PERSONAL  ITEMS, 
fmpUmfutjsi  itttrt  p^rhincry 
Bpbakeh  Kebk  was  a  Master  Mason. 
Ptw  cblldren  go  Uj  .Saratoga  Springs. 
In  England  llie  stylish  beverage  ts  snowed 
milk. 
Miss  Hkaddon,  the  novelist,  Is  to  go  on  tJie 
stage. 
Mine  railroads  aro  In  process  or  construction  In 
Texas. 
A  NSW  theater  In  Now  Zealand  was  opened  by 
lima  dl  Miii-sktt. 
Youno  ladles  In  blue  flannel  la  Wisconsin  swim 
across  hair-mlle-wlde  lakes. 
Sbnatok  ICrmcvds  Is  111  and  has  gone  to  Canada, 
away  Trom  .Slate  committees. 
JJKN  iJcri.KK  In  his  new  role  or  a  “widow,’’ 
makes  the  country  laugh  all  over  Its  face. 
It  Is  rumored  lu  London  that  Kathcr  Hyaclnthe 
is  about  to  onter  the  Church  or  England. 
KO.SES  have  done  blowing  this  season,  and  so 
have  me.mbora  or  Congress  at  Washington. 
“I  HAiN’T  heorn  one  this  year,”  laments  Mrs. 
Partington,  “  not  one  Jiacchauallun  sermon  !” 
itANDoti-u  Kookrs,  who  goes  b.ack  to  nome 
next  month,  thinks  or  returning  to  WasUlngton  to 
live. 
LONOKKi.Tg)w:— “The  sunshine  or  llte  l.s  made 
up  or  very  row  beams  that  aro  bright  all  the 
time.” 
A  RROKNT  fancy  makes  ear-rings  of  black  velvet 
and  watered  ribbon,  held  in  place  by  small  1 
bucklc.s.  ! 
Skventy  car  load.s  of  machinery,  lor  the  cotton  j 
mill  now  building  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  were  received  ; 
there  recently. 
Gkn.  Lew.  Wai.i.ace  Is  writing  a  new  novel, 
iris  tlrst  attempt,  “TJie  Fair  God,”  has  reached 
Its  sixth  edition. 
c.-K.^AR  couiiuered  the  world,  but  ho  could  not 
hit  a  lly  on  his  nose  three  times  In  live,  any  more 
than  the  rest  of  us. 
The  Jail  at  JCxoter,  N.  n..  Is  so  full  of  prisoners 
that  there  la  talk  of  organizing  chain  gangs  for 
work  on  the  streotH, 
A  men  vein  of  co.al  has  been  discovered  under 
an  .\Ubauia  cemetery.  It  Is  supposed  to  be  or 
the  buy-toinb-Iuous  kind. 
Bi'KciMKN  postage  stamps  from  Perala  and  Ice¬ 
land  have  just  been,  for  the  lliast  time,  received  at 
the  Washlngt/on  Department. 
Mu.  Laukin  g.  Me  auk,  the  sculptor,  and  his 
sister  the  wUe  of  .Mr.  W.  1).  Howells  of  The  Atlan¬ 
tic,  are  couslcts  of  Gov.  Hayes. 
It  Is  reported  that,  wlille  .Mfred  Tenny.son  Is  a 
spiritualist,  Mrs,  Tennyson  is  not,  and  forbids  all 
mention  of  Uio  subject  at  her  heart, h. 
.SAV  JosB,  Cal.,  has  been  sued  by  a  Fourth  of 
July  oratnv,  who  wants  fl.ooo  for  speaking  his 
pleco,  while  the  city  offors  him  but  $io. 
A  cQiAjRv.D  woman  has  received  the  appoint¬ 
ment  of  postmistress  at  Terry,  Miss.,  in  the  jilaco 
of  Jtr.  .Seals,  a  white  Democrat  removed. 
