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PERSONAL.

Geo. w. Adams, an extern sive cat and
wheat dealer on the Chicago board of
trade, SUSPENDED temporarily the 18th.
He states he will resume business again
soon.
The Brooklyn Eagle says . number of
Brooklyn clergymen and ministers in
other cities have united in letter 20 Mr..
Beecher expressive of love and conf
dence.
Ex-senator Carpenter has been re-
tanned by the municipality of New York
to prosecute W. NJ. Tweed in the civil. suit
for $4,000, 600 damages, which will prob.
ably be tried the latter part of the pres
ent month.
The Secretary Of the Interior has ap-
pointed member Of Congress-elect N. H
vann Voorhees,, of Ohio, Judge J. C. Par.
ker. of NO., and Indian Inspector Kimball
as commission to visit the Osages and
examine into their condition.
The Washington Ersning Star Of the
10th asserts that the President has re.
called the request for the resignation Of
Judge Fisher As U. S. Attorney for the
District Of Columbia. It also asserts
that Judge Fisher proposes to remove all
grounds Of complaint by complete reor.
ganizatiou Of the Office and by the ap.
pointment of ASST: tants who shall be en-.
tirely acceptable to the public.
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Ostrich Farming.

The London Globe says: "The expert
ment of farming ostriches for the purpose
of securing a regular and abundant supply
Of their valuable feathers is a novelty in in
dustrial operations, but is nevertheless re-
ported to be a success. The experiment is
being tried in South Africa, in the vicinity
of the Cape of Good Hope, where the os-
trich is native to the place and to the
manner born,' and where land of the right
sort can be obtained to any extent. The
recent files of Cape papers containing an
interesting account of a visit by a cores
pondent of the Eastern Pro0ince Herald to
the fourishing ostrich farm of Messrs.
Heugh and Meinjes at the foot of the
mountains. A large extent of suitable
bush land is fenced in, over which the birds
roam peaceably enough in ordinary times,
but in the breeding season the pairs select
and occupy one of the several camps laid
out for the purpose. The BIRDS are very
fierce and savage at this period, but at all
other times are as tame as flock of sheep.
They assemble to be fed at bugle call.
though the feeders have to be careful of
any loose articles there may be about, for
the ostriches snap up and swallow immedi-
ately any such tri1es as tobacco pipes,
knives, spoons, coins, ETC., and make at
tempts to wrench off buttons from boots
and clothing, and are not particular as to
watches and chains if they can secure them.
The plucking of the birds is dangerous
operation. They are enticed by bugle
call into small enclosure, where they are
packed as closely as possible to prevent
them from administering those terrible
kicks to the pluckers of which they are Ca
pable, and which are delivered with force
sufficient to break mans thigh. The
plumage of the farmed ostrich is stated to
be abundant in quantity and superior in
quality. and the yield from well-stocked
and carefully tended farm returns large
profit ON the whole outlay. Several farms
have already been established and more are
being laid out, and this new branch of in
dustry seems to be in q most fourishing
condition, and promises great expansion" !"
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How to Pet Canaries.

Says writer on canaries: In this way
luck with BIRDS" Simply by allowing the
birds to attend to their own affairs, and by
letting them understand that their mistress
would never harm them. Also, by aecustom-
ing them to plenty of light and air and COM
pany, rather than, as recommended in books,
keeping the cage in dark room. for fear
of frightening the birds Make about half
the fuss directed in bird-books over the
matter, and you will have double the sue
cess in raising birds. Never give them
sugar, but all the red pepper they will eat.
It is the best thing for them. And if your
birds feel hoarse at any time put piece of
fat salt pork in the cage, and see how the
little fellow will enjoy it, and listen for the
result. Give him faxseed once in while,
and if he appears dumpy occasionally give
a diet of bread and water with red pep
per sprinkled in. Open the cage door and
give your pets the freedom of the room
soon they will come at your call and fly to
meet you whenever your voice is heard. /
had one who came regular to my desk
rs sat writing each day, and disputed, with
futtering wings and open beak, my humble
right to the inkstand. And when I had
reasoned him out of his mistaken notion he
would perch himself on my pen-handle (no
very comfortable proceeding for me), and
watched gravely as wrote. have many
a time also discovered him in the act of
eating off the corners of my papei, even to
the title Of my article. Another thought
nothing of trotting about ON my head and
shoulders, and even hoped under my throat
to nestle against my chin. He would take
his bath as I held the cup in my hand, and
coolly dry himself on my head. Another
would fly down or upstairs to me whenever
called him, and many time, when have
been out he has welcomed my return by
flying down the stairs and singing at the
top of his voice all the while, until, at last,
perched en- my shoulder, he would ac-
company me to my room.
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The Rothschild Syndicate.

