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taken either to get the painters drunk, wi.n
the expectation that they would coh..h ,.",
the debauch for week, and the ies' va,
would open with the scenery Dul nav,
ready, or else he was trying 10 ingrat,a.e
himself into their good will with the nope
OF influencing them TO do inferior worh
now with the expectation OF producing
something extraordinary for the next
opera festival. These stories the paih,eIs
Indignantly resented, and they refused 10
do any more work until they were contra
dicted. So the Dramatic Festival man
agers, under the pressure OF dire neces-
sity, proclaimed their mistaken belief IN
the purity and dsnterestedness OF Colonel
Nichols's motives in treating their scenic
artists TO champagne dinner in high
toned clubhouse. This Is the first out
break the Dramatic Festival has produced.
No one supposes It viii he the last.
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Published by Request.l :.
"The Penny We Meant 20 61e."


There Il a funny tale Of Il stiRgy man ,.oo,
Who was none too good, but might nave oe''
worse,
who went 10 his church on Sunday night,
And carried along his wel-hlled purse.
When the sexton came with his begging plate,
The church was but DIM with the candles hRht
The stingy man fumbled all through HIS purse,
And chose coin by touch and not sight.
If's nm odd thing now that gnincas should be
So like unto pennies IN shape and size.
E" I'll give penny" the stingy man said.
"The poor must not gifts Of pennies dcspise."
The penny fell down with chatter and ringi
And back In his seat leaned the -tiugy man.
- The world Is so full Of the poor he thought,
II can't help them ALL give what cam
n, hal how the sexton smiled. 10 be sure
10 see the gold guinea fall I'm his plate!
Va ma how the stingy mans heart was wrung,
Perceiying his bunder' but just too late
- No NATTER no said. = In the Lords account
That rnlnea of gold Is set down 10 me.
They lend TO Him who give 70 the poor;
IN will not so bad an investment be-"
81 a. ma. mon,n the chucklng sexton cried out;
s.The / ord Is M cheated-lIe kens thee well
He knew IL was only by accident ~
That out o. thy fingers the guinea ielI'
" Tie keeps an account ma doubt. for the puir;
Hut M that account He'll set down 10 thee
Ma MAR % that golden guinea, my mon,
Than the one bare penny ye meant 10 gie -
There's comfort. too, I'm the little tale
A serleus side rs well as a Joke:
A comfort for all the generous poor.
In the cOmical words The sexton spoke.
A comfort 10 THINK that the good Lord knows
How generous we really desire 10 he,
And will give us credit In his account
For all the pennies We long 10 "gir."
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
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Remarkable Electrical Discovery.

London liiues.I
Applications OF electricity are not only
making rapid progress in every part OF
Europe, but also In the southern Iiemis-
phere. There come, indeed, from Otago,
New Zealand, details OF an invention rs
marvellous AZ any yet recorded in the annals
OF electrical science. The Rev. Mr.. Gill
bert, OF Christ church, in n recent address
told his audience that il is now proved TO
De possible to convey by means OF electrici-
" vibrations Of light-not only to speak
with your distant friend, but actually to
see him. The electroscope- the name OF
the instrument which enabled TO do this
was the very latest scientific discovery, and
10 Dr. Guidrah, OF Victoria, belonged the
proud distinction Of being its inventor and
perfector. Mr.. Gilbert stated that trial
OF this wonderful instrument had taken
place at Melbourne in the presence OF some
forty scientific and public men, and that it
had been great success. Sitting In dark
room, they saw projected on large disk OF
Whlte burnish"d metal the race-course at
remington, with its myriad OF active be-
ings. Minute details stood out with per-
iect hdelity to the original, and rs they
looked at the wonderful picture through
Dinocular glasses, Il was difficult to imagine
tnat they were not actually on the course
Itself and moving among those whose
actions they could so completely scan.
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ABant.it's Hidden Gold.
SOMETHING OF TUE CAPTAIN KIDD STAMP THAT
CONES FROM CALIFORNIA.
fEroncno ExnositorI

