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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-04-26
A FEW RULES
Which Nay Prove Of Interest to
all Senders and Receivers
of Mail.

The new rules of the postof6ce depart
ment in Sedalia have gone INTO effect.
Thew are % follows:
Eggs must be sent when new.
Feather beds are not maiisbie.
A pair Of onions will 60 for two scents.
BshieA should he sent in aIr-tight boxes.
Hydraulic rams and Cotswold ewes are
charged double class postage.
Lovers writing to each other will confne
their gushing rhapsodies to the inside Of the
envelope.
Parties are Compelled to lick their own
postage stamps and envelopes; the post
nsetsr cannot b required to do THE.
Ii is uasafe TO msil apple or fruit trees
with The fruit on then, % come Of the
clerks have weakness fer soch things.
Pasties sre sequested %. send postal
cards With money. orders enclosed. -
large -sun. Ar frequsotly lost in that
way.
Nlsro-xlycerins must bessnt It ths risk
of the ssndsr. Il Il should biow up in the
postmsster's hands b cannot be held re-
1nOnolbIe
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Lat evening Chs. Haley, . tourist
hslisg from Hissinsville. Lafayette county.
sppsarsd 1t the union dspon. Ksnsas City,
vAsss b Deposited his baggage in the
shsek staDd, aud then proceeded to Gil up
% bottom lightning and have . glorious
tine il general. Charles hsd about twenty
dollsn Moro than b has BRAINS, and, a.
cordiug 70 the rulss laid down By oil real
''suckefs, allowed himself 70 cultivate the
scquaistancs Of I've men sufficiently to
permit them to sotiee him to . box
car at the rear OF Rideuour
3 Bakers Wholesale grocssy house,
vhsss they proceeded. sftsr the
style Of professional thieves, to divess
him Of his ready cash and baggage checks,
after which they left, quickly disappear.
ing, leaving Charles in the darkness to find
bic Own vsy 70 the depot. He W. on
bic way 70 eek bic fortune IN the sand
hills and cactus bsds Of sunsy Colorado.
HE baegaes i ssill in the stand, and
esaooe b gotten oct ustil tie checks Are
Pssssaisd.
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Circus Propristo-s' Fight.

A hot circus fight 10 going on in Phila-
dslphia. CouP's show is followed by Fore
psugh's. With B4rnum's to come. making
six weeks Of uninterrupted tent business.
Barnum's agent billed the town with the
statement that Ferepaugh had bough, up
all the "old stuffed monkeys snd worthless
snin,sls" Of Bsrnum's last years msnag-
erie. Forepsughs agents re,sIiated with
placards saying they were "slad to get
a official acknowledgement that Bsrnum's
attractions we're stuffed monkeys and
worthless ANIMALS" Then. when Fore
Psushs people made grand street parade,
the resr vas brought up by several
enormous trssspsreucies on which was
painted. "Wsit for Barnum."
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saved From the Gallows.

james Thomas De Jaraests, Who killed
bic sister, Mis- Mollie, in b.gnio at Dan
vile, Va. and vho Was found guilty and
TO be hanger. bat MAS afterwards
granted nev trial BY the supreme court,
vss fully vindicssd BY . jury Of twelve Of
hH own eountrymen, on Monday last, on
the plea Of insaniiy. His 6nt plea vas
that b killed her because she hsd east dis.
honor upon The family sscutcheon, and
that be did il to retrieve the honor Of his
father and himself. Considerable Of .
romance l. esnsected With the life Of De
Jssnst,e. At the time Of the murder Of
his sistsr be ~ engaged to Miss Jennie
murray. She rensined fsithful TO him and
visited hin in prison until about . moaih
sioes, when she married smother man.
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viii Stevenson Wounded In
the Back 1t WarrensburH
this Morning.
He was Brought to 6odaiis this
Afternoon in Precsrious
= Copd,tion.
Another Brakeman Hit in the
Head with . Rock, Sending
Him to Bed.
Particulars OF the Difficulty Be-
tWeen the Rallroodefs and
the Negroes.

