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The Derivation of the Word Money.

The der1vationS OF the words relating to money
and commerce are interesting and instructive.
&" Pecun1afy" takes us back to the times when
value was reckoned by so many head of cattle.
The word money" is from nlOnetd, because In
Rome coins were first regularly struck in the
Temple OF Juno MOneta, which again was de-
rived from nOnere, to warn, because it was
built on the spot where ManliuS heard the GaaS
approaching to the attack Of the city. "Cotn"
is probably from the Latin cunsiLS, a die or
stamp. Many coins are merely so called from
their weight, as, for instance, one pound, the
French ltvre, Italian Ira; Others from the metal
as the aureus the rupee" from the Sanskrit
"rupya," silver; others from the design, as the
angel, the teStoon, from teSte or tete, a head;
others from the head of the state, as the SOW
ereign, crown; Others from the proper name Of
the monarch, such as the daric, from Darius
the Phillip, Louis dor or the Napoleon. The
dollar or thaler is short for the Joachim
staler, or money of the Joachims Valley, in
Bohemia, where these coins were first struck I'm
the sixteenth century. GutneaS were called
after the country from which the gold was OBJ
tanned, and the 'franc" Is an abbreviation of
the inscription Fr0Hc0runt ReJ. The 'ssou" Is
from the Latin SOliduS. The word shilling ap-
pears to be derived from root signifying TO
divide; and In several cases the name indicates
the fraction of some larger coin, as the denarus
halfpenny, farthing, cent and mill. The pourd
was originally not coin, but weight, and
comes from the Latin Du7ldns. Our pound was
into 240 pennies. The origin of the word penny
Is unknown. Some have derived 1t from the
word pe1ldo, to weigh; but this does not seem
very satisfactory. Our word sterling" is said
to go back to the Conquest, but the derivation
has been mueh disputed. Some have supposed
that 1t was first attributed to coins struck a
Stirling but for this there is not the Sightej
evidence; ethers, that the name was derived
from the coins having star on the diverse, bu
no coins which could have given rise to such
name are known. The most probable sugges-
ton is that 1t has reference to the Easterirg or
North German merchants.-ITse Nineteenth
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Dot LeedIe Loweeza.

tFrom the Detroit Free Press.
How dear to dis heart vas my grandshild, Lowseza,
Dot scheet leedle laughter of Yawcob, my son!
nefer was tired to hug and to shqueeze her
When home gets back, und der days work vas
done;
When vas away, oh. know dot she miss me.
For When come homevards she rushes bell nell,
Und poots CUP dot shweet leedle mout for to kiss
Her darling old gampa, " dot she lofe 80 veil.
Katrina, mine frau. she could not do midoudt her,
She vas soech comfort to her day py day;
Dot shi1d she makes efry Won habby aboudt her,
Like sunshine she drife all dheir droubles away;
She holdt der WOOL yarn vile Katrina she Wind 1t,
She pring her dot camfre bottle to shmell;
She fetch NE mine Pipe too, ven don't find it,
Dot plue-eyed Loweeza dot lofe me SO veil.
How shyeet ven der tolls off der week vas all ofer
Und Sunday vas come init its quiet and rest,
To walk init dot shild nong der .isies und cofer,
Und look at der leedle birds building dheir nest!
Her Prieht leedle eyes how dey shparkle init
pleasure
Her laugh it rings oudt shust so clear as bell;
dhink dhere vas nopody hat sooch a treasure
AS dot shmau Loweeza. dot lofe me so veil.
When winter vas come, mid its ooldt, shtormy
yeddher,
KatriDi und must sit in der house
Und dalk of der bast, by eer fireside toeedder
Or blay mid dot laughter Off our Yawcob Strauss.
Oldt age, init its wrinkles, pegins to remind us
We cannot shtay long init our shildren to dwell;
Budt soon We shall meet init ter poy left behind us,
Und dot shweet Loweeza, dot lofe SO veil.