SOMETHING OF TUE CAPTAIN KIDD STAMP THAT
CONES FROM CALIFORNIA.
IFrensno Expositor.
A few weeks ago we made note OF a
strange story coming TO us from the Coast
range relative to m old padre who bad
suddenly made his appearance after being
dead for forty-odd years. The oddly and
accepted imp0ssbilty OF the story led a
reporter 10 make an investigation Of II, with
results that probably give the true inward
ness OF the matter. when joaquin and his
band were committing their depredatious
through the State they accumulated, as a
result OF their outlaWry. large sum OF
money, amounting to more than 100000,
and that, too, after having made Il liberal
division Of their funds. This large sum
had been secreted in lots OF few thousand
dollars. as they returned from different
raids through the mines, by the consent Of
the band. ut some secluded spot in the
Coast mountains known only TO the leader
OF the party and Three-Fingered Jack. and
they were sworn 10 keep its location secret
until the band had accumulated iund
sufficient to divide and give each member
OF it so, 600 But before they had succeed
ed in raising this stake the band was over
taken Dy tdllaiU IoNt anu ul> psltf anu
both joaquin and Three-Fingered Jack
were killed. 1t seems, however. TO have oc-
CURED TO the villain known as Thrce-Fin-
gercd Jack that death was likely 10 occur
at any time to the whole party, and he pre-
pared statement and map showing the
amounts and locations OF the buried treas
ure. Thi, note was left with piOus old
priest. with instructions that il was 90 be
delivered after lapse OF - years TO GER
tain OF Three-Fingered jacks relatives IN
Mexico. The priest was given sum Of
money TO 90 to that country and search out
those relatives. At least this is The tenor
OF the story.
The lonely occupant OF that secluded val
ley Is supposed to be one OF the relatives
OF the old veteran cut-throat, who, having
become possessed OF the map OF the region
where the bandits treasures were buried,
is now in search OF them. Mrs. joaquin
Murietta nclines to the opinion. however,
that the burial-place OF the bandits treas
ures was known only TO joaquin, aud that
he took the secret with him to the grave.
For twenty years she has sought for it, but
without success.
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pefriGQd Forest.
THOUSANDS OF TREES TURNED TO STONE IN
ONE OF THE DESERT wILDs OF NEW MEXI-
IFrom the Alhnnnernne Lonrnal.l

co.
from the Albuquerque Journall
The visitor to the petrified forest near
| CorliZO, on the Little Colorado, will begin
| to see the signs OF petritication hours be-
| fore he reaches the wonder; here and there
at almost every step in the road small
pieces of detached limbs and larger stumps
| of trees may be seen almost hidden in the
white sand. The road at distance OF ten
miles from CorrizO enters an immense
basin, the slope being nearly a scmi-circle,
| and this enclosed by high banks Of shale
and white fine clay. At the entrance OF
| this semi-circuar basin the exploring party
camped. and a fire was quickly burning.
The meal consisted of bacon, beefsteak.
and coffee; after partaking OF which the
party camped for the night. In the morn
ING it only required half an hours good
driving 10 reach the heart OF the immense
petrifed forest, and then such wonder
met our gaze as no one can ever realize I'M
til they make that very trip for them
selves.
The petriled stumps, limbs, and in fact
whole trees, lie about on all sides. The
action OF the waters for hundreds OF years
have gradually washed away the high hills
roundabout, and the trees that once cover
ed the high table-lands now lie in the val
lev beneath. Immense trunks. some OF
which will measure over five feet in diane
ter, are broken and scattered over surface
of three hundred acres. Limbs and twigs
cover the sand in every direction, and the
visitor is puzzled as TO where he shall begin
to gather the beautiful specimens that lie
within easy reach. There are numerous
blocks or trunks OF this petri1ied wood that
have the appearance for all the world OF
having been Just cut down by the wood
mans axe. and the chips are thrown around
on the ground so that one iustinctyely
picks them up as he would in the log camps
OF Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Many Of the small PARTICLES and even the
whole heart of some trees have now be-
come thoroughly crystallized aud the
beautiful colored cubes sparkle In the SUM-
shine like so many diamonds. Every color
OF the rainbow is duplicated in these crys-
tails, and those OF an amethyst color would
pass the eye OF novice for the real stone.
The grain OF the wood is plainly shown in
nearly every specimen-mlking the pieces
more beautiful than ever.
Although the party went armed with
pick aud crowbaI, they were entirely UNI
necessary. for thousands OF broken frag-
ments can be gathered all about you. and
the sunlight striking upon the crystallized
PARTICLES, point out their hding-places TO
the eager searcher after curiositieS.
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The Rapitlity of Motion.
New York star.I

