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Sir Ashley Cooper's vital Restora-
tive.

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cures Of Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness,
Lost Manhood nocturnal emissions. lassitude,
inability for mental labor. despopdeney and
such diseases AZ are induced by youi hful foilies
and sxcesSes than all other medicines COM
bined. Why will y suffer- Send TO A. E.
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cisco, for the r. storativc, aud be cured. Price,
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Try a bottle. DR.. Mlntie treats all private dis
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SOCIETIES
EIIREK IAEAesE KN LIZ n
4 MEXICAN LARllR UNION

THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE
i American Labor Union will be held at
Armory Hall, on THURSDAY EVENING of
each week. Any person desiring information
in regard to the Union, can obtain the same by
applying TO the Secretary, at Arrnory Hall, be.
tween the hours OF 2 and O'Clock P NJ, daily.
A. @. BISHOP, President.
A. Nj, CAMPBELL, Secretary. spl7.tf
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RED MEN.

" INNEMUCCA TRIBE, NO. s, IMPROVED
w Order of Rcd Men, hold regular coun.
ellis at Masonic Hall on the third sleep of every
seven suns at the seventh run thirtieth breath.
Sojourning braves, warriors snd chiefs, are
cordially invited TO meet in council.
II. NJ. BEATTY. sachem.
MAX JAooDs, Chief of Recncd. al
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MEETS EACH FRIDAY OF EVERY
Nl month at 80 o'clock P. NJ. at its Castle
Hall, In Odd Fellows building.
All Broti er Knights, In good standing, are
fraternally .nvited to attend such meetings.
G. l.. BROY, @. @
II. B. McksE. K. of r. and 5.
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Watches. JeweIry and Clocks Re.
paired.
If you want to have your watches and jew
elry repaired In worklnanlike manner, 90 to
P. Stel-r's jewelry store. two doors above the
White Pine County Bank, Main street. AL
work warranted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18

UhBs .i 'h iaeyrl a
ia gF,uI sai-fns be ,vrfN
air~n~i a. pu1aass
u,tr, this s-s ICES e
sssr. th, t-s D fe,s Pas ua
nsn e fus.g .n N.v ia-,nf a
Nufth-5u STATE asset fa thse
~ts.f.sN I.sesu Eaa i~sn
ftt,-. nf .st-sa sFrt fsrr 81
stth ftft'. aasi fs JAs- ..aH ass
explanation Es .H,F es-thf I'd f-.. E
nsfi.f. asst. fsr ~
sNt.n.Ir. IS tsr, tis tr.e sss a.
"a b.fh,r .n Wee f.f f hE
.f, n.fih.su #f ~-fiAtsa .ff lt.ft
"a h,ihrf iu i.s hHt sf H is s
~ai- 80 rs-,nf ia ssu
aspect tir ifsH. dsH- frr ' ias 70
sHh hts.fhs fuuf u, fh- -,
rsssih fsfut-I siai shisis .-rnrn-.sf
p~rsplu. it. ,ausr Il $3.50 sarfrr
ih' f-Rsh tess ar ,B t.ui' na Ha 9
th'm 10 eEfh ,,,bsuisr3ue ~ hai
o5li vfBih.f sn.i svf wssfiss. se,i Asst
snrps f-f q y-ts-l. au.i cas- sa~ m s.
h,n.vf t--ft~i. during d.. vlnf.s
-h,ff. I.' u]lstrIfi ,,suiitbsn San l~ vs
~,usilN assigned g. The Yts'hnr H
diisou q "a. pra,b tI~s L. = fssl
80 NATURE. "f. Iatbsi- i~~tfsr. - f%,aa'f-
tu,m q lac Il ustv nsi vrll ua.it
t--i 'htr I~a,h cop 'his sssr
i... o. r,a.h az isss' 800 istshsi
ID. ir,s-. ar p.sf-tis k,siihs sHf
fn,,i iur,,-ii,ut condition
g.ff ~ satsfre
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
The Egyptian Lefus.

