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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-05
Awe.t Indian Contribution.

Among the many attractive articles on the
tables Of the CAthonc Fair, ia Union Square, for the
benefit u the Association tor Doriending Children ="
Is set Of lace BARK mats or fruit doylies from the
Island OF Jamaica. The lOundtion of the mat Is OF tne
delicate white nmY Tissue OF The lace-Ge inner bark
OF The lace tree The edges arc OF tue Dun ned heart
OF the cabbage PALM cut In hexagp and glued 20 tue
lace ana te cchtrcs are ondmcnted with the feathery
rond' OF the nnet ferns that grow tAtt island ar
ranged m artistic groups anu ir queniy showing the
sporulcs ON te Inner surface IN various stages OF n
norescence; As wora OF domestic feminine art the
collection Is al surpassed even 10y the productions Of
the me laval lace makers. WhOeyer visits tne fair
should ask 10 see tle iace tree dOyes from Jamaica
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-05

The unoccupiod residence Of Col, Richard n
Hoe Of priHdus pre,s fame. 1t westc.cs,or ay cHus
and the Southern Blueyarl vs. entered 10y ourg are
on sunday night but the family having stored lhats
ValulUles down town, uoins was takeA. ca tie sams
nsut TIE rtslpuce OF Mr Carrie, CRY on near bA "a
catered an the thlet vas detected while lihiingI
mat u. lie described hllu,r i.4Nafd Iuun or, A
engineer Of Jrr.y Cy llec rried large ass rlulenI
VI amAIl KEYS. Justice SmIlh eonIlttsd 1lEn,
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Womnn's Wori. Tor Woman.

The rooms in Irving III zee being too small for
thc use o: the luu- Ladies' ChrlHulu Is ociA iun
large double East Fteeuth street mas beeA
oHsruccd and IS soon 10 BE- occupied b. tue
ciAln IL 10 to We hOrary, re.lias r.. I al -
= ons, cmpny mrnt hure "a AMI tadus, it ud CoWm.t
tee rooms. u pms ~ inc tn story ,re To- DC rohted 70
women a. riElIp \ Goa 80 ~ lee urHt hls hHt
rahstd Tor lAe wiuter and sprny nr Ot ~ which, by
lie tcY. d. Buptl, Ou nlNrAu u k-ylt," V
BE- ELNeA ON MOAnlN. me llLn M n-.n-unaI.
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somc,hiug Wor,h prayiug Por.

Tho I0IIOWlhg ftquest has been sent 70 most OF
the BrookDu eerejmen "Specla prayers OF your
church rcqu sicl Tor the On rrs u tle Br1nklyn
Guy noyernmeni, including the Board Oi City WorkA
TIE Park COuHs iiAcrs the Aldermen aud SUPER,
Nlsprs, and all Who are Entrusted with public funds
q they may ct vita hon and economy, ana
N reny relieve our oYerburdea,d taxpayers, widows
AM OTphanA,"
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a Famous Medical Institution.
From the Chicago Times. ]

