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From "D0n Quix0te. "

Here are a few extracts from "Don
Quixote:"
Beauty in modest woman is like q
fire or sword at distance; neither doth
the one burn nor the other wound those
that come not too close to them.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes
open.
The absent feel and fear every i'll.
Self-praise depreciates.
The dead to the bier, and the living
to good cheer.
All women, let them be ever so
homely, are pleased to hear themselves
celebrated for their beauty.
Squires and knights Grant are sub
ject to much hunger and i'll luck.
Liberality may be carried too far in
those who have children to inherit from
them.
Virtue is always more prosecuted by
the wicked than beloved by the
righteous.
Every one is the son of his o wn works.
Honey is not for the mouth of an ass.
No paddock, bolts or bars, can secure
a maiden so well as her own reserve.
Wit and humor belong TO genius
alone.
The wittiest person in comedy is
he who plays the fool.
There is no book so bad but that
something good may be found in it.
We are all as God made us, and Oft
entimes a great deal worse.
Let the hen live, though it be with a
pip.
We cannot all be friars and various
are the paths by which God conducts
the good to Heaven.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
1t is easy to undertake, but more diff
ficult to finish thing.
This term is equally applicable to all
ranks: whoever is ignorant is vulgar.
BY the streets of "By-and-by" one ar
rives at the house of Never"
Between the yes and no Of a woman
| would not undertake to thrust the
point of pin.
Patience and shuttle the cards:
A soldier had better smell of gun
powder than musk.
Other mems wants are easily borne.
A bad cloak covers a good drinker.
Pray devoutly and hammer or
stoutly.
When a tling is once begun it is al
most half finished.
Lay bridge Of silver for flying en-
envy.
The Jest that gives pain is no jest.
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THE WEEKS WORK,
Selected From Every Source.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON advices of the It'll state
that two large dynamo-electric machines
have been placed in the capital at Wash
ingt0n and thai building will hereafter
be lighted by electricity.
A WASHINGTON special of the It'll inst.
says the sub-treasurers are all supplied
with gold and are paying ii out freely in
current obligations, and treasurers'
checks for called bonds are being paid
by the assistant treasurer in New \ DIRK
in gold, through the clearing house.
A PRESS dispatch from Washington of
the Sth says during September $4,000
was added to the Pacific railways sink
ing fund by withholding from those
roads that amount due them by the
government for transportation
UNDER date of Oct 10th the chief of
the bureau of statistics reports the ex-
ports of petroleum and petroleum pro-
ducts from The t. s. during August, 1879,
amounted TO 46 ,397 no gallons, valued at
$3,630,112.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 10th
says the treasury of the L. S. reports the
total amount of standard silver dollars
coined to be $42, 1917 Amount on
hand in treasury offices, $31, 703, $50.
Amount outstanding in circulation, SILL
0j4,070.
A SPECIAL from Washington of the 10Th
inst. says the treasury department has ar
ranged with express companies to trans
port all shipments of fractional silver to
parties ordering it at government contract
rates
A WASHINGTON dispatch of Oct. Sth
says the two Douglas brothers, Robert NJ.
and Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., in their last
visit here have come for the purpose of
collecting a claim against the United
States, already allowed them by the
courts. The amount in question, sos, 900,
has just been paid them at the treasury.
GEN. Lew. Wallace, under date of Oct.
eth has sent to Washington a report en-
logizing New Mexico. He thinks it is
rich in yet undeveloped mineral re-
sources. Agriculture there is in very
primitive condition. The crying want
of the territory is good tirstclass peni-
tertiary.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 10th
says the chief of the bureau of statistics
furnishes the following Information, de-
rived from official returns, in regard to
immigration into the port of New York.
There arrived at the port of New York
during the month of September, 1879,
81, 924 passengers, 1852 of whom We're
immigrants. During the corresponding
period of 1878 the total number of pas
sengers arrived at the port was 1868,
of whom 1886 were immigrants.
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Comfort for Old Maids.

