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12 THLE CIIICAGO TRIBUNK: BATURDAY JUNE 30, 1877—-TWELVE PAGES. TIE SAGINAWS. A Widaly - Known Section of . Michigan. The Two Great Interests of the Valloy ~—Lumber and Salt. ’ Facls and Figures in Regard lo the Prodoction of These Articles. Tho Lumbor-Yield Since 1863, and the Salt-Yiold Sinco 1860 Spectal Correspondence of The Tritune, Baniwaw City, Mich., Jdone 26,—Thero I8 ncarcely n section of country In the United States that Is more widely known, (hrough the channcl of ita prodnctions, than Iathie **Saginaw conntry ** of Michigan. Elther Its lumber or sall, or both, finda i1s way to almost every consliferable market where those products are handied, betsween the Rocky Monntaina and the Atlantic, besldes much of the lnmber polng to the Ol Workd, THE BAGINAW COURTRY 12 n sectlon of land lying in the northern and cast- ern central parta of the State, and comprises an area of ahoot 6.000 square miles, being all of that canntry dealned by the Tittabawnsece, Shinwanaco, Flint, ani Cass Riversand their (ributaries. Theso tivers, converging from almost every point of the compass rave due north, flow topether at o point almost in tho centre of Saginaw Coanty, and form the Saginaw' Itiver, which fluws north ahout twenty miles, and cmpties Into Saginaw Bag, one of the bays of Lako fluton. From thls . river the county takea ita name, —it belng, propers Ty spesking, tho Saginaw Valley, Upon the banks of the Saginaw lay the three most important towna in the valley: East Saginaw, Day Clty (formerly called Lower faginaw), and Saginaw City,—the Tatter being the county-scat of Saginaw County, a connty orlginally comprising all of tho territory which now conetitutes fourteen counties, Tho Saginaw River Is navigable for all vesscls which eail upon onr inland scas, except, perhaps a few of the very largest, MOST OF THE LARGE LUMDRR MILLY arcon the bankaof the Saginaw, which$ony be eald to o covered with eawmills and sali-blocks from Ita head to the bay. Allof the milla have thelr own docks, upon which they pile thelr stock an soou a9 manufactured; and the e¢rafta are towed In from e lake, nnd recelve thelr cargoes at tho very duors of the mills, Deaides thin mode of shipment, there are ample facilities for shipping hy rall, most of the mills hieine connccted with the chaln of rail- roais conlerlnt here. 1t will, therefore, ba scon Ahat there I8 no lack of means of transportution to miarket for our products, The Saginaw Valley was, a faw years ago, cover- cd with as fine a growth of timber as atood In the cuuntry, —conslating of such hard woodw as. oak, aeh, maple, beeeh, aud walnut, bhat the most part Leing pine. These immense forests AKE IEING MOWED DOWN like graln beforo the ((‘n']":r, and it will not be much more thay half a century, it even that long, before nll of thix timber will be harvested, and the Kacinaws an a lnmber-market will be one of the thingn of the paet, for such foreata don't grow In one weneration, or even two. Aml-it can slinost be aiil that this ‘Inmber fs being thrown away, Many of the mills have sot made any money worth wentionlng for these three years, whilaathers have been running at an actualloms, and bt very few have made uny money. OF course, cvery other branch of business s dull; but thu lnmber- trade ia different from most uthor branches, bee cauee, when the log-crop ls all harvested, tho Jumber-business ends, The Sagiuaws began first to attract attention an lamber-conutry In 1840 or therenbouts, Baglnaw Clty being then s town of about K00 Inhabitants, At that tiine Eaat Ssinuaw consiated of tnt u bolfe dozen houses, The two citles have now a popia. tlon of aver 30,000, The first mill was ¢rected hero in 184, tut it only manufactured Inmber for homp-conrumption; and it was not unti} I847 that any lumber was ghiped, =3 cargo being ecut that yeur to Albany, N. Y, In 1853 thare ware only twenty-three ‘milln on the Saginaw River,—all of them amall concerne, thelr combined capacity ha- ing about 0,000,000 feel per snnum, OF Onue fourth less than the capacity of ane of ous - mense_establixhments of tho prevent day, From 3840 unthl the panfe of 1873 tho wrowth of the buslness waa CONTINUOUS AND RATID, na will bokeen by the appended tabls, Thin 1a for Tumbur proper, and does not inciude Iath, whinzles, stavee, cte. ‘Fho trada Inthere articles’ has been; a8 rapld growth, and (s of groat niagnle . Feet. |Fears. 11,5410, 000 1871, o, ooy 1 ures will only gl posted au fdea of it magnitido, unncquainted with (he business aomoe 1 proportions, 1 will say that tho mills on the Sag. naw Jtiver alonc—sotae ninety-vne milew—give employment to about 3,000 men. The eross amuunt of capital invested 1s about %5, 000, and the annual sules sbout $10,000,000. ‘his tn exclnxive of tho men employed o ¢nlb tho log in the woode, ruft them, e, and also exclusive of Gpll fuvested n slandine simber and thabors an s, TIR PRODUOTION OF 1877 will fall considerbly bulow thatof tho last five -yeurs, but will not Ukely fall as low thy munufacture of 1871 ‘This will bo caused by varlois seasons, the’ principal ono of - whish i Ao partial fallure of the drlves in wetting down to tho mills, owlng to a wearclty of wator,—It being_mors than_ probabie tunt tully ne-fonzth of tho cut of ot winter will e i -u\: in the spall streans untit it s too late he il in tine for the cnt of 1877, rainn of the past few daywanng somes hu reanlt, hunher-trade has beenin 8 very onscttled fon slnee the panfe, Up ot osperons, and no more {hriving nln the cor H’{ than the lumber- o that tlue vood y and the manufac. i turn, pabl Hbem)' wages, Hut, liko turees, every uther braneh of {ndustey, thy bottom s dropped ont, sud prices are very fow, with fow Luyers e t the ruinous prices, dust wiat et thy whori ent of 1877 will hava npont the market bs ax yet hard (o tell. But, Judi- Ini2 feau present tho effect will 2ot hs per. y centible, for, it the very fuce of thedo fi berin lower thin it wana yearago to-dny, One thing (s, however, pretty clear, atd that le, prices can e no lower without crippiing the lnmber- busivess, not only of “Vsginaw, but of the whuls Wert, eo badly thut 1t will take years of Pprosperity togetft agamon a wolbl foundation, 'Ylus fur guite s number of falluzen huve occurred 16 the Valley, aud mors will Hikely follow before tho end of these pinchlne tiues [s reached, "Thaw fir in this artlcle 1 have pald sy wholo at- teution to the Jumburshitsiness, appnrently over- Tooking the other gread inte of the Naglnu that which wiit ba to hor & source of wealtl lon, ll}er :Im tina wasted the Last tree bn hor focvats, referto TIK SALT INTERENT, Tt has been known for nter thirty years that sa- line water could be had in the aplusw Valloy by sinking wells to the depth of 800 or therva- Loute. but 1L was uot until 1850 that the fact wa demonstruted that this brine powsessed o suficlont amount of sait to make tha inanufscture of that articly in it profitable. In that year thy firsl sult-works were erectod, ond wors tiade W pay handsomely from {hu start, Tty 1840 there were 4, 000 barrels manufactured In *he Valloy, and since that thne the growth of the -rade ks been enonnoua, s will by seon by the following tuble of production: 1 to the salt-buslness dur- W yedrs arises frunl various cagaes, » uverything i tho Valloy is favor. u 1 th past Tnthe firet pla bl for making A GOOD ABTICLE. Iu the noxt place, owing to arigorous State fnspoc- tivy, thequalily Is kept upto 8 bigh wtwidard. And'then the coopernge s ‘always frat-cles, the luspectors ting bad barrels ns quickly us had Sabu, Tt bus. bean demonutrated that sy 1t can be run with a valt-block nearly as g out, uf coume, the L But thesteam for evaporst- ing muy b sald to cost nuthing, Thy wl wlWays have u great mane of gdyings, ¢l which were o uuheance, ahd’ had fo by baulvd awsy ot quile an' expense, All of e eutl bsiow utilized In moking ateam for the oche: consequently, most of the mills in lisy kisve a ralt-uluck lu_councction, and it by thene walt-Llocka that wany of them are 4 80 Py espenaey, 373 the whole producing capacity of the as esttmalid el ), 80,000 barrels, butthe vealune wilproduco that much £ et uie reusark that, wien | spe Ve | aean the Saziuaw Valley, und Suzinaw and East daginaw, —becau ustas wuch of & cltyus eltber o W Gew almost ou tho oy, 1t s 0 ghe 2 puint thau Sagiugw or Eaat Saginaw, 5 " awuy up the production, the price of salt . 