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On Conversation.

There can be little doubt that the most in
teresting kind of conversation to the macs of
mankind is about the characters, affairs, ad-
ventures, absurdities, drolleries, fortunes and
misfortunes of their friends, acquaintance
and ~neighbore. Some have a talent for that
and c~ontrive 10 make it very entertaining.
Ali about human passion, feeling, trials, has
a special fascination for US; the natural his
tory OF people is extremely interesting and
next that Of people we know or know about
is that of notables of the present or recent
times. This is always a popular subject OF
conversation, and anyone who has stored his
mind with accurate information as to the
biography, family history. writings, sayings
and doipgs of the men of mark OF his own
day or of the previous sge-the nearer our
own times the more int resting-will gener-
ally be able 10 make himself acceptable in
company and find a willing Audience. Be
sides, for one's own private readings, there il
nothing more agreeable and instructive than
The lives of eminent persons. 1t was said ol
q late nobleman, who was described "a a re
markedly agreeable man in conversation
that one leading accomplishment which en-.
sbled him to be so was his perfect acqusint-
ance with the histories of the most dislin-
guished persons of his own age and that
which nreceded i'm
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Advice 10 Young Parsons.

Burlington Hapkeye: l want you to b.
manly. I don't like a sporting preacher"
don't think you need boxing-gloves in your
room, aud your presence at a horse RAGS
isn't an absolute necessity. The world ex-
pects you 10 live on n higher plane Of moral
ity than the rest OF us. But / don't see VIII
you shouldn't be able to throw 4 fly into I
trout brook without wrapping yourself spt
two or three alder bushes up in your line. ]
don't see why you may not as well play base
ball as croquet or lawn tennis. / think you
might play cricket, il you have q few weeks
yen can spare Tor that purpose. l consider
il a most excellent game 10 develop a man
patience and build up a habit of long-suf
fering endurance. / have never seen a gam,
played clear through. / am too young. 1
you become addicted 10 croquet, however
remember to what an undue indulgence in
this fascinating game may lead. IL requires
a great deal of grace 10 play a game g
croquet without che ,tipg some and quar-
relipg n little. Especially after tn
evenings begin to grow dark. But il you en-
Joy any of these games, put or a soft felt ha
and play. Don't attempt TO play baseball il
a s~tovepipe hat. Don't be loo diguifed
Rigidiiy isn't dignity. The wooden IndiaI
who stands before the cigar store never bend
and never laughs. But be isn't msjesiic, snt
he isn't digniied, by a long chalk. Don't b
a wooden Indisn; better be a live, wild one
hair, paint, grease, dirt and all. 1 wouldn'
carry a pistol in my hip-pocket, il / wer,
| you; but if you have a gun and love to shoot
9 day IN the marsh or on the MEADOWS ma
infuse new life in your sermons. i hunt
great deal, both in and out Of game season
1 used to carry a gun with me; but it wa
heavy and a trouble to carry il, and / VIZ
always leaving the caps or wetting the pow
der, 80 l gave the gun away. / shoot just a
much game without il, 1 think, as / used Il
bring down with it, and have just as good
time, So can YOU.
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ltru,.i.s stroke

A dispatch from Lafayette, Ind, July Sd,
SAYS: For several days the show-window oil
the iewelry store OF Jacques Thomasen & Co.,
on Third street, has been decorated with the
waistband and legs Of a pair of pautaloons.
Where the other portion OF the garment was
there is now only an immense hole with g
fuzzy fringe. The expe fence through
which the pantaloons passed 10 this
condition nearly cost Mr.. Thomaseu
day be went TO Walden, = station on the
Kankakee railroad. Ga the banks Of the
Kankakee river, near by, il the clubhouse
of the Lafayette Fishing Club, TO which Mr..
Tnomaseu and his friends went for a Sun
DAVIS fishing. They were out Oh the river
ali the morning. A hard storm rose soon
after noon, which drove them back 10 the
clubhouse. They had become dTencbed,
however, before leaving the b,ats, and, as
the water was quite cold, they vent into
the kitchen 10 start q FIRE. The stove bad
been filed, and Thomssen leaned over it on
| his hands and knees to light the kindling
! The outside door at this tine was open, AND
az Thomas en was peering iuio the CRATE
| the room suddenly lighted up and every one
| OF the party fell 10 the floor. A stroke Of
Iightnisg entered through tbe open door,
| All OF the party excepting Themsssn were
stunned, and rising in 3 few monents they
found Thomasen, bleeding and biistered
living unconscious before the stove. The
lightning had burned his psntsloons frcm
| the waistband below the thigha. k=stors'
| lives were applied, and, in the course Of
an hour, he recovered c~onsc'oa.ness
| and thai night was taken back &c
| this city, wrapped in blankeis. he ha'
| iatn abed ever since, but not on his back
/; d.. Merrill, superintendent of the pubiiS
! schools at Walden, who Was OF the party
| and who FIRST gave professional altention Z
| Thomasep, says that the accident would Ger
| tainly have been fatal but for q pistol Which
| Thoma.en carr ed in has hip pocket, an
| which detected the currest. Hi physicisr
! in this city coucurs 10 that belieL- 1tvii
| probably be a month yet before be esq ieav'
| his bed.
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An Iufereaiinx Decision.

