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A Sharp Clerk.

Adolph q. is young, not unprepossess-
ing, and clerk in wealthy bankers
officer in Paris, on salary of 5000 a
year. The banker has pretty daughter
of eighteen. Adolph has not cent, but
that does not deter him from waiting
upon his employer one morning and
saying: "Sir, I have the honor of ask
ing your daughters hand in marriage. :"
The banker, astonished, rang the bell,
and told the waiter to throw Adoph out
of the window. Gas you please" calm
ly said the young clerk, "but before
that is done learn that 1 am about to be-
come partner in the London house of
Bathurst & Co." At this the banker
softens. "The proof, sir, the proof of
what you say" Give me forty-eight
hours in which to go to England, and I
will bring you the proof" Adolph hur-
ries to London, presents himself at the
office of Bathurst & Co., and says 81
have come to propose that you take me
as partner" and, as Mr.. Bathurst looks
as though he thought Adolph demented,
he adds: 81 am about to marry the
daughter of N. p, of Paris. Adolph
is therefore asked to be seated, they con-
verse and come to terms. The bright
young man returns to Paris carrying to
his future father-in-law the proof of his
statement, and the young people are
welded,
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A Disaster at Sea.

Extract of letter from Captain George
w. Mudgett, of ship City of Montreal,
dated Liverpool, December 29th, 1876:
Aside from that (the weather) the first
unpleasant circumstance took place on
the ninth of December. On that day we
saw vessel with signals of distress fly
ing. We were then running before a
strong southwest gale. We Immediately
hauled our ship on the wind and ran as
near as we could fetch, and passed under
her lee quite close, and found her to be
the English bark Maria, of Belfast, full
of water, bowsprit and mainmast and fore
and mizzentopmast gone, bulwarks and
forward house gone, and after house with
the front and inside washed out. All
this was bad enough, but now comes
the worst. Clinging to her weather
quarter were thirteen men. Two hours
before we could have saved them, but
now it was impossible. We did our best.
For the next thirty-six hours it blew
hard gale. We laid to untilit moderated,
and worked our way back to where we
should have found them, crrlised about
until all hope left us, and three days af-
ter first seeing them filled away again on
our course. This cast terrible shadow
over the ship.
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Smallpox ut q Masked Ball.

The Albany Aryus says: Masquerade
parties in the First ward Of West Troy
have received death blow. AllusioD
was made in Saturdays Argus to sup
posed peculiar fever which had assumed
almost an epidemic form in Port Schuy-
Ter. Now it transpires that the disease
is smallpox, which, in this instance, is
supposed to have been disseminated Mt
private masquerade recently held at the
residence of n family named Staniield.
1t is believed, with good reason, that
the hired. costumes used on the occasion
contained the germs Of contagion. In
the house of the Stanfield family three
persons are down with the disease, and
in another house near by are four in
valids from the same cause. Cards OF
warning have been attached to the
doors of several houses, and the number
of First ward victims to the unfortunate
masquerade is placed Mt thirty. Nu-
merous persons from Troy and other
places attended, and it is said that sew
eral of the strangers are similarly affilct-
ed. Although the disease first made its
appearance among the mnsqueraders
more than week ago, the West Troy
physicians either failed to discover or
neglected to make known the true state
of affairs until Saturday. None OF che
patients have died so far, although some
of the cases are said to be very severe.
In consequence of the fact that the
lower part of West Troy has always
heretofore enjoyed remarkable exemp-
ton from contagious diseases, much
alarm is manifested among the residents.
Several of the victims are employees OF
Roy's woolen mill, and the factory is to
be temporarily shut down MS one means
of checking the spread of the disease.
The First ward district school is also to
be closed for similar reason. The fu-
ture masked balls of Port Schuyler will
be few and far between.
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The Pyramids.

The immense stones used in the erec-
tion of the pyramids of Egypt were OBJ
tanned from the quarries in the Arabian
hills, and were carried to the river, and
over bridge of boats. They were then
brought forward by means of causewny,
which of itself took ten years to con-
struct, and which is said to have been
a fine work with its polish stones and
figures of animals engraved upon them.
One hundred thousand men were en-
ployed at time, and these were relieved
by the same number at the end OF three
months. A long time was spent in the
leveling of the rock on which the editice
stands, and twenty years for the erection
of the pyramid itself. The stones were
raised step by step by means OF
machine made of short pieces OF wood,
and, last of all, commencing from the
top, the stones were cemented together
with layer of cement not thicker than
a piece of paper, the strength OF which
is proved by the age of these enor-
nous memorials.
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KOssuth Warmed Up.

