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Col.  J.  H.  TIion  of  Wlnnshorougrh,  3.  C.,  has  In  | 
111*  possession  the  diploma  of  John  C.  Calhoun  as  | 
LL.  !>.,  Issued  by  Yulo  College,  Sept,  lo,  1822,  | 
signed  by  Jeremiah  Day,  President  and  Elisha  i 
Goodrich,  Secretary.  i 
Captain  Hads,  the  Jetty  engineer,  has  terrified 
the  Now  Orleans  ooniractorg.  His  new  channel 
for  the  MLsslHRlppl  is  a  suecess,  and  their  dredges 
will  soon  be  left  several  allies  out  in  the  country 
by  the  changing  stJeam. 
PKOi’LK  who  go  to  sleep  on  housetops  this  warm 
weather,  would  greatly  oblige  If  they  would  roll 
off  before  midnight,  as  the  jicrformance  at  a  later 
hour  renders  It  almost  Impossible  for  the  report¬ 
ers  of  the  morning  papers  to  gather  reliable  de¬ 
tails. 
HAYS  the  New  York  Mall,  “  The  heaviest  of  the 
heavy  Boston  swells  at  Swampscott  wearcth  a 
white  linen  suit  and  white  straw  hat,  which  hath 
a  blue  rlbbou  band.  Ho  looketh  at  the  wave 
through  one  eyeglass  and  remarketh,  ‘  Boofull,  by 
Jove!’" 
Evkrv  person  In  Prance  consumes  on  an  aver¬ 
age  dally  five  luclfer  matches,  so  that  4,6<Xi,000,000 
matches  are  consumed  monthly  by  the  entire 
population.  It  would  be  curious  to  know  how 
many  this  nation  of  smokers  consumes  In  the 
same  period. 
No  one  has  a  right  to  charge  Americans  with 
being  liuy.  Some  one  advertises  In  a  St.  Louis 
paper  that  he  will  labor  at  any  work  for  a  dollar 
per  day,  wall  sU  montlis  for  pay,  and  then  collect 
the  money  so  gently  that  no  hard  feelings  will  be 
engendered. 
Now  Is  the  time  for  lovers  to  get  spooney  over 
IctMjrcam.  she  uklng  a  few  pretty  dabs  at  his 
vaulIlA  aud  he  borrowing  a  taste  of  her  chocolate. 
This  prociisa  Inspires  conJidence  In  the  day  when 
they  will  be  throwing  corn  beef  and  cabbage 
across  tbe  table. 
A  PEW  weeks  since  a  Chicago  drummer  saw  a 
young  lady  plowing  a  Hold  in  Macoupin,  III,  He 
stopped  to  ask,  ••  When  do  you  begin  cradling?” 
“  Not  iiuUl  the  beads  are  better  filled  than  yours,” 
w;i8  the  sententious  reply.  The  young  mau  pass¬ 
ed  musingly  on. 
Mias  Anna  Dickinson  has  completed  her  new 
play.  It  iswticteu  In  five  acts,  and  each  Illus¬ 
trates  the  fortunes  and  persocuUons  of  a  J ewess 
In  a  different  country— England,  France,  Ger¬ 
many,  Iluasla  and  the  United  States.  Miss  Dick¬ 
inson  will  play  the  Jewess. 
Tns  poor,  untutored  savage  respected  a  dead 
newspaper  correspondent  In  the  Chister  massacre, 
and  left  him  as  he  fell,  clothed  and  uumutUated ; 
but  for  all  that,  doubtless  no  newspaper  corres¬ 
pondent  w!’!  c«rc  lo  be  assigned  to  the  frout  In 
the  India  i;  ci,  J.ry  •  t  present 
Emma  W.  Uvi  nd.  t  'oun  girl  of  LowelL 
!  Mass.,  hmonlated  !>T  ‘he  offer  Of  a  prize  made  by 
a  wei‘kl,y  newspaper,  has  sui.cecded  In  writing 
ten  thou.SHnd  two  hundred  and  elghty-sffV^n’ 
word.-  on  a  postal  card.  I'he  reward  will  scarcely 
pay  for  tJie  Injury  done  pj  ner  eyes. 
“JxEVKKoaa  fnjoy  poolo’ when  I’m  cookin’” 
said  an  old  lady  who  dropped  In  on  us  recently. 
