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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
MANCHESTER AND VICINITY.

Fire. "Wednesday afternoon about
O'Clock fire occurred at The tannery OF A
ID. Sbotwell Il Co., in the upper part OF The
city. II originated from sparks from one o
the cbimneys, which burned portion o.
the roof. II was discovered by a lady who
cbanced TO- be passing at the time. She gave
the alarm and the flames were extlngulshet
before any serious damage was done, ant
without causing general alarm. But FOL
her the building would have been destroyed
as the fire had already made some progress
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
WEATHER REPORT.

INDICATIONS ron To-DAY.-For the South
Atlantic States, slightly warmer and partly
cloudy weather, With easterly TO soutberly
winds, and slowly falling barometer.
For the Middle States, slightly warmer
southeast 10 southwest winds, falling ba-
rometer, and partly cloudy weather, proba-
bly, followed by light rain during Friday
afternoon or night.
The WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear and
pleasant.
THERMOMETER YESTERDAY 4: q A. NJ, "A ;
o A. NJ, 45; noon, 81; Z. NJ, 81; 6 L.
~, 81; midnight. 40.
Mean temperature. 80 1-G.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

AUCTION MALES THIS DAY.

~ Oa all sales Of Real Estate made betpss
the lst Of January and last Of June the tagesfo.
the present year hare trbe paid by the BurchdSsS
On all sdLes MADE betDsra The LIST Of July and Lca
Of the year the taIes have 10 be paid by the seller
This custom was adopted about ffteen years ast
bv all the real estate aesnfs in Richmond, and ap
plies to Richmond and vieinity1
JAS. MACDOUGALL, 1O4 A. NJ, household fur.
Ilture, carpets, Stoves. &c.
CHAFFIN. STAPLES & co, 4 p. NJ, trustee
sale of vacant lot on the south side OF NJ street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
AGUE AND FEVER.

DR. c. MCLASE'S LIVER PILLS, in cases 0
AGCE AND FEyER, when taken with quinine, ar,
productive Of the most happy results. No bette
eahArc can be used preparatory to or after takinj
thia disease % give them aTAIR TRIAL.
lor al tluocs arrangements, and as simple pur
.a,i'e tl.-s are uneQusied.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
December Statistics.
METEOROLOGICAL.

The following table shows the state OF
the Thermometer (Fahrenheit) at sunrise
during the month OF December, the course
OF the wind, and also the highest and low
est noipts of temperature reached each day I:
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=, yrrr's PILLS.
,Nrrr'S PILLS
PILLS.


powe,s Ccstsvc; rain In the
,oss Of Ar'S'',v' .n.,,,cn in the back part: ra'n
r,,8 vh do AZ eisde FSIlvcss Af'er ts,lnc'
Tstr the Soo,VS ',on to excr,ton OF ssdy or mind
N, aisscHnshou low spriss- with feeling
,.,,,ba,, Of Temp. sonc Auty; wcarisess, pisz'-
o.''as ,sc Heart, pots Before the The Eys' E,rs;
yalsp SKIN l'e'',. ~i,h stf.d creams; Highly
,,o-sa Urne. .s ,rF lrNuEEDED ST.
u 1'F,a s,oy. %s%S.srs DISEASES Wit SOON
"''' RI DEVELOPED.
,,. puLs .r, esre0'ly adrD'sd r ,.s,,s" to s~. ;,
- ,.op..b ihe'ase'T''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

ELECTION OF OFFICERS.-Monroe Louge'
knights of Honor, have elected rbe follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: j.. ;.
Vanhorne, dictator; II. l.. Rees, vlce-dic-
tator; w. III. Jennings, assistant Dictator )
]. d. Mathews, reporter; w. +. Garrett.
financial reporter; j. A. Smith. treasurer I;
]. ID. Wood, chaplain; J. J. Bendall, guide !;
DR.. NJ. w. Smith. guardian; IL. W. ray
lor, sentinel; ii. w. Taylor, ianitor; Z: D..
Moseley. medical examiner; James ii. I2y-
Ior, representative W. V. Glazebrook, al
ternate. Trustees William jenkins, NJ.
Oeters, James ii. Taylor.
Monroe Division, No. 102, Sons OF Tenn
perance, have elected the following Officers
for the ensuing term: Charles Walsh, wor-
tby patriarch; c. NJ. Mayes, worthy asso-
cjate; 4. s. Ferneyhougb, recording sec
retary j. r. Russell, assistant recording
secretary; Richard Denoon, financial sec
retary; L. A. yustis, treasurer; w. H.
Beyeridge, chaplain; J. NJ. Blount, con-
ductor: s. j. Bartlett, assistant conductor
J. II. B. Tate. Inside sentinel; George A.
Hill. outside sentinel. The above of1cers
will be installed next Tuesday night.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
PROSPOs a@.
PROPOSALS FOR

