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TIME TABLE.
ELM GROVE RAILR0AD.

0N AND AFTER TUESDAY, April l,s, 1874, Ii,
" Cars on the Wheeling aud lin Grove Z. r Vii
run - follows CaFS will leave the city leurner Mar.
Eel and Eleventh. StrEeISl and SamH'SRi
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REruSpIX0 CERTIFICATES to tho amount
of $l9,OOOOOO have been received in Wash.
ington to date for conversion into l per
cent. bonds,
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Ne have to report good demand for
all grades OF wool, and prices are well
maintained The particular call is for
light medium teeccS, OF which the mar.
ECt is bare. The prospect now is that
values will hold good for the next sixty
days, after which il there should be any
further rise meanwhile, there will prObS.
bly, bO reaction, and priceSs will settle
down to basis Of S$a4Or for medium
washed woods, There is very little differ.
encC now between the price Of comhinr
and clothing woolS, but We are inclined 10
the opinion that the staple woods will an.
preciate in value during the fall and win.
Ter, Our present quotations are;
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CRlSTADORO'S HAIR DYE

IS noS kneWu Throughout the American continent.
1t is harmless, contains no caustiC, improves the
hbfce' produces rich, natural and lasting color, Of
any shade from warm hUOWu to glossy sable, and Is
endorsed by the met eminent analytic chemists in
the United States. Manufactured BY J. CRISTA-
DoR0, No. " William s., New York. Sold uy all
Druggists Applied By all Hair DrRscr.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
EC1IPS ED.

False lights are extiuSuished when a GRKAr
Truth shines forth, aud the .cOns'Iabc a tia. the
hair turns TOu STAy, red OF sandy to glorious black
or blown, QUICKER THAN THE CHAMELEON
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D! oFdsF q TIE Bard q C00nNUi00tI.
W. c, SMITH, cOGniy EasiSetF. Seij
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To Cut Glass Without O Diamond.

Carpenters, joiners and cabinet-mak-
ers are frequently called upon to ft
glass to frames or sashes where no glass
has been prepared to suit; under such
circumstances it would be well to know
how to cut glass to answer their pur-
poses, without the aid of diamond.
Many persons may not be aware that
glass can be cut under water, with great
ease, to almost any shape, by simply
using pair of shears or strong scissors.
In order to insure success, two points
must be attended to-irst and most I'M
portant, the glass must be kept quite
level in the water while the scissors are
applied; and, secondly, to avoid risk, it
is better to begin the cutting by taking
off small pieces at the corners aud along
the edges, and 30 reduce the shape
gradually to that required, as if any
attempt is made to cut the glass all at
once to the shape, as We should cut a
piece of cardboard, it will most likely
break just where it is not wanted.
Some kinds OF glass cut much better
than others, the softer glasses being the
best for this purpose. The scissors need
not be at all sharp, as their action does
not appear to depend on the state OF the
edge presented to the glass. When the
operation goes on we'll, the glass breaks
away from the scissors in small pieces
in straight line with the blades. This
method of cutting glass has often been
of service when diamond has not been
at hand, for cutting ovals and segments,
and though tho edges are not 30 smooth
as might be desired for some purposes,
yet it will answer in great many cases.
The two hints given above, if strictly
followed, will always insure success
Illustrated Wood Worker.
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The Iron Trade Of the World.

An interesting table has been drawn
up to show the fluctuations in the pro-
duction of iron throughout the world
during twenty seven years. Since
1850, it appears from the figures read at
meeting OF one OF. the societies inter
eeted in metallurgy, there has been q
very large increase in the production OF
pig iron, in response to demand pro
duced by the growing uses of the metal
and by the formation of vast construc
tive works in every quarter of the globe.
In 1850, the production of pig iron in
the world was believed to be about A.
10000 tons in 1877 it had risen to
13, $780, 900 tons. It Is interesting to
notice chat OF the iron. producing coun
tries, Great Britain has in the twenty
seven years trebled its production, but
in that period the output OF the United
States has been quadrupled and that OF
Germany has progressed in nearly as
rapid q ratio. The make of France
and Belgium has varied greatly, but in
both countries it is now three-fold what
it was in 1850. In Russia, Sweden and
Austro- Hungary there is now double
productions; the output Of Spain has
increased fifty per cent; that of Italy
is stationary; and that of Norway shows
considerable falling off.-PaU Mall
Gazette.
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The Mules Opportunity.

