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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-24

FATAL ACCIDENT INA CHURCH.-About 81
o'clock Yesterday afternoon as Antoine
George, Henry Knauss, Charles Ruhl, and
Albert Frankenburg were engaged fresco-
ing the ceiling of the Catholic church Of
the Holy Cross on West street near Light,
the scatlold gave way and they fell sixty
feet to the floor. knauss struck his head
upon the side OF pew, producing concus-
sion OF the brain, from which he died in
about twenty minutes. Frankenburg was
terribly bruised about the body, and Ruhl
fell on his left shoulder, dislocating his arm
and receiving several internal injuries.
George escaped with severe bruises OF his
right arm.-Baltineore Sun, 23d.
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ss.GEN'T STORE.

DECEIVED AT THE 99-CENT STORE,
$50 sets ,e-BA1L cRooUET in fine box, war
ranted perfect, for 90 cents;
IT'S RUSTIC FLOWER-BAskETS;
SILK and sCoTCH-GNGHAAI PARAsoLs-for
the money the best in town;
More of those large WALNUT TABLES;
Large lot of PLANT-STANDs;
rs LAP.BoARDs, with YARD.MEAsURE
LUNCH-BASKETS, all sizes and kinds;
Large DISH-PANS (prcssed, no seam);
New designs in MAJOLICA PLATES, FRUIT
STANDS, CARD-sTANDs, PITCHERS,
MATCH SAFES, &C, &C.;
LAMPS for 80 cents as handsome as we formerly
sold for sl.9s.
Our LADIES HATS cannot be equalled in town
for So. Er...
sTEp-LADDERs and FoUR-WHEEL WAGONS
always Oh hand.
Send for catalogue to
my 90 sos BROAD sTREEI.
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Germany.
PRINCE BISMARCK IN BERLIN.

LONDON, May PA Reuter- telegram
from Berlin this morning announced that
Prince Bismarck had arrived there and
would stay few days previous to going to
Kissengen.
A later telegram states that the arrival OF
Prince Bismarck in Berlin is not the result
OF any sudden determination, nor is there
any special political reason for it, it having
been arranged beforehand as part OF the
general programme of his journey.
BERLIN, May 22.-The North German o.
zette, the ministerial organ, reprints pass
ages from previous speeches and dispatches
OF Prince Bismarck to the effect that the
appointment of a clerical and monarchical
Cabinet in France might be preiudicial to
German interests in the maintenance Of
peace between France, Germany, and Italy.
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Warrington.
THE MOBILE POsT-oFFICE.

-
WASHINGTON, May 2a:-There is hitch
in McKersham's appointment to the Mobile
post-otfice. Special-Agent Fry, who is in
Mobile on other business, has been Instruct
ed to look into 1T. go
THE POSTAL COMMISSION EN- ROUTE.
The Postal Commission, with Postmaster
General Kew and Railway-Nlail Superin-
tendents Vail and Marshall, leave tonight.
They will be absent eight or ten days, and
en- route will visit in the order named
Lynchburg, Danville, Charlotte, Atlanta,
Chattanooga, and Bristol.
PHILADELPHIA CusToM-HoUsE TO BE TNvEsTI-
~i-: , GATED. l.s
Secretary Sherman has decided to inaug-
urate an investigation in the Philadelphia
custom.bouse similar to the investigation
now progressing at New York.
SUPERVISOR RALPH ACQUITTED.
e The Investigation into the charges against
Peter J. Ralph, Supervisor OF the Eighth
district, resulted in his acquittal. He was
charged with being interested in patents.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
William Fl. Locke has been appointed
postmaster OF Eufaula, Ala, Uice Clarke,
resigned. -.,
A Philadelphia delegation waited on the
President to-day. They desire change
in the Federal offices there.
Mr.. Key knows nothing con6rmatory OF
the report that his Second and Third AS
sistants are to be bounced"
Governor Tom Young assures the Presi-
dent that if his southern policy worked
we'll there would not be thousand Repub-
licans in Ohio dissatisfied with it.
The Secretary of War has returned.
DR.. William p. Jones succeeds DR.. Have
lock as postmaster at Nashville, VINO, IL IS
said, is removed for cause.
Indian-C Commissioner Smith Will DC aD-
sent two months inspecting the agencies.
They are promising the mission 10 Bel
cium TO General Burbridge, OF Kentucky.
Senator David Davis is critically SICK at
Bloomington, III.
Blaine was at the White House again soon
this morning. He wants to have John l..
Thomas made collector OF customs at Bath.
Pestmasters in the South and West COM
plain Of silver accommodating on their hands.
They are compelled to take it in sums OF
five dollars for stamps, and cannot dis
burse it.
Jesse w. Jackson has been appointed in
ternal-rcvenuc agent for the district OF
Georgia and Alabama rice Alvin 3. Clark,
resigned. The counties OF Rockdale and
Newton are transferred from the Third to
the Second Georgia district. Andrew
Clarke, collector Second Georgia district
has permission to make new bond so as to
release the old bondsmen, who desire 1t.
The Administration is troubled because
they have no money to make a show at the
French Exposition of 1873
George Booker, Minister to Russia, has
resigned.
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LIQUORS. Wines. &c.