PROPOSALS FOR
FRED AND PROvl .yOER
TOR The HORSES OF THE FIRE DEPART
MENT.
hLAbQCARTERs FIRE DEL AZ rsstST,)
No. l2 TENTH rEEEi,
sp,,, hNAsOSD, December e. iSfs'
o., "a BID PROPOSALS for furnishi pg 1heiorSes
''' h'eAmona Rire Department with
NAY,
OATS.
BlsOWNsTUFF,
CORN
shlPsTUFf,
from Ia. SALT, SC,
oe.e5ss;a IL 1880, TO April l, 1850, WI u - se-
a. b.aSlDAY' January 2, 1880, at AZ p. NJ.
ares, xis1Iisrs Fire department. No. IL reatl
peation ~ ,l'fEis Of proposals may be had or &p-
Address ""'ei rhkineer on
Ch.,. CHARLES 4. TAYLOR.
Dc 22.sos,dh an Committee on Fire Department.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
HOTELS AND BoARDING.HOUsl,s.

yi,nnnuyLLTOS i,nnyL HOTEL, BALTIMORE.
h0Rg NJ AND GERMAN STREETS, BALTI.
~, aecoral.r oralmhatss reduced 70 IS and $3.50 per
lr psriors ~, 70 location " rooms. Extra charges
as city gst s9 convenient aud latest.balt hotel IN
hon. An ssssyator runs contiouousIy 10 sii the
sSfs vi ei,y passenger.csu pass th
bALrfse,x ,. w, COLEMAN. Manager.
~Vas, hpa 0etoler 10, 1879. &C I4.Sm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

N. ELLYsoN q CO.. adverfisine agents, inert "a
vertsements In al Of the newspapers Of the Units.
Staes at publishers rates. Orders left at the Dts
patch counting-room wil receive prompt after
tjop.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

LEVY BROTHERS will keep their holday De'
partment open until the end OF this week. Ihey
show a large assortment suitable for
NEw-YEAR's PRESENTS;
also. large assortment of STAPLE ana fANCi
DRY GOODS. They offer great Inducements 10 pur
cbasers of CLoAKs, sHAwLs, BLANKETS, CAR
PETS. Ou-CLoTns. RUGS, and MATS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

NEw-YEAR's CALLERs.-In some sections
NJ the city open houses were quite NUN. r
Gus Yesterday, but II . fair count haa pe.n n
made the doors with basket.atiacnmeu u
would have been found largely IN the ma
iority.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

ERr.ALARM.-Tb alarm Of 1re from
Station 45, corner OF So. James ana Du.a'
streets. at II O'Clock A. NJ. yesterday, was
caused by the burning out Of Iou' c"'"'
ney.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
coxSTlPATION.

r,o,r,ry a the bowels can perhS. s.,
only With ress'', :, .,,e constipation is Of recent
hssla X 'o''I''', ,c ~ TUFTS PILLS win suifce'
h,e sn't -.,-,e s., lsbitual one pin should DC
,Fi 4 bN s,.,,. rraduaIy lesseninE the ite,
taken eSt'' p.s ,..il a regular daily movesnent
eoeo.l, eo..,,.ca !. \. ~ 10 ~ 'oon follow
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

w. ID. BLAIR 4 Co. not only have the hnes
LIauors Of all kinds, but their stock OF Ralsins
Citron Almonds, Curranis, and all Christmas goc Us
are unsurpassed in the city. They have Just le'
eeiyed fine lot of Virginia Hams three years d
you, find their prices very low, aud the quality Of
,hair goods always the best l10s Main street
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
LOCAL MATTERS.

