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A. T. Stewart & Co., in Chicago.

From the Philadelphia Times.
The establishment of a branch house
OF A. 7. Stewart & Co. in Chicago,
marks what will prove to be the first
step in the decentralization of business
in this country. Hitherto New York
has been the metropolis the largest
importers and jobbers have had their
houses here, and all other cities have
been more or less dependent on the
metropolis. This new store, filled
with stock of goods worth $4,000, 900
and managed by Mr.. William Libby,
the real head of the firm of A. T.
Stewart & Co., is notice to western
merchants that they will gain nothing
by going further east than Chicago.
That city will become the distributing
centre of the great west, selling it's
goods to every State between the
Rocky mountains and the Ohio. Chi
cago is already great distributing
point. The firms of John V. Farwell
& Co., and Field Letter, & Co., each do
a business amounting to quarter of a
million a day, and there are others
second only to these but the estab-
lishment of such house as Stewards
is, so to speak, ''sticking in a pin'' and
marking a centre. Mr.. Libby is sure
to be followed by H. B. Claffin & Co.,
and others. William E. BurlOck & Co.,
the largest shirt manufacturers in the
country, with factory at Bridgeport
Conn.,, are the first to follow, having
telegraphed at once to Chicago at
tOrney to lease store for them near
Stewards. Will anyone be so rash
as to predict that another generation
will not see the New York store the
branch. and the Chicago the head
quarters!
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an evidence of their bravery and PROV.
Exciting Scenes Among De Witt Talmage:s
- 81 Disciples.

~WhensDe Witt Talmage proved his
own superior9virtue by rushing into
the temptations of swatering-places at
Martha's Vineyard. he left his elegant
mansion on the corner of Oxford
street andaDeKalb avenue in Brookly..
IN charge of couplesof his church
people, Elder Cobb and his wife, to
ookafter the house andsfurniture. It
is alargahOuse, and the Elder grew
weary of At, so they invited another
couple tOsshare the spells of the man.
sion with them. The second couple
did nOtstay long, and another couple
were invited, by DR.. Talmage's con-
sent. The last-named pair consisted
ct young lawyer named Squires and
his wife. For few days matters
moved along satisfactorily. Then
there was difficulty about the food.
then the ladi es could not agree, and as
a result separate tables were main.
tanned. The divided house could not
go on in this way, and the next scene
was a wordy controversy between
Mrs. Squires, Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb. The
women were especially violent. but
the day ended without anybody being
hurt. At length Elder Cobb wrote a
letter to Mr.. Squires in: which he re-
Elected upon Mrs. SQuires, and request.
ed them to leave the house. Squires
asked an explanation and Cobb pro-
ceeded to give it. They were adjust.
ing their difficulties rapidly when Mrs.
Cobb put in an appearance and opened
the wounds afresh. One word led
to another, and finally blow was
given and returned, and a regular fs-
ticutf fight ensued. The women
screamed, the boys in the neighbor-
hood yelled, and still the punching
continued until policeman interfered
and prevented further hostilities.
Squires and his wife left the house,
and now the conduct of Elder Cobb
and Elderess Cobb will he investigated
by the church session.
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The Reason.

A gentleman who held responsible
position under the government at
Washington, concluded to change his
lodgings. He sent one Of the walters
at the hotel where lie had selected his
apartments after his baggage. Meet.
ing the waiter all hour or two after
ward, he said:
"Well, John, did you bring my bag
gage over?'' ~.>
'sNo, sah,'' blandly responded the
sable gentlemen. ~-~~~-~
"Why, what was the reason?''
cease, sab, the gentleman in the
Office said that you had not paid your
bill.''
"Not paid my bill! Why, that's sim
gular he knew me very we'll when he
kept the Girard House in Philadel.
phia.''
"Well, mebhe,'' replied John,
thoughtfully scratching his head, stdat
was de reason why he wouldn't give
me the baggage" >~.-
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His Grounds flor Divorce.