“But  when  1  step  out  to  feed  the  hogs  and  hist 
my8<jlf  onto  the  fence,  and  throw  my  soul  Into  a 
few  linos  of  ‘  Capt’n  Jenks,'  It  does  seem  as  ll  this 
aliih  was  made  to  live  on  after  all.'' 
They  have  at  least  one  cheerful  volume  In  the 
prison  library  at  Mazas  and  se  veral  other  French 
prt.sona.  A  “Suicide's  .Mbuiu”  is  kept,  which  Is 
constantly  open  to  the  Inspection  of  tlie  prisoners. 
It  depicts  In  the  most  vivid  manner  the  agonies  of 
those  who  have  attempted  or  committed  suicide 
to  defeat  the  ends  of  justice. 
At  one  thne  Daniel  Webster  ha<I  a  difficult  case 
to  plead,  and  a  verdict  was  returned  against  his 
client.  One  of  the  witnesses  came  to  him  and 
Bald,  “Mr.  Webster,  if  1  had  thought  we  should 
have  lost  the  case,  1  might  have  te.stltted  a  good 
deal  more  than  1  did.”  *•  It  is  of  no  conseiiuence,” 
replied  tlie  lawyer;  “the  Jury  did  not  bell  eve  a 
word  you  said." 
Onck  upon  a  time,  the  Dean  of  Westminster, 
going  to  the  Abbey,  put  his  gloves  Into  his  hat. 
On  returning  homo  after  his  discourse  he  said  to 
his  wife,  “Somehow  the  congregation  seemed  to 
ga2e  upon  me  to-day  with  a  peculiar  lutexest  while 
I  was  preaching.”  “I  do  not  wonder,"  replied 
L.'idy  stanloy,  “  for  during  your  entire  sermon 
your  gloves  rested  on  the  top  of  your  head.” 
Thk  Duke  de  Morny  received  an  application  for 
employment  from  a  young  man  who  came  well 
recommended.  “I  do  not  know  how  to  find  you 
a  place;  m}'  household  Is  full."  “Y'our  Grace,” 
said  the  young  man,  nervously  fingering  his  hat, 
“  1  sadly  need  work.”  “  Well,  suppose  I  make  you 
mj'  halr-dresser  1  ”  The  applicant  colored,  and  re¬ 
plied  indignantly,  •'  1  do  not  seek  a  sinecure.'’ 
Thk  latest  story  of  a  brave  though  chlld-llke 
form,  faithful  at  the  post  of  duty,  comes  from 
Ohio.  He  was  the  son  of  a  village  editor,  and, 
having  discovered  a  broken  rail  Just  outside  of 
the  town,  sat  for  five  hours  on  a  fence  near  by 
waiting  for  tbe  train,  so  that  he  might  be  the  first 
to  cany  the  partieulurs  of  the  accident  to  his 
father!  Such  devotion  to  the  parental  interest  la 
very  affecting. 
“  Not  approving  the  cost  aud  unnecessary  dis¬ 
play  ordinarily  attending  funerals,”  wrote  Gibson 
Young,  editor  of  the  Ballston  (N.  Y.)  Democrat, 
Just  before  hla  death,  “  1  desire  to  be  placed  In  a 
chestnut  cofflu,  oiled,  but  not  painted.  This  Is  to 
be  enclosed  in  a  white  pine  or  black  walnut  box. 
I  hope  none  of  my  family  iviU  wear  mourning— a 
useleas  expense  and  a  miserable  loshlun.  Above 
all  things,  8(*e  that  every  measure  be  resorted  to 
proving  that  I  am  demt,  ukap,  before  placed  in  a 
coffin." 
PERSONAL  ITEMS 
Williams’  Noiseless  Thresher 
Whbkk  does  a  “leading  physician”  generally 
lead  to  7 
In  the  Servian  Army  the  cooking  Is  done  on  Bal¬ 
kan  ranges. 
A  sixTV-VKAa-oco  Berks  County  (Pa.)  lad  has 
Just  cut  a  new  tooth. 
rNLEs.s  your  eyesight  Is  good,  never  search  for 
the  Hag  by  the  dawn’s  early  light. 
It  costs  a  man  only  $25  to  horsewhip  a  woman 
la  Newton,  .Maas.  Nice  place. 
A  new  poem  by  Mr.  Swfnbume  will  be  published 
In  the  Loudon  AthenBcum  shortly. 
“  PovKUTY  and  a  lost  boy  ”  Is  the  whole  story  of 
Charlie  Uosh’s  fathei-  at  present. 
