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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
Jules Verne.

JULES VERNE is about So, with a fine,
handsome head. Once a blonde, he
wears his beard full, and his hair is
curled in haphazard fashion. His
features are more than regular; they
are fine. His eye is bright, of clear
blue, brilliant and yet moist. His dom
inant expression is sweetness, but a firm
sweetness, like rosy steel, which does
not bend. His mouth, which says such
charming and clever things, says "yes''
and "no'' with the same smile. But
"yes " or "no," it is irreVocable. A
Breton, of Nantes, Jules Verne has kept
the religious traditions of Brittany, but
rather like a painter who preserves the
impressions of his travels, than like a
child Of the soil who would die for his
faith. He is at bottom more of q skeptic
than D'Ennery. No one would stand
up more bravely for doctrine, but no
one would, a moment after, make a
more questionable speech. In politics
it is worse, for he never voted in his
life.
The son of a lawyer, he came to Paris
to study law. His literary tastes led
him in auother direction, but neverthe-
less he was admitted to the bar. He
then became secretary to M. Perrin,
who at that time had the double ad-
ministration of the Opera Comique and
Of the Theater Lyrique. After this he
followed the bent of his tastes more
freely. He contributed a number of ar
ticles to the MatSee de8 Families, and
about this time wrote a piece in one act,
" Des Pailles Rompus," with which
Alexandra Dumas was connected, for it
was he who had it produced at the
Theater Historique, and it was he who
bought the first copy after it was print
ed. After an experience in the stock
market, being still in love with litera-
ture, Verne published his first book,
Give Weeks in Balloon" 1t went
off like hot cakes, though it was only a
trial. But the success was so great
that it appeared to Hetzel that here was
a new road to literature which deserved
to be followed up. He made an en-
gagement with Verne for twenty years
on what then appeared splendid terms,
but which have since made the fortune
of the lucky editor. After the publica-
ton of Five Weeks in a Balloon" he
announced to his friends one fine morn
ing that he was about to get married,
and then disappeared. It was the only
sign of life that his wife has ever given.
Since then he has led the same life of
study, of travel, and of interminable
He passes his life between
Paris and Amiens, where he has
splendid house, when he is not explor-
Ing somewhere or other on his famous
boat, the Saint-Michel, on which most |
Of his stories are written. As for the
rest, he is the most charming man i'm
lginable, modestly earning his 100000 |
francs q year, to say nothing of the great
fortune the stage seems to promise him,
Paris Figaro.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DURING the recent severe storm il
Germany, the sUbterranean lines O.
telegraphy have proved so much better
than the others that the German Gov
ernment now proposes asking the
Reichstag for authority to greatly ex
tend the underground system.
AN ingenious machine has been de.
vised for separating the sound cranber.
ries in barrel from the unsound. They
are poured into it at the rate Of six bar
rels an hour, and the sound ones, hav-
ing elasticity, bound over barrier,
while those decayed remain.
The thread for the glass cloth, now
made at Pittsburgh, is drawn out Of a
molten bar by means of rapidly re-
volving wheel at the rate of 1000 yards
a minute. The weaving is done on
looms, about the same as with silk.
The coloring is done with minerals when
the glass is originally melted.
WHEN potatoes are frozen, the amount
of sugar they contain is doubled, the
starch undergoing a corresponding di-
minution, while part Of the protein
passes from the coagulable into the solu-
BILE form. During the process of rOtting
the potato loses half its nitrogenous con-
stituents and the whole of the sugar.
BERLIN is preparing for an lnterna-
tional exhibition in 1882 or 1888, illus
trating the history and development OF
railways and the various systems of rail
way construction, together with rolling
stock and railway material of all de-
scriptions.
VARIOUS trees in equinoctial regions
produce caOutchouc, or "India-rub-
ber;" but our own continent furnishes
the most productive in various species
of Hovea-tall trees which form huge
forests in Brazil. The sap is gathered
and thickened, much as we get sugar
from maple trees in the Eastern States.
THERE are six moss factories in New
Orleans and vicinity. All the moss
ginned is shipped abroad, as the furni-
ture manufacturers do not buy it ginned,
preferring to pick and clean it them
selves. The total amount paid for the
rough moss by the ginners, upholsterers,
and mattress-makers of the city is above
100000 per year.
AN invention which will considerably
influence architecture and sculpture has
just been made by DR.. Gehring at Land
shut, in Bavaria. Dr. Gehring, by
means of an enameling liquid, renders
any kind of stone or cement harder than
granite, and gives it the absolute and
indGiible appearance of any other min
eral that may be desired. The enamel
may also be applied to metal, which it
is said to completely protect from rust.
THE orange crop of Jamaica, Flor
ida, Havana and Louisiana, it is said
in New York, will prove as extensive as
ever before, and oranges from those
places will no longer command the
fancy prices at which they were sold a
few years ago. Barrels holding from
400 to 800 really fine oranges will sell
for about S5, and very fancy fruit may
bring as high as $8. The orange crop |
Of Italy and Spain is an abundant one
this season, and extra Messina and
Sicily oranges will be sold on the
streets by the holidays for less than ten
cents per dozen. Valencias, the most
delicious of the Mediterranean oranges,
will be both abundant and cheap in the
early spring.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06