3 correapundlngly depressed, -the price now « out b Ceutw, waiuet 31,83 1 IaGi, kn + Epartof 1570 the unnrtgnl tuanufacturers s corporatlon knowu s the ':nu'umn« BALT ASSOCIATION," <woat uf the producers now belong. This lots was formed fur the purvose of sustabu. l:gn‘l:elluxlhu wrice, aud requlating the cost ¢ The wsnufacturees turu fheir salt oyee 2 e Avsoclation as soon as made, ang slip i un l;n_- Aseociation's order, and collst (ho puy from i, Mucu didiculty was encanntercd fu foruiu; {4 Counagy. Lut i spccees bW an asmired 3t vilelouths of oo production mow {73 * % . Au i ber-n) i t will pot be Jang hefore all of the g N ey Wil long fo I, whon allof the Sagtnsw nalt will be sold by this Assacia- tlon, ; ter flinetrate the raptd growth of the Raz- Inke3i-Aendo, T will call, aitention 1o the Kanas wna alt-production of West Virginia, Salt wan first made there tn 1804, 19,000 barrels, which in 1873 had only In creascd to L, 00O, 00 barrels, 1t 14 skl that salt can be made here cheaper than anywhere eles In the conntry, —the brine having na hizh an 20 per cent of ealt, and fiel being An item of no_consequence. Nome of the manufaciorien can make it for 70 centa per bareel, and some sy even Ieas; but the average cost is probadly some five conta above that figare, 1t fsduMenit to meparate the malt and Inmber Businems of the Saznaws, and, therefore, dificnit totel! the amount 8f money 1nvesicd in the mann- factnre of salt, nnmber of men employed, ete. , The aupply of hrine BREMS TO DR NNLIMITRD, and prolably arleca fram an Irmenee hed of rock- #alt nnderlying n large part of the Valley, Thin nck-#ait will most likely some day be mined, —in the day when Sminaw will be known s a aslt and notas'a Inmber market. Saginaw produces now ahout four-fifths of the ealt maunfactnred in Michigan, hnd_will likely increase (o & larger pes- centaye year hy year, as new blocks are conatantly being_erccted by the mill-owners, thoy belne forceit intu )L to make the Inmber-bualness profit- shle. It is, theretore, tene that the lomber buelncse of Sagindw, an unfavornble a shape as it j in even, wonlil be in f2r woree condition nt for the st- hurincss, as operaturs can make s liltie money on salt, if they cannot on Inmber, It in malif hint we have onc of the largert, i not the tarzest, ralt-hlocks in tae world situated tn the Valiay,. {refertothat owned by W. R finrt & Co. This block tnrna ont, when ‘tun to ite full ca- pacity neatly 300 barreln of aalt per day, and man- ufnciured last year H0,000 batrels,” Thera are others swhich are very large, and soma now in conrse of constrirclion, —one of which helonm to J. 11, Penreon & Sona, ot Juur city, who nleo own o very large mitll hore, and are heavily intorested fnothers, TITR BAGINAWS~= and by that T mean the Saginaw Valley—have a bright futare before themn, but perhaps 1ot in con- nection with the lnmber.buainess, although it whll rank s a lumbor-conntry for yrara to come, The Erut mine of wealth lien under the ground, In theahave of salt, Besidesthla, much of {he Valle han good, rich rofl, and will one day bo a profitable agricultnral reglon, Of other and minor branchee, the Valley In.not behind ather wm\lthi communlitics, The citien are filled with active business-men, and we have rome of the fineat mercautile establishments here that exist in the State, The acheols In the clty are as good 8 exist anywhere, and the society 1s not one whit hehind ihat of any other intellizent, prospero wnmnity. AvauaT RussrLL, o e — RRENT OPINION, 1t Men, Potiphar hind adopted Judge Iiliton's rule excluding Jew hoarders, the whole couras of history might have been ehanged, —Detroit Post, If tho effect of this [tho Prosident's Civil-Sgr- vico] fcticr be to- drive unt of palitics the rscally foltows who have beon running the pollitical ma- chine for the past five years, It will poss luto hifs. tory aa the most valnable public ducument that han yet emanatod from Me. Hayes.—Lu Crosss (iie) Jeader anu Lepublican (diep. ‘Wo are eind to soc that 8. Lonis is waking.up. ‘The talk abont a narrow-gange railroad throngh Missonn and Kansaw to some point in Colorado rliowa s disposition to emulate her more enterpris. ing neirhbors. Therallroad businces will probably, fall through for wantof cenrage and money fo hack 1t up; but we reo no reason why she ahounld not havo n white whale. -~Cincinnati Gazelre, ‘Let the people declde this matier nt onco. 1f they really wish reform, then they will fudorse the Kepablican party, and If they do'not wish it, then the Democrats will bo siceosatul, and that wil) bo the end of it, 1f the country deslres to refofm, It shonld Le nllowed to: If |t derlres to continne in ita sins, we suppose there is nothing to hinder it poing to the devil if 1t chooscs to,—New Haven Journal and Courler (Rlep.). ‘The President has Iald the ax at the toot of the evil, Many Congresamen will bohoatlloto the order becanse they have depended upon oflictals to pack chucuncs and tnko measures o securo tholr renom- Ination, 1 the recall of theso local maimgers— most of whom will b tappyto bo rolleved of a disngreeable duty—shall result in the defoat of a fow Congrosamen who have no fitneas for the positions thiey accupy, the natlon will, in thia gespect aldge, be an immenne mln!.-r.-llmia».luur al (lep. ). The platform adoptod Ihi tho lowa Ttepublican fitate Lonvention] moets our hearticat Indorsement, hut & review of ita ringing utterances munt bs ro- merved for another time. 1t will ba ohsorved That the Conyentlun wikely abstalued from any deels rution either way on the Presldent’s Sonthorn pol Ir{. Thia was the ouly proper courae to pursne. Thint 1t wan entored ipon with such unanimity and nuparent good will reflacta the highest eredit upon tho wisdum nnd sngacity of thoso to whom was Ui Intcrests fowa Ravublicans hold 1(;;0-( )dunr.—-vmmcll Hlufs (la.) Nonpurell, Rep.). Toes Prestdent Ilayen propose to punish ofcos holders far dolug for others what was tlone for him, and withont which he could not have been electud? Wo arenot yet prepared to wanction any such poli- cy; wo eanint yet bellevo that the Administration 1a preparod to” unaceisko it enforcement, It in unjunt In overy sonee, demoralizing in this, that it pracloims honerable aud necensary politieal service diareputable; it striken o blow, nat foe real reform, but dlreetly at the preclons richts of citizenships Ib isunjnet and wholty anti-llepublican.” A party that attempts to pat Wnch abominadle doctrine Into practico will deserve aml surely recelve morited popular condemnating. — Troy Times (Rep. ). The financlal editoriata In the Chicagn Zimes am ronlly miro atupld and abaurd than the effaslonn which that paper prints onany other subject. As a fate tustance of thin, wo note thiat some writor or contrilntor of thal paper staton that **our sube sldinry colnn did not expel gold in specie-payimg thmea " After making all pasaiblo allowanco for the Inteunu Jguorance Wwhich envolopes tho Times: editarinl writers, we nra unablo to suppose that eyen the latest capturod Times editor don't know that, up I0 1873, there was no_sabaidiary coin in thin country. Untll the passace of the Colnags act in 1873, a1 the old and silver coss fased fram the Unlted Btatos mints were of the ssmo standard valuo, Tho reason tho anlwhlinry coin aid not exnel :‘nhl In ko wpecle-paying times, therefore, ie tho fack that in nprrlu-,uyln;i imon there was no subsidiary coin. —8pringfeld (21,) Tieqister (Dean. ), : ‘Thero Ia a scrlous obstacle in the way of a prac- tlen! revolt agalist the [Prealilent’s Southern] pol- ey nnd ity reaultss **Wht fs Lo bo dene abont 1ty and this {4 a question answored by the Preslident’s erltiea~tha fown Hopublicans Incladod—ony with vaguo platitudes on the neceasity of nesurine, by all constitutionnl mennn, to every Ameriean citizen completu liborty und eancl equailty bu the exerclne of clvil, palitical, nud puvlic “righis, —propositions which noluxdy dixputes, Nelihor Halos nor Mors ton, nor any of tha insargent chiefs, have proposed anythini niore wpueltio in th promiscs, and for tlin manlfeat reason that there {a absolately nothl 0 bo done, Like Llncoln®s hall. canzht in s fenee- wap, they ean only kick at nothing bohlnd, paw at nothlog In front, and bellow like thunderi= Detrost Newes (nd. ). Licut. -Ciov, Dorshaimer, of New York, horeto- Adux- Achatea of Gov, Tildon, seemn to havo nbandened biin as u Presidential candidate, e is reportail by 8 New York correspondent of the Clneiunatl Enguirer to have remarked: ' You know as well as T do that to revive Mr, Tilden ns oir candidato a vocond time {9 nok possible, You waw his physleal appearance, andjthat he could not bo run agaln.'