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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-21
FOR n EW YORK

Tho Al Steamships Z. q. KNIGHT ~tSssx
and JOHN GIBSON leave the COM $AA32
pany's wharf Alexandria, EVERY MON
DAY MORNING, and Now York, from pier
ii East River, EVERY SATURDAY st four
o'clock p. n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-21

DISTRICT Uf COLUMBIA

Tbs company Offer. unrGsled facilities for
The transportation Of freight and passengers,
snd vii! run their STEAMERS regularly rs follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-21
FISH. OYSTERS, &c.

WIN. Fl. SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
OYSTERS, FISH, PRODUCE, Sc, &c,
No. Is north Fairfax street.
Has constantly on hand Oysters Of the best quail
jty from Norfolk and elsewhere resolved fresh
by steamers every day, and is prepared to fur
uish the trade at as low prices az any house IN
the city.
@rAl orders in.rusted to him shall receive
nromnt and careful attention. SEPT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-21
STEAMERS.

T1HE POTOMAC FERRY CO, COMPANY n an
SPECIAL NOTICE--Both Fer s-A
ry Boats will be on tho line between 80 Il
alexandria and Washington on and after Sum
day next, tho 20.h of May; running as follows ::
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA
I'll 80. 8 80. 90, $50 and ii 80 8. NJ, and
II 80, 60, 9 go 9 30, 80, $780, 6 80, 80 and s
y. III. "
LEAVE WASHINGTON
At7 80, S 50. $50 1880 and II 81 a; NJ, and q
II SO, 30, 90. 8 60. 4 70, S 90. 6 80 I 80 and
pm. "
on SUNDAYS.
Lesvo Alexandria ut Q so, 10 80, and II ~ g..
r,., and II 81, go = 30 50. a 30, So 6 30. 80
ard D. ID.
Losvo Washington at 9 80, 10 80 and II 30 8.
NJ. and II 80 81, 23O, : SO, 30, $50, 6 90 7 81
ard p. N.
GEO. II. PHILLIPS, Manager
SAM'I. GEDNEY, Supt. my 10
FoE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Or ari sitter Monday, February 26, liz b
ST., the steamer MATTANO, Cap.
VIM. H. Byles, will be run as follows: Leave
alexandria EVERY MONDAY and THU RS
DAY, from King street wharf, st SO o'clock
H. m, for Landings On the Potomac as far down
~ Nomini. Leave Nomni EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at 6 ocock,
for Washington, arriving early tho came even.
ing. Freight received daily.
feb g j. BRODEkS & CO., Agents.
INLAND e SEAL BOARD COASTTNG 90.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-21

DUTLER BALSAMIC MIXTURE, FOR
ID FORTY YEARS KNOWN AS TIE IN
REMEDY.
Price one dollar per bottle. feb sly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
q. NJ. KELLER. nj. ..

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Residence cor
3 Orleans and Ohio streets next door to Kphler'e
Drug Store. Office over BenseT Thomas Drug
tore, Market Square, Office hours 10 to IL t.
7-l4dSw1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17

o. q day at home. Agents wanted Outfit and
- terms free, TRUE & CO, Augusta, Me.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
CHAS. FIERIG.

is PREPARED To DO ALL KINDS OF LOG
| Work; also to repair Sewing Machines.
All kinds of Safe Work Speciality.
Shop on Market Square, west side, south of tn
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
JOHN ROOFS
b : 7 e. 5.
800 REV ARD

