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Says the Witehali Times. A few days
since. Whitehaller called to pay his
respects to lady. He was obliged to
wait In the parlor some tim for her to
dress. AS the gentleman had been
broken OF his rest the previous night, he
unconsciously fell asleep. The lady
entered the parlor soon afterwards, and /,
the state of affairs, and
wishing to enjoy a joke at the gentle
mans expense, she sat down in chair
on the opposite side of the stove to
await the Awakening, and enjoy the as
constituent of her caller. In few
moments a feeling OF arowsiness began
to creep over the fair one. She finally
dropped of, fast asleep. The gentleman
awoke, and. taking in the situation,
thought he would turn the joke ON his
fair Joker. Taxing card, be wrote on it:
s'My dear Miss -: AS this is sleep
year, I willingly accord you the privi-
iege that your sex is entitled to once in
four years. Sleep on, fair friend.
Yours. -"
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Our remarkable open winter Is said to
be very much like that of 1776. In the
spring OF that year an amusing incident
happened in Queens County. Some
young men who, like those who recently
made themselves ridiculous in New Jer-
sey, were spelling for fox hunt,
bagged a large cat and started him on
Hampstead Plains. Tories were plenti-
full in the county, and were in constant
dread of raids by the Liberty Boys from
Connecticut. n this occasion loyal
member OF Assembly of Queens saw the
scampering. horses and raised an alarm
that the Yankees were upon them.
There was a general stampede for hid
ing places, and Two or three days passed
before the scare was over. One Justice
of the Peace kept slowed away in barn
for three days. For long time alter
wards one had only to cry "scatr to
silence the boasting OF the "truly loil"
in old Queens,
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Exasperatiug.

To show anew tnaL LruLn may be Stran-
ger tnan notion the Chicago Tribune
tells this story: ga remarkable occur.
ance took place last week ON Wood
street. A humble cottage on that street
is tenanted by ayoung couple who last
year made their brldai TOUR to California,
Oregon and Washington Territory.
While engaged in salmon fishing on one
OF the rivers, the bridegroom was so un-
fortunate as TO drop into the current a
valuable diamond ring belonging to his
wife. The loss of the gem was, ofcourse,
m0urned, but alter while The incluent
was forgotten, nor was it recalled Till
last Thursday evening, when the young
husband, returning late at night from
taking stock, discovered that mis- wife
had prepared for supper a can OF sal
mon. Taking it up he looked carelessly
at the label, and said: why, Marion,
this Salmon was put up at that very
place where lost your ring last sum-
mer. Wouldn't it be odd il salmon had
swallowed it, and been caught anu
canned at that very factory ana put into
this very can, and we should lind the
ring in itT His wife answered him lest
ingly. but be said: Il don't know how to
account for it, but have a sort of a
presentiment that 1 shall lind that ring
yet In some romantic manner She had
scarcely said. Don't be goose, Gus,
when her eye caught the glitter Of some
thing metallic in the can, and
she fairly screamed, 'Goodness
gracious me what's thatp Her
husband, who was scarcely less ex.
cited than herself, removed the foreign
substance with the fork, when, what
was his surprise to discover thatit was
indeed pig lump OF solder chat in ssoL
dering the can mad fallen into it's, con.
tenfsV
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THE WEEKLY SUN.
lI776. NEW YORK. 1875.

60. -. "
Eighteen hundred and seyenty-six Is the
centennial year; ~ Is also the year IN which
an Opposition House q representatives, the
nrst since the g., War, VIII pe IN power ag ASH
ihg.on' anu M seaL " y M snG tntra eieG
tion ls On IIesiuono @ VI oi,o pnlten o.aces. All
Of these events are sure to De OF great interest
ana ihporIance, especlany tne oWo latter' ana
~ oi 'i Jleh h asu s, nng WIN
a tncn WI ie ,niiy fuy anu N freshly reporeeo anu
expSunoeu SN'a n.s,;,id ~ 4,,s: HUS. =, p..4;.
Ihe oppqsit,i!on; ion, Souse Oh nepresensasives,
sakimg uP Ile ilne u inguiry opened Years ago
Dy LIE ooN, VIII scelnly anu uIHRenIly In.
yestigate sne corrapsions ana misdscds q
Grants aalnfssraa, I'M tt, anu VII, ~ "a IL 70 %
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VII Tr PellH1 ST,x IL yua ~ ail snis
ts peaaers aHd WITH saSS
accoun.s. naIniehans ~ .Se !oauolo WIN early
and trqssworthy sm;n Information upon these ap-
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tern 81 power and nlI,nder. snd stiiI M mors "
Party q asior and a. % tbass blessing that csd
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.

