KmpUMttttjJ  Kttil  p»rWttc«D 
Bund  Tom  Is  making  a  tour  of  the  Pacinc  States. 
A  Lono  Branch  hotel  has  twelve  acres  of  flow¬ 
ers. 
A  Kentuckian  married  the  divorced  wife  of  his 
son. 
Lawrence  Bakkett’s  real  name  is  Larry  Bran- 
tilgan.  I 
WinuAM  Shakespeare  Is  laying  water-pipe  In  j 
Boston. 
Yale  College  has  made  Gen.  Sherman  a  Doctor 
of  Laws. 
Most  lecturers  have  stopped  talking  and  gone 
to  fishing. 
Dou  Pedro  planted  a  small  tree  near  Washing¬ 
ton’s  tomb. 
The  Mikado  of  .Japan  has  had  a  gorgeous  car¬ 
riage  built  in  London. 
Ue  was  twenty-one  years  old,  she  slxty-one,  and 
they  were  married  in  Concord. 
JODN  B.  Gocan  will  Blunder  ISO  times  on  the 
platform  next  winter,  at  $'ioo  a  Blunder. 
The  Rev.  Dr.  CujTer  says  that  the  pulpit  la  more 
Influential  In  this  country  than  In  any  other. 
Paradoxicai.— Kleven  young  ladles  have  Just 
bean  made  Bachelors  of  Art  at  Elmira,  New  York. 
Mrs.  Wooduull  gives  a  practical  Illustration  of 
reform.  She  has  suspended  the  publication  of  her 
paper. 
Ex-Senator  Schurz  and  his  family  are  located 
In  Montgomciy  County,  near  Philadelphia,  for  the 
summer. 
Whether  you  work  for  fame,  for  love,  for  money, 
or  for  anything  else,  work  with  your  hands,  heart 
and  brain. 
Two  tliousand  two  hundred  dollars  per  season  is 
what  Chicago  Is  willing  to  pay  for  a  prime  hase- 
hall  pitcher. 
The  Spanish  Republican  orator,  EmllUo  Cas- 
toior.  Is  expected  to  visit  the  Centennial  Exhibi¬ 
tion  tbls  summer. 
The  u  year  for  the  poet  laureate  of  England 
Is  reality,  but  the  “pipe  of  slierry  ”  was  done  away 
with  in  Southey’s  time. 
Two  girls  were  carrying  between  them  a  pall  of 
milk,  in  CarsvUle,  Va.,  when  a  stroke  of  lightning 
killed  one  and  stunned  the  other. 
Andrew  Johnson,  Jr.,  only  living  son  of  the  late 
ex-Presldent  Johnson,  an  editor  of  the  GroeuvlUe 
(Tennesee)  Intelligencer,  Is  In  focble  healtli. 
cou  D.  R.  Anthony,  the  Leavenworth  editor 
who  was  nearly  shot  to  death  last  year,  Is  making 
a  tour  of  the  Jfocky  Mountains  with  his  wife. 
One  of  -^^hdul  Aziz's  $60,ooo  wives  is  looking 
around  Constantinople  in  search  of  a  home  with  a 
quiet  family  where  plain  sewing  will  pay  her 
board. 
Emperor  William  received  41,371  presents  from 
bis  subjects  last  year.  They  Included  books, 
charts,  works  of  axt,  table  delicacies  and  other 
things. 
Cherries  are  rljie  enough  now  to  tempt  the 
robins,  and  tho  robins  are  ripe  enough  to  tempt 
the  cats,  and  there's  a  lively  lime  In  gardens  all 
the  while. 
Miss  Johnson  ls  a  Georgia  singer  whose  voice 
“  falls  upon  her  hearers  like  silver  siiruy  upon  a 
sea  of  molten  gold  dotted  with  floating  diamonds 
and  precious  pearls.’’ 
A  Pui  isuNOKH  bocarao  so  enamored  of  Mrs. 
Scott  Slddons  durlhg  her  stay  Ui  New  south  Wales 
that  he  offered  purchase  her  of  her  husband  for 
six  bunches  Of  buuunas. 