* Mr. Dorsholmer olen puts the ene ire blawe for the Democratio fallure on Mr, ‘Til- den. o sayut ** That systou of proceastination, which often brought Winl advantage, brouzht also Dis ultimate dofeal. Weo pressed him during the campalgn to do many thingw, them ofl ka; wark theimse to be o, you sur'™ Cob P W, 1llzginaon thinks that itina t bo deeply reentied that somo of the women who have by thele wit and vivacily most won e publie car In Amorica should now bo using thelr inflitence tu denonnce and ridlenle Civil Borvlce ectorm, o belloves that In tho ense of Oasl Hamiiton It will be held ta illusirate the {uability of wowen lo rise ubuve mvrr!f]k'lmnll politics, An fur Mra, Clem- mez, be fiolds that, by wuch reasontng ns sho haw eecontly used In reference 10 the wotnen irmissed froni the [aterlor Department, the impression fn lven that business women gannat and will not accept e laws of business, but that, if they aru diaplaced fur whatever cause, they abonee_treat It 8% 3 wroug to theleses, And ho abis: - **No mat- ter what & man's syniputhics way be, or his desice 10 give favurs o women, bo Las Bo e o do b at the'expense of the Government, [ls duly v 1o diemley every clork who 18 ot needed, man or wouian, let the disiress fal) whore 1t will." ol 1lgglngon never winces worls unr secke for velvet expredsiuts iy hu writes Lo the IFoman's Jours nal.—New York Tribune (Lep, ). Uefurting to a recent articlo fa tha Now York Tiuues pointing out the power enjoyed by the e Broglie Catunot lu its uso of civil nnmnlfilalu [ Sisluence the eloctlon In Frauce, the Now York Uourrice des Ktale Unls remarke: Iu Franco the political functionaries, such as Prefects, Sub.Pre- fecta, uttorneys, ted, 00t exempt from ro- woval, ete., form only 8 very smsll part of the tm- mense adminbitrative agmy. Theao, and i cannot be ulherwise, naturslly chango with the reme of which they are the creatures ond vervantas but with etting, and sthl lews with kecplug, any otbee pub. ic ufilce, L Mtics bas nothine whatever (o do. It Las probusly never happencd n the courss ot regulur Lovernment in Franco—that is to eay, ex- ceptat Huesof revotutton—that a Postwaster, 'Cun- toing ofticer, u Collector, ur an obttelst of 11k sors, bis been dlumlaed for hte polltical opinlous, ex- cept, perhiss, in raro amd fsolated cascs of violent and vpen opposition to the Government, Under no regime, beral uruprru-hm, nelther under the Ltewtoration uor under the Housy of Orlean: Hepublic of 1848 of the Sceund Ed polltical dependence of purely exd cenl crocted fute d system; porttical services uever bven required of thew; ab most, vices, wholly' voluntary and personal, have oc custonally been rewarded by cxceptionsl promo- tion. Morcover, thurs s 8 £oud reason (0F this. The Guvernuicnl bas wo right to distlss an ad- winistratlve ageat who hus not folled i thy techulcal dutice of bis ofiice, ur who has uot werited dinuissal by micconduct, Such an et ou e part of the Guvernwent would bt be simply urbitrary, it would Le futho uature of theft, bme vlayea of this kind. frou th | commitied y ud ho woulld put lng, *Wait, the majority of things Ives gL' Now (il offen appearot *There,” ho wonld say, *didn't [ tell ng to In 1429 they tnrned out |o pension accurities, and thus acquire a property- right like that of a snbscriber to ‘a ‘Tantine fnd or & iife-insurance company, Thie right to n penjon renerally reverts in rm to the wilowof an em- playe, and the termat which the rizht to pnyment definilely accracs 58 ordinarily after tweniy-five yesrs® setlse or thirty years' aedenatry service, Y ., Anemploye |4 thus a credifor o the State by virine of a hitle analagons to, thongh difering in orizin and_easence from, that of a bondholder, and he canmot he deprived of his_Tichla except from other than nolltieal motives, Thiria 8 goar- antee for the employd, and alsn & recurlty for gnod administeation; nothing conld tell more power- fully for that order, regulatly, and honorable character in French ndminmistrallon whieh la uni- versally admired and envied, The New York Graphic i one of the few dallies in thatelty which:1a not influenced by the +; fingle goll atandani ™ ey of the sharks and Shylocks. It aaya: ‘' Aceording to the statements of atatisii- clans and economista there fa abont 87, 0G0, 000, 000 coin In the warld, of which 83,500, 000,000 or 81, - 000,000 e o zold, TE will fhas be acen that abont ane-hialf of the metallic currency of the world fnin sitver. If, however, either of tiiose metala 1y degraded, the valne of tho other is sreatly en- hanced, 1f severat af the leading nations, therc. fore, conld he indnced to demonetize cithee rilver or gald, the resnit would be furtnd In the decreased price of every marketable produbt measured In the favored metal. This is Just what has occurred. The demonetization of eilver wns nlmoat rimultanconsly effected In_ Ocrmany, Eean- dinasia, and the United States. This has resulted In the terrible pressurs ta eell In those countries, which has sympathetically rencted on (ireat Britain, It 18 notable thet France ulone, where the aliver nnit was maintalned, in to-day the mast prosperone natlon on the earth, The demonetization of aliver. by adding enormouely to the vaine of ’S"m‘ cheapened every known prodd- uct, and this Is what e the matter with nriness In Germany and Amerira, England being the cred.; itor natton” of the world, Ands it to her advanta: tokeep o the gold unit of ‘valne, hecanre while rhe lends Lier eredit to all the woeld inthe currency i1 nso In the different nations, when her loans ho- come duo she exacts pa‘menun tho dearcr metal, A vraeedure clearly Lo her aidvantage. int oa tho Unl“ll Htates P« a dehtor nation, as we are con- stantly burrowing for nll onr public works, and ns e have little realized capltal, it in elearly super. Intlve folly for na to chovmn the medt ezpensive motal in which to pry onr dehts,” e S THE FASHIONS. Sweet Thiugs in Needlo-Work=New Slyles of Wraps—Econnmlo Dresscs, Marper's Rasar. Ladiesigoing to the conntry forthesammer inquire about new thingw in fancy needla-work to do due- Ingthelr visits and long holiday-time. Coutille in the new material for acreeny, cualifons,and clinles that are nrnamented with Willingham embroldery and appligue-work, Thisia a gray and white twilled cotton of the irm qualities secn in very ine cor- scta. 1t ineold by tho yard for $2.50, and 18 n yard and a half wide: aqnares measnring threo- quarlors of & yard cost 10 ecnte. Teantiful ecreca plecenare aown witli the centre comipleted, rop- represcnting a bird —perhaps a stork, which Is now the favorite for decoratlon—done In equisite needle-work. A black velvet appliqne border hos gay embrobdery begun wpon It ¢ ahow tho purchager how to finiah it: for large bunner acteens thesocont $11.50, Cushion pleces of wray contille, with the embroidecy hegun, eost from &G0 to$t. Fora chale two pleces are required, ong for tho back, (he otlier for the ecat; thewa aro shown in the mew repped cretonnes - applied to coutille, and partly warked In point Russe and feathior stitchos; with materials they cost $10.60. NOVELTIRS IN NEEDLE-WOIR. Lambrequina for mantels, small tables, and brackets are mado of contlilo and of Turkish tow- eling, decorated with applique harlequina, griMas, and