Yack  Is  to  have  a  billiard  saloon.  That’s  her 
method  of  attending  to  the  p’s  and  cues. 
Claua  Louise  Kkciamjo  sang  the  “  Star  Spangled 
Banner”  at  New  Hartford,  Conn.,  on  the  Fourth. 
Chakles  Mathews,  when  asked  If  he  had  seen 
Cork,  replied : — “  No ;  but  I've  seen  many  draw- 
lags  of  It.” 
Maooik  Mitcuklc  Tvlll  retire  from  the  stage  at 
the  end  of  the  year.  Her  health  is  said  to  be 
much  Impaired. 
AN  auctioneer  once  advertised  a  lot  of  chairs, 
which,  he  said,  “  had  been  used  by  school-chUdren 
without  backs.” 
“  Livy  and  Let  Livy  ”  was  the  text  of  Orator 
Chang  How  at  a  ma.83  meeting  In  San  Francisco 
the  other  evening. 
An  exchange  has  discovered  that  every  dog 
can’t  have  his  day,  because  there  are  so  many 
more  days  than  dogs. 
An  excursion  was  advertised  in  Boston  “  to  go 
down  the  bay  and  boo  the  water  once  cut  by  tbe 
keel  of  the  Mayttower." 
They  have  kissing  fairs  In  Iowa.  They  charge 
fe(ui  cents  a  kiss  and  won’t  lot  a  fellar  bear  on  and 
roll  Ills  eyes  much  either. 
An  English  woman  aflvertlses  herself  as  corn- 
cutter  to  the  Boyal  family.  She  practices  on 
“  the  light  fantastic  Wo." 
Young  Hwki.i,:— “1  should  like  to  have  my 
rausUielio  dyed.”  Polite  Barber CerUlnly, 
did  you  bring  it  with  yon?" 
CuouMBEKs  have  been  unjustly  abused.  If  they 
are  pickled  when  small  aud  tender,  and— thrown 
to  the  hogs  they  will  hurt  nobody. 
“Man,”  say^  Adam  Smith,  “Is  an  animal  that 
makes  baigalns.  No  orJier  animal  does  this— no 
dog  exchange.s  bones  with  another." 
Chakles  l.iUR,  when  speaking  of  one  ol  V-k- 
rtdes  on  iniM'-baok,  rij.aurked  that  “all  a'-  a 
Ills  horse  stoi'i'f'd,  but  he  kept  right  oa.” 
CuKRAN  was  once  asked  by  one  cvf  Wr  •;*!  icr 
Judgvia,  “Do  "cfi /  YTthlng  itiYui;  in-hls 
wig”?”  “  NoUiing  but  The  head,"  was  r..ply. 
A  Texan  g  f.lus  purposes  to  eclipse  centennial 
pedestrians  aa.i  wheelers  of  barrows  by  riding 
steer- bock  fioni  .Miiitin  all  the  way  to  the  Exposl- 
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them  Softas.  The  Ottomans  and  soras  are  more 
likely  to  be  mixed  up  together  on  the  Turkey 
carpet. 
low  A  has  a  religious  sect  whose  chief  Idea  la 
that  every  mau  should  hivvo  two  wives.  Now  let 
some  one  start  the  idea  that  every  woman  should 
have  two  husbands. 
If  Cu.ster  had  made  a  successful  attack  and 
wiped  out  the  entire  Indian  camp— men,  women 
aud  children— would  It  nave  been  a  “butchery" 
or  a  “  glorious  victory  '"i 
Matleson,  the  London  opera  manager,  notsaUs- 
ffod  with  his  new  laurels  as  luventor  of  an  army 
tent,  has  come  out  as  editor  of  his  play-bill  sheet 
called  “  The  Minstrel.” 
It  Is  curious  how  great  men  differ.  Joaquin 
Miller  thinks  the  Americans  laugh  too  much,  and 
Ell  Perkln-s  says  they  never  laugh  at  all— at  least 
over  any  of  his  productions. 
A  Capt.  ahlstbom  has  swum  down  the  Danube 
from  Vienna  to  Pesth,  without  any  apparatus,  re¬ 
maining  thlrty-nlno  hours  In  the  water,  and 
scarcely  stopping  to  rest, 
Bfilkins  says  that  when  the  crisis  comes  In  Her¬ 
zegovina,  ho  hopes  the  Karageorgovllches,  the 
Bescovltchos,  and  all  the  other  Itches  Vpdll  be  ready 
to  come  up  to  the  scratch. 