A correspondent writing from Rome
says: A friend who has just come from
Turin has been giving me glowing de-
scription of Kossuth's reception of tho
Hungarian deputies. He says the effect
was overwhelming. The eloquent old
Magyar made a splendid speech. AT tho
close he turned suddenly and remained
silent for an instant, gazing on the flag
of Hungary, and trembling with emo
tion; then he burst out in his magnetic
voice: "You ask me-" he cried, "to re-
turn to my country Yes, 1 shall re-
turn !! But only on the day when 1 can
seize thiseblessed banner and plant it at
Pesth, when it is truly free and inde-
pendent. cannot be false to my past
And I grieve to say to you that l can
never see my country again until the day
of its complete deliverance-its total in
dependence. That day I will go and
will be proud to represent you i'll parlia-
ment, and to serve you, heart, body, and
SOUL" The deputies cried, shrieked,
and sobbed aloud.
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They We're Happy,

The domestic difficulties between Patti
and her husband, the Marquis de Caux,
recalls another incident in operatic Cir
cles The elders of the gossipy circles
have only to tax their memories trife
to go back to the hilarious days of Mile
Sontag and Baron Rossi. Theirs was a
love match which provoked acres Of
broad German grins and lots of scandal
1t was feast which the gossips of 1880
fully enjoyed and have never forgotten.
Henrietta Sontag was then in the flower
Of her beauty of youth and charm of
song. She had long declared herself in-
vulnerable to the arrows of Cupid, but
she was human after all. Wherever she
went it was noted that the Baron Rossi
was at her heels. If she arrived in Ber-
lin by one diligence the devoted baron
was sure to arrive in the next. The
same thing at Hamburg, the same at
Paris, the same at st. Petersburg until
the Berlinese made fun of poor Sontag
and called her persistent follower Baron
"Montag." When loves secret began
to leak out in spite of all precautions,
and scandal took the place of harmless
jest, they Ii: ked Lady Sunday and Baron
Monday together, but it turned out that
the parson had joined them in advance,
so that all the calumniators and jokers
on Sontag were figuratively knocked into
"the middle of next week." Although
nearly half a century has passed one will
occasionally encounter an old beau in
the Thiergarten or the lobby Of the
opera, who will smile thoughtfully as
he taps his snuff box and say, almost
sadly: Nobody sings like Sontag, and
no one ever will"
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The FOrtieth Call.

The acting secretary of the treasury
has issued the fortieth call for the re
demption of 500 bonds of 1865, May and
November This call is for $40, 1000, O0C,
of Which $7,OOO,000 are coupon and
SO, 600, 900 registered bonds. The prin-
cipal and interest will be paid at the
treasury on and after the twenty-eighth
day of May next, and the interest will
cease on that day. The following are
descriptions of the bonds:
Coupon bonds, $500, Nos. 35,S01 to
81, 800, both inclusive; $1,000, Nos.
70, ,OO1 to $4,000, both inclusive.
Registered bonds, $50, Nos. AL to
4sO, both inclusive; 800, Nos. 5,951 to
$3.50, both inclusive; $500, Nos. 8, sol
to 1850, both inclusive; $1,000, Nos.
IA, ,3O1 to IA, 800, both inclusive; $5.Cce,
Nos. 5,351 to 5,S31, both inclusive,
$4,000, Nos. 9,751 to 1o,oss, both in
elusive.
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A Tough Subject.

The Boston Bulletin says they had a
tough subject in the inquiry room.
Moody wrestled with him, and Sankey
sang with him, but the man seemed to
despair of forgiveness. Finally Moody
asked him what heavy sin burdened his
mind, and he confessed to having beat a
newspaper publisher out of three years
subscription. The evangelist informed
him that they did not profess to perform
miracles, but if he would settle up his
dues, with compound interest, and pay
for three years more in advance, although
they could not open the doors of the
church to him, perhaps he might be
snaked in under the canvass.
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A Narrow Escape.