time during business hours dip out large
buckets full of gold from the Pactolian
stream popularity supposed to flow
steadily through Wall-SEeet into the
East River. There exists in New York
a certain class of sharp financiers, who,
having no money of their own to invest,
give their whole mind to the investment
of other peoples money. These in
Vestments are permanent, in fact, for
the most part, too permanent. The adj
vertisments of these philanthropists ex-
plain that they have facilities for loan
ing money on first martgage security of
choice farms in the West, where the
legal rate of interest is almost donble
what it is in some of our Eastern States,
and where the security is more ample
than can, in the majority of cases, be
obtained here in the East. This reads
well, but 7when the investor is further
assured Of $50 per cent. guaranteed"
we can readily understand that here and
there an amateur capitalist might be Sc
duced into investing in these precious
securities. The advertisement naiVely
states that "these investments are un-
like other investments. IN. Y Times.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
Gems Of Thought.

A MAN may be said to know thor
oughly only what he can correctly COM
municate to others.
RECLINING upon soft-cushioned seats
in the house of God, and listening, it
may be, to eloquent sermons, is not the
highest Christian service. Christs life
was a busy one, and is our example, to
be followed as closely as possible.
Ii men would become familiar with
the spirit, principles and manner of
Christ's life, and see what He did un-
der similar circumstances to those in
which they are placed, they would not
so often belle their Christian profession
Golden Rule.
COPS agency does not exclude nor
supersede our instrumentality. He
gives the increase, but Paul must plant
and Apollos water. He furnishes the
wind, but we are to spread the sails.
He gives, but we gather Prayers and
diligence, dependence and activity,
harmonize in the Scriptures, and are
only inconsistent in the crudeness of
ignorant and foolish men, Vim. jag.
HAS it ever occurred to tho skeptic
that, admitting all the faults he finds
with the Bible, there is no such book
for social, political, business and moral
teaching, in any of the libraries of the
worldP We have never seen a man
who made it the counsel and guide of
his daily life that was not true, hon.
Orable man. Golden Rule.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Nor less than six monuments haV
been erected in Italy this year to tn
memory of the late King Victor Emanuel
HERR IsIDoR KRAFT, wealthy phil
anthropist, who lately died at Berlin
Sequeathed the half of his fortune o.
100000 marks to found an institution
rs a refuge for destitute needle-wOmen
BARON ROTHsoHILD, the head of the
French branch of the family, is usually
at the bank before his clerks gre. His
wife wears but little jewelry,, and his
daughter Bettina has passed success
full examination as q teacher.
The fishermen of Great Britain have
reason to be grateful to the Baroness
Burdett- Coutts, for she is said to have
expended the snug little sum of $500, 900
In efforts to improve the condition of the
poor and deserving of this class.
NOTWITHSTANDING the persecution
of the Jews in Germany, it is said that
impecuniOus young German noblemen
with I" many ancestors and more debts -"
continue to seek the hands of wealthy
young Jewish maidens in marriage.
THE defense of Mr.. ParnelI and his
colleagues will cost about S75,G00. Six
meetings were held in London with the
object Of raising funds, and subscrip-
lions have been widely taken up in Ire
land. The Land League counts, how
ever, upon receiving the greater part Of
the fund from Irishmen in the United
States.
M. DE LEssEPs has eight babies, and
he is now baptizing the ninth. The
Queen of Spain will be gOdmother; and
q godfather has been found in the
Bishop of Panama. M. de Lesseps is in
the habit of taking seven of these babies
out every day in pony carriage. The
Paris GGuLOiS devotes an article of near
ly two columns to these interesting
facts.
PROF. VIRCHOw, Prof. Mommsen
and Prof. Hildebrand all appear in pub
lie condemnation of the anti-Hebrew
agitation in Germany. The Crown
Prince and his wife also omit no oppor-
tunity to show their disapproval. Prince
Bismarck has never pretended to like
the Jews, but he has made use of them
as occasion has offered from time to
time
The current reports that the marriage
of Mr.. Bartlett and the Baroness Bur
dett-Coutts will not take place are now
said to De wholly unfounded. The
Baroness's intimate friends say she is
fully resolved to complete the alliance,
regardless of pecuniary loss. The Bar
oness lately told peer that a judicial
decision on her money matters may
eventually come before him, being re-
solved, though Indifferent to wealth, to
maintain what she believes to be her
rights, and carry the proceedings to the
House of Lords for a final decision. 1t
is estimated that her remaining yearly |
income, after an adverse decision, would
be 100000.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
The Square Man.