CHICAGO, July IA decision was given
BY Judge Blodgett in the United States Dis
trict Court for the Northern District OF Hi
nois, yesterday, which provoked wide inter
est in its bearing. In the early part OF the
year 1876 the electors of the towns Of Utica
and Deer Park, ILL.,, held own meetings at
which it was voted TO borrow money with
which to build a bridge across the Illinois
river, which formed the boundary line be-
tween the two towns. In pursuance Of THU
action the Highway Commissions of the
towns entered into a contract with the
Wrought Iron Bridge Company, OF Pitts
burg, for the iron superstructure of the pro-
posed bridge. The bridge was completed
according 10 contract and The " refused
TO pay. Suit was instituted against the
towns, but the Supreme Court Of Illinois de-
cided that the towns we're not liable. A bill
was then filed by the bridge company in the
Federal Court asking to be allowed to take
and remove the bridge on the ground that
the company had acted under a mistake Of
law and fsct. Judge Blodgeit decided they
we're squitsbly entitled to this relief, and
entered a decree in the company's favor tc
that effect unlei the towns pay the amount
claimed in ninety days.
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TEE surERyIs,Ns AKoHIrEur.

A person skilled in the art OF building and
still more skilled in the art OF s~windling, is
as essential to a well-regulated government
as the goose is to the tailor. The United
States has been peculiarly blessed in this re-
spect for many years. When Grant assembled
to the Presidency he knew the country was
pining for a Supervising Architect, another
Aladdin possessing the wonderful lamp and
ring, on rubbing which the government build
logs would suddenly bulge from the ground
whenever wanted. Grant ia a good man,
who detested mslfessance and population in
office, and lighting the lamp which enabled
him 10 find such honest men as Bslknsp, Nc
Donald and Bsbcock, he thrust it in the face
OF every man he met while searching for a
Supervising Architect. At last the calcium
light fell upon the honest face of Null
lett, and as a emile Of satisfaction
suffused his face, he pulled Null
lett in with as much delight as the de-
tective grapples the disguised burglar. Null
lett was placed on watch as the Supervising
Architect of the nation. He went TO work
with his costly scaling ladders and derricks.
He seemed 10 think that the office of Super
vising Architect included in its functions the
supervision of the whole government, and he
undertook to supervise the appropriations OF
Congress and the amount he desired to steal
in the construction of each new building.
He hurled rotund curses at all who inter-
fered with his supervisors, frisked about the
country shaking his tail like a fiery
comet and pitted the and with the pustules
of his extraordinary architecture, raw, I'M
finished and ghastly. Wherever be went he
carried under each arm a gargoyle, substl-
| tuted a cupola for his steve-pipe hat and
talked OF nothing but csryatids, spandrels,
spires and bucranias. While gouging out
all sorts of architectural devices he
was also gougiDg the ~taxpaying pso-
pie. He dug deep into the bowel OF
the earth to secure a firm foundation on
| which to plant his denominations, but he was
at the same time sapping and mining and
| undermining the Treasury 10 do 1t. Iowa
] discovered that he was a colossal svIudler,
that he was architecting his own fortune in
| stead Of the public buildings, and learning
| that he was to be hoisted oui Of office by one
of his own derficks, he resigned his place
and spited tie Republican party by turning
Greenbacker, and when that party gets con-
troll Of The government Mullett is 20 be made
| Supervising Architect, and will show to the
country that he can commence his public
buildings at the top and build downward.
Hill was appointed Mulletts successor, and
his honest heart ached when he saw the gran
tie denominations with which his predecessor
had blistered the country. When the good
man investigated the frauds upon the gov
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Singular Norwegian Customs.