Tai^iaok  advances  the  Idea  that  a  watering 
place  Is  not  the  spot  whore  one  would  be  apt  to 
expertonce  religion,  although  there  is  no  place 
where  It  Is  needed  more. 
A  Western  paper  coarsely  calls  the  Chinese 
immigration  a  beat.  Regarding  lum  as  a  vegeta¬ 
ble,  we  Should  prefer  to  sjjeak  of  him  as  a  queue- 
comer.— -VonclcA  BuUetln, 
Capt.  Cook,  of  the  Yale  ertrw,  says  the  rowing 
of  hjs  men  has  been  seriously  Interrupted  by  col¬ 
lege  exerelsca.  Protessonj  will  please  see  that 
this  does  not  occur  again. 
Edwin  Adams  has  It  on  hl.s  mind  to  bring  home 
at  least  iwenty-flve  Jiusti-iAUau  dogs  with  him. 
He  concludes  that  tlie  midnight  hark  of  the  .Amer¬ 
ican  cur  lacks  Shaksperlivu  softness. 
A  lAJviNG  British  wife’s  iwstscrlpt  to  a  letter  ad¬ 
dressed  to  her  husband  in  New  York :  “  Dear  Wil¬ 
liam,  I  have  perused  the  police  reports  and  morgue 
returns  every  day,  hoping  to  see  your  name.” 
Sunstrokes  are  not  causod  by  the  heat  of  the 
sun.  Is  the  latest  decision  of  high  medical  author¬ 
ity.  They  say  that  a  pei’son  can  have  one  while 
silling  on  the  veranda  with  his  feet  In  the  air. 
The  RuHand  (Vermont)  Globe  objects  to  having 
Deacon  Jacob  Estey,  of  Krattleboro,  lor  the  Ke- 
publlcan  candidate  for  Governor,  because  he 
wltes  “ God’s  blessing with  a  small  *'  g”  and  a 
capital  “  B.” 
A  MAN  never  really  understands  the  doctrine  of 
total  depravity  till  he  has  worn  a  pair  of  white 
pantaloons  to  a  picnic  and  sat  down  on  a  plate  of 
custard  pie.  An  event  of  this  kind  will  simplify  a 
whole  system  of  theology, 
“In  Eastern  lands,"  when  the  government 
wants  to  get  rid  of  a  troublesome  subject,  he  is 
Invited  to  dine  with  the  chief  local  olficial,  and 
word  Is  sent  to  his  family  that'*  hls^Unuer  did  not 
agree  xvith  him,"  after  which  he  passes  Into  his¬ 
tory. 
There  la  too  much  of  this  centennial  reading. 
When  the  fact  is  disclosed  that  George  Washing¬ 
ton  had  a  sweet  fight  with  a  political  opponent 
and  was  knocked  down  by  him  Just  as  a  tximmon 
man  might  have  been,  it  Is  time  to  stop  searching 
through  the  records.— LoiasvUUs  Courier  Journal. 
PERSONAL  ITEMS 
$1,000  Challenge  $1,000 
Edwin  Booth  will  make  Chicago  his  home. 
Say,  “  I  wUl,”  and  some  day  you  will  conquer.  . 
Henri  Rourkfort  has  dropsy  and  heart  disease. 
M  A  rx  Twain  is  out  in  favor  of  a  land  of  plenty 
and  plenty  of  land. 
O’Donovan-Rossa  has  collected  over  $10,000  for 
the  “  skirmishing  fund." 
moke  costly  than  a  rare  va.se— a  base-ball 
pitcher  at  ta.ooo  per  year. 
Mr.  Sankkv,  the  singer,  Is  a  guest  of  Gen.  Clin¬ 
ton  B.  KIsk,  at  Seabrlght. 
CutCAOo  pickpockets  “  work  ’’  funerals,  and  make 
a  dead  sure  thing  of  plunder. 
The  French  Amateur  Society  of  San  Francisco 
have  given  Fechter  a  heueflt. 
Taxidermy  tor  parents— It  you  want  to  preserve 
your  children  do  not  stuff  them. 