There can't be many downtown folks
who have not noticed that little, dried
up, wicked.faced mule which draws q
ten cent express wagon around the
streets. Attention is generally divided
between the mule and the driver, who
begins pounding him at daylight and
never stops while there is O prospect
ofhitting spot never discovered before.
The mule cares just about as much for
the blow of a club or the prod of a
twelve-ounce tack as lion does for the
buzz of fly, and if he was ever beaten
into q faster gait than two miles an hour,
no living man can remember it. Yes
terday morning, in turning into Con-
gress street from Griswold, the driver
missed his blow and fell forward upon
the beast and then slid down behind
him, with his feet and body somehow
held fast by the shafts and wagon box.
The man realized his peril like fash,
his head being close to the mules
heels, but he did not utter a shout. As
pedestrians gathered around he was say
ing to the mule
"Now's your chance, old S1sylhus
For two long years I've pounded you up
and down and back and forth till you
couldn't rest. Now you've got me in q
box, 90 ahead with your kicking, old
misery-I wouldn't beg if I'm killed for
it I'm glad I pounded you'll I've
nothing to take backl Kick away and
be blamed to you, because if you don't
there won't be any letting up on my
part |"
The mule ought to have kicked, but
he didn't. he stood there as mild as
stick of candy until the man was e1tri.
Gated from his dangerous position, and
then as the blows fell upon him in q
perfect tornado he surged forward at
the old familiar pace, eyes half closed
and ears Tapping like the jibs of be-
calmed schooner in mid-ocean.-Detroi'
Free Press.
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Census Taking.

The numbering of the people, though
on one occasion forbidden by the High
est Power, is an ancient custom. Moses
numbered the Israelites in the wilder
ness, anu, in later times, Joshua and
David followed his example. The
Chinese tell OF census of their people
taken 2,042 years before the birth OF
Christ. In Japan an enuperation was
made about 1900 years ago. Solon or
dered the census of Athens to be taken,
especially with reference to Glasses OF
the people and taxable property. Ser
vius Tullius, sixth king of Rome, order
ed census, when every citizen had to
appear on the Field of Mars and declare
on oath his name and residence, the
number and names of his children and
the value of his property. Failing to do
this his property might be conascated
and himself scourged and sold for q
slave. Augustus enlarged the scope and
improved the manner of taking the CEN
sus. In the sixteenth century began
the recording of births, marriages. and
deaths, and from this practice gradually
grew up the modern census, though
there does not appear. to have been any
exact popular census made until after
the beginning Of the eighteenth century.
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Ice Industry.

It may not be generally known, but
the capital employed in the ice busi-
ness in the United States aggregates
over $25, 100000. and the annual sales
reach at least $3O,000,000. This has
become On important industry, and, in
the past forty years. experience in this
business, lately has shown that the
crops of ice for the seasons consumption
c'nnot always be depended on. And
more than this, when it is considered
that large outlay must be made for q
considerable period before the season
opens sufficiently to commence its sale,
and the consequent loss by wastage,
naturally makes it's production artificial
ly during the summer months a very
important question, and has engaged
the attention of many inventors. Al
though quite number of excellent ma
chimes for this purpose have been con-
structed, it must be admitted that no
one has yet succeeded in producing
machine, simple in its structure, and
cheap enough to make it's introduction
universal.
The man who can invent machine
with these latter requirements will put
himself in the way of making hard-
, some fortune, and render an incalcu-
liable service to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
InventOr.
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VindiCated By Time.

