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Cured Her.

An old man up in Connecticut had poor
cranky bit of wife, who regularly once
week got up in the night and invited the fam
ily to see her die. She gave away her things,
spoke her last words, made her peace with
heaven, and then about eight o'clock she
got up in the usual way, and disappointed
everybody by going at her household duties
as if nothing had happened. The old man
got sick of it finally, and went out and got
a coffin, real nice cashmere shroud,
wreath of immortelles, and with "Fare-
well, Mary Ann worked in handful of
silver plated screws. Laying the screw
driver beside the collection, he invited her
TO holler die once more. "Do il" said he
land in you 60, and this farewell business
is over" Mary Ann is at this moment
baking buckwheat cakes for a large and
admiring family, while they dry apples IN
the coffin up in the garret.
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Iowa Discount.

One day last week.-Mrs. is the way the
broker tells it, although we're inclined to
think he yarns-a man came to Des
Moines note shaver, handed him note duly
signed by tgood man." and asked him if
he would buy it. The note had two years
to run. The man of money glanced at the
signature and notified the customer that he
would purchase the document if they could
agree upon terms. "Well, what will you
give for it?" asked the seller. The broker
took his pencil and figured. When he had
completed the example he scratched his
head and muttered, ''No, that can't be cor
rect" and he figured again. Again the
result didn't suit him and again he stirred
up the capillary substance with his fore
finger, and again he 'ciphered. The
third result appeared to satisfy him and
looking up at the customer he remarked
aAt first thought was mistaken, but the
second and third trials verify the finding of
the first. According to our rules for shaw
paper, you owe me just fifteen dollars, but
as it's you, I'll take the paper and call it
square," The seller studied awhile and
concluded not to do it.-Ioa0a State Register.
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Thaddeus Stevens Estate An Asylum
to be Founded
From he Lancaster Express.


Last week we clronicled the death of the
nephew of s'the Great Commoner." In
this connection it becomes matter Of in
terest to recall the fact that the old Com
monor gave to the deceased (by his last will
and testamcnD an annuity of $500, and, if
certain conditions which lie imposed upon
the deceased had been complied with, the
whole estate would have reverted to him;
otherwise the estate was to go to the found
ing of an orphan asylum for the use Of all
denominations, races and colors. Inasmuch
as Col. Stevens did not comply with the
conditions of the viii, the entire estate (bar-
ring few small bequests) will go to the
founding of a great orphan asylum in Lam
caster. The estate is variously estimated
to be worth from 100000 to $3.50, ,000 The
will designated the southern section Of Ian
caster-south of East or West King street
las the locality for the asylum; and we
understand that certain parties III that Sec
ton are now ready to give the land just as
soon as the executors-liun O. j. Dicke,
Hon. A. Z. Roberts, and lion. Edward Nc
Pherson-are ready to proceed with tile
building.
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Names OF Countries.

