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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
Anna Gowne, of New York, is under ar
rest for highway robbery. She's bad
night-Gowne. Fee Press

Anna Gowne, of New York, is under ar
rest for highway robbery. She's bad
night-Gowne.-Feee Press
Philadelphia Herald Fools and their
money soon part. It's worth while being
fool to have money to part with.
To pun on the name of the new Minister
to England is task which the fellows may
Welsh-rink from. - WorcAester Press
The great advantage about lean wife is
that you don't have to cali in carpenter
every time she falls down stairs. -Easton
Free Press.
A politician who was kicked down flight
of stairs in New York Office, the other
day, said he felt as though his seat had been
contested.-Boston Post.
The lady whom Stanley was to marry
has welded another. What shall it profit
a man if he finds $4,000, 200 heathens and
loses his best girl Wor. Press.
Conkling says of Morrissey: 81 never
saw him but learned something" That IS
the experience of good many persons; /;
but it costs so like the deuce to "see"
him.
When "a gi1l enters a WelIesly, Mass,
Seminary, the other girls kiss her and give
her bouqlet.-Ea. One girl kissing an
other a good deal like eating maple syrup
on ice-cream.-Dan6ury Neaos.
A tramp called at house on West Hill
the other day and asked for something 70
eat. He was SO thin, if he had a pain
he said he didn't know whether it was a
touch of collie or the backache. .-Burlington
Haa0keye.
"Job Printing! Job Printing! ex-
alaimed Mrs. Partington the other day, as
she peeped over her spectacles at the adj
vertising pages of country paper. "Poor
Job they've kept him printing, week after
week, ever since learnt to read and if he
wasn't the patientest man that ever was, he
never could have stood it so long, no how"
Brooklyn Eagle. {:
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A gav'l sna.

The largest devil fish ever known TO be
captured. Gead or alive, mas been landed no
New York. dead It was driven ashore
near St. John during heavy storm q few
weeks ago, and it was found by fisi4crmen
dying Oh the rocks where the eboing tide
bad left il. The creatures body is ten feet
long, ending In caudai fiji two feet and o
half across, and is armed with ten huge
tentacles, two of them thirty feet IN length
and The hers eleven feet. At the base OF
the arms is powerful parrot like eeak, above
which are two deep set eyes. each eight ia
ches i'm diameter. The arms are sleafaeF
aad lathery, broadening at the base, and
are supplied with several thousand suckers,
Ia dou BILE rows, by which the animals prey
is seized With grip from which there is DC
escape and dragged inward to be killed
by the powerful beak. The body and arms
we're dusky red VI ben found, bat have
since become perfectly white. The erea-
ture's moae of progression is not the ieasi
remarkable thing about it. The water i
admitted to the breathing organs through
valves, and when Ii has giyea MP It's oxy'
gen to the blood it is violently expeifee
| through a sort of funnel, and the ereasass
is thus driven back ward with great rapid
| ty, while the broad caadal fin acts like |
rudder in directing Its course. It can ais,
move back ward OF sideways by the actk'i
of its fins, ard soraeiiaaes crawls along tl4
bottom with its long aruns in a most aA
calmly fashion This extraordinary er. a
tue has beea purchased for the Nes
York aquarium, and will be placed there Il
aleohul.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-12-14
a Terrible Letter.

