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WOODS THEATER,

AIMS MlLLER... ................... Man ayers
Grand success Of the celebrated ADAH
RICHMOND XIRAVAGA\ZA AND COM
EDY COMBINATION. Entire change of
programme for Wednesday and THURSDAY y
GOLDEN BUTTERFLY, and the laughaUle
farce, "W Wanted, II Thousand MillIners."
FRIDAY and saturday, 80 Mus Kee- Dears."
Granu Family Matinee Saturday. Special
performance Of CHOW-CIIOW sunday night.
Prices as usual
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Eight hundred and five dollars were
realized yesterday at a matinee given
for the benefit. OF Elwin Adams.
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Fifty-fifth Congress - Extra Ses.
sion.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. Oct. IT Bills were in
troduced authorizing the payment OF 80
per centum Of Customs duties in legal
tender notes; referred. To repeal the
Bankrupt Law and all acts amendatory
thereof; laid on the liable. To prevent
the abuses OF the sale OF postage stamps
and stamped envelopes.
MT. Thurman presented the creden-
tials of Henry NJ. Spolford, Senator from
Louisiana, from March 4, 1877, which
were read and laid over until Thursday.
A resolution was introduced for the
appointment OF select committee to
take into consideration the state of the
law respecting the ascertainment and
declaration OF the election of President
and Vice President. Laid over.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE contested
election case, nom the Fourth Louisiana
District, was taken up and a resolution
providing for the Immediate swearing in
of j. b. Elan was ado tied by l44 yeas
aud 119 nays. E. W. II )bertson, Demo-
crat vi Louisiana, was seated in place OF
NASH, contestant. TAe House adjourned
until saturday. with the undersl andirx
that no business be dOue on that daV,
The Ne"uS Of Milo is again subject
Of discussion in the art journals OF Eu-
rope. M. q. DoussAult, a Frencn archi-
tect, repeats u conversation which he
says he hela i'll 1S47 with N. Brest, the
Consul at Milo al The time of discovery.
NJ. Brest said that when the Venus was
frst raised from The earth lie saw its
Two arms lying on the ground, and that
one held an apple painted green and the
other held some Grapery; also that be-
fore the statue was raised lie had seen
that IL stUou on u narrow bas ., which
would, II true, put an end to The nypoln.
esiS OF It's having formed part of a
group.
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wANTED- ---SITUAPIONS.

VIZ TED-SITUATION-To do up stairs
w WORK and take care OF children. Call at
1J0 Freeman street, ird-story. 1876
NV ANTED-SlTU ATION-By Il boy to run
w errands or in an Office; writes a far
nhnd and is wiling to work; will work for
low wages. Address j. n, this Office.
OCi7-3tr
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DAlNTEN3 MANUAL -HJUSE AND
L sign painting, graning- vanishing, pol
ishing, kalsominlng, papcring lettering,
staining, gliding, &c., SOC. Book OF Aiphabets
Soc. Scroll and Ornaments 81. Furniture aud
Cabinet Finshor Soc. Matchmaker and jew
eler Soc. soapmaker 25c. Taxiiermst 30.
or booksellers or by mail JESSE IIANEY
q Co., ll9 Nassau street, New York.
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A RTlsT'S MANUAL, A PRACTICAL
N guide to oil and water color painting,
crayon drawing, &c. illustrated SOC. ElocH-
tionisPs Journal gives best standard and new
pieces for professional AMI amateur readers
and speakers, lOc, Of any news lcalcr or by
mail. JESSE HANEY Il CO., ll9 Nassau ST. ,
New York.
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BOARDING.

GUARDING - Nice, cozy, furnished front
- room, very central, half square from " al
nut street House: all ConvenIcnces, Kas, path,
hall, large yard, best OF board; use OF piano
and parlor; best OF reference given and re-
Gulreu; also, single room for gent: terms "a to
low Eighth. 1926
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FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.