i
Aie: Scotch. best brands, pints s2@sz.ib p
DOZEN Qold. s.
$3.50: apple. new. sI75@s2; old. 82.2a@$3;
Virginia peach, s2.501S3.50.
Rue WhiskeYs: Medium. s. 0tNs2: pure OH. 81
@S4: Virginia mouDtanI, Few, &2N$2.50; viss
$3.50 8s3.50 and upwards. ~ 4 Is
Gin: Domestic. si.25MS2: imported. SIS 3 case.
Eeto England Rum. s1.6O.
Resttfsa Vhiskeys: Market unsettled; proof,
$1.23@&1.30.
Lumber. slaves, &C.
Lt.na5er: White oak. 2126s15 o 1000: Western
vIrrinlx poplar. sl2.50Gls25 p 1000; white pine
$2O@575 3 1000 yellow pine boards. S104aS14;
DIST. $12GoSlS, according 10 lengths. Shingles
Pine. S2.50@S5: cypress slx-inch. f7.50@S15
p 1000. Laths-Spit; ~ 30: sawed, s2.2541S2.6a
Stnres. Whiskey-barrel timber green. & sMs29N
1000; seasoned, s20Ms25 p 1000, E1our-larra
timber, $6@$7.56 r. 1000. Flour-harreI poles, ~
@9 . hogshead-hoops, no demand; hickory-hoops,
- Mili.Feed.
{. ShtpstuG: 55S6Hc. ~ bushei
Br01nsEuF: 356H40c- p bushel.
Wheat Bran: 30c. p bishei.
Corn Bran: tic. per bitshe.
Powder, Shot, &c.
Fuse: Toys mining. 35c.Gsl.25 100 feet.
Po,oder: 1915 by the FIVE kegs-lcss than five
kegs, 1926; blasting, s3.2b@lH350:
Shot: Northern, s2.40@s2. 80 q bag OF % lbs.
Grtndst0neS: ltM,2;Tc. y 10.
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Kentucky.
THE RACES AT LOUISVILLE YESTERDAY.

LOUISVILLE, May 23.-In the haf-mile
race ten started. Pomeroy won; Brambfe
second, Buford's McHenry third Time,
49f.
In the acknowledgements race
eight started. Courier won; Kilburn second,
Dusty third. Time, 3:054-fastest recorded.
In the two-miIe race three started. Whis-
per won; Katrine second, Glasgow third.
Time, 3:3GI.
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BY Telegraph
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. May 23.-Gold opened at l06z.
Noon.-Stocks opened firm. but soon became weak
and lower. Money call, 1D1H per cent. Gold,
l06T. Exchange-Long, 4SS; short, 410k. Gov
ernuicnts firm. State bonds steady.
EUenin9-Money easier at per cent sterling,
dull and firm at 49S. Gold quiet ut 106A. Govern
merts quiet aud firm; new SIS. nix. States UNI
changed.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 23.-VirgiDin 6's, deferred 5ls
Virginia consolidated, 70N; second series, 40x.
North Carolina 6s, old, COZ; new Q; special tax, 2.
Rid tD-tlay.
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THE QUEENS BIRTHDAY.

