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Giveadam Jones arose to make few inaui-
ries. Some eight weeks ago Brother Watson
was left in charge of the Museum for brief
half hour while the regular official went out to
work off fifty-cent piece with hole in it.
During this Interval person representing HIM
self as the president OF a new medical college
called, and asked for the loan Of one Of Plato's
skulls to exhibit before his class The Lime
Kiln has been at great pains and expense to
secure three Of the genuine skulls Of this great
philosopher. and had the regular Keeper OF the
Museum been in his place bride Of IS. 600
would not have tempted him to let one Of the
sacred relics out of his sight
But Brother Watson allowed the stranger to
take one of the skulls away without thought
OF deceit, and no trace of it has since been found
Brother Watson was fined $1,000, and a reward
of $500 was offered tor the skull, and now
Brother Jones arose to suggest a compromise
There were only four copies d BENJAMIN Frank
lin fayOrite spelling-boOk In existence, and he
had one OF them. He would turn 1t In to take
the place of the missing skull. and in case
Brother Watson's fine was cancelled he would
do his best to secure for the museum the first
corset ever worn in America. After some arpu-
ment the compromise was effected. and such a
burden was lifted from the derelict brothers
shoulders that he cried for joy
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General Ca,neron,s Heal,h

letter from Harrisburg says: "Gen. Simon
Cameron Is not yet able to leave his room For
greater part Of the time he lies abed or re-
clines in easy chairs, being still too feeble to
walk much about the room The want of OPEN
air exercise gives him great deal Of uneasi-
ness. de thinks that if he could enjoy Nv steps
on the porch every day he would soon be able
70 walk through the town, but his physician in
sists that his desire cannot be gratified at pres
emit His nervous system is steadily recovering
from the effects of the shock which 1t received
when he stumbled and struck his spine against
lounge. He talks about the enjoyment that
the Dana party are having on their western
trip, and laments the misfortune that prevented
MN from going with them. He was delighted
the other day In chatting for more than an hour
with an old lady who is neighbor of the Came
fons, about the fun that she and the general
played tag and ing-around-the-noy to-
Rether"
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Various Kinds of Drunkards.
From Chambers Journal.

Some men seem to become drunk suddenly,
articulation or unsteadness of gait; this being
commonly the case where mental excitement
from other causes-as heated discussiOn-pre-
walls at the time. The most dreadful and
astounding cases are Afforded by those unfOr-
tunate people who are never sober How they
manage to survive SO long as they do Is mys-
terry There are men who have been perpetuai!y
under the Influence of liquor for twenty or
thirty years. OF course the brain must have
become permanently injured, SO that we NAV
infer that the drink these persons now take has
little or no real effect on them and that their
state would be Just the same without it. Others
again. are systematic and punctual drunkards of
regular habits. men who take their quantum
and are put to bed unconscious every night. vet
are capable of attending to their daily business
IN the most extraordinary manner. These, as a
rule, never exceed a given amount BY 80
much as glass, and do not suffer so
much as intermittent drunkards-at any
rate not SO soon, for the inevitable
consequence is only little longer deferred.
The writer knew an old doctor in Jamaica who
used to aver that the climate was the finest in
the world. yellow fever. sir 2" he would ex
Claim not bit Off !! A vulgar chimera! A
malicious libel on US! The fact is. its the
vicious irregular drinking habits of the people
mere that kills em. Look at me! drink
bottle OF brandy every night. and have done so
III 'ipits years. get tlpSy SeVenClIneS week,
| In an orderly and decent manner; and I've
never had yellow fever nor days illness!"
And TO all appearance he was a fine, healthy
man OF sixty-fve or seventy years, with q beard
as white as snow. Yet he was carried off sud
denly by trifIng indispositon incidental to the
climate; and it was found on examination Of
his papers after death that his age was only
flfty-two.
Ii does not by any means follow either, that
because man is never Intoxicated he NAV not
be drinking too much. Men employed in the
great breweries In London, especially the dray-
men. consume an enormous quantity of beer.
The daily allowance which their EMPLOYERS give
them is a very large one, but they rarely contine
themselves to that; and the draymen, in addition.
get much gratuitously from the customers to
whom they are always delivering the casks: so
that ten or fourteen quarts is no exceptional
consumption for one man; yet they are not
drunkards in the ordinary sense of the term.
The very nature of their work necessitates the
employment of none but steady men. strength
| being also sine qua non. But if one of these
men should break limb. or get confined to bed
from any other accident, he is almost sure TO
get deiirium tremens; and scalp-wound fire.
quentiy Kills him. Brewers men are nOtOriousin
| hospitals as being the worst cases for opera
ton. being prone to exhibit all the most dan
gerous complications which fetter the success
of surgical treatment.
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Wedn esday Wa9geries.

