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RICHMOND, ILL.,, Fob. 5.--1}etNeen tile hours OF
and this morning smoke waa discovered is-
suing from .he two-story wooder structure on
Main street. in tue reer Of Aldrioh Smiths dry
goods storo, Tic ctizona turned OUT ara every
effort was nude to e1tinguish the tnnes, bnt
without avail. Tho building was soon mass Of
mont.narket On tho north mud tho residence Of
Prnnk Packer on the Bonth, all throe structures
wera burned to tho ground. BY gteat o1ortlons
tho storo Of Aldrich l. Smith and the
residences of Col; dibhs and nd J; ;,.,1d: L.
caught, tho whole business portion Of tho town
must hayo beon burned. The weather wha In
tensely cold at Tho time, the thermometer being
1o dog. below, and many had their leet, eafe,
supposed to havo originated from defective
chimney, but Al to this thoro Is difference Of
opinion. Tho building in which the fire origin
ate4 occupied BY E. D. clesk H. Us At, bi1llaT HI m
ing, ~ we'll AZ tho Picker residence, was tho
property Of q nonresident namcd 6mallwood,
Who hal All insurance Of 81, 200 on the buildings;
DR.. G. N. kondatl los6H heavily on household
furniture stored in ono ot tho burned buildings.
Thp losa On the meat-market IL not aacotainedt
but ia probably about 81, 600.
At ST. LOUIS.
| ST, LOUIS No., Feb. 6.-patterBon d Fitch
and tho niversdo Publishing Company, occupy
inE tue Dullotn8 Nd ooo Noltn nA"'A o'1oo'f "1'
damaged by tiro at o'clock tlis morning, to
tic extont of about a1G,ooo insured in tha
Planters, tho Peoples, md Mississippi Valley.
| Of Memphis, for 81, 500 each; tho Globe, Of Chi
cago, 81, 500; tho German, Of New Jersey,
s2,5oo :; tho Fairfield, Conn, $4,000; tie
Cooper and Firctnan's, Dnyton, O.. $2, 60o zach ;
Tic Iycoming Pa, o.. 500 Tho St. Nicholas, 9na
the Newton, Kv., 81, 500 tho Fro Association,
Philadelphia, 81 500 :; tho Peoples, Nov jersey
| $95O0 and tho williamsburg City. ", 500.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, Fob. 5.-The f!,o this morning
IVES more disastrous than at first reported. ~
Moritz, bookbinder, lost 99t0oo and minor loasot
swell tic total to $4,000, Which Is more thar
| noyAred liz insurance,
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MORE CA1L1aT DEFEhTa.
MADRID, Feb. 5.-Iho National troops con-
tinue to meat with Buccess in their operations
&gainst the CaristB.
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CALIFORNIA FoReER.
BAN Francisco, Feb 5.-Nowton Morgan. the
poll-sax forgor lately convicted on two indict-
monts for felony aud forgery, to-day pleadcd
guilty to tue remaining charges.
, 1875-02-06

MURDER TRIAL At TOLEDO.
5pet,al D1apatch 10 The Ca,eaao 1rtouns.
ToLEpo, O., Feb. 5.-The trial Of John Kdth
for killing Michael Schmidt in July last, Ia at
tracing considerable attention.
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A singular suit was tried and de
ermined in Wilmington, Del. last
week. 1t is thus reported by the
correspondent of the Philadelphia
TIMES: Under the laws of Della
ware the property Of a wife who
dies with~at issue descends not TO
her hosband, but to those of her own
blood Two years ago Henry Stous.
wealthy Dover lawyer, died, leav
ing bis property to his three chill
dren. Five years ago his Only
daughter married Rev. H.R Hail
1f Lewis, and year later she died
giving birth TO her first child. The
latter, it was claimed by the father
lived for few minutes after being
delivered but this Mrs. Halls broth
ers denied If the babe breathed Tor
a single second after birth, then its
mothers properly descended to her
husband Ifit was dead when de-
liyered, however, the mother died
without issue and her property des-
cended to her brothers. To Sc / e
he question the brothers brougnl
suit for the property, and the case
occupied the attention tf the Court
the entire week. For tic plaintiffs
Senator Salisbury and ex-Senato.
Comegys appeared, and the defen-
dant was represented by ex-Judge
Layton ex-COngressman Smithers.
and Edward Ridgely, Esq The
first witness called was DR.. George
GOodell, who attended Mrs. Hall, 10
her fatel sickness and delivered her Of /
8 child. He was positive the child |
shO we'd no signs of respiration or
masculine motion after birth. This |
was all the material evidence offered |
By the plaintiffs at this sage Of the !
proceedings DR.. Page, who was al |
so present at the delivery Of the 1
child, was called by the defense. He |
beliey ed the child had distinct ex-
isterce, for with his ear upon its
chest be had heard its heart beat be |
also saw the temporal arteries vi
brste and the umbilical cord throb. |
Dr. PenrOse, Professor Of o 1stetrics
in the University Of PENNSYLVANIA. |
being called as an expert, said from /
the testimony be beard be felt posi- |
i've of the child's independent and /
distinct existerce Drs. Jump and i
Maker gave similar testimony. In
reputal, the plaintiffs called Drs. Ca
ball and Ezekiel and William Cooper, /
who testified that the child bad none /
o.her than fetal life, and that its |
ezistance was necessarily imperfect |
and inlistinet-of no account what
ever in establishing the defendants |
claim to his dead Hife's property !
This closed the evedince and the !
ease was argued at great lentb by /
,oucsel. Chief Justice Gillipin deliv.
cred an elaborate charge to the jury,
who returned a verdict in favor Of
Hall, defendant, bssing it upon the /
that the child drew at /
least one breath in this world, sufi- T,
ciert to possess Mr.. Hall with for
tr7p
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BenutifuI Answers.

