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MATING, CARPETS. &c.

M a SS1, - ~
|, TUST RECEIVED, 100 pieces CHINESE
PETS, RUGS, and hfATS; CORNiCES,p LACE
CURTAINS! and SHADES: also, a. fnli line o.
tP AEER.dAHGIHGS,o OF alb grades, which we are
tended to liz. town OF cduntfy.1 ssta
PHILLIPS d JENNINGS,
ap 12-1m
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EIFTY THOUSAND PIANOS. kg
The hfty-thousandth piano made by the great man
was Used on Thursday afternoon at the Howard
symphony Concert. The completion Of this in
srlr,nent certainly marks an era In the history
of the manufacture of pianos In this country The
firm las been established fftyfour years, and has
made on an average nearly one thousand pianos
The undersigned are Mcssrs Chickering 8 Sons
agents and have Just received from them SUPERB
INSTRUMENT, which will be offered ut very
moderate price. .>,,o,-o,- e,
up ~ f,.... ,WOODHoUsE fAhnAhi.-
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HOME OFFICE, STATE BANK BUILDING.
No. iii MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
CAPITAL, 100000.
JOHN A. COKE, President;
+. T. GLASGOW, Vice-Presdent;
L. Il. MEADE. Secretary;
j. u. GRANT, Assistant Secretary
p13-3m -
T IN cHBU RIG
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
of LYSCHBURG, VA.
Capital .....535G,0oo 90
Assets january l, 1s77................ 56o,l94 81
rAR1vTLLE INSURANCE AND BANKING
COMPANY,
of FARMyILLE, VA.
Capital pail .SZuu,oCU w
Assets January /, s77................ 26G,2s4 13
Strong in amount and solid IN character of assets;
large I'm surplus over all liabilities: experienced.
prudent AMI economical IN management; careful
In the selection of risks, aud liberal anu prompt In
These two reliable Virginia companies o.er the
best insurance against loss o. damage by IRE at the
''"''' j. N. TATE. Agent, Richmond,
ap7 Office corner Eleventh aud BANK streets:
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND
GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY.
ASSETS IN TIE UNITED STATES ooo
TOTAL LOSSES PAID. SG4,I Sor44O
YEARLY INCOME. 7,590,53o
BUILDINGS. MERCHANDISE AND OTHER
PROPERTY INSURED ON Lib,
ERAL TERMS.
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID.
NEW YORK DIRECTORS.
ROBERT B. 3fINTURN, Chairman;
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, g...,.t
WILLIAM F. CARY, Jn., III 80
CHARLES II. MARSHALL,
ANsoN PHELPS STOKES,
j. L. PULSFORD. Resident Manager.
RICHMOND DIRECTORS,
ARCHER ANDERSON, Clrlirman;.
RICHARD J.. BROWN,
CHARLES T. DAVIS.
DAVENPORT & CO.. General Agents.
First National Eank building, Richmond.
NH 16-1m
~ n. WALKER l. CO., GENERAL M
~ SURANCE AGENTS, 1914 MAIN STREET,
RICHMOND. VA. rrnrescntinc the
NORTH BRiTIsH AND MERCANTILE In
| sIJRANf;E COMPANY. OF Lon',on and Edinburgh,
o' AstNznN 3' ISUHASCE coMpASY, of cincin.
natl OhiO--asSsrts over Al.e0O.000. -.
MANHATTAN BE INSURANCE COMPANY
Of New Y.rl-a stis t>ver $500 600. 90. 49,.
ATLANTIC INSURANCE COM Pa NY, Of
Brooklyn, Ny. tsse:s OVER 20 o.0o0. :,
PHOENIX INSURANCE, C0MPANY. ofbrook'
PORTSMOUTH INSURANCE COMPANY,
Portsmouth, Va.--ussetsorer 100000. ~
Deposited With the Treasurer OF Yirglna, 81 so
DOO Losses suitably adjusted aud promptly paid al
,nis agency. Applications solicited, and immediate
attention given theretos &c 10
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j. D. FRY. Vi, j. M. FoCRQUREAN
NEW HAT STORE. g. Es

Call and examine our new stock Of HATS, CAPS,
and STRAW oDS-wholesale and retail. !
Country merchants win find 1t to their interest to
examine our stock. Il 10 ati"ii 90 = ''',,E't!I'
,a}8aF $4,000 Min street, opposite post-oflcc.
j. u. REDFORD and A. L. HEINRICH, Statesmen
mh "a
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
England.
CABLE RATES CHANGED.

