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A PRACTICAL SWINDLER.

Some six weeks ago the nrm OF Whitney 4 Co.,
shoe Jobbers No aI2 Broadway learned that's forged
check Tor s5o purporting to have been made by tncm
had boon passed IN Boston. MIR. Ira q. Whitney in.
sttutcd an investigation, in tho course OF which no
VISITED his lithographer's establishment whore tho
lrms checks printed. Here, IT appears, samples
OF cheeks kept Tor the inspection OF business
men desiring books. Among tho rcst somo OF
those used by tho Grm above mentioned. In tho
course or conversation the litbogrnpher told Mr..
Whitney that short limo ago man called aud asked
TO see some check samples, rs no wanted TO buy
books. All those shown him satisfactory, so
tho photographer went into an adjoining Apartments
TO get fresh specimens These also rejected.
Tho visitor left without purchasing Shortly he
had gonc tho photographer missed many OF the
samples, but tho party bong stranger, could DO
found
More recent investigation revealed that three for-
gcries this firm haa been perpetratcd. and that tho
checks ia the nrst Two Instances wore imperfect
samples OF the whitney Co. regular check They did
not nave the hrm name on the margin. Number three
corrected in this particular winch leads Mr. Whit.
ney believe thai the swinder has In got.
ting number Of the sample checks which he has nov
prepared TO utter.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. Oct. II, 1877
Cotton wcak lower to sell; mid ling. 1Ossc low mid
bales EXPORTS coastwisc 225O Sales 533 sock 20 i3o
NKw ORLEANS Oct II. 1877
Cotton irregular and easy; middliug. Ic. niaaing
1Ossc good ordinary. 1UtBc Net
gross 6,6i1. Expors-connent 4OIo; coastwise, 500,
Sales. 2,5Jo. Stock ~ 3si.
MOBILE Oct II 1877
Cotton quiet middling. Iosfc IO7sc low n,iddiiny
10sc lO5sc; good ordinary, io1sc Net receipts SD
bales Exports coastwsc, 1889. sales. 1000. stock.
$3.50.
SAVANNAH, Oct III, 1877
Cotton ques middling, 1Osic low mdding iossc
good ordinary, 9g1c Net receipts 1853 bales: gross
33,sSI
CnAetrsroS Oct H. 1871
Cotton dui and nomnal buyers and sell apart mid
ding lealc 1ossc low middlng. IUsSc guod ordinary
1u9ac Net receipts. 3,3il bales. Exports-To Great
Britain 40: coastwise 76I. sales. STOCK $50
WILMINGTON, n. g., Oct. II, 1877.
Spirits OF turpentine firm 3isc dull III a.
strained Crnue turpenne steady; 81 ~ for hard, az
Oswrco. Oct H. 1877.
Flour uncnanged; sales 900 bbs Wheat easier; sales
1000 bushels MOL Milwaukee club 81 321s; 300
state NJ vi a. one car load red state, 81 ~ Corn
changed arey unchanged sales ~ 900 bushels Corn meal
unchanged Mlieed unchanged Cana ire shts higher
boats scarce-W heat and peas. 94c. aud SIC
barley I!ac. to New YORK. 7c Albany; lumber. ~
Troy " % to New YORK.. Rail frcghts-four Boston.
Wheat, OJo bushels barley GoOJD do. rye. 5000
lumber 800 OuO icet Anoet canal from Buffalo Ds
wego lor tidewatef-Whcat l,sI2ODO bushels: Corn,
a32uvO do oats. 10000 do barley. $4,000 DO;
5000 do peas. 10, 400 do.
guvrALo. oct II. 1877
Flour steady; good demand. sales loo bbls. un.
changed rates wheat ncglected quotations nominal IN
the absence Of sales. Corn dull holders urn sales 1900
bushels No Toledo at 81 900 do NO mixed West
ern, ut Ole 300 do. do la lots ~ JOlac oats ana
inactive. Barley duIl sales 5000 bushels NO. choice
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KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS.

