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Another Tune on the Hand-Organ.

Old Mathesca and his little girl were har-
vcstng pennies and nickels in Buffalo and
vicinity. They made an excursion to iona,
wanda for an outdoor musical season. Old
MathesCa ground an organ and the little girl
beat the tambourine and danced and made
the collections. She was a very bright and
pretty girl of eight summers and took the
place OF the original monkey accompaniment
to the hand-organ. During the performance
Of "The Last Rose of Summer" IN Tonawanda
a well dressed foreigner Joined the circle of
listeners. The foreigner looked pleased one
moment and angry the next When the tame
BOURNE came round TO HIM he spoke a word
or two in Italian TO the little girl. She gave
shrek of JOY and tumbled into the foreign.
er's arms. The organ-grinder didn't know
precisely what 1t all meant. He was enough
mystitied to exculpate him from the charge
of the crime, if there was a crime. He ap-
preached the foreigner, and ordered him to
release the girl or take the consequences. The
foreigner hit the musician blow in the face
that knocked him spawling, and astonished
him still more. The foreigner now explained
that his name was Bozana, and that he had
been hunting that girl for two years-ever
since she was stolen from her home in Italy
by band OF vagabond musicians. The little
thing was playing in front OF the house one
evening and disappeared Heller father
searched AL Italy for her, end came at last to
New York, leading a forlorn hope. At length
hegot clue, and followed the street musicians
to Buffalo, and thence 10 ToHawauda. The
old hGnd.organist said he had obtained the
girl in New York. lie took her on shares
with the man who had her before, and some.
times she collected six dollars day to divide
between them, and was considered very prof
table joint property. The girl was so posi-
tive she had found her father and the foreign.
er was so emphatic in the assertion that she
was his daughter that Nathesca concluded he
would not contest the claim any further. He
therefore let the girl 20 with her newly. found
father, and without her his hand. Organ is q
barren possession.-St Louis Republican,
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BANGS HATED DOGS.
Was He Right in Doing so:

Get oa,."
Bangs, that is my dog"
les, know II, Get out, YOU bruter,
And ae SHE'D at him all iron paper weigh,
Wv lace flushed
Bags said |, "cycusc me, but I've an
RderiIoa for that dog"
SScuse me, Pills, but I've an antlnbv
sssJEs' all dogs. Get nut, vermin,n
And he gave my black.and.tan n yiclous
1eh hat sent him bowling into the corridor
4Sngs shut the door and locked IT, and mi
.be Sey IN hss pocket.
wish, Pills, the next time Won come Ia
sny oHce, you would leave the brute behind
] ye most unconquerablc antipathyaralns
al CANNES, and
Ba1gs might have said more, but the lool,
~ ry ace must have convinced him TINT I
vas seriously angry.
suppose we let this pass" he said Z"
as wrong, III admit | ought not To have
Nitded yous pup; hat you don't know how
Lar EN- big and little Sit down. Pills
- ., me'Iell you something that heretofore
sss been a sacred secret with me-a secre,
kh'den from The gaze Of the cold unsvmpa.
1nnnr world. icel now that il Is neces
Fliy ies me to make an explanation. in the
hDPe nat may prevent MISUNDERSTANDING
sHScen TWO such firm friends as we bave
eieH 10 Tho past, and, hope, Will be in thf
E1UFe" ~ III ''i'
! sat down in ihe chair Bangs pointed to
% SO on"
do not know continued Bangs. cha,
St'er had any particular dislike TO docs nro
was 10 The circumstances which am a.,
q relate Do you remember the sDr,nc
VS. > hip into the country
1er3 well" replied
5sat was some six years ago. Ibadoo,
lStto myself very closely 10 business oya,
iAaes M admitiance TO the bar, and ,boncb
Ao1A n the country would fresben me -,
lsz59 ~ '''' HUI rightly,
s9a y not wonder at il, Pills. when 7 ,ol
.eH al 'ae facts. went down IN a li,,id vi VI
s5-f resort called San Marine Fyos 81. seiI
. 5Ssst mo- Well, it's queer sort of ,iscc
sAsIe = very fine stream of wsie, cd r,soc
on LON the mountain and emn,,os -,
- 20 haai mile from the ,ownTai, In ,.,y
lssre 8 no town there. onlv I;,,io L al.noug
s'aeHs.ni.n shop: The stream enon,ie mic. ~; nu
u seS 10 winter, during The beavy r p;,es I'M
2 ne hoininer time the surf 49, ms ~
nFaih with sand, aud forms oni,a up u
E'oOn. isscnona IA Purites IL ,to S iaAe =
z1z1f. The proprietor OF tle bo, .JJ oPanl 5
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hILLARNN.