The following countries it is said, were
originally named by the Ph@nicians, the
greatest commercial people in the world.
The names, in the Phenician language,
signifed something characteristic of the
places which they designate.
Europe signifies country of white CON-
plexion: so named because the inhabitants
were of lighter complexion than those OF
Asia OF Africa.
Asia signifies between or in the middle,
from the fact that geographers placed it
between Europe and Africa.
Africa signifies the land of corn OF ears,
It was celebrated for its abundance of corn,
and all sorts of grain.
Siberia signifies thirsty or dry-very
characteristic.
Spain, country of rabbits or comics. II
was once SO infested with these animals
that it sued Augustus for an army to de-
stroy them.
Italy, country OF pitch, from its yield.
ing large quantities of black pitch.
Calabria, also for the same reason.
Gaul, modern France, signifies yellow
haired, as yellow hair characterized its III
habitants.
The English of Caledonia is high hill
This was rugged, mountainous province
in Scotland.
Hibernia is utmost, or last habitation
for beyond this westward, the PhGnicians
never extended their voyages.
Britain the country of tin, great quanti
ties being found ON it and adjacent islands
The Greeks called it Albion, which signifies
| i'll the Phenician tongue either white OF
high mountains, from the whiteness of its
shores, OF the high rocks on the western
coast.
Corsica signifies n woody place.
Sardinia signifies the footsteps OF men
which it resembles.
Syracuse, bad SAVIOR, so-called from th'
unwholesome marsh ON which it stood.
Rhodes, serpents OF dragons, which ]
produced in abundance.
Sicily, the country of grapes.
| Scylla, the whirlpool of destruction.
Charybdis, the holds of destruction.
Etna, signifies furnace, IL dark, o
smoky.
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A CRYsTALIzED BoUQUET.-I want t o
tell "Gertie" " how to make crystalized
bouquet for winter. First gather your
grasses, long, dropping swamp grass, oats,
wheat, and in fact all kinds that will be
suitable; not forgetting to have nice
cock 's-comb, or princes feather, for a center:
now burn your alum, and dissolve i'll warm
water, one quart of water to one pound Of
alum. Set away in an earshen crock or
bowl, and allow it to cool; then suspend
your grass in it, not allowing them to touch
the bottom of the crock. Leave them
twelve hours, and upon taking them out,
you will find them covered with lovely
crystals, like ice. If you want larger crys-
calls put the grasses in the mixture while it
is slightly warm; or you can have different
colored ones by putting part in another
vessel, where some indigo, yellow oohre,
purple ink or some lovely analine tints
have been added to the alum and water.
We have "cornucopia hanging against
our wall that is made of cardboard that is
covered with pine cones and vanished,
then filed with dried grass, and in the
center of the grasses nestles large cocks
comb (red) literally covered by alum
crystals. Every one pronounces it lovely.
Another ornament consists in wrapping
the large thorns of honey locusts with
scarlet yarn and crystalizing them; OF get
small baskest wrap with fancy colored yarn,
crystalize, then fill with crystalized flowers.
or artificial flowers, cards, small shells, or
any of the small etcetera which all observing
young ladies are accustomed to collect.
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England's Royal Family.
From the Boston Traveller.

The Prince of Wales comnlated his .hi-sJ-
third year on Monday, November 9th. He
is getting well along in life, and yet the
prospect Of his becoming King soon is by
no means promising, as Queen Victoria is
in health, and is only half way between her
fifty-ffth and fifty-sixtil year. The Prince
is aware that many of the soyereigns of
England, and of Great Britain, did not
come to the throne till they were older than
he is, or as DID, or very nearly as old
Henry | was 80 when he became King,
Stephen about 40, Richard I in his 32d
year, John i'll his 33d year, Edward in his
34th year, Henry " 33, Mary in her 3Sth
year, James in his 37th year, James II in
his 22d year, William III in his 39th year,
Anne in her Goth year, George in his 55th
year, George II in his 44th year, George
~ in his 58th year, and William " in the
closing days Of his Goth year, the oldest
person that ever assembled the throne since
the Conquest, Or before it, so far as we can
recollect. Most of the sovercigns named
did not begin to reigp:until they were older
than is the Prince of Wales-and the othel )
had reached to the number of years that he
knows, or were very near it. OF the six
British soye reigns Of the Hanoverian line
there has been no English sovereign of that
line-only two assembled the throne in youth
Victoria insher 19lh year, and George III
i'll his 23d year. OF the others, three were
old men, the least aged of them George ~
being in his 44th year, a time of life when
living is losing its flavor, and tastes almost
as fat as champagne that has stood open
for hours. 1t must be hard fate to come
to throne late in life, when a man has
ceased to look forward to anything, unless
it be his tomb. A wise and witty French
man says that either we never get what we
desire, or we get it when we have lost all
capacity for enjoying it. This sad result
of our craving must be peculiarly sad in
the case of a prince who becomes king at
or near sixty, and finds himself forced to
say, Amen! to the Great Kings declaration
that all is vanity. And that is the 'sum
of all Of the world, which is nothing after
all.'
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Tom Scott VIII Take $40, 900, 900.