An  Inspctologer  has  discovered  that  tho  best 
time  to  examine  tho  wonderful  archltociuro  of 
tho  hornet’s  nest  Is  after  the  hornets  have  moved 
out. 
What  effect  docs  cutting  off  a  dog’s  tall  have 
on  hl3  locomotion  ?  It  has  no  effect  on  his  car¬ 
riage  but  stops  his  waggln’.— .Yew  Orleans  Plca- 
yiaie. 
PKKsmRS’T  and  Madame  MacMahon  wore  run 
away  with  recentl.v,  and  were  saved  by  a  prompt 
and  active  grocer,  who  Jumped  at  the  horses’ 
heads. 
A  ntizE  of  $500  Is  offered  by  the  ticorgln  Btalo 
Agricultural  Society  for  a  prc\entlve  or  cure  of 
hog  cholera;  and  another  of  $200  for  chicken 
cholera. 
A  OKBAT  exhibition  of  sacred  objects  will  be 
opened  In  the  Vatican  on  May  21,  ISTT,  in  celebra¬ 
tion  of  the  jubUeo  of  tlio  Pope’s  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 
“Wu.AT  does ‘Good  Friday ’mean?”  asked  one 
schoolboy  of  another.  “  You  had  better  go  borne 
and  read  your  •  Robinson  Crusoe,”’  was  tbe  with¬ 
ering  reply. 
Pn.  1).  is  tho  title  under  which  the  studious 
dame,  Madaiue  Sophie  Oolilsmlth,  [has  heen  re¬ 
ceived  by  tho  l-’aculty  or  I’lUlosophy  at  the  Uni¬ 
versity  of  Zurich. 
JosBvn  Pitman,  the  last  mirrlvor  of  Napoleon’s 
custodians  at  st.  Helena,  luis  died  In  England  in 
his  ninety-third  year,  having  been  a  pensioner 
for  full  lift}’-  years. 
Seedy  tramp— gazing  at  a  railroad  hand  bill: 
“  Through  Aviuiout  change !  Thafs  tho  line  for 
me,”  and  he  proceeded  to  enscouse  himself  In  an 
empty  freight  car'. 
The  Sultan  begins  to  think  of  getting  well,  and, 
accordUig  to  ofUclal  report,  one  symptom  appears 
to  be  that  he  la  “  becombig  communicative,  as  he 
was  in  his  youth." 
A  physician  advertises  la  the  Meriden,  Conn., 
newspapers  that  he  has  no  power  over  his  appe¬ 
tite  for  alcohol,  and  that  he  will  prosecute  any¬ 
body  Avho  sells  him  any. 
A  SIXTEEN  j'car  old  boy  robbed  his  employer  In 
Philadelphia,  and  went  to  Clilcago,  Avhere  he 
spent  the  money  so  rtotousiy  that  tho  police 
arrested  him  on  suspicion.  ' 
A  BiM.  passed  by  the  Texas  Legislature,  author-  [ 
izlng  Sheriffs  to  shoot  any'  person  against  yvhom 
any  offence  Is  aUeged,  it  he  should  fall  to  halt  or 
surrender  when  called  upon,  was  vetoed  by  Gov.  I 
Ooke.  , 
of  Amerjo 
A  -^eat 
SWITZERLAND  to  f 
does  mortineatlon  ensue  ?”  "  When  you  propose 
and  are  rejected,”  wa.sthe  rcjily. 
Mr.  geouck  Norton,  an  luilan  of  English 
descent,  and  who  was  formerly  «n  editor  of  tho 
£iyj  (V  JtiUia  of  this  city,  Is  now  prominent  and 
popular  among  the  Journalists  of  Rome. 
The  be.st  men  know  that  they  are  very  far 
from  what  they  ought  to  be,  and  the  very  wor,st 
think  that.  If  they  were  a  little  belter,  they 
should  be  a.s  good  as  they  need  he.—Frou/U!, 
Mr.  tViLLiAM  Hlack,  the  brilliant  English 
novelist.  Is  In  this  comilry  on  a  visit  of  two 
months.  He  Is  now  at  Haratogo,  and  Avlll  visit 
NKagara  and  Hoston  before  returning  to  Now 
York. 