TCHARIE9 r AnANs
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Love and Romance.

Sometimes In this ultra-practical world of
ours there occurs romantic episode as beauti-
Iul as anything IN TennySOn'S poetry. Even
here r. greedy Paris such charming events do
OcC2s 'onally take place, and when we hear of
them 1t makes us feel as IL there were some dis
interested creatures in the world after ALL and
as If life were worth living-a proposition, even
when we are in the enjoyment OF good liver
we are often inclined to doubt. Only think of
up her mind to lay down her proud title and
take, instead, that OF plain Mrs. Tom Hohler!
Only those familiar with the enormous social
barrier which fences out the whole rest of the
Horio from the sacred persons OF the higher
grades OF English ariStOcracy can conceive
what a marvellous concession to the power of
love tnls Is: The Duchess, although she has a
Is still very young, and excessively handsome
L suppose we may conclude that her marriage
Win WI tne Duke was, on both sides, one of inter-
EST. she married, perhaps for title-he. per-
haps, for money. She is the heiress of the great
banking house OF Hope, and the family country
seat, Hopedene. Is one OF the grandeSt castles
E IooYa i boasts, among her many such. To
make long story short, they separated every
DOoy In London knowing that the Dukes friend
ior many years was Kate Santley. the
oion0e C 1uriesaue actress who played In the
"Blacd crook" In New York. There were differ
ent stories about this alliance some saving that
II was the Duke who took theatres for KATE
santley In london, so as to keep her up as
star, and others ayerring that he was poor. and
that 1t was the burlesQue actress who supnlied
him with funds out of her professional earnings.
Eeanume the affection which had sprung up
between the Duchess and Tom Hohler, the
TENOR, was also a matter Of common OBSERVE
oon; though not one OF scandal, because their
conduct was discreet and noble. One day last
winter the Duke died suddenly, In his bachelors
rooms, In st. James street, and Kate Santley
paraded the streets for month In widows
weeds. suppose the widows year Is about to
elapse, so that now the engagement between
the tenor and the Duchess may be announced
saw them driving together the other day. She
Is lovely, arstocrat1c, sweet exquisitely dressed
what prize for him! He is nice, fres;l-lo0k-
ing Englishman, sings prettfly, and, OF course,
Is desperately in love. hear he Is half wild
az MS good fortune. He told friend OF mine
snat y was In every way such stroke of good
luck LOT him that he was afraid to cross the
Street, lest he should be run over before the
n Whap Sr gay came: Tom Hohler Is the tenor
MmU Sapp0Itea MISS Kellogg In her first London
engagement, twelve years ago. His father Is q
clergyman, and suppose whatever parental
HTatn may nave ensued On hts first step in life,
VIII completely vanish at the marvell0usly sue
eesSlu one he Is now about to take.+ohre 10
gums iufss Letter IN San Francisco CaA
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Heyv a Tramp Talks in Kentucky

Heyy a Tramp Talks In Kentucky.
A man whose garments appeared to be in the
last stages OF decomposition, whose hair was
unkempt, whose shoes were worn, and whose
step was weary, shuffled up to the rear Of q
Kentucky residence and, greeting the hired girl
with smile that looked like the crack OF doom,
began n:uo mt, a., ,uu,uo, =. ..,
bad for Kentucky soll," interrupted the girl.
81 have, say" continued the stranger, this
day arrived on Kentucky SOIL
''You weren't expected, sir!v
ITO reach here. my good woman have trav-
eled long distance. To this spot from the
cline where the sierras LIT up their mInarets
days jaunt. My boots show that. No. This
journey, like Rome, wasn't made In day. 1t
required weary marches and counter-marches;
rides by stealth on cattle trains; hours of sus-
pense from the rear axle of an emigrant wagon,
bringing to mind many scenes long gone by,
when covetous companions cried to the unsus-
pecting farmer to whip behindp But at last
"Much as we can do to scratch for ourselves
And that am here, thank the gods! The
privations and misery OF my long journey
been sweetened by the anticipation that would
one day stand where / now stand-upon the
historic soil Of the grand Old Commonwealth,
where Clay and Calhoun"
"We haven't bite of cold vtctuals In the
house."