Col. Thomas A. Scott was in town, and
announced his purpose, openly, to come to
Congress at the approaching session. and
ask aid for his Texas Pacific Road. He
says lie wants so, ooO, 900 in all to complete
the road. This he proposed TO raise on
forty y-year bonds, the interest Of which, at
Ave per cent, gold, he proposes to ask Con-
gress to guarantee. To secure the Govern
nent, it is proposed to turn over all the
land grants, all machinery, track, rolling
stock, and appnrtenances, and to issue the
bonds as fast as the road is completed, in
sections, at the rate of $40, G0 a mile for
the plains, and $40, 00oa mile for the heavy
grading. Col. Scott says he IS confident
that lie will never be obliged to ask he
Government to pay d coupon, and that i is
proposed to pay the interest on the fist
fur wears mt ar the pr cet dS e iic l.a'ls.
s. Uash. tar. Gin Gazette,
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A Revolution in Flour Making

We have heretofore spoken of the new
process in use in Minnesota and elsewhere.
1t may Justly be called revolution in trade.
Briefly, the process consists in passing the
wheat through asmut machine then through
the "Decorticator, where the outer fibre
of the grain is removed; after this, grind
ing coarsely and submitting to an alr-blast
which separates the finer flour composed OF
starch mostly, from the coarser or middllngs,
which contain all the saccharine and other
nutritive properties of the wheat. THESE
middlings. thus purified, then ground, form
ing the 'sNew Process" flour.
The idea is of European origin, but has
been vastly improved, and is still in course
Of Improvement in Minnesota. By the new
nroccss. sixteen pounds m,re OF hour are
produced from the quantity OF wheat re-
o,;red TO make barrel of -four In quality
the new -four is vastly superior to the olo.
Spring wheat, by this process, VIII MAKE
sunerior flour. More stones are required,
- tbe running is slower, but the power
will make as much -four as formerly IN
consequence of tho diminished speed. IN
nr;ce the new process four commands my
pants p,s' more than that which formerly ranked
as the best.
I,nraursG 1T AT pAEAMIsT. "a letter
containing the following items from rama,
mint was recently received by gentleman
Lroke here than at Reno. There are aOoas
e;v,,t hundred men lierr, and it's very co'os
| ,.,..,n.,s v Y Carr is here,
aa,, ! poinu to start paper soon. II is
Ian ,.a,a "a STAY bcle this Winter. but cannot
| .,,;,,l ,f returning 10 Reno at present, q
t,,;nk b. remaining I viii succeed. ~ =
-. obliged to pay 81 for meals, all,i poor
.,t,at. Tie mines arc all located.
-lou,nc,n,an tsil"rs in China receive
tu4 cents ler das.
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A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.

Twas the night before Christmas when all through
the house
Not creature was stirring, not even q mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that st Nicholas soon would be there.
The children nestled all snug in their beds
Whlle visions of sugar purs danced In their heads
And mamma in her kerchicf, and in my cap.
Had Just settled our brains for long winters nan
When out on the lawn there arose such clatter
sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window few like flash,
Iore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
Ihe moon on the breast of the new-falen snow
Gave lustre OF midday to objects below;
Wnen, what to my wandering eyes should appear
But miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer
win little old driver, so lively and quick
l knew in moment it must be ST. Nick
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came
And he whistled and shouted and called them bv
name:
"Now, Dasher! now Dancer! now, Prancer and
Vixen!
On, Comet on, Cupid! on, Donder and Btzen!
10 the top of the porch to the top of the wall
Now dash away, dash away, dash away ALI
AS dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fiy,
When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky.
Lo up to the hopse-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys-and st. Nicholas too
And then in twinkling heard on the roof
The prancing and paving of each little hoof
AS drew in my head and was turning around
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with bound
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot
And his clothes all tarnshed with ashes and SCOT
A bundle of toys he had lung on his back
And he looked like pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes how they twinked! his dimples how merry
His drolI little mouth was drawn up like bow
And the beard on his chin as white as the snow
The stump of pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like wreath
He had broad face and little round belly
That shook, when he laughed like bowl full of jelly
He was chubby and plump-a right jolly old elf
And laughed, when l him, in spite of myself.
wink of his eye and twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know had nothing to dread.
He spoke not void, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with Jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving nod up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh to his team gave whistle
And away they all flew like the down of thistle;
But heard him cxclam, ere he drove out of sight,
Happy Christmas to ALL and to all goodnight
--CLement c. Moore.
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George Alfred Townsends Estimate o
Bret Harte.

