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HIM. S. "PlxAroRr," by Arthur sulli-
van. Full Vocal Score, words and music,
81 90; Libretto (words only, l0c; Vocal
Selections (bound), 95c; Galop, SOC; Waltz,
3Sc; Pospourri, SOC; Galop, for Piano and
Violin, Cornet or Flute, 400; Waltz, far
Piano and Violin, 0ornSt or Flute, Soc.
All the novelties in music. Pianos and
Organs to rent.
Lucas Music STORE, j..
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Lucas Music STORE,
1927 Market street.

JAcxsoN's BEsT.-Give it a trial and you
will use no other. Joseph speidel 4 paa
Wholesale Grocers, have It. '' : '
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n sr. lor1s.

81. LOUIS, May so-Decoration Day was
not observed to the same extent as L was
last year, still Home ave thousand people
went down the river 10 the National Gem.
tery at Jefferson Barracks this afternoon
aand listened to the usual oratiopsapd seat.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-31

MILwAuEEE, May al-Ohseryance Of
Decoration Day was quite general through.
out the city. The usual programme was
carried out at the different cemeteries,
while, at tho National Military Asylum the
exelclses held were elaborate and impres.
siye' Hon. G. w. Haselton delivered a
very eloquent oration. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-31

CoLuNnus, O., May SO..-Desoration Day
was generally observed. A procession,
consisting OF regulars and militia, civic SO.
cleties, ex.soldiers and citizens, paraded
the streets, and thence to Green Lawn
Cemetery, where, after an oraLion by ex.
Governor Dennisaa, the soldiers graves
were decorated by ex-yolunteer sol.
aisrs. An immense concourse witness.
ed the exercises. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-31
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The General and AtFectlOnate obssr-
vance Of Decoration Day.
The Graves Of the Nations Dead
strOwn with Flowers.
The Day More eeneralIy Observed
Than Any Time Before.
The Poisoned Vermont Brook
and its Victims.
One Of Col. Ben Wilson's Indifferent
Expressions.
COL. Rem WILSON.

BestoWs His Benedietion on the ApprO-
priatiOn Bill, the Army and the Presi-
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i.Hs Is at for treason, Stratagems and spOils,
Let no such man be trusted"

My friends, as we stand by the side Of
these eighty-one national cemeteries, five
hundred battlefelds, and tour hundred
and twenty.one thousand graves, conse-
Grated forever as the resting places OF our
gallant and honored dead, cold, cold must
that heart be that does not feel within it
rising the pious purpose and the solemn
resolution that "the government Of the
people, which these our comrades died to
save, shall not perish from the EARTH"
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PIrTsDuReH, May 3d. Decoration Dav
was generally observed in this city and
vicinity to-day, with the usual ceremonies
OF decorating the graves in the various
cemeteries, business during the forenoon
was partially suspended, all the banks,
Government offices and other public
buildings being closed, and in the after.
noon the suspension OF business was gen.
eral. The weather was very favorable ior
out door exercises, and the memorial sc r.
vice was OF the most interesting character
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TOLEDO. May 30-DeCoration Day was
observed by general suspension Of bust.
ness, appropriate and impressive exercises
at the various cemeteries adjacent 10 the
city, and the floral offerings more profuse
than ever before witnessed here on simi.
lar occasions. The principal exercises took
place at Forest Cemetery under the
auspices OF Forsyth Post, G. A. r., and
although temporarily interrupted BY a
passing shower Of rain, the programme was
carried out in satisfactory manner In the
presence OF a large asssmblage Of citizens.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-16
Oddities Of a Chinese Funeral.

aA
The Chinese funeral yesterday was a
grand and imposing affair. The cefe-
monies were held in Chinatown,2 and
various incantations were preformed
over the baked pig, chicken, rice and
arrack, in sight Of many OF our citizens.
Six high priests of the order of Free
masons were fobedlifi white vestmcnts,
and all the mourners had strips of white
and red cloth tied around their arms.
"A band was in attendance, and dhring
the, ceremony would discourse SOME of
the late and most popular airs, such as
Yankee Doodle, Shoe Fly, ETC., which,
although not being exactly, the Ameri-
can style of funeral music, seemed to
please the Celesti;tls nightly Contra
ry to their, usual custom, the hog, chick
EN-, ETC., were not taken to the grave, as
the disgracaful scrahibling of the rabble
on the last occasion decidedly proved to
the mourners that the departed spirit
had little show for provisions in the face
of the mob, consequently they were LETT
in the joss house in, Chinatown. Con
spicuots among tltose present was q
man with a copyof y" Gospel Hymns
in his hands, seated on the railing around
the adjoining grave, and many Of the
uninitiated were. anNiously waiting for
him to open the ceremony, but he kept
on his perch until the affair was over,
without making IA .sign.rBlack Hills
NeOs.
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Some Ancient Monsters.