THE square man mezzures the same
each way, and haint got no winny edges
nor shaky lumber about him. He IL free
from knots and sap, and won't warp.
tie is kear stuff, and / don't care what
va work him up into he won't swell, and
he won't shrink. He IL amungst men
what good kil-dried boards are among
carpenters, he won't season krack. 1t
don't make emmy difference which side
ov hins WI cum up to, he is the same big
ness each way, and the only way tew
get at him, emmy how, IL to face him. He
knows he IL square, and never spends
emmy time trieing to prove it. The
square man is one of the best shaped
men the world has ever produced, he il
one of them kind ov chunks that kant
alter tew fit a spot, but yu must alter the
spot tew fit him.-Josh Billings
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06


BOWER MILLER, q man of ad-
mirable character and education,
when he had concluded his legal
studies, decided to establish himself in
Tennessee. II was soon after the war
of 1812-14, says correspondent of the
New Orleans PtcGyaBe, and in visiting
the Circuit Judges to obtain their GER
tiGcate of professional qualification, he
fell in with Sam Houston, fresh from
the campaigns of Alabama and else
where in the Gulf States, in which he
had accompanied General Jackson, and
who had determined to adopt the pro-
fession Of law, The young men were at
once confidential, and Houston frankly
avowed his own educational deficiencies
and limited opportunity Of qualifying
himself, occupied as he had been for
the few years preceding in the excite.
ments of the war.
"Miller," said he, 81 shall tell the
Judges that they needn't expect much
learning from me. We shall be exam
ined at the same time. II a question of
difficulty is asked don't be bashful; !; an
swer it. Leave those that are more
easy TO me, / am not at all jealous y
Miller, who was very we'll qualified,
was amused, and promised to do any
thing in his power to aid him.
Arriving at the residence of the first
Judge this agreement was kept up.
Houston invariably introduced the ex-
animation by narrative of something
connected with the war, and with joe
ular admission Of his own difficulties in
pursuing his legal theories. A question
having been asked upon the abtruse
common law doctrine of executory de-
crees and contingent remanders, Mr..
Miller modestly repeated the exposition
of his authorities, and the Judge ampli-
fed the reply with remarks upon the
channel Of judicial decisions.
We are not to suppose that the exam
nations were very technical or strict. At !
succeeding examination, however,
Houston in reply TO q question upon the !
same subject took up the reply and re-
peated the information he had acquired,
and when they called on the last Judge, !
Houston observed that the two preceding |
examinations must have been satisfac- |
tory, and Judge White gave his sigma
ture and made the young men stay all |
night.
Within two years from that time
Houston had been elected either as State
or District Attorney, while Miller, dis
oouraged at the prospect Of professional |
success, returned to Virginia.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
Christian Honesty.

1T is a grateful service, always, tC
publish the example of man who rev
erences the Ten Commandments, anC
finds his highest pleasure in doing right
Early in the year 1879, a well-known
manufacturer in the city of New York
found himself obliged to suspend bust
ness and make an assignment of his
property to his creditors. 1t was what
is called in common language ga fail
ure." But the manufacturer, who was
an honest man and a Christian man, did
not 'fail'' in order to "make money. p"
He stopped where he did for the sake
OF doing the best he could for his cred
itors.
Everybody had confidence in the
good man, and when his creditors met,
the nearest thing to a criticism was a
mild suggestion from some of them
that perhaps he was too bind-beGrted.
Was it wise to offer such liberal reduc-
tions to poor purchasers as he had been
doingP And had he not better discon-
tinue it as a hazardous practiceP
Gentlemen said he, "ifitmust be
made condition that | have no poor
customer list, and be denied that liberty
of accommodation and kindness, can
not 60 on"
The objection was withdrawn, and
the creditors cheerfully made terms
with him by which he was allowed to
continue his business in his own way.
At first he sold and traded only as
an agent, and four months after his
assignment, with the aid of a friend
who advanced him money, he opened a
new store. In a little more than six
months his business was once more in
his own name, and with returning pros
perity he began, true to his high princi-
pies, to pay the men he owed. His
creditors had released him, and he was
no longer legally bound, but for man
who feared God, to know what was
right was sufficient reason for doing it.
In less than ayear-and long before his
assignee had closed accounts with the
preferred creditors-the honest mer-
chant had paid over to the rest whose
debts had not been secured, and whom
no law compelled him to pay, the last
dollar that he 01Oed them.
So noble transaction excited much
comment, and one New York
religious paper went so far as to say,
"NOt one man in a million would have
done such thing" The proportion
of upright people in the world is, we
believe, much larger than that, but
were it thousand times larger, the
fact would not dim the luster of this
mans example. Ko~tb'S Companion.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06
International sunday-schOOI Lessons,
FIRST oUARrER-ISS1,