dragons, cut out of gray, blue, scarlet, gold, ‘and black cloths, and wrought with the long point Hunsy stitches, nad vines of bricr stilching: whon made up, theynre teimmed with fringes, or bnlle, wr (nsseln, ' Cloth polnts for lambrequins and for bordering table-covers come In clustors of three, ono of which I8 completcd for a pattckn: price, 8200, Separate cloth vointa of all colors, with applied Agures or Nowern, nre 60 conts each, Still clicapor are soparate pat- terns of the zay and grotesque cloth figures, basted on paper, to be reweil on cloth and the Japer away; the smull ones are 10 contacarh thoso lur enough for footatoala are 50 cents, Special devicos are eliown in patterns for table-covers; for wmok- crs' tables plpos nnd cigars are repreecnted, whilo card-tabl mvo-cards of whits cloth with hearts oud club k or crimson: thewo de- aiyma cost 81,23 to Ploces for cholrs lave Kpyptian hends, lons rampont, or storka of “K colora to be applied to ctoth, "Hiton, or Turkis towelingt there coqt from 87 to 34, To match these are denimns_ for oblont foqt-rasts, costing from 81,25 to 81,75, Very larto tablo-covers of dark cloth, with u‘ypll uo hirda, boes. and butters flles, cost, without materinle, 8943 begun and with matorinle, they are from $10 to $:8, Instoad 'of zephyr wools {hiory e 0 fancy now for uning Shetland wool, Bhatland floss, and fco wool for the preity hénd coverings worn during the stmor, and for light ehawle. Thess woola ace Highter, on nt 4o samia thne Armer, #o that they do not rumplo a0 easlly, The are aleo inexprnaive, tho Shet- land woul anit the ifo<s costiny cent* an onnce, and the fca-weol, or allk Shetland, 50 conts an aunce, Siiken purseaaro in oas agaln, and Iaales are knitting them for pastimo. — They aro of datk shiadud silks, with hoada or without, sud are [ nished with slivered rings and bond fringos, ik twist comen in xkeln colors, and the rings and frl arately, There nre uino ste tho half purses that are eroche In. the shiapo of those mnde of wirc, New tdids aro In medieval Tace brafis In nlmgfln hut offective patterns that are enrily done with whcaln and the twisted bar stitch, The tidy begun, with inntorials for finiuning, cost; 00 to 85,503 complofed, uu{ nro $0.50 tn $7,° Beantinit now uatterns aro shown for polnt-lace baid Larbes bandkerchiefs, ends for neck-tles, collars, nn) straight tacos for trimminyg cushion-covers anid parasol-coverd, These patterna cost from 15 to 75 rents, uccording to slze, Books of fustruction In poiut-luce work codt 65 cants; those teaching huw Imuuku wulpure are tho mame prico.. Skelna and spools anil simall balls of all the various kindw of thread are shawn, amongg which In Min's thread, in Nor, i and 4, --the finest of all threada for lace. ushing or feather-edged colton hrald. o an which ure four-pieces, each six yarils g those cont 15 or 20 cenln apieeo, Homd afglians for baby's crib or earriago are madv of whito Java canvas, “with a border wron:ht in biue Bazonyyarn, and the word liahy in the contres theas ard cisily done, and cost $4.7, be- nn, with materials’ for completing. Those of honoy-colnh cauvas, moro heavily wronght, cost $0.64 1o 310, with materlals, Of lioavy linen cane vas, with silk and wool embroldery, they nro 87 {0 $4. Crocheted afgzhana of doublo of of shiule sephye wool are bn broad stripen of rose orblue with whita, or in blocks wroneht with dulsies; prico $7.00 to $10, Clicaper ones of Germantown wool in blue and gray stripes are §6. £- ho nd apootn of all ro furnishod sep- e uud chnine for of allk WHADA, New York IWerht, Tho past day or wo of couler woathor has made e, I on the wing, anzlous to bo provided with nu wort of wrap or sha titablo for soaslde or munmer rorort, and anong othera Is_one called tho Haratoyn, a mixture of cordod slik in stripes and white Algerluc. 'The wllk atripcs como (n every color, muking o very effcctive shawl, thicker and Hgghiter of Ita kind thin anythlug wo have yet had. Anathor, inade of that gausy kind of fabrle enlled the neigease, Ju 8 much thinner shawl, atso made i wiripes, though fu this inetance they are af satln instend of silk, and are found in white and uvery color, This s euitable for a light wraps but tho lightest of all, and & dechded nayvelty, le comporud of linen’ of two differont colurs—tho one slde in pink, for fnatanco, the oths erin white, and waven I two distinct paternd, ‘The effect of the twa colure s very prettys the shawl itsclf 1y a0 delicate In textare, and yoet strong, it s sultable for any wear—(rom the belle I the ball-roun, tu throw over her shouliurs, o an juvalid fu hee chamber, « A thickor and eifcctive weap comes woven of Loth the thickest of double zephyr Lo the thest of split. It in calied the Nowpyst, and not only comen In whita but every color; Uhe edga Is vory handsome, consistlog of o licavy cabls fringe of the thickest worsted looscly twiated togcther, Thewe nre worti adopera-cloky, as they wanld ho father cumbrons to fold as, xhawls, The Nowpart 1s undoubtedly tho most showy shawl of . the soas Others not so conspicusus ara mado of mutelasse or damasso cloth, an fmprovemont on Ahe ald basket cloth, be lutle closer n_loxts ure and hehier in consequence. Hlue fAanne) mountain saita gao threatening to ueurp the blue bunting; the latter, however, will retaln fta au. proinacy far the seaside nnd boating and yachting oxcurslons, whilo the dannel, frum it very nature, seoms Just the thing for coul’ days tn' the monne teine, “They sre made up geuerally with a white French tlannel vesl. Hackneyod as it i becoming, here b uothilng prettior than tho Iireton style of waking up such goods. A new desiza tu wacqun very handsome sud sultable formiddle-ngzed 1 comea in Sicliienne, Some of them give of applique, heiug cut out according to the cut patturns aud then embroidered snd brabded ay elaburately uny ucedlework fn white goods, Thouzh this i tha scvond summnier for the Shanish wantill, its popularity ls iu uo ways abated; itiveo geacoful, sud udinite of trimwming In_every varlety of way, whape, and uuner. An Algerloe over- dress, ‘1o be worn ovor & fuille skirt of blug, mnade Curitraiu, or as the wearer chooses, (s very eifective, huving the frout of thu polonawse of blus fajlle the waniy wbnde the underekirt, then edued witn wido eoru luce; the sides of the pelon- aise are composed of Algerine, s i aloo too lower rnrl of the back. A wide Toop aud short euds of alle, the edges fringed out Mrlr is wet ou juat below the basquo back, which (s made of faflle, while & band of the wamy runs all arcund the pols ondive, Loading the ecra lice which fnbahes it. To complete thie tolletts au opers cloak fn blug watelasee nilk wonld bo elegants tnmmed with o mixed fringe of blue oilk and colured beads, with & beading o€ ostrich feathers, and sbove that an orpabiental deuign sunulug atound the cape and up the buck. Upen cloake aro now all wort wuch whorter thun thoy were, FOR YOUNG LADIEN, frontun, dirertiver. For youny ladies, o ustrow fuld of somae brizht colar, et d4 suandarine, gold, Vesuvius, vrtilcul, iu shuwn ut the thruat just ground the edge of the lace ur the collar, 1L ives Justbrzhtness cnouich, atk pelieves (e sombrentws, Plain Priucesso decrous are taade of the Racoestriped geenadioe, over upague eitk, und aie trimmed: with bands of »at b oud full plestiugy of thread lice. The thue g b the fovk Loudats v o Wide-gaikercd dyuuce edged with a knife-pleating; the telmming betnp the same all the way aroan ‘The Jabot of lace cxtends from the throat to the top of the flounce, d [0 ornamented with bowe of sating the coreage 1 high, and Snlshed with a standing English collas which ta prped with rome color; on the ontalde of thia collar the 1ace is pieated very full, an:d & crepe Hese rncliing 18 worn outside of 1t, and Just show- Ing above It int the reacan demands srash decrsen nn well an the hunting for the common and the grenadine for the hatulsome tofletteas and, afler all. when yon come down to the real comfor! of the thing, there fa not & woman of ne all who doean't best like her +frean that can he lanndered, There I= a real aatia- faction in a fresh