srco>n DAY OF THE CELFBRATioN-AN-
,.,1I NETTING OF THE BRITISH AsSo-
CATION OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICAL AS
rrCr OF TIE OCCASION.
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At the Northern Presbyterian General
Assembly, in session in Chicago, on Tues
day greeting was received from the Presby-
terian Church South, whose Assembly is in
session at New Orleans. The telegram says
the Southern Assembly disapproves OF that
part of the Northern Assembly's greeting
which omits reference to the main part OF
their paper sent to Brooklyn from Savan-
nah, and says if our brothers Of the North
ern Church can meet us on those terms,
which truth and righteousness seem to re-
quire, then we are ready to establish such
relations with them during the present ses-
sion OF the Assembly.
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
Tho war in Europe and Home Affairs.

THE BELGIUM MISSION PROMISED TO GOV
ERNoR BURBRIDGE, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ICAL ILLNESS OF SENATOR DAVID DAVIS
AT BLOOMINGTON, ILL.-BLAINE AT HE
WHITE HOUSE AGAIN-DEATH OF HOS
MER TIE PoET-A NEW HAMPSHIRE BOY
SHOOTS HIS sTEP.FA1HER DEAD-CRIME
IN NEW YoRK-P1TTsBURGH SELECTED
Az THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING OF THE
METHODIST PROTESTANT CONVENTION
THE WAR IN THE EAsT-PROBABLE RE-
COG E1TIoN OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE RUSSIAN
kRMY-&C. &c.
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AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE sTEAM-ESGrNE.-
Mr.. Liddelf, of the Mecklenburg Iron
Works, has recently invented new steam
engine, or rather discovered the means by
which the old may be vastly improved,
which is attracting much attention, and
which is regarded as q most valuable one by
all who have seen it and are capable Of
forming correct opinion. 1t is now in
operation at the Mecklenburg Iron W orks,
and, although siX-horse power, drives the
machinery with greater ease and force than
the tifteen-horse power, which is displaced.
The most striking feature about the en-
CINE at first sight is that it has no cylinder
heads, and the whole motion OF the piston
can be seen. The casual observer is at first
utterly unable to Idiscoyerithe whereabouts
Of tue motive power, but after it is ok.
planned it is rs simple as ean be, and sexeites
surprise that it has never been thought oi
before. Charlotte Observer.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

WEDNESDAY, May %, 1877.
The breaks to-day comprised $50 hogsheads, 45
.ierces, ana Z boxes. The offerings at auction on
Change were lO3 packages: Of which number 30
were taken in. and the remainder sold ut prices
ranging from SLIGO to $500.
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New Hampshire.
AIIrRnEREn BY HIS STEP.SON.

MURDERED BY HIS sTEP-S0N.
SIMcocK, N. H., May 23.-William Silan-
ders, aged seventeen, while intoxicated to-
day shot his step-father fatally. The same
shot blew his mothers hand Oft.
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MILITARY CLOTHING.

ESTABLISHED 1924.
The oldest Military Clothing. House in the United
States. Long and favorably known in the southern
trade.
JACOB REED,
Sol, 3O3 AND 305 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
MILITARY COMPANIES, BANDS and COL
lEGES UNIFORMED ut the shortest notice. SAT-
isfaciion guaranteed in cut, style, and trimming.
Prices reasonable. Autographs and directions for
measurement. with samples of goods, &c, furnished
OH application. lie 23-Iu'In&som
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THE RACES.

BALTIMORE, May 2S.-In the mile-race,
for three-year olds who had not won in two
years, Form Lucifer won; Cloverbrook sec
ond, Diamond third. Cloverbrook was the
favorite. 4: .se =.
In the two-and-a-quarter-mi race for all
ages, Tom Ochiltree won; Preson second,
Burgoo third. Time, Ala.
In the one-and-a-half-mile race, ShYock
won; Jenifer second, Invoice third. Time,
2:42t.
In the mile heats for all ages-tirst, Rap
pahannock won, Partnership second. Time,
LAT.
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LUMBER DEALER.