washington Letter in Chicago TrbuneI
Bret Harte has escaped from the cramps
OF Boston, and, in the larger latitude of
New York, has recovered his spirits and the
subtlety of his art. He is now writing
novel, to be completed before New Year;
and it is already passing through the press
at Hartford. No young writer has been
more mercilessly annoyed by the imitators
of his style, who, failing to sell their pieces
at his price. boldly put his name to them,
and then claim that the merits of the imi-
tations floated the counterfeit. Literature
i'll this country is mean, because it is newsy.
Harte has a refinement as to things liter
ary, to which his laughing manner does in
justice. He makes no display His shop
is in his mind. lie is a slow and eonscieii-
tious worker and little of merchant in his
wares. took him to Ford's theatre and
showed him the way Booth escaped by the
rear door.
THAT will make great scene i'll art some
day, WON'T it?'
no, said he, "because there was moth
ing genuine in it. IL Sas cheap and false,
ali the way through. Not the fa,intest
touch of real motive possesses it. Trickery,
sensational, lneretiiciJus, aud cowardly as
it was, it canuot be dignified.''
lie also set Edgar A. Poeas a story-teller
below Hawthorne, because Poe aimed to
possess the superficial emotions Of mystery
and terror. and produce effects below the
dignity Of a thoughtful and pio,ts artist.
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4 New WEAPON. We understand that
new and niurdelous weapon has been IN
vented in New Orleans and is being circulsl-
ted throughout Washington and elsewhere
The New Orleans PicGyuae speaks Of it.
1t appears to be a species of knuckles, with
revolver and gimlet-thus attachment. It
fits, of course, In tho hand; tue projections
are sharp and peuetratiyc, aud the acti N
Simultaneous When you wish 70 disar-
range man for business, you have simply
to tap him on the jaw; tile kliuekles break
that useful member, i lnitrailleuse begiEs
performance on lis head, ind ilie knife
works away ut his t'irpaii thus. before he
could form u distillct Idet of what hurt
him. he would he perforated aitl, half Il
tezel bullets, shattered and fractured il our
Of shape, aud What Was lvft III him u.
chopped 50 finely lg lie bowic that it
wouldn't fill a satslalts lox. he l,epabl;-
can party was stantk i'll. me ef these
weapons.
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What is Meant by Two-Horse Power.

The power of prime movers is measured
by horse power. Watt found that the
strongest London draught horses were
capable Of doing work equivalent to faising
30, 000 pounds one foot high per minute,
and be took this us tho unit of power for
the steam engine. The horse is not usually
capable af doing SO great an amount OF
work. Rakins gave 10000 ot-pounda as
thefgaie for a inea.aof several experiments,
ard it is probable tlat $4,000 foot.poands
Is fair minutes average work for good
animal i &aala require five Or sis men
10 slo tit wulk # astrong horse. Watts
estimate has became, by general consent
among engineers, lie standard of lawel
n.asnlsmslt IN all lu,1os, IN sssisetif44
4.af riran
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Edmund Kinks Transactions