A Raleigh lawyer (says the Sentinel)
was interviewed yesterday by an az.
riculturalist living score of miles
from the city, who said he wanted to
secure a divorce from his wife.
"You don't live happily with her,
Ell % inquired the attorney.
"No; we don't seem to hitch with a
cent, - was the quiet reply.
''DOes she scalp and fret, and make
your home a hell upon earth, SO to
speak % continued the lawyer.
''That's her, exactly
'And you are prepared to prove
that you have a peaceful disposition,
and that you have done everything you
could to make home pleasant -
"You bet / am! Anybody as knows
me will swear that wouldn't hurt a
flea, and that I move around home like
an angel"
: swell, guess we can make out a
case,' said the lawyer, as he took up
his pen and began to dot down the
points. After moment he inquired
''Do you think that your wife will
contest the case? Has she any de-
Tense -
"Waal, now, I never thought OF
that slowly replied the farmer. 81
didn't know as she had anything to
say about it,
'EShe may have. Has she any
grounds for complaint against you?''
!. 81 don't know much about law,''
answered the client in hesitating
way. 81 know I've got laundering
after her sister Marier, and her sister
Marier has hankering after me, but
whether them is good grounds for
complaint don't know! -
The lawyer hasn't filed 4 bill yet.
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the glorious vineyardsfgof SNegotinl .
of q whole district as large as Shrop.
shire, and as vel do us the Gironde
They are turned to ashes The fine
yellow wine Of Negotin, famous
through eastern Europe, iszdried
upsat;its source, and with it the;pros.
perity, he$yery existenee of thasm ost
|thrivin and tented sspopnl alton ia
the princip ality- Kuiazeviittz burnt to
the ground -Saitchar pillaged lad
Eovo heap of ruins the peasantrv fly:
ing in thousands from their homes in
all the frontier lands, and gradually
converging upon Belgrade, with the
avenger behind them; deadly fevers
breaking out all around the scorched
battle-fields, upon which the dead lie
purifying in as yet uncounted mum.
bers; national bankruptcy, panic,
foreshadowings of starvation-these
are the themes of the letters that
reach us, batch after batch, from a
country only three days. journey from
the German capital The unfortunate
prince, at length emancipated from
the illusions which have hitherto fet-
tered and weighed down his naturally
ditfident and unambitious disposition,
and aghast at the conviction that he
has been made the cats paw of utterly
INSCRIPTIONS men, is at his wits end
to discover. some not altogether ruin
GUS and dishonoring means of escape
from the terrible embroglio into
which he has allowed himself to be
thrust; his mprincipled councillors
arc smuggling their valuables across
the Danube into places of safety, and
his people are plunged into the deep
est depths Of black despair. At such
a moment the irony Of fate bestows
upon him an heir! No more distress
ing spectacle has been seen since the
Polish insurrection of 1903 than the
present. state of vanquished Servia.
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Ancient and Modern. Novels.

:; l-y.tsa n
From the london Saturday. Rey1g .ss "
Iherefs an clement in the, prose
fiction Of the last century which places
1T In strong contrast withsthe novel of
the. present time. We ate now inclin-
ed to on. hesnovelists IS. before. all
,thinn9san; artist. His work lis judged
by thes laws ropersto imaginative HIT
.eranire and success or;13iluire is reck.
onedby sreferencesto asttaanudard which
would have been scarcely understood
by the writer's or by thepublic 81 IAN ear
ller time. On one point IN particular
modern critics are wont to be unfaingly
" severe. The novelist is not permitted
to be a teacher of morals. Pardon NAV
be granted for other faults of style or
knowledge, but the fault of ATTEMPTED
instruction is deemed objectionable.
and the writer who now undertakes to
deliver sage counsel on the rewards of
virtue or the perils of vice is at once
and confidently judged to be ignorant
OF the first principles of his craft.
This modern view of the require
ments OF fiction is curiously opposed to
the practice of the writers Of the las
century. There, at least, we find no
doubt in the mind of the author as to
the proprietyi Of instructing his read
erS. The novel was understood to be
the vehicle for discursiye com en- t
upon manners and morals, and the ele-
ment in fiction now held to be SUI
preme, occupied in then only subordi-
nate place. The gift of characterize
ton, since discovered to be the one en-
during element in those cumbrous
works of fiction, was held at the time
to be subject to the power of the essay.
lst the individual personages of the
history slowly emerged from a world
OF wise and witty comment offered in
dependently by the author and when
we strive to reach the. motive of one
OF these earlier novels, it is impossible
not to feel that by the novelist him.
self the facts of the story were regard
ed mainly as useful machinery by the
aid of which he might deliver himself
OF store OF pregnant criticisms upon
men and manners.
The fortune and fate of the hero
formed no doubt an object of interest
to him; and we may note everywhere
in the the literature of the eighteenth
century the signs of a new pleasure in
being able to describe and initiate the
minutest facts of real life and to trans
fer them into the mimic world of fic-
ton; but all this side of his labor was
evidently deemed of less dignity and
consideration than the functions of a
moral instructor.
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A Brave Soldier

