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PRIEST In cauehdenoy. oswego County. y Y. Sept
II Mrs Catherine Priest In the l2 wear of her
horn near Fort ierkinrr oct H. i57d. daugerO CAPT
Peter Hale "f the revolutionary army. ami niece Of
ten nerkimcr She WAS church member ~
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In Paris. France. Sept p at
the church 90 N. lulN fruitv. hy the M-ht KsV.
Dow ollie Howe Bshnp Genital tcnnsy vunii assisted
by the Rev john Is Morgan, H. E,-ar Erdd,hcn uf 81
hsa Prussia tolu.cphine llrncr daughter Of the late
William " Holm. wurti of Philadelphia
StEIl'It Rt-SWEEFLAND lin New Britain SEPT %.
~ the rr-druce Of the brides parents 10y the Rev g. H.
Miner Frank o. scripture aud Anna Is sWtctland all OF
New Britain
TAlfOIl-BATEllAM- In Chicago. Ill. Sept. -. Mr.
u canton IAlcutt. formerly n Sew NorN 10 Miss ENa
daughter OF - Alderman bheham. The birdie looked
charming 100 Princess dress tt hftuNd-hruwn sk. trim.
med with point lace AMI orange blossoms. the veil
fas'ened with wreath Ut flowers ornaments natural
flowers
WILSON -PARkER -ln Philadelphia, on sept % by
the Rev James Grove. Robert Wilson, Isq Of Phllail
phia, 10 Miss Mar, j Parser ul New York
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ONE OF LONG ISLANDS OLD FAMILIES.
Augustus FIoyd's Solitude on "a Farm after his
Long Career n "a Lawyer.