LONDON. April 13.-The cable rates will
be three shillings per word after the 1st OF
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STAUNTON.

CoUNCl.-SALE OF LAND-SCHoOL MATTERS.
correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
APRIL L. 49,
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Strong in amount and solid IN character of assets;
large I'm surplus over all liabilities experienced.
prudent. AMI economical In management; careful
In the selection of risks, aud liberal anu prompt In
the settlement OF losses. ~. .ss
These two reliable Virginia companies offer the
best insurance against loss o. damage by IRE AT the
lowest current rates. -. ...a.
j. NJ. TATE. Agent, Richmond,
ant Office corner Eleventh and Bank streets.
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Assets january /, 1S77............... 56o,l94 w
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, YOUNG MAN Observation-Disclosures ~. h -,
FORTS TO RECOVER TIM Ropf-AffH'Ns ~
PRINCE GEoRGE-ATTEMf1s TO huNS lnh
srrcsssrrr. ENTERTAINMEST-Mr-
SoR ITEMS.
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FARMvILLE INSURANCE AND BANKING
COMPANY,
of FARMyILLE, VA. .l.r
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T Y n & III Is u X Il

EINT. j ,NS 70 M NU NOANI n AZ
of LYNCiIDCRG, VA.
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The President has appointed George
Fisher surveyor Of customs and Henry /:
Herlpt collector at Georgetown, s.. c., and
Henry I. Protty collector at Saloane, Texas.
Additional instructions have not yet been
fully agreed upon. Another Cabinet meeting
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RICHMOND DIRECTORS.
ARCHER ANDERSON, Chairman
RICHARD J.. BROWN,
CHARLES T. DAVIS. -..
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7 LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND
GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY.

BUILDINGS. MERCHANDISE AND OTHER
PROPERTY INSURED ON LIB
ERAL TERMS.
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LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID.

NEW YORK DIRECTORS. ~
ROBERT B. 3tINTURN, Chairman;
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, a.s,st
WILLIAM F.. CARY, JR., III 80
CHARLES II. MARSHALL,
ANSON PHELPS STOKES,
j. L. pULSFORD, Resident Manager.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16

by dose of poison.-Wm. Showers, of
Winneconne, Wis, was driven to take
poison, as is supposed, by the scandal
6us behavior of his wife.-Wm. NJ.
Buchanan, a respectfully connected
Young man of Waco, Texas, committed
suicide by swallowing morphine. He
had been addicted to Drunkenness
Henry Kuhlle, aged 80, scissorS-grind-
er Of Pittsburg, Pa, cut a vein
in his arm and bled to death.
He left a letter stating he preferred
death by suicide to constant suffering
jacob Schock, aged 60, of Long
Branch, N. j., hanged himself on ac-
count of family y troubles, his wife hav-
ing run away with another man.-Miss
Matte Davie, aged 2l, shot herself
through the heart at Wynnton, Ga,
while laboring under an alteration of
the mind.-JOhn w. Turnbull, Jr., of
Baltimore, a young married man, a
member of one the best known families
in the city, became infatuated with a
courtesan and finally shot himself
in the house.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
Elephants as Timber Carriers.

