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A California Grain King.

The grain king of the Pacific, if not of
the United States, is Isaac Frielander.
He is o gannt, awkward, plain-looking
man of slashing gait, and one whose
form towers above all others in the street.
He is nearly seven feet in height and is
about fifty.fve years of age, I should
Judge. He is the pioneer in the buying
and shipping of grain md produce from
California to foreign ports. For nearly
twenty years he has been in the busi-
ness. Year after year he has paid hun
dreds and hundreds Of thousands OF dol
lars for wheat. He has annually ship.
ped three-quarters of the wheat crop OF
California to England. His business is
conducted on the most colossal scale.
Several times he mas met with re Tnrses,
but he has quickly got upon his feet
again. A few weeks ago, owing to the
financial depression and stringency in
the money market, he went under. His
liabilities were two millions Of dol ars.
With the advance in wheat he has been
able to compromise with his creditors Mt
twenty-five cents on the dollar, and has
so far recovered from his temporary en-
barrassment rs to be able to resume
business. He is q man OF great bnsi-
ness capacity and sagacity. In is stu
pendous operations he controls tho
freight market anu gives employmentto
m immense fleet OF Ships.
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Pearls Of Thought,

There is hope in extravaganza; there
is none in routine.
The blast that blows loudest is soon
overblown.
Each succeeding day is the scholar Of
that which preceded.
Assurance never failed to get admis-
sion into the houses of the great.
Envy, among other ingredients, has a
mixture of justice in it. We are more
angry at undeserved than deserved good
fortune.
A passionate and revengeful temper
renders man unfit for advice, deprives
him of his reason, and robs him of all
that is great and noble in his nature.
Affection can withstand very severe
storms of rigor, but not polar frost of
downright indifference. Love will sub
sist on wonderfully little hope, but not
altogether without it.
Nothing can be more unfounded than
the notion that love of reading, or OF
science, or of any kind of knowledge units
man for lis daily occupation, or makes
him discontented with it.
A man diseased in body can have little
Joy of his wealth, be it ever so much. A
golden crown cannot cure the headache,
nor velvet slipper give ease to the gout,
nor purple rope drive away burning
fever.
Be more prudent for your children
than perhaps you have been for yourself:
When they, too, are parents, they will
initiate you, and each of you will have
prepared happy generations, who will
transmit, together with your memory,
the worship of your wisdom.
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Killed by the Sting Of q Bee.

A distressing event occurred at Lyd'
ney recently, and was the subject OF q
coroner's inquiry on the following day,
viz, the death of Henry Larkham, ST.,
a retired farmer, from the sting of a bee.
It appeared from the evidence given
before Mr.. NJ. F. Carter, divisional cor
oner, that ut about five o clock Mr..
Larkham was in his sons garden, and on
passing in front of the beehives, received
a sting upon the temple. The old gen.
tleman at once returned to the house,
and asked young man named Lloyd to
fetch the blue bag, which was done, and
the liquid blue was applied. Lloyd like
wise, at the request of Mr.. Larkham,
took an egg from his pocket which he
had gathered from nest. Upon sitting
down in the yard, Mr.. Larkham had
tainted, and was bathed with vinegar
and water. This, however, proved a
powerless restorative, death superven-
ing within quarter of an hour after the
sting. DR.. Gimblett was called at the
inquiry, and stated that he had been
sent for, but deceased died before he could
reach the honse. He had since ex-
amined the body, and found wound
upon the right temple inflicted by a hee.
This it was which caused death. Upon
this testimony the jury returned their
yer1ict
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The Butcher and the Widow.

In the court of common pleas, Dublin,
butcher named Knowles sued Mrs.
Caroline Verschoyle, now Mulligan, for
breach of promise of marriage. They
met on q steamer bound from Liverpool
to Dublin. She was the mistress of
fine residence-Roebuck Hall-and the
mother of three children. The
plaintiff is q widower with one child.
Soon after their first meeting they be-
came engaged to be married. AS they
were of different religions there was
difficulty about their being married in
Dublin, and they went to Liverpool,
where they had to remain fourteen days
before the registrar would marry them,
the expenses of their stay, $3.50, being
paid by Mr.. Knowles. In the mean
time the lady's friends induced her to
break off the match and return to Dub
lin, where she subsequently married q
dealer in periodicals. After twenty
minutes deliberation the jury gave the
plaintiff 81. 900.
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How the Gar Travels,