The rapidity Of the movement OF the
globe has been striklngly stated by Charles
Morris in the american. He says that Il
we stroll along the street at the rate OF =
step per second ii may seem like slow
progress, and yet the speed OF the lannon's
seven-leagued boots hardly surpassed the
rate at which we are really going, for every
such step really takes us eighteen miles
forward In space. Between the ut and
fall OF the foot we shoot forward this
great distance, and in ordinary breath.
ing, each successive breath Is taken
fifty miles away from the locality of the
last. In the short period in which the
second hand OF watch completes one rev.
olution and marks minute gone, we dart
l,iO0 miles through space, so that dis.
lance equal to the noted "tour OF the earth
in eighty days" is travelled by every one of
Us IN every twenty three minutes of our
lives. This, thus barely presented, seems
incredible. yet it declares nothing more
than is involved in the annual revolution
OF the earth around the sun. We are, in
reality, shooting constantly in three sep
arate directions through space ut speeds
to which that OF the cannOn-ball il
but snail's pace. In one direc-
ton we are moving forward at
rate OF sixteen miles per minute. In
second direction we far surpass this
speed, and dart forward 800 miles per min
ute. But the third line OF motion is at the
extraordinary rapidity above mentioned,
u l,10O miles per minute. The fist OF
hese motions Is that Of the earth on It's
lxis; the second Is that OF the movement
u the whole solar system through space
oward the fixed stars; the third il that OF
be revolution OF the earth around the sun,
which carries us onward nearly 900, 900, 900
miles every year. And yet the train
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Four Months Uuburied.
THE CORPSE or A YOUNG LADY EEPT IN TIE
HOUSE BY HER FATHER.

THE CORPSE OF YOUNG LADY KEPT IN TIE
HOUSE BY HER FATHER.
A Hartford (Connecticut) telegram says
A remarkable affair has Just been disclosed
I'm East Hartford after months OF profound
secrecy. During last December a sixteen
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Brewer died, and her parents have ever
since complied with her diving wish. that
her remains should not be buried. The
body was embalmed and has been kept in
the parlor, the undertaken making almost
daily visits for the purpose OF applying
chemicals OF preseryative character The
father was deyotedly attached to his daugh-
ter, and ever since her death it has been
his custom to rise and dress himself at
midnight and pass the remainder Of the
night In the room with the corpse. At
daylight he generally returned to his cham
Der. Frequent visits to the parlor were
also made by him during the day, and il is
feared that his mind has become shattered,
as he invariably addresses the inanimate
form as though his daughter was still alive.
Mrs. Brewer and the few intimate neigh
bors admitted 10 the secret have feared for
his sanity and have counselled the burial
OF the body, but he has been stern in bis
refusal, and begged that the affair might
not be disclosed to the public. Now, how
ever, that the matter is no longer secret,
he has consented to build q vault In the
yard, but stipulates that it shall be easy OF
entrance ::and that his nightly vigils shall
not be interrupted.
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HIS EMPLOYER SPEAKS or CO-EDUCATION A
AnMINIS1Ens 4 MINNIE