"The name Of DR.. K. V. Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. Y, has become familiar to the people ali
over the country as household words His
wonderful remedies, his pamphlets and books,
and his large medical experience, have
brought him into prominence and given him
a solid reputation. The Times, in the pres
ent issue, presents whole-page communica-
ton from DIR. Pierce, and our readers may gain
from II some idea Of the vasuproportions OF his
business and the merits OF his medicines. He
has at Buffalo mammoth establishment, APP
propriately named the Worl rs Dispensary,
where patients are treated and the remedies
compounded. Here nearly a hundred PER-
sons are employed in the several departments,
and corps OF able and skilled physicians
stand ready to alleviate the sufferngs of hu
manity by the mostsapproyed methods. These
physicians are in frequent consultation with
Dr. Pierce, and their combined experience is
brought to bear on the successful treatment OF
obstinate diseases. The Doctor il man OF a
large medical experience, and his extensive
knowledge of materia medica has been ac-
knowledged by presentations OF deg ees from
two OF the first Medical Colleges in the land. y
| II you would pitronize Medicines, scientif-
cally prepared by skilled Physician and
Chemist, use DIR. Pierce's Family Medicines
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious, tonic
| Alternative, and blood cleansing, and an nm
equaled cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
constitute an agreeable and reliable physic;
Fayorite Prescription, remedy for debilitated
females; Extract OF Smart-Weed, magical
remedy for pain and bowel complaints,
and an unequalled liniment Tor both human
and horse-hesh while his DIR. Sage's Ca;arrh
Remedy is known the world over as the
greatest specific for Catarrh and "Cold in
the Head" ever given to the public They
are sold by all Druggists
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found that the murderer was the man
who called to purchase box Of me, and
whose head examined.
Colt had work on arithmetic printed
by Adams, whom he promised to pay
some money within a specified time
Adams called to collect the money, but
Colt failed to accomplish what he prom
ised This led to the difficulty between
them. Adams, whose SKULL afterwards
examined, had very small seli.esteem,
large acquisitiveness, and fear or eau
tlousness the very opposite to that of
Colt, the murderer. Such an organiza-
tion never could appreciate or sympa-
thize with Colt. Failing to pay him,
Colt apologized for being compelled to
disappoint him. Adams, in reply, made
some uncomplimentry remarks that CALLED
Colt to the very quick. Feeling his pride
wounded. he seized a Ratchet and threw
it at Adams head and broke his skull,
The body fell against the folding doors,
that separated Colts and wheeler's
offices. Colt, fearing that Adams might
groan, struck him another blow on the
head, breaking the skull in completely.
Adams was missed; search was made
after him, and his friends finally traced
him to Colts office. Upon inquiry at
Wheeler's office it was acertained that a
fall was heard in Colts Office, and box
was shipped by him to some place out of
town. The carman was advertised for
and found. lie had carted the box to a
vessel bound for the South. The box
was recovered, and the body in it indenti.
fled as that Of the missing man, Adams.
Colt was tried, convicted and sentenced
to be hanged.
Every effort was afterwards made to
procure Colts pardon of the Governor.
1t was rumored that the Tombs, in which
Colt was confined. had been set on fire,
and during the excitement dead body
from the Alms-house was struggled into
the cell. The report made public at the
time was that Colt had committed suicidei
But it was generally suspected that he
escaped at the time of the fire.
Opposed as | was to capital punish
ment, called on Governor Seward, be-
fore Colt escaped, and related the circum-
stances to the Governor Of the visit had
from Colt at my Office, and his earnest
determination to promulgate the truth
Of phrenology. ! argued that Colt was
but creature Of organisation and cir
cumstances, and capital punishment
would not remedy the evil. spoke of a
higher lava phrase which Governor
Seward used frequently afterward-but
while admitting and believing in a
higher law, the Governor said: 81 am a
servant Of the people, and have to obey
and carry out the laws of the State. =
lie declined to commute Colts sentence,
and returned to New York.
The publication of this letter may be
the means of throwing some rays Of light
from the Sun on foreign newspapers.
EDWARD NEwBERY, NJ. u.
New York, November IA, 1875.
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THE Bo0TBLACKS STORY.
[Detroit Free Press. ]