It  will  cost  you  only  three  or  four  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  to  go  to  Wagner’s  four-days’  opera  after  you 
get  to  London  or  Paris,  The  opera  begins  Sunday, 
and  ends  Wednesday  night. 
After  years  of  solitary  confinement,  the  art 
troasuros  of  the  late  A.  T.  Stewart,  are  attainable 
to  the  public.  Mrs.  Stewart  has  lent  seven  of  the 
finest  paintings  for  an  exhibition  In  New  York. 
Cheubibs  are  green  enough  now  to  pick,  and 
the  small  boy  will  soon  be  going  around  with  his 
hands  clasped  acros-s  hla  equator,  looking  as  H  he 
didn’t  care  how  .soon  the  Kepubllc  went  to  pieces. 
DoM  Pedro  has  become  so  attached  to  Mr. 
Hazleton,  the  railroad  conductor  who  has  accom¬ 
panied  him  in  hla  journey  through  this  country, 
that  he  Intends  to  secure  his  services  for  a  tour  In 
Europe. 
Warm  weather,  unripe  cherries  and  political 
perplexities  ImiKise  such  burdens  upon  human 
patience  that  It  is  very  rare  now  for  a  man  who 
goes  down  on  an  orange  peel  to  get  up  and  hurrah 
lor  his  creator. 
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Arihur’g  Home  Masmttne...  ... 
♦Deiuorest’s  Faghlou  AlaKOzlne. 
Harper’s  Monthly..  .  . . 
Peterson’s  La  lies'  Muttailne... 
Scribner's  Month  y  .......  .. 
Manufactorers  of  Agrlctiliural  Implements, 
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Science  of  Health....  ...  . I  ^  i  * 
St.  Nicholas .  .  6  1* 
WeeUliea  CLiteuahvJ^ 
Appleton’s  Journal .  J  C5  5  K 
Danbury  News . .  <15  <00 
Fireside  Companmn......  . .  5  W  4 
Frank  Leslie’s  Boys  aud  Girls . o  15  4  26 
••  l.aoy’s  Jourual . . . S  65  ow 
Harper’s  Weekly . f  ®  5  ^ 
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•Hearth  and  Home .  5  m  4  .» 
Waverly  MaRaalue .  165  oaO 
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Independent . . f  « 
niustraied  Christian  Weekly .  5  15  4  ^ 
Presb^rlan  (John  Knox  EnKravlng’).-  6  W  6  40 
The  Advance . . . . .  6  to  4  W 
Wutciunau  and  Rofiector... .  *>  «>  * 
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New  York  Witness .  <  '5  » 
*»  »»  Qtin  . . . .  8  o5  6  oO 
*•  "  Evening  Post. . . .  4  15  3  jW 
ClncinnaU  Commercial .  <60  ” 
ciiucitD .  465 
“  Times  and  Hand-Book . 4  ?5  5  w 
Detroit  Free  Press . 4  to  |  w 
•Louisville  Courier-Journal .  4  to  s  w 
gprlngileld  Republican .  4  to  a  ^ 
Soieatinc  American .  6  to 
Toledo  Blade .  4  to  2  » 
Toronto  Globe . 4  65  4uo 
The  papers  marked  with  a  •  cive  to  each  subsw  ber 
ss  follows  ;-DkJ40RKBT’8.  a  choice  of  two 
“  The  Captive  Child”  or  "  The  Old 
Hearth  and  Home  offers  U  BWlnp:  the  Cora 
iBR-JouuNAi  gives  a  coupon  for  their  Distribution 
of  presents. 
Address 
RL'RAL  NEW-YORKEK, 
’J'8  Ruftne  St.y  New  York  City, 
Spring  Avenue  Gardens, 
WINTER-BLOWiNG  PLANTS 
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Carnations,  Smllax,  Neapolitan  Violets,  Bouvar- 
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new  and  most  desirable  Geraniums  and  similar 
plants.  Also,  a  great  variety  of  the  common  and 
fancy  Haray  Evergreen  Trees,  as  low  as  they  can 
he  purchased  of  any  trustworthy  dealer. 
Address  H,  W.  HALES, 
Illdgewood,  Bergen  Co.,  S.  J. 
Ijitw  ^ubUfRUo»i&’ 