When  Dom  Pedro  was  in  this  city,  Fall  Itiver 
sent  Its  Maj'or  and  another  citizen  to  Induce  him 
to  pay  a  visit,  but  tho  mission  failed,  and  the 
Common  council  hesitates  aliout  paying  $25S  for 
tho  expenses. 
The  handsomest  Hebrew  roll  In  tho  United 
states— tho  flve  bfKjks  of  Moses  ivrttteii  on  parch- 
mont-has  been  presented  by  Sir  Moses  Montc- 
floro  to  a  Hostonlan,  and  was  dedicated  on  the  Bd 
ol  .September. 
A  ROOK  agent  was  rocently  shot  in  Texas, 
Avhereupon  tho  Worcester  I’rfcss  heartlessly’  and 
malignantly  remarks  that  “there Is  a  universal 
demand  all  over  tho  country  for  more  book 
We  win  call  and  see  you  next  V  July  and  n»Ai9t  at  your  CKNTEN- 
KlAlj  CRl.RliUATlflN.  By  the  \  fame  ODportunity  brinir  you  sam- 
ptes  of  tho  C<''l«'‘brntrd  Wfttclie**,  /  luanufagtared  bv  our  oountry- 
men.  tho  MF.SMKM.  KOUKI.  &  \  ^  CGl  RVOliaiEli  of  Neuchalel, 
for  inspection  and  Bx  11 1  uttion.  Tlioso Watcheaarefavorubly known 
Ihroughont  tho  C.  H.,  haring  been  gold  by  onr  h.eal  ugcnt»  Id  almost 
every  City.  Town  and  Village  the  past  ten  yejrs.  Th<:lr  reputation  for  acoaratp  performanou  In  unlvorsally 
ttcknovrledgod.  'ihey  are  mauufHOturod  in  Gold  no<i  Blfver  Cnaes,  Bhem  au«l  K«y  XVIndera .  These 
movenieiita.  CliroiioniKier  KuIiiiu'ch,  nicapet  Hair 
J  j  laochrotiljM-d  for  K.  K.  nm-.  One  Unhy  .IpweU’d,  set  in 
***  perlorin  with  the  rt-Knlnrltv  and  nccuriiey  of  u  chronoiitetfr.  Ask 
them  before  purehaslDK  those  of  other  uiakUrs,  as  we  havo  been  auihorlsed  to 
sell  Iheni  at  a  roduettoo  from  former  piloea. 
don  papers  pour  forth  what  M’lllis  termed 
“platitudinous  oomiiioaplai;e«.”  They  agree  in 
stately  language  th.at  his  promotion  is  the  crown 
of  his  career— and  so  shelve  him. 
The  son  of  the  washerwoman  with  whom  Byron 
lived  in  Venice,  before  he  re.solved  to  study  the 
I  Armenlau  langu.age  as  a  means  of  avoiding  dissi¬ 
pation,  Is  now  tho  proprietor  of  the  1  lolcl  de  Lepre, 
a  well-known  restaurant  In  Rome. 
“I  CAN  scarcfdy  breathe,  bec.au8e  I  have  stuii’ed 
so  many  of  my  diamonds  In  the  waist  of  my  dresa. 
1  cannot  Wear  them  all  at  once,  and  I  am  afraid 
to  leave  any  la  my  room,”  Thus  spake  a  ivater- 
I  ug-place  bpl  le  the  other  day.  Isn’t  It  sad  y 
The  Rev,  Dr.  Cuyler,  who  has  been  to  the 
Adlrondack-s,  complalus  of  a  slgnbo.ard  that  he 
saw  there,  near  ihe  grave  of  John  Brown,  which 
said:— “To  John  Brown’s  Homo— fresh  trout, 
Chickens,  and  lodgings  always  supplied  1” 
A  STRANOK  marriage,  took  place  at  Ncav  I/indon 
recently.  When  tho  ceremony  was  finished,  the 
bridegroom  refused  to  fee  the  clergyman  or  to 
allow  hl.s  wife  to  be  ktsaed,  and  told  her  to  go  her 
Avay  and  he  Avould  go  his,  which  they  both  did. 