A great deal of discussion has arisen
since Mrs. Stuart committed suicide as to
the nature of four letters left by her and
written just before she took poison fhe
most strenuous efforts have been made by
the friends of the deceased to suppress
these epistles, and Coroner Waltman has
refused to make them public. 1t has been
learned, however, that three of these letters
we're to relatives, and merely stated that
she had determined to live no longer, babe
them farewell and asked their pardon for
her determination. The fourth letter was
addressed to her husband. 1t was eouched
in mild and affectionate language, but was
absolutely terrible in it's contents. 1t call
ed the attention of Mr.. Stuart to their wed
ding six months ago. 1t referred to the
homes they had left to go Ghroagh the
world together. It reminded HIM OF the
blessings, happiness, and prospects they
had started out with, and recalled the good
reasons the bride had to look forward te
| the future with the most sauguine expecta-
| L1OnS. lU Spokc vi eiiSfi FoSS~hSf@ w io'o "
honor and obey him, and his-to love, cher
| ish and support her. 1t said that If ever s
| woman went honestly and lovingly to
| husband, she went SO to him, and If ever q
| woman had been a true and atfectlonatt
| wife, she had been one. II then, in pain
| full language, showed how the change hat
| come over her dream, and how she had seer
the rich web o: her fancy gradually drol
from her full and glowing ideal until
left the mere skeleton OF her hopes, an un
bearable, CHASTITY reminder of what the
had been and to what they were reduced
It pictured in the language of youthful dc
| spair the gradual sinking of her husban
into the power of the vice Of drink, until b
became absolutely lost to himself and t
her, and became cold, selfish, repellan'
cruel, and finally intnlerable. And then
said all this being SO, absolutely so, al
changeably so, she had NO wish to live an
longer-her every hope was gone, and SD
would follow them. She said she could nj
help it--she asked his pardon for her q
termination-told him that she still love
him-bade him farewell, and thea took b
life-E. z Times.
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Gold Mining in Ulster County.


RoNDorT, n. Y. Nov. 16.--Some months
aoo the New York Times printed some IN
formation regarding mining operations
in Ulster county, recalling the futile at
tempts that had been successively made Tor
over 200 years to find valuable and paying
gold deposits in the Shawangunk range OF
mountains. Notwithstanding the fact tnat
these efforts have been persistent and YET
have regularly ended in failure, parties
have been boring away IN Hussey's hlii'
the hold. northermost promontory OF the
range and specimens of the ore have been
sent to Philadelphia and New York Tor
| assay. The result of this assay has been
renorted in a very contradictory manner
the parties engaged claiming remark
ably profitable figures to have oeen
demonstrated, while others say they prov
ed the specimens to have possessed bue NJ
/ tie value. Tie latest phase OF the opera
/ t;ons il the formation of a stock company
witb a capital of 81, 100000, in shares @
| e1o each. some New York parties have
become engaged in it and TIC stocke@iii o
offared ON The market. lie scheme II
viewed with great Incredibly, ilf liopaia
opjnion being that there is about IS muol
eold in EIussey's Hill as there Is in tne hao
son river.
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Clusters Last Shot.

i Sitting Bull has been talking with cor
respondent, and telling the story of the
custer massacre. He says the fight was
nell with a thousand devils; the squaws
were like flyiag birds, the bullets like hum
ming bees. We thought we were whipped,
not at first, but by and by. Afterwards
your people were killey. tell no lies
about dead men. Those men who came
with the long hair were as good men as
ever fought. When they rode up their
horses were tired, and they were tired
when they got off their horses. They could
not stand firmly on their feet; they swayed
to and fro, SO my young men told me, like
limbs of cypress in great wind. Some of
them staggered under the weight of their
guns, but they began to fight at once. By
this time our camps were aroused and there
were plenty of warriors to meet them.
| They fired with needle guns; and we
replied with magazine guns and repeating
| rifles. Sitting Bull initiated by patting his
| hands together with the rapidlty of fusil-
| ade. Our young men rained lead across
| the river aud drove the white braves back,
and then they rushed across themselves,
| and they found that they had good deal
to do. The trouble was with the soldiers
they were so exhausted, and their horses
bothered them so much that they could not
take good aim. Some of their horses broke
away from them and left them to stand and
drop and die. All the men fell back fight
ing and dropping. They could not fire
fast enough: though they kept in pretty
good order. They would fall back across a
coulie and make fresh stand beyond on
higher ground. There were great many
brave men in that fight, and from time to
time while it was going on they were shot
down like dogs. They could not help them
selves. One of the officers fell where the
last fight took place, where the last stand
was made. The long hair stood like sheaf
of corn, with all the ears falling around
him, not wounded, but dead.
How many stood by him? A few.
When did he fall He killed a man.
When he fell, he laughed.
You mean he cried out? No, he laughed.
He had fred his last shot from carbne,
not pistol.
Did he stand up after he first fell :? He
rose up on his hands and fired another shot
but his pistol would not go off
Was any one else standing up when
he fell down? One man was kneeling
that was all. but he died before the long
hair.
Sitting Bull says there were only squaws,
old men and little children in front of Reno
keeping him in his strong position ON the |
bluff and preventing him from giving aid
to Custer.
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How Eaitors are Paid.