cambric or A crisp, cool lawn or organdie, One feels pood and us and char. ni 1tably dispoced toward il mankind In one of (huml. 1418 #0 much easier to louk with a lenient oye the shortcominis of your nelehbors when you tl.:n’lll)l’:,l:)ll.' In cambric than wihen you arc awell ed in allk. 0Of course white nlwn{n Teads, that s, for house wear, It 1s no Junzer the thing, hawever, to wear it i the street. Very pretty white lawn, Sirles, or dotted musline aro made 1n the usnal form of a skirt and polonalsc, or of the two skitts and Jack- et. They are hrighitencd and made protty with tibhons ‘and saniies of silk. Flgnred. organdies pratly de- are shawn also, and llmr are in very algma. Some of the white materials are maile Into I'rincesse dreeacs, the draperiea heing held by bown of ribbons these are only fastencd lightly, and ean be ennlly taken off, ro that scveral sefs of bows may be nded with the same drens, Fretty cambeicsand percales are mada in the Princesse shape, with a rich Spanish flonnce on the hottom of the akirt, Thcse dresses are nitainable by neatly everyboiy, as the matotial, in vory ar- tintle deaigns and in lovely colors, I8 vold at the leadig dry-pooda stores far 1213 anid 10 cents per ard. Preity costn et ready made, can be bonght from 81 to $3%0, Gurely no one can ask for anvibing cheaper, **This dreas coet me leas than $1,60," salda 1ady to e one who was admiring n nretty camn. bric which ahe hadon, **I had cleven yardsof materlal, which rost mo 10 conts per yard} Bought ono of Dutirick's patterns for cents: cnt it myself; made o stitch with the heip of my sewing-machina:$ 1 hid the exmbric for the wipings and buttona in the houeei 1 bolleve 1 laught one spoal of thread,” That's the story o o goud many other cambric dreases. Doca it wure |wr’]=r yont SONG. O OIYFE ME RACK TUE YANIAUED TRARS] O givo nie back tho hopes long petished 1 O give mo back tho vanish'il years, The frnienda of youth my heart hath cherished, Their sighs, (heir laughter, and their toucs. ‘Thix heart, now toss'd In gricls emotlons, Wonld palsate then in Joy once more, Like bark, lata rack'il on stormy uccuns, Which tranquil glldes *neath slialt'zing shore, Though In young manhaoit 1ife be earnest, ‘Thongh in ol nge relizion cheers, 8till, soul of mine, throngh life thon yearnest For thy fond youth's departed yenra, The frosts of age scck Faith's devotion, 'The years of manhood honors crave; But glve to me the sonl's emotlon That bindeth youth s willing slave, Yonr sages ray no man recalleth ‘The fanish’d years of youth once fled; Yet still vue Heaven of Life enthiralleth The heart to Joys of oge so doud. The flush of Bummer yonth entranccth! : The blvom of Auinnin manhood chvees ‘The frostof Wiater hit enhanceth The glewm of 1ifo's departing years. But mvo mo Spring, so blandly clowing With bud and fower, firat ¢ifts of Uord} Qlve mo thoso goms of youth's bestowing On heart of suan, on Earth'’s greey sod. Then do T feel that Tlraven §s blending With Eartl's beal pifts immotial stue; Then oft 1 ace lov'd forme extendl Green palins of peace from youth's bright shore. For only there Is 1fe*s airo haven: ‘Thera only hdes rua in{ of.soall Liycu thero o heart that linth not craven « A droft from youth's rosu-wreathed bowlt * When, some calm ave, pnat days roviowing, Voo, fond slanca up Miream at Tiww, s “The roseato fu‘u‘u of youth renewing, 111y dull cares of manhoud's prhue, . Anil thue, 'midat present acenes depressing, 1 bewl on past long, ling'ring glance; Ang, all my darker thouglita repreasing, Vo rapt once more In youth's bilthe trance, Then give me back the hopes Tong perishod | O give mo back tho vanlah'd yoars, "Tho frleads of youth iny heari hatl cherlshed, Thelr sighs, thelr laughter, and thelr ears, Cateady, June 27, 18° Tom, K, C, Fonuest, e e — A Nnutlcal Tirnko. New York Buttetin, A recently invented brako and auxiliary rudder Is causing somo talk in nautleal cireles on account of jis novelty and great scope of autlon. Almost the only danger at preseat nt- tendng m ocean voysge fs the lablity of calliston or running nshuro i1 & foz. The great Increase In the number of collisfons Is owln{:( {o ving the steadily Increasing number of vessels the ocenn, the high rato of epced now atiained by steamers, aud partlenlacly to thelr great length, whicn renders them ™ vory unwieldy, Thess causca secin Lo suirgest the neceasity of somothiug to act lke au air-brako on a ralirond truin, An offort tomeot this want Iately ap- peared In the form of a patented bLrake mfd nuxiliury rudder, Invented by Mr, John Ifutton, of this city, ‘Tho_invention conslats of a palr of ruddor- shapeid blades, ono vn ol slde near the bow— the blades bune at, or sllghtly forward of, the centre—something ke a balanced rudder, ‘the m? nud{_lmuum are attached to the apex of n palr of 2 -shapad frames, which clogo up agninst thio sldo of the vossel wlien hot in use, and open out ut right angles to it, so that when the frames are thrown ont la\' tha lever the Llade Wil open outwaids and downwards like a par- allel ruler, The edeo of the blude {s then on a Iluo with the direction of the vesecl, und offers 1o obstacle; but thora fa o tiller attackiod to the tap, which Is operated by an fndependent wheel on deck, oF en be attached by a cuteh to the regular steer- ing wheel, By this tiier tho Dlade can bo turned to any angle to act ns n ruduer or hrakes in the Intter’ cas the forward edge of both blades aro turned outwards till nearly at right angles with tha sine of the vesscl, in which position (un o targe vessel) they each offer o resisting surfuro of nbout sixty sauare fect, This will not bring her to s dead stop lmine: diutely, but it will check licr to—suy hulf speed In o very few acconds; for the quicker the water I8 acted on the more sold it s, 1n case the ofllcer n ehiargo conslders ft botter o head her off the lmPumuuK danger, ono blade 1s turned ut ananzle of alxty th scventy degroos forward and the other abiout the samo angle abaft the bieam, or aay both thoy and the ruddoer are turned **aport;*in this position the vessel ;llll ru in a clrecle, the unferance of which n fderably less than half that made when the rudder nlonw Is useid, "This will obvlate to some extent’ the necessity of yeversing whon under full headway, which {s alinost snre to stralu some of the machlnery, for the motion of the vessel through the water Invlines the serew to Keep on turning {n the same dircetion, and the screw Itselt—which acta Intho satne capacit as a fly wheel—have to be overcome bofore d can vommency to tarn In the oppustte directlon, If, thereforo, o vessol ean bo turned “in less thay half the |llntullfl| ruulred whon the rudder alone Is used,” Ita usslstance Lo a man-of-war will be of great wervico not only fn making evolutions, but will make her most formidable. n S ramming.” This nvention, it 1s clatmed, has still another advantage—that of acting in place of a centro board on e yacht, for which purposc it §s hung lower than “un a steaner, so that when open it drn!m about three fect below the keel, in which position It keeps her up Lo Lo wind, provents drifting, will asslst In turning more quickly when tacking, and will save the *weather rusdder, whichi Is such a drag on many vesaels, Tho whale utfulr 1 casily manipulated; the nlade being bung In—or almost at—the centre it 14 very easily tuened, und its welght—nbout half a to In u large steamer—is counterbalunced by a suring ineldg the hicel; the lever has there- fore Jittla more than feiction to overcome, An extra palr muy ulso be plaved on the vessel's uarter. ———— A Wife Who Vias a Mistress. Aew York World, Elizabeth Moore, wife of Austin D, Moore, to whotn a fortune of 15,000 was left by his father, ohtained 4 divoree from hier husband some two {:m ogo on the ground of adultery. The Jourt ulowtd the wife s handsome alhnony, hut after paying lier the money Austin inva bly ealled round il borrowed it agafu. Ho finally proposed that they should be remarrled, aud promized to giter his course of life. Sho consented, and they . had anotier Lrilllant wuldiug and went o asecoml wedding tour. A short timo since Mrs, Moore brourht unother suit for divorce, claiming that she was decelved Iu her second arrtaga that her hushand was not reforied but was us bad, if not worse, than hetore, Yesterday Judge Nellson upheld a demnrrer that us the Gist devreo contafued o probibition of the remarriace of the defendant llll;dh‘l'mml warriago of the partics was null sud Yol —— Lounversation u f.a Mode, Landan Fun, N }‘(In't Lady—Did you go to the Wagmer fes- vuls Sceond’ Lady—Yes, my dear, and I quite reatly miust confess 1 liked thém. ‘There s suwcthing »0 quite awfully tus amusingly jolly abaout thein Lo be mlssed. Flist Gentle Leen to the Grosveuort Seeowl Geontleman—=Yus., L't It quite aw- fully proper! Bome of the pictures are so qulte 1o teerbly aw fully fuod; “wnd thy restauraut | Imsiness s a aplendidly®awfuily fine idea of Big Coutts', It's the quitv too charinlugly jolllest’ place of the day for a lounge, First lady—Yes, the wholo Idea s so quite too comme il rant. Third Gentleman—Quits too awfnlly—weally —ah! What nawfully—wealig—quite too doos- 11y howwhi wiule thing that'ts they're playing ot the Cwitewlen now, isn’t it] First Lady—Quite too awfully naughty, * I've Reen it threo times. 