IN, rould grasp sun ray warm ana pNght,
Era aip il in u food of crimson light,
With which to write thy praise.
ON Soalt I. like the lark which scars on high,
Rrrfiyjpg ms piratlon Hom my SKY,
Thy voice in sopS upraise.
XII ,bsp. in VAN, had seemed my wish to tell
This 10Y in thee which makes my glad hear
Thy radiant loneliness
sTO2rhes nay soul like human sympathy,
A,,1 words seem all too cold to speak OF thee,
My rapture to express.
How leAAtiful thy mountains, shyly proud
W'ejNng tAer features with q leecy cloud,
Drawn round them white and fair
ryTH startled by the suns rcfugent blaze,
Ihry lift the veil to meet his ardent gaze
Ana show their beauty rare
nush.og and glowing in his changeful light,
Inbed in soft green bedecRed win berries DfISut,
4 rich and varied hue,
,r9,Fy cost their shadows on each CLASSY LAKE,
Ve.5rh doth for them a perfect mirror make,
Most magical, yet true
and when some voice uplfted is in song,
IN music pouring forth the thoughts that throng
The overlooking heart,
,sr mountains listen catch the lingering strain,
ana send Il floating back TO us again
With softer, subtler art.
sYis sweet among thy ruined shrines to stray,
AMI X now that tho they moulder and decay
The faith which raised them lives;
Thu ruthless hands destroyed each altar stone,
"The aeathless soul Of faith has never flown,
But, throbbng, still forgives.
lis sweet to sail upon thy waters clear,
Killarney, when "the friends beloved are near
When love and joy abound,
To watch the water ripping into smiles
10 STE it leap, to kiss thy emerald Isles
Or listen to it's sound.
HOY grand thy waterfalls so wild and free,
7hssing, or rolling down majestically.
Hove them Do not they
Lrsrmble natures 'passioned wild and strong;
Ytt gDto whom our sympathies will throns-
FOR whom we fondly pray.
EarWell, Killarney, fate may prove unkind,
ahen | have left thy fairy scenes behind;
Dark clouds and storms may lour
BIN peace will come whene'er think Of thee
B-beR | remember that there was for me
One sunlit, joyful hour.
Ibe thought OF thee will bring to me again
Yarn hearts, kind words, smiles, entidotes to
y2in,
And hands that clasped my own
Viii steal again all fondly into mine;
Fl see the loving eyes as brightly shine
will not be alone. j. 7.
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Professor c. V. Riley, chef of the United
States chronological Commission, or as it is
popularity spoken OF, ihe "Grasshopper Com.
mission" has been here for day. He is a
young man of evident requirement as a nat
uralist and fitness FOR his present work. Pro-
lessor Riley believes as follows, if correctly
report what he said:
The Rocky Mountain locust, differing in
color and length and texture of wing from
the familiar red locust (Caloptenus femur RI.
brua-our common grasshopper more &C.
tive, voracious and capable of long flights,
has been known for two hundred years Its
home is in the sub. Alpine plains ofthe North.
west, the Red and Saskatchewan River cOun.
tries, in vast country north of our territories
IN the British Dominion. 1t is an annual in
sect and dies with the frost II does not mi.