L>OR RENT-HOUSE-No 1871 Oliver street
4 Only Sl3 5Oper month to careful aud prompt
tenant. l7-Ht
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LIOR RENT-H ,USE-S,x rooms; good or.
i der; No. s6S Vine street. Keys al II West
Pearl street. l7-3t
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CKETCHING FROM NATURE-In pencil
= and water colOrs. and drawing and paint
ing in coi0red crayons: practical instructor.
illustrated. 90 C;s. OF any bookseller or j iS5S
HANEY d CO.. 1l9 Nassau st., MY. fe1l-tf
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MISCELLANEOUS.

lQUOR and OPIUM Habits Self Cured
IL New book Of vital value, also exposes fal-
lacious treatment and no5trumS, 75c. JESSE
HANEY Il CO., ll9 Nassau street. New York
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STANDARD SCROLL BOOK. just out, has
y 200 designs and ideas Invaluable to ali
Painters NC. just the hing wanted and must
be seen to be appreciated. Only 81. Examine
Rt any book store or painters' supplY store
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u LACK- BOARD IN THE sun DAY
ID SClOOL.-A practical guide for superin-
tendents and teachers by Frank Beard Fully
illustrated. 81 " Of booksellers or by mani.
JESSE HANEY CO., l19 Nassau stree t
New York.
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INOR RENT - HOUSE - A nice two-story
l. house OF six rooms, at 81 Clark street. In
qulre at "a Bremen street. l7-2t
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NATIONAL THEATER COMIQUE.
ENTIRE NEW COMPANY.
Minstrels, Drama and Variety.
10, IS, 25, 35c admission. tt
PIANOS, ORGANS, 60.
FOR RENT--ROOMS,

L'OR RENT--ROOM--Nicel furnlshe front
4 room, lOr one or two gents, private family,
Ere and gas, ZIG lonRworth street, between
John and smith. Reference. le-2t
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A WONDERFUL CAT.


The Reading Pa.) Eagle has taken
to storytelling, and asks its readers to
accept as gospel truth. the following
yarn concerning an Intelligent cat: A
cat owned by Mrs. NJ. F. Elliott, the
famous clairvoyant and astroIOger, is
remarkable for its rare Intelligence.
The animal, which il about four years
old, is as black as midnight, and is
named 'Bessic.' When wishing to get
into or out of room, Bessie will not
new er scratch at the door, but will
leap up turn the knob, or force up the
latch, as the case may be, with her
paws, when the door will swing opep.
Sometimes several efforts are required
but she nearly always succeeds. Bes-
sic was shut up in small dark closet
under the kitchen stairs, among the
iron and tinware. In few moments
thumps and scratches against the door
were heard, the knob was turned, the
door flew open, and the cat walked
quietly out. She was also seen to
open room door by turning the knob.
Sometimes when Besele had suddenly
entered room in this manner the eff
feet upon nervous persons has been
quite amusing to others. Although
the house is . strange one to her, she
goes almost anywhere at pleasure, and
is great friend Of the little dog be-
longing to the family. A few days
ago a pet guinea. pig, which was pre-
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CRYSTAL BASKETS.

These pretty ornaments are not at
all difficult to make. The basket, or
any other ornament, is first fashioned
with copper wire, as skeleton of the
pattern desired. For blue crystals,
take q saturated solution of sulphate
of copper in hot water. Place the pat
teru in this liquor, and set it in quiet
place. AS the solution cools, crystals
of the sulphate will be deposited on
the wire. The first crystals will be
small but to increase their size, it is
only necessary to place the ornaments
in fresh and perfectly saturated solu-
ton of the copper salt. For yellow
crystals, use the yellow prussiate of
potash; for ruby, use the red prussiate
of potash; for white, use alum. The
salts of cromium, and many others.
are equally applicable for this purpose
if a greater variety of colors be want
ed. To preserve these ornaments in
all their beauty, they should be kept
under glass shades. All the salts
named are more suitable in hot than
in cold water hence as the hot solu-
items become cold, a part of the mater
ial is deposited. In SO doing, each
metallic salt assumes particular shap c
of crystals, as though endowed with
vitality. These crystals vary in form
according to the salt, but are invaria-
bly, the same for the same salt, and are
as characteristic of their origin as a
flower is of the parent plant.
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sented to Mrs. Elliott's little son, be-
gan playing about the floor. The cat,
evidently supposing it to be rat
seemed about to pounce upon it, bu
she was called up and told she must
not touch the pig. Since that time the
new pet may play at its pleasure, the
cat looking at it occasionally with Gu
riosity, but never attempting to touch
1t. When any of the family are absent
for day or two, the cat will wander
from room to room looking for them
and mewing piteously. When they
return it will leap upon their laps,pur-
ring with delight, and endeavor to
lick their faces. Not being allowed
to do 80. Bessie will rush madly in
and out of the room with every dem
onstration of joy. When too much
fondled by strangers, the animal is
apt to scratch and bite, not savagely,
but sufficiently to obtain her liberty at
snce. She has become an object of
much interest to visitors.
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CHINESE FINGER-NAILs.