"The closest place was ever in in
my life" said Devol, noted Mississippi
river gambler, "was in 80. / was com.
ing up the river from New Orleans in
the steamer Fairchild, and had won a
great deal of money. The boat landed
at Napoleon, and about twenty-five of
those killers there, who in those days
did not think any more Of killing man
than they did rat, got aboard. I open
ed out and won good deal of money
and four or five watches. Everything
went along smoothly enough until about
four o'clock in the afternoon, when they
began to get drunk. One of them said:
Where is that gambler; am going to
kill him. I'm with you, said another.
Il, too, said another. And the whole
party rushed to their state rooms and
got their pistols. slipped up and got
between the pilot house and the roof.
They searched the boat from stem to
stern, but did not think of looking under
the pilot house. l whispered to the
pilot that when he came to bluff bank
to throw her stern in and give me the
word and would run and jump off, At
about six o'clock he gave me the word,
and | ran aud jumped. 1 was weighted
down with the watches and gold l had
won, and the distance was moro than l
thought, and L missed the bank and
stuck tight, waist deep, in soft mud at
the waters edge. The killers saw me,
and as the boat swung out they opened
fire. 1 could not move, and the bullets
whistled past my ear and spattered mud
and water all over my face. L had given
the pilot 500 in gold, and he threw the
boat out, so that L was out of sight very
quick"
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The other day an agent for a Chicago
grocery house was looking around De-
troit, the Free Press says, to see where
he could pick up an order. He entered
store on Grand River avenue, and be-
fore introducing himself he asked:
"Well, how's trade?"
"John John - called the grocer to
the boy at the back end of the store,
chow much molasses have you sold this
week p
"S-i-x quarts p drawled John.
"And how much did we sell last
week ?"
Five and half"
can increase of pint-trade is pick
ing right up" said the grocer, as he
turned to the agent.
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Spring BOnnets.

The new bonnets are capote like in
shape, and are SO decidedly bonnets that
they are no longer in danger Of being
called hats. They have close fronts,
clasping the sides of the head, and pro-
iecting upward very slightly on top in
order to admit small face trimming,
or else they have rolled fronts turned
back from the face. The crowns are
large, high, and the newest are square
on top, though the pointed high crowns
are also shown the back of the crown
tapers downward abruptly, and in some
cases has an inch-wide band like cur
tain below it. There are both large and
small bonnets, but the greater number
have small close fronts with ample,
crowns that cover the head well.
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Bishop Potter, of New York, in ex-
cusing himself from making speech at
the luncheon after a church dedication
in Boston the other day, told the story
of the man who was always Dragging of
any speech he made, and accordingly
once told friend that he had just been
down to Boston, where he made speech.
"Oh did your" said the friend. "I
am glad to hear it. Ialways did hate
those Bostonians."
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Weary, so Weary!

Weary, so weary; oh, weary Of tears
Weary Of heartaches, and weary Of foars
Weary Of moaning and weary Of pain;
Weary, so weary, Of hoping in vain.
Weary, 30 weary Of the burdens of life;
Weary OF toiling and weary Of strife;
Weary Of parting and weary Of night;
Weary, no weary, and longing for light.
Weary, so weary Of waiting alone;
Weary Of asking-receiving stone;
Weary Of watching Of jcers
Weary no weary Of taunts and of sneors.
Weary, 80 weary-but sometime I'll rest,
Dreamlessly sleeping, hands crossed on m!
breast,
No moro to sorrow, no more TO weep;
Only to lie down and quietly sleep.
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Publishers Notice.