At d stated session OF the Kings County Board OF
Supervisors yesterday afternoon discussion had
upon the inferior quality OF the coal furnished by the
for supplyn ng the Pentenary. and experts
were appointed to examine the fuc delivered there.
A report of the Committee on Lunatc Asyluma
recommending the erection OF an amusement hall Tor
the patents the FatDusn Institution Tor the
was adopted The Committee on tho Equalization Of
Taxes reported that the decrease OF taxation per-
son property Kings county last year $s63 IO.
The OF real estate a. 5I2 sJ4.
was adopted directing the County Treas.
urer pay $4,000 TO the trustees OF the Brookly
City Hospital for lands recently purchased from them
for the extension of the Raymond Street jail. Tho
Finance Committee reported IN favor OF paying tho
bill Of Coroners Simms and Nolan, amounting to
81, 500, for holding inqucsts the victims or tho
Brooklyn Theatre ire.
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.

COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. Il-5 p. NJ.
Cotton-Futures closed dull.
LONDON Oct. Il-5 80 +. NJ.
froduce-Rehned petroleum, l2tad. per gallon Taow,
LIVERPOOL. Oct il-5 .3oP. NJ
mon rosin, 5s 3D. per cwt
ANTWERP. Oct. IL, 1877.
Petroleum. 35Is for hne pale American
YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE REPORT.
Pork--Easern dull Mt COS Western duh nj Iss Bacon
Cumberland In the market; short rib duh
hams-long steady at 5Os; shoulders steady 3ts
Bee-lnda mess steady at sss extra mess steady ~ oos
47s ralow-Prims city duh at Ais. TufpentinoSpirits
dull at Dos hosn Common duh at 5s Sd. fine dull
hmer Mt AIS. Fiourkxtra State dull ut 2os. Cd Wheat
Ne. spring steady AZ lis ID No do steady at lis ID
lis lpd CVrn-Mxed soft steady at 2Ss 3D. Cotonsced
oil-icllow American steady at 3is.
FINANCIAL.
LONDON, Oct. Ill T. NJ
consols s5 $40 for money; s' for the account Erie
Paris adyces I've l0Jf 45c for tho
account.
LONDON. Oct. IL. 1877
The Fiadncier OF to-day says:"Owing the rel gons
holidays Iada the FEAST % Bairan) the export aud
for SILVER has suspended There little business
The holidays only terminate the I'D inst.
until then the market must remain stagnant"
PARIS Oct. H. 1877.
Exchange London, 25i. 23isc. for short sight.
The specie In the Bank France has deere ased
2S,2o,oOui. during the past week.
The private bank In Pommorania, which special des-
patch from Berlin this mornings Standard stated had
susperded with ESQ 600 liabilities Is Rittcrscbafiche
private bank OF Settn. It did large business In ad-
.vances on land and agricultural produce.
Consols. ~, 76 Tor money, 10 s16 for the account.
l07ia; Illinois Central, 75A; New Jersey Central, IL
Silver Is quoted at oisId. per ounce.
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COMMERCIAL REPORT