1L quite too delightiully wicked, I shan’t allow my husband to see it. 8ocond Lady—Oh, 1 thought it gtiite shock- Inriy awfully siart, Boquite too really nbsurd,. Third Gentleman—1)o yon eco tlint qulte nearly all the rwuufl\-eu stick up in thelr win- dows now, * Aspawarfus Is cheap to-day," evewy day{ 1t's weally awfully quite tov nonsenateall ,n‘m[y. because 1t can't always bo cheap—he e Firat Lady—It mnkes it really quite too com. mon; aspanigus wilbaoon he as yalgar as broad heans, and then we shan't be able to ncludo It in the menn. It's too quite too shameful to make It so quite too vulgarly commonly cheap. Sccond Laity—My dear, It's quite so too quite awlully terrlbly fearfully quite too so quite shocklingly awful lo 60 quite tov mwuch as contemplate. * CURRENT GOSSIP, ’ JUNE-S0NG. Thirty daye of ilcaven, Rume-bound; Everything red-ripe. Arourd, . Crimson strawherries Full-grown; Searlet threails of clond Wind-blown, Cherries coming thick And fast, 1Is the Ume of leaves Tlen past? Happy maiden's cheek s Ablugh, Was't June that klssed it Fiel llush) Here {s 10y June-song. *Suppose Thad left unsung. June's ruse? Whal's one rose in June? Who knows? June's best niny be in Thal rose, Lueo M. W, STLEN'T MEN, sondon Corresponidence New York Times, Ex-Preeident Grant astonishes some of his En- ghinh friends by lila silence. Americans have gen- enally pleuty to pay for themsclvés. As amle they are ready aftee-dinner speakera. Two great exceutions may now be recorded in London's expe- rience of famous Americans, When Longfcllow visited London a dinnor was glven Lim at tho Langham Hotel, The poot having made aomo ob. section to ]I\l(llnllfll‘flllull. and it belng understood +hat he wonld like the compliment fntended to be (AN 10 hibw all the belter I thero were nospeeches, 1 was arranged that thie dinner shoold be wnilke he usual semi-public bauqiet, Inassiuch as there should be no addresscy and noll\run ug of toat Thero were many dintingulshed gucsis enl, They were cach in turn presented 1 Longfollow. -~ Then came the 1t “wns excelient, A bright _and pene eral conversation had lurun‘f up antrammeled by this man'a fear that hie would have to speak on his legs, nnd the other man's foar that he woulin't, But thoro was a well-known old gentlemau at the table for wliom thia scene of coutentmient had no attractio: Mr. 8, C. Hall, known better by the men ho has mct than on hin gwn acconnt. and alitl more widely known 8¢ tha hisdand of 3irs, 5. C, 1ull, duddenly roso in the b idet of this happy throng,’ and, thnnderiog on itg table, bogan fo apeak. Tle would not beputd: .u, Yes, he knew wnat the agrecument was;- bt v nlao know that at their board aat the most eloc tof Englishmen, and hio called. upon Mr, 4 Istono {o say a fow words In honor of the .Tust Amerfcan poet. 3Mr, Hall had done hin -*Jiess work well, 1le nat down amid o lowd ¢/ er, and xm:umly Mr. (Hladstone ruee to sHil louder plaudits,” The or himaclf was tahin aback, but he wan |;‘ul| to tho oceanion, aud he an s glorious tnbute of cloquent poutan to the poet. When Qladstona sat down, Lonpfellow stood up. Thane dera of cheers greeted the grand old man, bat the grand old man was very misemble. If they had iven him a pen and callod on him for s poem, he would have dono well enough, but asked for a speech, and withont natice, - Mr. Longfellow wwa nonpluesed. He openod hin month.. No o camo forth, A sccond tims ho casayed to speak, with a like resuit. At lastho rald: **Qentlemen, I thank you, and it was understood that thare wera to be no specchen,™ 1 lrn:li;,lllc {lat, in spite of hls Doctic rauticiiens and awinbillty, ar. Longfellow must cordlally hato the name of B. C. all.” Long- fullow could chat plenaantly and learnodly enongh away from tho formal rosiraluts of oratory: but ex-Fresidont Grant is what may bo cilled a “silent man il round. Now and then ho breaks ont Into an oasy veln of conversatfon. bat this s only sel- dom. ~Midiiat Paana himaelf innot wors reticent than Gen. Urant when ha pleasce. — CAPTURING SEA LIONS, New York Sun, Among the atrlvals from the Wost yosterdsy were siztien sen lions, undor the caro of Capt, Mullett, tho general trapping-agent of the Now York and Conoy Isiand Aqudriums, They wero all In exc ient conditlon, althongh nomewhat noiey, end, wiile boing tranahipped to the wagons which wore to couvey them from the Hudson River Rail- rond Irelght dopot to thelr different deatinations, they woro the observed of many observers, chiof; Toys. Tha sca lotis, smong shem s formalo ang hor young cub, *'a yuiy amaozin cus, * ocoupied cagos In & apeclal car wiilch loft. Ban Franclsca ton lays aco. = For the use of thiv ko proprictors of tho Aquarlum poy 81,000, cxclusive ot tho regulsr froight tariff, which s sovoral hnndred dollars, Two of tho wen lions are o bo forwarded to the Brighton Aquarium, England; two go to the Paris Accliuatization Soclety, two vo to Amsterdam, and two to the squarium at Berlln, The others, ine cluding tho cab and 1 dam, wiil be divided ba. tween the Now York Aquarium and that recently entablished at Conuy Tsland, Capt. Mullett enjoys the distinction of having mLmlultn-lcdmunn]:\nmnl avery son llon cx. hibited in tho world, 1o was cmployed by tho Aquarium Company to provide o cortain number of theso anlmain for their catabllshinent, aud with carto blanche as to oxponditires, ife weat to Callfornin, whors he solected from among tho mancheros fifleon of tho most expert lariat- throwers, whom he took to the Pacifc const of Lowur Californla, the expedition l(anlll{ from 8an Franciaco on the Jiat of March. Suvaraldays were spent in watching for Lha sca llons, the inen spond. ing their nights on the rocks, When a drove was alghted, their rondosvous was watched titl the anl- mials wore asleep, At daybroak tho hunters cropt olselessly to tha cilge.of the water, and a lon was aenocd, "Tho Ughtonthg of the cord around his neck awakonad tha Hou, and ho sprang forwaed farenouzh to cnublo another lariat-thrower t cast the loop of il 13840 ovur the auimal's fllnfnn Btill anathier man waa neoded 1o secure the lo tail, and in most casos the capture of tho boast re. Qulred the earneet efforts of ffteen men. While twoof the Moxicans wero placing a Jawo over the tall of n verv tlerco malo llon ho xavo it o ferk, and one of the men, named Lopoz, was butled over the embankient to the rocka bolow, and was killed, The other mon refused to fn ucar the gea fion, and the Captain was compelled to attempt lussolng the tall htmeelf, While doing this the sea Hon turned and hit the Cantain on tiio ahoulder, crushing the bono. When 8 Hon wiua securely bound, ha was lirted fnlo a cagge, which was lxlncm £ the walar, This tn turn, was towed to the vessol in waitln and taken sbourd, When the requisite numbier of Ttous had been captured the ship sulled to Ban Fran- clsco, and tho snlmats were transferred $o nine special cars, g QuIrs, A colored Postmasier is now called & black. mailer, Why la the letter **s'" liko 8 lamb? Tecanse It 18 the beginning of **eheep. Texas wheat {4 a0 high that grasshoppers havo to walk on stilts. Tho following is a truo copy of a tetter recoived by a villago school-master: **Sur, a5 you aro a man of nolege, Iintend tointer my won in your akult," King Mausolus, of Carla, had the moast costly tomb In the wotld, but & poor woman out hero in lows, who lives on public charity, has s tumor, (This is comparatively Lad, l—lehw. The Tost 0'{Worth, —Artlst—*¢'What do you do in this tancly place, Donald, when lu{) nn?