+ The custom of wearing long finger
nails obtains among the aristocracy of
parts of China and Siam. The disfg-
urement is supposed to add 10 the inn
portance of the individual, rs it is ev-
ident that the wearer can not do any
work, and must, therefore, be person
of elegant leisure, backed by fortune
corresponding to the length of his
nails. The hand of ali Annamite dam
dy has nails four or five inches in
length. The thumbnail has charac-
teristic shape, and that of the first fin
ger is cut short to enable the person to
pick up small objects. Without this
slight alteration the hands would be
nearly useless. Nails of a still great
er enornlity may be seen. They are
said to have attained the extraordina-
ry length of thirteen inches, and in
this instance the nail of the first finger
is not entirely cut of.
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SOME of the English papers are urg-
ing that the income of the Prince OF
Wales should be increased by an add
ition of 10000, or $15O,OOO year.
His debts amount to $3.50, 900, and it is
thought that It would be more profit
able to the nation to pay them than to
have him 60 into comparative retire
ment for the purpose Of doing so. Sir
w. knollys, his treasurer, states that
his personal expenses are very small,
and that no gentleman of social posi-
tion spends 80 little fer pocket-money.
He has not only to keep up expensive
establishments, but to maintain an ex-
pensive posifion asIeader of society.
/ His isnot equal to- that OF a
number of his friends. When asked
reee the report of his intending
to visit Australia was true, the prince
replied that he had hoped so, because
he gros,ly desired to see that region
and slso because he would get q free
passage there and back, and reduce his
home expenditures.
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A SHORT time ago there was an eat
ing match at a village in Yorkshire be-
tween two men named Gibson and
Muggins, which caused a great deal of
interest in the neighborhood, and a
cOuntryman leaving the place a little
before the match was decided was
stopped by almost every one on the
road with, "Who beat?" How does
the match 60 on ?" ETC., 10 which he
answered: "Why, l don't exactly
know-they say Gubbins IL get ii !;
but l think Muggins II beat un yet,
for when lett he was only tro geese
and q turkey behind him."
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Head. RingwoIm, Ulcers, Sores,
rheumatism, Neuralgia. Pain i'll the
Bones, Side and Head, Female Weak
ness, Sterility, LcucorrhGa, arising
from internal liberation, and uterine
disease, Syphilitic and Mcrcurial dis
cases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emacia-
ton, General Debility, and for Puri-
flying the Blood.
This Sarsaparilla is a combination of
vegetable alteratives--Stillingia Man
drake = elbow Dock-with the IOditles
of Potassium and Iron, and is the
most efficacious medicine yet known
for the diseases it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are SO skilfully
combined that the full Alternative
effect of each is assured, and While
it is so mild as TO be harmless even
to children, it is still so effectual as
to purge out from the system those
impurities and corruptions which
develop into loathsonle disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures, and the confidence
which prominent physicians all over
the country repose in it proves their
experience of its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues
have accumulated, and are con-
stantly being received, and as many
of these cases arc publicly known,
they furnish convincing evidence of
the superiority of this Sarsaparilla
over every other alternative medicine.
SO generally is its superiority TO any
other medicine known that we need
do no more than to assure the public
that the best qualities it has ever
possessed are strictly maintained.
PREPARED BY
DR.. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical aud AnaIyiical Chemists.
noLD Er ALI. DsuuGlsrs EVERYWHERE.
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CASTORIA.