II will d1uhils-- - 81 interest Ia -s,ule
If yDIr readers Ia snDw that thu ;uI-
Egyptian lDtIi- j. al-p a native q Hi
moi. Indiana. Iowa and Wisconsin Iizv-
ing been shown -yml. Il ihe-~ beautiful
fiowers a, the Palmer Ho1-~. ! called on
Mr.. Gutzlo-. fori-,. and harmed from
him that il j. tbs real lytn-. in all re-
-pect- similar to that If Egyp'. and n
native II Europe and Amsries a. ~ell a.
81 Afrira. The plant grV~- in water
from fur "a ten feet in depth. and. whiis
the large raaInd leaf rests upon the sur
face II the water. the stsrn tina; b~ar~
the flower ri-e- from q. Ia three FIT
above thu water. II j. somewhat rare.
and l. found in group-. bat never Sith
the wstsrhly. The nut, which i .a;~B
a. a s~tirnulsni in Egypt By the "bts-
eaters" somewhat resembles an acorn
in appearance. and gro~. In 4 .@.d-sr-
risr -omewha; Ike the wa;srhiy a the
Illinois River. quite . number b-ing
found IN each crown. which j. from thrs~
70 six inches In diameter. The flower
j. very BEAUTIFUL and fragrant. and rbs
talk j. flied with a very rtrnsrkxbl.
fiber If extraordinary hnens-s AMI
strength The lotns vii not gnyx ia
standing water. neither wher. Their. /.
too strong n current. IL ! fonnd in -pme
places in the waters 81 the Calumet.-
Chr chsoa20 TrJssh<.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
MAILING tis.,sss.

81 springer. "a uss stsfu-H .
timnrruu River. ! sa~ O., ths -sl,
stream N.Nrsu. w1i t1e s,iHi-
snn ,irc,i rrirk whth ,ausfttu'.
uust ']uiir-ly ia. bu,i.lipr msf,.
thu M-Nissu rrrr,n. ~y usu
W"rk F1r Il th'm dus ih ha..
frpm the bank stth pists. sa.tii.i
rnu'I iu a.. 'f'sk ant ul,si 10
straw and ,~arr,-, ~ ou istJ.rs r
level -pa.i. sisr' ths -isth maH vt...
H. had . ntuIi. = l-bt"tul.sa l-, -
teen iuchr- hong ,ui RIGHT .us Dee
~ thr "ni. a. lsI,l Ibis .u fi- -rsH..
hll.'t u With thr material lr-u.H' t.a
using hi, hansis - a -.,-.p. tui ..f ..i
1t even with thu top 81 lh, mr.ii '
be lifted The nuui'i. lstfIHr tis it.a g
clay ." b.. baked h,ul sr fhs .,H fr
M.,irsn hu.i- hl- IfI,S7suf ,t,|tu' ...
th-rr h. water e. mia vfh fhs . DO.
ha- not f,r O." 20 90 hui bong
straw j. MT asr.,-ihI. t.l.-t r .
creek bottoms up ih' maul5ta
make The ~Tsftsfs Q" lp -tslt h1 -'
81 them pat q r-,f - alsI4 "
should be- want . i-ttsr vi,.f. f... .
ulrcn ~laiii... be- Gud- Doe thr e.
-hsrt- q mira f"E hi- pane. ~
hi- h"u-s bv iu-ttu.' 1- 1.fif
i.ntrr. aud tbs az bic. fore ii. .
ls,ligrc". j. q mixture 90 @
i-h aud indian I'urhl1 H t.##
" CIR. HssfnH ~ sfaf
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18