Professor Copeof Philade1phia, who is
spending his summer in California, gave
the other day to the San Francisco
Academy Il description of two fossil
animals. One of these was. an enormous
vertebrate somewhat resembling an
aquatic kangaroo, named caili;trasaufus
supremus, whose neck was, nine, feet in
diameter, whose hind legs were 20 feet
long, whose, spinal .yGrtebres were IS
inches across, and which, must. have
been 72 feet long by measurements care
fully taken.s This animal could walk, in
40 feet of water. and catch its prey, with
it's fore paws He described another
similar monster found, whose spinal YER
tebre were six feet across and whOsA
hind legs were 40 feet long, with car
nivorous teeth placed in the upper and
lower jaws like shears, SO, us to cut up,
animal food by traversing each other in
the most perfect nianncr.in The bones of
the lower half of this. animal were solid
and very heavy, to keep It's feet down in
the, water, while bones in the euppef half
of its body were built in honeyeombed.
layers as thick as pasteboard, strong, but
very light and buoymat. in water. % This
monster has been named amphicoclias
fragilissimus, and must have been con-
siderably over 100 feet i'm length. Both
animals have large, and powerful tails
like kangaroos, and when catching their
food in the water must have appeared
as if on three-leggcd stools, the tail act.
ing as an equal support of the tripod.
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The Gar and His Coat OF Mail.

A Agentleman who has visited st. Peters
burg pictures the life of the Czar of
all the Russias Us something to be by no
means envied. He says that the Winter
Palace, which is the Czar's ordinary res
idence, is but splendid prison of state,
where 5000 titled jailers stand between
him and the outer world. 1t is q town
within town. It's inmates are u ver-
liable population, duly graded in the
minutest subdivisions of official rank.
The Gar often breaks bounds, and, in
deed, up to a late date, he continued
the habit of all his predecessors of going
out on foot every day. But the recent
attempt on his life has changed all that
and make him more lonely that eyer.
He has now fallen completely into the
hands of his advisers, and their advice,
In default OF better, is, that he shall in.
crease the distance between him and
human nature. The late attack on his
life by the Nihilist Solovieff would have.
been successful but for the fact that he,
wore a shirt of very strong chain mail
under his coat. 1t was made for him by
Leblanc of the Boulevard Magenta, a
well known Paris arinorer, who supplies
the theaters for their mimic wars, but
who also knows how to turn out work
that would bear the brunt of a real
one. Leblanc's first Imperial custom
er was the Emperor Napoleon I'LL, ,.
and it was probably through the recon-
mendation of some friend of the En-
peror that Alexander, at the beginning
of the present troubles, was led to apply
to Leblanc for one of his patent safety
suits. The armorcr's own story is that
a gentleman sought him out, and with
Some mystery asked if he could make q
coat of mail that would turn q revolver.
bullet He was doubtful himself of his
own powers in this respect, though he
had already provided Napoleon with an
warranted to turn the edge
of a knife. But an experiment was made
with one of his best suits, and it, was.
found that even u Colts army revolver
made no impression on its se11ied rings
of steel. This explains the miracle of
the Emperor's preservation. Leblanc
has other illustrious customers, among
them Prince Bismarck, and the conf
Dental distribution of bis business cards
seems to be q common courtesy among
the potentates of Europe. But the
of coat of mail can hardly be
to unalloyed cheerfulness and
happiness. ,......, ,,
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covered that mitten. The. gotod-natu1lr,ed
guide won the eternal gratitude of a boy
OF our party by-pressnting it to him, to
be treasured as the genet his museum
and souvenir of Lilray.
| can not tell half of what might be
told about this marvellous cave. A visit
to it is like having glimpse of another
world, q land of shadows and realm of
mystery. And now, when 1 look over
towards those blue mountains, the charm
OF the unknown is gone, but in its place
are pleasant memories of a smiling val
ley, a pretty little town resting upon its
bosom, and far beneath sunlight, and
moonlight land that exceeds all my
childish fancies ever pictured in my
dreams of Wonderland. - .-e.. ....-.-..-.
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THE CAVE OF LURAY.
Afisit to a virginian Wonderland.