The Emperor Alexander travels in a
carriage constructed especially for his
accommodation. This car, thirty-si feet
in length, is q moving palace; there is a
parlor, bedroom and a dining-room,
furnished with rare magnifcence, and to
it is adapted system of wheels which
enables it to pass upon any railway in
Europe, whatever be the gauge. The
imperial train is preceded by pilot loco
motive, on which is the director of the
line. Thirty minutes behind follows a
second train, with engineers and work
men provided with everything necessary
to repair the road in case of accident.
Twenty minutes after this are the coaches
containing the imperial suite, and lastly,
at another interval of half an hour, comes
the escort Of 800 soldiers.
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On Dyspepsia.

At late meeting of the Halveian So
ciety, of London, DR.. Farquharson read
a paper on this subject.
Attention was directed to the state Of
the tongue in dyspepsia. A deeplyfssured
tongue often meant little whereas thin
white fur, composed of minute dots,
was generally found along with pain i'm
mediately after food. Pain after longer
interval was accompanied by a pale,
fiabby tongue, with reddish ii, and
center. The treatment of dyspepsia con:
sisted of two parts, that OF food and
that OF drugs. The latter was the prin-
cipal part with patients applying for
gratuitous relief. The pain occurring
Immediately after food was usually re-
lieved by alkalies whereas acids were
indicated where suffering was not ex-
perienced until M hour or two after the
commencement of the digestive act.
For the relief of the nausea and sick
ness remaining after the bowels were
thoroughly cleansed, nothing was so
effectual as hourly drop doses of ipeca-
cuanha wine. Nux vomica was also q
valuable remedy. Pain might be but
the protest of the stomach against nm
overload, or be the result of deficient
tone from general nervous exhaustion.
In some cases each meal was followed by
diarrhea and for these cases attention
was directed to Ringers plan of minute
doses of the liquor hydrargyri perchlor-
idi. In speaking of diet, DIR. Farquhar-
son pointed out that there are three
forms of dyspepsia l. The dyspepsia of
fluids, as it is called, where the stomach
seems intolerant of all forms of fluid
2. The digestive arrangement following
intemperance in the matter of animal
food and 3. The dyspepsia connected
with indulgence in tea, or other warm
and weak infusions of tannin.
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Utterly Reckless Betting.

Speaking of New York brokers and
some of their peculiarities and queer do
ings, correspondent says: Most of the
young men among them (and it is aston
ishing how few old ones there are) have
q passion for athletic sports. They are
fond of boating, running, jumping and
the various other outdoor exercises, and
several of the athletic clubs of the city
have more brokers and bank clerks
among their numbers than they have OF
any other class. The brokers had boat
race on Harlem river the other day that
furnished plenty of amusement for all
who witnessed it. When the exchange
closed, at three o'clock, they started for
Harlem in large numbers, making music
in the air as they proceeded. The race
was q good one, but not better than
many others; but the feature of it that
made the whole affair exceptional was
the terrible extravaganza of the betters.
Pool selling was not allowed, but the
financial backing of the rival crews was
absolutely fearful to think of. "I'll 60
a million on white and blue" roared one
broker. "Two millions on red !" yelled
another. "Three millions on white!'
howled q third. Give millions on red T.
"Who'u take ten millions on white q
"TwentS millions on red !" Fifty mil
lions on Hhite /" GA hundred millions!'
Give hundred millions !" ga thousand
millions % "Five thousand millions p
There was enough money bet on that
race to nav off the national debt of the
world. They are lively fellows, these
brokers, and good fellows, too. Now and
then they go into nonsense pretty exten-
sively, Just for fun, but you never catch
one OF them asleep when there's any
business to be done, and have never
known a case of true charity to appeal to
them in vain.
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London Thieves Quick Work.