S.sar 1.erutsn sssfeEs hsss kssE dts-
ca.~si 49, ~B iasDsm~s q Fat@s -
sntt ns. ~hkh ps= - f~s@insi~sa
& ~m<asS-nsl .As~ t' tas EssTAns
mss@s anzl dsnsnrshns ~fh tAs hsut&i'
a., 4 "a. mssh-i q iss,A lh gar
r.,.. ~ s~aIhain~ sai sssns s4hsF tus'
p~.trm~u,. have r~S~8ts-i sisss ~snssAsE.
sf.,n. issf thr @utnrutzit.ss hatv ss hss
r-.as l,sls.l ihsl a ~alrfuu kishaE ~ s%
fr1.li, ). ths prsg~f tAsnE fh~ FF~-~"
ulAn ussrris rNptsf-s sses msr'frF -
mailing ,hs sScsu,ssnsF ds ao.sh"f. hsi
tn sle~-gr4gsfv an - msi~ - da thf
,hinr e,n- srn'h-asls sad "ofAraHs
HI AL. g 49, r,-,n shAIl . dra4-~l
in black. aui ih~ ~insAs~s ~'mA~fiN
r1rsainr<i. ia orlrt q, vt,lfniv al frht
Ihr unls Arfasl~ us fssSnHnr" ta ;hr
apartment hail - the Fsl<r aesA sHl
an armchair D. ih~ ~iusisilr g ths
r,-.m hall D. IN ir,n tEvrv e iustrv.
uiih h~r 49, Nusl s~urA lhs raa~N
hail hagr. in pi3~ q t~s~Sls. a. ~~
.rtal an ri~,trv hasicry A. NAV D. n-
->.au Tbs ~t,aiivty hall - runars'-i
Wiih the armchair, aui -1scfur~i - q
m,, hani.m in s~,,un-ytA,e = tth th~ ABB
The ~-~ue hall - l'=hss-i ~ a sihEtr
tofyh bnru,ns on the is,isr : desk
III. onl, ,~r~,ns admitted - ihs Ne
cuIp,u hall l- thu i,aisv, Jnry and ,ihes
u~fi,tal. cun,.ru~i iu the va~u.isnsnairsu
q IA. within That a.. f~y~.n hall D.
brought in aul s~si~i In IA. sltstr. o.
which h. shali - msnscL.i i~mupnshls
Then the j'slgv shall rvsd ,hr -t.'rN e
hi. erin, t. him anj f~,i.f=ir hts -ru-
trnc-, Ihi. r~rfauar'i. hc hall tf'sA
q nd uf nfa,r ausl L.. Il Intn Ius'is. 4.
hslsnc.
III, ~al., .hall D. weighed dnN n As
thu. 1usi The Clr,tug curtrht thus ~ in
circulation \. thr lsianss dr-ruis
IN. judge ,hsil s~niingui,b ,h- t'r,h. ,is
uif,iug hat be- thu, pu'- "ui the ,rritn =
lie
Thu thu criminal " n -Nrirv iu irad
ful Jarkues.. without a 'hansr q ib.
~'Tt # sympathy Shi,h 49, vfi"n a'l'fn-
the ~,ahuid u viii T.. a. -'lrmu au.i
awful a., th" d,-'m e i~mIal,us'ut that
the church Inflated un rrcu~ant uuu-
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
Perils Of Mountain Railroading.

The railroad accident which occurred
on Meta Mountain FRIDAY. by which Pat
McCool lost hi life. and which resulted
in the demolition If several freight AR
and a cab"o>r. was = very singular one.
" stated in the TrtLuDt' by special ii<-
patch the follow inc morning. the train
Wa cut At the little station ~ >augTr dc
Cri~ro Greek. on the west -i'I- II thu
Sangre de 'ri>to Rangr. being ton
heavy for the engine Ia take up the
grade. The first half Wa switched "u
IN. summit and the engine started a. ~
turn for the purpose of bringing mp the
rear ears. ~ the engine started hack.
the forward gear eccentric broke. total
" disabling the left side. while tn" strain
on the machinery threw the litter pn the
right side ont Of shape. thus putting Nh"
locomotive entirely beyond the control
If the engineer. Their Wa nothing 20
control IL by. Realizing AT once the i'm
pending danger. the engineer told the
fireman and brakemcn Ia jump IF. and
began to whistle of-brake> Z" h on
ductor and brakeman on the train down
the mountain. The eng1n" va then
about ~thrce-quartrr- II a nail" from the
rear part If the train. IL rate ii speed
in descending increasing every moment.
The men below did not understand the
signal. and IL IA. not tai thu engine
Wa within ~oRe-quartsr "f a mile
from IN. ears that th" danger
Wa observed. The conductor hIr-
ried the passengers out II the cais@rse
and let IF the brakes Al ih. p"-~Jn-
IN the train got off except a drunken Ia
borrr manned Pat McCool. He refused
10 move. and there was DO time Ia d.
by force. - the eahoo-e and ear. The
brakes being let loose. darted down the
mountain. pursued by the flying engine.
Behind III. cabs-c-e and IF eour- in
front Of the train Is IL shot dOwr he
mountain. were rwo hsnd-csrz. Gong
around the curve AT Szngre de triS'o
tank. the grade being 2l1 feet 20 the
mile and the momentum very rapid. the
hand--ar- left the track and di;cbed the
caboo-e. the freight ear- pushing hard
behind. swinging the esboo-e around
and passing by going into the ditch be-
yoRd and on the other side. Tbs lefi
the cahooSe half on the track and only
partly on IT, side. The engine came
tearing along at a terrible -Pesd. and.
when about forty yards from the ca
boo~e. the engineer jumped of. followed
by the fireman and brak@men- vho un-
I'll then refused 10 leave him. Just at
this moment the drunken lah-Irerc came
staggering out On thu rear platform II
the caboose and Wa crushed b-twe-n
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
Foreign Notes.

