -.
! That fathers blessing, mothers prayer,
|. breathed on that parting day,
In memory lived TO comfort him,
90 Who chose the better way
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22

y HENRY MEeGs, the California mfffion.
aire, has, it is reported, a fortune of $4S,-
100000.
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That Detroit Justice.

There is Justice in Detroit who has
made himself remarkable for the .impres.
sive solemnity of the sentences he passes
upon prisoners. Here is the Free Press
report of one of the latest cases in his
court, q man who was arrested for
vagrancy:
? HCan't find nothing to do but loaf
around the wharves and gallon, up and
down the alleys, eh?" remarked his
Honor, as a young man was rushed out.
81 am q stranger in this town. dead
broke and nobody to borrow of" replied
the prisoner, his hair climbing up to
perpendicular as 'Bijah glared down upon
him. During the momentary pause,
boy in the alley was heard singing:
"Not shilling in my pocket
Pulling hard against the stream"
"I can't help it that you are dead
broke" said the court. "Pd be glad it
everybody owned silver mine and two
coach dogs. The officer says you have
been wandering aimlessly around, sleep
ing on bales of hay, taking free lunches
and making no effort to amass fortune.
You don't seem to have any aim---any
ambition"
eyes have" replied the prisoner: i.
"Where is it, sir---where is 1t 2" asked
his Honor, leaning forward. "Did you
ever hear Of Cicero taking free lunches? ?
Did YOU ever read that Plato gamboled
through the alleys of Athens? Tell me,
sir, did you ever hear any one say that
Demosthenes slept under coal shed or
on bale of hay If. you wanted to be
Plato, there would be fire in your eye;
your hair would have an intellectual cut;
you'd step into aclean shirt and hire
moving machine to pare those finger
nails. Sir, you have got to 60 up for four
u,nptha - 't
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little gill, beautiful as "a. dream. She
lifts the child dp to AbeH and asksi !"
"poh't YOU know Nahcy Jones' baby"
Comfort and plenty have, come to
Abel Stearns and Jessie since. that night.
when Nancy Jones found her in the
street-Nancy Jones no longer, but
Nancy Morse. She gave Abel the means
to restart in life, and now he has one of
The finest ranches in Californiasand he
says the finest wife, and children, and all
because Jessie saved Nancy Jones' baby
Sacramento Union.o9 att ~ ,.-.. t.uil..
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FOR THE YOUNG foLxs.


~ The Two Little r'aAsiss.insS 81
Two little pussies, l. srtl
So soft and gray.
4 Ohi' whatk noise they make ) oSpA
In their wild play;
Jumping and splitting; .|i ''
qIandmother'sk knitting ~.
Better Keep otit Of the way. % 'iti
" Two little pussies fi. .'., ~ q
SO fast asleep.
Ha hai you rascals, r 80 ir'
At that poor spidep Jt'5i = D,Jf 20
All woe betide her,
Softly toward her you creep. IL = 9
- Two little pussies,ii = -'a"rgr .
Happy and frse;,
: Stop Tor amoneft, i'''
Listen TO me.
In your Wild gambols, ~
In all your rambles, s..t..
Nerer mouse do you see?
Dear little pussies,
Oh, .yesl know or -
Gut Of sweet kittenhood -
Soon you will grow, d"
Then you'll be growing,
Always be pr0wling
In holes where Kittens don't 60. 80
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22

|" is not your business, 'ssid Martha.
=" For my part, r think shilling qiite
enough to give. ] shall keep the rest for
the apple" .olAc 1O1
So the week went on, andothe fhify god,
mother canreas I'D. ~ s.,as.s t. ,o.su 80
.it,is mipe,n s3sR N isks e Ths Nipple
is, minef Seel / have ting and gold
beads- and three -erewns-in- silver, and
Uncle George eaH me apibbs Of gold"
"And what haye you gptg asked the
aAIasi hetLIasg,g, said .Ellao l9Igare,
my miqF % Aunt Kate, and m ysaso
crowns TO some people who were starving
"Then," answered the fairy, "you are
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22

, A srisoso dst0ctidR ofswset fern, will
cure ivy poison,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-24
GENERAL NEWS.
tanon, N. H., Feb. 10. 1874.