A depressed, irritable state OF
mind; "a weak, nervous, exhausted
feeling; no energy or animation;
confused head, weak memory, of.
ten with debilltating, invOlun-
tary discharges. The consequence Of
excesses, mental overwork, or indiscretiohs.
This NERVOUS DEBILITY finds SOW
ereign cure in HUMPHREYS TaO-
MEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. 80. IL
tones up the system, arrests discharges, dis
peis the mental gloom and despondency, and
rejuvenates the entire system. IL Is perfectly
harmless and always efficient. Price IS for q
package of five boxes and large 81 Vial OF
powder, which is important in old, serious
cases; or 81 per single box. Sold by ALI Drug
gists, or sent by mail on receipt Of price.
Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC HOMEO-
PATHIC MEDICINE CO., No. 562 Broadway,
New York.
Bgy- See large advertisement.
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Blaine.

MIR. Blaine has communicated with
newspaper men a. Springfield, Mass, to
find, il possible, the origin OF the report
oil the biography Of himself having been
prepared there and sent out for publica-
ton, and pay offered therefor. No one
in Springfield knows anything whatever
Ia regard to the matter, and Mr.. Blaine
authorizes the statement that the story
is in all respects . fabrication, and he is
not able to determine whether it origi-
mates In uialice or mere idle mischief. In
any event he deelarae it 10 be without
the slightest fonndation IN truth. 4
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-18
FRIDAY FEBRUARY Is
THE BABcooK CASE is presenting some

THE BABcoCK CASE is presenting some
very curious aspects. II the letter-car-
rier's statement be true, that he was re-
quested by Joyce to reclaim, and did re-
turn to him, the two $500 letters from the
street corner box where they had been
placed for mailing by Everest, at the
special instance and request of Joyce,
one directed to Avery and the other to
Babcock, then the oonspirators are
shown to have combined to drag into
their net such men as Babcock
and others, with the view Of
holding them implicated, in order to
save themselves in case of exposure.
The letter-carrier's cross-examination
weakened his statement to some degree
on account of his vague manner of ex.
planation. But it did not destroy it.
That testim my can not be entirely over
thrown, unless ON the presumption OF
outright and downright perjury. The
main fact of the reclamation Of those
letters from the mail box by Joyce re-
mains uncontradicted as yet.
1t must be remembered, too, that such
an event is perfectly in keeping with
Joyce's peculiar conduct when those
letters were mailed. Instead OF mailing
them himself, at the common office, he
had them mailed by another. and him.
self kept watch Of the act of mailing.
This being done, the next step Of Joyce
would be to watch and waylay the
letter-carrier in order to have the letters
reclaimed from the box and returned to
himself. Thus he could prove their
money enclosures, their address and the
fact of mailing, and yet "get his money
back" and keep that in his own pocket,
While proving to his confederates that
he had mailed it to the address of Bah.
coek and Avery, who might have never
heard Of any such letters. Where there is
crookedness in whisky, there we may look
for aly manner Of crookedness among
those concerned IN it. And it strikes us
as though Joyce had got the $1,000 from
his coniederates under pretense OF end
ing il to Washington, and took this plan
to let it finally drop into his own pocket.
But we shall see further perhaps as to
the letter-carrier's veracity.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO, VIA PARK ERsB URG.
Depot, Pearl and Pli.m. Time, minutes fast,
n: ~ Bait. Ex dly 8,b0A.Nf. 6:45P.M. Ss40A,sfs
Night Elk daily. IL :l5P.M 6:3OA.M. 10 :5OP. M.
BALrfMoRR AND OHIO, VIA COLUMBUS.
Depot, Kilgoaf and Front Tlme, Tmlnutes fast.
Baltimore Ex daily. 7:l5A.M a50P M. e.30A,s N,
Baltimore Exl...". 7:o5P.M. sAOA.M. ioasP.M.
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auce. For however much politicians
may desire q rotation in Office they
would hardly propose to poison the
members of Congress by means OF these
stygian fumes from such internal regions
as above described.
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The Mormon Delegate, George Can.
non, is going to bring his iouf-headet
wife to Washington this winter, anG
will have to shoot his mouth off pretty
often to keep her quiet. she has agreed
If invited out, not to 60 in q body, bui
only IN quarter sections.
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CfNoINNATI, RfcHMoNp AND
YToN siIoRf-IINF AND oLEyELAkb.
N RoINNArf AND sANDUsKy.