The Anglo-American Syndicate, which has
CARRIED on and is now about to complete
the operation of converting United States
six per cent, into the new five per cent, is
in negotiation with the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington concerning the placing
of the 100000. 900 Of the four and one-half
per cent. bonds which the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to issne, using the
proceeds thereof to redeem an equal amount
of the old skies. When all the new fives
are placed, the funded debt of the United
States bearing interest in coin, will consist
of 81, ,053, 865, $50 of six per cent. bonds, and
1858, ,032, $50 of FIVE per cent. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has authority to change
$500, ,0O0, 900 of the skies into four and one
half per cent, if he can sell the latter at
par, less small commission and by this
operation, if it can be carried out, the Gov
ernment would save annually in interest
81, 100000. The negotiations now on foot
propose that the Syndicate shall be granted
the right to purchase the whole of the four
and one-half per cent. loan at par in coin,
less one-half Of one per cent commission,
they paying all the expenses attending the
transfer Of the bonds.
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Physique Of Californians.

San Francisco Corr. New York Mail.
| have been watching with some interest
the effects of climate, soil and surroundings
upon the immigrants and their descend
ants. The difference is not very great or
it would have been more remarked, but I
am satisfied there is quite change in the
physique of both men, women and chill
dren after some years immersion in this
envi ronment. The men and women be-
come more feshy, with tendency to obe-
sity, and the children, besides being of
larger limbs and frames, have unusual
amounts of adipose accretions OH their
neither limbs. Their feet are larger, unless,
indeed, this be an effect produced by the
universal practice of squeezing the feet of
all ages into miserable, ill-shaped and con-
tracted shoes. The men are prone to be
baldheaded, while the women, ON the other
hand, though they luxuriate IN more hair
than at the east, by some malign influence
lose that soft and pearly texture of the
skin. There are few consumptiyes, which
may possibly arise from the greater
amount of outdoor exercise and sunshine
enjoyed. Diseases of the nerves are more
common than those of the excrement Or
gans and digestive viscera, which, fancy,
arises, in part, from free use of stimu-
lants, condiments and spices, as well as
large proportion of animal food. The beef
and mutton here are good, and can be kept
hung outdoors without becoming tainted
for days. The drinking habits of Califor-
MIA are provokingly in excess of the healthy
system, and to the excessive use of spiritu-
GUS drinks, such as whisky and brandy,
must be laid most of the nervous disorders
of the people.
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LITTLE FALLS, Mimi, Sept. %.

LITTLE FALLS. Mlnn., sept. 20.
Please give brief history of the Girard
College, the conditions of Stephen Girard's
will concerning its religious teachings, how
far they have been violated and what are
the causes of complaint, if any, against the
Trustees?
Ans.-Stephen Girard died in 1921, leav-
ing 81, 900, 600, besides the proceeds of a
certain portion Of his estate. together with
a building lot in Philadelphia for the erec-
tion of a college for orphans. It was be-
gun in 1883 and opened in 1s4S, having cost
in it's construction over $1,93O,O00. By a
clause in Mr.. Girard's will no ecclesiastic,
missionary or minister of any sect whatev-
er was allowed to have any connection with
the college Or even to be admitted as visi-
tor therein; but the officers of the institu-
ton are instructed to train up the pupils in
the truest principles of morality, leaving
them to choose their own religious opinions
upon arriving at years of discretion. We
believe the only change that has been made
is in the apprenticeship system, which,
owing to its having now become obsolete,
is not executed as directed by the will.
Otherwise there has been little modifica-
tion.
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PERI US Flagship.
From the Cleveland P,aindealer.