James II. Gilmore, known in literature as
Edmund Kirk, the author Of ..The Life of
Jesus" Among the Pines and other
works, will be arraigned for sentence to-
day in the Essex County Quarter Sessions
in Newark. He las been convicted OF
swindling, and, as there are other like ac-
cusations pending, it is expected that the
penalty will be made severe.
Several years ago Mr. fillmore married
Mrs. Burnett, the wealthy widow of New
ark merchant. The management of her
property subsequently occupied his atten-
ton to the exclusion Of literary pursuits,
aud he has occupied an office in Broad
street. Lately .he has been given to drunken
ness. His transactions in real estate became
untrustworthy, and he is understood to
have lost largely. He was accused oil
selling piece of mortgaged land represent
ing it as unincumbered. For this he was
convicted on the 9th Of November. lie
was kept a prisoner several days, being
unable to procure acceptable bail, On the
18th he was tried on charge of inducing
Celini Techener TO take mortgages on four
tracts Of land, BY falsely representing them
as unincanlbelej. but in this case lie was
acquitted. A third case, III which he ems
tered plea uf unintentialal fraud is not
disposed uf-Aeso FORK Sua.
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.FoERTY.
A MUssULMAN TRADITION

Upon certain day Mohammed walked,
with All, his souls mate, and while they talked.
Weaving deep words as only wise folks can.
Suddenly athwart their converse broke man
Who drunk with wine and wrath essayed fortnight
TO grid at Ali forimagined slight,
Belching malicious jibes. The reverend saoe
Awhile unfretted, bore the others rage;
But finally, his gentle snfferance failing.
Repaid the insolent railing for railing.
Whereat Mohammed passed, as best he could,
Leaving the pair to settle up their feud.
Next time the friends met grumbled Ali: .Why
Leftest thou me to give that churl the lie
Unseconded ?" Brother" Mohammed said
"While slander spat its venom on thy head
And thou vert silent saw l angels ten,
With wings ashield Tending it back. But when
Thou did'st that noble reticence put off.
Returning thy tormentor scoff for scoff.
Then one by one away those angels flew,
And when the last had left thee went to-,
-Rachel Ponse''oy in the Independent.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

! From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A woman in Berlin, F." says an exchange,
"has forty-nine children" We are not
| Informed as to what~she intends to do
about it, but if we were in that woman's
place would make it an even fifty, or freeze
in the attempt.
A Detroit paper has an article headed:
"a Young Girl Made the Victim of a
Bogus Marriage" This is shocking. In
these days of dissolute young men it is
quite bad enough for a young girl to be
| made the victim of genuine marriage.
An Albany man who enlisted in the army
two years ago has already deserted seven
times. He set out it would seem, with
the determination to do the rough deserting
OF the whole regiment, and the undertaking
does not permit him to stay at his post even
long enough at time to be shot.
& A prominent Western journalist, who
recently retired from the newspaper bust
ness, is about to marry, it is said, widow
worth $4,000 People who are wondering
why he sold out ought to know that it
takes mighty enterprising man to manage
daily paper and rich widow at one and
the same time.
The Detroit Free Press tells us that Mark
Twain uses silver-plated boot jack. Mark
married a fortune ana has made a fortune
by his books. He is therefore abundantly
able to use boot;jack of solid silver, and
his failure to do SO is, to us, far more
humorous than anything he has ever writ
ten.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, the nineteenth
better half, or rather the nineteenth better
eighty-seventh, of Brigham Young, was
expelled the other day from the Mormon
church. AS this expulsion is simply an
imperative command to st. Peter to slam
the door in Ann Eliza's face when she
approaches the entrance to Paradise, the
poor creature now has no more chance for
heaven than an ordinary Christian.
A man named Lyons attempted to elope
the other day, in Brooklyn, with thirteen
year-old girl If the Lyons that go about
seeking whom they may elope with and
silly female infancy can be restrained in no
other way, we shall have to send for Cor
don Cummings to come over and hunt them
to their lairs. thirteen-year-old girl has
no more business with husband than a
superannuated pauper has with a broken
legged elephant.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says: ga five
legged mule is Texas object of curiosity.
We would like to run carpenter shop and
make speciality of repairing stables in
the vicinity of that animal" Yes, but I'M
less you displayed more ability in running
carpenter shop than you exhibit in run
ming newspaper, you would very speedily
break at the business.