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which the poor little maiden hid heI
face and covered in the wet grass, with
the cry:
"Oh, what shall I do? Don't speak
to me Go away - and burst into g
storm Of tears.
For answer he gathered the little wet
figure IN his arms, smoothed the tumb-
led curls, tried to warm her icy hands,
and did not dare to question while he
soothed her In his tenderest way.
Take me home" said Nancy as soon
as she found strength to speak at all.
81 shall do no such thing" was the
decided answer, as Johns disengaged
hands raised her face so that he could
see it, g till yon tell me why you came,
Nancy. I couldn't help hoping a little
when I saw you here. But don't make
me give it up! I thought my pride
would support me through anything,
but am afraid it won't do it." he
ended, sadly.
"Pm SO glad it won't ~ breathed
Nancy, in tones of heartfelt relief.
" But somebody'll see us. Take me
home, John, and I'll tell you all
about it."
How different seemed the way home,
with John at her side. But Nancy was
only said, nervously, holding Johns
hand In both hers
Promise me You won't go away"
"Ah, but 1 want another promise
first"
Nancy looked back at the plumy
hedges whose shelter they had left, and
said, with half smile. sc You see the
lilaes aren't out of bloom yet, John I
am sorry, as you said I'd be -
"And the doctor ?" asks the critical
reader. All, Nancy is no model of
Christian maidenhood. She is only
faulty young girl, erring and loving and
suffering, playing her part in one of the
tragedies that are played everywhere in
the springs and autpmns, in the time
OF lilacs.
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Quaint Advertisements.

The Pail Mali Gazette, speaking of a
'' History of Advertisements IRON the
Earliest Times" says:
The following notice saw the light
few years ago in Princetown, Indiana,
journal
Wanted, two or three boarders of a
decent stripe, such as go to bed at nine
o'clock without a pipe or cigar in their
mouths. I wish them to rise in time to
wash their faces and comb their heads
before breakfast. When they put on
their boots to draw on their pants over
them, and not to have them rumpled
about their knees, which is a sure sign
of a EoWdy. When they sit down to
rest or warm by the fire, not to put
their feet on the mantlepiece or bureau,
nor spit on the bread tray. And to pay
their board weekly, monthly, or q1ar-
terly-as may be agreed upon-with a
smile upon their faces, ard they will
find me as pleasant as an Opossum up a
persimmOn tree.
OLD MEcA1LA.
Another advertisement quoted is de-
lightfully characteristic of the fussy
city magnate. It was issued, it is said,
by the mayor and common cOuncilmen
of one Of our university towns
'' Whereas a multiplicity of dangers
are often incurred by damage Of out
rageous accidents by fire, We, whose
names are undersigned, have thought
proper that the benefit of an engine,
bought by us for the better extinguish-
ing of which by the accidents of the
Almighty God may unto us happen, TO
make rate TO gather benevolence for
! the better prOpagating such useful in
| struments.
Then, was there ever a more exquis-
/ iteIy Iudicrous disclaimer of identity
with an individual who had rendered
/ the name common to himself and the
advertiser unpleasantly notorious than
| to the one which was posted over all
! the dead-walls II Dublin in 1871 p
"This is to certify that I, Daniel
/ O'Flannagan, am not the person thai
was tarred and feathered by The Lib
erty mob, on Tuesday last; AID / an
ready to give 20 guineas to any one thai
viii lay me so that am the other mar
that goes by my name.
Mr. Sampson gives us many mor'
advertisements fully as eccentric and
ridiculous as the foregoing. He gives
also, 8 number exceedingly illustFatiy,
of q past not very remote, like this
which appeared IN 1901:
So To be disposed of, for the benef
of the poor widow, a blind mans val
in a charitable neighborhood, the com
ings-in between twenty-five and twenty
six shillings q week. with dog vel
drilled, and a staff in good repair.
handsome premium will be expected
For further particulars apply at No.
Chiswell street.
Our author prints some curious san
pies Of advertisements concerning erraI
= wives and samples still more curiou
, Of the retorts which such advertise
: ments sometimes provoke. We oannC
) resist quoting one of the latter, whie
? appeared originally in the ConnectieJ
! Courant, 1906:
5 Thomas Hutchins has advertise
2 that I have sbsented myself from b
D bed and board, and cautioned any pc
sons against making me say paymel
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DANISH IMPROVEMENT N BALboOEINd.
The Danes, too, it seems, have got
the balloon fever. It appears that Sivei,
q celabfated Danish 6erOnsut, made an
asoent and crossed the sound into
Sweden for the sixth time this year.
GdIiQnQnt says thet Sivel has no fear
whatever Of alighting in the sea, as he
has invented a little safety apparatus
which would have been Of great service
to his French colleagues. He drops
into the sea q sort of canvass cylinder
Of q conical form. and held by q guide
rope TO the car. It fills with water and
Is kept down by the weight Of the
liquid. He then throws eut q little
/ ballast and the balloon arises, but Is
retained ike a captive only a short dis
/ tanee above the sea. He can thus wait
until a vessel comes 10 deliver him on
until he drifts ashore. Sbould he wish
to riss again, he pulls cord attached
70 the point Of the cone and which turns
/ Il upside down. The water escapes and
the balloon is freed. The invention has
been tried by him over twenty times ns
sea with perfect succesA
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Destructive Possibilities Of COal-Oil