It is a great mistake to suppose that CaStoria
l. not adapted to grown p"rSohs as well aS Chill
dren. They only need & in lease the quantity
Bnt children have 50 many complaints for
which Castoria is adap.>.4 Ike Wind Collie.
sour Stomach. Worms. letter, Tecthing and
Group, that it j. especially recommended for
them.
Its effects are more certain than Castor Oil.
contains no alcohol ana is Is pleasan To take
rs honey. 1t never gripcs. by regulating the
stomach and bowels the Castoria cools the
blood, eNpels worms and prevents icverishneSs,
quiets the nerves and produces health--then of
course. children can sleep in quiet and mothers
can rest.
CaStoria is recommended by all PHYSICIANS
and nurses who have tried IL, and it is having u
rapidly increasing sale IL is prepared with
great care after the recipe OF DR. Samuel Pitcher
Of Mass at the Laboratory ef J. Il. Rose II Co 3,
III Dey Street, New York,
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The Yellow Centaur Liniment

is worth its weight in gold to owners of horses
and mules.
This Liniment has erred more Sprained,
Sweenied, Ring -boned and Called Horses in
than have all the Farriers in the country in an
age. Its effects are simply wonderful
We have thousands upon thousands of certifi
Gates as strong as the following:
my horse was lame foi a year with n fetlOck
wrench. All remedies failed to cure and con-
sidered him worthless until commenced to use
Centaur Liniment which rapidly cured him.
heartily recommend it.
REV GEO. w. FERRIS
'Manorvilie, Schoharie Co.. n. Y.'
"DEAR SIRs-I have used your Centaur Lini-
ments in INV family, and find it to be of great
value. ica>e send me two dollars worth. one
for the mifi,~ and horses. RILEY SlCKLES,
FALLS ALTON, WYOMING.CO.. PA.''
1t makes very little difference what the ease
is. whether i5 be Wrench. Spran. Poll Evil.
RingbOne, Scratches or lamenesS of any kind.
the effects are the same. Liverymen. Stage pro-
prietOrs, Farmers, &c. should never be without
the Yellow Centaur Liniment. 1t is sold every
where, and warranted. in its effects.
Labratory of j. =. Rose & Co.,
46 Dry ST. NEW YORK.
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EOwLs.-When fowls appear to be
out of order and lose their appetite i,
the food given to them should be
mixed with little pepper. If con-
venient, keep a few oyster shells be-
fore them, especially in the laying
season.
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BULLS horns are now cut goring,
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Ayers
Sarsaparilla

For Scrofula. and all
Scrofulous diseases. Fry
sipelas, Rose or st. An
thongs Fire, EruptionS
and Eruptive diseases
of the skin. Ulcerations
of the Liver, Stomach,
Kidneys, Lungs, Pim-
pies, Pustules, Boils,
Blotches, Tumors, Tet-
for Salt RhpIlm Scak1
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CENTAUR
LINIMENT

The lame can he heald and the wounded mad
whole. We now know just what the Centau
Liniments will do. They will not mend broken
bones or cure Cancer, but they will extract
soreness, allay pain, cure rheumatism and Il
larger ran ge of hesh bone and muscle ailments
than any article ever before discovered,
Scientific skill cannot go beyond the effects of
these remarkable preparations. Chronic
Rheumatism of many years atanding. Neu-
ralgia, Weak-Back. Fever Sores, Weeping
Sinews, Sciatica. Caked Breasts, Distorted
Joints and Sprained Limbs of the worst kind
ale cured by the White Centaur Liniment,
1t will destroy the pain and heal without
scar all ordinary Burns and Scalds. twill eN-
tract the poison of Bites and Stings, and the
frost from Frozen Limbs. 1t is very cficacious
for Ear ache, Tooth ache, Itch and Cutameous
Eruptions.
Mr.. Josiah Westaka, of Marysville, O., writes
Far years my Rheumatism has been bad
that have been unable to stir from the house
The first three bottles of Centaur Liniment ena-
blcd me to walk without my crutches. | am
mending rapidly. j think your Liniment SIM
ply MARVEL
G. III. kcnnett. Druggist. Rock Prairie. Mo.
writes:
"Ccntaur Linment sells better and gives the
hest satisfaction OF anything in the market"
What the Centaur Liniment has done for 9TH
crs it will do for you 1t is handy it is reliable,
and Ii is cheap.
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"Oh! it must have been somethin!
else heard"
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Draft-HorSe
SIR WALLACE.