According to the New Orleans Times, the
leading editorial writers on the LONDON
Times get 2, 900 guineas per annum. which IS
a fair salary. The largest salaries paid 10
America are not quite equal TO this. Dr.
Connery, the managing editor of the New
York Herald, receives 5000; WhiteltW
Reid, of the Tribune, s1a, 900; Charles A.
Dana. the editor of the New York Sun,
$1a, 900; Hurlburt, Of the World, Slo,oeo;
The Boston newspapers pay well. Hascail
editor OF the Herald, gets SO, ,00O, and mas
lust received years leave of absence to &c
to Europe, his salary being continued.
The Western press pays very fair salaries
The leading editorial writer on the Chicago
Times gets So, 900, and the managing edl
tor $1,000; Natterson, Of the Courier
Journal, 81, 500, and an interest N tn
profits; Sheehan, of the Chicago Tribune
5000. The largest sum paid in Amer'c'
10 any editorial writer is that received iron
the New York Herald by Charles Nordhofi
lie gets SIC, 900 year, and writes whel
and what be nisases.
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EvE-ANGEL1cAL CORNER.
Onyx and jet necklaces are the most
fashionable for mourning.

Onyx and jet necklaces are the most
fashionable for mourning.
Women tlevel to see what is talked about
and men to talk about what has been seen.
Fans which look like real flowers, and
which have the perfume of real flowers, are
anew fashion.
One of the latest weaknesses of fashion
alb lie human nature is the issuing of cards
at the birth of son or daughter.
A young mother, explaining christening
to her 5-year-old boy, told him that when
he was christened he would be one of Gods
little lambs. "And will haYe hind legs
and baa?" asked the boy.
In China they drown the superfuous fe-
male babies. This causes marked appre-
citation in the value of the surviving femi-
nine population, and puts a check on the
growth of the hairpin monopoly.
Mrs. Fremont says that when she went tc,
San Francisco in 1849 visits in the day time
were held as marked attention. She was
told that time was worth $50 minute"
and that she must hold as a great compli-
ment the brief visits made to her during
the day.
E. Near of Orwell, N. Y, took notion
that he could cure his daughter of a desire
to marry an Objectionable young man by
giving her whipping. While this was 60
ing ON up stairs the mother, with an infant
IN her arms, went to interfere, when the
brute pushed her down stars, killing the
child and severely injuring the mother.
1t is said that from 12. 600 to Is, 900 CHG
mons are annually imported from France to
England, besides sufficient additional hair
to make 10000 more, the total value of the
hair being e8S,000. 1t is computed that
many thousand pounds of hair are annually
picked up in Marseilles alone by the rag.
pickers and children engaged for that pur-
pose flom the "combings" which are
thrown away daily from the ladies' DRESSING
tables.
A Brooklyn BRIDES back hair fell down
and Off during the ceremony in church the
other evening. There was an instant paus,
but nobody was brave enough to stoop down
and pick up the mass of blonde stuff and
hair pins. The bride left the church lean
ing heavily on her husbands arm. Her
face was very red, and spront of hair
POSSIBLY eleven hairs in alp stuck out at
the back of her head, tied with bit of shoe
string. And now her pa is moan enough
to refuse to pay the poor hair-dresser's
bill I!
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THE BIRDS OF PARADIsE.-Whent the
Portuguese discovered the Moiueca Islands
they found there dlled birds skins of 81
beautiful and strange an appearance as t.
call forth the admiration of those gold-seek
lug navigatols. Tile Malay dealers ealle
them Mannk Dewata. or "Birds of th
Gods" II liich was translated by the POI
tuguese as Passaias da Sol. The Moham
mcdam conqueres OF that country inventeF
the legend that these birds, which no on
had seen alive, came from Paradise, th;
they lived exclusively in the air and newt
alighted on the earth. Speculation adde
to this story that these birds lad neitht
feet nor wings. and the dried skins brougl
to Europe strengthened this belief, as tt
wings and feet were really wanting, ha
ing been removed by the natives. II
birds Of Paradise ar, very lively and 90
tinually in motion. Their voic, soun
ike a long sswak, wax, or ssao ok wok
II d can be hear ID Ion. distance, They Il
! of fse lts I nd in, ct. s.--eessatlfe AikeFfess
4
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Couldn't 5atca the Tune.