ADMINISTERS \ REBUKE.
| The barber-shop near the Cooper Insti-
tute was bare OF customers on saturday.
and when the reporter dropped into the
proprietor's chair he found himself be-
| tween that artist and the assistant. who sat
| in the next chair with his legs hung over
one OF it, arms.
| "FiX leedlc dem raZOrs mp" said the
barber to bis assistant. who, by the way,
paid no attention to him. "Vell," the
| barber continued turning to the reporter.
Mrs. Plake has asked lis, 'VOs it "A CRIME
TO peen a vomanl' ton'd see how can We
eder settle dot. Ii defends on yich woman
We sbeak apowd. Der same dings vich
would a Crime peen in a hOmely woman is
only choOst leedle egcendricity i'm mock
| nifcent brize beauty"
ST il vos n CRIME TO be a woman, vOt a
| heap Of if is LAYING around. und how nice
| il Is, chenerally sbeaking," said the as
| sistant.
"Dit you not hear me? | hat savt fix a
leedle dem raZOrs up" said the barber
"Now, all dot dalk apowd go-education Of
dem sexes makes leedle ovid, because il
is only der rich yot got a Shancc at it. Der
machority der pOys und girls haf to drust
nit small wages und hart work. by hoohy
As for peing afrait OF a young vomau's
morals, il she amt afrait apowd 'em herself.
vots der Use Of somepoddy else pelng
afrait for her! Bedher der girls should a
leedle education got for daking care Of
demsellufs, so dem will got ter hang Of Il
ven der dime comes
Il vos co-educated fiddle vile ven
peen 4 kid by Chermany." the assistant re-
marked.
"Dit You fix dem razors 20 quick al
rettyf"
Il say | yos go-educated 4 lidde, yet.
Poys und girls sat among demselfs to-
gether, by der same room, und 1t yos bum
ishment for a pOy TO sit a girl alongsite.
Effer since | found dot ovid | hai peen
furnishing myself an ayeritch Of dwice
week. l lofe der yimmen. und it prakes
ME all to bieces up ven dlnk only Won OF
dem can loie lie at dime. Oh, |
hat such nice Sunday girl all der
winter. In der parber peezness We
hat der whole OF sunday night ovid
from der shop away, und so sun
day night is der dime for our pest
girl. She voS rich, und | vos after her like
sexty. | used to meet her sometimes pv
Voshlngton's Market In der mornings, md
sit nit her yotching der sun rise from her
farder's vegetable wagon. Enerydlng
vent along pully excepting a week pack OF
last Sunday, ven / had dalk nit her olt
man. We disagreed apowd how der mar
ritch peezness should peen performed.
vonted to haf il Won way, und he preferred
a deefrent blan."
"You and he hold different religious be-
liefs, evidently" the reporter said.
"Nell, not choost exactly. My blan vos
to marry his gal, und he yonted me to mar
ry some udder gal. he didn't seem TO care
yich."
'Now, my pow" said the proprietor,
not unklndly, "choost fink how deefcrunt
dis chendlemans would hat Of you his obin-
on. uf YOU had fixed leetle dem razors
up."-Neu York SIN.
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Another Historical Myth Exploded.


Historical myth after historical myth is
exploded, and the most startling correc-
ton Of familiar history that we remember
In modern times has just been made in a
London paper. Every one knows that the
death Of John IIampden has always been
attributed TO wounds received in the
skirmish with Ruperfs troops on Chal-
grove field. The controversy with regard
to the authenticity OF that "sword OF John
Hampden which was recently sold In
London has provoked the publication OF
manuscript in the writing OF Robert, Earl
OF oxford, the Harley" OF history. lie,
it seems. happened to be one OF party
driving "in the same chariot" towards
Faringdon when the story he has set down
was told, those present being Sir Edward
Harley. his son Robert. "one OF the
Foleys," and Sir Robert Pye, who had mar
ricd daughter Of Hampden. BY Pye the
story OF the patriots death was told with q
startling variation. rs follows: lie drew
one OF his pistols. and as he gave fire it
burst to pieces in his hand and shat
tered his arm in very dismal manner"
Riding of. in the touching attitude so
often described, he came to a rivuet and
..was much put to il what to do He
IL he alighted and turned his horse he
could not possibly get up again, and how
10 get over he could not well tell, but he
resolved at last to try what his horse could
do. and so clappcd his spurs to and got
over" Then, being in or near Thames, he
sent for his son-in-law, who had given him
the pistols which so grievously failed him
in battle, and feeling his wound mortal,
pointed out that he had been hurt by the
bursting OF a pistol which Robert Pye had
given him. You may be sure" continues
the narrator, +" / was not a little surprised
and concerned on hearing this, and assured
him they were brought from one Of the best
workmen in France, and that myself bad
seen them tried. You must know il was
Mr.. IIampden's custom. whenever he
was going abroad, always to order a
raw serving boy that he had 10
be sure to take care that his pistols
were loaded. and il seerls the boy did so
very efectually; for whenever he was thus
ordered he always put in a fresh charge
without considering or examining whether
the former charge had been made Use Of or
not, and upon examining the remaining
pistol they found it was in this state--qmte
filed ZIP TO the top with two or three sll-
pernumerary charges" Should this story
prove upon examination to be true, what
notable addition will have been made to
those little accidents " which have so
often turned the history OF nations or Of
the whole world into new channel! "a
little more. and how much il is A little
less, and what worlds away y
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Why the Scenic Artists OF the Cincin.
natl Dramatic FcstiYaI Struck.