Old maids are useful. They can cook,
and take care of the children, nurse
sick people, and generally play the
piano. Old bachelors are useless. They
do not even know how to drive nails or
split wood.
Old maids are amiable. Ifone wants
anything done that requires patience
and kindness of heart, a single lady is
sure to be one to do it.
Old bachelors are ill-natured. They
snub children, despise babies, and hate
young mothers, and are always so bus
lily employed in seeing that other peo-
pie take good care of them that they
have not moment to give to any one
else.
Old maids are nice looking, and
''young for their years" Old bachelors
generally have red noses, rheumatism
In their knees, bald heads and mouths
that turn down at the corners.
Old maids can make a home of one
little room, and they cook delicious
ming little tin kettles, besides making
all their own wardrobes. Old bachelors
need an army of tailors, walters, cooks,
ulStaDb TeidtlN6Sy anu uOtSl lduutOTuS 10
keep them comfortable. When old
maids are i'll they tie up their heads in
pocket handkerchiefs, take homeo-
phatic pellets out OF two bottles, alter
nately, and get well again. When old
bachelors ale Ill they go to bed and
send for four DOCTORS have consulta-
ton; a antlepiece full Of black bot
tles all the amiable married men who
belong to the club to sit up with him at
night, besides hired nurse; they tel
egraph to their relatives, and
do their hes! to impress the
world they are dying.
When an old maid travels she takes
a sandwich, piece of pound cake,
bottle of lemonade in hand basket,
and lunches comfortably III the car
rjage. When an old bachelor travels
he orders a dinner in courses at the
station, and raves because he has not
time to eat it before the Fifteen min
utes for refreshments" are over.
Old maids drink weak tea and it
cures their headaches.
Old bachelors drink strong liquor and
it gives them headaches.
Old maids are modest. They think
their youth is over and their beauty
gone. If, after while, some Autumn
nal love is given them they take it as
a sort of miracle, and hope people
will not laugh at them for marrying 50
late in life."
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covering the flag of South Carolina,
which had been shot off. Ga this ocoa-
sion Governor Rutledge presented him
his own sword, and offered him lieu
tenants commission. But Jasper, who
could scarcely read or write, refused,
saying: Il am not fit to keep officers
company; ! am but sergeant" APP
preciating his bravery and GOODNESS,
Col. Moultrie, his commander. gave
him rowing commission 10 scour the
country with few men, and surprise
and capture the enemy's outposts. His
achievements IN this capacity seem to
belong to romance rather than history,
and in boldness equal any record in the
revolutionary annals of the southern
states, not excepting those of the re-
nowned General Marion. AT the as
sault upon Savannah Jasper was in the
column which, under DEstaing and
Lincoln, attacked the Spring Hill re-
doubt, and received his death wound
while fastening to the parapet the
standard which had been presented 70
his regiment by Mrs. Elliott. His hold,
however, never relaxed, and he bore
the colors to a place of safety before
he died. His last words were: "Tell
Mrs. Elliott that | lost my life support
ing the colors she presented to our regi-
ment." A county of Georgia, and a
square in Savannah have been named
after him.
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CASUALTIES.

AT San Francisco, on the 5th inst,
Prof. COlgrove and G.. II. Williams, mana
ger of WOodward's Gardens, undertook
to make balloon ascension. The wind
was blowing a great gale and the aeron-
ants were strongly urged not TO attempt
the hazardous experiment. The trial
was made, however, in a rotten balloon.
The air-ship was hardly above the build
ings when it was caught by the wind
and dashed with fearful velocity against
telegraph wires and high towers, causing
Il to rip and throwing the men to the
ground. Williams was horribly crushed
and died in few moments. COlgroye
fingered few hours and died.
ADRIAN, Mich, dispatches of the 4th
give lie details of the terrible accident
which occurred at the county fair in that
place on Wednesday, When several
thousand people had assembled in the
newly erected grand stand to witness the
races, the center Of the grand stand gave
way with a crash. The front part fell
outwards and the back fell into the river,
precipitating the mass of people among
the ruins Work was at once commenced
to extricate the dead and wounded, and
the opers house was opened and many OF
he dead and wounded, as fas. as extri-
Gated, were conveyed there. The killed
and those who have already died of inju-
rias received number sixteen, while more
than a hundred are severely injured,
many of whom must die. The architect
OF the grand stand structure is the person
blamed Tor the occurrence of the fatal
;sualties. The stand was built unusu-
alive higa to admit space for the exhibi-
ton of wagons and carriages underneath
and the timbers were simply spiked To-
gether, instead of being morticed and
bgaeed
A DETROIT dispatch of the 10th gives
tile following particulars of the terrible
accident on the Michigan Central II. R.a
short distance east of junction, about
1 o'clock the morning of the 10th. The
pacific express train bound west, which
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A Serious Mistake.
Galveston (Tex.) News.