Two convicts escaped from the Mass. State
prison Friday evening BY tunnelling under
the prison wall.
Virginia is manufacturing paper from the
reeds which grow so abundantly in the Dis
NAL Swamp.
A Christmas tree trimmed with five. dollar
bills was one OF the features of New York
juvenile ball.
A. A. Guthrie, one of the prominent oIigi-
nal Anti Slavery men of Ohio, died in Zanes-
vile on Saturday.
Trotting horses. to be used for sporting
purposes, cannot now be imported from Can
ada free Of duty.
1t is reported from Tennessee that Horace
Maynard will run for Governor at the next
election and that "Bald Eagle" Stokes will
try to get back into Congress.
The New Jersey State Senate has rejected
the constitutional amendment providing for
the taxation of church property by vote Of
l6 to |.
Keokuk has formed a ladies' society to
hunt up husbands who remain at ',he lodge
after eleven r. NJ. thus gratifying at once
the impulses of affection and curiosity.
Only six papers in Kansas are displeased
with the election of Governor Harvey as SEN
stor. Of these, three are old Bourbon Dem
ocratic sheets aud two were Greeley organs.
The President Of Cornell University says
that, as rule, the young women at that in
stitu'ion average ten per cent. better on their
papers than the young men, and seem to be
quite as healthy.
Brigham Young's cannon factory has turned
out ninety eight pieces of artillery, and he
has IL 900 stand of arms.
Gail Hamilton says child is mosaic of
his ancestors, getting for instance, "bright-
ness from his mother, deception from his
father, furious temper from his uncle, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-24
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

To the Maine legislature
Irecently saw in the Boston Journal that
bill TO abolish Capital Punishment was before
the Legislature of your State, now in session.
/ ara resident Of another State. | do not
presume to be able to instruct the Maine Leg.
islatHre upon this question, nor influence a
single vote in that body, but, am so anxious
to see this relic of barbarism swept from the
statute books of our country, that cannot
refrain from adding a word of encouragement
to the passage of this bill. The experience of
the past cries trumpet-tongued for the entire
repeal of, death penalty. 1t is the voice of
history that the certainty of punishment-not
its sererity, prevents crime. The milder the
judgment, the more certain the execution ;
Blu, the law ofcapital punishment can nowhere
be executed with certainty. 1t defeats the
very object of punishment, which is proven
ton of crime ard reformation Of the criminal.
All that the most strenuous advocates Of the
death penalty can ask, is, that imprisonment
for life shall not tend to the increase Of crime.
If II Is unnecessary to execute the criminal,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-24
self.restraint from his aunt" That last clause

is often particularly true.
Esquimaux Joe of Polaris fame was upon a
recent occasion called upon for speech. In
response he delivered the following model
Grafton: ''Ladies and gentlemen, / can't
talk anything bein' as catch cold,' and sat
down amid tumutuous applause.
The following list of the new English cabi-
net is official; First lord of the treasury,
Benjam Disraeli; chancellor of the ex.
chequer, Sir Stafford Northcote; first lord Of
the admiralty, George Ward Hunt; home de-
partment, Richard Assheton Cross; foreign
department, Earl of Derby; colonial depart
ment, Earl Of Caernavon; war, Claiborne
Hardy; secretary for India, Marquis of Sails
bury; lord high chancellor, Lord Cairns !;
lord privy seal, Earl of Mamesbury lord
president Of the council, Duke of Richmond.
Lord John Manners is appointed postmaster
general. The Times says that Lord Lennox
will be commissioner of works and buildings !;
Captain Stanley, under secretary of state of
war; Sir John Charles Hay, secretary to the
admiralty, and Lord Hamilton, under-secreta-
ry for the foreign department. Edward Card
well, secretary of war in the Gladstone min
istry, will be elevated to peerage under the
title of Viscount Rivington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-24

biil an act to amend the public laws of '73
relating to free high schools, being on its mas.
sage to be enacted, Mr. Foster moved ~,
amendment, which was adopted. The bill
was then passed to be reengrossed.
Bill an act for the better protection of lob.
sters in the waters of Maine, on its passage
to be enacted, was recommitted to the com
mittee on motion of Mr.. CoRrnELL, in order
to have a penalty clause attached.
On motion of Mr.. BAKER, the House ad-
journed.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-10
The Living TeIegrapher.