A Cincinnati telegram says: The strike
OF the scenic artists on Wednesday was a
very ridiculous affair. George Ward Mich
OILS, OF the College Of Music. with possibly
malice aforethought, dned the scene paint
ers at the Queen Clubhouse. Unused to
such attentions, the painters went into rap
lures over the quality of their dinner and
the virtues OF their host. This excited the
jealousy OF the Dramatic-Festiva man.
ayers, and they circulated the most shock
ing explanations Of Colonel Nichols's prob
able motive In the matter. He had under.
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RraYQr Cure.

PENNSYLVANIA CRIPPLE's EXPERIENCE.
Mrs. Frances Keyser, OF Philadelphia,
who claims to have been miraculously cured
by prayer OF dumbness last Christmas, has
received n letter from Richard Huffman. of
Bentleysville, Washington county, relating
how he has been raised from a cripple's
couch by faith. He says that his whole
nervous system was paralyzed for three
years, and that he suffered from hardening
OF the spinal column, brought on by fall
when he was thirteen years old. Six
months ago some OF the first physicians OF
bis county told him that his infrmities were
incurable, and when he visited HOSPITALS
the doctors said that treatment would not
avail; his nerves We're palsied, his flesh
was cold as marble. A few months LATER he
got hold OF a book relating 10 cures by
prayer, written by Miss Carrie Judd. OF
Buffalo, n. Y. lie was so much struck Inv
Its contents that he wrote 10 her and pro.
posed that she should pray for him at her
weekly prayer meetings. She agreed to do
80, and 1t was arraigned that the afflicted
man should pray at the same time. In addi-
ton 10 this he resorted for secret PRAYER 10
. wood.shed nine miles from his home.
After praying for week he was one night
thrown Into a sort OF stupor, aud he saws
that at the moment something told him he
would recover. The next morning he
crawled out OF the house, and the further
he went the stronger he grew. He had not
gone far before he was able TO stand up
He walked back TO the house, distance Of
i've rods. and up nine steps into the
kitchen, the first time for three years. His
lister came out surprised. II clasped her
lsnds," he writes. sand we both CON-
nenced praying and praising God for bis
wonderful power and mercy. ! have been
'aping and walking and praising ever
nce."
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.

-, uItUI Nd FLANI FKIt.
Ia addition 10 my regular business, am now
grinding my " STANDARD" BRAND OF PLAS-
TER. which Is unequalled by any ON the market,
and which intend shall become universally popn-
lar on It's own merits. Having carefully selected
Ing the capacity for grinding hfty tons per day,
can give consumers the advantage of having Ia
freshly ground. as l will not keep supply on
hand, but grind IL after receiving orders on short
est notice. Price, &C., on application.
WILLIAM 4. KING,
NH 9-2m Post-OAic. Rox
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FERTILIZERS.

SHOCKOE MILLS.-PURE GROUND
- NOVA SCOTIA PLASTER.-I import this
plaster In the Lump and grind as ordered. After
seven years experience can guarantee this brand
10 he superior toany on the market Special prices
on large quantities. WARNER MOORE. Import
er aud Manufacturer of Plaster, Dealer in Lime,
Cement, &C., seventeenth street south side Dockl
an l-tAly4
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! which bears us ut this rate through spa ,-e
moves with such utter smoothness tna' we
find II impossible to realize that ihefe 'a'
been any change Of place.
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The spacious aud elegant steamer
NELLY WHITE.
fgarFyiuU limited -tafpq mafll
FHEIf,lr.

Freigh. received daily tor Norfolk, Portsmouth
smiihheld, and Hampton; Washington, ID. G.
all points IN Eastern North Carolina; also. TO-
rasiefn shore OF Virginia. Old Point and all regu
lar landings on James river. ~ LOWEST RATES
aud through bills ig7ued. l.. B. TATIM.
81 30 -upcriutpnufnt.
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