They were sitting ON the stoop to-
eether. It was about S:47 p. NJ. Tho
moon was floating serenity across the
heavens, which looked like an immense
stretch of pale satin dappled with dia-
monds. There wasn't breeze enough
to make the yiolets nod. The dew fell
with its customary softness. and was
pillowed upon the petal Of the dreaming
lily. After they had contemplated all
the beauty Of the foregoing tintype, he
broke the silence
at rained this morning, didn't It,
pet?'
at did" she re olied sweetly.
We have had great deal OF rain
lately, haven't we. dearest p he went
on as he gave hitch at his suspenders.
"We have"
"Do you like rain. my little peach?"
"No."
Neither do L."
Then there was another long pause,
and more contemplation Of the afore.
said tintype, when the youth again went
On very feebly
"Does my little gold-haired eum-drop
think it will rain tomorrow Z?
Il think not.
Il wonder If il viii RAIN next Thurs
day p
"Don't know; but / think it will rain
tomorrow ?"
Why do you think so =.
Why, because the skies are cloudy.
"They are quiet bright he went on
with smile.
"Beg your pardon" she responded
good naturally. 1t was one Of your
ears that took for dark cloud.
And then the young man VINO
couldn't get up a conversation abruptly
left.
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GENERAL NOTES.

AN Albion, Mich :, dispatch of the 9th
inst. says: A large balloon passed over
this city at O'Clock this morning, going
southwest rapidly 1t was at great
height, and to all appearances a car was
attached
THE great six days walk for the
O'Leary belt began in New York at A
NJ. on the 9th inst Great excitement
prevailed in sporting circles. Thirty
five men started. The first prize is the
belt and $4,000; the second $4,000; the
third $1,000; and the fourth $500.
THE supreme court of Pennsylvania,
on the 18th inst. affirmed the decision of
the Beaver county circuit court in a case
involving the liability for all the loss by
the Pittsburg riots of 1877. The court
below and the supreme court make Allie
ghany county liable for all loss, amount
ing to $6000,000
A HARTFORD, Conn, dispatch of the
eth SAYS quite full election returns make
it certain that the constitutional amend
ments providing for biennial elections
for the legislature, and extending the
term of offices of Judges of the supreme
and superior courts ofthe age of 20 years,
are overwhelmingly defeated. Towns
generally elected officers Returns as
far as received are encouraging TO the
republicans.
The democratic state convention Of
Massachusetts assembled at Boston on
the 18th and put in nomination the fol
lowing ticket: For governor, John
Quincy Adams; lieutenant governor w.
f. Plunkett; secretary of state, Gen. Nj.
7. Donahoe: treasurer and receiver,
Gen David n. Skillings; auditor, VIM.
R,Freed; attorney general. Richard Oh
ney. j. Abbott, p A Collins, Geo. A.
Gill and Reuben Noble elected delegates
al large TO the national convention. The
following is the resolution on the cur
rency question:
The democratic party has always de.
MED that any constitutional powe. ex-
listed in the federal government to make
anything legal tender payment of debt
except gold and silver. We affirm obli-
gators of public and private contracts,
and demand that The public money ought
to be kept in the treasury of the United
States, free from control by spectators
or favorite bankers.
A BELoIT telegram under date of De-
tober 9th, says that Josiah Shepard, of
this city, has ordered of Beck & Co,
London, a microscope, to be presented
TO Beloit College. which will be inferior
TO none in the. country 1t is described
as large bin0culaT instrument with
concentric rotary stage, magnifying from
eight to ten thousand diameters, and ac-
companied with three hundred accessory
instruments. Ii viii be placed in the
college in December, and viii be a most
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Brigham's Compromise.