One who has seen the elegant manner and
ready politeness of President Arthur, and his
wonderful tact and courtesy In society. can
hardly imagine his jaunty nonchalance when
splitting on his bait for luck.-Boston Tyans-
crypt
young man who joined church when quite
young says it's terribly CALLING to try to look
solemn during prayer meeting and wink at a
pretty girl at the same time-Puck
There is not much difference between a bliz-
card and a donation party. One sweeps eyery
thing before it, and the other tramples eyery-
thing under it,. OF the two evils the AVERAGE
dominic prefers the former-Haraen Times.
His boots squeaked like dry cart wheels as he
tip-toed his way up the aisle, and sat down to
the music OF four hymnals and Bible tumbling
to the floor, when he tried to get rid Of his hat.
Then he blew his nose with a boom like the
snort OF sea horse. and whispered to his wife
that he couldn't make out what the dodgasted
tools ~ the congregation were staring at him so
for.-Chicago Eye.
Hens may be little backward on eggs: but
they never fall to come to the scratch where
fower-6eds are concerned.-Neso Orleans Plea
yune.
The theatrical manager is known BIZ the COM
pany he keeps.-Neao Orleans Picaulhe
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The End of Pigeon shooting,
From the London World.

&IpiH LcidOu World
There are to be no more tournaments of
doves; and the acceptance by the house of COM
mons of the second reading of the measure en-
oOdying this decree marks the beginning of a
movement which will prove to be what is called
epoch-making in English civilization. All the
evidence was IN one directions; no one seriously
attempted to contrOvert or palliate the facts.
What will most surprise those who read the
discussion some years hence is that such
sport could have remained so long a
recognized institution. The whole thing went
ey the board. 1t had but to be investigated
and attacked. and IL was seen how mean mon
Hrous and rotten IL was. Pigeon shooting
Whether among the high or low. the west-end
Or the pot-houSe marksmen. Is mainly resOrted
20 as an opportunity OF gambling and the frauds
associated with IL result In the inf,iction of the
most odiOus atrocities upon the bird. The trap
Per treats each pigeon according as he wants IL
70 be an easy or difficult shot. II the former.
ne squeeZes the fragile framework SO that the
etrd can scarcely fly: If the latter he peppers
the wounds, SO that 1t rises wildly in an agony
q pain when the trap is drawn
These inhumanities, it must be remembered
ere not the hateful accidents of the sport but an
essential part of its system. The goring out OF
ssses. the tortnring OF qulyering bodies by pins,
the pulling out of feathers with the flesh sticking
10 them. are horrors inseparable from the
pAstime
snch was the unanswered or unchanenced
GuCtment brought against the chosen sport OF
birmingham Even those who opposed the bill
condemned demonstrating and those who did
not condemn pigen-shooting protested them
selves seandalized with the horrors imputed ia
u oy MT Anderson, but never denied their exisc-
snce, merely saying that they were not persons
Siy cogniZant OF them. or expressing faint
nope that they were not universal In practice
An tfe tendencies OF legitimate sport in the
pfeseat day are manly. The inpulse which takes
car sportsmen far away to the wild west to the
caucasus, or TO Cashmere, which makes them
Increasingly anxious to pit themselves against
md encouragement on every ground. Pigeon.
shooting must, therefore, be regarded not Only
. an aeomlnatlon: but as an anachronism. That
~ pro1ioltlon by law indicates a great change
n cur attitude toward the brute Creation r.
endonoted; but that it porterds the putting
&evn Of genuine sport is improbable.
There 10 IN earnest attempt making to ron,
eat the terrible disease OF leprosy from the Ha.
Waiian Islands. Fifty lepers have recently been
~.
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steamer in California keeps sheep that is
trained to go out on the gang plank when a
flock OF sheep is to DE loaded and show them the
passage over is safe, when they follow him as
their leader into the boat.
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Gold Medal Nonsense.

Gold Medal Nonsense.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Gasette
There has been raid on wires strung on pole
In Chicago. ana q demand that they be place
under ground. They cannot be operated unde
the ground In such streets as those Ut Chicago
Indeed, the cry about burying wires is ridicr
lous. The conditions to make 1t q success d
not exist.
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eat the terrible disease Of leprosy from the Ha-
Waian Islands. Fifty lepers have recently been
semoTed from Honolulu to the leper settlement
q the island Of MoIokai to be separated from
0et. friends and families forever.
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nfoRNrNa suMnrARY.