When a dozen newsboys and boot.
blacks had collected on the Custom
House stairs yesterday and when each
one had grown tired Of jaw-breakers and
popcorn balls, "Little English" remark.
ed.
"Sposen Jim Cocoanut tells us a
story"
'SpoSen, remarked all the others.
well, gentlemen remarked jim,
after few digs at his head, 81 will tell
you true story about a girl. Her name
was Marier, and she had yaller hair, blue
eyes, small feet, and she was worth a mill
lion dollars
"In stamps ?" asked Cross Eyed Dick.
"ln clean cash, right in the savings
bank answered Jim. "ThiS girl was
an orphan, with no one to boss her
around, and if she wanted to be out till
eleven O'Clock at night, she could. There
were piles Of fcllers after her to marry
her, but she stuck up her nose at tie
hull caboodlc."
"What fur!' anxiously inquired fire.
cracker Tom.
What fur! Why, she knew they
loved her money instead OF herself. She
wanted some one to love her earnestly
and like gosh. Well, one day when she
was going down to the post Office to see
if there was airy mail, a runaway horse
came along. Marier tainted away and
sat down in the road, and she'd have been
broken all to pieces if it hadn't been for
bootblack bout my size. He pulled
her into shooting gallery, brought her
to, and then hired hull omnibus and
took her home.
sand they fell in love and we're finally
married" remarked Suspender johnson.
mo, my fellow countrymen," sadly
replied Jim; "gin him ten cents!''
And is that all p exclaimed three or
four voices.
"All she gave him, and that turned out
to be counterfeit y
There was long period Of silence, and
then Cocoanut Jim continued:
(Which is a lesson to us never to
marry girl worth a million dollars"
And we never shall " they solemnly
replied.
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POETRY.
THE SWALLOW.

The following poem, sweet as a biri-song,
is from The Eatre Nous, the organ OF the Ex-
position of Authors, and is by Mrs. Sells, the
edi.or
Behold the swallow see, the bird a spring |
He iyeth low adown the Greeiln ways
Oh, dark-winged bird, what message dost thou
briDgH
Where hast thou tarriel through the lone
some daysY
Did Isis keep thee on the Coptic isle
On the Enclosures high thy work TO winl
Open thy door, old man, TO sun and smile,
And let the spring-time aud the swallow in !
Or did'st thou rest, oh bird, beside the stream
That comes, no man knows whence 1.-The
wondrous Nile
Did'st learn the mystery of the lotus dream
Did'st strive the Nereid's secret TO beguie 2
Did'st watch the Prygian maidens LAYING
long
Their tawny limbs where OdOrous days
Open thy door, oh youth, to b.eeze and
song,
And let the spring-time and the swallow in |
Did'st thou, oh wanderer, cross the desert
lands,
To brood thy nest where man may never
GOT
Or skim athwart the kissed Lnyan sands,
To seek the source whence all the breezes
blown
Did'st rest thy wing upon Dodona's oak Z
Did'st catch the straying vapors pale and
thinY
Open thy door, oh maid, and love invoke,
And let the spring-time and the swallow in !
Open thy doors and grant us gifts, we pray
We bring the herald OF the spring to thee
Promise OF bursting bud and blooming spray,
Oh growing grain and laden, fruitful tree
Ofsweet blue days and auguries OF hope
With some brave gift 'twere well such news
to win
Green to the sea will swell each sunny slope
Open thy doors and let the swallc@ in!
Without some largess fair we will not gol
Nor leave thee free unless the gilt be great
Wen break thy door adown, and float it so
On yonder stream in search of palm and
date:
Wen take thy Intel for target fine
Thy name upon it with our arrows pin
Wen bar thy windows from the glad sun
shine
-Oren thy doors and let the swallow in
Wen take the maiden spinning by the
hearth
SO small and fair she is not hard to lift
Wen kiss her lips and fright her with our
mirth--
So thou dost not bring forth a gracious gift !
For spring has come-smiling and unafraid--
With breath OF flowers on rosy cheek and
chin
The queen of all the year oh youth and
maid,
open thy doors and let the swallow in
SEES.
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An Irish drummer who now and Their
INDUCED in a noggin of right good poteen
was accostcd by the reviewing general
w hat makes your nose so red o.
PLEASE yer honor replied Pat, 81 al
ways blush when spake TO gineral
officer"
a little child said to her mother ono
day:
Mother, feel nervous"
Nervous !" said the mother, "what is
nervous e.
why, IFS being IN hurry all
0rer -
A Texas judge is credited with the fol.
lowing decision: "The fact is, Jones, the
Jail is an old rickety affah, as cold as an
iron wedge. You applied to this court
Tor release on bail, giving it as your
opinion that you would freeze to dtath
there. The weather has not moderated,
and TO keep you from freezing | will di.
rect the sheriff to hang you at 4 o'clock
this afternoon"
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schenk's Mandrake pills.