Out of the many instances of indi-
vidual bravery which must have sig.
nalized the struggle for independence,
few have been preserved ; but one,
that has been, lights up the melan-
choly darkness of the scene with Pc
culiar brightness. At the battle of
Bunker Hill, John Calender, captain
of artillery, had withdrawn from the
battle, and had disobeyed Putnam's
orders to return. The battle over,
Putnam declared that if Calender was
not cashiered or shot, he would him.
self leave the service. The court-mar-
tial convicted him of cowardice, and
dismissed him 'sfrOm all further SER
vice in the Continental army as an of.
ficer.' Coward or not, he was brave
enough to step down into the ranks of
the company he had commanded. The
9th of August found him on the
nights overlooking Flatbush. His
captain and lieutenant had fallen, and
his companions were beginning to re-
treat. Springing in front of them, he
ordered them to return and man their
pieces. For time his courage nour-
ished theirs but at length he stood
alone, charging field piece, while his
comrades were swept away by tre-
mendous onset of the enemy. Court
ing death, he made no signal OF sur
render when the hostile bayonets were
at his breast; but a brave officer in
terfered in his behalf, and he was
made prisoner. Washington, hear
ing of his conduct, ordered the SEN
tence against him to be erased, and his
command to be restored to him; and
when, a year later, he was exchanged,
he gave him his hand before the army
in token of his great respect and ad.
miration. lie left the service at the
end of the war with an enviable rep
utatiOn.
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a W. s:.4ssss ss-~ s i
''Nijnf-Novgorod.,I

From the London Times 81 '" y, II & sssgc.
4 The, great Russian fairytwhich sixty
ears since was transferred to Mini
|NoVgQTpd from its ancient locality
Ein thameadows near the monastery Of
|S1dacaI1aya, opens on the 25thI of# June
lo1d sty1e), and comes TO close early
in September. Mr.. DOria,. Sccrc tary
& f the British Embassy at St. @Pe ters-
burg, reports thatFit is calculated that
| /, OO0, % % persons visited the fair last
year and about $50, 900 OF them were
resident at q time, for. a longer or
shorter period, during the fair. The
value of5the rchandise actually sold
at the fair has risen from 40 ,OOO, 900
roubles in l847 5tosl85, OOO, 900 in 1874.
In the last-named year upwards of
5000 shops were let. The site, at the
confluence of the rivers Okla and Volga
lis unrivalled in the whole Empire for
water communication. Between the
immense market-halls and the meats
which surrounds them is the celebrat.
ed subterranean gallery, washed by
the waters from Lake Mestcherski,
which, rushing with great impetus in
to the gallery. cleanses it thoroughly,
carrying away all rubbish into the
River Okah, whose level is six yards
lower than that Of the lake. The whole
sale trade in iron, in digerent: forms,
amounted at the fair in 1875 to $751;
800 pools Of 36 pounds each, sold for
l5,955,O 700 roubles, equal. at 3d., to
f2, 1882. Tea Of the value of up-
wards of 100000 roubles was also
sold. Along the banks of the lake
enormous pyramids of chests of tea
are heaped upon the ground, covered
only with mating made from the in
ner bark of the birch tree. These
| chests Of tea, called "tsibiki," are so
packed as to be impervious to rain or
damp. Outside the ordinary wooden
| chest is 4 covering of wicker-work or
CANE of bamboo round which, at Kiah-
ia, raw bull.hides are tightly stretched,
with the hair inwards. These chests
arrive at Mini from China. having
been received in barter, at Kiakhta or
Maimatchin, on the Chinese border of
Russia, for Russian manufactures of
cotton or wool; the transport then be-
ing on the backs of camels to Oren-
bourg, and then in rude carts to the
Rivers Kamma and Volga. It is these
''tsibiki'' which contain that peculia
Kiakhta, Balkhoff tea, whose taste and
aroma are unequallcd by any other
kind Of tea imported into Europe from
China. But Kiakhta tea now encoun-
tiers a formidable rival in the tea i'm
ported through the SueZ Canal and
Odessa, as well as from England, and
which bears the name of Canton tea.
Large sales are made of corn and of
leather at the fair, of fruits from Per-
STA, of madden and wine from the eau
casus, and of cotton and skins from
BOkhara.
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P0lly's Revenge.