COTTON !: SPOT EASY; FUTURES CLOSED
sTEADY-FLoUR FIRM-wHEAT LowEg-CoRN
FIRM-oATs LowER-wHIsKEY QUIET-PoRK
QUIET-LARD EAsY--PETRoLEUM QUIET
OILS sTEADY--sPIRIrs TURPENTINE HIGHER
RosIN sTEADY-coFFEE sTEADY-SUGAR
FIRM-FREIGHTS STEADY.
THURSDAY, Oct 1i-6 F. s
Business continued firm most articles to-day but
was active in dry goods and hardware, the trade in
which bids iair TO be unusually extensive during the
fall At tho Produce Exchange -four continued
active at iu prices. Wheat dull and lower. Corn
firm. Oats lower Whskey was quiet
Pork qnct. Lard easy. Freights generally
steady Cotton on the spot easy: futures closed
steady Coffee ruled steady, while firm. Oils
remained steady Petroleum inactive. Rosin steady
and spirits tnrpentine higher.
CoFrEE-for Rio tho market steady. Tho sales
200 bags Astnrtc; 2U00 bags Keplc r. and
resale of 1000 bags, Florence, private Also
In Baltimore. $500 bags Arabca, ls1c for barely
fair and 1000 bags yesterday, cx Huntess, at ls4c.
Tor low iair: and in New Orleans 1000 bags, cx
Memling, at 1870. for barely fair. Mild coffee was
quiet We quote :Ordinsry cargocs. 16c. i6Sc. fair
do lss4c. good do, loi4c; primo do. 194c. 2oc. ;
extreme for lots i6c alike fair good
lsc ls1sc. gold. 80 days; Java government bags 22c
23c.; do. grass mats. 22c 24c. Singapore lsc 2oc
Ccylon, lsc 2Oc Maracaibo, lie i91c Laguayra.
1sc. . 2oc. jamaica 17c a lssc. st. Domingo l6c.
I61sc. Porto Rico Isc q 2oc Costa Rca I7c q 2oc
Mexican. 1Sc. l9lSc Mrcassar, 1St,c 2Oc Anpos.
tura, lsc. 2o1sc.; savanlla i7c 19 Curaco Ice
lS1ac
CorroS.-There was good demand for spot. Holders
we're more disposed to sell and The mase. ruled easier bus
but Immediately reacted and the loss with
nn additional or points. making last
evenings prices OF and points The remained
steady tor two hours but when the
ceipts showing $40 bales In ,the market
weakenod and under considerable pressure to sell
sseadier feeling fhs market closed steady, with
decline FOR the day oi III points The closing prices
to-day compared with Wednesdays, iollows:-
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At iii6c. 600 at life 800 iifsc 800 a. ioc. 600
i;5oo Z. Lille: 500 a. II Zoe, 100 a. iiose 400 a.
anooe ~ ~ iau.c zVo ~ osc 100 al llO.c FEB
ivo as 44e LOO AZ II s7s 200 .s5c 100 a, SIC
May. zoo ilGOc june 100 H. 76c Total f3 100 baes
Grand total $500 bales The receipts At the ports
were - ows:oaiyeston l,55l baiess New Orleans,
1000: Mobile SoU Savannah 1858 Charleston. 3.Sli.
Mmington ses Norfolk, i;2lo: boston ioa. Philadei-
phiA 2o7 Total ls 3e This day last 10 720 This
day last year, 1885, Total since september 22i $40
bales 10 last night Cotton reiEhs closed foows-ro
Havre, BY steam. &c compressed; 80 Hamburg by steam.
ic compressed TO Bremen, BY steam c. compressed
ket quiet
FLouk AND GRAIS-Receipts-Flour Il. 1893 bba wheat
l16 $50 bushels. meal go bbs go sacks; corn
iai2o7 bushels; oats 73si7 do a. ls do barley,
Oh 4l6 do bare malt II $40 do. Flour active
still In air demand strady The sales ncndug stats
western and Southern. H. obls at the annexed
quotations. Rye honr firm. The 3-5 bbls
Corn meal also firm sales $50 bbis and sacks
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SALE OF FERRY LEASES.

Comptroller Kelly yesterday sold the following erry
leases at public auction Tor certain yearly amount
Barclay street to Hobokcn, N. j., to Hoboken Land
and Improvement Company, at S6,362 ~.
Houston street, East River, 10 BrooKlyn, t. D., to
Nassau Ferry Company, at 81, 775 H.
Tenth street, East River, 20 Greenpont L. L. to tho
Greenpont Ferry Company, at 81, ,SlU IL.
Twenty third street, East River TO Grccnpoint, 10
company, al 81, 400 % and ~ 50l Tor the bulk
head at fwenty-thrd street.
Thirty fourth street. East River to Hunters Point,
to East River Ferry Company, al 50, 51 SO.
The sale Of nve other ferries postponed until
October %. i've years lease disposed OF each
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THE GARBAGE WAR.

District Attorney Winchester Brtton, Of Kings
county, appeared yesterday before tho Supreme Court
Justice Gilbert presiding and moved for injunction
against William 4. Smith and the Board OF Police
Comm ssioners OF New York TO restrain thom from
allowing the dumping of refuse AZ low tide IN the bay.
Mr. c. Godfrey Gunlner testified that the Nth thrown
into the bay oatod in the shore AZ Bath and had
the effect OF driving visitors away from the hotels. A
perpetual injunction granted by the Court re-
straining the defendants from dumping garbage, ex-
ccpt at cob tide and south OF buoy No o.
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MUNICIPAL NOTES.