Symptoms are the silent characters through which
the diseased body telsgraphs its condition. But
they not always read Alright and the medicines
administered aggravate instead Of reliev
ing the complaint. Conspicuous among the in
stances of malpractice which are of daily occur
rated invalids with powerful cathaItics. Hostet
ters Stomach Bitters, in which are kiully blend
vgoration Of he stomach. and removal. without
violence. of regular discharges from the bowels
should be taken twice or thrice day as a edy
for indigestion of every type and for costiveness
whether chronic or casual. No other medicine will
be required and the cure will be rapid and painless
No medicine. as yet discovered or compounded
equals Hostetters Bitters specific for all affec
tions of the liver. well as for diseases Of tn,
stomach, the bowels and tho nerves. janStol6
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-10

The PUBLIC CRISIS IN SPAlN.--The span,
ish Cortes has been dissolved by Ministerial
decree which was issued in Madrid yesterday
The government promises that elections for
a new legislature will be he'd as soon as order
is restored and the citizens franchise rendered
really free in the country. Serrano thus con-
dones the Pavla coup, and to certain ex
tent, raccepts the position of head paclfea-
tor OF the leader in q war against all Spanish
political extremists Carlism appears to be
very active. Don Carlos and General Elo
have, we are assured, entered Santona at the
head of considerable force. Bilbao Is com
pletely surrounded by Carlist troops, and the
royalists are preparing to give battle to the re-
publicans
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-10

The WILD ANIMALS FOR THE ZooLooI
CAL GARDENS, PHILApELPHIA.-The consigr
ment of wild animals from the Rocky Mountain.
for the Geological Gai dens in the park at Phila
delphis, reached that city on Monday evening
and were transferred from the railroad car io
the cages prepared for them in the park. Th'
consignment embraces the following specimens
Moose deer, black tailed deer, ell, wolves silvel
foxes, cross foxes, grizzly bears, brown bears
cinnamon bears, black bears, catamounts, gol
den eagles, and others. The society expect an
other car load from the same region at an ear
Iy day, containing specimens Of buffalos ante
lopes, beavers, &c. An agent hes also
been collecting animals in Africa and Asia
~ho is expected 10 arrive in April with fin'
collection.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-10
RELIGIOUS

West fresbyteian Church, corner OF Eighth ant
Washington sts.-Preaching tomorrow at l01,
A. NJ, and IN p. NJ, by the Pastor. Rev. j. nj
=. Otts-Subiects for the morning, "The Working
church," for the evening, "Christ's Kingdom Un
iversal." Strangers and the public gensrally are
arc cordially invited.
MISSIONARY iMEEnNd.-At the Missionary
meeting In Trinity Chapel last evening, Dr. Frost
In the absence OF the Bishop presided. The Rows
Dr. Clemson, spencer Hotchkin Littsn, johnson
and Murphy took part In the services, and inter
eating addresses were made by the Rev. c. N
Chandler OF Baltimore and VIM. A. Shubert of the
White Swan Indian Mission. Both addresses we're
excellent filled with Missionary information and
Incidents, capi.ally end well told, and obviously
making our abiding impression on the audience
Tha collection in behalf of Missions was doubtless
good if the interest manifested is in dictatiye
of the willingness to give.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-10

Ice PROSPECTS IN NEW YoRK.-The prrs-
poets OF the next Ice crop in New Y ork, under
the present circumstances, are a matter Of
some concern. The supply In the Eastern
States promises fair. On Monday last the
Knckerbocker Company of Philadelphia was
cutting ice nine and twelve inches thick on
the KeBnebec An officer of the Wasnip gton
Co. remarked this morning, unless there was
q speedy change In the weather, 1t would be
necessary for the New York c0mpai lies To
seek their supplies at the Eastward, but no
decision would be come to until about tn o 10th
of February, beyond which time 1t wou Id not
be safe TO defer orders. OF course, this will
largely adj to the price of the article to con-
sumers.