Il dare say am barely a stones throw from
the FAMED bluegrass region, where the heavens
above are mrrored from the meadows beneath,
and where. In turn, the meadows catch their
blue from the eyes of the fairest women beneath
the sun. Nay, do not go. 1t is no empty COM
plnent. Heaven knows 1 mean it. Looking
into the depths OF your liquid orbs 1 have the
proof as strong as Holy Writ. All, thanks, fair
maiden, thanks! Sitting here on the sunny side
of the dog house, will partake of this rabbit
pie, these dOughnuts n-dOdgers and what
not, and when get down to that apple-Jack
VIII drink 1t to the one who gave 1t, and sweeter
will It be than AmOntillad0 sherryl'|Clncin-
natl Ej,Uuirer
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OLD HoRsEsHoEs.



~ saw funny sight In the street Just now, !"
said Mr.. Patterson to his friend Mr. johnson, in
dne Filth Avenue Hotel barber shop last Mon,
lady carrying in her hand an old horseshoe COW
cred with mud. / presume she had lust found
it, and was CARRYING it home for good luck"
Good luck, replied MIR. johnson. "Dont
talk to NE about old horseshoes and good luck
AbopS month ago my wife and were return
Ing from church one Sunday, when. Just In
front OF the new Roman Catholic cathedral In
at lively gait threw shoe, and it went ring
Ing along the pavement go get that shoe
said my wife, and we will keep It for good luck
In doing So IS It was covered with mud. This
was going to wipe off on the curb, but my wife
cried out, Oh, don't do that; for II you do, you
VIII, VIII wipe OF all your luck SO lugged the old
hung 1t, mud and all. The next morning
went down to the store wondering what my first
streak of good luck would be. Before night
l had misunderstanding with my employer,
with whom have been for several years, we
both got hot and the result was that he gave me
notes that after the first OF next January he
afterward my wife went out to do a little shop
ping, and lost her pocket book containing all
the money we had been saving for long time
to spend for holiday presents and amusements.
IN fact for about two weeks everything seemed
10 go against me, and was In hot water all the
time Finally, said to my wife one day that
believed 1t was that COMPOUNDED old horseshoe
bound to take it down and put 1t back In the
street. just where 1 found it, and so did.
"The very next morning my employer sent
for me to come and see him In his private Office.
lie said he had been mistaken In the matter
about which we had differed, apologlzed for
what he had said, hoped there would be no hard
feelings about it, and wound up by engaging me
for another year at an increased salary. l went
home that night feeling Differentiated than
had for weeks told my wife of my good luck,
and then she took from her pocket letter which
she had that day received from her father, notl-
tying her that he was going to send her a check
for $500 for a Christmas present. In fact. have
had only good luck since threw away that old
horseshoe. They may bring luck to some folks.
but my wife and l don't want any more horse
shoes in ours, you bet."-fM 7. Sttn.
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c. EDWARDS LESTER, who Is living in retire
ment In New York, tells correspondent OF the
Indianapolis Journal Of great "beat" (as news
OF Importance exclusively printed is called,
Wnlch ne once made. When Pierce was nomi
nated, In 1852, Mr.. Lester was the American
correspondent OF the London Times There was
no Atlantic cable, Of course. The convention
nad peen nghting over Buchanan, CisS and
Douglas from Wednesday till Saturday, when
Ine C0lnns steamer was to sail at noon. Mr.
Lester made private arrangements with Collins
10 mold the steamer on the bar until O'clock.
when at $40 p. m. the news that Pierce had
tug and steamed down the bay. On the Way
down he dictated In photography two-column
letter 70 the London Times. The letter appeared
In the Thnnderer two weeks ahead Of any other
European Journal. The Times sent him draft
for hve hundred guineas.