Lamps.
A series Of experiments was performed
il the Office of the new fire department
Headquarters yesterday. to show that
coal-oil lamps of all ordinary patterns
Are liable to explode at almost any time
while burning good proof oil. It is
argued that explosions may at any tine
bake place by tho flame from the wick
passing down the tube and igniting the
gas which forms on the oil. This gas,
30 is claimed, is present whenever the
temperature of the oil reaches seventy
five or eighty degrees. The fact has
been pretty we'll demonstrated that it is
impossible to prevent the sale of oil
much below the established grades, and
with such oils the danger is greatly IN
creased. The frequency of accidents
from the careless use of coal-oil lamps
makes the subject one of especial inter
est TO the fire department aud the In
surance men. The experiments yester-
tlay were observed with considerable
Interest by quite n number of gentle
lnen, among whom were Chief Sexton,
Df the fire. department; W. L. Harris,
superintendent of public schools Prof.
Nost, of the American medical college /;
Prof. Merrill, Gas Inspector Blair, and
Several others. The first experiment
was made with a lamp provided with a
brass tube about three fourths Of an
iuch in diameter, screwed into the neck
pnd reaching nearly to the bottom of
ihe oil contained in the bowl of the
lamp. The burner was removed, aud
the operator had no fear TO introduce a
lighted taper within the tube, even far
Enough 60 reach the oil, while holding
the lamp in his hand. No explosion
occurred, because the tube prevented
the fame from COZ tact with the gas
that was undoubtedly in the lamp.
The tube was then removed and the
lamp placed on the floor, being then
simply an ordinary Coal-oil lamp, with
the top unsorewed, A strip of paper
was then inserted so that one end pro-
truded from the orihce. This was set
on fire with n lighted match, and as
soon as it burned into the interior OF
the lamp au explosion occurred, show,
ing that there was plenty of gas pres
ent. The thermometer was applied,
and the temperature of the oil was
found to be SO dogs. Fahrenheit. If any
4 appliance can be found to insure safety
in the use Of coal-oil, it will be a valua
BILE invention. The experiments yester
day were incomplete, aud did little
more than TO show that there is nothing
but danger in ordinary coal-oil lamps
st. Louis Republican.
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THE WHIsTLsa TREE.-Did you ever
hear Of such a tree I rave, for the
birds tell me everything.
The whistling tree is faund IN Africa.
It is a strange looking object, with
branches white rs chalk. it has long
thorns, the inside Of which is the favor
ite home Of some tiny insect. When
this creature craBls ont 70 see the world
he Of course leaves the door open be-
hind him-that Is 70 fay, q small holes
through which he crawled. Nov, the
wind blowing through the tree when
the leaves are of, makes a musical noise
in these hollow thoFns, so that it some
times sounds like thousands OF flutes
playing at once. The natives call It
the whistling tree.
We've a whistling tree in our mead-
ow, but it isn't OF the African kind. II
bears boys. with cheeks rs red as
peaches. I've heard half-a-dozen Of
them whistling IN it at time. And they
come down out OF IL with their hats full
Of Wild cherries.-iSL Nicholas.
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a Hard Story About the Purchase
of Alaska.