King Alfonso has been thrown from
hi, carriage and had his arm broken.
Prince Bismarck medical advisers
have advised him Ia pass the autumn in
an English wateriug-plare.
Vera Sa~~uIifch. according to n
Russian journal. i, in London assisting
~ editing a revolutionary paper.
The cX-khchiyc. Ismail Pasha, j.
reported Ia have brcn 80 afraid of poison
during the past few years that hr ate
only Of food prepared by his own
mother. and conveyed la him in Il box
"f which She and lac alone kept keys.
AT length there Gems I" he some
prospect that an end viii lee put Ia
dncllino ia the German universities.
The authorities at Leipzig have made a
formal prohibition of thcee encounters,
andSprovided for filming innkeepcrs who
permit them "n their premises.
SON of the victims of the Glasgow
Bank ,windlc pine and die. and the
papers occasionally refer To those who
have zone To an uniimcly grave. X.
Caldwell, of Inverness. was Il Year -
worth S:ijo.o00. His thirty shares i'm the
bank made him pennies, al 80 years of
are, and he was lately found had in his
bed.
-l>mail Pa>ha, the dcpo>ed khcdive.
wants {" return Ia Egypt and reside and
Il demand for permission has been made
in his behalf bv the Sultan. England
and France have a word to say about
that. and no answer Ia the demand will
bc returned 10y the present khcdive nm
i'll those Governments have been heard
from.
The story gocs in London, on what
claims {" he authority, that Mrs. Lang
try, one of the professional beauties, de
ri,cS much, if not most. Of her personal
expenses from Il large commission from
the sale of her photographs. some of
her admirers and friends justify this.
and her husband. who l. delighted AT her
social success and is poor, does not OBJ
ject.
The pay "f Bismarck from all
sources, both IL PrusSian Minister and
a. Chancellor IF the empire, is only
SI3.joo. The highest salary of IA Prus-
sian Cabinet Minister i $4,000. Pen
SiouS are on the same moderate scale,
the pension amounting To aS many eight
icthS of the salary which was being re-
ccived AT the time Of retirement a. there
have beer wears spent in the service of
the State. Ten wears are added to the
record of service in all eases where mis-
conduct has not called for ccnSurc. But
where the salary exceeds $1,000, only
the half of such excess i taken into ac-
coumt.
Next after white dresses bingham
suits are the popular attire at the sum-
mer resorts. Those of gray-blue in
stripes. bars. or plaidS. are most seen.
and are usually trimmed with many ruff
fles of the bingham, and with the coarse
figured effective wash laces known rs
Byzantine, Russian, etc. Many of these
have the belted round waist that has
been restored Ia favor, and the long.
round oycr>kirt that continues Ia he
worn. season after season. no matter
what novelties are introduced. The
ginghamS of mixed pink and blue are
still very stylish. and are worn both by
blondes and brtnette>. Color runs riot
in these dresses, and the more quaint
the contrast the better Young ladies like
it. OhIc of the prettieSt suits il of brown
plaid gingham. with trimmings of pink
bati>te knifc-plaitin~> edged with mar
row Breton ed"in".
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
4 Remarkable Escape.

One day recently. rs Frank Carr Of
West Hopkinton was engaged in saw
ing lumber in his mill at that place. he
had occasion 10 lift a trap in the floor.
lust over the fiume which the water
flowed into, and through a spout six feet
long on To an iron wheel, revolving hori-
zontally. and which furnished power to
move the machinery. The water was
about six feet deep in the fiume, and tire
wheel was encaSed in a close, circular
box. within which il revolved with great
velocity. Mr.. Cars attention being
called away, he neglected To close the
trap. His two little girls, the n six
and the other three ear old.Swere play
ing in another part of the mill. but soon
tripped along to the near neighborhOod
of the open trap. which they did not see.
and the youngest accidentally fell into
the fiume and was carried through the
spout into the revolving wheel. At the
instant the little girl disappeared her
sister exclaimed, Papa. sissy is killed."
Mr.. Carr looked and took in the situa-
ton at the first glance. He sprang and
closed the gate which shut the upper
water from the f1ume, then rushed be-
low and, as soon as he could. removed
the covering TO the wheel-boN.- 1t took
but a few moments tn do that. but in the
meantime the wheel had revolved one or
two hundred times, and all the water
had passed out of the fiume. Strange as
it NAV SEEM. he found the missing girl
closely packed in the wheel-boy, and
uninjured. without a scratch or brui>e.
1t could not have been less than 10 min
utes that the little girl was in the flume.
spout and wheel. and her escape from
death seemed almost miraculous.-Con-
cord Cor. Boston journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
Odds aud Ends,