Afisit to virginian Wonderland.
From the Norfolk Landmark
aust begin my account of the cave
Iay with Warrenton, because it was
here we started on our expedition
ae cave, and Warrenton is well
sa to the people of Norfolk, so many
shom have pleasant memories of
\, g this charming place.
lank many have felt as 1 have,
after climbing our mountain here
aanding under the " View Tree, .
nave looked westward to the tow
heights of the Blue Ridge, WON
and longing to see what beautiful
aaes beyond those blue mountains,
outline seems melting into the
! mad been told of the Valley of
grandchildren land of
Fertile plains and dewy meads,
M which the great mountains stand
llagsly, but it was not the Shenan-
valley that we beheld when, one
y alter driving all day towards
lloantalns, whose turquoise hues
y emerald as we approached, we
slrnounted the gap and looked
saap0n the fairest little valley that
" sun shone on-or moon either,
~ sun and moon beautified it when
'ssaw 1t, the one with warm, rich
y sunset splendor, while us the
h colors faded away the full
sa rs perfect beauty shed over it
sutlelight. "
1s, Us Lay a lower range of noun
|,,.i ne Massanutton hiding the
\ ,saa9sh, ss and below us lay a little
saley--the Valley of Luray. A
i, Msam flows through it like a sill
'sssa gag IN the landscape. The little
sasly decked with flowers, seems
Il abode J @ OF peace and tranquility.
ss1ss y . little l, hill-a most unpretend-
@..,, S nih. SO demure it looks,
n, 'u ~ one ever guess the secret it
II f''nese hundreds of yearsp Yes, a
M ,secret has been hidden in that
NJ Nay. {, Farmers have bought rich
nla. II piowed and titled and raised
lsss "eh harvest, and have scorned
M ~ oarren hill where only pine
ascfub - oaks grew; and children
spsn ayes played over it, little
49, u !, the depths of wonder and
En- s y that lay beneath their feet.
alo9n have shone on that little
H. ssaaas Of human joy and woe
In ,.a heard there from the town
y anlle ls, down below, in perfect
n;a' y utter darkness, a work has
aaes u On I that is startling in its re-
SI - sba 20 the work of human hands,
,,a aapes and forms of those far
esar,s ~ surprisingly like those of the
Aln ~ We arrived the cave was
sio ao;s or gay party, who went
aaea oy The novel entertainment
d sse !. underground, We did not
seir,sai, !, In that way-at all events,
/ nights rest after a drive
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WIDOWED.

kidnot sigh for death, nor make sad moan,
fang IRON smiles as one who solace fears,
j laed with kindly deeds the waiting years
kDher heart of hearts, she lived alone,
Fmher voice there thrilled an IlndertOnc
seemed TO rise from soundless depths of
tears;
Isaen the sea is calm, one sometimes hears
kaag, low murmur of a storm, unknown
m the sheltered haven where he stands,
tosens OF tempest overpast
hanging tide brings to the shining sands
|hile surface of her life was cast,
Ede present shadow of the day
4 Love and JOY went hand in hand away.
n. B. Boyle, iR Scribneg for October.
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EARTH'S BEAUTY.
,,roro not we born to light?