After a large amount of time and expense /
have succeeded in getting in my possession a
horse of rare combination, having very fair ac-
bright bay with black points; tan heavy and
sweeping the ground; a beautiful head, ear fine,
crest. from which falls mass of silky black
name; shoulders nj :ely rounded; body clean
fiat powerfully muscled legs: mildness of tenn
per BY examining ii of his get satisfied my
self of the unerring certainty with which he
transmits these qualities to his posterity has
and will earn for him place in the Popular IA
yOr which none can dispOssess him OF
SIR WALLACE was foalcd June 26th 1871,
stands 16ls hands high. will weigh 400 lbs. or
over; was sired by an Imported English Draft
Horse. Further Pedigree with horse.
Those desiring to raise a horse to keep, or
which will command high price in the mar
ket, are cordially invited TO visit my place, two
miles East of Ravenna Village. where Sir Wal
lace and the Lexington Colt, ANDIE, will be
kept through tho season of 1876.
j. l.. CHRI>TY.
R,yenna April ia 1876. 3y9-V
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HAD a R1ear TO LAuGa.E

There is q legend affirming that one
day nearly . hundred, years ago, the
snow was seven feet deep Aon the
streets of Detroit. On that day not q
woman was seen down town, but next
day when the snow had settled foot
or so, they were abroad as usual. They
were out wading through the slush
and jumping the pools, and ono Of
them fell "kersplashs as she passed
the soldiers monument. A man stand
ing thirty feet away began laughing
uproariously. He got red in the face,
tears came to his eyes, and bis hat fell
of as he laughed and cried out:
went right down like bag of sand
-slush foot deep, starched up to
kill-never saw anybody look so cheap
oh ho! no! hop
.'You are no gentleman, sir! re-
marked man who had witnessed the
mishep. Id 0GIJYUUU III
Cant help that-ha ha no =! laugh
ed the other, bending almost double.
You haven't the first instincts Of
gentleman, SIR continued the other,
getting very mad.
Il know it, but no! ho! no! scream.
ed the other. Il know just how she
felt as she went down carrying all that
style, and I-haI hal hap
4 don't see anything so very funny
in it, growled the other. '-'tf
NO, you don't, but L! And he
hung to the .lamp.post and laughed
Till his legs Weakened. Whom. he had
recovered Ms breath he explained to
to the crowd:
1T was my wife, you see. She prob
ably wanted pair of shoe-strings or
two cents worth of twist, and it took
her three hours to curl and twist, and
powder aud fix up to come down here
and wade around. Then to fall fiat
with all her best duds on, and to be
helped up by q rag-buyer, and to hear
the boys yell out, why, it just takes all
the -ho no ho! muscle right ha!
ha! hout of me-
= 20
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LAST night, just after Blinkus and
his wife were snugly slowed away in
bed, Mrs. B. thought she heard the
front door slam. ~4.l.>
"Hubbie, dear, do yeu hear that
front door slammin'3" Jttttl
"No, dearie, locked it just before
I wound up the clock"
"I didn't see you go out in the hall.
"But 1 did, love-" 1t.lt
"I think you must be mistaken"
"Well, know when 1 locked the
door, dammit"
"Now, you shan't swear at me. That
door is open and you know it. Sposen
the burglars get In and carry off all
the silver. We'd be in a nice fix"
"They'd be worse of with the old
plated stuff. Besides, who in hi eyer
heard OF burglary above A street ?"
eff you don't get up and lock that
door I'll rush out and scream for the
police. Tll'rouse the neighborhood if
it's the last act of my life."
Blinkus, somewhat alarmed at the
threat, rose up and began 10 tumble
around for match q aHF ffaI
HThe matches are At the end of the
washstand, love-"
Blinkus passed at the place designa-
ted and broke q soap-dish.
"I never saw such an awkward man
since 1 was born," quoth Mrs. T., from
the bed, jnst as 3. stumbled back over
a spittoon, and sat down in it so fore
IDLY that it was smashed into forty
pieces,
80 Lord :" calculated Mrs. e.
Blinkus next struck his toe against
a towel-rack, and an oath dissolved
itself into the darkness. Then he
stepped on the baby's rattle and ran
one of the points into his foot half an
inch. Jumping aside he upset the
center table, and began to founder
out towards the hall. His young hope
ful's chair was there, and he fell over
it six different times before he reached
the door.
Was it open?" queried a voice
from the bed.
"No, s-!"
"OhI it must have been something
else heard"