‘l ick onal tie doctor Js Len wiles oty ' Oh, hust give hor a dram.® Artist—*+ But sup' posing that has no efleety” Douald—** Wo shust kio her nnother dram," " Artist—'*Yes; but sup- posing that does not do!” Donald—*'Ob, wi whust gle hor anvther dram, and if that does nne cur her ehe's no worth cuning." — Panch, o came back to ble motlor, louking very fors lorn, with 8 LIg red wwelling under Lis left eyo, nd four or five Laudfuls uf torg shirt boillug uver s breeches baud. "\VIII‘ where oo parth have you boea?* she uskod, **3fy and Jounoy's boon 1»)nym' e plaved ho was o plrate, aud Tlnnd wae s Duko. Vhon he put oh airs, aud I ol mad, uld—" ©+Xeg, yoo!™ intersupted Ble wofher, ek eyes flashing, *‘and you didn'y dinch?” ‘iNo, uiother; but the pirate llcked, " **Doctor,** sald au old lady the other day to her tamily physlcisn, **kin you tell e how 16 1o that some people is boru dumb' ** Why—h ce~ tainly, wiadawm, " replled tho i s “owlg 10 the fact they cums’ futo; the warld withuut the power of speech,” “La met! remarked the oid lady; 2 now ,!ull sco what it Is to have a physic cdica- on. I'voasxed my ol man atore nora hundred tluice that ar saiae” thiug, sud ali that § could ¢ver gt ous of bim was, * Kasu they fu' " Atadiuner, and between the sherry and chame pastes e whicl peowod tho sutaut Lirible uf Aha i)y bad been uufoctunatly permitted to Huges, doctor; —the host had gone to praiming his own wine in s fashion which was certainly an evidenca of ils great intoxicating qualitics. **That sherry, alr, cart mo $00 & dozon. 1 boaght it at the auction of the Emper Napoleon's winor, ani imported It my- aclf,™ --wn{ papal" interrupted the enhnl" “ithat wan all gone long so, and mamma Alle the bottles up from the California key, Bhe enld that you naver had any friends who could tell the aifference, ' —_— UNDER A LION'S PAW. Detroit Fres Press. Yesterday morning the Saperintendent of the menagerie conneeted with Rarnum's show enyaged Qeorge Marvin, 15 yeara of age, to do some er- rands and odd fobs about the establishmont, Mar- ¥in Is & bright-looking, muacalar youth, who #nys that his home has always been In Willlamsburg. N. Y., but that both of bia parents being dend, nd havingno relatives, ho teft Willlamabueg abont & month ago, alnce which thme he has tramped 1t and atolen rides on railiyny cars, until reaching Detrolt ho raw Harnum's clrcus advertised, and cdnclnded to wait for ita coming. On tho arrival of the show he got an engaga- ment, and nflunh{ aftornoon, in a lelanre mo- ment, he stood watchine the keepers as they fad the snimals, The monkeys, hycan, girafle, and tigera ha been cared for, and the threo larye llona which occuny one cage were eating their - tlona when the knqor steppod away & few feet to get some watar, leaving the caga door open, and young Marvin standing near tho door. The boy's coriosily overpowered his cantion, and he climbed ta the threahold, Instantly one of the ltons aprang at him, pntting one of his masalve paws flat ipon the boy's farc, and, closlng nis cisws, drew him forward into the cage. In doing 80, the beast tare tho boy's left cheek, from the corner of his month nearly to his ear, wide opcn. Tion he cuffod him with his crucl claws npon the right alde 81 the chtn, tearing oven the flesh in a frightful manner. Al this time (lie boy struggled and cried for help, At the ngnnnnc- of the keeper the linn rolled the boy upon his stomach, and .« with one paw upon his « back held nim thers Dhelpless, ~ all (h time ahow- o his Leethand rearing at the keeper, who hesl- tated abont entering tho van, It was only for an Instant, howerer, for, armed witha large revoly- crand a whip, the keaper Jumped into the cage, and, striking the beast over the nose, caused hlm to rolreat, releasing the boy. Young Marvin was nol Tong in getling out of thia cage, and immediate- 1y on hia esgape falnted entiroly sway and purely from fright. ‘The keeper followed him, and, clos 1ng the cage, lefl Lhe lion ta growl out his dissatl factiun at being thwartod, Besides the bad wonndson the boy's face, his right shoulder was frightfully lacerated, five or aix alight wounds wercon hin right arm, winle five large Incisions, regulatly placed an the loft side of the boy's back, plainly “marked the slze of the lion's paw as he held his victim, —— MACMAITION AND 1118 BARBER. **11 n'y a pas de grand hommo pour eon valet do Ure.” The charming writer whose sarles of entitled '* Round About France' has been appearing in the London Dally News, takes this #aying of Talleyrand's as a motto for an imaginary conversation between tho President of the Frenche Republte and his barher: **Sa tho people arc rmmbling, Monsletr le Marcchal. Woll, well, they are a dincontented ot, who nover know what'n good for them, Al the same If I had the honor of overniag them (here a wontle dab In tho mouth with the shaving-brush to prevent the hero from answering), If 1 governcd them I shonld Oinga Bonaparie at their heads,and havo dono with It. My impreasion 18 that this would silence them {dab), though nothing else will nnless you give ‘em & Repnblic in_enrnest, which I8 of courso out of the queation, (Dab.) Steady, pleass, Monaleur le Marectial, or wa shall anick oue chin. GD.II‘( to the perlumsr's yelleruA‘y to buy thissoap, [ told ‘om tho Iaat cako didn't {ather as [t ought, but they auawered that politica wore the canes of it, for trade was going to the doga. That's the old story, and thore wan a barber in the shap who safd that'§if Monslcnr le Marochal would have himself pro- clalmod Emperor wo shoutd all dance In a ring, ond be hap) A but I Jaughed, —(dab, dab), —and replied that g onaleur wasn't mada of the wood out of which they cut monarchs. (Dah.) Lor' biess ou, Aiid I, the Marshal wanta to dio comfortably T bod In his manaion of tho Ttne Uellochame, In- ntead of perinhiug of ennul asan exile among the foga of the Thames; and I flatior myself Iapoke wiscly, oh, Monsieur!™ chi ¢ WILL TAKE IT.” Mayfalr han & most exccllent story abont the managor of an aquarinm. Hiswife Induced him to gn to charch, where ho feel aslcep. The minlster was reading tho firat lcason of tho day, whigh hap- pencd tobo the fest chapier of tho Book of Ezo- kicl. As he procesded In the descripfion-of the wonderful beast which the Ymphc( saw in the land of the Chaldcans, by tho Iiver Chebar, the aqua- riuin manager moved uncaslly In his seat. ** Kvary ono had four faces, an every one had fotir wings, " Tho aqoarium manager rubbed his eycs, and the preachor went on: **And they had the handa of a man under their wings on their four eldes, ond they four had thair faces and lllelr_vlmfiu.“ ‘The aquariam manager was now wido awake, **As for the likenasn of their faces. they four had the faco of a man and the face of a ilon on tho right side, and lna‘v four hnd ths face of an ox on the o, 'They four aleo had the face of an engl ‘The aquariom manager was now standing up, hin wife “ealnly pulling at his coat.laila, " Namo your own price,” he cried; ** I will take tha thing.* AN UNFAITUFUL WITE, New York paver, Unlon Lill {s.excltod over s slngular scandal, A coupla of¥ays ago a woman told her husband that she was going to Williamshurg to visit somo rela- tives, and would be gone for thrce days. After threo hones! abaence sho returned snd found her husband in Yer bed-room with tho wifo of & nelghe bor, IHaving armed hersel?, in anticipation of the denouemont, with & horsewhip, abo broke In_and plied it frecly on the uncavered body of tha stranie woman. 