sa,v The men and women as saints
h, ahn h,s,,deu v. All our thoughts are fair
Edk ID shearts as dovecotes full of doves,
~ slnls and nest for them. They tiut-
Mf,n sa If them flew white about the world.
VI aaa ,vss,ns were like to ships that ffoated us
Y ~ y IN silent floods, apart from earth,
dsIi; ~ i;fe--so far that we co'ild see tnelfllgnts
iNsm uan lnv and hear the everlasting tide,
ssaso,.sd ase,ad with that fair reflected gold,
Y sapl, W, against the city wall, and sob
fsh " g.rT bows of vessels that drew on,
giE, ~ usr ssreighted with departed souls
Sssn, Sss,,a did spirits sing; but on that song
smn aa,e albeit the meaning was right
plain, ,.;,;,,, Of ,yo,.do
..-sarl waking, sweet was early air,
N sssa,eellent 4 was morning; whether deep
\. snew sS, lay keenly white, anu slrouds OF
..as III ,he gray breaker on a long foreshorc,
ssa'sa " ssawar,ning plover ran, and wild white
!, .sa. MES printed with thousand feet
lssllsp wbiteness, making shrill the storm;
Is,sber xss,sr soothed of sunshine, throbbed
.;l mi atween its towering maple trees,
| 4 ssburned the leaping beck that reared and
urged
| ,isulend dripping wheel.
The happy find
a..itv nj beauty everywhere
"a an. All of shade and sheen is theirs;
/ ~ strange fashions and the fair wise ways
\ s,rs beneath mans own. He breatheS de-
Hght -,
|jsse soul Is fresh, WHOSE iee1 aIc "ct WIFI
asH
II the melted mist of morning; when ut
watch,
! i deep In fern, he marks the stcalthy roe,
In Al Sleep or shadow, cross the glade,
EIrt atllwart his view us August stars
~ and are out, while gracefully pace on
4 md eyed harts to their traditional tree,
rsar the velvet from their budded horns.
IN 4 no want; both God and life are kind.
Esnougl TO hear, it is enough
- The pale wide barley field they love,
IN weird beauty, and the pale wide moon
n lowering seems to lurk between the
sheaves.
he rustic hamlet at high noon
4 shite owl sailing drowsed and deaf with
| sleep,
Wide her head in turrcts Drowned of moss
liz the rust of time. Aye SO the pinks
mountain grass marked ON Il sharp sea-
/ cliff,
&# iM De!oW tlc HoItilcIif ulfcE lccuS
ktWing ended settling as she sits,
ssessels water logged that sink ut sea
@ietly into the deep go down.
saough to wake, it is enough
hep; with God and time he leaves the
nst.
Emaday Death on the door step sits,
sng, or like veiled woman walks
xing bis footsteps. or athwart his path
splendid passion flower, love, unfoldS
klul Of sorrow, not ordained to know
basement through the answer of Il sigh;
lis Of pity with denial given,
kapwn and blossom of accomplishment.
Mly comes the snake with subtlety,
mptS him with an apple to know all.
Jean IngetOu.
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A Woman's Glove. .s,1a

A woman's glove is'to hciswh,it d vest
pocket is to n man. But it is more cal
pacious, and in ninety mine instances out,
of a hundred it is mulch better regulated
A man will carry $500 wuth ofsIsm:lll
change, four Matches. half a dozen
teothspicks, a short pencil, and yet not
be able to find j nickel, De "a, match, or
a tooth-pick, or a pencil or Il card when
he wants it,. Not SO with a Worilan'
She has the least bit of a glove and in,
that glove she carries the tiniest, hand,
and wad of bills. .and The nhtmoran-
dunn for her intended purchase of dryi
goods, and car tickets, and matinee
checks, and may be a diihinutive pow
der bag. We have no idea 5hew, she
does it-how. she, manages to squeeze
those thousand and one things into that
wee space. But she does it every time,
and the glove never looks the least dis
composed ortplethorie or rufffed.a And
whenia woman wants any article CON
-eealed about that glove, she doesn't seem
to have the least trouble in the worlds
getting at it, All that is: required ,lis a
simple turn of the wrist. the disappear
ance of fairy fingers, and the desired
article is brought to light! 1t is q won
der that no savant can explain. - Boston
- = ''=s
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---19fft s. ff7EEs Essl = ~ n fE7Et8E :.
Incomes, Of Professional Men,,

r@4i9A HAsess IL - sfstststts3 ststt ~ ~
IiiiA letter,to the Boston Jdur,aag says:
A large number of the New York pas
ttors are very wealthy men This IS az s'''
most, always sitr,le of the Catholics, ,andts
has been true of nearly all the, older
bpastofsH DR. Spring was 4 very rich
man, and in old age married q very i
wealthy woman for wife, The elder
bTyng is a millionaire; William Adams
has always beep4rieh since heshas beerpE
| iii New York. Dr. Beveair OF. Trinity
Church has sfl estate in litigation to- :
day. A. large Bqlti0ntpf the clergy are Il
poor. Two or three of the denomina-.
5tion are fich i'iNeaffy every successful
doctor hasa, .fortune.l Iteis the same
With eminent legal practitioners. When
the minister gets poor, rs he does 1T the =
last of his life, the lawyer and the doctor Il
become rich. When he outlives. his USE
fulncss, as ne does when he beeomes
old, the lawyer becomes . judge, and !
\ Tie doctor professor. asked an emf
bnent 15hysicisin, the other day, Why is
thisp, He. replied i 1t results fromhthe !,
way we begin. Nearly every practicing
lphysieiar, md LAWYER at the start Is
poor. He has his fame to get q
| and his fortune to win. He spends
llyears in laying the foundation Of his
fame. He Studies economy and figidly'
looks out for the eoppers. He isn't Ie-sl
Iauired to entertain any body. and no 9,
body expects he Win maintain the style "
of a successful MERCHANT sor rich lawyer :
He travels little, and earns. his money :,
before; he spends it. A minister takes >
ihis position at d hound. The yodngeri
/ he is the more popular he is. He takes
a rank with d lawyer And merchant and
L doctor at, the START He is flush in funessa
and imagines his bright day will always
last 1'Re money that he should Fay up
for his waning, hours, be Ispendsjn, trips 7
/ to Europe, and. visits the places of fash, -,
Lion and culture When the pastor has ,
get te.the ,s,Hn,pit and looks down tho
western slope, he has spent his money,
i Just as the doctor and lawyer have the
foundations of theirwealth laid and fame
and usefulness secured. There is not
| a profession in New York in which it is
so easy to lay up a competence for the
future as the ministerial one. The av-
erage pay is larger than any other pro-
fession.
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Artemus Ward in London.