Mr.. Henry Elliott, who went to
Alaska last summer, as special agent of
the treasury, 60 look after the inter
ests of government on the islands
where the fur seal is taken, is prepar-
ing q report on the value of the entire
territory to the United States, which
will have the merit of being based up
on the extended personal observations
of the writer. Mr.. Elliott has spent
great deal of time in Alaska, both be-
fore and since its purchase, aud has
probably seen more of it's rocks and
icebergs than any other American. All
the stories of it's mineral wealth, and
OF the value of its fisheries, he saws,
are pure fiotions. It's surface is q mass
of basaltic rock, which, as all geolo-
gists know, contains no mineral de-
posits. What little soil there is pro-
duces little that is useful 10 man, and
ihe fisheries, which were described as
of immense value when the treaty for
buying the region was pending, do not
yield food enough to supply the na-
hives. The only portion of the whole
vast domain which yields any revenue
30 the government is the fur seal Is
lands. From the tax on the skins Of
the animals taken on these islands the
treasury gets about $500, 600 annually.
against this single item of revenue Mr..
Elliott offsets the cost Of maintaining
troops in the territory, which amounts
TO about $3.50, 900 a year, and the ex-
spense of the civil establishment at Sitka
and in the seal islands. Without count
ing interest on the purchase money
paid Russin, which, at six per cent
would amount to $4,000 a year, the
balance sheet shows q heavy deficit
The United States is therefore payins
a large sum for the empty honor o
possessing a vast, desolate region
which is totally unit for the home o
civilized beings, and can never by un,
possibility be anything but a burlel
for the country to carry.-Nelg Yor
Tribune.
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on his account. I now advertise the
public that the same Thomas Hutchins
came as fortune-teller into this town
about year ago with q recommends
ton which, with some artful falsehoods,
induced me to marry him. OF the
four wives he had before me, the last he
quarreled away how the other three
came by their deaths he can best inform
the public; but caution al widows or
maidena against marrying him, be
their desire for matrimony ever so
strong. Should he make his advances
under a feigned name, they may look
out for q little, talkative, struttine,
feeble, meagre, hatchet-faced fellow,
with spindle shanks and little warped
in the back
g THANKFUL HUTOHINs"
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The pencil marks yoa see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that youT sub
soriptiop is ont or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure IN eztends
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
81 We enter no new names on our
books without the money IN adv7eoe-
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A Petrifed Honev-Comb.

