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goods, and for other purposes in connee
ton with the object in view, and rs Ma
next is the time fixed for the opening q
the exhibition. if our citizens are to shar
the advantages of this international com
petition for the trade of other nations, tn
necessity for immediate action is apparent
TO enable the United States to co-operat
in the international exhibition, which wa
held at Vienna in 1873. Congress then pass
ed joint resolution making an appropria
ton OF S2OO, 600. and authorizing the Pres
ident to appoint a certain number of prac
tical artisans and scientific men who shoult
attend the exhibition and report their pro
ceetliDgs and observations to him. Pro
vision was also made for the appointment
Ofa number of honorary commissioners
| have felt that prompt action by Congress
in accepting the invitation of the Govern
ment Of France is Of so much interest tC
the people of this country. and so suitable
to the cordial relations between the Gov.
ernments Of the two countries, that the
subject might properly be presented fol
attention at your present session.
PRISON CONGRESS.
The Government of Sweden and Norway
has addressed an official invitation to this
Government to take part in the Interna-
tional Prison Congress to be held next
year. The problem which the Congress
proposes to study is how to diminish crime.
1t is one in which all civilized nations have
an interest in common. and the Congress
of Stockholm seems likely to prove the
most important convention ever held for
the study of this grave question. Under
authority of a joint resolution of Congress.
approved February lG, ls75.a commissioner
was appointed by my predecessor to lepr :
sent the United States upon that occasion.
and the Prison Congress having been-at
the earnest desire of the Swedish Govern
to 1873, his commission
was renewed by me. An appropriation of
$1,000 was made in the srndry Civil Ser
vice Act Of 1875 to meet the expenses of
the commissioners. | recommend the re-
of that sum for the same
the former appropriation having
been covered into the Treasury. and is no
longer available for that purpose without
further action by Congress. The subject
is brought to your attention at this time.
in view of circumstances which render it
highly desirable that the commissioner
should proceed to discharge his important
duties Immediately.
OTHER MATTERS.
As the several acts of Congress provid-
ing for detailed reports from the different
of the Government require
their submission at the beginning of the
regular annual session. defer until that
time any further reference to subjects of
public interest.
(Signed.) r. B. HAYES.
D. c.. Oct Is, 1877.
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Love 0us; Sight Heart.

| once inquired Of 4 maiden of thirty,
who was large. healthy and fair to look
upon, what kept her SO young looking. for
she seemed scarce twenty. She replied,
Love. ] have beside my mother. brother
and sisters. and their families, to love q
host of friends and admirers. so that I've
no time to NOPE and regret that I'm not
beautiful And I've often wished married
women loved more. for verify believe if
they did they would keep healthy. young
and handsome longer than they now do.
But the cares oflife are deep and wearing,
and we women are SO crowded with them
that few ofus have time for ennObling our
lives in any direction. In fact. we are too
tired to even love, unless it is our babies,
whose little lives cling so close to our own
that they are a part of it; and the songs
and kisses they call out of us tend to light
under its burden instead of breaking.
The loving and happy wife and mother
is the handsome and healthy one usually.
As old age Overtakes her. she still keeps
the love light in her eye. for it has become.
~
The husband would find his daily cares
lightened if he kept the thrill of affection.
as of old. and if husbands did not forget tol
be the lover still, it would be II better and
happier world. just imagine the charmed,
life of the newly-married couple, and thes
effect of such love and life upon the homel
and children perpetually.
Smiles bring dimples and roses TO the I
face. Laughter makes work easy and puts &
flesh on the bones, and unscl!i>hness adds
a charm to the owner that gold cannot buy
or thieves cannot rob you OF. Our bodi !
are the houses our sous live in, and wheth- !
er it he palace or "A howell. depends on 4
ourselves as builders and occupants. Shall
we not teach our little ones, then. to build I
wisely and well-to cultivate purity, cheer Il
fulness, generosity, charity and love-
How can we better teach these things than H
by first setting the glorious example,
'Js"eti, lie California i9ricxlsHssst,
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Wit and X1tD1O7'.