On the mantel-piece at the, Savage
Club you see busts of Dickens and
Thackeray, and around the walls pic
lures of many distinguished men. Per-,
haps the largest picture there is that of
an American, Charles F. Browne, better
known as Artemus. Ward. It has the,
post of honor, and hangs above the seat
of the master of ceremonies. He was
the first literary American, perhaps, ,who
ever got wholly into the great, warm
hearts of the English. Here they tell
you how he first made them laugh He
had been dined at the Savage Club and,
in return, invited some of the members
to dine with him.. Now the. great hu-
morist was q poor and a very democrat
lie man, and so chose a rather plain inn
for his dinner, The, butter. brought on.
the table was not nice 1t was, to say
the least, suggestive. "Waiter," said
Artcmus Ward, g haven't you got some
baldlheaded buffers? Take away this
butter and bring some bald-headed but
ter" Nobody smiled, nobody. thought
of laughing. The stiff and stolid En-
glishmen went back tostheir eIub-room,
after leaving their host, and began to
discuss the great American humorist.
Suddenly one of their number sprang To
his feet and began to laugh, sOhl
now, I say, did you ear him talk about
bald 'caded i,butter?U Why! he wanted
butter without air in it., you kpew-,,'
Very Slow are those honest English to
see American jokes. .lAiJoaqmin Miller, III
The I31tleDeDtEe1u.. sF IT.
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THERE, are a great many people who
will never 60 to heaven unless they can
90 at excursion rates.
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Sir Louis Cavagnari, says the London
World, was one of those few men Gre
,ated by nature to- make their mark in
the worlds history. Utterly n-English
in his aspect, his manner, his style of
thought and his character of action, he
recalled the Continental diplomatists of
the Dsoyefs age. 1t has been generally
assumed at Peshawur for years back
that it was only question of time when
Cavagnari should be assassinated, us
had been Mackeson, Macdonald and SO
many others who had been his prede-
cessors in the perilous fascinating ca
reer of frontier management. A slight
man, of rather feeble physique, but with
an eye like two-edged sword, he never
carried arms, differing in this from John
Nicolson, who always had a pistol on
his writing table; and when at an inter-
view a hillman or an Afghan waXed
truculent, took care to secure the first
trick in the game. Cavagnari (writes
a correspondenD, although he never
loses his temper, can son occasion hit
wonderfully straight from the shoulder
1 remember once riding with him to an
appointment he had with some Afridis
to settle some yeXed land question. /,
remained on the road while he, alone,
in the center of about a dozen stalwart
ruffians armed to the eyebrows, walked
round the field. Presently the loud,
angry accents of a dispute reached my
ears The Afridis were surrounding
Cavagnari, gesticulating with passionate
vehemence. some with hands on their
daggers. Cavagnali stood quiet, per-
fectly fearless, utterly impassiye. Sud-
denly saw the biggest of the Afridis go
down like bullock, and Cavagnari,
with unruflled composure, returning his
hand into his pocket. He had knocked.
the ruffian down, and the swift thor!
oughness of the act cowed the fierce
hillmen. About halfway on the return
Journeys Cavagn;,ri remarked apologet-
ically, 1t was absolutely necessary.
Please don't think lost, my temper; |
was perfectly cool; but I was forced to
maintain my .ascendency; 2 and then he
added meditatively, "and | wanted also
to save my hfe.'n e-tifii@ i'3 '''S Z =
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THE largest sum ever paid for a horse
in England was $72, 900, given for DON
caster by the Duke of Westminster.
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IT is said that the Chinese have plan
Of preserving grapes by cutting cir
cular piece ont of a ripe pumpkin or
gourd, making an aperture large enough
to admit the hand. The interior is. then
completely cleaned out, the ripe grapes
are placed inside and the cover replaced
and pressedin in firmly. The pumpkin is
stored in a cool place, ss Grapes thus
preserved, it is claimed, will retain
their freshness for a long time.