The disposition displayed by affection.
ate relatives towards rich bachelors has
become proverbial, and the Wells case
revives the instance found in Jonathan
Hunt. This man went in early life to
Mobile, where he made large fortune.
He displayed great energy and enter
prise, and was really the most successful
business man that ,ity ever contained.
After passing the meridian of life he
came North, and being a. bachelor, re-.
ceived the full force of bis nephews'
watchful care. They knew that the old
man was eccentric, and soon determined
to make the most of this point in his
character. Immediately on his arrival
here Hunt became interested in real
estate, and his reckless bidding at auc-
tions attracted general comment. Many
said that such man could not be in his
right mind. He seemed, indeed, utter
ly Indifferent to consequences, and whole
squares of vacant lots were knocked
down to him at extravsgant rates. Auc.
tioneers we're delighted, but other pur-
chasers were deeply annoyed by this
mad competition, while the nephews
wisely laid the matter to heart. It was
not long before they saw that public
opinion would sustain them and hence
they determined to seize the estate. A
warrant was obtained and commission
was ordered to examine the old gentle
man, utthelatter, knowing how small bis
chance would be, sought safety in flight.
He supposed that time would justify his
apparently reckless speculation, and de-
termined to improve the opportunity for
foreign voyage. He went to Charles
ton and took passage on vessel bound
for European port, but was lost in
some mysterious manner. The nephews
got the property, and it was soon learn
ed that the purchases made by their
lunatic uncle showed the highest order
of forecast. Lots for which he paid
So, 500 soon rose to 10000, and at
present these very lots are worth $780,.
900, being now the most aristocratic
portion of New York. The old mans
insanity was merely far-sighted enter
prise. -Ne,U York Letter.
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Travelling at High Speed.

An iceboat has appeared on the Hud.
sen river that travels at the rate OF
seventy miles an hour. If our ances-
tors could have been made to believe
that anything OF human invention could
be made to attain that velocity. they
would have promptly declared that it
would be useless to mankind, since life
could not be sustained on it. But we
10 not hear that any Of the gentlemen
who have sailed on this craft suffered
any more than usual. Iceboat sailing
is not to be INDUCED in with high hat
and kid gloves, but it is one of the most
exhilarating Of sports when properly
accoutered; and there is no more danger
than riding III rapidly. moving railroad
car. When our guileless fathers first
had railroads proposed to them, they
declared in the most emphatic and con.
fdent manner that whoever was rash
enough to get on one might just as well
make his will and order his coffin. And
then, too, such thing as forty or fifty
miles an hour was not even dreamed OF.
Now, if seventy miles an hour can be
made in the open air, without any OF
the protection from the elements that a
railway car grants, there is no doubt
that when Mr.. Stedman builds bis air
ship, which will carry passengers to
Europe in a day or Two, that the same
passengers can sit on deck and survey
the world beneath with composure and
comfort.-New York Commercial Id
yertiSer,
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The Champion Fisherman.

The most successful Lake George
fisherman we knew, says R. R. Bowker
in an article in Scribner on GA COL
lege Camp at Lake George" was q
water snake, which swan ashore at the
landing just as three of us were pushing
off one day, with huge horned pout, OF
catfish, in his mouth. When he saw
US, be dived but unless he held the
fish above water, the latter had the ad.
vantage, so presently he came up and
landed cargo. We waited and watched.
The snake wriggled the fish we'll away
from the shore; he had it in his jaws
crosswise between the horns and the
tail. Suddenly he gave it a throw
aud in flash caught it again, head
first, in his jawa. Then he began to
swallow it whole. The jaws unlocked
till they were wide open in straight
line, and the swallowing went on charm.
ingly till Mr.. Snake came to the horns.
Those bothered him; he wriggled and
maneuvered for full fifteen minutes, till
we thought he had given up the job,
and was q stranger strangled; but pres.
emily be got the horns down on the head,
and the ash quickly disappeared.
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Car Fare Treating.

(Scene: Party of three young ladies'
on street-cars.)
Conductor approaches-Fare, if you
please.
Miss Pinafore slowly goes for pocket
book. Miss Admiral Joseph Porter, Z.
@. B., and Miss Captain Oorcoran re.
luctantly follow suit.
Miss Pinafore-Never mind, girls;
III pay. (Slowly opens pocketbook.)
Miss Porter (beginning to open pock-
ook)-Oh, no; let me.
None of them pay, and the conductor,
like patience on q monument, grimly
waits. General fumbling by girls in
pocketbooks filled with halves and quar-
ters for the exact change.
Miss Captain Corcoran throws a
rapid, anxious side glance at her two
companions. Begins to hand quarter
to conductor. Conductor ravenously
snatches it and proceeds to make change.
Miss Porter (who suddenly finds ex
act change)-Oh, that's too bad now
Here's the money.
Miss Pinafore-Oh, really now, I
didn't want you to do that.
Miss Captain Corcoran face very
slightly elongated)-Oh, never mind.
Miss Porter Quitting up her pocket
book)-Now that's very wrong of you,
Susan Corcoran; indeed it is.
Miss Pinafore Quitting up her purse)
Now I don't like that of you, Susan
indeed I don't.
Susan doesn't either. They've stuck
her for the fares, and everybody has
Eeen so generous. York Graphic.
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An Incident OF Gettysburg.
A Washington correspondent OF the