One of the great industries of Bur-
NAH, writes DR.. Field in the New York
Evanqelst, is the timber trade. The
teak wood, which is the chief timber cut
and shipped, is very heavy, and requires
prodigious force to handle it, and as the
Burmese are not far enough advanced to
use machinery for the purpose, they en-
ploy elephants, and bravely do the no
BILE beasts perform their task. In the
timber-yards both at Rangoon and at
Maulmain, all the heavy work of draw
ing and piling the logs is done by them.
[ have never seen animals showing such
intelligence, and trained to such docili-
ty and obedience. In the yard that we
visited there were seven elephants, five
of which were at that moment at work.
Their wonderful strength came into play
in moving huge pieces OF timber. ! did
not measure the logs, but should think
that many were at least twenty feet long
and foot square. Yet male elephant
would stoop down and run his tusks un-
der log and throw his trunk over it,
and walk off with it as lightly as a gen.
tleman would his bamboo cane on the
tip of his finger. Placing it on the pile,
he would measure it with his eye, and II
it projected too far at either end, would
walk up to it, and with gentle push or
pull, make the pile even.
If still heavier log needed to be
moved on the ground to some part OF
the yard, the mahout, sitting on the ell
ephant's head, would tell him what to
do, and the great creature seemed to
have perfect understanding of his mas
ter's will. He would put out his enor-
nous foot and push it along; or ne
would bend his head, and crouching
halfway to the ground, and doubling
up his trunk in front, throw his whole
weight against it, and thus, like ram,
would "but" the log into it's place; or,
if it needed to be taken greater dis
tance, he would put a chain around it
and drag it off behind him. The female
elephant especially was employed in
drawing, as, having no tusks, she could
not lift like her big brothers, but could
only move by her power of traction or
attraction. Then using her trunk as
deity as lady would use her fingers,
she would unite the knot or unhitch the
chain, and return to her master, per-
haps putting out her trunk to receive a
banana as reward for her good con-
duct 1t was very pretty sight, and
gave us new idea of these noble crea-
lures, and of the way in which they can
be trained for the service of man.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
Science and Industry.

The lace trade in Normandy en-
ploys $4,000 persons.
-Georgia's crop of dried peaches this
year will be worth 81 100000.
One billion five hundred million
shoe eyeletS are made annually in South
Abingdon, Mass.
Sweet fern is extensively used in
Maine in the manufacture of tannin.
Producers receive s. per ton for it.
"A 14-acre field near Georgetown, S.
c., has produced 994 bushels of rice,
being an average of II bushels to the
acre.
The Russian Government recently
ordered all rolling stock and locomo-
tives used on Russian railways to be
manufactured within the Empire.
In Virginia and North Carolina the
acreage planted in tobacco is 80 per
cent. larger than last year, and the yield
promises to be better in the same ratio.
San Francisco manufacturers are
trying to supersede Chinese manufac-
turing of ruchings and laceS by employ
ing American girls, who are quite aptin
the work.
The Raleigh Observer claims to have
information that there are now in opera
ton 81 gold mines in North Carolina,
some of which are operated on very
extensive scale.
"A Necedah, Wis, cranberry firm
has about 500 Indians employed picking
berries. They are good berry pickers,
but the farmers in that section complain
terribly about raids on their potato and
corn fields.
The great increase in the meat ex-
portation from this country to England
has necessitated the construction OF i'm
mense refrigerators on many of our
largest sailing vessels, and it is reported
that the Great Eastern is to be devoted
to that trade exclusively.
The building of metallic railway
cars has been in course of experiment
for some time. Steel freight cars are
suggested, as they are far less in weight
than those constructed of wood, thus
saving wear and tear of the tracks. 1t
is claimed that steel car can be made,
weighing no more than seven tons, that
will carry twice that weight in freight.
If the trucks are of steel car of 10 tons
weight can be made that will carry %
tons of freight. The construction Of
these vehicles is also stronger and more
durable than the wooden cars. Already
many iron coal cars are in use.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
Foreign Notes.

The priest who otficiated at the
funeral of M. Theirs married him. He
is now over 80 years OF age.
General Radetzky, the commander
of the Russian troops in the Shipka
Pass, has taken a prominent part in
more than 100 battles and skirmishes,
and possesses three St. Georges crosses,
a distinction rarely met with in the
Russian army.
Another couple of poor people are
going to be led to the altar of matri-
mony. Baron Edmund Rothschild, of
Paris, is to be married to Mile. Adele
Rothschild, of the Frankfort branch of
the family. They will have to start in
housekeeping with the paltry capital Of
S1OO,OOO,000.
M. Thiers's only child, daughter,
died many years ago, and the children
of his wife, nephew, Gen. Cbarlemange,
will inherit his large fortune. Nine.
Theirs brought her husband a handsome
dover; but he had already become rich
by his literary work and newspaper
ventures before he married, and for the
last forty years of his life he kept house
in great style.
AT the Queen of England's draw
ing-room receptions, three white feath-
ers must adorn the hair of a married
lady, and TWO that of an unmarried lady.
Peeresses and their daughters are kiss
ed on the cheek by the Queen, but 9th
er ladies of less "high degree" kiss
Her Maiesty's hand. The Princess of
Wales sometimes takes the Queens
place at these "drawing-rooms," in
which case the kisses are dispensed
with.
"A strengthening man recently
presented himself at a Post-ofice in
Dudley, England, for the purpose of
sending telegram, but as he had no
money the officials refused to send it.
He afterward offered watch in pay
ment, but this they refused, upon which
the man said he hoped they would send
the message, as he had done worse
than murder. The police were sent for,
and conveyance obtained for his re-
moval, upon which he deliberately pull
ed both his eyes out. A surgeon after
ward examined him, and declared the
man was insane.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
Odds and Ends.
from the Burlington Hawkeye.