COPIES OF THE 1ST-0F JANUARY DOUBLE
SHEET DAILY DISPATCH, put up for mall
ing, nav be had at our counting-room.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
For real GOOD lOc. CIGAR take wnrrLocx's
MODEL. IL has no tquaI

SAVE MONEY by having your printing done atth,
DISPATCH PRINTiNo-IiOUsz. Good work, Low
prices, and satisfaction gnsranfassl
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

+. wHITLoCK, l445 Main street, MANUFACTURER
of eighteen different brands OF hne cigars Seh'
for prce-list.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

II your TEETH are decayed or defective; II your
ouMs are spoBgy, bleeding, liberated, or recedlpt
from the teeth, use
MEADE < BAKERS
CARBoLIC MoUTH-WAsH.
which removes the bad odor caused 10y these, a"o
ranldly heals and cleanses the mouth, lmpartins
DELICIOUS FRAGRANCE TO THE BREATH.
Sold by all druggists at soc. 4 bottle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

WHAT A PITY
that the otherwise beautiful girl should have snch
bad teeth. And all because she did not use 5000
DON'T. II costs so little to buy 1t. considering the
good does, and its benefits stretch out into her f-
lure life. Poor grill
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA. /,

NATIONAL BANK OF vrRGISIA.l
RICHMOND, VA, December 81, 1879. !
THIS BANK HAS DECLARED a DIvI.
l. DEND OF THREE PER CENT. free OF
taxes payable 10 The stockholders and after the
Cd DAY or JANUARY.
J. W. LOCKWOOD.
de 3llw Cashier.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
srkCTACLEs. gYE-GIASSEs. &c.


esils,,ao. FOR Csc. S
CHS y, s1n nsn street and get pair 0f sPEC1'A.
sulserlor a,si u y ASSES. large assortment 9f
EDsard,S SIsi2 Always Oh hand. Prices from zoe.
N'' SaiInliy adjusted 10 the eye BY
Gs GsaIa, a.smo op'ieian, Matchmaker. aud JexeiIer,
1904 Main e'treet.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
REAuTIFUL WHITE TEErHl

FOR A GOOD, RELIABLE SMOKE try the PIC
Mo CIGAR.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
HOLIDAY DEPARTMENT.

WHrTLoCK's Sc. KEY WEST CIGAR has no su-
nerior Beware Of limitations.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
o., ,oI.NE'> LIVER Pills.

WARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC
40 ''N'
TIE GENUINE
DR.. C. McLANE's
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS
rop 1aE craE OF
gEruu OR LIVER COMPLAINT DfS
prP,lt, AND SICK HEADACHE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
A FRAGRANT BREATHE!

AGRAND Picnic smoke tor the holidays. F'
sale everywhere. Only Sc.
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4ithmond 1ispatth.
FRIDAY. ....SANUARY 2, ,Sse'
aa- THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
Is LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIRCU-
IaTroN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWS.
PAPERs OF THE CITY.

fEn,ered at the Post. ONCE at Richmond, Va, as
secoot-ela matttrl
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

-----,---T.s HAIR DYE.-GRAY HAIR -, or +
Tar,Ss1 & 3 Il RIASS spSris Sy
~, apFtcalon "' 't'st,nfancously. and Is aS
NTr,' Color eC,.s,,,r. Sold by druggists or
sc.t p, w VrERAY SfBt II Ne" i''N'
tltli f-'e ~ ',, 3 S.toaf tel9I
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

BY I r. r. 5 Nv TeaS %sdIcias f2'fS 10 SoT e. me g
,,r,ress ncceg, 1Ta.s FILLS They are as good
y .,b good a. IL J 3 >.o,x
'.l,9t,s,,s '.l,9ts,sos.'{a ~ mrRRY STREET NEW foRA'
OFFICE '' IAN l5-eo6ifel9l ---
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FOR RENT.