| At Warrensburg. between nise and teI
o'clock this morning. Will Stevenson. o.
thia city, brsksoan On Cosducior Sims
wess-bouod local freight train, vss shot i,
The back By . WORTHLESS negro named Jo'
Trscy. The ball took eject immediatel,
below the right shoulder blade. and al
though the vound wss probsd b Dr.
Wright, Of Warsnsburg, The bali couk
not b fouod.
For soos time past the fellow Taey
With three ~ four sssociasss. have bssn ia
the habit Of boarding freight iraias thai
psassd through W.rrsssbarx, riding q
couple Of stations. asd. then returning q
the next train. This hey I'D Sgsisst the
warning Of Tie di6srens hsakenen. and no.
nssoss rows have resulted frOn the prac-
tiss. So.
.Yesaesdsy afternoon when Conductor
Sins train vs. 1t Warrsnsburs. coming
ssse Tracy and so.,e 81 his. pals had .
di6sslsy With Tie brsksoae-Wili Stew
eesos and Clist wsilsr-but it sss more .
var Of words than anything else.
To-day when the uais assissd at
Tie Quarry City, -asd jast after
il had pulled in % the sias-trsek.
Tracy came alosg vhsre ssevsssoe
vas and called him . s-of . D., and
while Sssvensoo vas walking o6, attending
u bic busine.s. Tracy pulled his revolver
and cred, With The eject shove mesti0nsd.
Stevsasoo vss carried to the depot and
made - comfortable - possible, and when
freight train No. . came through be
vas brought to this city and taken 70 his
home in East Ssdslis.
The vould.be murderer did NOT attempt
10 escape. but inasdiassly gave himself
up to the suthosisiss asd vas lodged in
jail. He 10 appreciated - being about
Twenty-Five ysars Of ase and has long
bosss . bed rsputstios.
Ysssg eaevsesoa = . 30 Of the widow
'vho rssidss il East Rsdslia.
He u . yoasg nan, hardly out Of his teens.
Nd has ben IL The employ Of the company
|or more than . year. Prior 10 engaging
10 the niIrosd Business be worked in the |
BAsoo took bisdsry, !hsss be learned his
rade. He bssrs 81 sxesllsst reputation, |
Nd biz nisiortoss will b regretted By ell. |
II vas the mtsosioo 70 remove hin to |
10 hospital 1t Washinstos tonight, bot At
HE writing il i upcsstain vhsthsr his |
win permit Of il.
TIE OTHER CASE.
p Aaelhsr braksmss On the same train, |
nsosd Lauehlia, vas biz in The head With |
! rock BY oss Of Tie negrosa Of the gang
md had to b tales. 70 hotel for treat.
nent.
Exeitsnsot ran high for time. and the
:haness are that the eooss will hereafter
y compelled 70 keep away from oil freight
rains that pan through Wsrrsnsburg.
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SpecInc Neuc!ue Is beIng useu Win Wonoefi0E
success.
Pamphlets sent free to all. Write for them An
get iuil particulars.
Price, Specific, 800 per packages or six pack
ages for 500 Address all orders to
J. b. SIMPSON MEDICINE CO.,
Nos. 1O4 and los Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sold in Sedalia by Q. G. Slack.
5-3l-d&wlyr
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CARD.

To al Who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions Of youth, nervous weak.
nea, earIey decay. Ion Of manhood, &C., I
vilA send . recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF dkADsE This great remedy vs. dis.
covered By . missionary in South America
Send self-sddrssssd envelope 70 the Rev.
7. Inmaa. Station d. New York City.
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Far too Actual.

