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The Pint of Ale.

once heard John Rose Dix relate an
anecdote illustrative of the elements of
ease and comfort which working men are
apt to cast thOughtlessly away, and of the
many helps to independence which they
neglect.
A Manchester calico printer was, on his
wedding day, asked by his wife to allow her
two half-pints Of ale day as her share Of
extra comforts" He made the bargin,
but not chesrfully, for, though drinl<er
himself (fancying, no doubt, that he could
not well do without), he would have pre-
ferrcd a perfectly sober wife. They both
worked hard John loved his wife, but he
could not break away from the old associa-
tions of the ale-house, and when not in the
factory, or at his meals, he was with his
boon companions.
His wife made the small allowance meet
her housekeeping expenses, keeping her
cot neat and tidy, and he could not com
plain that she insisted upon her daily pint
Of ale, while he, very likely, drank two or
three quarts. Once in while the wife
succeeded by gentle, loving artifice, in
drawing her husband home an hour Or two
earlier than usual, and very rarely did she
purSuade him to spend a whole evening in
her company.
| They had been married year, and on
the morning of their wedding anniversary,
John looked with real pride upon the neat
and comcly person Of his wife, and with a
touch Of rcmorse in his look and tone, he
said:
Mary, wen no holiday sin we were we'd
an only that we havn't a penny in the
world we'd take a jaunt to the village to
see the mither."
Would'stlille to 90, John ?'-she asked
There was a tear with her smile, for il
touched her heart to hear him speak
tcnderly as in the old times If thee'd
like to 20, John, III stand treat"
"Thou stand treat Mary! Hast got q
fortune left thee?"
Nay" She said, but I'm gotten the
pinto ale"
"Gotten what, wife?''
The pint o ale, she repeated.
And thereupon shc went to the hearth
and from beneath one of the stone flag,
drew forth stocking, from which she
poured upon the table the sum Of 36j three
penccS-el, lis, 2d.-EXclaiming:
''See, John, thee can have the holiday.
"What is this? ?" he asked in amaze.
" Its my daily pint O ale, John"
He was conscious stricken as we'll a.
charmed.
"Mary hasn't thee had thy share? Ther
I'll ha' no more fro this day !"
And he was as good as his word. The,
had their holiday with the old mother
and Mary's little capital, saved from tn,
"pints O ale was the seed from which, a
the years rolled on, grew shop, factory
warehouse, comtry-seat and carriage, witt
happiness, health, peace, honor, andrenowl
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muslin, edged with Valenciennes, trims
the neck and wrists. The over-skirt is a
deep square apron, open behind, drawn
tightly across the front and sides, and
draped to form pu1fs or a tabot down the
back. This apron consists of five clusters,
each of which is made of five lengthwisc
rows or insertion, with broad spaces Of the
muslin between. The bottom is trimmed
with a pleated frill, edged with lace. Bows
of pale or dark blue or else Of pink or gros
grain ribbon are down the front and back
and on the sleeves. The belt is of gros
grain, with a cluster of long loops of ribbon
on the sides. Those who prefer basques
instead of full waists, have them cut off
squarely to match the over-skirt.
There is no change to note in the shape
of bathing suits. The body and skirt are
cut in one, and held in position at the
waist by belt. a new fancy suggests
pleated knit skirts with sailor blouses
These are pretty, and conceal the figure
better than more scant skirts, but they
hold so much water that they become disa-
greeably heavy and burden to the bather.
The materials for bathing suits are flannel,
moreen, and the wiry wool seagcs that do
not shrink, or hold water, or cling to the
| figure when wet. Navy blue suits are much
admired when trimmed with rows of white
wool braid or with black This is not the
ordinary alpaca braid for binding dress
skirts, but the wider Titan braid loosely
woven figures. The most snowy suits arc
of white flannel, or else twiled serge
! trimmed with rows Of blue or scarlet braid
and sometimes both colors appear in the
border. Gray suits are most generally
popular, as they are least conspicuous
Their trimmings are also bright braids
Drab serge, trimmed with blue braid
makes a pretty suit.
Swimming suits are made with short
sleeves and knee trowscrs, and are worn
with striped stockings. Many ladies cut
out the sleeves Of their bathing suits, a:
they are usually heavy enough to prevent
free movement Of the arms. Blue flame
swimming suits, with the belt set in anC
braided with soutache in she'll patterns, are
worn. The short, full trowsers are made tC
button on the sides like the closed drawers
usually worn by ladies.
Suits of Turkish toweling in unblcachcc
brown and white are also made for bather
and for swimmers, but these are only seer
among imported goods, as there is still
preference for wool suits. The best use tn,
Turkish toweling can be put to is to max,
it in large mantle, to be thrown over tn
bather when emerging from the water
These bathing cloaks are long circulars, 0
else saQucs, with sleeves and hood. The
should be long enough to conceal the pei
son from head to foot, and are trimme,
with bright red or blue. Coarse straw hat
with wide brims tied down on the sides, pre-
!, tect delicate skins from the sun. Bathin
shoes are made of sail cloth.-Harpcr
Ba=qar.
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New Railroad Invention.