4 correspondent of the Boston Journal
relates the following incident as occurring
during trip along the line of the North
ern Pacific Railroad during the summer OF
1872. "The train containing Mr.. Colfax.
Senator Window, Of Minnesota, and other
notables, was delayed at the town of De-
s.o.a var arrans s see1u,neipally peopled BY New
brass band saluted the distinguished guests
as they ste pped from the cars
with the spirit stirring strains OF
yankee Doodle, after which DIR. Colfax
and Senator Window made brief speeches.
AS fitting wind up to the ceremonies, the
band, having at intervals run through its
somewhat limited repertoire, again played
the familiar natl onal air, when Mr.. Colfax,
with his customary urbanity. paid the
leader graceful compliment for the ex-
| ,ellent quality of the music afforded him.
By the way, said Colfax, i have been
trying to recall that last piece you gave
us. 1t has very familiar sound. The
| EN- EMBARRASSMENT Of the leader Of this appa'
rent sarcasm rendered him speechless for
moment. At last he managed TO stammel
out. That was Yankee Doodle, slr.' II
was the others turn TO be embarrassed
now, particularly as everybody was 'smi
ling audibly.' He quickly recovered, how
ever, and apologized for his obtnseness
Il ought TO have known, am sure ex
planned he, but really fear that has'
not a very correct ear for music. Eve
since was boy have been trying t.
whistle Yankee Doodle, but somehow @
| other [ eou Id never catch the eune.' 1t
| well-k k nevn fact that Mr.. Colfax caano
tell one tune from another the only piee
music, it is said, that he ever could distin
euish being old Hundred, and he wa
| sometimes uncertain as 10 that.
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The Intelligent Drug Clerk.

The Providence Journal relates the fol-
lowing: ga medical gentleman of this city
has among his patients one in bordering
town ofour sister State of Massachusetts,
who, having been carried over shafting
number of times, requires surgical att,n-
ton. A few days since the physician went
to see the mangled patient and left direc-
tions that some oakum be procured as q
dressing for his wounds. The sufferers
father proceeded to the village pharmacy
for the required article. He found the
clerk in charge and asked him: ''Have
you any oakum?'' With voice at once
assuring aud pleasant, he replied that he
had. And then, with. pleasing alacrity, he
went to get the article. He hunted through
rows Of bottles, hosts of little drawers, and
into every nook and Granny Of the shop, but
no oakum could he find. Finally, with a
puzzled look he returned to the counter,
and in faltering tones put the question:
.Ts it q fluid or a powder ?" The patient
smiled and gained rapidly after the result
of tho errand was made known.
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The saddest Kind Of a Romano