Mckee Rankin and his vile have for
three yesn bssn acting in "Ths Dani,ss,'
and the success Of the play has yielded
them . fortune but il has also brought
about separation. Mr.. Rankin. o. Sandy.
Il the ardent lover of the Wilder, while
Mr.. Rankin - . woman: in the Disguise
Of boy Billy Piper, is a JEALOUS witness Of
bis passion. The jealousy has along been
real. according 10 the Post Dispatch, and it
eslminatsd . iew days sGo in ST. Louis.
Mn. Rankin had repeatedly accused her
husband Of being far too actual in his
stage csrsasss Of the Wilder. and several
actresses vsrs excessively deprived Of the
part. The latest accusation was against
Ais Randolph NM. T. NJ. Holland). and
her disninal We demanded at St. Louis,
on The fall Of the curtain on the love
scsaA Rsnkin called the company to-
eethsr, ssd announced that he would never
cone on the stage again With bic wife. Her
plaes wss on the following evening takes
b another actress. Nrs. Rankin Was for
nsrly Kitty Blanchard, q bright burlesque
actress, and subsequently, the Hsnris,ts
during the long run of"rwo Orphans'' at
Unien Square theatre. Rankin Va d.
voroed from his 6sst sifs.
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Practical Accountants

are pre- pared to keep books for any business in
the city, open and c cse any kind OF books, and
to make settlements on short notice. Once in
J. G. Thompson, Cashier First National Bank
seda.ia, No., OF AlbertParker, postmaster Sedalia,
No. Correspondents solicited. l.29dkwly
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from Seif-Abuse,
a. Mental AnX.
iety. Loss OF
Memory, Pains
in Back or Side,
and diseases
that lead to Con-
sumption, In
sanity and IN
early grave. The
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Out Of Work,

and sick with my kidneys for years. wrote
Mr.. Alexander Ferris, OF Cheaaneo, Forks,
n. T.. recently. He used Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure. Now he s.ys,
81 cheerfuiiy recommend it 70 all persons
suffering IL the same way"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-04-26
MISSING MOLLIE.
Nothing Has Yet Been Heard Re-
gsrding the Young Lady's
Whereabouts.