A pupil of the Able Sicord gave
the following extraordinary answers:
What is gratitude?n
Gratitude is the memory Of the
heart"
what is hope?n
"Hope is the blossom Of happi-
ness"
"What is the difference between
hope and desire?"
"Desire is a tree iD leaf, hope is a
tree in flower, and enjoyment is a
tree in fruit"
What is eternity"
"A day without yesterday or to-
morrow; line that has no end"
What is timer
"A line that las two ends; a path
which begins in the cradle and ends
in the tomb"
What is God?n
''The necessary being, the sum of
eternity, the merchant of nature, the
eye Of justice, the matchmaker of the
universe, the soul of the world"
"Does God reason?"
Man reasons because be doubts;
be doubts; be deliberates; be decides.
God is omniscient; be never doubts;
He therefore never reasons"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-26
BeauiifuI Custom.

In the Tyrolean mountains il is
the custom of the women and chill
dren TO come cut when it is bedtime
and sing their national songs until
their husbands and brothers answer
them from the hill, ON their return
home. On the shores of the Adriatic
such custom prevails. There the
wives 0fthe fishermen come down to
the beach about sunset and sing
melody. After singing the hrst
stauza they listen awhile for the
answering strain from of the water,
and listen till the well known voices
come borne on the tide, telling that
the loved ones are almost home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-26
Fugitive Real Estate.

Col Waring, in Seribner's for
May, tells the following incident Of
the drainage of Haarlem lake:
A curious phenomenon, however,
occurred in connection with the out
er dixie Of the canal on the east side
of the lake, where it crossed an area
Of floating soil which bordered wide
ponds near the village of Aalsmeer.
An area Of many acres, detached by
the canal fro n the old wsrks Of de-
Tense against the lake, found itself
one fine day driven by the tempest
from the bank Of the canal to the
other side Of the pond. The propri-
etor implored the aid Of the commits
sion. His land had foated to the
opposite shore, widely separated from
bis other fields, and resting on water
that was not his own. BY the COM
bined effort of the proprietor and Of
the commission, these fugitive fields
were towed back to the borders Of
the canal and pinned in place by piles
and poles, which prevented them
from undertaking another voyage.
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THERE are eight metals more yalu-
able than gold, as the following will
show:
II NAV be worth while TO mention
that the first four are never sold BY
the pound, bot thsir value is quoted
for the sake Of comparison: lndium,
2,522; vanadium, $3.50; ruiheni-
um, l,400; rhodium, 500 paliadi-
um. 1858 uranium. S5T6; osmium,
$325 iridium, s3IT44; gold.
S3O1,45
Indium, which was only discOg-
cred in 1868. is found only 10 the
zinc bIehdes Of FreibGrg. and is q
white metal Of rare brillianey, bat
practically Of little value. Yaaadi-
um is 3 native Of Mexico and Peru,
where il exists 10 lead ores under the
name Of vansdiate Of lead. Ruthen-
ium, rhodium, palladium and iridium
are all precipitaies Of platinum, and
all very hard metals, the last being
insoluble in acids, except when OH
died.
None Of these msts's are found in
quantity, or free from other metals
nor are Icy useful in the arts like
gold and silver; nor could they be
coined into mOoey, for the matter,
without infnite trouble, so that there
is very little danger Of their super
seding gold and silver for any useful
purpose.
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How 20 Calculate Interest and What 10
will do.