Columbus Ex x....... 7D0A.M 10l0P.M. IL :S5A.M
Columbus Ex.. 10 :5OA. M 3:j0p. M. y:JBP.Ms
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THE Hall of the Ho ise of representa-
tives has long been notorious for its ill
ventilation and noxious atmosphere du-
ring the sessions OF Congress. In con-
sequence of this, suffering has been en-
dured and illness engendered to seri-
ous degree. Complaints have been fire.
quent, but noremedy applied. In fact,
the cause OF this unwholesome condition
of the atmosphere of the Hall has re-
mained undiscovered, and apparently
not Investigated to any practical extent.
Recently new engineer was put in
charge of the heating apparatus of the
Hall, who has shown himself to be
man OF sense and energy. He set him.
self to work to ascertain the cause OF
this very important defect in the venti-
lation Of the building; and he has re-
yealed state OF things concerning this
matter that is simply shameful, leaving
1t only matter of surprise that the con-
sequences have not been even more
serious.
The source OF heating the Hall is by
means of cold air driven by fan-wheels
over coils of iron pipe heated by steam,
and thus warmed is carried throughout
the entire building. AS to this mode no
complaint can be alleged. But these
coils are placed in the sub-basement, or
vault, of the building. There are twens
ty-seven of them, each within q brieg
lnclosure, into which an iron door gives
ccess. The theory. is that these ill.,
closures are air-tight as against the air
Of the vault, or sub-basement. But it is
now. discovered that such is not the fact;
and that, consequently, the air warmed
and sent up into the building is largely
impregnated with the foul air natural to
vaults so deep under ground.
But that is not all nor the worst of
this mischief. These vaults have been
used as the lumber rooms of all the vile
STUFF and rubbish that must accumulate
about such q building. There. were
found steres of old paints, turpentine,
barrels OF tallow, old cast away rubber
hose green and filthy with mold. More
pyer. the kitchen of the House restaur-
ant is situated in these quarters, giving
Of efiuyia incident to cookery and the
deposits OF offal. Also water from the
waste pipes was foHnd to have dripped
into the air ducts; and, having no chan
mel of escape, remained there in putres-
cent condition, and over this putrid mass
OF green scum and foul stencil the air
was forced to proceed to the rooms
above, Besides all this, there were
found vile deposits Of cigar stumps,
secondhand tobacco guilds and the Like,
which, passing through the registers,
bad accumulated below, and lent addi-
tional yileness to the air OF the Hall Of
The House.
Anexamination made by a eommibtee,
at the request Of the new engineer, has
revealed state Of things that borrifed
and disgllsted them. And the source OF
this poisonous cfiiuvium being now made
known, CT course measures will al once
be taken to remedy this intolerable nuis-
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Consumption may be prevented by
checking q cough or cold in time, and
nothing equals DR.. BULBS Cough Syrup
for throat and lung affections.
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ATLANTIC AND GREAT wnsrBkN.
Depot, Fifth and Hoadly, Time, 7minutes faat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08