'The victim smarted under tho lash, and finally, to cacapo fram the infuriated wile, leaped from tho windaw in an almost nade atate o an ad- Jolning shed, and escaped to her home, Thers, it is sald, her husband, having becn made acquainted with her dereliction, ronewed the thrashing with the whip, which ha had borrowed from tho Arste mentloned woman, A BLIESFUL TIG. The Henry County (Ma.) Democral relates that **A citiron of Bedalla Ing along N, H, Gent- ry's farm saw & negro buslly enggged in swinging a huge fan over the prostrato form of a row, The sow was named tho Duchess, afine blooded ani- mal purchased by Mr. Guentry with two othors, the three conting him the sum of 81,800, Sho has alx 1gs, and & nogro man {a_constant} wnchlmi nt 5.. mothor may not lle down on tho little follows and kil thom, * The sow woighs botween 000 snd ‘700 ponnds, ‘and durlng the warim weather must recelve the undivided attentlon of a walter, whose uties ars ta sprinkio water an hor and fan hor, ‘This will not amaze tho reador when he conslders u;nol&m“ valuo of tho sow aud her plgs isover ,000. ————— COME TO ME, DARLING, Come to me, datling, and brichten my pathway! My hoad on thy breast I would plllow once moro; Thy teats on my cheek, ko dewdropa from Hoaven Will cass ttle dul hoartache ax lu days of yore, Bwect way tho love.droam so fonaly I cherinhed In thoae b)lasful days that uo moré wiil return, hen o thine embrace, so loving and lrndnr. Was taught me the lesson I canuot unlesrn. Coma to me, dariing! I list far thy footateps. ‘That low, plaintive volce will I hear nevermore? Must | novor feol thy hand's gentlg pressure Tull desth ahall unite us on that othor shore? Dark aro (ho shadows that linger aroand me— ‘The pages of Mom'ry through tears I pcruse; O cruol Futo! thou arf so unrelentlngg In vain are petitions when thou dost refuse, Como to me, darling} O hast thou forgoticn ‘That sl othor fricnds were deserted for thee? Blindly and madly though I loved another, {hut earest treasure | gave 1o be free. Inall of 11fe's Juys thou azt my companion; My first wok "f thoughts shall forover be thine} And, although Heaven and Angele forsaake thee, My foudest affectious around thee shall twina, Came to me. darling! I'm weary with walting, Au thio long, dreary days pans slowly away; Lifo 18 boreft of all hope for the futuro— The dark clouds of sorrow make night of mid. M Wl not triie ropentan God, fn k18 igduito mercy, will pardon, And teach us submlssion to His will at Ia UN; J —— INSPIRED, Tdwall in tha years that are vaulshe: Or in tho d'h; ayes to ba; % ‘Thea present, wilh all ite cujoyments, s nuthing, is nothing to me. A sort of a gloomy enchantinent Envelops the yéars that aro pasts The future, though wrapped ta ubfivion, A mystical shadow forecasts. Tatand, and alons, on the bound'ry ‘Fhat parteth the weind from (he real; 1 dreana, and to mortale impars | What {ho angels to me do roveal 1dream, and ;uy soul, sosring onward 1u a dream, will forget to veturn; And [ bope, in that glorfous bereafter, The sccrats of [Hoavea to learn. Muocanas Poiwr, Wi A. Osnonys, ————— - JUNE, June roses overhuad, Juuo rosca blusking red; Violuts with purplo hicads Nestling In l&:lr momy bedu; Tall lilies bendlng bow Where the brook doih gently flow; 1l 1 'y bring; Lovely birds of colors raa : Flotter io the mornlng: 1i1lls clothed 1u satin sheen; Trees huug with fullage gree: Drowsy perfumcs iu the sl Mellow suuiius everywhera, 4 Copixtaa M, Wiirsno, - RADWAY'S READY RELIE Qures the Worst Pains in From One to Twenty Minues. NOT ONE HOUR Aftor Beading this Advertissment Nedd Any Ono Suffer with Pain. . RADWAY’S READY RELIEF Cre for Bvery Pains It was the First andis tho Only Pain Remedy ‘That {nstantly stops the most excruciating Psaina, allars nflamniationg, and cures congestions wheiher of the, Lungs, Ktomach, Llowels, OF other glands or organs, by one appilcation, . IN FROM OXE T0 TWENTY MIRUTES, 1t 1At 0, th No matter how Tiote aifter, neumatic, Red-Ttidden, tngrm, TeeHEgIcs of provirated wiih Alssase may Afford Instant Ease. Inflammation of the Kidueys, Inflamma tion of tho Bladdor, Inflammation of the Bowels, Mumps, Congestion of the Tungs, Boro 'Throat, Diflcult Breathing, Palpltatlon of the Hoart, Hyatorlos, Croup, Diphtheria, Catarrh, Influonea, Headache, Toothache, Nouralgis, BRhoumatism, Oold Ohills, Aguo Chills; Ohiliblains, and ¥roat Bites, . , the Ready Reltef to the part i fity T el shaason ity drops fn halt mtumbler of water will, i PR L B Ry g AR ‘lenn\mrr, B 55 Headscho, Disrrlioea, Dyrentery, waer‘:“:gn'g"x" ACarry XDWAT'S DrSran sCitks of paln Troi CheneeF s L e 3 A r than French Brandy wnl!rn:n B stimuolant. FEVER, and AGUE. d Ague eul for fift 9. rerie h'fi;‘nufi'- frae-Ha sl e oveE aod syue, and ali of nfi"l arious, I“lflul! scariet, typhold, J Ok Ry liendy sicied. ¥iet i fl:uu.' oo ATy Drugeias oy Hellet. Fifty con per arLe i e B or Enll com{ort. S DR. RADWAY’S REGULATING PILLS, Perfactly atcloas, clegantly coated with sweet gar iiae s;‘um}:ue{m nd Siremthen: Siade '8y's PlI(s, for the cufe of all disorders uf tho Stome ver Jiowels, Kidneye, Windder, Nervous casse, fleadache, Constipation, Cost| Dyspopata, ' Billousness, owels, tion, " Dyapo matlon of 1! lscors. ted to sifect 8 posltlve ihio Internal nfs, Warmof cure, Futcly vegetable, containtng no mereury, mioe eral, or delaterious drugs. il baarsa tho follawing symptoms resultdog from Dlsorders of the igestivn Grizoe; Conatination, Inward Plies, Fullueas of the Dinod in e cldity of t Stofnach. Nentes, loartburn, slagust of Food, Fullness of Welght in (ho fin ur Eraptions Blokioe o FlutterinsIn o ac 1tof tha the llead, lurried lna D‘Il!f-llli o }icart, Clioking of bullo- 10 iture, Dimness of hty Faversnd Dull . Dofclancy of Versplration. ¥ellow- BKIR and Eyes, Patns in the side, Chest, imba, and Sudden Fluaties of lieat, luraing ia 1hd A fow dones of RADWAY'R TILLS will free the sys- tem from il of the abave named’ disordars. I'rice, 25 cenlaper oz, Buld by Druggista, 2 RADVAY' ROADY RILIEE . Ovarian Tumor 0f Ten Years' Growth Oured by DR, RADWAT'S REMEDIES: I have kad an Ovarian Tamor inthe Ovarlce and Nowels for Tea Years. 1573.~ D, 1L, oy R AR 0 had sn Gy, 6 s1i0 Ovaricu sod Dow- tried the bext physlclans of 1hig & was growlng as suct hare “lived mu 7 ‘et try Tiaiway's leined nob nuch falsls {2 thein, Lus Anally, alter mar beratlon, I tricd therm. nurchisac alx bottica ot the Resolvent, (wa boses of the Pille, and two boxos of the Jellef.' I uiod these without hay spoareit benodt. { defcrmined to perses ve jsed Cwelya mora boitles of the Hemlvent, v of thio Mlelief, and two boxes o o Pills, Bufore wera guna § had lost twenty-ave pounds, continued to use the medicloa unill 1'was pure & Twibealirely cured. | ook the inedicine. bost By and durlug that thme lost foriy-ave puands threa dusen botlica of the ficsolvents Vix borcs 4 porfecily woll, Aud Y Loart fa ul of gratitude, to uaf-':'um;n’upxnm‘fldnepfnmd Fo o aire| a1 7our wondorfal medlcine: 1 foel aeeply thae Bud iny prayer ts that It may Lo a8 inuch of & biuadng, st " MIS. %, C. BIDDINA. ficate, 1o the. rson for whom l:‘\]uel(u you to seod modl ILI' 'he modiciacs Above stated wers boughh of e with Sho exceptica'ol what whasedt to hor Gl B el lns S v "Dragglat and Chemiat, Aon'Arior, Mick. Thls may certify Luat des, lbbine, who makes the l\)filflul ficate, 1 nd has Leen for ) ,‘";y well nown Iacts lhnfln lum re undouble b Coilovs her sieemiont s Y10 Kaowa s gued) * BENJ. B. COCKER, * “’ TAITY COCK )] DR. RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvent, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, | For the Coge of all Chronle Diseases, Bcrofuls oy - ) Bpphilitic, Mereditary or Comtsglous, be it seated 12 the Lungs or Stomach, Skinor * Boues, Fleak or Nerves, Corruptiug the Bolids 4 Vitlatlsg the Il pEiais et s gt sl mg‘hfn *llw ng of the Lun h‘_ P Water i e T S et Hestra ity [ m‘-";:nu. oat, Dropiy exct, gait fhetim, brone i comites” Sy 1 O PSS Broayisis DR. RADWAY & €0, 32 Wamensl, N. ¥ Itead ¢ False and True.” 4 . AY & €O, No. 31 Send oae Jetter: u’-fp&wuw u‘{vmn e . Wairen-aby N i T

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