l will pay one hundred dollars to any person who
will make proof that John Roots Bi.ters fail to i'm
prove the condition Of such person if suffering from
the effects Of either ofthe following diseases, viz:
Fever ssand Ague, Dumb Ague,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver or Kid
ney Complaint, Loss Of Appetite
Headache, Bilious Attacks, Brain,
Scarlet, Typhoid, Remittent or In
termittent Fevers, when taken ac-
cording to the directions accom-
panving each bottle of the same.
do not claim that these Bitters possess any su
perhuman virtue, but what do claim. is that when
relief can be had in the specified, in fact
any case which arises from impure state Of the
Blood or deranged condition of the Stomach, LivsA
or KdneYs the of these Bitters viii Insure such
relief and is upon this frank and fair condIiCz
thai I offer this reward in canGor and good faith.
JOHN ROOTS. Manufacturer, 10. 292 Seneca
Street, Bnffalo, N. x; VAN Setback. STEVEN
SON REID, Agents for John Roots Bitters 90 8
| "a Lake Street, Chic5go
For sale by all Druggists In Roctr Island and Y;
entity
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
McELHERNE g. O'MARA

= TTORNEYs AND CoUNSELORS AT LAW
~ and Solicitors in Chancery Office opposite
Rock Island House, Rock Island, ILL., S-3Odw1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
THOMAS YATES.

is PREPARED To DO PLUMBING IN ALL ITS
! branches. also, Gas and Steam fitting.
Call and have estimates made before ordering your
work dore by ether parties.
THOMAS IAI MS, (Levee, Rock Island.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17

ed Brequet HAIR springs run RUDY JeWelleQ, anu
combine all modern improvements in Watch
making.
the Paris Exposition Of 1857, for the best perform
ancc and greatest accuracy in adjustment; and as
further guarantee that they equal to the bestwe
annex names of some Of the most respectable deal
ers In the trade VINO have tested them for years anG
will vouch for the accuracy of our statements;
Benedict Bros. N. Y Nv. +. Weeks, Bangor
J.A.smith, Saratoga sp's II. W. strang, Elmira,
N. Y. Y
E. B. Booth & Son. Roch- Haskins & Isbell osw'
ester, N. Y GO, Y.
H. Botchkiss, Buffalo, N. Hyde 3 Bettys, Auburn
u. K, Chase 6 Co., Rut J. A. Clark, Batavia, Ma
J. H. A Grant, Troy, Pa H. lowell Co., Cleve,
g. w. Luce, XeDia, Ohio. land, 0.
A. Lowell, Portland, Me. o. FL. Ford, New Howell
- ohio. .Hcholls & Iseptho To-
A. L. Burbank, worces ledo. Ohio.
fer NsFs Geo. Embry, Morrow, o
w s Taylor Utica, New G. Bills, Canandaigua, N
YORK, Y. LIE Grys 4 Worth
Evans i Manning, Biug- Cambridge, N. Y:
bamton. N y D. B Buel s. Co, Hart
Dun ebp.Sr f r. II MAJ" e. W V!a St. Alban
l. L NY nlSAiH''N' D"i''' v. Kirk, W winsteo'
eeoI ksbtabrIa. o. John b. Morrisa. Ci : Gin
Weld gros Lockport, N. NATL o.
Y. John w Tyler, Scranton
Bailette 81 Weld Water Pa.
loo, Iowa. l; b. Grant, Troy, n. 4
CARPENTER IL Bro, Bnf-i n. 7. hliDurn, CORY
Iington, Iowa. "a.
Ferguson Il Clapp, indianapolis, lnd
And a large number OF Others throughout the
United States. For further particulars ask YOU
matchmaker TO see them, or aaares5 Iyp,rorr,
Wholesale Agents 10 the United States, Salesroou
Maiden Lane, New York,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
EnauelIed Pine,

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL Non
] Rust or crack and costs only tribe more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS.
Store In Star Block.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
NJ NJ. STURGEON. LUCIAN ADAM
STURGEON & ADAMS.