Ously, If not fatally, wounded Smith and
his friends thought nim hopelessly in
jured, and to conceal the deed, wipe out
all traces of the encounter, and thus pre-
vent tedious and unpleasant investiga-
ton, they carried him to Meigg's wharf
and threw him in and left him The
friend, on returning 10 the city and miss
ing Cronan, acquainted six or seven
mutual friends of the circumstance that
Cronan had left him a note in his room
announcing that he was about to fight a
duel. Not doubling that he was killed,
they made diligent search for his remains,
but to no purpose. They were anxious to
recover the body in order to give it de-
cent -nterment, but the search was fruit
less.
Fifteen months afterward respectable
painter in this city-the friend al
ready alluded to as being absent
from the city at the time Of the
hostile meeting-Ieceived a letter from
our adventurer, detailing, among other
things, the circumstances of the duel he
fell slightly wounded; how he feigned
insensibility for fear of being assassin
ated, and how the parties bore him to
Meiggs' wharf and threw him into the
water, where the shock from the cold
water revived him, and he swan out when
his enemies were at short distance; and
finally how he left California as cook on
shipboard to escape his vengeful enemy,
who, he had no doubt, would pursue him
like sleuth- hound if he remained in the
country. 1t remains to tell the post-mark
of this extraordinary letter, and the more
extraordinary announcement with which
it was concluded. The versatile Cronan
dates his letter from Cairo, and makes
the astounding revelation that he is an of
f1cer in high command in the Khedive's
service! Not later than six weeks ago a
from Mrs. Cronan, in New Orleans, in
curing about her husband stating that
as she had never heard from him since he
left she must conclude he was dead, and
in that event her interests prompted her
to listen to the addresses of his former
partner in business and get married. But
if, on the other hand, he was still living
and would return all would be forgotten
and forgiv en-, and they might spend their
days in content and happiness. Smiths
whereabouts have lately been discovered,
and the last heard of him is that he is
living with an Indian wife in the Black
Hills.-S0n Francisco Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08
a HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW.

THE surging sea of human life forever onward
rolls
And bears 30 the eternal shore its daily freight OF
souls.
Though Drayely sails our bark to-day, pale death
sits at the prov,
And few shall know we ever lived, hundred
years from now.
o mighty human brotherhood! why fiercely war
and strive,
While Gods great world has ample space Tor ev-
erything alive?
Broad fields. uncuItured and unclaimed, are wait
ing for the plow
OF progress that shall make them bloom, hun
bred years from now.
Why should we try so earnestly in life's short,
narrow span,
ON golden stairs to climb so high above our
Why blindly at earthly shrine, in lavish hom-
age bow?
Our gold will rust, ourselves be dust, hundred
years from now.
Why prize so much the worlds applause-why
dread much its blame?
\ feetlng echo is its voice of censure or of fame;
The praise that thrills the heart, the scorn that
dyes with shame the brow,
VIII be as long forgotten dreams, q hundred
years from now.
o patient hearts, that meekIy bear your weary
load Of wrong
earnest hearts, tha bravely dare, and striving,
grow more strong!
Press on till perfect peace is won; you'll never
dream of how
You struggled DER lies thorny road, a hundred
years from now
Grand, lofty souls, who live and toll that freedom,
right and truth
Alone may rule the universe, for you is endless
youth;
When mid the blest, with God you rest, the CRATE
fu lands shalt bow
Above your clay, in reyerent love, a hundred
years from now.
Earth's empires rise and fall, o Time like break
ers on thy shore,
They rush upon thy rocks of doom, 90 down and
no more.
The starry wilderness Of worlds that gem nights
radiant brow,
viii light the skies for other eyes, hundred
years from now.
Our Father, to whose sleepIess eyes the past and
future stand
An open page, like babes we cling to Thy protect
ing hand;
Change, sorrow death are naught to us, if we
may safely bow
Beneath the shadow of Thy throne, a hundred
years from now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08
To Every One His Work.