It is estimated that the public debt state
ment for February will show decrease o.
| 81, 500. 900.
The Judiciary Committee Of the New Yorh
Assembly has reported bill establishing 8
whipping post for wife heaters.
A dispatch from Carson, Nevada, reports
that Hank Monk, "Hornce Greelcy's fa-
nous stage driver" died yesterday
Il. 9. Dwight s. co. s wood securing mill,
at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, was dam.
aged BY fire yesterday morning 10 the cx-
tent of S25, 900.
George II. Ellis, who at one time got up Q
ssGrand Musical CarnivaT' In Rochester,
N. r, committed suicide there Yesterday
morning in a at of insanity.
block of buildings Ia Paris, KY, con
tanning four stores, the Western Union Tel
egraph Office, stable and saloon, was
burned on Tuesday night Loss, s75, 900.
Five cars of train on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad were detached near
Palatine, Illinois, yesterday. A child was
Killed and IL persons injured, none danger
ously.
An anonymous letter has been sent TO
receiver Doolittlc, of the Townsend Savings
Bank, ct New Haven, threatening him with
death unless be declares . ten per cent;
dividend. teaa 81
In the Massachusetts House Of Represen.
tatives yesterday q bill giving women the
right 70 vote for city and town officers and
70 hold municipal Offices was rejected by q
vote of 127 to 90. sf
Robert z. Cook, the clerk who stole So. .7s0
nom the Fifth Ward Savings Bank of Jer.
sey City, was arraigned yesterday. He
pleaded guilty. and was sentenced by
Judge Garretson to Eve years In the state
prison.
William Davidson, member of the ArlSan-
sas Legislature from Sharp county, jumped
into the river ut Little Rock yesterday
morning, and was drowned. He was drunk at
the time. The Legislature adjourned "in
respect for his memory"
William x. Leesig, hia wife aud four chill
dren, were poisoned. In Reaiing YESTERDAY
by eating sausage meat bought In the mar
ket. The wife and three children were
soon out Of danger, but LessIg and the other
child remained In critical condition.
In Lawrence, Massachusetts, last evening,
Charles H. Cote, being drunk, forced his
way into the room of a Mrs Anderson, with
whom he had lived, shot and wounded her
In the leg, and then, thinking he had killed
her, blew out his brains. He leaves a wife
and children In Boston.
The public schools Of Chicago arc being
inspected by the City Inspector Of Build
ings. The school houses were "found
almost without exception faulty in construc-
ton and In a dangerous condition. The
steam pipes pass close tc wooden parti-
tons and the doors open inward"
A bill restoring the death penalty was
considered yesterday In the Maine House of
Representatives. II was passed to engross-
ment after being amended 10 provide that
jury, in rendering a verdict for murder,
may recommend the prisoner to the mercy
OF the Court; also that counsel for the
prisoner shall have the closing argument to
the jury.
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THE LARGEST RETAIL STOCK OF DRY
GOODS.
STRAwBRIDGE Il CLoTHIKR,
DEALERS IN DRY Go0Ds EXCLUSIVELY,
EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA.
Life Insurance.

There are many duties that man owes
mot only to his family, but TO the commu-
hlty. One Of the most important of which
is, the making Of some provision whereby
MS family may be placed beyond the fear of
want, In the event of his disease. Very few
mechanics are able TO lay by much of their
earnings, but fortunately, even such as
these, are now enabled to leave their
mmilies considerable sum at a small
outlay, The Mutual Life Association,
oi which j.. X. sutterley, of No. 3O2 Market
street, up stairs, is the agent, Will insure
mans Wife and family, In case of his death,
a :, sum varying from 81 900 to $4,000 upon
tne payment Of small amount, and the
ACCIDENTAL Insurance Company, Of which
ne Is also the agent, will in the event of an
accident which disables him from attending
10 bis business, pay him S25 per week, and
i ueath should result, his family will re-
ceiye sS -, 900. Office open in the evening !;
call aud get papers.
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POKER PLAYERs.
Tha congressional '.Flyersv Who Deity
real the Cards and Rake the Chips.
rBro0klyn Eagie.1