~ w. PICKRELL.
II WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LUMBER
= -. DEALER,
NINTH AND TENTH STREETS, SOUTH BASIN,
tceu constantly q full line OF seasoned BUILDING
fIrMBER: also, SHINGLES, LATHS, and To-
BACCO-BOX BOARDS.
BILL LUMBER CUT TO ORDER.
rtIESTNIIT. POPLAR, and WHITE PINE; also,
DREssED BOARDS and FLOORING kept under
sheds. - =, o.cui
ar fms DOORS and MOULDINGS, which we re-
commend equal to the best sold In this market and
Mt prices much lower than usual rates. Ine trade
viii nd Il 10 their interest TO examine our stock be-
fore nurchasing. Can I'LL orders for any Of the
ubove OH short notice. 1f-eooohi
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Gf.DTHiNe;.
TOuN LhTOUCHE. IA
MERCHANT TAILOR. M
Ef.DT HING.

MERCHANT TAILOR M
No. 4 TENTH STREET,
anticipating the season, has just opened new and
choice fabrics for ..
SKELETON COATS,
which will he made up In the best manner, giving
lightness, strength, and economy.
FRENCH BAPTISTE,
FRENCH DRAP D'ETE,
FRENCH WORSTED,
BLACK and BLUE CHEVIOTS,
ALPACAS and DUCKS. a..
Now is the time to provide against the extreme
heat. aud not swelter under heavy weights.
DRESS SHIRTS TO ORDER. 80
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Maryland.

THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CONVENTION.
BALTIMORE, May 23.-Pittsburgh was Sc
lected as the next place Of meeting OF the
Methodist Protestant Church Convention.
The consideration OF the report OF the Com
mittee on Boundaries was resumed and the
report adopted. The districts OF Michigan,
West Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky re-
main unchanged. Other districts IN the
North, South, East, and W est, with a few
unimportant changes, remain the same
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REM SKES.
Flour.

Fine. $3.50: superflne. $7.75MSS; extra super
fine, SS.75@S9 common fnmifT> S9.50@SlO:
fancy family aud City Mills. $1,000. Market very
dull.
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Editors Dispatch: am glad to see that
you correct (edtorially) the telegram which
calls our General Assembly "Conven-
ton ~; but in the same paper which con-
tains the correction the telegraphic column
repeats the annoying misnomer. Presby..
terians stand for order OH the ninth part OF
q hair, and do not like to see their highest
iudicatory thus misrepresented and depre-
ciated to dubious name.
The distinction between the two Assem-
bies by propositions has been virtually dis
carded as too insignificant. The real dis
tinction is "of America which the North
ern Assembly adopts, and we omit after
"United States"
Many OF your readers will expect to find
in the Dispatch prompt telegraphic reports
Of all important action at New Orleans.
Z. b. p.
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND. May %. 1877
OFFERINGS.
WIIEAT.-Red, 500 bushels. 80.
CoRN.-IVhite, 210 bushels. Hired. 1856 bushels.
OATS.-270 bushels.
PoTAToES.-7S bushels.
SALES.
WIIEAT-Red, AZ bushels common ut $l.60.
CoRN.-White. $50 bushels very good At &C.;
60 bushels prime ut 69c.-tota, 2lO bushels. MIG,
ed, 46 bushels very good at 6Sc; $50 bushels good
at 66c.-tota 396 bushels.
RE-ENHIBITED.
OATs.-S0 bushels.
REMARKS.
Wheat is very dull. Corn steady. sample or
wheat was offered on 'Changc to-day for which only
S1.75 could he had; $2.o5 was offered for 1t two
weeks ago and refused The decline In corn recently
noted has not at all kept pace with the decline In
wheat.
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FURNITURE.