A rich lead of romance has been struck
at Oakland, Nd. A poor farmer lives there,
self-exiled, self buried, and among strangers.
simply because he married his sister with
out knowing it. When he was lad of
seven and she a lass of three, she was kid
mapped, and her parents never heard of
her again, although they expended thous-
ands IN searching for her. Her heart-bro-
:, = e'~,ee's :. ss.a.,- = iasa, hs,
manhood, and the memory OF his Iost SIS
ter was almost effaced from his mind. In
his 9th year, while visiting married
friend, he fell in love with the goveTness of
his friends children, beautiful girl of
about 23, and after some months they were
married, and lived happily for five or SIX
years, boy and girl being born to them
in that time. By the death of an uncle in
San Francisco, the husband was left con-
siderable fortune, and the lawyer who con-
veyed the intelligence to him also stated
that his sisters career had been traced.
tramp ON his death-bed in a St. Louis po-
lice station confessed tnat he and two COM
panions had stolen a little girl for the
clothes and a locket she wore, and that she
had continued with them for several years,
when her bright, pretty face attracted the
attention of kind-hearted lady in Ohio,
who adopted her and sent her to school,
where she remained until her patroness
died. She then became teacher in large
L It. .,,f h.,f hnr baalth hnnan
| to fail, and she applied for a position as
governess. "My God !' cried the client,
.sshe has been my wife for five years. y
| He had married his sister. They divided
the property, placed their children under
| the roof friend and separated forever.
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An Irishnan who had BEEN sick long
time was one day met by the parish priest
when the following conversation took place:
s.Well, Patrick, / am glad yoa have n,eos-
cred. Were son not afraid to meet y"ns
God p, ..oh. ne, your reser.n ncs! E va,
ueetin' tslsoilier party waa afearcd ~,
replied lit,
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A CTTY WHERE FLOWERS ARE ALWAYS
IN BIooM.-Flowers that bloom in the gar
dens of San Francisco, in what Eastern
people call the dreary, shivering, bound
months of winter, may be thus enumerated:
Roses, fuchsias, hollyhocks, Ethiopian
lilies, verbenas, geraniums, sweet elysum,
dasies, pansies and wall flowers. AS rule
flowers and ornate shrubbery bloom longer
and keep green longer than elsewhere.
The lauristinia, the veronica, and the Aus
tralian acacia are e, er green and Howerlng.
The acacias (macrophala and latiiolia),
obeying the instincts of their birthplace,
begin their spring ine evolutions IN our
autumn, and theii ,den wealth of flowers
adorns the landscape and perfumes the air
till April. 1t is noteworthy that neither
fruits Or flowers pretend to compare with
their Atlantic kindred in pronounced fla
vor, but as compensation all these are
moro profuse here. and their seasons are
greatly prolonged Neitirr Florida nor
italy can compare with Calforniahs /. win
ter resort for inyaIids, from October to
April, both Inclusive. This is Tho season
between the antnmnal falling Of the north
west trade winds and heir return in early
summer. The trade winds are very rude,
| and To weak lungs are very trying, save
only in the dale of San Rafael, fifteen miles
from the city, and in the many singular
sheltered nooks under protection of Mount
| Tamalpias. Here is charmed ground, :
place where diseased I.n Ks aud livers fine
instant relief Even rheumatism and al
chranic ailments, if not cured, finds ease
ment, and the sweet influence of this air o
Paradise calms the spirit and gives It res
] is.asi,n tatie inevitable laws of human
.sstl. - ssttn Fitaneisea Cor. Bsitimor
SHs
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P 0 2 = r =
a SUMMER MEMORY,
BY THOMAS 8. COLLIER

mass OF tangled blossoms; covert of green leaves
wilderness of beauty; flood of sweet perfume,
The murmur of clear water amid world of bloom
And matted grass, that DER it sun-fecked garland
weaves:
The swallows filter from the old barns dropping
caves
And the twilight gathers slowly, there's no sombre
falling gloom;
We hear the robins piping, the evening guns low
boom,
From the distant harbor's fortress, and see the
heavy sheaves
Agleam along the hillsides. The shadows grow
apace;
The Western sky is glorious with floods of amber
light,
That makes radiant Crowning for your bonnie win
come face;
All, your beauty grows angelic, and bow unto its
might,
And you grant me from your bounty gift of price
less grace,
And make my fe's grand epoch this star-lt summer
night.