The public free baths will be towed TO Gowauus for
the winter months.
Tho books will be opened on Monday next for
the collection OF personal taxes 1t will also be
nounced al that time wnen the departments will DO
rcndv receive taxes real estate
Mayor Ely yesterday received tho following contri-
buttons for the Florida yellow fever sufferers Park
& Tiiord, 500; cash, Sl0 DR.. Grnne United States
Naval Hospital ut Washington, S.
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NOTICE TO BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
nnd on inquiry at tho Office OF the County Clerk
that only sixteen Of benevolent societies led thor
annual statement with him last December, as re.
quired by law Section 8 chapter 319 Laws OF lslsJ
As ths u IN some cases, doubtless, accidou tai
omission take this means OF drawing their alton
10 the necessity OF dong Blanks DO lled up
tho societies be procured ut NV olce or at tho
Office Oh the County Clerk. Yours, respectfully,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Commissioner state Board Of Chsriuaa
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Active
and Strong.
GOLD lob A l03 l-S A l02 7-8.
Government Bonds Firm, States Higher and
Railroads Strong.
Money on Call Active at z Per
Cent
GOLD l03 A lO3 l-S A lO2 7-s.
WALL STREET.,

THcRsDAY, Oct Il-GP II.
Nothing 10 more changcabe than Stock Exchange
weather. as both bears and bulls viii conceoe; SO
neither party taken by surprise whom the clouds
which had closed In upon the arket late last night
and early this morning efiectuay disspated
fore tho day drew to its close That they should have
gathered ell chiefly due TO the apprehension OF
. fresh break up among the railroads on tne freight
question and TO tho rumor that tho Grand Trunk OF
Canada was disincned 10 enter into any compact 10
advance rates market nervous as the present
one is easily scared, and the sheer announcement of
probable railroad disagrecments sufficient to
weaken prices and destroy confidence Unnecessarily,
would appear Tor after meridian general
Improvement set in which carried prices up and
closed them about tho bost points OF the day. Tho
reported hitch In the railroad compact which Is LAID
the door OF the Canada trunk linc appears to be
OF little moment II We may believe a statement, said
10 be issued upon Mr. vanderbis authority that tho
dlcuty was one OF trivial Importance, and would be
speedily adjusted. Confidence being restored by
settlement Of this railroad doubt prices began I'm
prove, and were pretty generally up to highest prices
whom business closed.
OPENING PRICES
Tho opening prices were as follows:-Gold, 103;
Western union, S2h; Lake Shore, 70; New York Gen.
tral, l06; Michigan Central, o2%; Rock Island, l02;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. 49, Delaware aud
Hudson, Al; Norris and Essex, Tx; Erie IS; Ohios,
BX; Wabash, lsx Northwestern, 4o4; do. preferred,
s5H c., c. and l. G., 8; g., c., c. and 46k Hanni-
bal and ST. Joseph, ID; do preferred, 27&; Pacific
Mail, %; Illinois Central, 76A; Quicksilver, "a do
preferred, 36 St Louis N. preferred, 26; Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy. 1903; ST. Paul. 3sA; do. pro-
icrred, 70h; Fort Wayne, s4; Pttspurg, S2al Pana-
ma. l2S; ONO preferred, 16
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The closing prices OF Philadelphia stocks werc:
MINING SHARES

The following were the opening quotations for min
ing stocks AZ San Francisco to-day :Gouid 4 Curry
loh; Savage, 9; Cholar Potosi, IS; 0phir 49, Hale
Norcross. !; Crown Point, g.; Yellow Jacket, loll;
Bcichor, ga; Virginia Consolidated 81; California 80;
overman, rs; Raymond Ely. 10, Eureka q. ", 3;
Best Belcher, %; KentucK, 81; Union Consolidated
:; Alpha, l4h; Sierra Nevada, 61s; Mexican, l1ll;
Eureka Consolidated, Al
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PRINTING CLOTHS MARKET.