Yesterday The BAxoo mentioned the
fact that Miss NoiIis Blythe, . hapdsom.
young lady. had disappeared from heI
home in Fest 6edsiis. aud nsr vhersaboui.
we're unknown To her relatives and friends
Who we're not little troubled on account
Of her absence. The BAzoo limited that
she might have gone to Kansas City,
where her sister, Ns. CLARK, was re-
siding 1t lest accounts. This idea
10 dispelled. however, BY the young
lsdys friends. and they do not knos Whist
to think, some Of them fearing for the
vont-lhst il. that exc has gone to Join
her absent lover.
A 10 veil known, Mis- Blythe formerly
KEEP; company with . young man named
w: B. Hsrri', Who wss engaged in the
candy manufacturing business in this city,
but wss compelled 10 leave the city on ae-
count Of ssiodl,ng Mr.. S<gelbsum, the
merchant tailor, out OF suit Of clothing.
He left SedaIia between t~o days. and -
Isr - the BAzoo knows, no one here has
heard from or Of him since, unless it wss
Aiss Blythe. and il she did, her relatives
No not sWsre Of the fact.
Miss Blythe has many warm friends in
3edalis, all Of whom would rather see her
. her grave than the vile Of Harris. who
. oothiog more than . petty thief. Of
.ourss il Is only . surmiss that she has
'oos To join him, but everything indicates
bat such 10 the case.
Immediately sf,er Harris dissppearancs.
note wss received II this Office from Miss
slyShe. correcting former statement made
. the BAsoo. insim asipS tina, she was en-
assd to be married to HsrriA. II ia nov
earsed, though, that this ~as not correct
b vss hs sf6ancsd, and the only thing
D the way Of their union "a. the objection
sissd By Mis Biythes mother. Any in-
osmssiou regarding her will be thankfully
scsived By her slmo-t distracted mother
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Sheriff Conner stated to BAzoo reporter
this morning, that While At Jefferson CITY,
yesterday, he saw George Boyd, the horss
thief and borslar. cent up from THIS county
few years ago. Boyd nsds. himsslf .
pretty good reputstios q . Jail breaker.
having escaped fron eur Jail tsfore being
tried, and skipped onto Kansas. where be
vss captured. After being brought back
and sent to the penitentiary, he again e.
capped from that iastitution, bat vag alter
wards rs-captursd By Bob Lsaverton, the
detective, aud returned 70 vork out bic
sentence. He 10 ssw working in the shos
shop. and expresses Ainself - veil salts
6od,
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Joel Anderson and family csme in from
s.. Louis on the early morning trsin, ON
their way to Vernon county, and on their
arrival here Mr.. Anderson made the dis
eovsry that her pocket had been picked
and book Containing $50 taken.
Last evening before leaving st. Loui.
Mn. Anderson visiied . bakery near the
aaios depot, where she purchased soue
cakss and other ssiablss. She drew forth
her purse and psisd for What she bad pur-
chased, When she returned the book TO her
pocket and never thought Of looking for il
until the train arrived NJ Sedslia.
Before entering the cars At the union
depot she remember having been j,-tIed
about in the crowd. and the chances are
that some sneak thief relieved her of the
book as that time. Mr.. Anderson, how.
ever, vas yell provided With money, and
the family resumed their journey at once.
desosmiusd not 10 mourn their i0ss.
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Garibaldiis hasr b white - snow.
Wendell Philips il just sixty nine.
Thooo Jedsssos ,vS . god violin
player.
The Emperor Wfllis1, old - be n,
killed lis deer end Wild bsass dusi0g his
recent hunting exeussioa - Lstsihgsa.
Motley, the Distinguished historiso.
affirmed that the govt Of Charles Y.
changed the destinss Of the world. So
much dspssds sPca seeming tribes.
Me. n. H. Warnse. Of Rochester, n.
T.. 10 oae Of The most liberal and pablo
spirited Of Ameriesn self-nsds men, and
he y ssia9 -shs Usalih shich.tAs pope
tisrity AID vaiue Of his 6sfe Kidney snd
Liver Cure hsve beoaght hia Dsst a.
0srably. -'sA =
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-Kassas City i evssrm With bar.
dian 81 eeoAAeneo nso.
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u SOC1Ak SCANOAL.
Knobnoster Adds Another to
Her Already Large Mum.
Der Of Sensations.
This Time 1t 10 Q Prominent Citizen,
Formerly OF sedalia, Who
10 Suspected.
The Woman in tha Case il the Wife
of Q Well Known and Respect
able Fruit Tree Man.
They Are Found Under Suspicious
Circumstances, Causing the
Husbshd to Ask for q
Divorce.
An Attempt at Suicide 10 Baffied
by the Exertions Of DR..
Hull.
Buildozing . Newspaper. Under
Threat OF Withdrawing their
Enormous Patronage.
Are Sometimes De-
ceitful, and Let Us Hope they
are IN this Case.
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Over 10000 Howe Scales havs. ben
sold. Send foe catslogUs 70 Borden, eel.
leck & Co., General Assats. Chicago. III.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-04-26

II is q positive cure for Spermatorrhea. Seminal
Weakness Impotency and all disease resulting
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Don't Forget.
T A Y 10 r. IS.
COR. OHIO AND MAIN SITS .

To NERVOUS SUFFERERS-THE GREAT EU
ROPEAN REMEDY-DR. J. b. SIMPSONS
SPECIFIC MEDICINE.
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Buy YeuR sDocEa1D - W.T.. l&lSu
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rHE POISON ACT