CRATE except when driven by hunger In dry
seasons or in series of dry years, or when
the number has enormously increased, mIgra-
ton becomes necessary, and the States are
invaded IN swarms. Against their descent
there is no known obstacle.
In sparsely settled regions they will strip
farms of every green thing in short time,
and then either fly or march to other fields.
In thickly-settled, entirely cultivated regions
tucy NOuiu w great uduaSc III spols, Uut
"innumerable" as they are, they cannot mas.
ter an old country. The question l heard
asked In the East Is then answered: will
the grasshoppers drive us into the Atlantic ="
No. Professor Riley has better answer yet
They never have and they never will pass
east OF, say IN general way the limit of the
present invasion; this limit will recede west.
ward. Then they have an irresistible instinct
to return to their native hdbitdt-those hatch
ed here invariably fly enthusiastically, at
tempting to reach home They cannot per-
petuate themselves here. They would never
maintain existence after the second year, even
if let alone by birds and parasites, which des-
troy both eggs and insects. and men.
Now what is the prospect for the next and
for future years? This: The region from
which such vast swarms have come for three
years must be about drained of its surplus.
The dryness there Is not likely TO continue
longer, and with food plenty the locust will
not migrate. Then the return swarms of 1877
do not return-they are destroyed. Birds have
increased enormously in all this region and
destroy myriads. There is some c0mpensa.
ton; hogs thrive on them. There was no
return in 1S7G-they came late and perlshed.
They will not invade the States this fall, and
this is the last year for the present, perhaps
tor many years, possibly tor twenty years
this is his prediction; and he says: when
the locust scourge is fully understood, and
the farmers unite in determined effort to coua
teract il, 1t will cease to be so much of bug
bear and no longer interfere with the settle
ment Of the beautiful and productive western
plains which il visits at irregular intervals"
-Des Homes Id.) Letter to Hartford COurdnt.
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vuDDER GREENE's LAST WORDS,

'~Ilm gom' to die" says the Wilder Greene,
PA goin to quit this airthly scenes
u amt no place for me to stay
In sRch world as It's to-day.
Sch works as is too much for me,
Nobody can let nobody be;
The girls Is flOunced from top to toe,
and that's the hull Of what they know.
The men Is mad on bonds an stocks,
ispearin' an shootin and pickin locks.
Pm real afraid I'll be hanged myself
~ amt laid on my final shelf
There amt cretur but knows to-day
never vas lunatic any way,
Bus since crazy folks all 90 free
I'm dreadful 'lraid they'll hang up mel
-75et's another thing that's pesky lard
iraa'i go into a neighbours yard
Nh say How be you% or borry pin,
Bait What the papcr'll have it in;
we're pleased to say the Wilder Greene
TOOK dinner Tuesday With Mrs. Keene.'
Or, 'Our worthy friend Mrs. Greenc's gone
To BaIkhamstcad to see her son..
dSrfat Jerusalem can't stir
Without a.ralsin some feller's fur?
Ths7s amt no privacy, SO to say,
81 more than II this was judgment day.
and az FOR meetln'-I want to swear
BrerJ time put my head In there;
1by, even 'Old Hundreds spilled and done.
AIAe SPtrythlng else under The sun;
2 GftG 10 be solemn and slow,
~1yaise 10 the Lord from men below
Nov it goes like a gallopn' steer,
fbgh didde dlddle! there and here.
N6Jss pect to the Lord above
10 moFe'n ef He was hand and glove
With al the creturs lie ever made,
md aA the jigs that ever was played
SrtGchin too-but here I'm dumb
Spi tell you what! I'd like it some
u good old Parson Nathan Strong
cont u his grave would come along,
an give US q stirrIn' taste o. fire
,s0igment and justice is my desire.
lIsfBi al love an slckish sweet
'fAai makes this world or t'other cOmplctr
bgi law I'm old! I'd better be dead
Baen the worlds turning over my head:
sSpsrIts talkin' like tarnal fools,
6isseS Kicked ont o. deestrlct schools,
gJ5sy ercturs a.murderiB' round
A0Dtss fgsks better be under the ground.