NOR RENT. THAT VERY DESIRA- -
Il BLEAND WELL-ARRAN ANGED WELL LII
ING No 3l4 north Twelfth street, in thorough or
der.
ROOMS over store No. 206 east Broad street.
ROOMS over store No 1922 east Main street.
STORks.
That verv desirable and we-lCcated STORE, No.
II. with DWELLING, on the east side OF Seven
teeufh street between Main and Franklin streets,
containing all cODyenences.
SMALL STORE No. 3 IA east Broad street.
SMALL STORE No. 1923 east Main stree.
FACTORY.
That very desirable FACTORY No: l4ll cast
cary street Al present occupied by X. III. WbitOck,
E,a. Power can be bad If d'sir1d.
Apply 10 CHEWING & ROSE,
IA 1-eod3t No north Tenth street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
DivIDENDS.

OFFICE or RICHMOND PgRPETUAL.1
BUILDING, LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.
NO. ELEVENTH STREET,
RICHMOND, VA, January 1. 1880. J
THE DIRECTORS OF THIS COM
4 PANY have declared a NET DIVIDEND OF
FIVE PER CENT. ont Of the earnings for the past
six months. payable at The Office Of the company ON
and after JANUARY 18TH.
WILLIAM LOvENsTEIN.
IA 1-1w&Ja14&15 Cashier
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

DILL HEADS, $3.50 70 - per leS"' ~
u tAs DIaPATC6 fRlNTlNG-EOCb0
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RICHMOND, VA, January |. 1880.
WE HAVE THIS DAY ADMITTED

We will continue to have the valuable services oi
Mr. y. ". Rowe. who has been 80 long enSagt "
with n, and We respectfully solicit u cODiiDu,ncc
of the patronage 80 5eraliy extended 10 the 1rm "a
the past. ~
JASUARY |, 1880. j. l'3t
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so7 5s ~ sssIsl,SS: SssTi T%iddcSs R;' ever
TJTi I'''''-
r.sT
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
SEINE.THREAD.

r. LICHTENsTEIN &~@s
L. SONS,
corner Seventeenth and FRANKLIN Streets
RICHMOND, VA,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALkRsiS
NETS.
sEISEs and TWINE.
COrTON ROPkS-all sizes
PArEST and SOFT sEiNE-IwiNE,
LINES, YAWklSG,
CORKs,
LOCKWOOD, Ac.. &C. sp,xr
Sole Importers OF LION-BRAND ID stiNE-
THREAD iwsrranted TO give perfect salissehoh'
and lao porter OF other brands oa
Deaiers aud Sshermen iavtiedto es". 20 ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02
yARNIsH AND OILS

As everything that has heretofore been
thrown away at the gas-works or passed Oh
into the river is 10 be utilized. the same
gentlemen have erected another large
boiler, with a daily capacity OF thirty Dar-
rels, for the purpose OF making DiacK var
nish and paint oils.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

ggr,uu OR LIVER COMPLAINT DYS-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-02

FOR YaE CURE or
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-02-18
A Brilliant Diamond Robber.

One ofthe cleverest diamond robberies
of modern times is reported in tone OF
odd complacency by the leading jour
nails of st. Petersburg. About fort
night ago handsome equipage drew up
at the door of the first jeweler in the
capital. Alighting from the carriage,
an elegantly dressed and remarkably
pretty young lady entered the shop and
requested that some parures Of brilllants
might be shown to her. Several costly
sets were forthwith submitted for in
spection, and after some hesitation she
selected a riviere and pendants valued
at lO, 900 rubles, and stating that she was
the wife of an eminent mad-doctor,
whose name is household word in St.
Petersburg. requested the proprietor of
the establishment to accompany her
home with the jewels. in order to settle
finally with her husband about their
price. The jeweler packed up his dia-'
monds and got into the carriage with
his fair customer. Presently they ar
rived at large house, and were re-
ceived at the porte cochere by Suisse
in splendid livery, who conducted them
up u brilliantlv-lishted staircase into
richly furnished drawing-roomthat
which the lazy begged her compa, in
to take seat, and, jewel case in hnion
proceeded to summon "lIer husband.
Entering the doctors consultation-rnd. !"
in an apparent state of uncontrolloom
agitation, she informed the latter able
she had brought her unfortunate spouse
to visit him, in the hope that he would
undertake to cure him OF the strange
monomania under which he had labored
for some time past. my afflicted hus-
band" she said, is a wealthy landed
proprietor from A., in the govern
ment of Minsk: he is quiet and harm
less, but has diamonds on the brain.
He will talk of nothing else, poor fel.
low! Will you see him? l have left
| him in your drawing-room, and am
much too nervous to be present while
you diagnose his case. Might I, there
fore, ask you to accompany me to my
carriage before you 60 to him? 1t will
be such & relief to me to leave him in
your care" Her ingenious device was
crowned with complete success. She
drove off with the diamonds; an inter-
view between the doctor and the jeweler
fully confirmed her statement with re-
spect to the latter's alleged monomania,
and resulted in his being placed under
bodily restraint, from which he was
only rescued three days later by one of
his partners. who succeeded, with the
assistance of the police in tracking him
to DIR. V-fs renowned private lunatic
asylum. No trace has yet been dis
covered of the gifted lady who accom-
plished this, in every sense of the word,
brilliant" coup.-London Telegraph.
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Blue Gentan-A Thought.