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELoRs AT LAW
~ Office in Mitchell & Lynde's block, Rock Island
III. Have complete set Of Books # Abstracts
Title Of Lands in Rock Island County.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
BUYERS ATTENTION
The undersigned respectfully directs the
ton OF parties contemplating the purchf

the purchase CT
Watches to the su
periority of the
Nickel Movement
Watches. made by
the Messrs. PoBEL
q CoTRvOIsTKR, OF
Switzerland Gents
and Ladies' siZes
in Stem aud Key
Winders.
Those Watches
have Equilibrium
Escapem'ts . Chro
nometer balance,
Ruby Pallet, TEN
pered and harde-
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
Thr 9ailg arens,
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.
Concluded from second page. J

sion, and right merry time was had,
The always hospitable house of Doct. Z.
K. Gran was thrown open for social
party for both old and young, short time
ago, and more than usually enjoyable
time was had.
Rev, Fiske has been having series of
meetings the past week, and [ am sorry
to report lack of interest manifested
ID things spiritual. As a con- munity we
are not by any means perfect, and some
even think that little more OF the spirit
of the Divine Master scattered abroad
would nelp many individuals, if not prove
of general benefit.
MIR. Robert Taylor, late of Allegheny
City, Pa. intends carrying on the butch
ering business at this place. This will
supply a much needed want.
We have quite spirited literary society
that meets once week 10 the baptist
church east of this. The house is geuer
ally full and the debates listened to with
much interest.
Mr.. VIM. Wait, of Edgington tp., one
of the leadi0g Democrats in this section,
made visit to Chicago last week. He
says he couldn't settle the presidential
muddle.
A much more than ripple of excitement
has been occasioned by the sudden disap-
pearance of Mr.. Elias Alba on New
Years day, under circumstances that
leaves the busy tongue of rumor plenty to
do in the way of surmises as to the cause
of his departure. Mr.. Alba was much
respected farmer, living on the Aledo road
about miles south of this. A few years
ago he purchased farm of Jonathan
Gaunt, the consideration being $4,000 He
had made payments amounting to $500,
and on New Years morning another pay,
ment of $3.50 was DUE Mr.. Alba collected
together this amount, borrowing from
among his neighbors, and by getting Mr..
Peter Blue to indorse for him at the Aledo
| bank for $7OC. His wife had gone to the
residence of Mr., Gaunt on visit the day
before, where she announced that her hus.
band would be on hand in the morning
With the money Failing to put in an ap-
pearance as per agreement, inquiry was
instituted as to the whereabouts of M.
Alba, and it was found that he had started
early in the morning for Andalusia. From
| here it was found that he had crossed the
river and was no doubt making his way
into Iowa. As he had done nothing for
which he could be apprehended, no meas
ures were taken to bring him back. Those
Of his neighbors to whom he was Indebted,
and Mr. Blue, who Endorsed him at the
bank, have all been secured by personal
property by the family of Mr.. Alba.
There is a certain mystery about the entire
affair that battles the penetration Of the
wisest, which is only heightened by the fact
that Mr.. Alba did not apparently desire t.
defraud any one Rl@
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17

~ Is n ID 3 4 i ID.
Going North-11 rs a m; 1898 p. N.
Going South-7: 80 a. m; 8 rs p m.
Palace Sleeping cars, owned and operated by this
line, accompany all night trains.
CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Eat Burlington with Toledo, Peoria s. Warsaw R'y
for Peoria, indianapolis, Lafayette and Cincinnati;
with Chicago Burlington Quincy X. R., for Chi
cago, Keokuk. Quincy and st Louis West TO Ottum-
and all points IN Kansas and Nebraska, and with
Burlington 81 Southwestern R'y for Pennington,
Bloomfield and al points in Missouri and Kansas 8
At Columbus junction. with Chicago Il South
western Railroad foriWashiDgtOD and LeaS worth
At Nichols with Mnscatine Division B C, IL & n
for Muscatine.
At West Liberty, with Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad, for Iowa City, Desmoines, and
Davenport.
AT Cedar Rapids. with Milwaukee Division of B.
C X & for Independence. West Union. PostvilIe
ana McGregor; with Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
with Dubuque & Southwestern R'y for DUBUQUE
At Waterloo a d Cedar Falls wltS Illinois Cen
t-al Railroad for Independence, Dubuque Fort
Dodge and Sioux City.
At Shell Rock with Stage for WaYerly.
At Nora Junction. with Milwaukee 6 st Paul
Railway. for Mason CITY and Charles City
At Plymouth with Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
| for all points in Minnesota.
At st Paul, for all points on Northern Pacific
Railway, the great Lake Superior region, AID all
points North and Northwest
+. L WINSLOW, (5en'l Manager.
c. j IVES, Gen'TPass. q Ticket Agent,
Cedar Rapids, lows
"NoTIcE CHANGE
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10
HUH4N CHEMICILS.