The Norwegians would, according TO oul
notions, be considered 10 display an ex,
traordinary lack OF modesty. The best room
10 the house is called Bo. Here lie the stat,
bed, or bed for strangers. In some farm
houses it is considered a mark of p~olitenee,
for the family to stay in the room till Ia.
guests turn into bed. My Quaker friend IVES
once staying, together with some Englist-
men, at . farmhouse. At night, being aware
OF the above custom, he took himself to re-
pose. The other Euglisbmen, ignorant Of
the fashion, were too modest to follow hi.
example in the presence Of the lady OF the
house, and kept the good people up till 3
very late, or early hour, politeness forbid.
ding the latter 10 leave the room before
the strangers we're in bed. Agaia, girl,
will enter 4 gentlemsn's bedroom without
auy previous notice, and, no matter whal
the state Of his toilet, they are not in the
least disconcerted. The true cause Of this, ]
am convinced, is rather to be sought in Their
unsophistication. than in any absence oil
modesty. Thus, while bathing in a dee
pool near Jurs, / found, 10 my consternatio J
that a number Of peasant girls were staring
at me from an adjoining thicket. The cas-
Of Aci@on and Diana reversed. Swimming
wss, no doubt, a marvel TO them, and they
had come bither 10 behold a Strange phc.
nomenon. A worse thing befell an old Nrr
wegisn traveller, a friend Of mine. Oae hot
day he had retired 10 battle 10 q large tu5
which he had caused 10 be placed by d
spring, some distance from his abode. While
oisporting himself in the cooling bath, lie
was horror-stricken TO find himself SUI
rounded by a quantity Of peasants OF DO b
sexes. Escape was impossible; 30 be was
forced, after the manner Of Diogenes, to stick
10 his tub Till the bystsnders departed.
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LONDON, July 1.-Two Thousand W eavera
at Authenticated Tyne have struck.
LONDON, July 14.-Amount OF bullion gone
into the Bank of England on balance to-day,
$4,000.
SIMLA, July 14.-It is reported that the
Marquis of Ripon has resigned the viceroy-
ship of India.
DURHAM, July 14.-Fighting continues in
Zululand. 1t is reported that C~etawayo has
been defeated.
GoTHENBURG, July 14.-Wbile a storm
was in progress two HOUSES were struck by
Liz atning and two occupants killed and many
others injured.
OTTAWA, July IA proclamation will
soon be Issued regarding the quarantine oil
vessels from the Mediterranean coming 10
Canadian portr. This is rendered necessary
on account of the spread of cholera 10 Esyp-
tian ports.
LONDON, July 14.-Afairs in Crete, owing
to the resistance of the people to the payment
OF taxes, are very grave. Committees are
being formed throughout the island to resist
the illegal measures of the Porte. An out
break is expected.
BERLIN, July I4.-Gep. Bronsart Won
Schellendorf, Minister of War, has been 10
speeding the fortresses on the eastern iron
tier, and has drawnu up a report advocating
the extension of the strategic railways in
East Russia on a larger scale.
MEXICO, July 14.-Sir Spencer St. john,
British Minister, arrived yesterday. He was
met at the station by many prominent Eng
Ilshmen, and will present his credentials
Tuesday. The storming of the Bastile was
celebrated by the Fraueh enthusiastically, by
a banquet and ball. Tn French houses were
decorated in the principal streets OF the city
BY gay bunting.
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suddenly 10 = high point; but the exact
weight OF the cable being known the dynS-
mometer signsls by the steady rate OF in
crease lie hold on the cable far below. The
ease aud certainty with which cables are
picked up 10 these days is amsEipg. A while
ago one of the lines OF the Auglo.Amsricsn
Company vas caught without trouble at a
depth of two and a quarter miles near the
middle Of the Alsntic. Cipt. Troti, OF ths
Nina, who has won great fame for his skill
and ingenuity in cable ma ters, but recently
picked up the French cable $50 miles of 81,
Pierre, aud in four hours from the time the
graPnel was let 90 had the cable splicsd and
in working condition. The splicing il a WORK
of great delicacy and skill, and when accom-.
| plished BY trained fingers the spliced par
can scarcely be distinguished from the MAR
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wa about 90 d-=roy ,btm, when Barlow,
sith a bubble al his throat, murmured !:
Would you rske the trouble 10 read me one
Of them first? Any one will do" Gordon
opened one of The letters and read it to the
diving msr, his last friendly words, per
hap, from hsme. Then the letters we're
destroyed. Blu the incident touched
Gordon 80 that he made a special exer-
ton TO have Barlow sent through
the lipea or to have his wife admitted to
hin. That being done the Two armies fell
apart, and these men saw each other no more.
Gordon considered Barlow to be dead. Bsr-
low had ais3 seen that a Gen. Gordon had
been killed somewhere. They met again at 8
friendly table in Washington, but did not
know each other through the change of time.
After some lapse Gordon said: "Gep. Bar.
low, are you a relative Of that Barlow who
was killed at Antietam?"
mo" said the general, 1 an the same
man. Are you any relative" inquired Bar
Low in turn, "of that Gen. Gordon who was
recently killed on the Confederate slider"
That was my cousin. l am John 3. Cor
dom" Thsn, at the request of the persons
who overheard, Barlow told the tale amid
tears and emotion on every side.
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DE LESSEPS' CANAL.
The French Engineer Perfectly Indiffer.
ent as TO Whether the English
Government
Accepts the Agreement or Not-NatioHaI
Fete Day in France-Irish At
fairs at the Vatican.