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers was formed thirteen years ago. 1t
now embraces 1S9 subdivisions and 12,.
600 regular members in all parts OF the
United States and Canada. 1t provides
for the widows and children OF dead
brethren, and since it's organization has
expended more than $1,000, 600 in this
work, besides donating $50, 900 to aid
needy members. Only locomotive engi-
neers are eligible for membership, and
at death the family receives $1,000
cash.
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and Herbs, and is the Greatest Vltalizlng
Blood Purifier yet Discovered.
BY the river upon the bank thereof shall grow all
treea, and the leaf thereof shall be for
meiicine. .'-EzEKIEL, 47th Chap, 12th Verse.
..ss NGoCa1ca1 Wonder:
Gives buoyancy to the spirits, elasticity to the STEP
and makes the invalid hearty, courageous. and
eases of the LIVER, STOMACH, KIDNEYS aud
SPINE; it will absolutely cure SCROFULA and all
BLOOD DISEASES, and is certain to eradicate
every form of FEMALE DISEASES, as well as
NERVOUS PROSTRATION of either sex. 1t is an
infallibe remedy for CATARRH, not by snuffs and
washes which never cure but by Graduating from
the system the acrid poison always present in
catarrh. This marvellous Vegetable Remedy is pre-
pared by DR. o GAGE & Co., of Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. who take pleasure in offering the following
Prof. H. A. WILSON, Saratoga Spa, N. Y, widely
known Principal Of one of our leading institutions
of learning and Superintendent OF Sabbath Schools
for complication of diseases with the most happy
results. No other remedy had ever touched the
case, though she had tried many. {
A. H. HAwLEY. ESQ., Saratoga, desires to say that
in his case Medical Wonder " worked like charm,
giving health, strength and appetite.
Rev. o. J. WATT, Franklin, N. H., wife afflicted
with Liver and Kidney complaints, Neuralgia, Dys-
Mrs. G. P. onpwAY, Centre Street, Concord, H..
confined to bed with Female and Kidney disease;
no benefit from Ave physicians; Medical Wonder'
DR.. A DALTON, Morrisville, Mad Co, N. y,
sister confined to bed year with Female disease
and Nervous Prostitution, cured by Medical
Wonder"
ELIZABETH woop, Sheds Corners, N. Y, Ovarian
Tumor and Dropsy, reduced fifteen inches around
body.
Mrs. IRA s. APPLETON, Hillsboro, N. H., Spinal
and Kidney diseases, with great Prostitution; doc
tors had failed marvellous cure
Mrs. z. A. WHITE, Sheds Corners, N. Y, near
Morrsville, cured Of terrible Scrofuia gained forty
pounds.
GEO. HA1NEs, Oneida, cured of most terrible
Catarrh and Deafness.
III Had we space thousands Of Of different
diseases could be given. Ask your druggist for
Medical Wonder, and be cured there is nothing
Ekeit
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A witty writer has observed, with
much truth, that every man is, in a
sense, three different men. In the first
place he is the man he thinks himself to
be in the second place, he is the man
other persons think him to be; and,
finally, he is the man that he really is.
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A woman in Detroit tried to kill her.
self. and the reason that she gave Was
that she "got mad at the world" be-
cause it gave her nothing to eat.
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DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF STATIONERY,
~ Legal Blanks, Blank Books, Sheet Music.
Music PAPER, Pictures and Picture Frames School
Cards, Toy Books, Sewing Machine Needles, Oils,
Attachments, etc. OPINION Stationery Store.
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j. II. JONES, M. d.
G. H. CURTIS.

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Bank.
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F. H. EVERETT

[SUCCeSS0T 10 Dr. j. N. CIhrK1,
DENTIST, HAS ALL THE MODARN I'M
~ prove,nents. All work warranted to give sat-
isfaction. Inquiries by mail promptly answered.
Hardys Building.
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@. CORWIN & co.,

Z livery STABLE. GOOD TIE ANS FURNISHED
4 ut all times, and ut reasonable prices. Stage
to and from Depot. Apply at Stable Office, rear of
Trotter House
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C. s, STEVENS,

UFACTURER AND DEALER IN BOOTS,
Nl Shoes, Leather and Findings. Custom Boots
specially. Fine Boots and Shoes made to order
at short notice. Also dealer in Buck and Kid Gloves
and Mittens,
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Mark These Facts.
The Testimony Of the Whole World.
HOLLoWAY'S PILLS.

EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS LETTERS:
"I had no appetite; Holloway's Pills gave me =
"Your Pills are marvellous"
al send for another box, and keep them In the
"Dr. Holloway has cured my headache that wns
chronc."
III gave ono of your pills to my babe for Cholera
Morbus. The dear little thing got well In day."
"My nausea OF q morning IL now cured
"Your box OF Holoway's Ointment cured me OF
Noises in the Head. rubbed some OF yonr, oint-
ment behind the ears, and tho noise has left"
"Send me two boxes; want one for poor
family"
~ incose dollar your price Is as cents, but the
medicine to me IT, worth dollar"
"Send me Ave boxes Of your Pills"
"Let mo have three boxes Of your Pills by return
mail for Chills and Fever"
have over 200 such Testimonials ~ these, but
want Of space oompes me TO conclude
FOR CUTANEoUs DIsoRDERe
And oil eruptops Of tho skin, this Ointment is most
with 'Ss: 1ss most s': s.sas ssiss%'s sS'
very root OF the evil.
HoLL0WAY's PHLs
Invariably cure the following disc lbes:
DISORDER OF THE KIDNEYS.
In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they secrete too much too little water whether
they DO afflicted with stone or gravel or with aches
kidneys, these Pills should be taken according tc
the printed directions, and the Ointment should be
we'll rubbed into the small OF the back at bedtime.
This treatment will give almost immediate RELIEF
when all other means have failed.
TOR sTOMACHS OUT OF ORDER
No medicine will so effectualy improve tho tone
of the stomach these Pills; they remove nil acid
ity occasioned either by intemperance or improper
diet. They reach the liver and reduce it to healthy
action they are wonderfully efiicacious in Of
spasm-in fact, they never fail In curing all disor-
ders of the liver and stomach.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS are the best known In the
world for the following diseases: Ague, Asthma,
Bilious Complaints, Blotches on the Skin, Bowels,
Consumption, Debility, Dropsy, Dysentery, Erysip-
eas Female Irregularities. Fevers of all kinds, Fits,
Gout, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Jaun-
dice, Liver Complaints, Lumbago, Piles Rheuma-
tism, Retention of Urine Scrofula or Kings Evil,
Sore Throats, Stone and Gravel, Tic-Douloureux,
Tumors Ulcers. Worms Of all kinds, Weakness from
any cause, etc.
IMPORTANT CAUTION!
None are genuine unless the signature CT J. Hay
DOCK, NJ agent for the United States, surrounds
each box of Pills and Ointment handsome re-
ward will be given to any rendering such infor-
nation may lead to the detection of any party or
parties count"rfeitng the medicines or vending the
same, KNOWN c. them to be spurious.
- Sold at ile manufactory of PRoF. HOLLOWAY
Co., New TX, and by all respectable druggists
and dealers 1 medicine throughout the civilized
world, In boxe IS cents, 50 cents sid ST. 90 each.
~ There is considerable saving oy taking the
N. B.-Directions for the guidant, of patients in
every disorder sfe affixed to each box.
OMcsS; Sll2 Liberty Street, New York.
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j. 8. ORMSBY,

merly occupied by j. N. Clark, Dentist,
Special attention paid to Female Diseases and Dis
eases of the Lungs
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C.. G. DOTY, ACT,

oyster AND ICE CREAM SALOON, FRUIT,
~ Confectionery, Soda, Light Groceries, etc.
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q. I. BUTLER.

DARLoR, CHAMBER AND KITCHEN TURNI.
i ture, Collins, Caskes, Robes, Cars, Pl,tps.
Musical Instruments, etc First door south of
Trottt r House Main Street. -
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ROSWELL FARNHAM.
D. T. STANTON,

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAY
n Master and SO lcitor i'll Chancery.
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r. RI, WARDEN.

MANUFACTURER OF DR. DoTY'S CELF.
Nl b-ated Mandrake Bitters, FlavorIng Extracts
and Essences, etc, at Wholesale and Retail.
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e. Il. HARDING.

w tacles, S-a iouery, and Yankee Noti.uis
Watches and Jew3.- repaired and warranted. Post
Office Building.
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E. H. ALLEN.

DHOToGRAP4IC ARTIST AND HEALER IN
Il Stereoscopes and Views, Albums and Picture
Frames. Frames for Wrtahs of all Kinds fitted TO
order. Nos. Is and 10 Hardy's Building.
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n. r. PILLSBURY,
DIR. O, H, STEVENS.

CURGEON DENTIST, HAS ALL THE MODERN
- improvements. Also owns the Folsom Patent
for Orange County. which is of the greatest i'm
provements in Dentistry. All work warranted equal
10 any done in the State. Office over Printing Office