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AN INTELLIGENT AND OBSERVING AMERICAN
who has been spending several years in Eng
land says that one of the objections he makes TO
that country is that the queens subjects, espe-
cially the educated and refined, think, talk and
act just alike. He asserts that the average
Englishman does not appear to have more than
200 words in his Vocabulary, and these he en-
ploys continually with exactly the same intona-
ton, until sensible person, accustomed to
any variety Of speech, is nearly driven distract
ed by what Falstan terms damnable iteration.
II "Quite right" Eyes, thanks" mo, thanks"
Great fun" "Tremohdously clever" Fancy
Rum" sSiee," sBeastiy," '.Yoa know, So my
dear boy" ''Do, please" THAT sort of thing"
were taken away from him, the American be-
lieves that he would be reduced to absolute 81
lence. There Is a deal of monotony, beyond
doubt, in English society, partially because the
English are not as people very quick w1tted;
they have little fiuency; they dOn't want to
talk and they are hostile, socially, to individu-
ality or anything like 1t. The English, on the
other hand, think we talk too much, make too
much noise, and are, as a rule, perfectly IRE
preSsible. Perhaps medium between the two
would be desirable, and Is likely to come, for we
are learning something from one another con-
StaQtly,-TN, r. Times,
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Fad kieI,s DirefuI Predictions.

have laid out a penny in Zadkiel'S Almanac
and am filled with terror at the various trou-
bleS which are predicted for next year. In Jan
uary "'warS and rumOrS of wars still afflict
the British people and do injury to their trade
and commerce, for Mars was setting at the win
ter SOlStice and affecting the ascending planet,
Venus, by opposition aspect Ireland Will be
disputed, deeds Of violence will be perpetrated
in the Emerald Isle, and epidemic diseases will
slowly passing through the sign Aries, hence old
England's troubles will be thickening, her death
rate high, and her enemies numerous. Denmark
a ana Gema "a VIII De far from prosperous and
will be disturbed, Persia, Asia Minor Cyprus
and the Archipelago will be scenes of martial
deeds and martial epidemics The 18th of the
month brings Mars into an evil confguration
with the place of the sun at the birth of an Eng
lsh Prince, warming him to beware Of accidents
and overexertion."
moon on the 10th instant, the luminaries will be
In square aspect with Mars. This Is evil for
the ruling powers, and forbOdeS a determined
onslaught on the government; nevertheless, as
Jupiter will be strongly posted in the eleventh
hour, the government will weather the Storm"
In March, ''the Divorce Court will be bustly
occupied, and many cases Of cruelty to women
will be brought before the police courts, for
Venus opposes Uranus on the oath inst"
In April, "the presence of old Saturn in Aries
will involve this country In some trouble, but
he is shOrn of most of his power to do mischief
Tow that Jupiter hastens to overtake him."
In May, excitement will be at fever heat in
New York, and the marshaling of troops will
move the martial instincts OF the American peo-
pie" while in London "a metropolitan theater
Is threatened with destruction, for Mars transits
the place of the moon at the vernal ingresS.n
But in october the outlook Is especially bad
for us. "Holders of foreign bonds must look out
for squalls, for at the moment Of full moon Mars
Will be with the sun In the second house, and
Saturn with the moon in the eighth. These
evil-omeEed positions indicate turbulent con-
dition of politics as well as Of the weather; and
severe strain will be placed upon the revenues
of Great Britain"
The curious thing connected with all this
nonsense Is, that there are numbers who believe
in its prophetic wisdom, for Zadklel's Almanac
has an enormous sale.-[LorsdOn Truth, Dec. 4
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Bridal Costumes of Fernando Pc.