Mrs. BIS parrot was very fond of
crackers and milk, and 50 was Tom,
her cat, who would watch her chance
to rob poor Polls tin cup, running his
long fore paw through the bars of the
cage and taking out piece by piece
until the dish was empty. One unlucky
day Tom sat by the side of the ca e,
Polly, as usually, scratching his head
and whispering in an unknown lang
guage, when, as sudden as flash Of
lightning, he grabbed the cats tail in
his bill and bit off nearly an inch as
smoothly as if it had been done with a
knife. Then such roars Of triumph,
laughter, and fun; he did not stop
screaming for an hour. Tom stole no
more. !
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The Last Scene in the Servian Tragedy.

A correspondent of the London Dali
ly Telegraph writes from Belgrade
This Servian play, with it's murky at
mosphere of gunpowder, it's lurid fash
es OF fire and grim gatherings of steel,
it's deafening noise, it's hurry and con-
fusion-above all, it's final display of
corpses, disposed in grisly heaps
amongst frowning rocks, and bearing
|silent witness to a ferocity content
with nothing short of extermination-
has REQUIRED often and very wildly to
my mind during the last two or three
days, while have been reading the
latest accounts of the conflicts recently
waged upon Servian soil. The crown
ing catastrophe during the war threat
ems to resemble with awful fidelity that
of the drama in question. AS the Ser
VANS have sown SO are they reaping.
Themselves blood-thirsty and merci-
less, they have challenged a no less
sanguinary and pitiless foe, superior
to them in numbers, courage. discipline
and endurance. The Osmanli does not
do the atrocious work of war in half
hearted way; when his blood is stirred
and his passions inf1amed, he tszills,
burns, and destroys, nor can he be
restrained from so doing by anything
short of death or disablement. The
most obedient and even placable Of
men when his pulse beats temporarily,
fanaticism and the excitement of bat
|tle-sounds convert him into furious
monomaniac. whose one idea is 'sDe.
stroy." have seen him at this sort
of work once in it, he is well nigh as
dangerous to friend as to foe. And he
is in it now, up to the hits. ,..2 :. i:
Were the war miraculously put a
stop to to-day, Servia, though she mer.
it's severe lesson for her treachery
and lawless ambitious, would be found
to have already suffered a punishment
more than adequate to the degree of
her >turpitude. Devastation, annihil-
iation, as far as such an achievement
may be physically possible, bear
CHASTITY witness to the passage Of the
Turkish troops, as they press irresist-
IDLY forward to the heart of the prin-
cipality. What horrible tidings are
these that reach us daily! Where are
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A Knowing Dog.

Norwich Bulletin.
There is a knowing dog, who lives
on the West side. A day or two ago,
his master feeling too Ill to go out,
sent negro boy to buy some meat for
the dog. Being unable to obtain the
meat at the nearest market, the boy
undertook to 60 to another, but
the dog refused to let him COME out of
the first one without the meat. At
length the boy showed him the money
which he still retained, and the dog
permitted him to go, but instead Of
running ahead of him as at first, kept
by his side, giving an occasional growl
as an Indication that he was not to be
tritied with, and evidently under the
impression that his funds were in dan
ger of being embezzeled.
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\ gentleman caught a negro carrying
off some of his fancy poultry the other
night. ''What are you doing with my
chickens % he yelled. II was gwine
fer to fetch EN- back boss. Dere's a
niger ~roun' here what s been 'sputin'
longer me bout dem chickens. 1 sed
day wuz Coackin' Chyniz an he sed
dey wuz Alabamar pullets, an wuz
les taken 'em fer ter Establish my mol
lege. Dey don't lay no aigs, does dey,
boss? Eff dey does, I'm mighty much
'shamed er hustling ov 'em roun'. Aigs
is scase."
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Very long polonaises are becoming to
large figures, which should avoid ev
erything short in the way of tunics
0verskirts, &c.
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An cable seaman from Ardamur.
chm was at the tiller of his sloop one
night shortly after the introduction
OF colored signal lights on ships. A
steamer was approaching, and Archy
saw the green and red light for the
hrst time at sea. He astonished his
shlpmates by yelling out, s'Hard a
port-hard port! We're gaun RIGHT
lntae the 'pothecary's shop at Gour-
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Thousands of base deceivers are
hung every night-on the backs of
chairs. -
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HTPTTB %TTTN