Long before the Declaration Of Indepcnd-
ence was signed William Floyd. son Of y
proud and wealthy English family. settled at
Maslc, L. |. He WIS one Of the signcrs. and he
became General in the war that followed. and
for several years afterward he was member
OF tho national Legislature. His son, NicOll
Floyd. became II Colonel. and succeeded his
father In the family homestead at Mastic. There.
Oh the 18th of May. 1895. was born Augustus.
second son Of Col Ncoll Floyd. This is the
source whence came the Floyds Of Long Island.
The Townsonds. the Floyds and tho Wrights
are the oldest families on the island. but the
Townsends tho Floyds. and another branch Of
the latter-the Foyd-Joneses-alon preserve
great wealth and family prestige. Augustus
Floyd graduated from Yale College in 1918 in
the same class with Daniel Lord. He began at
once to practice law in this city combining his
duties almost entirely to those u mn advisory
counsel. In 1s49. owing 10 deafness he with
drew from business to the quiet littlo hamlet OF
Yaphnnk. six miles from his birthplace, Mastic.
whore he died on Wednesday last. in his saith
year. He owned farm awny. from the rnil-
road. which WIS worked by W. II. Robbins Mr..
Floyd never married. and he spent his duys on
the farm with Mr.. and Mrs Robbins VINO hive
no children. At about l0'i A. NJ. Wednesday.
he was seen sitting on the s.oop. rcadin; g
newspaper. An hour aitcrward hD was found
dead n his room in the ground story. He had
heart disease.
his love OF solitude. He spoke to few. aud
treated strangers oddly. His funeral in the
Presbyterian Church IN Yaphank. Yesterday.
County. Although rnputcd t. be- worth half
million. he lcf; s270UOO Tho shrinkagc in
values affected his fortune. This he divided
among his nephcws and niecrs, about twelve
in all. He left surviving three brothers and
two sisters, William Floyd, the oldest son OF
Col Nicoll FLOYD. lives ut Oneida. " Y. The
Hon. David q. Floyd. the next brother, lives at
Yaphank. Judge John q. Floyd the other
brother lives at Mnstic The sisters are Mrs.
DR.. Edward Detailed of this city, and Mrs.
Inhn l. IrnlnnH n NnnLnnk
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Last ni.lt a,irouum'l wus standing ma his .hscryR.
tory carefully scanning the heavens with the urcacing
eve oi the telescope In ru' m hc ilc rrNlossi was
study Tho constitution ct planet from te sIFCl
of rocks scattered aluuud HIM The adherence be-
tween The occupation Of tues, Two nen tl expresses
the difference between Tie ilVs. ilrs AMI me lphN 81
cans Mhic the mciapN hscmu lsstarrliur the Nlmltahle
eNpanec oi Thrht with thr 'lrscuw o lca,ii adding
mi, 90 human Wlrd-o hut speculative iirurs the
ph, stefan Is studying tc Mn-!hle nature that cnlods
this temple mot hnlt WITH hands 'itiucin. there.
from experimental truths that alleviate and improve
phN steal condition These e that should
be- crrcn, coin among the people Why educate YOUR
sons aud daushrrs in the sp,culauuns Dcscartcs.
kant Locke, and spencer before el have learned the
laws and conditions that govern their ply seal nature
Its well Ia study your stomach before Nnu Examine the
stars You Will succeed better pyspc pucs subec
TO alterations of ght as well as OF Thought The Peoples
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SIR. JoHN. y. b., Sept 2s.-The Lord crew NJ
tal,tuu have issued challenge turow n5 tnuT-OHr
CROW ia Ann ucu. excerpt tav Pans and smith NickeTson
eIeMh hIslhMce nun nlles. Tor slll \ side
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LEAvY On SATURDAY. sept -. aftor short illness
Maggie A. LeaNN beloved vile ct Bernard LeAyy. AGED
- wears and months
Relatives and friends arr respectfully invited 10 attend
the funeral. Tuesday. oct ]. at - 4 from her lnic
residence. ~ ncan Il. Brooklyn y thence 10 church
a. It Charlie, Butum"o. where q Solemn requiem mass
Will be- celebrated Tor the rvru~ ct her soul nVrin-nt
AZ ilol, cross ,emcterl ththush Trends are kindly
requested not Ia .rid flowers
MccuY-on Friday. 97th inst, William Mccoy. aged IS
years.
The funeral will take place from the residence Of his
pateuts 40 Greenwich st. un Suuda, AZ clock L NJ
MlRRklL On Friday, sept -, Lily only child OF Al.
lrcd ana Nadia NLrr,lL
The funeral Will take place sunday at | O'Clock
from "a lutn av
RoBlNsuN -on Friday SEPT -. 1879 Joseph q Rob
insou. AGED - YEAR.
Relatives AMI renls invited tn attend the funeral
sunday sept ~. is7r, AZ o'clock from U1t NJ iith
nous. west 90 iltl
WAlSW1lGllr-ln Brnoklyn l.. -. sort % At his
late rcsdcncc 1919 south I'd st john MainWnlht m lie
7Ji Ntar 81 his
Relatives ami friends OF the family are ie>mcuully IN.
Ntrd o attend the funeral from thu>. turrh. bedford
"A on sand IS. 2iuh inst. rat2 T. Vi. 80 fUlvtr.
Nofick f, mhrrs the NORWEGIAN N,clctv arc in
Nt'd "a Attni the tuner oi licuir ole pci,r
fdrr.,u. at3 O'Clock tiis al. rnuunr.lNl Fiatnsl AZ
RruoklNu q GARRlLL>ON. IrcslirnL
SiNnNsoN, Secretary
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SPOKTING NOTES.

ellis
The hrst duck boat Long Island is to take place
on Canarsic oct cup and two pnrs offered.
Waller Ross 81 st John y has accented the chSl
lengV oi , fiasied o new YORK, e. row "a twomile
race Tor Sion, on the kcnnebecasais River
John Mcmahon. the champion wrestler, challenges
any America % wrr-tlc. collar and elbow, best
two IN three, back lns Tor ~ 90 ~ - 500 aside.
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DIR. !. A SHERMAN appliance aud curative retains
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emit Messrs. Shook & Palmer gave II every
advantage that mechanism and management
could obtain and 1t goes TO the people with
every auEuiy Of long favor. NYM CRINKLE.
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MARINE INIELLIGEyCR

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Sun RISES. % san ~cts. ~ Moon sets. 20
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Photographic Noveittrs.-Mr lockwood. pho
treTuphtr II Union square. NAs returned
the great ~ Europe bringing valuable artistic
nud phuiuzraphic novelties. lie will hcnrcturlh be
der the skyght ami sive personal attention " the posing
tHf.
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Rupture Cured.-nr MARSilS treatment the only
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I.ane sm,.h,. Umbrella. Res, In the Wort.