London deserves the palm for having
the most daring thieves on record. A
man went to see house to rent in q
street near Drury Lane. He left the
horse standing at the door and returned
in five minutes. The horse and buggy
were there still, but everything else was
gone. The thieves of the vicinity had
stolen the gig-lamps, the apron, the rug,
the cushion and the whip; they had
filched the very blinkers, head-stall, bel
lyband and kicking-strap off the pony ;
and however that exemplary animal had
consented to remain embarrassed be-
tween the shafts might be considered as
next door to miracle. Captious people
might object because horse and all were
not stolen, but such unfair criticism is
disarmed when it is remembered that
only five minutes time was given to
make way with the property.
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BlO0d.Drinking.

The efficacy of blood drinking for con-
sumptiye, nervous and dyspeptic in
valids is being freshly heralded to the
public by st. Louis paper. A visit to
the suburb of Butchertown revealed
to the reporter that during the year q
considerable number Of persons, mainly
consumptives, frequent the shambles to
partake of this remedy, and several
prominent physicians of the city certify
their belief in it's beneficial effects. At
one time five or r ,,atients were taking
this strange medicine at one of the larger
slaughter houses, and it issaid that after
the first rausea and aversion were over
come their desire for the nourishment
was intense. But the initiation is very
hard, the scent to q nervous person
being shocking one, which has to be
repeated quite often ere it becomes
familiar. The oxen are dragged in by a
windlass, knocked in the head and then
stuck AS the current of life floods
from the cash, the cups or vessels are
held to receive it, and it is drank in
stautly, with all the warmth Of healthy
vital action upon it, In this way alone
it renders good, and as may be readily
imagined it requires some exercise Of
nerves to indulge in the operation. The
taste for blood when once acquired, how
ever, does entirely away with the nausea
which attends its first use. 1t is sweet
in taste, resembling fresh milk, and the
patient desires it quite as much as a
strong, healthy person would o good
meal when hungry. 1t is far from being
unpalatable, and a moderate fondness
for it is acquired in q comparatively
short time. One physician finds that it
is not necessary to subject his patients
to the repulsive surroundings OF the
slaughter house, but places the freshly
drawn blood in q steam-warmed bottle
and then in can filled with hot water,
conveying it as quickly as possible to
the drinker. He has effected number
of cures by this means, and is of the
opinion that when consumption is treat
ed in this manner it's progress can be
arrested unless the disease has made
most serious inroads upon the lungs. 1t
has also been found most efficacious in
cases of wasting of nervous fiber, atrophy
and marasmus. Another class of patients
gain strength from inhalation and ab-
sorption of the peculiar particles which
abound in the atmosphere of the slaugh-
ter-house. This peculiar and impalpable
proces is undoubtedly the means by
which butchers acquire such exceptional
health and wonderful strength. These
patients merely sit in the apartment for
| l.
and afternoon.
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Items Of Interest.

Men whose business drives them to
the wall-Bill-posters.
An English schoolmistress nalced
King has died at Tunbridge Wells hS
the age Of 101 years. -
Archery is said to be coming into
fashion, and young ladies are oil in
quiver at the prospect of beaus being
abundant. .,.....
Aftera boy is tired out hoeing potatoes
nothing seems to rest him more than to
dig over q few square rods OF green
sward in search of bait. .........
"I am astonished. my dear young
lady, at your sentiments; you make me
start" "Well, I have been wanting
you to start for the last hour" .
There is limit to everything but the
destruction that follows the course OF a
mans big toe when he gets it through
hole in the bed quilt, and is suddenly
attacked by the nightmare. '.
Rev. Mr.. Potter, Of Grace church,
New York, never receives less than $lOO
as a marriage fee. It was President
Tyler's wedding thirty years ago that
made Grace church fashionable.
The potato field OF Mulheim, in Ger
many, on which the Colorado beetle
made it's appearance. has been covered
with petroleum and tan-bark and set on
fire, the government indemnifying the
proprietor.
A physician was called to visit lady.
After continuing his calls for some
weeks, she expressed her fears that it
would be inconvenient for him to come
so far Oh her account. "Oh, madam"
replied the doctor innocently, II have
another patient in the neighborhood, and
thus can kill two birds with one stone"
The governors of all the States in the
Union, who are to meet in Independence
Hall some time in August, after spend
ing several days in Philadelphia, will
visit New York city and Boston, where
they will be the guests of the city au-
thorities. This meeting was proposed
for last year, but conld not be satlsfac-
torily arranged. ... ..
Fifty-three churches in New York are
loaded with $2,36S,0 in mortgages.
And besides there are doubtless debts
otherwise secured. The Presbyterian
total is s7O6, 900; the Reformed, $6A,-
900; Protestant Episcopal, $453, 900;
Roman Catholic, $229, 1000; Baptist,
s212,0OO; Methodist, $4,000; Lu-
theran, $45, 600.
They arrested vagrant, representing
himself as blind, at Newburyport, Mass,
who proved to be in his way quite
capitalist, for in his pockets were found
$2,O93 in small bags. The money was
in gold, paper and silver, and some OF it
|swas Canadian currency ; nor cover, this
pecunious tramp had a pocketful of
silver spoons, and two valses full Of
raiment. John Miller he gave as his
name, Illinois as his birthplace, and he
averred that he had been blind four
wears,
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"Oh, Colonel M'Manus! Then he's