Charles Warren Stoddart, writing to
the San Francisco Chronicle, says IN
describing a visit to the rains of Pom
peu: Z" cannot understand how a peo-
pie who are supposed to have been lux
uIiOus in their tastes ever lived in such
ridiculously small houses as are those
of Pompeii. The bedrooms are like
stats-roOms, and the stone bedz. like
berths, fill the longest side of the apart
ment. There are no garden. spots !;
even the baths, the crowning luxury of
the time, are small, The Forum and
some few of the temples are of more
respectable dimensions, but the resorts
of 30, 1000 people could hardly be less,
The private life of the Pompeiians must
have been narrow, meagre, and IN
healthy. The gardens without the city
probably afforded their only means of
recreation, and l wonder how any one
who has once breatbed pure air can have
returned TO sleep in such miserable
quarters as are the Pompeiian bed
rooms. Single partitions between all
the houses, no gardens, no open courts
save IN the mansions of the wealthy,
and the glare of the southern sun
streaming on walls glowing with red
and yellow paint-such was Pompeii in
its best days. No doubt il was a bril-
liant and lively spectacle, and BuIwel
hes made the most of it. Tt seemed tC
me the correct thing to loaf about thS
place alone with a copy of Bulwer'l
Last Days in my pocket. This I die
| at later date. I frightened the lizards
| in the Forum and chased butterflies il
the temple of Isis and languished in th,
house of the wounded Adodis, for it wa
awfully hot. / sat the sole spectator Il
the well-preserved amphithestre, anS
walked IN the street of the tombs. TIL
house of the Tragic Poet received NE
and I explored for myself some darl
passages that led under certain houses
where I met with an odor of sulphu
that was almost Overpowing.
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To the above number of twenty-one
seats must be added several, perhaps
all, of the Louisiana seats, and possibly
others of which there are, as yet, no
advices of a contest. On the other
hand, some of the above mentioned
contests, now spoken of in the press,
may not be brought before the house.
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Describing a fencing tournament 81
Yedo, the London Spectator says A
Young lady, not over remarkable for
beauty, now enters the list. She is
dressed in male costume, has a white
handkerchief bound round her head,
and bears in her hand bamboo stick
shaped so as TO represent a haIberd, IN
the use of which weapon ladies Of good
family generally used in Olden times 20
take lessons. This stick is about seven
feet long, and is curved at the end, 70
represent the sword blade fixed upon
the real weapon. She wears no armor,
and merely exhibits by herself her skill
in use Of the deadly implement. Un-
/ needing the derisive applause, and the
/ cries Of There's beauty = Mind you
/ don't get beaten, ETC., with which she
/ is freely assailsd, she goes through her
evoIutions, and is finally hailed Is Q
conqueror by the umpire. She then
/ retires, and another lady comes for
ward, dons cuirass, gloves, and hslmet.
! and advances TO meet one Of the pupils,
/ Who Is armed with q BEsEd- She de
livers quick thrusts st him with hel
halberd, and cuts at his legs T; be en-
deavors to dash inside her guard, and
close. It is no use, however; the lfdl
Is evidently the better fencer, and thi
discomforted youth retifea crestfallen
while his fair antagonist is proclaimes
mistress Of the field.
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Fun at Home.

Don't be afraid Of a little fun at
home, good people Don't shut up
your house, lest the sun should fade
your carpets and your hearts, lest
hearty laugh shouid shake down some
Of the musty old cobwsbs there If
you want to ruin your sons, let them
think that all mirth and social enjoy
ment must be left on the threshold when
they come home at nights. When ones
home is regarded as a place to eat,
drink and sleep in, the work IS begun
that ends in gambling houses and reek-
less degradation. Young people must
have fun somewhere. If they do not
find il at their own hearthstones, It
will be sought In other, and, perhaps,
less profitable places. Therefore, let
the FIRE burn brightly at night, and the
bome-nest made delightful with all the
| little things that parents 50 perfe city
understand. Don't repress the bouy-
ant spirits of your children; half an
/ hour OF merriment round the lamp and
freight Of home, blots out the remem.
/ brance of many a care and annoy yance
during the day, and the best eafeguardl
/ they can take with them into the world
is the unseen influences Of q bright little
/ domestic sznctura.
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A stutteriug broker in New York
lately asked another, who had a bald
pate, why his head was like h-hash in
a b-boarding- house. The disgusted
friend, on admitting that he didn't
know, was informed that twas because
tb-theFe's ? h-hair h-h-here and th-theFe,
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-Eyen In the saloons opinions upon
grave subjects are expressed foroibly.
g Whisky. zur, said he, ''hie-bright.
to be introduced into the public schools
2ur,"
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Contested seatg in the house.