Allow not your heir to cook your din
ner.
A Washington paper is called The
AnrU. We presume there are lots of beats
on it.
What is the difference between Chris
tian and a cannibal? One enjoys himself.
and the other enjoys other people.
The man whose wife gave his last bot
been heard to mildly express the opinion
that charity should be gin at home.
Nothing SO dscourages a young man
at a picnic as to fall over Il log and lose his
rear suspender buttons. It's hard wc.k To-
stick thorns in place of them.
! A person was boaSting that he had
sprun" from high family. Yes" said
byStander. Il have seen some of the same
family so high Mat their feet could not touch
the grouad."
WHY. Pat. what are you doin" stand
ing by the wall Of a public house.
thought You We're Il tcetotaller." "lcs,
yer honor. I'm just listcnin' to them I'M
penitent boys drinkin' inside
Now, John. suppose there was Il load
of hay on one side Ola river. and a iackass
on the other side. and no bridge. and the
river was too wide to SWIM how could the
jackass get to the hay II give it up"
well. that's just what the other jackass
did"
What is the state of morals in your
district:' said a song-flced reiormPr to Il
farmer who recently visited town. Pretty
good" replied the farmer. Every one
seems disposed TO mind his own business
in our parts" and he LEFT the rctormcr in Il
4uandary.
That Florida chicken that was killed
not long ago with thirteen grains of gold
in its gizzarl was evidently a descendant
of the celebrated goose that laid the golden
egg. 1t is Il great pity they ever killed that
chicken. That it WAS her intention to be-
gin the laying OF golden eggs rs soon rs
she had accumulated Il sufficient amount
of bullion to render the business perma-
nent there can be no doubt. and that SO
unique and SO iltulhlea an enterprise should
thus be nipped in the bud is 70, at all cred
liable to her native State.
Tile city chap had been out of town
shooting hi, big gun at Il mark. when he
suddenly turned and asked an old farmer
standing near:
What's the law about shooting prairie
chickens in these part>::-whcn can kill
them:'
''Ncver," WAS the old mans quiet re-
sponsc.
Never shouted the gcnteel gunner.
''Ncver," again replied the aged plow-
jo"ger. And then. looking from the mark
on the fence to the would-be sportsman, lie
continued: THAT is. if We don't learn TO
shoot better'n We do now. boy!'
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temperance.

Sixty millions Of dollars are annually
spent for liquor in New York city.
Why are heavy showers like heavy
drinkers p Because they usually begin
with little drops.
/ -"Yes," said the old reprobate. IL al
ways recognize water when l see tit
looks just like gin!''
New York City has $500 drinking
saloons. which absorb from the people an
estimated sum of about $GO,COO.OOO ann,l-
ally.
John 3. Cough. the great temperance
lecturer. is said to be getting old and rath-
er feeble. During the summer he spends
his time on his wonderful farm near Wor-
cester. Mass.
1T is neither right nor polite for the
State to afford legal protection and sane
ton to any traffic or system that tends to
! increase crime, to waste national resources.
to corrupt social habits and to destroy the
health and lives of the people.
The Rev. DIR. McCosh. of Priceton
College. tells a story Of a negro who pray
ell earnestly that he and his colorcd breth-
rem might be preserved from their upset
tin SINS '.Br,Nlder." sad one of his
friends. at the close Of the meeting. you
amt got the hang OBJ that ar word. It's
besettin'. not upsettin'.' ''Eru,lder." re-
piled the other, 'if dat's so. it's so. But
was prayin' de Lord to save us from de sin
h ~ off, dat min in.
sin, l dunno what am
Parents should read and anxiously
ponder the following testimony from one
who has suffered. He gives the ''begin-
ming of drunkenness in himself as fol-
lows: ''Tell me-" said gentleman to Il
poor drllnkard, when urging him to give
up the cup. ''where it was you took your
first steps in this Incorporate course"
''4At my fathers table replied the unhap-
py man. Before left home to become a
clerk, had learned to love the drink that
has ruined me. The first drop ever tast-
ed was handed me by my now broken
hearted mother"
i have become quite satisfied. from my
long acquaintance with all classes of men.
politicians, journalists. merchants and 9th
ers, that the demon Rum means moral.
physical and financial bankruptcy to its
victims. There is no escaping this fact; it
is at the bottom of all evil; it is the one
great intolerable curse in all grades of So
ciety; its powerful seduction, its awful
powers, its relentless persecution of its
devotees, its often deferred. but inevitable
results. are clear to me and shall be clear to
all whom my warning voice can reach, to
all who are not yet already deaf to reason,
lost to feeling and blind to f;,cts.-Geofge
". Curtis.
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Odds and Ends.