Will be found to possess those qualities nee
essary TO the total eradication OF all bilious at
lacks, prompt to start the secretions Of the
liver, and give healthy tone tothe entire sys-
tenn. Indeed IL is no ordinary discovery in
medical science to have invented a remedy for
these stubborn complaints, which develop all
the results productivity heretofore free use OF
calomel, a mineral justly dreaded by mankind,
and acknowledged TO be destructive in the ex.
treme to the human system. That the proper
ties OF certain vegetables comprise all the vir-
tues Of calomel without its injurious tenden-
cies, is now an admitted fact, rendered indis-
putahle by scientific researches ;and those who
use the Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied
that the best medicir IS are those provided by
nature in the common herbs and roots Of the
fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct all
billions arrangements without salvation or
any of the injurious effects OF calomel or other
poisons. The secretion OF bile is promoted by
these pills, as win be seen by the altered color
OF the stools, and disappearing of the sallow
complexion and cleansing ofthe tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each
box OF pills.
Prepared only by J. II. Schenck & Son, at
their Principal Office, corner OF Sixth and
Arch Streets, Philadelphia, and for sale by all
druggists and dealers Price 20 cents per box.
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A TOUGH EOOT.

They tell big stories about the tough
feet OF the Louisiana darkies, but the
Vicksburg negro is always ready to com.
pete for the medal. One OF them enter
ed blacksmith shop the other day to
sell horseshoe and he placed his bare
foot on hot piece Of iron just cut from
a bar IL was full minute before the
heat struck in, and then he gave leap
over the anvil and uttered n terrible yell.
The smith asked him tocxplain, and the
darkey responded:
"Whv, rze bin standin' on dat piece Of
red hot iron u
Sand you didn't know itl"
"No, not 'zactly; bit | smclt sunthin'
kinder cdrus for good while, but fought
dcre was a dead boss around here some
wharf
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"My trouble with him is that he don t
make no p'iRts; and when he's done and
through, and sot down, | can't tell what
in particular, he's been talking about !;
only he's KEEP good kind of nose a
going for about five-and.forty minutes.
No longer ago'n last Sunday night, my
wife asked me when | got home from
meetin', which, being beat out with hard
weeks work she didn't go to-sa she
John what did the minister preach
about 2 and says /, 4 don't believe can
tell we, Jane. His text was the tail end
of some verse in Leviticus, and twas all
about being good, and SIGH but | really
can't say exactly what; there wasn't no
pint that | could bring away. I"
This was the criticism of plain friend
of ours upon young minister who COM
menced preaching within the last five
years; and who has an agreeable voice
and rather graceful-if little ostenta.
tious--manner,' and "a good port and
bearing in society," and who ought to
do we'll as a minister--ought, it would
seem, to do considerably better than he
is doing.
The difficulty with him was well-stated
by our plain friend. His sermons lack
"p'ints.' His voice lacks "p'ints. His
gesticulation lacks ''p'ints." His charac-
ter lacks "p'ints." He is altogether, and
in every respect, and from every point of
view, too smooth and sleek and glazed.
His next introduction, as a general
thing, a geographical, geological, arch.
@logical, historical, chronological, essay
as to matters and things possibly re-
motley related TO the time, place and
event, referred to; followed by rambling
series Of excellent remarks, having about
as much relation to either text or intro
duction as the assorted cargo of ship
which carries pig-lead, India-rubber and
bananas, together with nearly all the con-
ceivable products of the tropics and of
cooler climates, has to the iron hull which
encoses and the steam engines which
propel it. lie is all over the lot yet he is
nowhere in particular, while he is good
and mild.
He does lack "p'ints.' 1t is a grievous
lack. Learning cannot supplement that
Did ne call Geometry and Comic Sections
all his own, and could nc converse fluent
ly in all tongues, he could not keep our
plain friend awake with that serene man
ner, and with no "p'ints.'
We say could not keep him awake,
not because any preaching would keep
some people-more especially farmers
who toll six long summer days in the
open air and then sit still in an ill.venti
lated meeting. house in the hot hours Of a
summer Sabbath--awake. But, not
withstandlng this, it is true that unless
preachers can keep their hearers awake
their first duty towards them cannot be
performed. And We fancy all public
speakers will agree that the simpler, the
more distinct, and the more pointed, the
divisions Of their treatment Of a subject
cal be made, the easier they find il to
kindle the average mind with that APP
preciative glow which is the best anti.
dote against the sleep and the best aid
toward conviction. -COngregatioadiiSt.
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HEALTH 40 CAPTTAL.