The seaside and mountain belts Of
any are from two Ia four inches wide.
Judging from the smell of the aver
age church-@"er. %patchouli. musk. jockey
club. fran@ipanni. etc. have takan the
place of burnt incense of former times.
-StcHbcnriNe Hcrald.
-. Marriage with a tingc of romance"
is what they call il in Kansas when the
old man rides afterthe couple and shoots
the hat off the bridegroom's head with Il
bullet from an army carbine Detroit
Free Press.
Secretary Thompson. having learned
how 10 furl the bob>tay of Il man-of-war,
i going TO make the Navy something to
he proud of, which it hasn't been since
they tore down the tattercd ensign of the
old Constitution Graphic.
A lady who LAYS some claim Ia hay
ing studied human nature in lis ma>cu-
line development, says that the man who
is of a sufficiently calculating mind Ia
ask his sweetheart before marriage how
many yards it takes for a silk dress, will
snort terror into her soul after marriage
if she asks him for a >iXpenny Calico
AHdTfH'S Bdzdr.
Last Il l9.66s.000 packages of
tomatoes were put up in the United
States. Their value was 81 600. 600. OF
these Maryland furnished $50. 900
packages: New Jersey. so 600: Della
ware. $4,000: New York, 1850. 600:
Massachusetts. 100000; PENNSYLVANIA.
$4,000; Pacific Coast. I.2o0.0 0O: West
ern and other States, l.320.000 pack
ages.
flames Parton contributes To the
.Maga=ttaeaS.kaerfcan History. for Au-
gust, Il monograph on Washington
1.-The Traditional and Real Washing
ton in which he sets aside the preten-
sions Of which historians and Others
have been guilty in claiming for the
family of washington a great local i'm
portance,- whether for wealth or de-
scent. Mr.. Parton thinks Washington's
real fame is only harmed by attempts to
make an aristocrat Of him.
For two long hours he hardly held
his eyes off the ponderous machinery,
but at last he was ready To go. Taking
one last look, he walked up to the eag;-
neer and said: "Say, mister. this ere
injun runs by steam, doesn't it," ..Why.
of course" was the answer. "Well, l
thought so more'n half an hour ago."
continued the man. ..but it's Just as
well to be sure about these things. There
are so many wind-mills nowadays that
one can't he certain of nothing.'-Hud-
son IN. ~ Register.
-..Chevaliers of the press. Down
with the deSpotism of the Dictionary
Class in American history stand up.
Read, Wen Jorj Uashingtun WIZ at
Vale Forj, hiz trups wur in ned ov fud.
klothing and liker. 1t wuz we're kold
wethur and fu ov them had shuz on thar
fet. But Jorj UaShingtun's kurj nevur
fald. and at last kongress sent him
supliz, and he enact the eneme own TO
Nj Jerze and wipt him 1T the batel NV
Trentun." That1l do, boys. Run out,
now and play.-Huadelphia Bulletin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18

A correspondent Of the 81. Paul
PtOneer-PreSs has been visiting the Ro-
man Catholic colonies Of Minnesota, and
he reports theh2fn a iourishing condi-
ton. Thercl&re 40j colonies in the
State, the "id<st being Rochester, which
was c,tablDhei a dozen years ago.
Mr.. ". T.. Forster complains that
the English schools above elementary
schools, especially for girls. are in a sal
condition. and adds that America has in
many respect. an advantage over Eng
land in point of education. and par
iicularly with regard la girl~' schools.
The faculty IF the State University
Of Michigan has resolved that drinking,
gaming and ~frcqucnting houses If i'll
fame do not constitute portions IF u
University course. and have notified q y
cral scholars who last year devoted
much time To- those branches that they
need not return Ia their alma mater.
Mrs. Thomas, Of Philadelphia, a
lady more than ~ years old, has built a
neat stone church in Kane. Pa, al a cost
Of $20.O0o. aud presented il Ia the Pres
byicrian congregation there. The old
lady each wear. SAYS the Iitu>yiile Ga.)
Hcr0kf. spcnd- a part Of her large in
come in binding a church somewhere in
the country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
An American Invention In England.