SECOND-HAND, FU Mt Y Il EM
y BOUGHT, SOLD. OR EXCHANGED. -.
l7IlEt c.. ROLLAND1N, M
5l1 MARSHALL STREET, Z
hnys NH kinds OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
STORE CARPETS, &C., at the highest cash prices.
REPAIRING and INCONSISTENCIES speciality,
In the best style. {Sf..5 my 16-1m*
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NOW ON HAND, THE LARGEST !,
3 IN STOCK OF FURNITURE, made to my ~.
orders, and daily receiving additions e. same, r.
that / have ever offered to the public. feeiy !
viii ciye satisfaction to all who wish 10 buy Ward
robes Sideboards, Dressing Gases, Redseads also,
HAT Raeks, fne Book eases Tables, re-, with full
line of cheap Furniture. See my stock hsS9rs you
buy. rS - a ~ Ss N AZ street
4 NH S-3m s.toLssoserlgs D. -.
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RELlTlOUS-SCNpAl-SC hEEllST-bAi-
TIZING-HoLIDAY-DEAT BY LIGHTNING
LoCUSTS-EXPLANATIoN.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatchl
MAY %, 1877.
On Sunday at the Baptist church the pull
pit was filled by the pastor. After services
in the morning MesSrs. X. c. Fandegrift,
W. C. Payne, and W. L. Dickinson were
appointed as delegates to the General Asso-
citation. which meets at Danvlie on the 30th
instant. Three altcrnates were also ap-
pointed. At night three persons were bap-
tiZed.
In the afternoon at the Methodist church
there WAS meeting OF the Sunday-School
and Missionary Society, ut which competl-
tive speeches were made by Masters Chan
ccllor and Warwick, of Charlottesville, and
Doyne, of Farmyille. for the prize offered
by this Society to that student, member OF
the Society, who should distinguish himself
in oratory above his fellows. The Judges
were Messrs. Micajah Woods and George
Perkins. All OF the young men made
creditable speeches. The verdict OF the
Judges was not pronounced, but reserved to
q future dav, when meeting will be held
for the purpose Of awarding the prizes.
Sunday afternoon the pastor OF the Mount
Zion church (colored) baptized thirty-seven
persons at Loeb Lynn Mills, in the presence
Of a large assemblage.
Monday was WhitSuntide holiday. There
were few persons comparatively in town,
but those few spent their money quite freely.
There was very little intemperance exhib-
tied. Our colored people are gradually
learning better than to spend their hard
earnings in whiskey. The opening Of the
weather and the impulse given to bread
stufis has created perceptible change in
the feelings OF the people.
During the day on Monday two storms OF
wind, rain, and hail passed over and around
the town. In some places within few
miles the hail fell in such quantities as to
whiten the ground, and as large as par
fridge eggs. Some persons report having
seen hailstones three quarters of an inch in
diameter. During the progress OF the storm
there was heavy thunder and lightning. a
Mr.. Elijah Hughes and his son were stricken
and killed about six miles from Charlottes-
vile. 1t appears that they were doing some
work about a barn when the storm came up.
Another son OF Mr.. Hughes had gone to a
spring near by for water, and on his return
found his father and brother dead, with the
clothing Of the latter still on fire. Mr..
Hughes was an industrious, poor man, and
leaves Il large family. r..
The seyenteen-year locusts have made
their appearance in quite large numbers in
some localities, and their peculiar song has
begun to CRATE upon the ears OF nervous
people.
In my notice Of the resignation Of Rev. X.
B. Upper, some time since, unwittingly
stated that bis letter OF resignation said that
be had charger and more important"
field in view. This was wrong. I should
have said that be had "another field" in
view. QUlP.
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GOAL AND WOOD.-Cheapest and best
~ fuel In market. Best frst-class Nut Crate, Egg,
ton of 1000 pounds, delivered. Liberal deduction
to dealers, West Virginia Splint, $3.50 to 1926
5. 900 pounds Glover Hill and Soft Coke from
1925 to 1926 per 1900 pounds. OAK and PINE
WOOD as low Us the lowest. Call and be convinced.
Re sure to ask for PAGE. Nineteenth and Cary
streets. RE 14I CHARLES II. PAGE.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE.