The population of the globe tor the
last two centuries vas estimated to be over
one thousand millions.
The gross productions of this country
are 81, 900, ,0O0, 600 annually. TO handle this
we have only S. ,OOO, ,OOO, 600 in currency.
There are sixty-eight different sewing
machines stitches, and a hundred and sixty
eight different ways of lying about them.
Two thousand American firms are said
to have already made arrangements to be
represented in the Paris Exhibition of 1878.
Utah surpasses any of the States in the
production of lead-having produced
about three-fourths Of the entire supply
last year.
Let a grown person cry with half the
strength, volume and frequency of babe
and he would kill himself in twenty-four
hours. Who can explain this appalling
mystery?
The latest fashion for gents at water
ing place hops is neat pin-cushiOn on the
lapel stuck full of pins-to repair damages
to pin-backs- And next day they go call
ing for pins, you know.
The United States army is being rap
idly put upon war footing. Two more
soldiers have reported for duty, and man
in the hospital with sore leg will be ready
for business in less than fortnight.
Frank Leslie has drawn $4,000 a year
from his business, which was more than
the profits. His creditors now propose to
give him 20 per cent. of the profits for SUI
pervising the business.
Few men have strictly mathematical
mind, but we never knew one who could
not calculate within sixteenth part Of an
inch where his neighbours property began,
when he was shoveling snow off his own
sidewalk.
The State debt of Wisconsin, as COM
piled by the Bureau of Statistics at Wash
ington, is S2,253,657. The heaviest State
debt in the Union is that Of Massachusetts
which has reached the astonishing sum of
over S33, 900.
"A Paulding farmer. having cattle tress-
passing upon his grain fields, posted up
the following: ''Notis-If any mans or
wOman's cows or oxen gifts in these here
Otes his or her tale will be cut off as the case
may be. anna Christian an pay mi taxes,
but darn man who lets his critters run
luse, say H.
An exchange says: "The Northern
Pacific Railroad Company is doing an inn
mense land office business. The land sales
by this company for the month of August
last were 1858 acres, for which was re-
ceived $339, III. The total sales of this
company in Minnesota and Dakota amount
to 1,O25, 400 acres, for $4, 4,754, AGO."
1t required an extra car to bring the !
baggage of the Sioux Chiefs from New
York to Council Bluffs. They have been
making extensive purchases of fall and
winter styles from the fashion empOriums
of the metropolis and have enough to keep
their squaws busy all winter cutting the |
seats out of their pantalOOns.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY RELIC.
An Oak en- Chest Eight Hundred Years
Old-Nade In England During the
Reign Of William the Con.
QNerOP.

Mrs. Sarah Anderson. at the southeast
corner of State and Sidney streets. in this
city, is the possessor Of an extraordinary
relic, in the shape of an ancient trunk or
chest that was made in England eight hun
dred years ago. 1t is of hewn oak an inch
and a half in thickness, and still in toler-
able state of preservation. 1t is three feet
in depth, two and Il half in width and four
feet long. The box is put together and
held by wooden pegs, and the lid is secured
by leather hinges which have apparently
been there at least a century. The wood
is unpainted, and is of a dingy brown color
and is considerably worm-eaten. Mrs. AL
dcrson has been in personal possession OF
it forty years. 1t was bequeathed to her
by her mother, who had received it from
her mother, and there is Il positive history
showing that it has been in the family of
her maternal ancestors 800 years. Beyond
this there is no absolute knowledge as to
the original owners of the chest, beyond
credited tradition TO the effect that it was
made in the eleventh century, during the
reign of William the COnquerOr, and that
it had been in use by the family for several
generations If one of the court retainers of
that potentate. On the lid there is the fol-
lowing carved inscription:
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lN1.