l shall never be child,
With its dancing footsteps wild,
Nor iree-footea maiden any more, ...''
Yet my heart leaps up to see
The new Leaf upon the tree.
And to hear the light winds pass - ".,' ..'
Ger the flowers in the grass, ... .. '...''
And Tor very joy brims DER, I" i.'' ..'"
As kneel and pluck this stora VI ,'''' ="
OF blue gentian. ''.' ~ '''".
..,' Il 81. t.aunl.g q rot .rI,,r
shall never climb thy peak, -. {. ...-la,... -.
Great white Alp that cannot speak ,..,.-,,,,o
OF tho centuries that nost over theo
like dreams, ........ ,.. .,
Dumb OF all Gods secret things (, ,..'.,.,.,,.,
Sealed to beggars and to kings ...,,f -,.,.,.,
Yet cit in world Of sight, ,., =, I,,,. $780,,
Color. beauty, sound, and light, ~. a,t.... :,
While at every step, mesee,ns,, ...,.L.
Small sweet joys spring Up, Like CLEANS =
ofblue gentian. ,i =, . .,nc,d.r,, ,d,
I shall not live o'cr again 1lI u. HpuaI4igp,E
This strange lite, halt bliss, bnh paia;f 1hnuld
I shall sleep till Thou calpst me to arise Il !
Body and soul with newborn powers, 3 osE1
If Thou wakenest these poor 6owers. iGi'o7 80
Wilt thou not awaken me, r',. -tr!i ,,;i3i
Who am thirstipg aftei Thee7 - atr a,ua
Oh! when faith grows dim and diesS',Toh
Let me think of;Alpine skies, 4ur rcT
.. And blue gentian.i4 , Z yEir ~ rlsIT
..... e., .la,.. . .i--Good Words. n
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watchful, adroit devotion, under many
trying circumstances.
In the midst of the training, Ivah was
asked to become the wife of man
whom she much esteemed, and toward
whom her heart had been tending.
He was talented young lawyer, we'll
started upon a promising practice: It
was very enticing to the girl-tor Ivah
was not yet twenty-one- the thought of
a quiet home where she could get away
from people and have rest, cherished
and cared for-she who had been always
caring for Others.
But she dared not let 60 of Marie and
Tom, and there might be such thing as
baby being unwelcome.
Years passed, and 1vah, well, when
she saw clearly that Tom could do with
out his sister, she went to help certain
young lawyer, who declared that he
could not do without her. And "baby"
is Ivah's baby yet, for her two strong
boys, who came to her in her happiness
and prosperity, can never displace her
mothers baby, with whom Ivah
learned to bear the cross, whose pathetic
cry called her into the sacred path of
duty, which leadeth toward the sun
rising.-Youth'S Companion.
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TOMS SISTER.