PRovIpfScg. r.. l.. Oct. IL, 1877.
Printing cloths active with sales 3sc
as lIoc cash tor standard Uix6i holders arc
firm AZ these figures.
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NEW HERALD FRIDAY OCTOBER l2 s77-TRIPLE SHEET

pom, lo 1o4K do do, tours 1907 registered, lol
lolX; do do, do, coupon, iolk lolh.
State bonds at tho Board were higher for Missouri
long sxss and steady for North Carolina sxes old 70
which dealings conaned.
RAILROAD BoSDA
Railroad bonds were firm, tho only changes we're
an advance Of y in Western Pacific bonds and . de-
cline OF Y IN Lehigh and wilkesbarre consos and
Great Western seconda
PRODUCE hxcErPra
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Delivered contract, 400 bales For future delivery the
sales :Yesterday alter two T.. -0cto.
ber 800 baes fl.37c November. 800 at H. Iyc roo
at III &c., 80 ut H. lie December, 200 at 12c 100
lille. 1900 at l1.lOc.: January. YUO Ice.
1lI7c., February, 100 DOC. $40 At use
March 800 III 5Oc April. 800 ii.53c May 300 At
1880 Total $500 bales. To-day up to two l., NJ. =
october 800 AZ u Soc 200 a. i,ee 2!oa li3sc 40
at SEC. 100 ll.37c, 100 at ll34c 400 al 33c
100 li.2sc.. 800 at 1l3Oc.. 100 at BE 100 vi
- i4c 500 as iilsc 200 At 7c 600 At il Iec.,
ii l5c 500 lille, 200 at Iac., 1000 A. i2c
100 Lille. 800 AT lOc 400 at ooc 200 II Lose
December 800 at Ilteo iuD al. U,c., 30 al iOc
iioD q. lille. 800 a. Ii2c 900 At lille, 800
at Hoe. 100 al Lose. at 03c 800 a. III O2c
January, $40 a 1ll4c, 900 AZ l2c loo ~ &c., 100
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lO:lj 10 1880 A. NJ.
9iS $4,000 U ) s5's. s.lO-40rbc Io6sl
Y 10000 U 5 as. c, ~ lu4
"a $4,000 U > 4,a's r.iJl. !. lUfL
"a 5000 U 5 as r, 1901. iOl%
rs ooO do. ........ BIC lOl N
va 10000 U ) SIS, c. 81. lOoss
ga 3oOU0 U = Us, cur. 80. I2uL
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GALVESTON. Oct. II, 1877
Cotton wcak lower to sell; midlling. 1UsSc low mid.
ding. utsc.; good ordinary luc Set receipts, ibSt
baies EXPORTS coastwisc 225O sales B3 stock 20 43o
Nwx Dutr Dc,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-30
How Women May Please.

The first requisite in a woman to-
ward pleasing others is that she
should be pleased with herself. In
no other way can she attain that
self-poise, that satisfaction which
leaves her at liberty to devote her
self successfully to others. Let
women, if they would remain charm
ing, by all means keep their hold on
love, their faith in romance. The
power of feeling gives vitality aud
interest to faces long after their first
flush has passed. Speaking as a
matter"of fact, this is the case; for
emotion has a hvelier power than
the sun has over the blood, and the
miracle of love in making a plain
girl pretty is explained by the slim
ulating effects of happiness on the
circulation. If you would preserve
inspiration in your looks, beware
how you repress emotion. Guilt
vate not the signs oft, but emotion
itself; for the two things are very
distinct.
Laugh, weep, rejoice or suffer as
life provides. Only feel something
natural, worthy and vivid enough
not to leave your face a blank
Shirley Dare.
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Declension and conjugations.

Miss S, an American heiress
and quite beautiful, has been excit-
ing much admiration in London
during the present season, and is
about to marry, it is said, the son
of nObleman connected with the
royal household. American heires-
sess are by no means stunned
abroad; quite the contrary, for they
are generally as well educated and
in every way as presentable as their
foreign sisters, and do not accept
the first impecunious scion of nobil-
ity that has a coronet about him.
Some years ago the daughter of an
American minister in London was
much sought after by patrician
youngsters. She was one day dis
covered writing letters, and OBJ
served, 81 am writing my declen-
sions. This London is good
enough place for flirtations, but
mean to conjugate'at home" Ed
tors Drawer, in Harpers Magazine
for September.
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A Good Man.