III. late Ih"mA. blanchard iu,rb-
iIun ui = machine tuT farming gun s',-k-
va. hearth, n,ticul,,l ia ihr n,ii,,h iag
lam'ni hen ~uwr n,vrui-.rs moved =
resolution fuy purha-ing . uuIui= &c
them, "u thu ground that tut,nslrs
w"rr ~>u1,as~ing Tho English iH .lu man
ufactur'. ppr NrrN iu,r-lui,us ulsnI-
b~r mad" - much "plst~iti"u. declaring
that the very hl-a uf turning = run.l.-k
Wa absurd. that the r]s-,,luii"n Wa
Withdrawn. and q ,"mIuiti"" appointed
o. come &" TIN. country and l.-tk iu;" tbs
matter. The, r~rt-dtc,i tho tact. t. lrr
a. tir,t stated, w~hTrrut-nn th. ius f,,tu-
lnu~ m,mis'r dcclsrri that thu Amor
cau, might have g"t up ~,m-ihlug a.
work their ~,tt w,~-l-. hat il would never
stand the i'>t IT hard w1-d This gen
tl.man Wa final, -rut over q" decide
upon the merits II TIA" marhin". >rl~st-
ing thrtr rough -t,.cks If the hardest,
toughest timi-.r hr could find. b" went
To- III" Springfield Arm"rs inco.uit".
brought hts -tosks io ihr king r,-'m.
aud inquired ut ia" nNcr~,"T II hs w"tilti
grant him tn" favor uf turning them
" ith"ui making the beast alteration If
the machin. the uyrr~rrr uan The stock,
through IN = few minutes. and then went
"u with hi. work ~ though n",hing IN
usual had happened III" Enrii~hman
examined the st"ck-. and found thrS
were turned all tn" better for being uf
hard wus"l. After mu,ing u while h"
franki, confessed VII" he Wa. why b."
cirnr. aud hi thorough conviction uf
II ~. 4 II .ls Il
lcft III" city b" gave su order in i~halt
81 ia" Rnii-h Government for thi- tn'i
the accompanying machine. -nm' ia
or eight. which amounted ." .i".tsu
III" machines wcT" built ~ thic"pee.
shipped {" England. and have lscn ia
IL" there from that day Ia thi-
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

-Alexandre IIcsse, an eminent
French historical and portrait painter.
is dead, aged %.
Anna Dickinson will make a second
venture "a an actress mex month, ap-
pearing in san Francisco, i'm a play If
her W writing.
Boston has a Library Delivery Com
pany,' which. for five cents a volume.
will draw for its patrons books from the
Public Library and the Athcnaum, and
return them Ia those institutions at the
proper time.
The Old Testament j. being printed
in Ancityumc-c, the language Of the
most souihcrly of the New Hcbrides
group. the expense having been met 10y
the natives. The British and Foreign
Bible Society is doing the work.
1T j. said that Charles Rcadc. the
novelist, keeps two secretaries AT work
reading and clippin" murders, poison
ings, accidents, robbcTics and other
".unco' mournful tales" which furnish
him with the hint or substance for hi
stories and plays.
-Fechtcr. the actor, was Of co-mo-
poliian lincagc-one grandfather q Ger
man. the other an Italian, his mother
born in Flanders. his father in France.
and he himself in London. He madehi j.
three signal successes in three Ian
grages.
The Pope has intrI~tcl Cardinal
~IIergcnroihcr with the reorganization of
the Papal archives AT the Vatican, - ~
10 make them more accessible for his
torical research. The Cardinal has al
so been authorized Ia prepare interest
ing documents for publication
1t has been commonly said that the
cold water poem, The Old Oakcn
Bucket" Vas inspired by Il glass of
brandy. 4 writer in the Boston Hcroht
:ifiirms the truth of the story, and tells
il a. a personal recollection. Samuel
Woodwork. the author. was Il printer.
and was employed in an office in Cham
bers Street. New York. One day he
dropped into Mallory's barrooIn, in
Franklin Street, Ia get some brandy aud
wafer. The liquor was excellent, and
Woodwork remarked thatif was Snpc-
'rior to any thing he ever tasted. No"
said a comradc. there WAS one thing
that you and | used la think far sur
passed this in the way of drinking
VIVA was that" asked Woodwork.
obviously. Fresh spring water that
we used la drink from the old oakcn
bucket that hung in the well, after our
return from the hay field on a Sultry
day in summer" The rhythm of the
phrase, THE old oakcn bucket that
hung in the WE'LL struck Woodwork
at once. and the picture of the we'll at
his boyhood home came Ia his mind.
Within Il few hours he had completed
the poem.