The remains are queer looking mass
The port side has been cut down nearly to
the keel, planking having been torn off and
ribs sawed off by those who thought it was
no harm to steal a piece of wood off the
Lawrence, and this has been kept up until
a third of her bottom has gone. The Law
renee lay on her starboard side, and that
side is, therefore tolerably whole to the
deck beams upper works all gone years
ago), and the timber is, in general, sound
and in good condition, but isa purple black
the result of the action of the water.
OF the twenty-seven killed in that naval
engagement twenty-five were killed on the
Lawrence, on board of which was the in
trepid Perry, whose monument ornaments
our public square. The Lawrence was one
hundred feet long, twenty-eight feet beam
and nine feet depth of hold. In her time
she was modern war vessel, but in these
days of iron-clads, monitor rams and heavy
armament she would not last as long in an
engagement as a yawl boat in a hurricane.
She fulfilled her mission, however, and
gave our English cousins cause to remem-
Der her contemporary and Perry's famous
victory.
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Always in your darkest hours strive to rememhe
your brightest. ii. p RICHTER.
Sing me song of Summer
For my heart is wintry sad,
That glorious bright new conner.
Who makes all nature glad!
Sing me song of Summer,
That the dark from the bright may borrow,
And the part in the radiant whole of things,
May drown its little sorrow!
Sing me song of summer,
When God walks forth in light.
And spreads his glowing mantle
Ger the blank and the gray of night;
And where he comes, his quickening tonch
Revives the insensate dead,
And the nnmbed and frozen pulse Of things.
Beats music to his tread,
Sing me song of summer,
With his banners of golden bloom,
That glorious bright newcomer,
Who bears BILE TX winters doom!
With banners of gold and silver,
And wings OF rosy display,
And verduous power in his path,
When he comes in the pride of the May.
When he comes with his genial sweep
Der the barren and bare of the scene,
And makes the stiff earth to wave
With an ocean of undulant green
Wit flourish of leafy expansion,
And boast of luxuriant bloom,
And the reve of life as it triumphs
Ger the dust and decay of the tomb.
Sing me song of summer;
o God! what glorious thing
Is the march of this mighty new conner
With splendor of joy on his wing!
When quickens the pulse of creation,
And maketh all feebleness strong,
Till 1t spread into blossoms of beauty,
And burst in peans of song!
Sing me song of Summer!
Though my heart be wintry and sad,
The thought of this blessed new conner
Shall foster the gem of the glad.
Meath the veil of my grief let me cherish
The joy that shall rush into day.
When the bane of the winter shall perish
In the pride and the power of the May.
Good Words.
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WASHING WooLEN BLANKETS. For two
or three blankets take one pint of soft soap,
two tablespoonfuls powdered borax, and
dissolve in boiling water. Add the solu-
tion to tub half-filled with cold water
and large enough to contain the blankets;
let them stand entirely covered by the So
luton from twelve to twenty -four hours,
then squeeze and rub thoroughly but do
not wiring them; put iii basket over tub
and let them drain. Rinse in clear cold
water, drain and hang up to dry. Be sure
to to use cold water and not wiring
during the process, then the blankets win
dry white and smooth.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From the Chicago Inter- Ocean


IsHPENINe, Mich, Sept. %, 1875.
/. Please inform me through your paper
which languages are called dead. 2. Are
all the languages spoken and taught in
school called living languages? 2. What
countryman is John Ericsson, the man who
invented the Monitor? 4. Who invented
nitro-glycerine?
Answer.--1 By the term "dead langua-
ges' the Latin and Greek are usually
meant, although the Greek nearly in its
original purity is spoken by the aristocracy
of Athens. 2. Spoken or living languages
refer to the. English and the dialects of con-
tinental Europe. 8. John Ericsson is a
native Of Sweden, having been born in
Vereland, a province of that country, in
1903. A. Nobel.
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KANKAKEE. H., Sept 81.

hANkAhEE, III, OopJ ~
1. What is the maximum height of Lake
Michigan waves? 2. Why is west wind
generally regarded favorable to the clearing
up of a rain storm, while an east wind
causes the "oldest inhabitant" to shake
his head and mutter s. dunno?'
Ans.-1. They rarely exceed 10 or IL feet
in height. 2. The reason is that west winds
blow over vast expanse of prairie country
which is not abundantly provided with
streams or large bodies of water, while the
winds from the east blow over the lakes
and are usually surcharged with watery
vapOr.
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LYTLE Cry. Sept. 90.