Shewas fifteen when the mother died,
and Tom was seventeen, and the baby
barely Eve hours old. -. =,
She never went to school after that.
The housekeeping fell upon her, and she
had to be little mother to the motherless
baby. -r;.rE r~-.
Her father, who was a bookkeeper,
had never earned over thousand q
year. Ivah's rearing, therefore, had
been on a basis of simplicity and fru-
gality. ....
People said the new duties would
prove too heavy for her. for there was q
hint of the fragile in her slight little
body. though there was nothing sickly-
looking about her. ..r.. .-
There was fresh though delicate
color in her cheek, life in her blue eye,
and in all her movements freeness
which asserted an elastic nature.
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Capital Punishment by Electricity.

The proposition to employ electricity
as an agent in capital punishment has
been advocated both in France and Ger
many. A recent writer. in the latter
courtry thus sketches the method Of
procedure: In a dark room, draped
with black, and which is lighted by a
single torch the chamber Of execution
there shall stand an iron figure of JUS
tice, with her scales and sword. This
goddess will carry a powerful electric
battery in her inside; and this battery
will be connected with m armchair
the seat of death. In front of the
chair shall stand the judges tribunal,
and only the judge, jury and other Of
ficials shall Be present with the con-
demned during the ceremony of eXecu-
ton. This will consist iAthe Judge
reading the story of the crime COM
mitted by the prisoner, who will 5e
rieidly manacled to aforesaid chair; and
when this has been done the judge will
break his rod of Office and toss it into
one of the scale-pans ofthe figure of JUS
tice. at the same time extinguishing the
solitary torch. The descent Of the pan
will complete the electric circuit, and
shook the wretch into the next world.
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Frozen Earth in Siberia.

Professor Nordenskiold investigated
the formation Of the strata Of frozen
earth several hundred feet thick which
occurs in Siberia and Polar America.
Along the coast Of Siberia there is q
stratum of water resting on the bottom
of the sea, which is several degrees be-
low the freezing point, so that flask
of comparatively fresh surface water,
when sunk into this stream. begins to
freeze. Stuxberg observed that the
trawl-net often froze fast to the bottom.
This was accounted for by the freezing
of the fresh water which the net carried
down with it from the surface. Nor
denski.>ld thinks that the mud carried
down by the rivers into the sea, as it
sinks to the bottom, carrying with it
fresh water adhering to the minute par
ticles. ani that this fresh water, like that
carried down Ly the net, freezes at the
bottom. forming thus frozen stratum.
which increases year by year until it
reaches an enormous thickness. lie is
of opinion that portion of the earthly
LAYERS of Siberia was formed in this
way, although, he adds, he by no means
considers this the only way in which
such formations arose.-Na!ure.
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Words OF Wisdom.

The heart ought to give charity when
the hand cannot.
Whoever learns to stand alone must
learn 10 fall alone.
Youth should be patient, because the
future lies before it.
A man of numerous desires is of all
beings the most independent.
lie who waits at the gates of by-and-
by enters at the gates of the never.
. He that speaks the truth will find
himself in sufficiently dramatic situa
tions.
e"To Adam, paradise was home: To
the good among his descendants, home
is paradise.
Despair and postp ponement sre cow
dice and defeat. Men were born to sue
ceed, not to fail.
Impoliteness is derived from two
sources-Indifferenc to the divine and
contempt for the human.
When a man dies men inquire what he
has left behind him; angels inquire
what he has sent before him.
They that will net be counseled, can
not be helped. If you do not hear rea-
son, she will rap your knuckles.
A good deed is never lost; he who
sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love.
Bad manners are species OF bad
morals. A conscientious man will not
grossly offend in that way.-Bouee.
Nothing is more dangerous than an
imprudent friend; better is 1t to have
to deal with prudent enemy.-Lafo'-
tnt1e.
The generous who is always just and
the Just who is always generous may,
unannounced, approached the throne OF
heaven.
He who betrays another's secret be-
cause he has quareled with him, was
never worthy of the sacred name OF
friend; breach of kindness will not
justify breach of trust.
Selt-devotion is but form of gener
osity; the generosity of those who give
themselves, having nothing more and
nothing better to give, and belongs
equally to the nobler natured of both
sexes.
Unselfsh and noble acts are the most
radiant epochs in the biography ol
souls. When wrought in earliest youth
they lie in the memory of age like the
coral islands, green and sunny, amid the
! melancholy waste Of ocean.