rA. congressional ..FIyers" Who Deity
real the Cards and Rake the Chips.
CBroOklyn Eagie.l
uSenator Tom Bowen OF Colorado Ia the
hast noker PLAYER wo have in town, Why,
the aecond night he was here, Plumb Of
Kansas and Jones Of Nevada sat down with
him to a little game, and am told that he
scooped the party 10 the extent Of two or
three thousand in half an hour. But Bowen
has lost more than be has won during the
last few years"
HWho are the poker players In Congress !"
siThere are very few VINO have seats In the
Senate. Old Lapham plays occasionally,
and so do Halcfhnd Vest, hut a. 10 the
others IL would disgrace the game to say
tbey PLAYED at all. These are not The times
we used to have when Grant was President. .
ais Arthur much of a playerp
"Well, yes; and / guess he Is about as
,cagey' IS any Of them, He will sit up all
night over game Of poker, when nothing
else In the world viii hold his attention.
Chandler Is o sharp one, too, and / under
stand that he and Congressman 'Dlck'
Crowley are about the most expert Of that
sci"
"wbat set n e&
"Wby the White House set. They tell
me that they play II blind, in defeEvnce to
Arthur's wishes, and understand this has
been the most popular way of running the
game here this season. In the draw game
there is q little chance for skill, but blind
poker, in which you don't draw at all, Is the
most outrageous form Of ganbllng. But,
of course, you know ell about 1t.
"Who are the best poker players in the
HouseW 1
"Joe Blackburn can deal the pasteb0ards
with as much grace and eeleFity a. any
man know Of, and will back hts hand TO
almost any limit. Young Walker Of Penn
sylyania is what is commonly known as 4,
daisy cutter, and Springer of Illinois
swears by the jack Of clubs. The Western
men are by far the best card players.
think Tom YounP Of Cincinnati, and ex-
Governor Of Ohio, about as smart q one as
ever set his foot IN Washington, and the
man who eau bluff him out of hand has to
get up pretty earlyin the morning. But the
poker playing here just now Is nothing to
what It was at Albany whom Boss Tweed
ruled the deck.
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NO One Goes Away From Him without
Helm

q, IN ihe 18th December last, Mr. Alvin Kensler,
dens y, city, sent $40 TO NJ. A. Dauphin, Prest-
AZ NIoI oI Lhe Louisiana State Lottery Compsny,
ward 1m ", orleans, La, with request that he for.
tcsa,two Two tickets TO him. In week the two
tSs sI were received Nos 10 asa and n sea. On
Sss.sa ~ monday following the January drawing he
tbso ared aHed message that No. l0,s6I had drawn
iss M. prise Of sTho00 and Ut once forwarded
con,snistst niSst Tor payment, ~ u V subject 70 no
aSd sno unmarried. was barn IN Knox TO-, Ind,
va .sised farmer, is very upright, and withal
80 charitable man; no one In want ever
E...!A.Way from him Without hslp.--0dsssa tLG
V'''e o., MOI Hsrdfd, JdsuaFv aoth, 1859.
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Wha, IA ninhtharin .

The name is comparatively new, but the
disease is as old as sin itself. 1t Is q condi-
llon Of the throat something like Group only
worse, because 1t attacks the sufferer with
sueh st fapidity and in such way as to stop
sue a. ar passages. The throat is violently in
named, and a tough membrane, like leather,
p very rapidly formed. PERRY DAVIS
TAIN KILLER has cured thousands of cases
" y en- uiphtherla. 1t acts 80 promptly and so
Vv%,,SSlentIy v,,,S that no family can afford to be
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skinny Men.

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Sexual Debility. 81.
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= ,a,eder ,ah,eader can you believe that the creator
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,,1a,l ,,1gl There is no remedy DIR. 4. V. Pierce's
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SICK oYsTERs.
4 Peculiar Disease That Troubles the
Rappahannock BIvalves.
tPhiladel phia Times


"Green gill" Ia q term made use Of among
dealers TO describe the peculiar appearance
Of some oysters at certain seasons Of the
year. 1tis reported that great excitement
prevails ut Red Bank, New Jersey, owing TO
the discovery of this "disease," which rem
ders the oysters unsaleable. Thomas p.
Covington, an old and experienced dealer In
oysters of this city, who has beds of his
own and is thoroughly conversant with all
the ills to which these luscious bivalves are
subject, explained the matter In this wise /:
"Near the bottom of an oyster, on the right
side, you will observe layer Of skin that
looks like lip. Under this is the gill. In
many of the Chincoteagues and some from
Snow Hill, Md, and the Rappahannock
ryer--in short, among those which come
from Southern waters-the gills are some
times bright green. This Is not Observa-
bic in a raw oyster, but when cooked the lip
curls up and the green Is plainly visible.
This is caused by the green sedge which
noats down rom the rivers tributary TO the
oyster beds In the fall Of the year, upon
which the blvalVes feed. They are unmar-
keable because of their ugly appearance
and most people do not understand that
they are all the fatter and better tasted for
II, Some dealers rake their beds occasion
ally to remove the grass and yet we have
customers who cay that green gills' are at
premium with them.
" real disease, however, and one that is
fatal in Its res0lts, has just made It's appear
ance In the oysters from the Rappahannock.
Since the frst of the year these have been
the best in the market, but three weeks ago
this disease was observed. II consists OF a
small black spot, which none but dealer
Will see. The oyster ia perfectly good all
around the spot, but II this Is bitten into the
whole thing is made bitter and unpalatable.
Il Is, In fact, the beginning Of decay, and
the oysters is bound TO die In a short time
after 1t appears. The disease brings the
Maurice river coves again into demand, and
IN my opinion there are none better sold in
Philadelphia to-day"
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