AS with us, the Fernando Pc bride Is clad in
whtte-not the gauzy, flowing robe, however
but a plastering of earthly paste resembling
plaster OF paris She wears bridal veil, too,
composed OF tiny white shells, strung together,
and which covers the face from forehead to
chin, while her plenttfully pomatumed tresses
met made Of cowh1de. The Fernando Pc BRIDE
groom is even more deliberately decorated. 1t
is work Of time as well as Of art to make the
young gentleman ready to take the necessary
vows before the two mOtherS-hiS own and his
intended's-who act the part Of priests. Like
his bride, he is thickly plaStered over with the
white tOid paste. and he wears on his head an
enormous disc OF fine bamboo plat skewered to
his hair with long pins with blue and red beads
for heads. His marriage raiment Is of strung
shells, and it being notorious that the instant q
young man commences to make himself ready
for marriage malicious evil spirits are In close
attendance, and on the alert to baulk his lauda-
BILE intent, as an antidote against their ma
ievOlence he carries in his hand the whole time,
and never takes his eyes of, O piece Of q yam
shaped like heart, and in which the red feather
Of parrot Is stuck. The marriage ceremony Is
the essence Of simplicity. The mOther-priestS
place an arm of each round the neck Of bride
and bridegroom, and deliver short address to
them on their respective duties, after which the
calabash of palm wine is produced, and the con-
tracing parties ratify the condition by drinking
the one to the other, after which The officiating
mothers-i.-law pledge each in the remainder,
and the ceremony is at an end.-tThe Globe.
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u The Leadville Chronicle says that A cnm-
mon vagrant and drunkard, now In the chain
gang OF that city under the assumed name OF
from an Eastern state ''"A
tTCharles Matthews and John Re1d,c oot
into an alteration in Chattanooga last MINT
when Matthews shot Redding three times Xiii
Ing him instantly. Bota are negroes.
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n Notwithstanding the competition Of
were made In Germany last year. and probably
many more have been made this year.
e the London Daily Ne1CS' Lahore DISPATCH.
dated Dec. Is, announces that Gen. Cough has
the elemy.
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To Uh0ns e moe concern:
pleasure IN Certifying that Dr. r 4. Won %osG Oh
zIsKER has been . resident Of our city for some
IS Il diseases 81 e EVE
Ear and Throat: has aleo. during some time past
Medic i institutions. We recommend him 7 to the the
cordial snpp9Et Of the Press and ths confidence Of
n %cMIcHHEI. Ms. Mayor D. Of II the be CITY City;
PAV5s ISIS sReskeE ef the House Il Reps. Pa:
CHA CHAR MccLi Il TUX Morning Post;
%K k4TS43N Mercury;
GEETEATHERsT6NE E7snHs bulletin
FROM HoRAT1o SEYMOUR;
Dr. Won Moschzsler brings me letters an 70 o. intro
They speak highly Of his skin and success in the
as From his r na nndsT
relief IN all cases which admit Haa 1smsdsg SEYMOUR
RESTORATION OF HEARING.
ths fh wh hss o.
aeSsr ns for Of D
physician Of great skill and Judgment I think il
sa a% 70 fs to a.
most condenS fe IN his professional abilities Call
~ '''' ~ '-' - THos; soMERv1LLE
WARRINGTON. Oct 18. 1879.
tSenator q. W. Voorhees.l
thank you very sincerely for the relief received
from your treatment Of my hearing, which has been
seriously impaired the result Of an excessively So
we're cold.-[D. W. VOORHEES,.
[Son Of Gov. Bishop, Of Ohio.I
DR.. Won Moechzisker operated very successfully on
my eyes and restored my sight.IW. 8. BISHOP.
[Gen. Klburn, u. 8. Al
Under DR.. Won Moschzsker's treatment recov-
cred my hearing.-tC L. KILBURN. decl
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(Brownsville to Waynesburg

Minister OF the Gospel.
Brownsville to Waynesburg.)
Thank you. JBFFREYS.
$50 JefTreys got married on time after ALL"
concluded the operator.