Herr  tVAfiNBu  appears  to  have  enlhusluBtlc 
literary  taste.s.  He  Araa  so  delighted  ivlth  a  Life 
of  Schopenhauer,  lately  published  by  an  English 
ladj',  that  he  sent  her  a  ticket  for  the  BajTeuth 
performances— not  a  small  Item  by  any  means. 
The  foUowlng  Avas  WTlttcn  on  the  window  of  an 
lun,  in  1T14 : 
“  AViio'er  has  traveled  life’s  dull  round. 
M'herc’er  his  stajrcs  may  have  been. 
May  8lRb  1(1  think  ho  still  has  found 
Ilia  warmest  welcutne  at  an  lun.” 
Low-nk(’krd  dresses  are  the  fashion  at  the 
Buckingham  Falooe  entertainments 
JlMiKY  PLOWS.  — THE  SllJB.SCItIHEK.S 
J  are  the  only  manuflioturora  of 
THE  ABOVE  CUT  RIU’UESB.N'TS 
THE  VICTORY  CORN  MILL. 
This  mill  will  Rrmd  Corn  und  cob  nintdly,  uoarso 
and  BnHj  also,  all  otlior  kinds  of  ari'alu  or  »i;ed. 
lupaclty.  10  to  *iO  biittkelN  per  hour.  It  is 
made  eallrelv  of  iron,  eanepi  thu  bopjior.  It  Is 
sironir,  dnrablo.aad  not  liable  Ui  «<'f  out  of  repair. 
It  will  grind  more  feed  with  less  power  than  any 
Other  mill  In  Ihe  luackeL  This  Is  no  humhiiK.  VV'o 
warrant  It  U)  do  what  we  olniiu.  Airunta  waoted 
everywhere.  Prloe  fhl,  delivered  on  car#  at  Sprlnc- 
Held.  Address 
T.  BOBEKT8  &  CO.,  Sinlugfleld,  Ohio. 
tF"  AVe  also  manufacture  horse-power  Vertical 
Portable  Biiitlucs.  suitable  for  runnloK  these  mills, 
or  forany  other  purposefor  which  power  Is  required. 
Price  fan. 
OSBORN’S  SULKY  PLOW, 
the  only  Plowing  Mnnhlnc  that  has  proved  a  perfect 
success  In  all  kinds  of  soil.  Any  kind  of  plow  can  bo 
atlnched.  The  plowman  rides  and  handlca  tho  plow 
With  onie,  renulailug  the  depth  and  width  of  farrow. 
The  draft  for  the  learn  Is  inatcrlally  leas,  and  tlm 
ordinary  lahorlou-s  mode  o£  plowing  Is  reduced  to 
one  01  uomftirt  and  ease. 
The  Meadow  King  Mower, 
and  other  Agricultural  Implements. 
GREGG  &r  CO., 
TriiuianaburK,  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  T. 
SEE  BUCKEYE  BRAIN  DRILL  AT  CENTENNIAL 
HOLBROOK  SWIVEL  PLOW 
The  Standard  of  America. 
Made  only  by  avKUETT  Ac  SMALL,  Boston,  Mass. 
F|y|A|MCCDQ  and  Engine  O wnor.s  should  all 
CnUINCCnv  uii(lor.4tand  tho AUrn  Governor. 