From the burlington hdWheyc.J
"A recent number of the London
Times contained one editorial article
seven columns in length. The para
graphers in that country have to print
their columns on rolls of wall paper.
"A guileless boy was deluded the
other day into picking up the handle of
a galvanic battery. He yelled Justify
until they "shut her off, and in describ-
ing his sensations he said he could taste
green persimmon all ever himself.
When you have just Is minutes in
which to eat your breakfast and catch
the train, how it does soften the tender
heart of man toward the gentle sex, to
see the waiter-girl who went off to get
his order lean up against the side-board
and 90 to sleep and dream of home and
Heaven and peace, until the whistle
blows.
Dom Pedro and the Empress dis
play great interest, during their travels
in Europe, in benevolent institutions OF
all kinds, everywhere visiting asylums
for the blind and the deaf and the dumb,
orphan homes, and hospitals. The deaf
and dumb institution in Rotterdam,
Holland, was particularly admired by
them. Queen Sophia had called their
attention to it as an object of her pride
and attachment, and made them prom
ise to visit it. The asylum is partly
supported by the State, but has also
been made the object of large bequests.
AT the sale of handmade oil paint
ings in this city last week, shipped and
sent from some new mandatory, and
sold at ridiculously low prices for the
benevolent purpose of educating West
ern art taste, Mr.. Middlerib was look
ing at a grand painting of Niagara, in
blue and green water and white moon
light and green grass and gray rocks,
and about two sizes larger than a the
ater drop curtain. "That is a rare pic
ture, sir; a very rare picture" remark
ed the illustricus artist who presided
over the auction. "Rare, eh?" grinped
Mr.. M. "Rare? oh, yes, | see; not well
done.n And then there was silence in
the vicinity of Niagara by Moonlight"
for the space of ten minutes.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
Evenings at Home.

1t is well for the women OF the house
hold to remember that the pleasant
evenings at home are strong antidotes
to the practice of looking for enjoyment
abroad, and seeking for pleasure in by
and forbidden places for relaxation and
recreation will be indulged in somehow
by most men, and happy are they who
find in the home circle the diversion
they need. A lively game, an interest
ing book read aloud, or, in musical
families, new song to be practiced,
will furnish pastime that will make an
evening pass pleasantly. A little fore
thought during the day, little pulling
of wires that need not appear, will make
the whole thing easy; and different ways
and means may be provided for making
the evening hours pass pleasantly, and
time to be looked forward to with
pleasant anticipations. We visited once
in large family where it was the duty
of each sister, in turn, to provide the
evenings occupation, and there was a
pleasant rivalry between them as to
whose evenings should be the most en-
ioyable. The brothers entered fully in
to the spirit of the simple home enter
tainments, and were as 10th to be OBJ
liged to spend an evening away from
home as their sisters and parents were
sorry to have them absent. Every one
spoke of this family as an uncommonly
united one, for each and every member
showed such strong attachment for
the home to which each one contributed
so much Decentralization AdUocate.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Personal anu
-" Switzerland" is the latest volume
! i, the poems of the places series, edited
bv H. w. Longfellow.
The first volume of Joseph Cooks
octures have been announced for pub
jcation under the title of Biology"
-"Is Walt Whitman a Great Ameri-
Dan Poet?" is one of the subjects for
Compositions of the Senior Glass at Yale
college.
Cardinal Manning is one of the
most accomplished literary men of the
Fov He writes and speaks eight
1ancuages, and has had voice in near
" every question which affects the
Roman Catholic Church, or which re-
4 5ates to matters of public and social in
tereSt.
Mrs. Sarah j. Hale is, in point of
noe and continuous literary work, one
of the most remarkable women who
have lived. She is now in her S9th
Near, and still writes for GOdey'S Lady'S
fRook, and attributes her mental and
phvsical preservation to constant occu-
patton.
i Mr.. T. B, ,Aldrich is very popular
author in Germany; nearly all his writ
mos have been translated for the delec-
tafion of the Germans. Carl Braun, in
the Ulustrirte DeutSche MOnatshefte, calls
him "the most charming of American
humorists,n and says that he "has a
marvellous gift for details"
Miss Una Hawthorne's death is an
nounced in somewhat pathetic fashion
bv one of the English journals, thus:
G'Sbe was afianced to Mr.. Albert Web
ster. since whose death she had slowly
lost strength, and gradually faded out
of life without any specific disease. Had
Mr.. Webster lived, she was to have
been married to him about this time" :"
-"Belle Lamar, " an American drama
by Dion Boucicault, with the scenes laid
in Virginia during the Civil War, is
now being played at the National
Theater in Washington. The story
tvpifes the era of good feeling, and
embraces within its cast of char&c-
tiers Union and Confederate Generals,
among the latter Stonewall Jackson.
President Hayes was invited to occupy
the Presidents box on the opening
night.
George Bancroft has the reputation
of being one of the most thoroughly
educated of living Americans. When
he was student at Gottingen he learn
ed the Oriental languages from Eich-
born, ancient history from Plauck and
Heeren, natural history from Blumen-
bach and Greek and Roman antiquities
from Diszen. He afterwards heard the
lectures of Wolf, the famous Homerist,
Hegel and Schliermacher. He has been
intimate with Humboldt, Varnhagen
Won Ense, Cousin, Schlosser, Goethe,
Benjamin Constant, Manzoni, Chevalier
Bunsen, Niebuhr, and host of dead
celebrities.
Sharp County record., 1877-11-16
Wish Ma Was Here.