The letters are said to be the initials of
the original owner, but all tradition about
the name has been lost. The figures are
supposed to Indicate the date of manuf,c-
ture. The chest was brought by Mrs. Al
derson's grandmother from England sixty
years ago. She values ii highly as family
heirloom, and would not part with it at
any price.-Chicago Paper.
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In Philadelphia court, the other day,
a man named Moisten was defended by a
lawyer named GOforth. 1t is no unusual
thing to see lawyer and his client Goforth
and M0isten.
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Poetry.
katie'S Answer.


katie's Answer.
Och katie's rugue, it is true;
But her eyes, like the skies, are so blue,
And her dimples so swate,
And her ankles so nate,
She dazed ana she bothered me. TOO
Till one morning We wint for a ride,
When demure rs a bride by my side,
The darlint, she sat,
Wild the wickedest hat
Meath purity girls chin liver tied
And me heart arrah, thin how it bate
For me Kate looked so temptin' and swate,
Wild cheeks like the roses,
An all the red pOsies
That grew in her garden so nate
But sat just as mute as TIL dead,
I'LL she said, wild a toss NV her head,
''1fId known that to-day
fe'd have nothing to say,
I'd have gone wild ME cousin instade
Then fit meself grow very boWld,
For knew she'd not scold if towld,
Uv the love at me heart,
That would never depart
Though lived to be wrinkled an ovid.
An said: "IfI dare to do so
I'd let go NV this baste, an I'd throw
Both arms round yer waste,
An be stealn' a taste
Wv thin lips that are coaxin' me So"
Then she blushed more illsant red,
And she said widout raisin' her head
AM her eyes lookin' down,
Meath her lashes so brown
''Would yer like me to dhriye Misther Ted?''
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AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.

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Hosmer Il Co, Solicitors nts procured in
Ali countries No Fees in adva No charge
unless the patent is granted. \. ees for max,
ing preliminary examinations. :. additional
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By a recent decision of the CommissiO all re-
jected applications may be revived. Special at
teution given TO infringement cases before the
Patent Office. Extensions before Congress. In
friDgement suits in different States, and all liti-
cations appertaining TO Inventions or Patents.
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sire to win success by deserving it, Send stamp
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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actlOn. anu cannot, WITHOUT inconvenience,
be postponed until the regular session.
PARIS EXPOSITION.
take this opportunity TO invite your at
tention to the propriety of adopting at
your present session the necessary legisla-
ton to enable the people of the United
States to participate in the advantages the
International Exhibition of the agricul-
tllral industries and fine arts which is to be
held at Paris in 1873, and in Which this
Government has been invited by the Gov
ernment of France to take part. This in
vitatiOn was communicated to this Govern
ment in May, ,ls76,by the Minister of France
at this Capitol, and Il copy thereof was
submitted to the proper committees OF
Congress at its last session, but no action
was taken upon the subject. The Depart
ment of State has received many letters
from various parts Of the country express
ing desire to participate in the exhibition,
and numerous applications of a similar ma
ture have also been made at the U. s. Lega-
ton at Paris. The Department Of State
strong desire on the part of the French
Government that the United States should
participate in this enterprise, and space has
hitherto been and is still reserved in the
exhibition buildings for the use of exhib-
itors from the United States, to the exclu-
sion of other parties who have applied
therefor. In order that our industries may
be properly represented at the exhibition,
an appropriation will be needed for the
payment of the salaries and expenses Of
Commissioners, for the transportion Of
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-03-14
Mrs. FlOri's Leg.

A Missouri court has just had to
pass upon question of some deli
cacy-that of the value of a woman's
leg A markethouse roof was
blown off in a storm. and, in its
fall. crushed the lower part of Mrs.
Flori's leg. Amputation below the
knee became necessary to save the
woman's life. She brought suit
against the city of ST. Louis for
damages, and the jury returned a
verdict for "a, l66 66s. The de-
termination of this amount was ar
rived at by each jurors putting
thousand dollars. and then adding
$500 for the doctors bill, the value
of the entire leg being thus placed
at $12, 500. Why it was that the
estimates made by the several Jury
men, were added together, instead
of being averaged, is not narrated.
But so 1t was, and the Missouri jury
having found the value of the whole
leg, proceeded to ascertain the value
of that which was lost. This part
was decided to be third of the
whole, and hence it was the dam.
ages of "a, l66 66S were awarde :.
The city took the case up to the
Court of Appeals. and that court
affirmed the decision of the Cir
cult Court. So it is settled what
the value is of the third part of a
woman's leg.
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Assessment Notices.