Ion, how do you do, poor little Bung?
What dull life yours must ber' Thus
cried the gay Flag of a vessel, as he
looked down from his high position upon
an old barrel of water, in a corner of the
deck, which was fastened up by the OBJ
Ject OF his pity. t'And your miserable
companions, too, the Hoops and the Nails.
Poor dears! But suppose you have no
ambition, and are perhaps happy in your
humble position. I'm glad | wasn't born
so; what would the ship do without me, |
should like to know?"
''Ah! yes, Mr.. Flag, sir, l wish | were
as handsome as you. How nice it must
be to lead such an active life," sadly re-
piled the Bung.
eve aren't of much use in the world"
chimed in the Hoops and the Nails in
chorus.
mo. indeed" peevishly continued the
Bung; ''and no one notices poor me,
stuck here in this ugly old barrel; not
bit of use in the world: if only | had
some honorable work to do, like your
. Your prospects are, indeed, very
gloomy, if you intend moping in your
present position forever and aye" said the
Flag. Il should certainly try to do
something in the world if l were you.''
" HOw-how?" breathlessly cried the
Bung, Hoops and Nails
40, l don't know; YOU haven't much
spirit; but at any rate you would have to
leave your present situations"
My dears, don't listen to him." said
Old Mrs. Barrel, earnestly; however
small and insignificant, we have all some
special work to do without you, what
would become of me and the water l con-
tain? Be content, and remain where you
have been placedn'
And so we will, ma'am," cried the
Hoops and the Nails; but Bung, who,
like many young people, thought himself
wiser than his elders, announced his in
tention of leaving their society.
Farewell" he said, "when next you
hear of me / hope it will be as filling
some post of honor"
With that he ierke6 himself out of the
uolt5 dut inc water, IuSHllS Out, SOOu
spread over the deck
For many days no breeze had been
blowing; no rain had fallen, and fresh
water had become very scarce, so that the
establishment and horror of the sailors at
the sight of the split water was unbound
ed. A part of the barrels precious con-
tents still remained, owing to the faithful
ness Of the hoops and the nails. Every
day made each drop more precious; and
had it not been for this water, the death of
| all on board, from thirst, would have been
! inevitable.
All, how glad were the Hoops and Nails
now, that they had listened to the advice
Of good Mrs. Barrel!
But soon the barrel was Drained and
for day or two the passengers were in
anguish None thought of Wanting Mr.
Flag in those days. At last the longed
for rain came down to relieve their suffer
ings, but not before one poor fellow had
died of the dreadful thirst.
Poor Bung, who had been picked up by
a little girl, and now lay indeed useless
thing amongst her toys, was inconsOla-
BILE. co." thought he, " if only had
kept to my hole, and had been content to
do the humble but important duty assigned
to mer'-Earsg DAYS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08
California Land BarOns.

THE possessions of those immense
land -proprietors, Messrs. Miller 81 Lux,
extend distance of sixty-eight miles, and
this body is from five to forty miles wide.
On the east side they have other smaller
tracts. Henry Miller, who takes personal
charge Of TIE real estate of the firm, here
and in other parts Of the State, displays
a wonderful executive ability, and fur
nishes employment to hundreds of men,
He has what is known as the g Home
Ranch and the "Canal Ranch, !" besides
several dairy ranches on this body of
land. He keeps an army of carpenters,
wagon makers, fencebuildcrs, teamsters,
farm hands, ETC., not emitting detectives,
and it is said he knows what all of them
are about. This year the average of grain
is not so large as in some former years, be-
ing only about 5000 acres. There are On
the premises $500 acres of alfalfa, from
which last season three crops were taken,
and the fields twice pastured; there are
also l 400 acres just sown the present
season. We are informed by one of
Miller's men that there were two strings
of fence on the land, each sixty eight
miles long, besides the various cross
fences. To give some idea of the cattle
belonging to this young kingdom, we
were informed that this year they branded
%, 900 calves. Aside from owning a large
interest in the San Joaquin and Kings
River Canal, which runs from the mouth
of the Fresno Slough to Los Banos
Creek, a distance of forty miles, Miller
& Lux are also constructing cana on
the east side of the San Joaquin, which
is intended to take water from some of
the numerous sloughs in that region and
overflow their pasture land in the dry
season. The mouth Of Salt, or st. Louis
Camp Slough, is fifteen miles above Hill's
Ferry, and FIVE miles up this slough
stands one of Miller's warehouses, which
has storage capacity of 1900 tons OF
wheat. and which is some twenty miles
from his principal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
(Cal) PGDer.
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fed him up and gave him new lease of
life. He came very near suffering the
tate of Hannah, or that of the man of petard
fame, and thinks he will abandon bear
hunting and stick to wood-chopping in
future. Bear-trapping is expensive, and
costs more than the bear is worth anyhow
in the mutton bait. Thomas Way has one
pleasant reflection connected with his
bear-trap. He was for five days perfectly
safe from grizzlieS.-St Louis Republi-
ran
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-08

little fellow tried hard to keep the best
side out, and, after while, succeeded so
well that /" Happy Harry" smiled upon
them most of the time.
His mamma used to say she had almost
forgotten how "Cross Harry" looked
she would have to peep and see-only she
did hope he would not pop around to
stay. She never could bear to turn to the
wall again Happy Harry's" face.-Mrs.
E. T. Hill, IN ". Y. Observer.