ON, Colonel M Manus! linen hes
come ?"
can gone. BY the same token, whir
he found there was divil sowl to resave
him, an the dinner burned to cindel
as I towld him, an he overlooked like,
he tares up an down, an av twas Ted ]
should be afther sayin' he was mad al
onst, but bein' q iintlemin"- And Nora
turned away. her arms in her apron and
her nose in the air. But the sarcasm
doing her good, she came back pres
emily. eye poor darlint!" said She
I never could teach my servants the least
respect for mel was that scared
when I see himself bringin' We IN, g
lump of mud, an he as white as the back
of your hand, that I forgot intir;ly the
message the big colonel left, the divi]
fly away with him !"
Messenger"
"Jist that. To give Mr.. Parks his
card, and soy that Colonel M'Manus-
bad cess to the likes of him had nc
time to travel hunder miles twice !"
When I was we'll and about again, We
were out on the Long beach another
twilight, but taking excellent care of oul
steps, and keeping quite on this side OF
the two great piles of drift-wood that
adorned it.
GLOW much wood do you suppose
there is in these piles, Rex?" I asked.
II don't know. Maybe foot.
GA foot How absurd--and the piles
half as high as I amp
"Oh, not any more. An eighth of q
cord is putting it large"
"And how much is wood cord ?"
persisted, with aggravating pertinacity.
"Oh, come now, Clara, I know what
you are driving at. Eight or nine dol
lars ;" and he swore little under his
breath, I thought.
"You'd better !" said I. "There's O
dollars worth of wood there-I like to
scrutinize my accounts, you know-lets
see what it cost us ; one diamond-headed
pin, one carved coral necklace, one
amethyst silk dress, one Brussels lace
overdress, one pair of French boots, one
India mantle, one priceless and antique
intaglio, one dress suit, one pair OF
Paris CATERS, doctors and druggists
bills. Per contra, one foot OF -
"And the whole of it." cried Rex, "a
trife, bagatelle, mere fraction. It
cost us the chance in M'Manus' great en-
terprise, that's just as sure to win as the
sun is to rise tomorrow. A deuced
dear foot of wood Clara, I never mean
to preach or practice one jot or little of
economy again. We may starve, but
we'll never economize ~
"That's dear boy! Now let's burn
it we piled it up to burn, you know. "
And I had snatched his match safe, and
was running to the piles, Rex following.
"There it goes !" said I, at last, com
fortably retreating. "They're funeral
pyres. Well throw on them all our
economy"
"And our desire to be milionaires. "
"And our quarreling."
"And our fear Of coming to the poor
house."
And as the great rosy sheets of crack
ling fire went wallowing up the dark
purple of the late twilight, and making
the shivering stars retreat before it, any
body up in General Durceau's windows,
looking down, might have seen two
crazy young people, with their arms
about each other in its light, who felt
that they were disposing of every care
in life and their small bills.-Ha7pcr' 8
Bazar.
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CUT SHORT IN THEIR CAREER.
How q Band of BriRnnds, Led by New
York Lawyer, Perfshed.