BAPTIST CHURCH-Rev. ]. T. Zealy, ID. D.
Pastor Sabbath services II a. m, and p. IN
Prayer meeting every Thursday night, at Z
o'clock Sabbath School, a. M, David al
ton, Superintendent.
BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION minister
at present. Prayer meeting every Friday
evening, Z o'clock.
CHRISTIAN CHURcH.-Rev. Geo. A. Smythe
pastor Sabbath services u a. m, and p. IN
PRAYER meeting every Thursday night. Sab
bath School, 9 a. Geo. L. Potter, Superln-
tendent.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Rev. II. A. Picherit,
pastor. Sabbath servicts-Mass, Z a. m, High
Mass, 10 a. m Vespers and Sabbath school at
D. m Mass every morning at o'clock
EPISCOPAL CHURcH.-Rev, W. c. Crane, DID,,
Rector. Sabbath services IL a. M, and p. M
Friday evening services o'clock. Sabbath
School 915 a. m Oliver Clifton, Superintend-
ent.
METHODIST CHURcH-Rev. c. B. Galloway,
Pastor. Sabbath services ii a. M, and p m
PRAYER meeting every Wednesday night. Sab
bath School, 9 a. m. W. L. Nugent, Superln-
tendent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Rev. John Hunter,
d d. Pastor Sabbath services ii q. M, and
IN. m. Prayer meeting every Tuesday night.
Sabbath School 8 a. m. J. L. Power, Superlh~
tendeut.
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probabilities.
Repubiican state Conventions.

HARRISBURG, March 29.-The Republi-
can State Convention elected w. II. koortz,
chairman, and Edward McPher-
son, permanent President. The platform
reaffirms the Lancaster platform OF 1879,
that portion demanding honest
men for office, with brains enough to know
dishonesty when they see it, and demands
candidates at Cincinnati whose honesty Is
above suspicion. 1t denounces the Demo
Gratis in Congress for subserviency TO the de-
fiapt leaders in the late rebellion who are
now dominating .here with indications OF q
purpose to open the Treasury to alarming
and unjust demands from the insurrection-
arv States. 1t is adverse to any division OF
the school fund and denounces the attempt
10 force upon the nation a tree trade tariff
The remedy for our suffering is higher, not
lower tariff They present Mr.. Hartraupt to
the Cincinnati Convention as their candl-
date for the Presidency. The delegates
were instructed to give him their earnest
and united support. Grant aud his admin
istration were unnoticed.
COLUMBUS, O., March 29.-Republican
State Convention, Jno. G. zee, tenn porary
chairman, urged united action in regard TO
the nomination of Hayes for the Presidency
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THE FIRE FxEND.
Half Block Destroyed---A Number of
Firemen Burned--Loss $4,000.

NEW ORLEANS, March 29.-Last night a
ire originated in the house of Leopold
thompson. No 81 Annette street, Third
District which was totally destroyed. The
flames then extended TO the adjoining house,
at'the corner of Annette and Morales streets,
and owing To the total absence of water aud
higa northerly wind blowing, the fire
spread with great rapidity. Half
block, bounded by Annette, Morales, Urqu-
hart and Anthony streets com prising about
fifteen small buildings, was consumed.
Ihe hydrants within four or five blocks
were opened, but owing TO the imperfect
drainage In that quarter, 1t was impossible
TO convey water TO where it could be util-
lzed. The tiremen were employed in pull
ing down the buildings in the regular course
OF the fire. A number of ii emen were Sc
verely burned. The loss is roughly esti-
mated at twenty thousand dollars.
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EORElGN NEWS.


LONDON, March 29.-The Daily Telegraph
editorially says of the rumorcd indisposi-
ton of the Car: "We believe the facts
concerning the Gar are that he is seriously
i'll, and that his doctors have recommended
his protracted soiOurn, first at Ems. and af-
terward in Switzerland 1t j., therefore,
probable that public convenience will com =
pei the Czarowich to exercise the functions
of EN- peror during his absence.
A special telegram from Berlin TO the
Times says that the prospect of regency
in Russia excites much speculation concern
ing the probable relation between Russia
and Germany, because of the auti-German
tendencies of the CZarOwich.