A Washington correspondent OF the
Boston Transcript tells this interesting
story Of the battle of Gettysburg:
General Barlow, of New York, COM
mander of the first division, fell, dan
gerously, and it was thought mortally,
wounded. He was shot directly through
the body. Two of his men attempted
to bear him through that shower of
lead from the field; but one was in
stantly killed, and General Barlow mag
unanimously said to the other, "You
can do me no good; save yourself if
you can" Gordon's brigade OF Georgi-
ans, in it's wild charge, swept over him,
and he was found by General Gordon
himself, lying with upturned face in the
hot July sun, nearly paralyzed and ap-
parently dying. General Gordon dis
mounted from his horse, gave him
drink OF water from his canteen, and
inquired of General Barlow his name
and wishes. General Barlow said, II
shall live probably but short time.
Please take from my breast pocket the
packet of my wife's letters and read one
Of them to me-" which was done. He
then asked that the others be torn up,
as he did not wish them to fall into
other hands. This General Gordon
did, and then asked, "Can I do any
thing else for you, general ?" Yes"
replied General Barlow, earnestly.
"My wife is behind our army; can you
send messenger through the lines ?"
Certainly, WILL" said Gordon, and
he did. Then directing General Barlow
to be borne to the shade of tree at the
rear, he rode on with his command.
The wife received the message and came
harmlessly through both lines of battle
and found her husband, who eventually
recovered.
Since General Gordon's election to
the United States Senate both he and
General Barlow were invited to din
ner.party in Washington and occupied
opposite seats at the table. After in
reductions, General Gordon said,
"General Barlow, are you related to the
officer of your name who was killed at
Gettysburg II am the man," said
Barlow. "Are you related to the
Gordon who is supposed to have killed
me?" 81 am the man." said General
Gordon. The hearty greeting which
followed the touching story as related
to the interested guests by General
Barlow, and the thrilling effect upon
the company, can be better imagined
than described.
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ASpnalOr on Farmers.

Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, hir1-
self q lawyer, uttered the following IN
the United States Senate in speech in
favor of extending the patronage Of the
government over the agricultural inter-
ests of the country: 81 hope, Mr..
President, the day will some time come
when our Congress will be made up
more largely from the Agricultural
class; for the larger the percentage OF
representation here in the persons OF
those engaged in practical agriculture.
the more liberal will be the policies OF
the government in respect Of it. I say
this, Mr.. President, with all due re.
spect to tie 800 lawyers, more or lees,
who TO- day occupy seats in the two
houses of Congress. It is true, how.
ever, that the record and all past expe
rience do not greatly encourage this
hope, for history discloses the fact that
although those engaged in practical ag-
riculture since the existence anywhere
of organized society have uniformly ont.
numbered those employed in all other
vocations combined, they have as 9
rule had the smallest participation OF
any in the direction of the affairs oj
governments. Undoubtedly farmers in
our country occupy q higher plane 30
cially and politically than actual tillers
of the soil have heretofore held any
where"
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Success OF Florida Orange Culture.