Near Baltimore, last week, the P. W. &
b. r. Il. Co. furnished the cars and engine
to test the "American Patent Safety Shoe
for Railroad Cars and Engines" The IN
vention. described by the A0,ericaa, con-
sists i'll the application to the under surface
of the truck Of two parallel shoes or run
ners, with the ends turned up at an angle !;
through the bottom of the shoes the wheels
project to bear upon the rails, and each
shoe is made of greater width than the
thickness of the wheel, and is formed with
hange upon each edge, with a space
between the wheel and hango little more
than the width of the rail. When the
wheels from any cause slip off, the shoes
drop down on the rails and support the
cars, and are prevented from leaving the
rails by the flange, while owing to their
broad bearing surface on the rails, sleepers
or ground, the friction instantly acts as a
safe and powerful brake to retard and stop
the motion of the cars, without the appli
cation Of the train brakes.
Two trials We're gwen the invention
attached to a gondola car, on a straight line
of rail which was broken and thrown three
inches out of alignment. In ono of these
the rate of speed was about Is miles al
hour, and the second still greater, but il
both instances the shoes caught the dis
placed rail and went along without leaving
the track or Slowing around, demonstrating
the practicability of the invention in case
of this kind. Some of the practical rail
road men who were present, however, dit
not deem the test entirely decisive, am
think that greater difficulty would hav
been experienced in keeping the car O
the track had switch been misplaced Q
left open.
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\ duplex negro is the latest anatomical
wonder in the Southern papers. He has
acquired such powers of self-contortion that,
in exhibiting his dual organization to a
Wheeling doctor, he dropped his ribs one
foot and the doctor felt another set under
meath the first. He then announced that
he would throw his heart down the same
distance. The stethoscOpe was placed over
it, and it was shown to be breathing
regularly in its right place. He gave his
body a jerk, and the heart was beating a
foot below, as he had promised. After two
minutes interval the active organ returned,
as the negro said it would Kill him to keep
it there longer. He dropped it again the
same distance on the right side, and held it
there for the same length of time Then
he stopped its beating altogether, and for
the space Of two minutes there was no
pulse in all his body. When this re-
markable child of nature began to manipu-
late his ribs and do several things with his
internal organs still more remarkable, some
gentlemen present tainted. 1t is not said
what has become of the man who wrote the
story.
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dwell, my son." said Detroit father to
his eight-year-old son, the other night,
"what have you done to-day that may be
set down as good decd?' "Gavc poor
boy five cents" replied the hopeful. "Ah,
ah that was charity, and charity is always
right lie was an orphan, was hep" 81
didn't stop to ask" replied the boy al
gave him the money for licking boy who
upset my dinner basket T.
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There is no doubt that the ideawill "takc,"
if once it is set afOot. 1t is to have the
fashions for ladies' dresses, next year, return
to something like the styles ofa century ago.
Bayard Taylor is delighted with the way our
wixes, mothers, and sisters look when got up
in the fabrics and costumes of l776, and un-
doubtedly the rising tide of patriotic revival
will make them en- regle by next year. Pre-
pare for that revolution, ladies'.
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In connection with the commencement
of Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me-, a
reunion of the class of 1925 took place on
Tuesday night. Among those present
were the poet Longfellow, Rev. DIR. Cheever
and John S. c. Abbott. Some of the class
had not met for fifty years, and could not
recognize each other without an introduc.
ton
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