RELIG1OUS-SUNDAY-sCH MEETlSG-BAP-
TIZING-HoLIDAY-DEAT BY LIGHTNING
Observation-Disclosures.
cctl
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Lfcorice Pasts j.. C. g Co. 31c.ss i. ,B.l 2ae;
A. q, e., 22Sc.s IL. e Co, 24c.s r. Ss 2ScssltuShof
27c.; A. G, O.. 26c.; q. Gu csc.
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DEN. FRANKLIN COAL.

This day landing 400 tons of the celebrated Ben
Franklin and Reliance Red and White Ash Egg
Stove, and Chestnut COAL. go
Those I'm want Of choice article Will please SEND
TN their orders Dealers furnished on liberal terms.
f... WRIT ROBERTS,
fe IL corner Seventeenth and Cary streets.
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WOOD AND COAL.

BLOCK SPLINT COAL takes less to kim
- die fire than any local coal.
BLOCK sPLINT COAL also burns up cleaner.
BLOCK SPLINT COAL will hold fire longer,
therefore is cheaper coal
WEST VIRGINIA COAL for STEAM and BLACK
SMITHS EQUAL TO CUMBERLAND. Price very
low. .--.
ANTHRACITE all sizes
Try my machine-prepared o A X and PIN Z
: : - ~ P. r. DARLINGTON,
my corner Seventeenth and Cary streets.
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CUMBERLAND COAL.-Just received,
" a cargo of freshly-mined GEORGES CREEK
CUMBERLAND COAL. for steam aud smiths use.
Also LEHlGH FOUNDRY COAL and HOUSE
GOALS, In all sizes, at lowest market rates.
s. 7. LATHROP,
m, 10 Seventeenth street, ut draw-bridge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-30

For farmers and those living in localities
where people can retire at eight or nine
o'clock in the evening, the old notion about
early rising is still appropriate. But he who
is kept up till ten or eleven or twelve O'Clock,
and then rises at five or six because of the
teachings of some old dirty about early tn
rise" is committing a sin against his own
soul There is not one man in ten thousand
who can afford to do without seven or eight
hours sleep. All the stuff written about great
men who slept Only three or four hours a
night is apocryphal. They have been put
upon such small allowance occasionally, and
prospered; but no man ever kept healthy in
body and mind tor Il number Of years with
less than seven hours sleep. Ifyou can get
10 bed early, then rise early. lfyou cannot
get 10 bed TIL late then rise late. II may be
as proper for one man to rise at eight AS il is
tor another to rise at five. Let the rousng
bell be rung at least thirty minutes before
your public appearance. Physicians say that
a sudden jump out of bed gives irregular mo.
ton to the pulse. 1t is barbarous To expec,
children to land on the middle of the floor al
the call of their nurses. with the thermometer
below zero. Give them time after you call
them 10 roll over, gaze at the world full il
the face, and look before they leap.-EoaHgc.
list.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
Take Her,

Take Her.
When young man OF Internationally stood
before widow who owns q house on Con
gress street, she knew by his embarrassed
manner Just what was coming, and she said
William, suppose you haye sought this
interview to tell me that you love my daugh
ter Isabel"
"Y ,cs, yes" he gasped.
well, William, how are you fixed ~ she
sternly demanded. "lIave you any houses
and lands?'
'"Nnot any"
"Have you any wealth in the bank"
"Not cooper"
"Have you any bonds and mortgages"
Not one" he answered, AS he continued
to grow pale.
Young man." she sternly resumed, "what
have you got to offset the $4,000 which l
shall give my daughter"
"NOihing but love and"
"ToO thin too thin ~ she exclaimed waiv.
ing him away.
"And can sharpen lawn mowers" he
shrieked as he backed of.
"Ynu CAM
II can, and ii wont be over six weeks, il
they are good weeks for grass, before III see
your daughters dowery and own street rail
road BESIDES"
"Take her, Willam-take her and be hap
py,' exclaimed the worldly woman. And
the daughter has been took.-DetrOH Free
Press