The following rules are so simple
and so true, according 20 all business
usages, that every banker, merchant
or clerk, should post them up for
reference. There being no such
thing as a fraction in it, there is
scarcely any liability to error or mis-
take. By no other arithmetieal
process can the desired information
be obtained with so few figures:
Six per eent-Multiply any given
amount by the number Of days Ofiu-
terest desired separate the right
hand figure and divide by fort-fve,
and the result will be the interest on
such sum for such number Of days at
six per cent.
Eight per cent-Multiply any giF-
en- amount by the number Of days
upon which it is desired to ascertain
the interest and divide by forty-fve,
and the result will be the interest Of
such sum for the time required at
eight per cent
Ten per eent-Multiply the same
as above, and divide by thirty-six,
and the result viii be the amount Of
interest at 10 Per cent
What it will dO.-If a mechanic
or clerk saves only I cents per day,
from the time be is twenty-until be
is three score and ten, the aggregate,
with i0teres., will amount to $29, 900.
A sixpence daily viii provide fund
Of 81 0O0-safiieient TO purchase a
good farm. There are few employ
ees who cannot save daily, by ab-
staining from the use Of tobacco, ci-
gars, liquor, etc, twice or ten times
the six-eent piece Every person
should provide for old age. and the
man in business who can lay BY q
dollar a day viii eventually end him
self possessed Of over 100000.
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will allow me to faish nv toilette
| would not Gaze to be too late"
/ This, with a wonder in her heart
if Ethel observed her cowardice.
But Miss Ethel-Miss Elmore, the
law called ber-smiled.
"Assuredly l would not have you
too late. l dislike those words, too
late. To the superstitious they
sound omnious. Adieu Miss, St.
John; you will be detained no long
er by me, or you might possibly be
too late.n
She bowed regally, and left Laura
shivering with vague unrest at the
repeated words.
A moment later, and from her win
dow she saw Ethel going rapidly
down the street, her black veil fut-
tering like death pennant in the
brisk breeze.
She drew a long breath Of relief,
and then turned to the beautiful lit
tie rosewood box with a joyous
laugh.
Natural curiosity tempts me to see
what her present can be Possibly
some horrid snake bracelet, or a dag
ger for my shawl, or something
equally delightful.
She lightly turned the little silver
key, and bent ber radient face over
the lid. She saw a tiny vaporous
smoke wreath roll upward for an in
slant, and then
The terrible noise Of the explosion
brought the Mortified guests to her
door, and they found her lying in her
bridal robes, fresh in her goddess
like beauty, dead.
On the pink velvet carpet, her eyes
fixed in stare that was frozen hor-
ror, Edward Vivian bent over her,
and knew for a surety what had
wrought it, though no lip then, or
afterwards, ever uttered a name in
connection with the diabolical engine,
whose silver key had unlocked the
portals OF deaths domains TO Laura
st. John.
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A PasheaIe App.a,


Every day bring ", in tie resist.
less march OF time, nearer and nearer
the dreadful days when poems on
/ Spring" viii be in order. Men Of
America. whose handwriting no liv-
ing things can read, and whose spell.
ing 10 dictionary can justify-wo-
men Of the Republie wo invariably
write on both sides Of the paper. new
er indent a paragraph, and sign your
selves "Maudn-listen ! We are
aware that spring is coming We
will observe the season with the most
solemn and impressive ceremonies.
We viii do all your poems Of last
spring commanded, suggested, en-
treated and invited Us % do We
will walk down mossy banks, 'ucath
fragrant unfolding, leafy buds We
will walk around q mile track, If it
will do you any good. We will walk
the Bee line Aunt Jemima, ho, ho,
no." even. We viii pick violets in
cool, sequestered glens, where the
checkered sunlight falls in tremulous,
uninterrupted rays, if you insist upon
it.
We will pick butter cups, daisies,
And all other spring flowers; We will
pick our teeth, pick some mans peck
st-old Vanderbilt's for instance
We will try to satisfy your alteration
for spring-but don't, and we say It
kindly and frmly-don't--snd we
use the word in its most orthodox
send US any poetry on
spring. Don't do it. II you must,
write it, and burn it up at home,
where your friends can see you; they
will think better Of you for 1t. Cut
this out and paste it on your bat.
Get it "by heart" and reeite il as an
encore to your poem every time you
read that sublime and beautiful e1u-
sion to your friends. Look at it ev-
cry time YOU think Of publishing, and
YOU will draw one sad heart nearer
to you in true, grateful Affection
Burlington HqtCEeye.
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He was a sImIpe old Man