The Liberal Christian :--"Any healthy
man may easily in this country make
himself thoroughly independent ef CAPT.
tai. and hold himself Indifferent to the
fate Of labor. For he need ask no man
for employment to keep the wolf from
the door. The time wasted in standing
on street corners, waiting for work, or in
travelling from store.house TO factory,
and town to city begging employment,
applied to the production Of the necessa.
ries Of life would support most men and
their families beyond the fear Of freezing
or starving.
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Opportunities for Lihrnries.

Books suitable for Public, School and
Sunday School Libraries are being sdcri-
fced at our Sale at and under cost. Par.
ties will come with or send their list OF
books wanted and get an answer quick
The stock is being closed om rapidly.
Act promptly and save money. d. D..
Merrill & Co., st. Paul
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BeauliruI Holiday Presents.

Photograph Albums, Oil Paintings,
Chromos and Engravings, Books ele-
CAVITY bound and illustrated, new and
fresh. in sets or single volumes, Stand.
ard, Poetical and works Of fiction can be
had at great bargains, at our closing out
sale at and under cost, for cash. Send
your orders and money. Prompt atten.
ton given by ID. d. Merrill & Co.
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TWISTING A JvIFE's MEAD oFF.

The Varginia Nevada Chronicle, of
November 10, has the following: "Yer
Honor said John Binglc yesterday, to
Justice Cox. II was dreaming at the
time that was brakeman on the Yir.
ginia and Truckee Railroad, and il was
storming awful, and / was shading my
face from the rain under the peak Of this
cap proceeded in evidence and marked
Exhibit A by the Justice, when ali at
once the whistle sounded down brakes,
and looking up saw big sand slide
right across the track. sprang to the
brake at once, and was turning it down
lively, while all the passengers, with
their heads out Of the windows, were
utteriny loud shrieks Of terror, when I
woke up, and d----n me i'll hadn' bold
Of my wie's hair and a.twisting her
head around, thinking il was the brake,
ye- Honor. That's how il all happened. "
The Justice said il was a very narrow
escape from fearful railroad disaster,
and sentenced Mr.. Bingle to pay fine
OF sixty dollars for assault and battery.
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Never Saw Anything Like 10.

The rush for the beautiful and usefnl
goods which are being slaughtered at the
great closing out sale Of d. ID. Merrill
Allen & Co. at st. Paul, is perfectly as.
tonishing. We advise our patrons to go or
send and get some Of them quick. Xmas
is coming.
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Pimples ON the face, rough skin, ehapped
hands, saltrheum, and all cutane0us affections
cured, the skin made soft and smooth, by the
use OF Juniper Tar Soap That made by Cas-
we'll, Hazard & Co., New York, is the only
kind that can be relied on, as there are many
limitations, made from common tar, which are
worthless.
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Chapped hands, face, pimples, ringworm,
saltrheum, and other cutaneous affections cured,
and rough skin made soft and smooth, by
using Juniper Tar Soap. BE careful to get ON :
ly that made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
York, as there are many limitations made with
common tar, all Of which are worthless.
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GodeY's LadY's Book.

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