III RAID GOLD AND SILVER MIT.
H ing Company.--Locstion Of principal
place of business, City and County Of San
Francisco, California. Location Of works
DEVILS Gate District. Lyon County, Ne
vada. - Notice is hereby given. that at a
meeting of the Directors Of said company, held
on the 9Th of March, 1877, an assessment
mo. ~ of Five Gents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, payable immediately In gold coin Of the
United States, to the Secretary, at the ONCE
of the company, No. aga Montgomery street tup
stairs), San Francisco Any stock upon which
this assessment shall remain unpaid ON the 9th
day of April, 1877. will be delinquent, and
advertised for sale at public auction; and
unless payment is made before will be sold
on SATURDAY, the 9Th day of May, 1877,
to pay the delinquent assessment, togeth.
er with costs Of Advertising and expenses OF
sale.
BY order Of the Board Of Directors.
HENRY JACoBY, Sec'y.
cffice 424 Montgomery street Cup stsirs) San
Francisco. Califoynia s.!i
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Blue Glass.

An echo from the rural districts
Will blue glass cure hams2
Gas companies understand all
about the raise of light.
Mr.. Hewett should erect blue
glass stable and live in it.
The Boston Traveller says: snow
let's hear from all the invalids who
have not been cured by the use of
blue glass"
The skylight opposite Mr.. Moody's
stand in the Boston Tabernacle has
been painted blue. The effect upon
his preaching will be watched with
interest.
A happy Chicago maiden affirms
that by placing lover in the rays of
a blue glass window he can be made
to propose at one sitting. She has
tried and proved j. herself.
The shades Of night were falling fast,
When up the street Tuscan passed;
Beneath box his form was bowed,
And evermore he yelled aloud
"Blue glass"
A Reno boy fell on to piece of
glass Friday and, strange to relate,
though it cut terrible cash IN his
hand, there was no pain experienced
by him, and in few minutes time
the wound had completely healed.
Cause Wight was piece of blue
glass.
Mr.. Thomas Winans, of Baltimore,
is not enjoying good health. He has
lately constructed coupe with the
covering entirely of glass, so as when
driving to receive all the possible
benefit OF concentration of the suns
rays, and has also built for the benetit
of himself and family, in the spacious
grounds at "Alexandrowsky," a large
riding rink, with glass roof, fol
horsemanship exercise. Mr.. Winans
believes in blue glass.
The blue glass furore is having 8
singular effect. Wherever patched
window is seen it is beginning to be
regarded as sign Of disease, and
people carefully breathe through
their noses and quicken their pace a.
they pass it. 1t should be remem
bered that blue glass in the windows
is no sign of contagion, and young
men particularly are requested not t.
cease their visits because this sign i.
exhibited. 1t may only mean tha
the young ladies ale rheumatic, anc
are still able to receive calls.
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In San Francisco there are twenty
nine incorporated banks, including
the savings institutions, with an as-
gregate capital of $34 ,9l5,00O; de-
posits, $100,200,000; reserve fund,
$4,000, 900; and ten private bankers
with u capital of 81 800, 900; deposits,
$4,000, 900; amount held by insurance
companies, brokers, etc., $2,500,OOO;
total banking capital of this city,
$l50,415,000 The capital and re-
serve fund of the savings banks of
this city, Dec. 81, 1876, amounted to
S3,O6s,32 deposits, $59,621, 20S;
number of depositors, $1,000, or an
average tor each of $40. Estimat-
ing the population of San Francisco
at 100000, the aggregate banking
capital of this city is equal to $500
to every man, woman and child re-
siding therein. 1t is doubtful
whether any other city of the United
States can make better exhibit than
this.-[S. +. Post.