The grand effort to establish the
orange tree as a commercial fruit-beare
in Florida, is now meeting reward OF
success. It is now an accomplished fact
that the orange fruit is leading crop OF
East Florida, identical with the pros
perity of this State as support to rich
and poor. In reference to this fruit the
skeptical ones predicted that the de-
mand would not meet the supply, but
in this the reverse has been the case,
for, on an increased supply, the demand
at five dollars per box continues un-
abated. That Florida will now become
q vast fruit-growing State there is no
doubt. We are glad to find the North.
erners so partial to our frnit, for it gives
them an opportunity to reciprocate the
immense patronage OF the South IN the
purchase Of their products, such as hay,
grain and store goods, Paeatsa (Fta.)
& H9rHkI. ~. ~ 800 Esy4
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/" The Plague. "

The term "plague is 80 often used in
its general sense, covering all epidemic
diseases, that it is seldom thought of as
a specific disease, like typhus fever. It
is eminently malignant, and it is said by
medical authorities to kill cat least two
thirds of those it attacks" It has fre-
quently, in distant ages, swept over the
known world, and single epidemics are
supposed to have numbered their vic
Tins by millions. The plague of the
sixth century, which attacked three
continents, is said to have killed twice
as many people as there ore now living
in the United States. We are all famil-
lar with the story told by De Foe, of the
"great plague" of London; but it was
insignificant in comparison with the
ravages made by the disease in the
cities of the East. The quarantine laws
were instituted to prevent the spread
of the plague, although now
employed for similar purpose
during the prevalence of any epidemic.
The improved sanitary condition of all
the cities of the world has in recent
times prevented such widespread epi-
denies as were common q few hundred
years ago, but there is still whole
some dread OF the plague throughout
Europe. A generation has passed away
since the last appearance of the plague
in Europe. If it should come again,
sanitary cordons will doubtless be drawn
around the infected districts 30 as to
prevent, if possible, all communication
with the outer world. It is of course q
difficult matter to establish a complete
quarantine, but the large standing ar
mics of Europe can be used to advan-
tage in this service. An Eastern war
is always liable to spread, if not also to
develop the plague, and it is quite
probable that the present pestilence,
whether it be typhus fever OF the true
plague, is due TO the movement Of Rus.
Sian troops on Che frontier. =
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An Unpublished Poem by Byron.

A paper on the "Summer Alcove, Harvard
Library" in Scribner contains the following
account Of Byron's edition Of Ossian, which
was bequeathed among other books to Harvard
college by Senator Sumner:
Among the books Of interest aside from Mr..
Summers ownership, is an Ossian in two
volumes. It Was printed in 1906, and is not
an uncommon edition ; but this copy belonged
to Lord Byron. he seemed to have read and
loved the poem as our Jefferson did, and has
covered the fy-leaves and other blank spaces
with reflections, inviting alike to the student
OF Ossian and Of Byron. In each volume he
has written his name. simply Byron" His
handwriting is easy and graceful; and the fly
leaves and many margins have comments
Ossisn's poetry into his own, in the following
lines, which have never been published:
"a Version Of Ossian's address to tie Sun,
from his poem Carthon.'"
Oh thou who rollest in yon azure field,
Round as the orb Of my forefather's shield,
Whence are thy beams? From what eternal
Dost thou, oh sun thy vast effulgence pour ?
In awful grandeur, when thou movest on high,
The stars start back and hide them in the sky,
The p.lo moon sickens in thy Frightening
blaze,
Aud in the waters wave avoids thy gaze.
Alone tnou sh,nest forth. for who can rise
Companion to thy spendor in the skies
The n ,uatsil oaks are seen to fall away,
Mountains themselves by longth Of days de-
cay;
With GIBBS and flows in the rough ocean tossed,
In heaven the moon is for season lost,
But thou, amidst the fulnsss Of thy Joy,
The ssme art evsr-blsziug in the sky
When tempests wrap the world from pole to
pole,
When vivid ightings hash and thI.nders roll,
Thou, far above their utmost fury borne,
Look'st forth in beauty-laughiug them to
scorn!
But vainly now on me thy beauties blaze,
Ossian no longer can enraptured gaze!
Whether st morn in lu,id luster gay
On eastern clouds thy yellow tresses play,
Or else at eve. in radiant glory dressed,
Thou tremblest at the portals Of the west,
see no more! But thou mayst fail at length,
Like Ossian lose thy beauty and thy strength
Like him, but for season, in thy sphere
To shine with splendor-then to disappear
Thy years shall have an end, and then 30
more
Bright thro' the worll enliveniag radiance
pour,
Bat sleep within thy clou Is, aud fail to rice,
Needless when morning calls thee to the
skies I"