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NO MORE KuEUMATIsM. .

gout. Gravel. or Diabetes schlumbcrgers infalible;
harmless French Snirynte relieves all pains within ~
The only depot ut the nuinc article = tDl BruAdwaN.
A
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
Our First Chinaman.

The first Chinaman who came to
America, according to the San Francisco
Chronicle, was Chum Ming, in 1s47. lie
was native merchant OF Maj sang, a
province of Canton, intelligent and en-
terprising. he went into the mountains
and finding gold, wrote to a FRIEND
Cheong Yum, in 1848 about the new
country, Cheong Yum Immediately
came to the Pacific slope, but before do'
ing SO told number of his countrymen
of the discovery Of gold in America Ii
was then that the Cinnamon began 10
flock to the Pacific coast. There were
at that time no steamers to bring them'
SO thew came in sailing vessels. In lo49
the Argonauts began to arrive from 'he
east and at that time the Chinese influx
was mere drop in the bucket. Within
the next four years the arrivals OF Mon
polians became more frequent and IN
larger proportions, SO that in 1907 sn aae
wore a. 600 on the coast, of whom 2,0Vo
lived in San Francisco. AS soon as Inc
tide of Chinese emigration set IN toward
California the Yeong Wo and the Kong
Chow, the first two of the present SIX
companies began the business OF ADDING
the shipments.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
FOREIGN News Items.

The population of the Australian COLI
lony of Victoria is now 1853. $40, with the
males in the majority by 100000.
St. Petersburg is, with a single ex-
ception, the unhealthiest city Of the
world-Madrid, Spain, being the excep-
ton.
The number of paupers in England ON
the 1st of January, was 747 ,S11, a der
crease of SO, Ali from the number in 1875,
Notwithstanding the "hard times"
There is no doubt about the success of
the Paris Exposition. Up to July the
receipts were $753,3s4, or 1920 more
than they were up to July 1867, though
in that year the Exposition opened a
year earlier.
The great annual tea-ship race of over
ten thousand miles, from China to Lon
don, has been won this year by the
Gleneagle, which brought nearly two
million pounds of new tea with her.
She made the run from Han-Kow to
Gravesend in thirty-seven days, one hour
and four minutes, the best time on
record. How close the race was may be
inferred from the fact that off Dover the
Gleneagle was twentyseven minutes be-
hind the Glenfoulas.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14

"nothipg is better known than that it is
a matter of exceeding difficulty to keep
clean India rubber tubes through which
milk flows, and this objection. alone is
sufficient to neutralize all the good that
the milking machine could accomplish"
Mr.. Mech. that accomplished farmer,
says in letter to the Gazette, quar-
terly journal edited by the students at
the agricultural college, Cirenhester,
England: "Many a worthy and even
wealthy English farmer, now advanced
in years, now laments the want of that
education and enlightenment which was
not available to him in his early days.
Education can not give brains, but it
can cultivate and improve them; and
even the barren mental fields gain by
cultivation. Ignorance in agriculture
is not bliss, it is improbable.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
The Code of Honor.

The duello is declining and falling. It
has been declining and falling for many
years. Time was when the idle and high
spirited young gallants used to throng
the Orleans opera house every night,
and when look askanee or an unweighed
word brought prompt def, and an inn
mediate adjournment to the ballroom
across the way, where soon the coliche-
mards would be flashing, anu lamp light
and hot young blood, would have an OPP
portunity Of cooling itself upon the floor.
In those days everything was referred
to the code, and men grew ornamentally
courteous despite their fierce passions
and volcanic temper. Human life went
somewhat cheap, perhaps, and we held
rather lightly the tears of families as
compared with our own humble
conceit or ruf1ed dignity. There
were some compensations, I have
no doubt. We were vastly
more polite, for instance. 1t was dam
gerous in that age for loafers to litter
the banquettes and the crossings, and to
force ladies to make detours in the
street, and to egle them closely as they
passed. Men did not brush each other
rudely, Oh disregard each others COM
forts and privileges quite SO calmly as
they do now. A sort of veneer, cold but
brilliant, transparent but tenacious,
spread itself over the customs of the day.
It did not promote aniability or SINGER
ity, perhaps, but it produced fine artia
Gle of deportment-careful, punctilious,
even, but wary and never reliable. The
blow followed too closely upon the bow
and smile. The elaborate courtesies of
speech read too much like an epitaph.--
IN. O. Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
Miscellaneous.