30 ilrp.ye- well this airthly scene
SpIncTell be pestcred by Widder Greene"
-- 1aRiUOre son.
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Things IN Pennsylvania are not SO "unani.
nous AS Mr. Hayes might wish them to be.
The Schuylklll County Convention had two
sets of resolutions up for consideration, one
indorslng Hartrantt the State Senator and
Representatives, a candidate for the Auditor
Generalship and the Chairman Of The County
Committee the other included Mr.. Hayes.
The committee reported the former set, and
1t was "rairOaded through with II hurrah.' y
This Moves Mr.. Forney to remark in the Press
that TO the Republicans OF Schuyikill Coun-
ty belongs the distinction OF refusing to IN.
dorse the efforts Of President Hayes in favor
OF national Cancellation, economy and civil.
service reform" Further, says the Press, at
might be well for some of the Republican
politicians to recur to the record Of General
Hayes before he was chosen President, to the
explicit resolution of the last Republican Ma
tional Convention, and to his own solemn
pledge when he accepted the Republican
nomination"
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/ ana COlJareG h!fU, anu lo.N MN as uc NHIutI
his life 10 90 to the hotel and bring me my
valise, which contained an extra snit Of cloth
! ing. made him promise to keep mum, too
until was clear ot the place. He was glad
/ to do 1t, tor if left he would have the wnoIC
field To himself He brought the ydlise as
he promised, and ! walked eight miles thai
nlrht 10 the next hotel. The following day
took the stage for the city. Miss Tusby mar
ricd Watkins, and | have not seen her since
/ that fatal night
/ And therefore YOU hate dogs:'
\ "And who wouldn't? If it hadn't been tol
! that dog, | meyer should have met with that
accident | might have been the father OF q
/ large family, instead Of misanthrophic
bachelor. might"
/ Here Bangs was interrupted By some one
rapping at his Office door. He unlocked It,
and usherej in a disconsolate looking fellow,
who, on seeing him intimated wish to con
suit him privately Bangs private office Is
separated from his reception room by sliding
doors. Bangs invited his visitor in there and
closed the doors, as he thought. But it hap
pened that the track on which they run Is out
of order and the doors slid open about three
inches. Unavoldably | listened to the whole
of their conversation.
"You are Lawyer Bangs, are you not?''
said the stranger.
"Yes, sir. Can do anything for you?"
al think SO. | am unhappy in my mar
riage relations"
"Ah! that's bad. Thinking of divorces 81
"Yes, sir"
"Ah. perhaps it Is best, where two cannot
live together happily. Personally, have al
ways thought the married state the only hap.
by one for a man In the world
You are not married."
60! no, sir-no, sir; might have been, pos
sibly, had it not been for an unfortunate &C
cldent | once"
"You ought to think yourself lucky, sir"
interrupted the stranger.
Perhaps so. But let US proceed to this
business of yours. On what grounds do you
intend to sue for dlvorce?"
Incomptbillty of temper, first, sir"
Cant agree, ch?"
"No, sir; could as soon agree with the
devil"
Anything else?"
"Yes, sir; deception. She claimed to be a
maiden lady"
Wasn't she?"
"She had been married three times, and
was the mother OF three children"
THAT was bad"
Her reputation, know now, is not good
She was nothing but al adventures
Let US get the thing in shape. Twill take
down your statements"
And Immediately l could hear Bangs
scratching away with his old pen.
Your nance"
John Badger"
"Wife's name?"
SARAH Badger
Name when you married hers
"Sarah Tlnkham Tinkham committed
suicide six months after their marriage"
Name before she married Tinkham?'
Plunkett Plunkett ran away and left
her. and she got divorce from him.