“  No  matter  what  you  do  all  the  week,  if  you  go 
to  church  Sunday,”  is  a  bad  motto. 
About  the  greediest  thing  known  Is  a  fowl  eat^ 
Ing  corn ;  It  takes  a  peek  every  time. 
That  new  London  drink,  “stout  and  bitter,” Is 
now  called  “  mothcr-lu-lavv  ”  forjjhort. 
It  Is  rumored  that  Miss  Bennett,  sister  of  J.  G. 
Bennclt  of  the  Herald,  Is  about  to  become  a  nun. 
The  Empress  of  Germany  thinks  that  women 
should  have  more  to  do  with  politics  than  they 
have. 
Miss  Abbott,  the  Boston  singer,  importuned  the 
Dope  to  bless  her  voice,  and  he  !nst<ead  advised 
her  to  pray. 
JosKi'u  ARCH,  tlie  British  reformer,  ho-s  been 
elected  I’resUlent  of  the  Agricultural  Laborers’ 
Association  of  England. 
OF  the  Americans  on  the  staff  of  the  commander 
of  tho  Egyptian  expedition  Into  Abyssinia,  three 
were  killed  ami  eight  wounded. 
INSUKANCE  companies  In  several  cities  sent  out 
postal  cards  upon  which  advice  as  to  preventing 
fires  on  the  Fourth  was  printed. 
Robert  Buchanan,  the  poet,  has  received  a  ver¬ 
dict  of  150  damag(<«  against  the  Loudon  Engineer, 
for  alleged  libels  contained  In  revisions. 
Ex-Skcuktarv  Bristow  will  not  go  to  Europe, 
as  has  been  rciiorD'd,  bui  will  spend  the  summer 
at  some  Eastern  resort,  with  his  family. 
Cait.  Mackenzie  and  Mr.  AJberonl,  the  two 
leading  chess-players  of  New  York,  will  play  a 
blindfolded  matuh  for  the  championship. 
Murad  v.  of  Turkey  Is  described  as  good  looking 
pasty-faced,  tlilriy-six  yeans  of  ago,  with  a  fat 
nose,  a  small  moustmme  and  a  tendency  to  plump¬ 
ness. 
A  SON  of  old  John  Brown  lives  on  Jay  Cooke’s 
Island  of  Glbralter,  In  Lake  Erte.  His  hair  Is  the 
style  and  color  of  that  seen  In  the  piUntlngsof  the 
Saviour. 
A  COUSIN  of  Commodore  Vanderbilt  ts  an  editor 
In  Rochester.  Tho  C’oramodore  has  offered  Mm  a 
place  as  brakeman,  but  he  wants  tube  aboggage- 
luaslor. 
Tuk  will  of  Win.  B.  Astor  has  been  proved  in 
England,  where  the  personal  estate  Is  .£400, ooo, 
which  appears  to  have  been  invested  In  British 
consols. 
A  fasuionablb  but  llllt/erate  lady,  who  was  trav¬ 
eling  on  the  continent,  in  writing  to  a  friend,  said 
that  she  had  just  soon  the  “  museum  of  Iniquities" 
In  Genoa. 
Old  Gen.  Taylor  couldn’t  speak  but  one  Spanish 
word,  and  that  was  vamo$.  He  u.sod  to  make  fre¬ 
quent  use  of  It,  and  the  Mexicans  used  to  fre- 
iiuently  miuas. 
Bayard  Taylor  Is  writing  editorials  for  tho 
Tribune,  ills  lecture  subjects  this  winter  'will  be 
“ScMller”  and  “Ancient  Egypt.  He  will  make 
one  Wcslcrn  trip. 
A  Camden  man  lugged  a  hutcher-knlfe  around 
for  two  hours,  offering  to  kill  anyone  who  said  ho 
wasn’t  Moses,  of  Biblical  fame.  Every  one  said  he 
looked  Just  like  Moses. 