.Do YOU know OF any similar instanceseD
"Well, there was Miss NJ. L. BIddington who
was married in Milwaukee on the I'D day OF May
last to gentleman whom she had never seen
but once or twice. and who was at the time IN
Owatona, Minn. have been in that place my
self, and IL is a dreary, God-forSaken region.
There used TO be clergyman there named Tlf-
fanny, burt he had moved away short while pre-
yiouS. So the bride found 1t necessary to supply
the clergyman herself. The Minnesota office
then propounded the important question to the
Owatona end OF the line, but there was a delay
in the response. Superintendent HaSkinS Sug-
geSted that the operator at the other end OF the
wire was nervous The bride entered into the
spirit OF the affair, and remarked that il would
De rather embarrassing II he should say no. An
1rreyerent Younger in the Office suggested that
he had gone out for something 10 steady his
nerves. Ten minutes elapsed, and then the
answer came:
1 do, and pledge her my love and protection.
LEW w. WALKER.
1.-THE clergyman pronounced the benesiiction.
ana the bride, who was still q little nervous
about the result of the affair left the city on an
evening train to join her husband
An eminent legal purveyor was appealed to
by the reporter for An opinion regarding the
legality OF these marriages. He was informed
that couple were married with one OF the con-
tracing PARTIES and the clergymen In MlIwau-
kee, and the other party seated in telegraph
Office in Minnesota.
flush. tush!" he exclaimed; will you please
telegraph TO that unfortunate lady that that
was no marriage at all? II you have any regard
Tor the welfare OF those young people you had
better warn them before 1t Is TOO late that they
are Tot very much married"
"How is that?"
Why, you say the clergyman was stationed
az milwaukee,? Very we'll AS the groom was
IN minnesota only tho bride Is really m arried
Iake Gown that copy OF the Revised Statutes
ana tur1 10 section ASST; you will see that an
m fnP-
only Throughout the state'n
either end?" N
There might have been a dozen and vet the
marriage would be void. The parson Is Obliged
70 give 70 each OF the parties Certificate OF fhe
time and place OF the marriage What IA tho
locus In quo here? How could the witnesses
tell who was at the other end OF the line? Snn
pose that either OF the parties to this Edisonfan
feat should die before they see each other. What,
law OF inheritance would applys or Surprising
that both should live, but never meet eac6
other, what would be the status7n
The reporter gave it up.JN 2. Star.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

EVERY ONE
WHO has HAD ANY USE FOB LUMBER
DURING
THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
WELL KNOW THAT
WILLET & LIBBEY
SELL LOWER THAN ANY DEALERS IN THE
DISTRICT.
But FEW KNOW THE SIZE OF THEIR STOCK.
EXTENT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
THEIR YARDS.
SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE CITY,
COVER
MORE THAN FOUR ACRES.
AND THEY
HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND
TIE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE s9ooK
IN THE DISTRICT.
CONSUMERS NEVER GO TO BALTIMORE NOW
TO PURCHASE BILL.
BUT INSTEAD. GO TO
WILLET & LIRBEY,
AND SAVE MONEY. THEY WILL SELL
100 FIT. CLEAR SIDING FoR................. 81. 90
100 FIT. VIRGINIA BOARDS FoR.......... 10
l.Oes WHITE PINE SHINGLES FoR...... LIS
100 FT. WHITE PINE BOARDS FOR. ..... 100
WILLET a LIBBEY.
CORNER SIXTH AND n. 7. AVENUE NV
decll WARRINGTON. D. @.
MANY PEOPLE
THINK THAT KID GLOVES
MUST BE MADE IN EUROPE TO BE GOOD.
TRIAL OF THE
CIS- TLANTIC'
THENEw GLOVE,
FOR MEMS WEAR,
WILL CONVINCE YOU THEY ARE
The Best I'm tho World.
MADE BY
FISK, CLARK e. FLAGG,
AND FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.
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