Careful experiments, extending over
series Of years, plainly indicate that
the food of a healthy man, engaged in
manual labor, should contain regular
daily supply of about 300 grains of nj
trogen and 1880 grains of carbon.
Among badiy-fed operatives, subsistence
has been known to be maintained on ITO
grains of nitrogen and $500 grains of
carbon, but that was attended by feeble
health. The amounts required in health
may vary, according to circumstances,
such as temperature. the moisture of the
air, and the amount Of muscular work
performed, but the average to be MAIN
tanned is as already stated. Little or
nothing is known of the supply needed
for brain work, nor do scientists pretend
to understand much about the needed
supplies of elements present in the body
other than carbon and nitrogen, not even
what difference it makes whether they
are supplied with regularity or not.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10
ANIMILE STITISTIX.


Kats are afectionate, they luv young
chickens, sweet kream, and the best place
in front of the fireplace.
Dogs are faithful, they will stick to a
bone after everybody else haz deserted
it,
PARROTS are eazily edukated, but they
will learn to sware well in half the time
they will learn ennything else.
The birds eat bugs and worms for
plain vittles. but their dessert konsists
ov the best cherrys and gooseberries in
the garden.
The owl IL only picture, ov wisdum
by dalite, when he kant see ennything.
| When it Gums mite hiz wizdum wholly
konsists in ketching a field mouse, if he
can.
The donkey il an emblem ov pachunce,
but if yu study them klosser yu will
find that lazyness liz what's the matter
ov them.
The eagle IL the monarch ov the skies.
but the little king bird will chase him tn
hiz hiding place.
The OK knowcth hiz masters krib, and
that liz all he duz kno or care about hiz
master
Monkeys are imitatiff, but if they
kant immitate sum deviltry they ain t
happy.
The goose IL like all other phools- all
wuss seems anxious tn prove it.
Il
becauze they they are ashamed ov them
sells, but mules are hibrid, amt ac-
kountable for ennything.
The bees are a bizzy people rather
than be idle they will rob each other ov
their bunny.
The kockroach IL loafer, and don't
seem to live SO much on what they eat as
what they kan git into.
Ducks are only cunning about one
thing; they lay their eggs in stitch sly
places that sumtimes they kant find
them again themselfs.
The mushrat kan foresee hard WIN
ter and provide for it, but he kant keep
from gettin' ketched in the sylliest kind
ov trap.
Ants are the bizzyest ov all the little
or big bugs, but a large share ov their
time IL spent in repairing their houses,
which are bilt WHARF folks kant help but
step on them.-,JOsh BiIIi510s
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10
SLING PHR -ISES IN

SLING PHRASES IND PROFANITY.
A man is known by the company he
keeps. He is also known by his Ian
guage. No amount of good clothes OF
outside polish can prevent q man from
being regarded as vulgar and low bred
who is addicted to the use of profane
words. The use of profanity plainly in
dicates that the person using the same
has such limited knowledge OF words
suitable to express IDEAS that he is COM
PEELED to use vulgar language in order to
convey his thought. And the same
measurably is true of slang phrases.
Such words as Sc level best, right
smart, y played out, . you bet, " 90 bot
tom dollar" ETC., while sometimes al
lowed among familiar acquaintance, are
vulgarisms. and In all graver speaking
and writing should be avoided. The
uniform use of chaste, refined and beau
tiful language is not only an index to q
pure, clear and cultivated intellect, but
is always, to the lady or gentleman, one
of the surest elements of success in any
business where language is required.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10