1t appears that a young man named
Jubal Slime arrived in Detroit two days
ago on one of the up-river boats. 1t
also appears that in due course of time
he was found drunk in an alley and
taken to the Station-house, and from
thence to the House of Correction for
80 days. He left behind him memo
randum book. 1t would seem from the
entries that Mr.. Shine is young man
who desires 20 keep himself posted, and
that he is also close observer OF things,
and warm friend of his mother. The
first entry was made as soon as he ar
rived. 1t reads:
"Beats any thing ever saw! Saw
four locomotives just now in one yard!
Saw more'n hundred barrels OF flour
in one pile! Saw over forty horses soon
as | cot off the boat! Saw almost three
policemen the first thing Wish ma
was here"
After an interval of half an hour he
wrote again:
"Counted 347 people on the streets in
ten minutes, and tisn't Fourth OF July,
either Saw over 800 grindstones piled
up before one place! Counted eighteen
telegraph wires on one post! Wish ma
was here"
He probably waited awhile again be-
fore making his third entry, which
reads:
"I've counted more'n sixty stores
already! Never saw such place for
stores in all my life! Believe I've seen
over two hundred women! Just went
by store where over thirty pairs OF
breeches were hanging out! Wish ma
was here"
Some hours must have elapsed before
he wrote again, as he began:
GIVE seen morn'n million things!
Believe I've seen over six hundred peo-
pie! I've walked over a mile, and
haven't come to the end of the city yet!
Boys and girls walk right along the
same as any body else, and | heard
boy sassing man who sells peanuts!
Guess I've heard as many as seven bells
at different times, and | came pretty
near seeing three dog fights! Darned-
est place ever see for houses! Them
things they call street cars run on wheels
and won't turn out for nothing! Wish
ma was here.n
Some time during the evening he
wrote:
"Begin to feel as if | had always lived
here. Man asked me what time twas,
and / told him just as naturally as if |
had lived here 10 years! Got two of
the darnedest best meals | ever had!
Let feller take as much butter as he
wanted to! Just had drink! Green
horn from the country was treating me
to beer! Wish ma was here.n
His last entry was perhaps made by
starlight, after getting into the alley.
The hand was unsteady, and some OF
the words ran clear across the page. 1t
reads:
"Saw MORN a hundred greenhorns
from the country! Sat down here to
cool off an klect my thoughts! Drank
lots of beer, but it's hard on the beer as
on mel Sheems be good place here
guess I'll sthay all nize Wozzer-
Wozzer- -where-w-h-wish ma waz-
hic-here !"-DetroI Free Press.