FIRST QUARTER-1681.
Jan. 9-The Song of Mary. Luke 1: 45-45
Jan. 18-The Prophecy Of Zacha-
Jan. 23-The Birth Of Jesus. -. Luke 2: $40
Jan. 3O-Simon and the Child Je-
us.........,..,........ Luke 2: 2j-35
Feb 8-The Boyhood Of Jesus. Luke 2: 40-52
Feb 13-The Preaching Of John
the Baptist. .....:...... Luke 3: 7-lS
Feb 20-The Preaching Of Jesus. Luke 4: 1871
Feb 27-Christ Healing the Sick. Luke 5: 1928
Mar. 6-Witness of Jesus to John. Luke Z: 1928
Mar. 13-The Sinners Friend. .. Luke 7: $3.50
Mar. 20-Review Of the Lessons.
Mar. 27-Preaching the Kingdom Luke o; l. 8
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-06

the Master takes account of our labors,
let Him not reprove us for frittering
away time when we should have toiled.
-MGrgGTet S. SangSter.
, 1881-12-31
Iso bRY GOODS;
SH!{{|'jl CASH SALE
Of $50, 900 YARDS OF
HAMBURG
EInbrOiderieS,

Vic will ofrnr Tuesday, Ian. 3, 150, 1000
yards of Hamburg Embroflcrics, all Tho
newest and latest patterns, Eond and ex.
ira flne work, just landed, w'lic!l ,rc sc.
enlTtf nj tremendous Rucrtitce for sp1t
casll, md which we will sell frun, 25 to
40 per cunt les. tlIan market vaIue.'
o,Voo yards of narrow Hamburg Embroidery
nj ~. lc, @c, *. 3i,zr, alld &c. Worth 2c,
&c, 1t. :c. 7c. u1,l So.
1o.0oo yaris medium width Hamburg En-
I'rntlery ut 1c, IL. 1c, ", Uc md l0c.
Gooh value for &c, 1Vc, l2111c, l5c, lBc,
.n,lu a)c.
5000 yards wide Hamburg Edgngs at 1a1Ic.
Wurtl :s!!c.
5000 yards extra wide llnml'urg Embroit.
cries nt liz, Tx, liz, 1Se. :e]c. nc, G}c,
:,:i,c, :.1g, md VIC. Wnrih double.
1900 yurt!s w'du Flo,ncings at :lIr, :0c. ar,
dA:, Ale, Eic, I$c, :,yr. tilA', 1Uc, and 1f4:.
Tie hAINson,est go"ds iup"rtrd.
Prizes guaranteed Il less tl,an casI be
purchased elsewhere.
5,0GO yafds Of extra wide FlounctnCs (t1nest
9ootls impurted) nt sic, sl.[5. Sl.iy.
SIZE. Sl,;.. S1.49. St,55. Sl.hV, and
*::.:;!i. unu-thls.t less than their real
value.
10000 yartls Hamburg Insertions ot :e, &c. &.
:::h:, NC. re, ,a5t1t. iOc, ~, and &c. Ex-
trRurtttInr} bargains.
1V,Uo0 yants nf Nninsook Embrnidcres. line
quality. at H. =, II, l2t4, II. u, II. Ii, ~,
-. q. ~. - ". -. II! {. ~, III ~, 81, IT,
nlId . celltS. Worth tiunblr.
10000 yards Of Swiss Etlg!ngs nntl Insertions
ut i. w. :. ~. tilt! ~ rents. WOrtll
10, iall:.. Ii: 1*, HUI ~ cents.
:0D00 yards cnlnrrl Ettgings nt ~, 2, 2, 4. &,
81. s. ~, rs cents. Less than talf
pItct.
10000 Swiss A1edal|toI,s at lc eacl,; worth Toe.
, 1881-12-31

buying all Goods strictly for
cash ind In larger quantities thnn
any other house Ill our line Git
ublns I'm to Offer many cuSh bar.
gains unaprroncl,abte. All goods
marked iii plain llguros. Strictly
ono price. -
Money refunded ut al1 times If
gootls aro not satisfactory.
, 1881-12-31
Tremendous Reductions: in