How q Band Of Brignnds, Led by New
York Lawyer, Persisted.
Away back in 1850 or 1851 young
man named Irwin made his appearance
in the old city of the angels, Los An
geles, Cal. He was full of oaths, and
was accompanied by fifteen or sixteen
young blades like himself. One Of his
virtues was frankness. He announced
that he and bis followers were en- route
to Mexico, and that their errand was to
rob. Don Benito Wilson was at that
time in business in Los Angeles. He
witnessed the advent of this lawless band
with considerable disquiet, as he had q
large stock of goods in store, and was
not entirely resigned to its loss. Irwin,
the leader of the band, however, sought
his acquaintance. The brigand proved
to be a young lawyer, of good New
York family, and Q very accomplished
and fascinating fellow withal. He told
Don Benito that he need not be alarmed,
that he intended to reserve his lawless
operations for the Mexican people, and
on these terms his intimacy could not
well be rejected. At this time the mining
excitement had called most of the Los
hngelenos away, and the polished and
handsome Irwin had everything his own
way.
Irwin and his confederates concluded,
after some weeks, that the time had come
for their departure on their marauding
expedition. On their passage to San
Bernardino the menala of Lugo attract
ed their attention. They coveted num-
ber of his fine horses, and summarily
appropriated them. This act was des-
tined to cut short what might have
proved to be a long and prosperous
career of crime. Lugo was man fertile
in resources. The Dieguino or Cahuilla
tribe of Indians were at that time pretty
numerous about San Bernardino. They
were approached by Lugo, who proposed
to them that they should lie in ambush
for the robbers as they rode through the
San Timoteo canyon. The Indians con-
sented.
The last day of the bands stay in San
Bernardino had arrived. They celebrated
it by IN orgie of unexampled abandon
during the night. With brain stupefed
with aguardiente, they failed to pay heed
to the dusky aborigines who were scat
tered. around the town.
The adventurers' road lay along what
is now one of the most charming regions
of southern California, aligned as tits by
the peach trees and orange groves Of the
Van Leuvens and other prosperous pro-
prietors. Out through where old San
Bernardino stands they made their way,
striking the San Timoteo canyon, through
which now dash the trains of the South
ern Pacific. Without thought of earth
ly i'll they rode, under the guidance of
an Indian. They soon reached narrow
portion of the roadway, overgrown with
chapparal, sage brush and cactus. Many
brain was throbbing in the cavalcade
with memories of the orgies of the night
before. Twenty shots rang out on the
air from the rifles of the Indians who
were ambushed. The few who escaped
instant death were accorded short shrift.
The knife or the dubbed rifle did the
rest
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Tired Mothers.

BY MRS. ALBERT SMITH.
A little elbow leans upon your knee,
Your tired knee, that has so much to bear ;
A childs dear eyes are looking lovingly
From underneath a thatch Of tangled hair;
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
OF warm, moist fingers, folding yours sc
tight;
You do not prize this blessing over much,
You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
Bat it is blessedness. A year ago
did not see it as do to-day
We are so dull and thankless and too slow
To catch the sunshine till it slips away.
And now it seems surprising strange to me,
That, while bore the badge Of motherhood,
did not kiss more oft, and tenderly,
The little child that brought me only good.
And if, some night when you sit down to rest
You miss this elbow from your tired knee,
This restless, curling head from off your breast
This lisping tongue that chatters constantly
If from your own the dimpled hands had
slipped,
Anu ue III uebtiS III souA poiAiiS So
If the white feet into their grave had tripped
1 could not blame you for your heart ache
then
wonder so that mothers ever fret
At little children clinging to their gown;
Or that the footprints, when the days are vet
Are ever black enough to make them frown
If 1 could find little muddy boot,
Or cap or jacket, on my chamber floor;
If could kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear its patter in my home once more
II could mend broken cart to-day.
Tomorrow make kite, to reach the shy
There is no woman in Gods world could say
She was more bissfully content than l.
But ah the dainty pillow next my own
Is never rumpled bya shining head;
Ny singing birdling from its nest is flown;
The little boy used to kiss is dead
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Life.
All, this mystery, so rife
With mysteries, this life }!

AN, lu1s lHyBtely, % fffo
With mysteries, this life!
Who can know it?-
Prophet or poet,
Nor prince nor peasant.
This terrible present:
OF all that has been, sum and history;
or all that shall be, source and prophecy;
This living past, present tuturity;
This was, and is, and shall be 80
We may not know.
We ?-We are but men.
Alone
God sitteth, ON his throne.
Amen!
R. r.. Bouker, in Scribner's Magazine.
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Tea was first introduced in 1860, and
sold at sixty cents pound.