THE BLOOD OF THE PIERREPONTS.
Mr.. M. D. Conway, in one of his let
tiers from London to the Cincinnati
Commercial, relates how young Mr..
Pierrepont, the son of the American
Minister, came in collision with party
of young Nottingham rottgha, aid gave
blow for b]ewi "Mf. Pierrepont, being
DESTROYS Of having his son Edward, who
is now in his 18th year, prepared to enter
Yale College, happened TO fnd the
teacher he wanted In the Rev. Mr.. Sey-
moue, ala Oxonian, who holds the rectory
of Holme Pierrepont, where he receives
few private pupils, whom he educates
with his own sons, with the assistance Of
tutor from Oxford. ON the morning
of Sunday, April |, this whole party, five
III number, repaired to the church where
the rector preached, and after the close
of the service were returning home. A
little way from the church door, and in
full view of the village, eleven roughish
young men from Nottingham were en-
gagged in foot-racing. They Were stripped
to the waist and hase-fegged, and the
rector was considerably scandalized at
such an exhibition on Sunday in front of
his church. He the rector was walk
ing somewhat in front Of the young men,
and. approaching the racers, spoke
somewhat sharply to them as a set of
'rascals,' and ordered them to desist.
The fellows, who were perhaps somewhat
heated with drink aa well as the ardor
of competition, said they had come out
there to race, and meant 20 race. One
of them started, and, as the rector stood
in the way, ran against hin, and, I be-
ieve. knocked him down. The young
men came up at that instant, and young
Pierrepont, seeing his superior thus
hustled, Immediately dealt the racer
vigorous blow, which felled him. Anoth-
er rough came up, and he, too, was
Knocked down. The third came, and
this time Pierrepont was knocked down,
the blow being on the aese, which bled
freely. Pierfepont recovered himself,
but a stone was thrown by one of the
assailants which made an ugly wound on
his thigh. Seven of the eleven roughs
were now on the spot. and the Oxford
tutor, Mr.. Sharingbank, about 25 years
Of age, sprung to Pierrepont's aid. The
battle waxed fierce but the remarkable
part was that the rector, a man somewhat
over 80, and his son, aged 10, did not in
terfere in the least-the rector apparent
" not thinking it dignifed to fight on
the Lords day, and his son, studying for
orders, having similar scruples. Anoth-
er of the party also held aloof, and it
was fight of two against seven. Pierre
pont, though young. is powerful, and at
the trial the roughs could not help say
ing that they admired his pluck The
roughs were fined two guineas each,
which was, perhaps, not too lenient, as
it was proved that the rector had, per-
haps, exceeded the necessities of the case
in the sharpness of his language, and
that the first blow, strictly speaking,
caDoa from Piarra,,opt -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10
CURRENT ITEMS.