1. How much was the government debt
at the end of the ware 2. How much has
it been reduced yearly since? 3. How
much of the debt is not yet due?
Ans.-The National debt on the 1st day
of July, 1866, was 50, 77a, 234, 1880. This
was the principal debt, exclusive of inter
est. 2. The following table shows the
amount of the principal debt on thesfirst
day Of July in each year since, showing
the reduction exclusive of interest:
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THE LARGEST
first Class Hotel in the Territory.

Having secured a lease for long term OF
years of this large and commodious house,
have renovated, refurnished and embel-
lished its roomy parlors and elegant suits
of rooms, and no expense or pains will be
pared to continue to improve and keep it
on first class principles. The tables are
supplied with the very best the markets
afford and the delicacies of tfeseason. At
tendance unexceptionable. Terms, reason
able. 322.
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| SCaCe OF MASSACHUSETTS is IN QeOC $l0,UUU,
600 on account of the Hoosac tunnel, and is
now adding to this debt million dollars
| year on the same account"
General Joseph E. johnson, who has been
the recipient Of many congratulations on
the offer of the position Of Generalissimo
of the hosts of the Khedive, writes letter
to personal friend at New Orleans saying,
81 am very sorry that the Khedive has not
made me the magnificent offers reported"
Professor Swing, of Chicago, says ff tho
Government has no more right to teach the
Bible than it has to teach the Koran," and
continues: 'Even if the genius of the
country permitted the teaching of the BIZ
BILE in the schools, should doubt the pro-
priety of continuing the custom, because no
valuable moral results can ever come from
reading few verses hurriedly in a school
house, and social strifes will be continually
springing up out of the practice"
cduOS AlCk. bAS SdkAlOInlb u1llkOudlIo
philanthropist, is described as thin-visaged,
sharp-angled in forehead and chin and
nose, with shock of matted and tangled
black hair, slightly sprinkled with gray,
covering his head nearly down to his eyes.
His eyes are a cold, pale bluish-gray, and
CLASSY, and a long, struggling underbeard
covers his chin.
When color on fabric has been acci-
dentally Or otherwise destroyed by acid,
ammonia is applied to neutralize the acid
after which an application of chloroform
will in almost all cases restore the original
color. The application of ammonia is COM
mon, but that of chloroform is but little
known.
The "blg gun" which has just been fin
ished by England weighs, with its carriage,
1870 tons, and is expected to send a shell
weighing half a ton distance of about
eight miles. This is an enormous increase
oyer any gun heretofore cast, and justifes
the belief that Jules Verne's I" trip to the
moon" by projectile power was a realiza-
BILE ideal instead of pure fable.
A melancholy instance Of reversal of for
tune in brave man was lately brought to
light in Cincinnati. Major-General Will
lam II. Wheeler, of the late Confederate
army applied to station house in that city
forlodging. He claimed to be homeless,
friendless and moneyless, and to have
walked all the way from Indianapolis on
his way to his old home and birthplace in
Culpepper Court House, Virginia, where he
wanted to die. General Wheeler was a
dashing officer, who figured brilliantly dur
ing the war in the calvary service. He is
sixty-two years old, and graduated at West
Point in the class of '32; while command
ing at the battle of Shiloh his son was shot
and killed; in less than two weeks after in
telligence came of the death of his wife,
then the escape of his slaves-numbering
nearly tweaty-and lastly, his Virginia
farms, which he had signed over to his
brother to escape confiscation, had been
seized by that brothers creditors, leaving
him a pauper AT the close of the war he
alleges he drifted around from one place to
another, finally bringing up in Mississippi,
where, until few weeks since, he has
lived. He was ragged and haggard, and
had all the marks of extreme dissipation
about him.
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g. We cannot say, because much OF the
debt is due when SO declared by the govern
ment. and much of it consists Of notes used
as circulation. The amount of the debt
Sept /, 1876, was So, 125, sos, 7S9.
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POETRY.
~--|.-SN~~~~r--~.