ALEXANDRIA, July 14-Thirty-sight
deaths from cholera occurred at Damietta
yesterday, ffty-seven at Mansurah, apd fl
teen at Ssmsnoud. Since The outbreak of
the cholera at Mansursh, eleven men and an
officer attached TO the troopa, forming the
Gordon around that place, died from that
disease. The colonel and his staff became
alarmed at these deaths and fed. The colo
mel hes been arrested and replaced by a Brit
ish officer.
Cholera has appeared at Belkas and Cho-
bar, near Taptab.
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FRANCE.
NATIONAL. FETE DAY.

PARIS, July 14.-Extensive preparations
were made for the celebration to-day Of the
national fete day. A heavy gale prevailed
last night, which, to agreat extent, DESTROYED
the decorations throughout the CT y. The
unwilling, in the Palace Chateau ,d'E.u, Of
the great statue of the Republic, Which was
one of the chief features of the days festivi.
ties, took place this morning with appro
pirate ceremonies in the presence OF Sens
tors, members of the Chamber of Deputiss,
municipal councillors and a vast concourse o.
people. The weather during the ceremony
was cloudy.
The project of the Seine, in an address
pointing to the statue, in the right hand OF
which is an olive branch as an emblem oil
peace, said: "The republic holds in hel
hand the olive branch, showing that thu
period of violence is passed and thst uni
versal suffrage has replaced revolution
France" he said, sis unwilling to impose he
own will upon other nations, but wishes t.
live at home free and respected" The
president of the municipality also spoke
He said he should have been happy to hav,
had an act of clemency mark the ceremony
This remark referred 10 the refusal of tn,
government TO grant amnes y to The an
archista.
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Coz OORDIUM

o heart of hearts, when death at length
Thy stormy pulses shall be hushing,
And through thy valves the tides of life
In rudy flow no more are gushing,
Will all thy hopes and fears collapse
In dust and darkness, then, with thee,
And every deepest warming ~quenched,
A vain and empty mockery be?
Or art tho organ moved and thrilled
By force invinible-stern?
And do thy strong emotions still,
When b o art ashes, throb and burn?
Yes, for the darkness of the grave
Immortal love disdains-deies,
n through lie mists md shadows peers,
With eager and ~undAunted eyes,
With instinct sense cannot repress,
BY sight of natures wrecks forlorn-
With intuition of the soul
To heritage eternal born. -
4. W. BALI Sn fe Boston Herald
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An I.ctaenf NJ Auuetam.

Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer: The Exon
federate Gen. Gordon told me an interesting
story about two interviews he held with Gen.
Barlow. At Sharrsburg Barlow was appar-
emily MORALLY wounded, and fell into Cor
donis hands. Gordon took q liking 70 him,
and asked If he could not do something for
Barlow. II think not, general" said the
Young man. 81 shall be buried here, no
doubt. 1 do not expect to live; but you car
do one thing for nae. Here ia q package OF
letters from my wife which / wish you TO
destroy before my eyes" Gordon, Who was
then q young man also, took the letters and
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VENUS

She lies at dawn upon the d~ew-drenched lea
Alone. b white hard light of morning lies
On the throat wevering with the fall and rise
OF her low pulse as of q silent sea.
The thick coils Of her hair cling shudderingly
TO her white shoulder; her deep-lidded eyes
Heavily rnised as in o dull surprise,
Look through the vacant shadows yacantly.
Her back IL to the sunrise the low sound
OF a stream slipping past necessarily
Stirs in her raiment light and white as foam,
But she, her head erect, her hair uncrowned,
With lax white feet and wrist dropped YEARLY
Gszes through heaven and earth, and finds I
home. -Lovs in HleRess.
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swELTEKING JULY.