Al to how the sgonized wife spent the
remaisder sf the night. can Be only sur
missed. On Sunday morning An. Hogan
told her colersd sook that she Wss going to
take so0stAias b make her slesp. and, In
case shs never again awoke, to tell her
(Mrs. Hngsns) mother to take care Of the
childfeo.
6he retired 70 her bed chambsr and took
dose Of mosphiae. when the cook
thoroughly alssaed. iaforwed . nsishbor.
ard DE-. Hall was sumaensd 70 the voaaa's
bedside. He applied the usual remedies
in such cases. and in . short time Mrs.
Hogan vas again in good health, she
having taken -ssAs
TOO SMALL DOSE OF THE POISON
to have the desired effect, even had ply.
aician not visited her. The balance Of
Sunday vas spsnt By Mrs. Hogan il ths
most sgonfsisg nsanss possible, she vewing
70 ill that shs had cot bssa guilty Of any.
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to como of anyhow. 1t didn't though.
The day cot Georgia" escaped Jail
and got away scot free. There was a
good deal Of talk about it, and the
next time Bill Was seen on the streets
it WAS noticed that be didn't wear his
watch. He bet low at the tables that
evening, too.
That changed his luck. and when q
gamblers luck changes he's gone
The cards never turn up right after
they've got out Of the habit. Il was
bad on Bill. He drank hard and
looked hard. He wore his clothes .
good deal longer than he used to, and
when the snow began to 6y he was on
the street without IN ovsrooat. No one
could help him; he wouldn't have it,
he lived over . little dive on IN of
street, and didn't allow anybody to
come near bis room. He WAS curly
and bitter and ugly. and whsn he got
into . row with Q man hs used to beat
him with anything he could get his
hands on. He never did that in his
better days. He'd just shoot and b
done with it. So oil the boys sort Of
kept away from him, and he got . bad
name. When he played at al it was
With Q tiu-horn crowd, and queer sto.
riss cane to be circulated after time.
There WAS . good deal of ''holding up"
in those days, and people got an idea
that Bill might be doing some Of it.
At any rate . man Wa killed in front
Of Bills place early one morning, and
when the crowd came up and found
Bill there il was quick enough to think
that he had done il. He had been
sssa with the dead man the night b.
fore, and there was another man oil
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The Woman in thu Case il the Wife
of Q Well Known and Respect
able Fruit Tree Man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-22

formation concerning the people under theH
charge. stated that they did not occupy the
ordinary relations of pastors to their people
but-he went on to explain-were the
iudges of secret conrts by which all
cases, whether temporal Or spiritual, are
decided. The internal discipline OF the
Mormon Church has always been kept a pro-
found secret as far as it was possible, and 1t
may easily be that Taylor, far less adr0lt ana
shrewd than his predecessor, has exposed
detail which Brigham Young had successfully
concealed. If so, this is one added to many
proofs of the unenlightened and un-Americah
character Of Mormon methods leaving the
character of Mormon morality out or consld-
Grafton altogether. Secret courts Tor the set
Element of temporal disputes as wen as loI
the punishment of crimes and religious oe-
lnouencies arc. supposed to exist among the
lower orders of Chinese who make home III
this country without accepting its institutions
and laws. and among other benghted popuia-
tons. 1t is altogether appropriate that Nor
monism should be placed in the same category.
An Italian Guiteau made an extraordinary
stir in the Chamber of Deputies at Rome yes
terday. While Premier Depretis was speaking
a disturbance was heard in the visitors gal
lery. and a revolver was flung into the hail.
while voice cried: "To Depretis" more
startling interruption could hardly be made
to the proceedings of a legislative assembly
The man was removed, and the Chamber calmly
resumed its business. The man proved TO be
q dangerous character, having already suffered
imprisonment for attempt to kill, and beng sun
under the supervision of the police. No doubt
there will he some glib Roman lawyer TO
argue that he is insane, on the ground that
sane people do not go about tiinGng reviewers
into legislative halls, just as it is claimed here
that sane people do not shoot Presidents. Per
hans Macceluso will bully the Judge and insult
the Jury; remain unmoved when the details OF
his crime are told, and fly into a RAGE when 1t
is said that he didn't have $40 suit of clothes
on think nothing of committinga murder but
be greved and indignant over "A charge that he
uses grofane language gravely argue that he is
insane, and yet show greater legal qWckneSS
than his lawyer. Fortunately Maccelu>o
like Guiteau gave evidence against himself
He called at the police station in the morning
and asked to he watched during the day, say
ing that he might commit some excess. This
indicates possession of excellent percrpuve
faculties and sound judgment.
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gnoex TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