All ha Shes one of 'em, amt she !?
What was her name before she married Plum
ketiW
Watkins. He lived with her about a year,
when he got a divorce"
Watkins name sounds familiar Do
you know her name before she married him ?"
Yes, sir. 1t was Tusby-Susan Tusby-I
Or Tootie Tusby, as she was called"
| heard dull tnud on The floor, a cry of
lismay from the stranger, ard throwing open
he door | rushed In.
Bangs had tainted.
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to the dag (the change taking effect in May
1900 for Vermont and Kentucky the act be
ing passed only after considerable debate its
opponents believing that the flag should be
preserved in its original form in perpetCity
The war OF lSl2lA was fought under this ban.
ner In 1918 bill reduced the stripes to the
original number Of thirteen aad directing the
adoption OF stars equal 10 the number ot the
States, a new star To De added on the 4'h OF
July next succeeding the admission of each
new State, was passed and approved.
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s RIcHoLsoN. D.B. SNOW.
DICHOLSON ~ SNOW, Attorneys and
IN Counseors at Law l!Wactice in the courts OF La
sale and adjoining counties. Oce west oi Court House
ottawa Ills. nova
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to have been committed IN the prior election
Mr.. Conkling was compared-of course-to
Achilles sulking in his tent He and Mr.
Blame hate each other so intensely that if out
of sHch hate can come union 1t will be Of the
hOllOWest and most temporary Kind.
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Lamb Chops with Green Peas.

Shell the freshest of green peas being care
tul 10 keep them free from dust, so that they
will not require washing, as this will destroy
their sweetness; drop them into boiling wat
or a little more than enough TO cover them,
add very little salt and white sugar and
over the top put some of The fresh green pods
first washing them cover close and boil
for twenty minutes. Remove the pods; il
there was not too much water put on the
peas in the first piscr they will be almost
dry, and, II not too old, will jc bright and
tender; add good piece of butter, and salt
and pepper to taste. While the peas are
cooking, trim some nice rib chops so that
they will be Of uniform shape; remove all
skin and scrape the lower part Of the bone
perfectly clean tor two or three inches of It's
length; broil over bright fire. Take from
the gridiron, pepper, salt and butter the chops
and lay them in regular order overlapping
each other on a hot platter. Place the peas
around them and serve very hot To add To
the appearance of the dish, wrap piece of
fringed white paper around the bone OF each
chop.
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4 long interview with ex-senator Bucka-
lew is published IN the Philadelphia Times
People. he saws, will soon be as tired Of hear.
ing of Hayes policy rs they grew of hearing
of Johnson's policy. The Fraudulent Presi
dencv. he thinks, will be the great if not the
controlling question of the next Presidential
contest. As the dissatisfaction with the choice
Of President in lS2i5 was rectified as well as
condemned in 1928, so we may assume that
the wrong of 1867 will be condemned and
corrected in 1880. Asked whether he thought
Mr. Tilden would be the Democratic candi-
date IN 1880 he answered, The Democratic
party did not drop Jackson in 1923 after los
ing with him in 1924. They ran him In the
FORMER year. For that election distinct
issue was formed upon the wrong believed
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Local BraVlties.

The Gibsons wood camp meeting CLOSED yes
terdky.
The union prayer mecing will be held to-
night in the Second Presbyterian Church. at
s O'clock
The Committee on Stroe's. CT the City Cum
Gil, met last night but tran! acted no business Ct
public interest
A meeting of those intereste d in the formation
of tho loxandrs Go operative Building Asso-
citation, No. ., Will be h,ll at Harmonic Hall
tonight.
An item in New York paper says 1.-THE
Alexandris ire department consists Ct four
leather buckets and q. man who can ho?ler
through q trumpet so as to be heard mile"
The revival services in the Methodist Protes
tsnt Church were continued last night There
was large crCwl in attendance and the sermon
was preached by Rev w. G. We5b. of tho NJ
+. Church.