“  -Mary,"  said  a  mother  to  her  Utile  girl,  “  If  I 
was  a  Utile  girl  like  you,  l  should  pick  up  all  those 
chips."  “  WoU,  mamma,”  answered  Mary,  “  ain’t 
you  glad  you  are  not  a  Utile  girl  ?" 
Rural  hospitality  In  spaln  Is  highly  spoken  of, 
A  stranger  can't  take  lodgings  at  any  country  inn, 
they  say,  without  a  certainty  of  bfUng  Immediately 
waited  upon  by  any  number  of  big  bugs. 
“  Isn’t  that  a  beanUful  piece  of  music  ?”  said  one 
of  Mrs-  dogger's  female  boardei-s,  as  she  turned 
from  the  piano.  I  like  It  very  much,”  replied 
Jones;  “  particularly  those  long  rests  that  occur 
through  It.” 
Miss  Emma  Cameron,  a  beautiful  young  lady  of 
twenty  sumiuers,  wlU  keep  house  for  her  father, 
Secretary  of  War  Cameron,  who  has  taken  the 
house  In  Washington  lately  occupied  by  Attorney- 
General  I’lerrepout. 
Thb  cavalry  branch  of  the  anny  of  Greece  num¬ 
bers  eleven  men,  nine  horses,  one  old  omnibus 
from  New  York,  and  a  buck-board  for  tho  Colonel. 
The  horses  are  now  being  shod,  and  the  cavalry 
placed  on  a  war  rooting. 
The  Rev.  Dr.  .\rmltage,  of  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Baptist  Church  in  New  York,  prophesied  that  in 
IDTC  men  will  be  more  used  to  sitting  by  the  side  of 
women  In  nominating  assembUes  than  they  now 
are  to  sitting  by  the  aide  of  negroes  In  congress. 
Dom  Pedro  saw  a  saw  saw  at  the  Centennial, 
the  other  day,  and  probably  realized  that  he  never 
saw  a  saw  saw  as  that  saiv  sawed  in  all  his  see¬ 
saw  existence.  It  was  a  clroular  saw,  and,  so  far 
as  he  saw,  “sawed”  round  even  faster  than  he 
could  see  himself. 
Wlibnv'*  Direct  DraJt  Mower  Is  the  lighteRt 
draft  Mower  ia  tho  world.  Will  c«t  more  grass  than 
AD  r  lido  draft  Mu  war.  Ijeaves  grass  lo  hetter  pusl- 
tlon  10  core.  JCnaMe*  tho  farmer  to  loalce  a  hett«r 
qoalUy  of  hay— 1»  the  eoooomical  Mower  the 
faruior  can  use.  TDe  Korefca  shows  a  new  <I«]>arture 
— aaew  principle,  it  shears  many  polate  of  snperl- 
<^lty  over  slde-cttt  maohioM.  We  challenge  aide-cut 
tnaonlnc  manufacturers  lo  mow  30  acres  with  us.  In 
Cl  impetHlon,  on  the  nhor«  tiolPts.  for  tl.OWl. 
TOVVANDA  HCKKKA  MOWKR  CO.,  Towanda,  Pa. 
SohencirfB  Station,  Pa.,  June  29, 1376, 
Of  our  own  Raising.  Our  Motto  Is 
Prices  witli  Quality. 
Fanners  can  obtain  supplies  by  Mall  direct,  post¬ 
paid.  at  small  charge.  Send  Postal  Card  for  List  of 
Prices. 
DAVID  LANDRETH  &  SONS, 
Phlladelplila,  Pa. 
Spring  Avenue  Gardens. 
WINTER-BLOOMING  PLANTS 
A  SPECIALTY. 
Carnations,  Smllax,  Neapolitan  Violets,  Bouvar- 
dlas,  Chinese  Atalcas.  Lily  of  the  Valley.  All  the 
new  and  most  desirable  Geraniums  and  similar 
plants.  Also,  a  great  variety  of  the  common  and 
fancy  Hardy  Evergreen  Trees,  as  low  as  they  can 
be  purchased  of  any  trustworthy  dealer. 
Address  H.  W.  IIAI.K!4, 
Ridgewood,  Bergen  Co.,  N.  J. 
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