The progress of the yellow fever north
ward is made difficult. owing to the
rigorous quarantine established at many
points on the river and the railroads
running out OF New Orleans.
Lyman Sanford, Of Prattsburg, steu-
ben county, N. Y, has eve that this
spring produced five lambs st birth, all
OF which are of fair size all are nursed
by their dam, and are doing we'll.
Its a fact first observed and made
nown by an English farmer and agri-
cultural writer. Mr.. John Hannam--
recently disceased--and widely confirmed
by many experiments during several
years past, that the later stages of the
iPening process diminish the proportion
-four and nutritive value of the
wheat. The time to secure the best
grain is when the kernel is still soft
enough to be crushed, but is compara-
lively free from moisture, and breaks into
meal between the thumbsnaiis 81 Ameri-
can Agriculture.
Commenting on report against the
patent cow mixer. published in the
New York Tribune fortnight ago, the
Toronto Globe remarks that "it scsrcely
needed the emphatic condemnation of an
assembly of practical farmers to show
the invention up in its true colors," as
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
Methods of Counterfeiting Silver
Coin.

A silver piece passes current so long
as the imprint is not badly defaced or
weight greatly reduced. A hole through
the coin, however, condemns ia fact,
we believe, not generally known. The
low value of silver prevents any such
proceedings as in the case of gold, as the
amount which could safely be distracted
will not pay for the trouble of doing it,
Consequently all silver counterfeits are
true limitations, and there is hardly a
date of a dollar, half-dollar or quarter
which has not been copied with remark
able accuracy. The counterfeiter either
makes a mould in plaster from the real
coin, and casts from it, or he stamps his
imitation in dies. As this last process
is the same as in use in the minis, the
eounterteits thus produced are more diff
ficult to detect, because, besides being
more accurately finished, the compress
sion which the alloy receives brings it
nearer to standard weight. A large
number of counterfeit silver coins are
made chiefly Of type metal. A very
dangerous half-dollar is composed of
silver, copper and zinc, and is worth
about twenty.seven cents. It is from
seven to ten grains too light. Spurious
halfdollars have appeared which con-
stantly deceive bank tellers and other
experts because they are of full weight.
They are made of a compound similar to
German silver, and are SO we'll plated
with genuine silver that the acid does
not affect them. They are, however, too
thick, and the gauge, as usual where the
balance fails, shows the fact. Counter
feits of the quarter-dollar, though very
plenty, are less dangerous than those of
larger pieces. They are composed of
antimony, tin and lead, and they are
both too thick and too light, although
they have good ring. A peculiar COM
position has been employed, to which
powdered glass is added to give clear
sound; but this is but clumsy expe-
dent, as the coin is far below proper
weight, a fact easily appreciate by mere
handling.-[Scienti6c American.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
A Model of the Holy Land.

A great attraction this year at Round
Lake, at a cost of $4,000, is on q scale
of two feet and half to the mile. A
hundred worknen were employed during
March, April and May III its CONSTRUCT
ton, under the direction of the Rev. DR..
Wythe. Round Lake, pretty sheet of
water, represents the Mediterranean sea.
The surface of Palestine, with all her
villages, and the city of Jerusalem, is
produced in miniature. The visitor can
ride in a small boat to Joppa and reach
Jerusalem bya very brief walk Mount
Hermon towers to q height of twenty
five feet, and the Jordan is fine stream.
The coloring is natural, and all is accu-
rate. Everything is labeled; else the
spectator might also believe that he was
looking at the real Palestine the wrong
way through powerful field glass.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
A Convict's Strange Story.