If, says cOntempory, Brigham Young
wore an additional "weed on his hat
every time he lost wife or mother-inlaw,
it is estimated his hat would have to be
twenty-seven feet high.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Shad were first known as "shadow {"
fishes, on account of their timorous nature.
They will not cross the shadow of bridge
projecting into the water, but will wait
until the obsticle is removed by the passage
of the cloud causing the shadow, or the
setting of the sun.
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When boy falls and peels the skin off
his nose, the first thing he does is to get up
and yell. When girl tumblcs and hurts
herself badly, the first thing she does is to
get up and look at her dress.
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"No," said Mrs. Podgers, very positively,
" if | so into the country, MI Podgers
goes with me, This city amt no safe place
to leave man alone in."
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

1t is the sagacious remark of a keen
observer that you can generally tell newly
married couple at the dinner table, by the
indignation of the groom when fly alights
on the brides butter.
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" Will you have a small piece of the light
meat or small piece of the darll?'' asked
Bob's uncle, as he carved the turkey at
dinner. " will take large piece of Joth,1
answered Bob.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Next to rooster in rain storm, the
most wretched looking thing in the world
is candidate who has just overheard
friend wanting to bet that he won't Ie
elected.
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" What have you got in your basket,
Mrs. Johnson?" says I. "Fesh,' says She
" They stcnk,'' says l. You lie," says She.
" Whoop!' says l, land thin the row COM
menced. ."-IndustriM Adc0cate.
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WHOLE NO. 1866.

A near-sighted Boston man was lately
riding in street car, when lady opposite
bowed to him. He returned the bow, raised
his hat, smiled sweetly, and was just
wondering who she was, when she came
over and whispered in his ear, ooh! I'll
fix you for this, old man!' Then he knew
it was his wife.
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Newspaper Salaries.

Tho New York correspondent of the
Chicago Times, in an article on New York
newspaper salaries, and the better appre-
citation Of journalistic industry, refers to
two great establishments as follows:
The younger Bennett has introduced a
number Of reforms lie is of the opinion
that it docs not hurt Journal even the
HeraM, to be printed partially in terse,
nervous, correct English, which cannot be
had for iourncyman's hire. lie believes
the editorial page ought to be forcible, and
with this view he has engaged Ivory Cham
borlain, John Russell Young, Charles
Nordhotf and John d. Stockton to write
for it at figures ranging from $1,000 to ST.
600 per year. Stockton is understood to
have $1,000, Young $1,000, Nordhoff and
Chamberlain $1,000 each. The subjourna-
lists on this prosperous daily are more
literally compensated than formerly. Con-
merry, the managing editor, receives $4,000;
the city editor, $1,000; the financial editor,
$4,000; the principal night editor, $1,000 :;
the foreign editor, $1,000, per annum, and
others in proportion. This is not much,
but it is far more than the old rate. 1t
enables the scribes, with close economy, to
keep out Of debt, and in at elbows. For
merly that was impossible.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, of the Ti5Junc gets
$4,000 per annum. OF the editorial wri-
tcrs, John r. &. Hazard, Reid's lieutenant,
and musical critic likewise, receives, it is
said, $3.50, ($l4O per week. Isaac II.
Bromley $1,000, ($l2j per week, and John
Hay the same. The irregular contributors
to the fourth page, who perform other
duties, get from so to $7j week. John
+. Cleveland, financial editor, has SIS; VIM.
f. G. Shanks, city editor, has SO; Caldwell
night editor, SO; Hunt miscellaneous
writer, 500; Wyckoff, 500; VIM Winters
dramatic writer, $50; and other subordi
mates, exclusive of reporters, from $35 tc
$50 a week. Within five years T1iJunc com
pensation has been doubled, as it should
be, for it claims to have the ablest staff in
the city.
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"What kind of sassages is them?'
queried an old lady of the young man of
literature andpeanuts, as he passedthrough
the train selling bananas.
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CHICKEN CHERsE.-Boil two chickens till
tender; take out all the bones and chop
the meat fine; season to taste with salt,
pepper and butter; pour in enough of the
liquor they are boiled in to make moist
Mold it in any shape you choose, and when
cold turn out and cut into slices. 1t is an
excellent travelling lunch.
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a student was visiting young lady, and
after little while she shivered and re-
marked that she ought to have something
around her. He never got home until four
o'clock.
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a farmer complains that a hook and
ladder company has been organized in his
neighborhood. He states that the ladder
is used after dark for climbing into the hen
house, after which the hooking is done.
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Quin, the actor, being asked by a lady,
why there were more women in the world
than men, replied, at is in conformity
with the other arrangements of nature-we
always see more of heaven than of earth.'
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How woman can keep on talkingw while
she twists up her back hair and has her
mouth full of hairpins is a mystery not yet
explained Prefer.
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The Danger of Detroit.