A dried up old man, apparently 60
wears Of age, strolled into billiard
parlor in Binghampton recently, aud
taking . seat watched the players
with some interest. After be had re-
mained 10 the place tor some time be
was approached by q hanger on, on
the outlook for a greenhorD, with
whom TO play and sorve the cost Of
playing.
"Hello, there, old man, did you
ever swing the cue?" said be
oval, stranger, l used to prance
around a little three-cornered table
fifteen years ngo, but don't suppose
| could bit the first ball on this new
tangled thing" said the old man.
well, I'm no player myself; you'll
beat me easy enough, | know; just
take a stick, replied the accomplish
ed beat.
wal" said the innocent, "Ill
play Just one game to see if | can
scratch" and they beth banked for
the FIRST shot.
The old man had singulsrly good
luck, for be got the first shot and
made a run Of fifteen points. The
other looked on in astonisbment while
the player of fifteen years ago was
at work, and when he ceased and
counted up, the challenger muttered
an oath, took of bis coat, and went
to work in earnest. He made i've
points only, and the next time the old
man run out the game.
Il swow," be said, "I've the all
fredst luck; win you try another
Not much you confounded old
fraud" said the sport, and be walk
ed of to pay for the game, amid the
roars Of laughter from his eonPan-
ions, and q smile from the old man,
who remarked:
at is strange bow remembered
to play so wei y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-26
Goldfish on the Cape.

The eod-f is a noble animal. He
is served to you here fresh from bis
native lair, and fried in company Of
thin slice Of fat salt pork; and this
is the orthodox, or, as q German
might say, tie ALIEN selling paachen-
de way Of preparing it. A mackeral
may be broiled or boiled, be may be
picked or smoked; but a Goldfish,
should be first caught, and then dis
embowled and washed. then gently
salted for the space of half dozen
hours, and then, the brine being
washed away, fried over a brisk Gre
with salt pork. If t2is process has
been performed By q skilled hand
(by nine-year old Cape boy. for in
stance), your 6sh will be firm, aa-
Ky, crisp, juicy, tender-in short, de-
licious-and you will send your plate
back for a second portion. y. B.
A Goldfish which has been transport
ed TO New York in a fishing smack,
and kept for a week in fish ear a,
the end Of . sewer in the North or
East river, is a different animal
Fat pork will not save him
CHARLES NORDHOFy, in Harper
Magazine for June
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Birth Of Tigers

Probably few births ever made
more noise in the world than some
which recently occurred almost sim
ultaneously ct Paris The mother
on this occasion was a big Bengal
tigers wife, residing at the Menage-
rie Bidel; and as soon as the lady,
experiencing uneasiness, began 70
raise her voice, her lord too, in con
jugal sy mpatby, sang out IS loud as
bis unfortunate brother when the
flames were licking the bars Of bis
cage at Barnum's FIRE in New York
city. This was the signal FOR the
whole menagerie 70 join ID chorus,
and 70 the CONSERVATION Of the
neigbbOFhood a frigbtfuI bubbub en-
sued, which lasted for hours. and
nothing could repress it. In the
midst Of il three additions 70 the
tiger family were, with the Gampish
minisirations Of the keeper, ushered
into the world; and at last accounts
mother and infants were all right
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-26

USEFUL INFORNATION.-One thou
sand lath, will cover seventy yards
of surface and eleven pounds Of nails
will put them on.
A cord of stone, three bushels Of
lime, and q cubic yard Of sand, will
Law one hundred cubic feet Of wall
Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels Of sand, and one bushel Of
hair, will make enough good mortar
TO plaster one hundred square yards.
One thousand shingles, laid four
inches to the weather. will cover one
hundred square feet Of surface, and
Eve pounds Of shingle nails will fas-
ten them on.
One fifth more siding and flooring
is needed than the number Of square
feet Of surface to be covered, because
Of the lap in the siding and matching
Of the AoOr.
Five courses Of brick viii lay one
foot in height on a chimney; six
bricks in a course viii make a fue
four inches wide and twelve inches
long, aId eight bricks in a course
will make due eight inches wide
and sixteen inches long.
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Loving Through Darkness Into Light.