The big suit against the executors Of
the estate of Brigham Young and the
Mormon church for the recovery Of
81 CO., eco alleged to have been fraudu.
lenlly Paid by the executors Of the
church3 was settled to-day by compro.
mise. The seven mutinous heirs, plain
tiffs in the suit. receive $50, 900 and
their lawyers $4,000 and decree was
entered confirming the acts of the ex-
ecutora in turning over to the church,
out OF Brigham's property, abou. ST.,
100000 worth Of property. The moth
ers of minor heirs are appointed guar
dams and trustees, and their proportion
Of the> properly set apart to them.
Leading Mormons feel pleased over the
settlement, because the suit was bring
ing out a good deal concerning Brig
ham Y0ung's irregular methods Of han
ding CHURCH property that they did not
want exposed
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THE accumulation of gold bullion at
the assay-oflice in New York city is be-
coming so great that the treasury
officials are concerned as to what shall
be done with it. Under the act requir-
ing the coinage of the standard silver
dollars the burden Of coinage falls upon
the Philadelphia mint. Its capacity is
so taxed in coming standard dollars that
it is impossible to coin the small subsid-
larry coins. The bronze cent pieces which
are alone coined at Philadelphia are in
demand, but can not be supplied. The
existing law in regard to silver coinage,
1t is thought at the treasury. will not be
modified by congress at the coming
session.
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Sir Henry Bessemer's Observatory.

At the present moment Sir Henry
Bessemer, finding no more development
for his taste for landscape gardening,
has built himself an observatory des-
tined to contain an enormous telescope,
capable of magnifying 5000 times,
worthy rival of the famous tube set up
by Lord Rose. The Bessemer telescope
however, will not be furnished with
metal speculum, Sir Henry has dlscov-
cred method of grinding glass to the
required curvature. Glass has been
successfully employed IN the telescope
in the observatory at Paris, and
equally good results are expected from
the giant of Denmark Hill. The observ-
atory required to contain an instrument
of It's enormous magnitude IS IN itself
q marvel of constructive skill, and Is
probably the most remarkable edifice
Of the kind ia the world. Not the dome
only, as at Greenwich and elsewhere,
but the entire upper floor, revolves on
a circular railway, by hydraulic power,
subject to the touch of the finger OF the
astronomer, who thus enjoys all the adj
vantage of outdoor observation, COM
bined with the comfort of his own library
Chemistry, mathematics and physics
having in turn helped Sir Henry Bes-
semer to fortune, he has now fallen back
upon astronomy as pastlme. Ills OBJ
servatory, which is constructed IN the
most massive manner in order to avoid
vibration, is although approachabie from
the house and the long terrace leading
TO the lake, so constructed that II can De
entered from the private road probably
with the view Of presenting or Dequeatl-
ing it to some scieLt ific society.
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YELLOW FEVER.

SIX new cases were reported at Mem
phis on the 9Th inst.
A DISPATCH from Memphis of Oct. It'll
says there were sixteen new cases of fever
reported within the last twenty four
hours.
A MEMPHIS dispatch of October 9th
says there has been one death and two
new cases of fever reported within the
past twentY-four hours.
ADvICEs of Oct. 10th from Memphis
report ten cases in all-seven colored
and three whites. A telegram from Har-
rison, Miss, says the sick are all dead.
Donations to the Towards aggregated
$1,000. Their nometer has ranged be-
tween 20 and 81.
A MEMPHIS special of the 18th says 10
cases in all were reported to-day--7 col.
ored. Among those reported this even
ing are Agnes Steel, Margaret Crone,
Henry Jones, Henry Green, Joseph Brit
on and E. T. Keel. Three deaths oc-
cured.
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left Detroit forty-fiye minutes late collid-
ed with switch engine ON the main
track, at that place, telescoping the
baggage and express cars, and pitching
the remaining coaches, eleven in
number, on top of the others. The
first coach was filled with emigrants,
most of whom are killed or seriously in
iured many occupants of the other
coaches were also killed or injured. 1t
is supposed there are about 20 or % pas
sengers killed and 20 10 thirty wounded.
The majority of the number are thought
to be emigrants and second-clas pas
sengers. Physicians and surgeons were
at once summoned from Jack
son to the scene of the
disaster, and a special train carrying
physicians left Detroit at ga. NJ. A large
force of employees of the railroad conn.,
pany, together with large mum Der of the
citizens of Jackson, are on the ground,
engaged in the work of extricating bod
les from the wreck. Railroad officials
and surgeons are busily at Work among
the wounded, doing everything in their
power to alleviate their sufferings. Up
to noon, eighteen dead bodies had
becn taken from the wreck of the
express, ten of whom, taken from the
wrecked emigrant car, nave not yet Deen
identified. The killed are Milton Gill
bert, of Detroit, engineer of the express
train; G. B. Smith, of Jackson, fireman
the express train; John Rice, wife ard
d"ughter, Philadelphia; Mrs. Garland
IF ten year old daughter, Philadel-
DnIa; Louis Mongoin, of Buckingham,
Canada, and an infant daughter of Mrs.
George A. Jones, of Catado, Penn. The
accident was caused nv the swifchman
having charge of making the freight
train at Jack son junction occupying the
main track with a switch-engine and
eaboose. 1t is The understanding that the
Pacific express was considerably behind
time. The express train however, had
made up nearly all the lost line.
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aluable acquisition to the scientific de.