a little old man, smoking huge pipe
and wearing an excited look, rushed into
the City Hall, in Detroit, the other day and
found his way into the room of the Chief
OF Police. Standing before that official,
the little old man swelled out, and ex-
claimed:
No-by dunder-no.'
"No what?" asked the Chief
"You dinks l bay dat license, continued
the smoker you dinks bay one hoon-
der and fifty dollar tax lcense?'
"That's the new law"
" You dinks was fool 70 high, und 20
pig round, und so long," continued the
man, measuring the air.
+" guess you'll have to pay"
. We shall zee about dat pooty quick. l
shall do zomcdings."
What?'
. shall show you-ha! You know what
! does eh? shall shut up my zaloon und
sell nodings more. When der vellers come
aroundt und kick on der door nobody shall
be dere. When pig crowd comes up from
Doledo on Sunday dey shall have no peer,
cigars, Limburger. shall rent my saloon
NIT an insurance agent, und he shell sheat
der peoples, und | shall get drunk in my
house, und der peoples shall have to drink
wasscr, und Daydroit shall go down hill
und somebody shill gone here from New
York md buy der whole place for dwell
dollar und move him up by Shicago-ha =
And he shook his fist at the Chief anG
rushed out.
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A young fellow having been charged with
getting tipsy the night before, and wishing
to Justify himself, declared that he never
was tipsy in his life, and never meant to be,
for it always made him feel so bad the
next morning
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

An Illinois woman who wanted go to
masquerade party as Mary, Queen of Scots,
looked through the Bible to ascertain how
the character was dressed.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

A kind-hearted, peace-loving Baltimore
man painted his front steps twenty-three
times trying to please his wife, and then
she decided that the first color was the
best.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

\ Western man, reading of cricket
club in New York paper, writes the
editor to know if the club is good for grass
hoppers as well as crickets.
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Pepper VINRGAR.-Take six large red
peppers, slit them up, and boil them in
three pints of strong vinegar down to one
quart. Strain it, and bottle for use. 1t
viii keep for years.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Mr.. Greeley did not invent the phrase
go West" as is generally supposed The
original of the remark was when Ruth said
(many years B. C.)"Where thou go West l
will 60"
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Z" Mr.. D., if you'll get my coat done
by Saturday, shall be forever indebted to
you" " If that's your game it won't be
DONE" said the tailor.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Kansas teacher" Where does ali our
grain products go to?" Boy" 1t goes into
the hopper" Hopper! What hopper?''
Grasshopper!' = triumphantly shouted the
lad.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Old gent" What do you wear specs for,
boy? Bootblack-"Cos I puts such a
shiny shine on gentlemens boots it hurts
me eyes"
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

Two years ago Pennsylvania servant
girl was sent to Prison for stealing 5000
from her employer. The money was found
the other day where he had hidden it, and
now the man offers the girl Sc as recon-
pense, while she is willing to settle for ten
thousand.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

The hair from ladies' braid should
never be worn on the lapelof gentleman
coat, unless the parties are engaged.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

No man can become thoroughly acquain.
ted with his family history without running
for office.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

"Arrah, mo darlint," cried Jamie O'Flan,
nigan to his loquacious sweetheart, who had
not given him the opportunity to "get in a
word even edgewiso" during two hours
ride behind the little bay nags in his oyster
wagon, care yo afther knowing why your
cheeks are like my ponies there? "Shure
and its because they're red, is it?' quoth
the blushing Bridget. "Faith, and better
raison than that mavourneen. Because
there is one of them aich side of wagon
tongue"
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

At recent spelling match one man
spelt it pasnip" and got beet.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

What holds all thesnuffin the world ? No
one nose.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

"MIGHTY ONsARTIN."-On the ferry boat
Gessie, crossing the river at Vicksburg, re-
Gently, were an old couple from Louisiana,
coming to visit friends in this city. The
old gentleman was walking around, despite
his wife's predictions that something would
happen to him, and he suddenly found
himself in the river. She heard his yell
and caught sight of him and leaning over
the rail she shouted: "There Samuel didn't
tell you so? Now, then, work your legs,
flap your arms, hold your breath and re-
peat the Lords prayer, for its mighty on
sartin, Samuel whether you'll land in Vicks-
burg or eternity" Thanks to ready rope
and strong arm, he was pulled safely out.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