They were married in the morn
ing, and Immediately stepped aboard
the cars for bridal tour to San Fran
cisco. They attracted considerable
attention on the way by their honey
moon ways, and created a good deal
Of quiet fun aMong the goodIy num-
Der of ladies aud Gentlemen VITO were
passengers. In due time the cars en-
tered tunnel and all for a few mo-
mc1ts were eRveloped in darkness
All too soon the cars emerged into
the broad glare of the MONDAY sun,
and our loving bride and groom were
discovered locked in each others
arms and exchanging kisses at rate
seldom seen in public. The passen-
gers took in the situation in about a
second, and a shout went up that
nearly threw the train from the track,
and brought the conductor to the
scene CT the double quick. "Pass it
around" yelled big man who was
on mis- way East to get his wife
go back to the tunnel - said anoth-
er man to the conductor; and as the
newly made husband settled back 10
his seat be was heard to say: "Sa-
rab, | thought tunnels were longer.
Darn railroad company, anyway
Salinas City (Cal) Union
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No ola IadIe. in France.
| Paris eorrespondent saws:

A Paris correspondent says:
"a fallacy which hear discussed
is that good manners are disappear
ing because men now neglect old
ladies. This il, indeed, q most alb
slrd theory First Of all there are
no cid ladies left. 1t is only the day
after their decease that we learn
of the existence of old ladies in
France Up to the moment when
they are stretched on their last bed
they maintain a vigorous battle
sgainst old age They simper, they
cover their shoulders with powder,
paint their veins blue and their eye
brows black, dye their hair, fll their
mouths with ivory, color their lips
carmine, and their nails and ears pink;
while there is lace on their corssges,
diamonds on their necks, tulle and
flowers on their pettieoats, their fig
ures are mechanically adjusted, their
feet are enclosed in vices, and their
hands in prisons Of kid; they Gil up
their wrinkles with enamel, and al
low a whole world of false hair and
gauze to fall over their neeks; in
short they deceive themselves so
much with this artificial attire that
when they look at themselves in a
glass without thinking they do not
know themselves, and courtesy after
the cerer onious fashion Of a visit.
1t is impossible then, to be diierea-
tial to old ladies in society because
they no longer exist The only old
ladies to be met are those whom one
sees kneeling in the churches Of the
Faubourg on confession nights,
when they weep for he sins Of 9th
ers, or coming out at night from the
porch Of St Clothilde, where they
had their first nsp while pretending
ia listen to a preacher"
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Who are Rich

The man with good, firm health is
rich.
So is the man with a clear eonsci-
enee.
So is the pareu. Of vigorous chill
dren.
So is the editor of a good paper
with big subscription list.
So is the clergyman whose coat
the children pluck as be passes them
by in their play
So is the wife who has the whole
Of the heart of a good husband
So is the child who goes to sleep
with q kiss on its lips and for whose
waking blessing awaits.
So is the IIaiden whore horison is
not bounded by the coming man, but
who has a purpose in ;fe, whether
she meet him or not.
So is the young man, who, laying
his band on his heart, can say: 81
have treated every woman l ever
met as l should wish my sister treat
Ell by other men"
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A FEW DAYS.

lust a few days! All, sae.. few
Since the summer moon watched me and you
As we loitered along the golden sand,
Heart in heart and hand in hand;
And the waves, in eternal ebb and flow,
Chimed 10 your sweet words, sO.t and low
All me. such q few little days ago.
Just 4 few days. The yOolng breeze
Swept softly over the sleeping seas,
whispering, whispering hope and TRUTH
In the happy language love teaches youth'
Which the tiny wavelets seemed TO know
Is they broke at the feet that fingered sio"
at their marge a few little days ago.
Just few days, And tonight stood
Alone at the edge Of the rising wood
There was not murmur Of JOY for me
In the angry moan of the rising sea;
There was but menace, stern and low,
Speaking OF treachery, loss, and woe
An wrought since few little days ago.
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Good for Nothing.

a gentleman while addressing
some children, took out his watch
and asked them what it was for?
"To keep time, " the children ans.
wered.
"Well, suppose it won't keep time,
and can't be made to keep time, what
is it good for?"
'1t's good for nothing" they re-
piled.
He then took out q lead pencil,
ana asked what it was sor.
at is to mark with" was the
answer
"But suppose the lead is out, and
it won't mark, what is it good for?"
at is good for nothing"
He then took out a pocket-knife.
and asked what was its use.
"To whittle with, " said some. ITO
Gu. WITH said others.
Suppose it has no blade, then
what is it good for?"
GOOD for nothing"
'rhen a watch. or pencil, or
knife, is good for nothing unless
il can do the thing for which it was
made"
"No, sir" the children all answer
ed.
"Well children what is a boy or
girl made for?"
The children hesitated.
what is the answer to the ques-
ton, What is the chief end Of mau?'" f"
asked the gen .Ieman
"To glorify God, and enjoy him
forever"
Now, then, if boy or girl does not
do what he or she is made for, and
gIorify God, what is he or she good
for!"
And the children all answered,
without seeming to think how it
would sound
"Good for nothing"
- Vermont Chronicle