The summer heat broods over land and sea,
The sun beats down from an azure sky,
Men falter in their steps and faltering die.
The black-robed night brings no relief,
No solace to the human wall OF grief,
At morn and eve the clouds sail mocking by;
To cries for rain they vouchssfe no reply.
The skies Implying hear not mems sore pleas.
Was it for this, great Julius, that they gave
Thy lame to the fierce moon Of summer tide,
Placing thy majesty the sun beside,
Who ruleth now supreme Ger land and wave,
And turneth not to pity or to save,
Zen as thou ruled Rome's wondrous empire wild
JANIS h. TOWNSEND.
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embraces moderate aud regular exercise,
cleanliness of body, cheerfulness OF 'Piri;s,
plain, nutritious food, With sound sleep and
plenty Of it, is the way TO preserve the phy'-
ical RESOURCES and to secure a vigorous old
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~Irt.h.Aaafr. a, ,be VATICAN.

ROME, July 14-Cardinal Howard has
left here for Eugland. 1t is said his mis-
zion is to ascertain the tendency of the views
Of the English government in regard to found-
ing diplomatic relations between England
and the Vatican.
The article written with the consent of the
Pope, which appeared in the RasSegna, re-
views the Irish question, with the object OF
showing that the policy of the Vatican has
been consistent throughout the present pom
~tificate, and for a period long anterior there
to. Tn article is an emphatic re-assertion
of the principles contained in the recent let
ter of the Pope to the Irish bishops.
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FAReo, OAK. July 14.-Tbe Presidential
party will leave Rollins, on the Union Pacific,
August Sd. IL will consist of President
Arthur, Gov. Crosby, Of Montans; Secretary
Lincoln. Gen. Sheridan, Chancellor Rollins, Of
Nsw York, and Senator Vest. They will
travel over the mountains Of Wyoming to
Yellowstone Park, and then esst over the
Northern Pacific.
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New YORK, July I4.-About loo mem,
bers of Apollo Commandery, No. l, Knight,
Templar, OF Chicago, ia command of Emi.
neat Sir Knight Norm'n 7. Gazette, arrived
this morning by special train. Toe party ID
on a pilgrimage to Europe. After breakfast
ing they marched to the Fifth Avenue, wher,
thy were met by 100 members Of Hallstin,
Comusndery, Of this city, headed b. a bsnd
Tue lstter escorted the visitors 10 the Anchor
Line steamer City Of Rome, on which they
embarked. About thirty gentlemen, resideni
Of Cuicsgo, accompanied the City Of Rom
dowo the bay in About 100 sIs
III the party making the European trip
They will sail for home August %.
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ENGLAND.


LONDON, July 1.-THE Standard Gays the
government is sounding De Lssseps as 10
whether any modification Of the agreement
in regard 70 the Suez Cana is possible. 1t
is not believed, says the Standard, that De
Lfsseps will agree to its being materially
modified. A soa Of De Lesseps was hastily
summoned to Paris yesterday and will return
to London 10 a few days. 1t seems certain
that the House of Commons will reject the
scheme. At least thirty Liberals will oppose
il, and several others will abstain from voting
on il. The Irish members will join the Con-
servatives in opposition. AT q meeting OF
ship.owners held to-day a resolution con.
demniny the governments agreement with
De Lesseps passed..
DE LEssEPs PERFECTLY INDEPENDENT.
NJ. Fontane, secretary of the Suez Canal
Company, in an interview confirmed the re-
marks made by De Ls-seps that he de Les.
seps) was Indifferent as to whether England
accepted the agreement relative to the sec.
ond Suez canal. he declared that specu'
lators were opposed to the agreement and
were interested in their own schem.s. He
siid an English canal was possible, be
cause De Lesseps had obtained complete
control, to interfere with which would be
robbery. De Lesseps, he said, was determined
to carry out his programme, With or without
English help. Ii such was refused, British
ship owners would suffer, for tolls would b.
higher. At a meeting of merchants and chip
owners, at Birmingham, resolutions wer'
passed condemning the agreement between
the government and De L2fseps.