THERE is nothing very Original in
money market. 1t is to full of quota
tions.
THE hobby of Boston professor is to
reconstruct the week, giving it only FIVE
days, called oneday, Twdday, fhreeday,
FotitdaS aad dodday, or the Sabbath.
The shortening is intended to make more
days of rest, and the change of ea,sies is
for the purpose cf diiscarding those of
heather origin.
The Southern cotton planters are re-
ioicing over the prospect of partial
emancipation from negro labor III the
recent invention Of cotton bickes. the
machine ii drawn by two horses, will do
the work of 100 men and pick bale of
cotton at an expense of only 81, While
the cost of the picker is $500.
The Tichborne claimant is still at ordi-
nary work in Dartmoor prison, and is
likely to remain there for the next seven
years. His general health has been bet
ter since he was cured Of the boiis by
which he Was troubled six months ago,
but he is neither allowed to receive nor
reply to all letters that are sent to him.
THERE was great excitement in rail
way carriage in Bohemia the other day.
A woman entered the smoking car, and,
just as the train started, thrust her head
out of the window and screamed that
there was q snake under her seat. The
gtafd came in, and, after great trouble
and excitement, slew the snake, which,
however, proved to be an eel Weighing
five pounds.
A LITTLE girl was abandoned by her
relatives III Chicago, after the death of
her father, and she was sent to charita-
BILE institution. Within few days, two
aunts, grandfather and cotlsin APP
piled for custody of her, and were so
strenuous that they quarreled violently.
They had learned that an insurance poll
cy for S., 900 on the fathers life was pay
able to the child,
PROF. CYRUS THOMAS, of Illinois;
Prof. Whitman, of the Minnesota Uni
versity, and Gov. Pillsbury, all members
of the Northwestern States Grasshopper
Commission, had session at st. Paul,
and divided Minnesota into two sections
for the study of the grasshopper ques-
ton, Whitman taking the northern half
of the State and Thomas the southern.
Prof Thomas will next take Kansas and
Nebraska.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10

" The WOrtHU Poor

" The WOrthy Poor"
A dog of morals, firm and sure,
Went out to seek the " worthy poor.''
Dear things ~ she said, 20 I'll find them out,
And end their woes, without a doubt
She wandered east, she wandered west,
And many dogs her vision blest-
Some well-to-do, some rich indeed,
And some-ah very much in need
So poor they were without bone.
Battered and footsore, sad and lone;
No friends, no help. 90 What lives they leu,
To come to this 2, our doggie said.
;. ought not give to them; I'm sure
They cannot be the worthy poor.
They must have fought or been disgraced;
My charity must be well placed"
Some dogs she found, quite to her mind;
So thrifty they-so sleek and kind!
9 All me !" she said, "were they in need,
To help them would be joy indeed"
Twas still the same, day in, day out
The poorest dogs were poor, no doubt;
But they were neither clean nor wise,
AS she could see with half her eyes.
lis strange what faults come out to view
They need some help; but, as for me,
must not waste my charity"
So home she went, and dropped tear.
I've done my duty, that is clear;
I've searched and searched the village round,
And not one worthy poor I've found
And all this while, the sick and lame
And hungry suffered all the same.
They were not pleasant, were not neat
But she had more than she could eat
And don't you think it was a sin?
Was hers the right way to begin?
No, no lit was not right, I'm sure,
For she was rich and they were poor.
o We who have enough to spared
To suffering give your ready care;
Waste not your charitable mood
Only in sitting out the good.
For, on the whole, though it is right
To keep the % worthy poor" in sight,
Tins world would run with scarce a hitch,
If all could find the ,corthy rich.
larry Aapes Dodge, in st. Nicholas for Hay.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-10
MAY DAYS.

sunny vapor bathes the lonely fields,
Fair Nature wakens from her wintry Sleep
Out from the governed rocks blue violets peep,
And the damp sod its grassy perfume yields;
The boring bee his tiny auger wields
And drowsy insects drone upon the wing;
Small elves, the humble heralds of the spring
Called dandelions-lift their brassy shields
Against the flame-tipped arrows of the sun;
Under the drifted leaves, on western hills
(Whose feet the swftly-fowing river Hoods)
The trailing fibers of the arbutus run,
That with rich odor all the hollow fills
The unlocked sweetness of the winter woods.
-Lippincott'sfor Nay.
The deplorable state of education in
Ireland is shown by the fact stated in
the House of Commons a few weeks ago.
that the illiterates in 1871 were 80 per
cent. of the adult population. That is
to say, every third man can neither read
nor write. In the report of 1870 the
Commissioners stated that of the chill
dren on the school roll only 49, per cent.
passed in reading, only s per cent. in
writing, and per cent. in dictation,
while only 4 per cent. could do division
Id money.