The Richmond Dispatch says:-Cap'aln Al
bion Hurdle Of tho Virginia Midland ksllroac'
is on visit from Alexandria TO friends in TINS
citv. He WAS al original member Of Corse's
regiment and brigade, and served through the
war.
The Cumbell and News says that canal bnsl-
ness was quite brisk Saturday, Eut the footing
for the weak shows slight decrease as compar-
ed with several weeks preyious--232 boats-wlth
Is, 70) tons The falling of " - chiefly owing
to q scarcity Of boats.
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H9~ New STORE NEW Goops i have
removed from 50 King street to G. King
street, corner Of Fairfax, whore am now ready
to supply al with Clothing and Gents Furnish =
ings My stock is now complete in sll its
branches, consisting in part OF SUITS of the
Choicest Material, we'll made, spunged aud
cheap Thanking my customers forpsst fsVo's'
shall spare no effort to deserve their failure
patronage, at my new storc No G. King street
corner Of Fairfax.
aug8 5. DEAhhAM,
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Arrivcd-Boats A Gormsp, to Blaen Avon
Cosl Company Villa nson, } A A exander,
Thos Patton and D Stewart to American Goa
Company.
Der arted--Bcats Il II Miller, g P Lloyd, A
Akin, NJ Fernsner, w z Hunter, N vii:
liams, Fleming s. Motter, Morning Sun, L "
Pollcnbsrgor, M Sandf1rd, & j. Boothe, Sam
Henry and A. p. Gormaa.
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u. y. CLAUGilrON, C,n,o,r
L. Is STiLLSON, oot Sai !
NJ. II. WELLS, - ""'
Fairfax G. X sop li-wtl
l}y Groen 81 Wise,


(Kcal Estate Agents and AucLioreers)
YSsHUSTEES' SALE OF PROPERTY IN
Z ROSSLYN, LENANDEIA CO., Va
BY virG3 vi :. decd of trust dated August lst.
1876 aid recorded in lib3r g. No. 4, folo 2l3. OF
tho land records for Alexandra county, Va,
and by direction OF the parties secured by said
deed 0; trust, wo will soil, in front of the prem.
ises on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10. al clock,
all Of 10 numbered oHc (lD in square number
cd enc CD az laid down on tho plat Of tho town
Of Rossiyn, insho by Brewer 81 Wilson, and re-
corded in tho "Gd records Of Alexandria coun-
ty, Virginia together with all the IMPROVE.
MENTS and appnrtonsncns IT, tho same b.
longing.
Terms: Tho amount necessary to dcfray the
expenses CT the execution Of this trui. and to pay
the debt secured By said deed Of trust. viz S2JOO
ard interest thoroon from! august lst. 1876, 1T 4
per centum per snnlln, 10 Do paid in cash;
terms rs regards balance Of purchase money
will be state! NJ the sale Deposit Of 500 at
tmo of salo ConyeyauciEg At ruGc 1aser's cos.
lftormS OF sslc are not complied with within
tive days from dry OF 5 10, tho property will DO
resot 1t the risk and cos; Of the deiiuiting pur'
c.,s2e1 Ei.or i7e days notice in the Evening Star
ioaispal n, of Washington, y. G, and tho Ga
ZAt!a Of Alexandria, VI
JOHN +. HANNh, T.,.taos
JAN Els IL. JOHNSTON,
!:uncnlaon Bros. Statesmen.
EiuxanGIia county, sop scots
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CARPETS, OIL CLOTH AND RUGGs. First
fall opening of an entire new stock in the above
articles. The public is respectfully invited to
examine our immense variety and beautiful Sc
lection of styles and designs at remarkably low
everybody. Just received from the large
and special auction sale of Black Silks 10
Philadelphia. Black Silks at Is, 90. $500
and 81 2j per yard, the biggest bargain ever
known in Silks since they were first made. Call
and look at the articles.
50 lS-lW |. EICIlBERG.