I,1cn rassomenterie Trimmings. FrinGes,
{;lmla, l.Aces. {uuyea. Ulldaf weAr,
SkIis, Kntt Gotnfs, Hosiery, Auu Mil
lntry Goods to ct0se. ,'
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31
[Copy of letter received.1

Copy of letter received.1
245 BROADWAY, N. Y, Nov. 29, 1881.
Mr.. Benz. THOMPSON, Manager,
90S WALNUT STREET, Philadelphia.
DEAR SIR forward this day a most
remarkable invoice of Fine Imported
Cassimeres, which I have bought at
wonderfully low prices. So low in
fact that, though l consider panta-
looms of them worth SIS, I can and
will make them to order at $11 per
pair.
The reasons fix the price so low
are:
LIST. I like enterprise and push of
business, and put them on the market
with view of enlarged sales, not only
in Pantaloons, but also in Overcoats,
Coats and Vests.
I'd. Pantaloons at that figure will
induce many persons who desire our
Celebrated Cut, to become regular
customers.
Sd. It will be appreciated by our
present patrons, who will gladly order
an extra pair at such remarkable
figures.
Good sterling quality goods and low
figures are rare combination, and it
is not often that such chance as this
occurs The whole lot, though large,
must soon be closed out at such low
prices Yours truly,
E. 0. THOMPSON.
N. B.-The above goods have just
been received and are now opened
and ready for sale. An early call is
advised, or upon request samples will
be sent E. O. THOMPSON,
Merchant Tailor,
No. 908 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
The lhetwenty-seventh annual anniversary
Of the Sunday School of the Fifth
Presbyterian Church, was held in the
Church Thursday evening. An ad-
dress was delivered by Rev. David
Vole, the first Superintendent of the
Shool, and historical sketch of the
school was read by DR.. David War
man.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

The current news of the week
&e'ches of prominent Pennsylvanians,
agricultural page, puzzle corner, a
'evlew of the fashions, selected matter
y interest are some of the features of
lHE PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY Press.
vas year. Send for specimen
copy, OR join the club at your post
'nce, and get it for 81 a year.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

The editor of The SENTINEL has
Been suffering all the week from
severe Inflammation of the eyes, and
in consequence the editorial and other
duties have devolved upon his facto-
,um,-which accounts for the bright
originality and general excellence Of
this weeks issue.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

PERsoNAL.-Samuel Hardy, Esq,
the celebrated Pennsylvania florist,
and party of friends, spent Christ
mas in this city.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31
FOB OHIL1.

FREEHOLD, N. J., Dec. 22d, 1881.
We understand that the name of
Professor Geo. w. Atherton is being
pushed for the Mission to Chilli, to
succeed the late General Fitzpatrick.
Professor Atherton has peculiar quail
flcations for the post, and we should
be pleased to see him appointed.
Mr.. B. w. Throckmorton, of Hudson
County is also mentioned for the po-
sition. Residing in county where the
people were SO deeply attached to the
late General Fitzpatrick, Mr.. Throck-
morton's appointment would doubtless
prove very gratifying to them. Be-
sides, Monmouth would rejoice at his
appointment. He would make a live
representative of our Government. -
Monmouth Inquirer.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

Secretary Blaine, Judge Jere Black,
Walt Whitman, Jefferson Davis, Robert
Toombs, General Joe Johnston and
other public men equally famous, were
among the contributors to THE PH1LA-
DELpHIA WEEKLY PRESS, during the
last year. The PRESS engages the
pens of many of the ablest writer's in
the country. 1t is sent to any address
for one year, with splendid map of
Pennsylvania, for $3.50.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

Three Democratic candidates for
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, were
ntown yesterday, two from Hudson,
and one from Hunterdon.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

sweet Saponax. a new 25c. tooth
wash, made in Newark, N. J., is
commended by Prof. Thomas Ed
son, the Wizard of Menlo Park.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

Thos. F. Fitzgerald, Esq, cores
pondent of the ". Y. Herald, is a
prominent Democratic candidate for
Clerk of the House of Assembly.
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

Several Trentonians attended the
fancy dress reception of the Crescent
Club, of Philadelphia, at Natatorium
Hall, on Wednesday evening, Dec.
18Th
The Sentinel., 1881-12-31

Over $4,000 tickets have been given
out for Frey's drawing.