They sin VINO tell us LoYe can die;
With life all other passions fly;
All Others are but vanity.
In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell
Nor Avarice in the vaults of hell
Earthly. these passions of low earth,
They perish where they have their birth;
But Love is indestructible.--
It's holy fame forever burneth;
From Heaven it came. to Heaven retarneth.
Too off on earth a troubled guest,
At times deceived, at timesiopprest,
1t hero is tried and purified,
And hath in heaven its perfect rest.
II soweth here with toll and care,
But the harvest-time of toll Is there.
Oh! when mother meets on high,
The babe fhe lost in infancy,
Hath she not then for all her fears,
The day of woe, the watchful night,
For all her sorrows, all her tears, ..ss,, ,s4s
An overpayment Of dcl9hts --slurHEY,
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BRlc-A-BsAc.

The Springfield Republinan says: "The
State Of Massachusetts, is in debt SIS, ,00O,- :
600 on account of the Hoosac tunnel, and is
now adding to this debt million dollars
year on the same account"
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GLENCOE, Iowa, Sept. 20.
/. What is the New York Philharmonic
Society ?. What is it for? 3. l see IN
one of my papers meeting of gentlemen
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DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
.,,.,oriuad canital $500, 900.
pa;d TN CanitaI I.............. 1oO, 900.
o,Hpt sr1o Surnlus Fnnd ., $50,00000
nits5 rGthsan,io I'D "a Mnrch 1874 - $4,000 90
% hpnnoits nraceeSing ak months 4S5 0O00
I.ad nnetaEJ in IT 9 Rnnds - 214.OOo 90
we transact general Banking business and buy. at
highest rates Gold Dust, Cein. Gold and Silver Bul
lion and Local Securities: Sell Exchange ana Iele
graphic Transfers available in all parts OF the United
States, the Canadas Great Britain Ireland and the
Continent COLLECTIONS made and proceeds RENTED
promptly. Our facilities for handling
SILVER ORES are particularly good, and this
branch Of our business will receive special attention.
Cash advances made upon Ores anf same snlppe9 I1r
account of owners. OR WE WILL BUY FOh
CASH at the very best rates allowable. Owners OF
mines will consult their interests by calling upon us
a75
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General Joseph E. Johnson, who has been
the recipient Of many congratulations on
the offer of the position of Generalissimo
of the hosts of the Khedive, writes letter
to personal friend at New Orleans saying,
i am very sorry that the Khedive has not
made me the magnificent offers reported"
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FIELD ARTILLERY.-Extensive expert
ments have recently been conducted at Oke-
hampton, England, with view of testing
the efficiency of field artillery. It had been
prev, ,ously supposed that 1000 yards was
about the outside effective range of field
guns but the Okehampton experiments,
according to the Pail Mall Budget, seem to
have shows that 9-pounders and 16-pound-
ers can be desperately effective at even
double that range, and may sometimes be
used with no mean effect up to about 5000
yards, or about three miles. In some prac-
tice against cavalry targets at 1000 yards,
with Boxer shrapnel and time fuses, the
result of SO rounds was as follows: Through
36s; lodged, 131: struck, 9S4; direct hitsHof
shell, 80. The Budget says that these ex-
periments have also shown that so effective
are the present field guns and projectiles in
use as to involve any force that might at
tempt to attack a battery direct in simple
humiliation. Of late years there have
been immense improvements in field guns,
and artillery is destined to play most inn
portant part in wars in future. Sabreing
gunners at their guns has gone out of date.
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MANS BEST PERIoD.--The Jewish Mes-
senger thus fixes the supreme period Of
mans life. From forty to sixty, a man
who has properly regulated himself may
be considered as in the prime Of life. His
natural strength of constitution renders
him almost impervious to the attack Of di-
sease, and experience has given his jndg-
ment the soundness Of almost infallibility.
His mind is resolute, firm and equal; all
functions are in the highest order; he as
sunes the mastery over business; builds up
q competence on tho foundation he has laid
in early manhood, and passes through pc
riod of life attended by many qualifications.
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BY JOHN STUART BLACK.

A SONG OF OF SUMMER.
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opposed to Masonry was held in Chicago
recently, and national committee repre-
senting nearly every State in the Union,
was appointed whose duties will be to
consider the means of opposing Masonry,
and what is it for and how do they expect
to do it2 8. Is the Pope Of Rome a Ma
son? 4. Are we to have much snow this
uiutor9