valuable acquisition 10 The Sclentlfle de-
partment
AT meeting of the directors of the
Western Union telegraph company in
New York on the 9th inst, President
Green submitted his annual report, as
follows: Receipts $10,07s, s97 expenses,
$500, 10; leaving a net profit of "a $685.
T7S. Out of this were paid four quarter
ly dividends, aggregating $2.295, 304 !;
$430, 52S for interest on bonds, and $40,-
056 for sinking fund appropriations. leav-
ing surplus OF net revenue of 81 $685.
sS8. From this surplus $1393l9 was
paid for new lines, and $145, 1874 for the
purchase of telegraph stock, patents,
etc.
Asst. Louis telegram Of the 18th SAYS
the party which, under the direction of
John Wise, Jr., went few days ago to
explore the vast bottom lands of Macou.
pin county, ILL.,, on the theory that the
lost balloon was wrecked therein, return
ed to-day, after a very wearisome walk
They only succeeded in proving beyond
all question that all theories about the
balloon landing this side of Springfield,
Ill, are fallacious. The circulars were
dropped from an almost straight line
northeast, through three counties, and
the last of them were found north of the
forest region of Macoupin Co. The open
and settled state of the country north of
Springfield makes i quite certain that
the balloon could not land in that region
without being seen, and forces the con
clusion that the telegraph operator on the
shore of Lake Michigan, who thought he
saw balloon passing out over the lake
at II O'Clock Sunday night, was correct.
The Junior Wise refuses to believe that
his grandfather has been killed, and
holds to the theory that the balloon land
ed in Canadian woods, remote from a tel
egraph station. The interested parties
here are receiving scores of kilograms
and letters from all parts of the country,
telling of balloons that have been seen,
but each report thus far has borne in it.
self the proof that the Pathfinder was not
the object seen.
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MANY of the agriculture Journals are
sorely troubled to know whether a hen
sis or sets. If some editor of dignity
would set a hen on the nest. and the
little editors would let her sit, I would
be we'll for the world. Now man, or
woman either, car set hen, although
they cannot sit her; neither can they
set on her, although the old hen might
sit on them by tie hour if they would
allow it. A man cannot set on the
wash bench; br he could set the basin
on it, and neither the basin nor the
grammarians would object. He could
sit on dogs tail if the dog were will
ing; or he might set his foot en- it. But
if he should set on the aforesaid tail. or
sit his foot there, the grammarians as
veil as the dog would howl. And yet,
mango as it may seem, the man might
set the tail aside and then sit down. and
neither be assailed by the dog Or the
grammarians.
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Is little less than two years Phila-
delphia firm has shipped over 800 street
car wheels on axles to Brazil, and 200
to the River Platte country, and they
have at present foreign orders from the
West Indies, South America and Eu-
rope for some l 800 of their chilled
railroad wheels. Some are for roads
in Cuba and others for trains in Great
Britain.
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POSTMASTER JAMES, of New York, has
sent his quarterly statement TO the post
master general for the three months
ending Sept. 80. The amount of mom-
ey received for the sale of postage
stamps during the quarter was $780,
335 %: for box rent $3.50; for waste
paper, 5000 30. The general expenses
of the office were $197, 26G 81; contingent
expenses, Sc, 042 06, leaving revenue
due and paid to the United States treas
ury of $583, 800 so This revenue bal
ance exceeds the balance for the cores
ponding quarterly term in 1875 by $780,
600.