A Schenectady girl at spelling school sat
down on "pantaloons."
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

10 preserve the textbook them up in
the safe.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

At twilight every hen becomes a rooster.
Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

The man who pronounces "Don Quixote''
" Donkeyhote" shows a disposition to in
trude his own name that is not commenda-
bic,
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FROM OHIO.
CROPS DROWNED OUT-RAV GEES OF
THE ARMY RM-SUPERIORITY
OF THE NATIONAL COLONY

CROPS DROWNED OUI-RA VA 0ES OF
THE ARMY WORM SUPERlORITY
or THE Nj 1IONAL COLONY
BALTIMORE, O., July 81, 1875.
EDITOR ADVANCE: arrived home
safely, but have had the ''blues" ever
since returned. There has not been
one day since I returned, but that it
rained. Crops are all drowning out.
Corn won't make much over half a
crop. Wheat, what little was cut, is
now rOtting in the fields. Oats looked
we'll till the last four or five days. We
have had Il raid of rebels up this way,
viz: army worms. They sweep every
thing as they go. Some oat fields you
can hardly see grain where they have
been but two days. I think they can
beat your hoppers cutting grain. Po-
tatoes won't make half q crop. Folks
have been complaining here for some
time of hard times. fused to tell them
they knew nothing Of hard times, but I
fear we will see it this year, if it don't
soon stop raining.
In my trip to your place and back l
travelled twenty-five hundred mil s. I
went down the Mississippi to st. Louis,
and in all my travels found no place
where the crops looked so we'll as III the
Colony. I brought samples of wheat,
oats and barley with me; farmers all
give up that it cannot he beat.
J. J, HANSBERGER.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

10y virtue Of an execution, issued out of the
ID District Court for the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict III and for the County of Hennepfn and
State OF Minnesota, upon Judgment issued
and dOcketed in said Court on the LIST day Of
March, A. d. 1875, In certain action wherein
A. NJ. Radclff and James Chalmers, partners as
Chalmers T. Co., Plaintiffs, and Charles z. Sutton
and James l!undy, partners as {. Z. Sutton Co.,
Defendants in favor of said Plaintiffs and against
said Defendants, for the sum Of ninety-ni9c dol
lar and .6S)I have on the 18th
title and interest of said defendants, Z. Z SUIT
ton Co., to the following described real property,
lying and being in the County of Mobiles and
State OF Minnesota, according to the recorded
plat thereof, and more particularly described as
follows: Commencing 1T a point OH the SOUTH
east line OF First Avenue, so called, in the town
OF Warrington, where said line would be inter-
sected by the southwest line Of Ninth Street,
prolonged to such intersection, thence along the
said southeast line Of First Avenue Southwestern
~ two hundred 1900 feet, thence Southeasterly
Avenue forty four 40 feet, thence northeastern
ly and parallel to said sOutheastli line of First Av
enue two hundred (20C feet, and thence north
westerly in the line Of the southwest line of said
Ninth street, prolonged fOrty-fOur feet to the
place Of beginning, and the frame steam Touring
mill standing thereon and the engine and maclItn-
cry therein and belonging thereto, and will sell
the same or 50 much tl!ereofas may be necessary
to satisfy said execution and costs; at the front
age of Worthington, in the County and State
aforesaid, on Saturday the 18th day of August,
A. d. 1878, at l. O'Clock a. m. Of That day.
Dated at Worthington. June 90tl. 1875.
43-7w Sheriff Mobiles County, Minnesota.
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CORRESPONDENTS.
.FRON RANSOM. !. !

Il. =s5aF Ransom, Aug. 10th, 1875.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Harvesting is
progressing and tile indications are ia
vorable for good harvest weather. The
wheat crop has not, yet been, damaged
materially, and is regarded as being be-
yond the reach Of the grasshopper.
Everything else has suffered to 4 great
err or less extent by the ravages Of the
pests, and vast number of eggs have
been deposited, Which causes some. APP
prehension for next years crops. Some
Of our people are quite discouraged,
and talk Of leaving the country for the
time being. The loss sustained this
year is very light compared with that
of last summer. .%"=,
The school in District No. 20 is
largely attended, and, witlal, is very
ably conducted by Miss Heyener, Of
Bigel0w. G. "