"Twelve years for stealing meal to
keep his family from starving This
statement is made by an off cia of the
Eastern penitentiary as veritable fact.
At the present time there is confined in
the Eastern penitentiary man who is
serving out sentence for the larceny of
food, which was to feed his starving wife
and children. The mans story is this
and it is vouched for by fellow-pris-
oner who was concerned in the robberies,
and to whom the court gave two years
{" was coal>miner, residing at Scran-
ton, and during the suspension of work
last winter, like many others, I was on
the verge of starvation. l looked over
nv larder and found Indian meal and
meat enough to last for week. After
that was gone knew not where the
next was to come from. There were
nv wife and three children to be locked
after, no prospect of work because the
big men of the coal companies were fight
ing among themselves, and the poor
miners were starving. In the same
house with me lived q Dutchman,
who was also a miner. Seeing that
things were becoming desperate, one day
| proposed to the other fellow that we
should 90 into the country and get us
enough meal to keep US for a month.
We took another fellow with us (there
he is, said the man, pointing to the two>
year fellow. We went into six barns
and stole as much Indian meal as We
could carry. Then the Datchman went
into kitchen and took two cans OF fruit.
When we were nearly back to town this
man here found spring house open and
a piece of meat followed him out of
there. We were arrested afterward and
tried. The Dutchman turned states
evidence, and the Judge gave me twelve
years 1.-TWO years for each barn | went
into), while my companion got two years
for that piece of meat. tell you what,
it's rough to lock man up that long for
so trifing a crime, when he does it to
keep the wolf from the door, Phila-
delphia Record.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
Popularity of the Electric Light.

The introduction of the electric light
is becoming so general in Paris that it
now attracts very little attention. The
proprietors of hotels, restaurants, thea.
tres and even stores are erecting electric
candles in front of their establishments,
and there are quite number on the
steps and around the Madeleine. All the
public gardens and squares have dozen
or more lights, and the Place de pOpera
literally blazes with them, making the
gas Jets look like farthing candles. The
Arch of Triumph has twenty electric
candles around it, and wherever it was
introduced by the authorities to add
brilliancy to the great illumination it
remains as permanent illuminating pro-
cess. In nearly all the great central
places of Paris, electricity is gradually
superseding gas, and wherever it is ex-
tensively used the gaslights are extin"
guished. Whether it will ever be used
for indoor lighting is very doubtful, as
it is too glaring a light when very close
to it, though it is shaded out of doors
with large and heavy frosted shades. For
railroad stations and all central public
places it is superseding gas, but it re-
suires motive power near at hand to the
candles to keep up steady current of
electricity.
There are quite number of electri~
cal illuminating instruments in the ex-
position, but we have not had time yet
to examine them. They blaze away at
all hours of the day, but Of course do
not show to advantage in daylight. They
throw out such an intense heat that
light would probably be too oppressive
in doors in summer time.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-14
WAITS AND WHTMS.

Indians never kiss each other, and,
having seen a few Indians, we can't
blame them.
"A tack points heavenward when it
means the most mischief. It has many
human imitators.
1t is very good thing to mean welIr
but if you expect to get on in the world
you must also do well. Good Intentions
pay no debts.
There is particular coloring, which
is in woman, powerful above all beauty,
wit or genius-that subtle something
which we name "charm."
I'VE buy our experiences at great
price by the time we are forty, and then
offer to give them away to young friends
of twenty, but can seldom find any body
who wants them.
There hasn't been tramp sunstruck
in the United States for more than
six hundred years. There is something
for people who work for living to think
about Hawkeye.
People who are always longing for
a lodge in some vast wilderness wouldn't
be happy if they had one. First thing
they knew they would be bowling for
street car, five cents worth of fine cut,
and an evening paper.
"A good man was trying to tell his
son that "Order is heavens first law"
and the young hopeful offered to lay the
old man stake that heaven had no laws,
no sinners, and no nothing of evil Plea
yune.
"A cheerful wife makes a happy
home, because the emotion is contagious,
and almost uneonsciously the household
il happy in response, because every MEM
Der of the family is cheerful by the
genial influence of the wife and
mother.
Little Willie P. who is about four
years old, was observed recently, by his
father, to be listening to neighbor, who,
while working in his field just opposite,
was using much profane language. The
father said to his little boy, "Willie.
what are you thinking about?" 81
think" answered Willie, "Mr.-
ought to say, for Jesus sake, amen.'"
"A disguised correspondent, writing
from Saratoga, says: "The loud and
vulgar people who frequent watering
places are all too numerous. They wear
diamonds as large as the most successful
and comical of negro MINISTRIES, and gold
chains as heavy as any that the swell
mob glitter in. They are disgustingly
overbearing in their demeanor, and move
about with the imperiousness of clover
fed bulls"