aNusEMFNrs-3d PdQe-5th and 9th columns
ASNouNCRMENTs-Sh Paae-4th coluinR 80
BANKING HOUSES AND BANKERs-7h PGge-4th eouin IL
BOARD AND ROOMs-3d Pdae-3d column.
BRUsHEs-2d Poge-6th column
BUSINESS CHANCEs-7H PGge-6th column
BUSINESS NoTICEs-44h PdQe-lst column
CoRPoRAuON NoTICEs-3d Pd0e--3d column
DANCING ACADEMiEs-3d Page "a column
DIyIpENp NoTIcEs-7h PdQe-5th column.
DRY GooDs-3d Pdge-5th column.
DRESS MAKING--3d Pdqe-2d column - .,..v.
TUKOPEAN ADyRRTIsEMENTS-3d Pdqe-3d coluLnn>
FINIscIiI-7M PaOe-4th and 5th columns
CRATES ana fESDERs-7h PdQe--oth coluniA
HEIP WANTED-3d PdQs-2d column
INsTRUCTION-3d PGGe-1st ana "a cOluinns
LEGAL NoTICEs-7h PGge-6th column
IOsT AM FoUND-3d Pd0e-5th column.
MAGNETIC tLoTHING-3d Paqe-3d column.
MARRIAGEs AND DEATHs-5h Pd3e-0ul colulhh'
MgDICAI-3d Page-3d column.
MINING-6h Pd0e-6th columns on D,.o
MIsCRIIASEoUs-2d Pd0e-6th column; ON IV1-
4th. 9th and 9th columns 80
MrsIC Al ISsTRUMENTs-2d Pdge-6th column.
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SlTulTIOSs WANTED-M ALES-3d Fdoe-@u Ooiuiih'
FRMALEs--6h Pa0e-3d column
SPECIAL NoIICRS-5h PdQe-6th column. 40,
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS.&C. Foge-5u anu L"
columns
TEAcHERs-3d PACED column
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PERSONIL.

President Garleld's memory is to be honored in
London by the founding Of a Home for Working
Girls. to be called Garfield House." lady has
given : ,25O to a committee for this purpose.
Mile. de Bots Gnilbert, a young French lady who
claims 10 be lineal descendant of the unpleasant
Templar who plays so prominent part IN " Ivan.
hoe" is about to be married to NJ Buffet nephew Of
the former President Of the French Assembly.
Mr. Gladstones Accomplishments are legion. One
of them was recently disclosed by means of letter
written TO HIM from Wales in the vernacular. He
Immediately sat down and answered il in the purest
Welsh. II Is reported that Mr. Gladstone will enter
the Upper House as Earl OF Liverpool
Sir Edwin Landseer many years ago began an
equestrian portrait of Queen Victoria. but went no
further than the horse-a white pony beautifully
painted. Its present owner Sir Nathaniel de
Rothschild has commissioned Mr. Nillais to supply
a figure in place of that of the Queen As the work
is to hang AT Sir Nahanieps country seat, a house
which once belonged to Nell Gwynne, Mr.. M:llais
has determined to pantin the figure OF the pretty,
witty actress.
The president of the Royal College of Surgeons is
now Sir Erasmus Wilson. The Queen has knighted
him Sin consideration ofhis muniicent gifts for tho
support " hospitals and the encouragement of
medical study He is seventy-two years Old and
one Of the most distinguished dermatolOgsts in the
world. It was through his exertions that Cleo
patra's Needle brought to England. A bronze
tablet borne pom the foundation OF the Needle
records the fact that through the patriotic zeal of
Erasmus Wilson, +. X. s., this obelisk was brought
from Alexandria in an iron cylinder"
Miss sarah Orne Jewett, the New-Engand writer.
is, says The Literary World, the daughter OF DIR.
T. II. Jewett. for many years physician of wide
reputation and practice in Maine. His widow and
two children still 1--we in the family mansion at
South Berwick. interesting region fInl of tradi-
ton. The doctor used to take his young daughter
with him on his Gaily rounds, recounting to her on
the way fragments offamily history. anecdotes and
observations gathered during his long me lical
perience. Thus Miss Jewett accumulated much ma
terial which has been exceedingly useful to hcr.
She began to write when she was nineteen.