In the house of the forty-third con
gress the following are the contested
seats, so far as known:
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A Iadv went into a carpet store

"A lady went into a carpet store re-
Gently, and, pointing out q carpet,
asked the proprietor what It was
ssBrussels." says the proprietor.
- Brussels" quoth the lady. passing
her hand over It. ssSeems TO me the
hrpstles don't stick up much,
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The Woman's Journal notices

The Womsn's Journal notices the
progress Of the sex il England. It
says There is growing up in England
n large class Of women who do not mar
~, but who apparently wish not to
marry. They deliberately devote them
selves to literature, 20 teaching, to some
/ trade, generally an artistic one, at any
rate to some occupation that gives a
livelihood and tends to culture, and this
! they choose for life. The marrying
instinct seems dead, or rather never e
! hsYe been horn in them.
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Certificate Sent GoDtostsZ
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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-23
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Sept 2.2-Gov. Kellogg is .
Wizards.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-The Sabine Pas
mail will be carried by sailing vessel unit
the Pelican State, lost ii the recent storm, il
replaced by another steamer.
Assistant Attorney General Walter d.
Smith, heretofore at the Interior Departm ent.
and A. E. Reddington, Chief Clerk OF the
same Office, have resigned.
Gov. Kellogg, Of Louisiana, had confer
ence with the Attorney General regarding
affairs in Louisiana and Mississippi. Kellogg
approves the course of the Attorney General,
and thinks his letter to Ames must exercise q
good effect Kellogg stated that political
affairs in Louisiana ,were remarkably quiet,
there being no indications of q renewal of
the disturbances which some time ago charac-
terized that State.
The Attorney General has kilograms from
persons of both political parties in MISSISSIPPI
pi commencing his letter to Ames.
While the internal revenue receipts this
month are satisfactory to the Treasury De-
partment, those from customs are less than
those for the corresponding month last
year.
There now remains only $28, 900, 900 of the
new five per cent bonds for negotiation. No
further call for the redemption of the old
bonds will be made until demanded by SUBJ
scriptions to the new.
DR.. Lindermann, Director Of MINIS, has re-
turned from his visit to the Pacific coast, and
expresses himself satisfied with the operation
of the several minis, including that at San
Francisco.
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LIBERAL STATE CONVENTION.

ALBANY, Sept 22.-The Liberal State Con.
vention met day. Three hundred delegates
present Gen. John Cochrane was chosen
permanent chairman.
Resolutions were offered and referred in.
dorsing Gov. Tildens reform measures, and
recommending the party to vote for the per-
sons who are personally and politically in
sympathy with him, and the reform measures
which he inaugurated. and we hereby re-
commend the Liberal Republicans to vote the
Democratic ticket.
The following is the platform:
There can be no sound currency but coin or
paper convertible into coin on demand; with
out speedy resumption on specie basis q
national disaster threatens; the civil service
needs reforming; deprecates forcible interfer-
ence with the rights of States; condemns the
administration; indorses Tildens action
against the canal ring; recommends Liberal
and Independent voters to support those can
didates already in nomination, of whom they
most approve, and who, in their judgment,
will cooperate with Gov Tilden in his work
of administrative reform.
These resolutions were adopted.
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GENERAL NEWS.

New YORK, Sept 22.-Late Rio Janeiro
dvices states that the Minister of Public
Works presented in the Chamber of Depu.
ties a request of the Emperor to sanction a
visit of eighteen months duration to Europe
and the United States.
BosroN, Sept. 22-Vice President Wilson
refuses to be candidate for Governor.
SAN Francisco. Sept. 22.-The Alta pub
fishes an editorial charging the proprietors OF
the Bulletin and Gall with having pursued the
course they did during and since the panic,
with the object of affecting the stock market.
The Chronicle charges the same parties with
conspiracy, etc. Proceedings for libel have
been commenced against both papers by the
proprietors of the Gall and Bulletin.
ATLANTA, Sept 22.-While excavating for
foundation for a building the embankmsnt
caved in, killing one man and bruising an
other.
Providence, Sept 22.-The Whiting silver
ware factory burned. Loss 100000 Most
OF the stock is in the vaults, which, it is
hoped, proved fireproof. Three hundred
workmen are ousted.
Sr LOUIS, Sept 22.-Wm. N. Ssnter was
elected President of the Cotton Exchange.