A middle-aged woman has called
at the postofice two or three times
daily for the past week, to see if
there was any mail to her address.
Her anxiety finally became so great
that she explained that she was ex
pecting money from her husband,
who was off on his annual vacation.
Yesterday morning she was made
glad by receiving postal card from
him. She retired to one of the win
dows and read aloud to herself.
"Dear Wife-Pd send you $40
with this, but you see I'd have to
pin it on, and some one might take
it off, put a counterfeit in its place,
and when l got home you'd be in
jail"
She read it over again, and there
were tears in her eyes as she unused.
"He's the best man on earth
Few husbands would have been as
thoughtful as that. l don't know
good money from bad, and but for
his thoughtfulness might pass this
very night in Jail. 1 see now what
a narrow escape I've had, I'll take
the children and go and board with
my brother-in law for the next two
weeks. Detroit free Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-30
A Mistake Often Made.

Boys and young men sometimes
start out in life with the idea that
ones success depends on his sharp
ness and chicanery. They imagine
if man is able always to "get the
best of a bargain,n no matter by
what deceit and meanness he carries
his point, that his prosperity cannot
be founded on cunning and dishon-
esty. The tricky and deceitful man
is sure to fall victim, sooner or la
ter, to the influences which are for
ever working against him. His
house is built upon the sand, and its
foundation will be certain to give
away. Young people cannot give
these truths too much weight. The
future of that young man is safe
who eschews every phase of double
dealings and dishonesty, and lays
the foundation of his career in the
enduring principles of everlasting
truth.
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A Word to Young Men.

Young man, come out into the hot
summer 4un and show that you are
both able and willing to do whole
mans full days work in what you
must see is most needed to be done.
1t won't do for you to stand back,
saying Il am willing to work, but
can't get anything to do " This ex-
cuse is on par with that pitiful plea
put up by those idlin9 loungers, who
when asked "why stand We all the
day idle sought to excuse them
selves by saying because no man
hath hired u.s. They were told to
$50 into the vineyard and work, "
and not wait for the vineyard or the
work to come to them. Need it be
urged that this is just as applicable
to you now, as it was to them. Go
to work, hire or no hire, and very
soon, i! you show you are willing
and capable, you will find plenty of
bidders for just such workers as You
ought to make yourselves. You
ought to be ashamed to hold back
and wait for your father to do the
brunt of the farm work, and espe-
cially should you pitch in where you
see no one else to do the work but
yourself. Become familiar with all
kinds of farm work, the hest mode
of doing it, and you will soon ac-
quire skill and knowledge that
should make you successful. Study
and read up your business, and then
you will be sure to fall in love with
what was hitherto an uninteresting
and tiresome labor. Remember that
it is ne who takes hold and works
day by day that places himself Il
peer beside the noblest of the land!
1t is he who takes step by step,
climbing the hill gradually, till he
reaches the highest point; while he
who likes his ease and breads ac-
tions lies asleep at the foot.
"Let then each be up and.doing,
With heart for any fate;
Still achleving-stin pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait"
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Money in Matrimony.

One ofthe greatest changes which
have taken place in New York of
late years has been in the matter of
marriage. Thirty years ago the
money question entered compare
lively little into consideration, but
now among the upper twenty thous-
and, or those who consider them
selves so, it has very great weight.
Mothers keep their girls as much as
possible out of the way of pleasant
but poor young men, and many girls
are quite disposed to discourage the
attentions of men who could not
even afford a house in the CITY,
number of spinsters in the higher
class here, and more especially in
Boston, goes on increasing, and
early marriages become fewer every
year. 1t is the penalty paid for a
more highly civilized and artificial
existence.
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How it is Done.

"What kind of house will we
play?' asked one little girl of an
other. ooh, play calling" replied
the other. Mary, here, she can be
Mrs. Brown and sit on the step, and
me and Julia will call upon her and
ask her how she is, and how her
husband is, and if the baby's got
over the measles, and tell her how
nice she looks in her new wrapper,
and hope it won't hurt her much
when she has that tooth filled. And
then wen say, Goodbye, Mrs.
Brown, come and see us some time
or other, and bring the children and
your sewing; and you're such a
stranger we don't see half enough
Of YOU And then me and Julia
Wen courtesy and walk off a piece.
and I'll say to Julia, Did you ever
see such a horrid old fright as she
looks in that wrapper2' And then
Julia she'll say, The idear of any
body having false teeth filledr-
And then I'll say, Yes, and what a
homely lot of dirty little brats them
young ones of her'n isY' Let's play
it; what do you sayY'-Detrod Free
Press