Illustrated  Circular  tree.  8.  B.  AELKN,  Boston. 
but  a  Coun¬ 
tess  recently  Avrote  te  tho  Lord  Chauibt-rlaln  that 
her  shoulders  had  groAA'u  so  thin  during  long  ill¬ 
ness  that  they  Avere  not  “really  fit  to  he  seen,” 
and  she  Avas  allowed  to  violate  usage. 
Prof.  Sumner  Intends  in  read  a  paper  on  the 
commercial  crisis  of  1S19,  at  the  coming  meeting 
of  the  8oclal  iSclence  Association,  OA'cr  Avhoae 
dellVicrallons  he  avUI  preside.  David  A.  Wells  Is 
to  dlscoui-se  on  a  subject  of  more  immediate 
Interest,  the  Cause  and  Cure  of  tho  Present  Hard 
Times. 
Bernard  McNulty  of  Everett,  Mass.,  has  for 
three  months  been  Inciting  boys  to  steal,  and 
then  Informing  the  police  whore  the  plunder 
coiUd  be  found.  By  this  means  he  has  kept  the 
A’lllage  excited,  and  got  himself  and  the  boys  Im¬ 
prisoned.  No  sane  motive  for  his  conduct  Is  ap¬ 
parent. 
Tun  DoAvager  Ladj-  l.ytton,  the  widow  of  the 
novelLsl,  and  In  her  youth  the  black-bixiAved, 
scoAvllng,  Oriental  boauty,  MLss  ‘Wheeler,  has 
published  a  volume  of  medlteUons  Avlth  the  some¬ 
what  sentimental  title,  “.Shells  from  the  Sands 
of  Time.”  Therein  she  discusses  with  satisfaction 
what  she  calls  the  “  stuc-fcupatlveness  ”  of  the 
modern  servant. 
Mr.  Robert  Browning,  who  Is  not  celebrated 
for  sweet  humility,  in  his  new  volume,  “  Pacchla- 
rotto,"  calls  the  British  rovlcAvers  “chimney¬ 
sweeps,”  and  gets  In  return  this  rap  among  others 
from  The  Saturday  Review "  He  challenges  all 
KSTKY’8  COTTAGE  ORGANS  are  Hie  beat 
FLAX&HEMPBRAKES 
MALLORY  &  BANFOBD  PATENTS. 
The  most  desirable  In  any  market.  For  sale  by 
JOHN  W.  QUINCY.  98  William  St..  N.  Y.  City, 
SEE  JOHNSTON  HARVESTERS  AT  CENTENNIAL 
Manufacturers  of  Agricultural  Implements, 
Higganiiin,  Cwnn. 
For  Presses,  Graters,  and  all  Cider  Machinery, 
address 
BOOMER  &  B08Cil£RT  PRE88  CO., 
Hxrncuae,  N.  Y', 
TWO  CHOICE  BREEDS 
MooUE’8  RtTKAL  NEW- YOBKKIt.  —  With  Its  full 
corps  of  editors,  and  a  new  publisher  of  energy  and 
ability,  the  management  propose  to  celebrate  the 
quartor-oeDteunial  of  the  pioneer  Buual  In  such  a 
manner  as  to  augment  Its  popularity  au(3  urefulness. 
h’or  a  iirst-c1a.ss,  lively  paper,  containing  matter  of 
Interest  ftja-all  classes,  take  tbe  Ub  ral  New- York¬ 
er,  and  do  80  at  on<»,  for  the  paper  never  was  bet¬ 
ter,  and  Its  prospects  never  brighter.— Frrsport  IIU.) 
Journal. 
Plymonth  Rocks 
—AND— 
White  Leg^homsl 
A  SPECIAI.TY. 
t3f“  Bred  with  the  greatest  care,  and  from  the 
oholcesi  strains  of  blood. 
Chicks  of  both  of  tho  above  for  sale  next  fall. 
Address  TI10.8.  T.  WALTON, 
SKC’T  BERGEN  CO.  POULTRY  ASSOCIATION, 
RidgcAvoud,  Bergen  Co.,  N.  J. 
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