nothing nobler than for religion to support patriot¬ 
ism, and nothing wiser than for botli to uphold and 
encourage domestic economy—therefore I subtract 
this sum from the pew rent. 
The Princess of Wales is described as never 
more radiant than of late, u not eveu on the morn¬ 
ing, sixteen .rears ago. when In that Jaunty hat 
and mauve poplin dress she stepped ashore at 
Gravesend, and afterward rode through Londou, 
talcing triumphant possession of all our hearts.” 
cm a recent occasion she “looked almost as young 
and quite as charming in a costume of hlack and 
white striped silk, and it was easy to see how 
proud she is of her boys.” 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
De Lesseps has started, in Paris, a weekly news¬ 
paper to advocate his Panama canal. 
The Countess of Tankervllle; and her eldest son, 
Lord Bennett, are among the latest converts to the 
Church of Rome. 
The first-born of the eolored Senator from Miss¬ 
issippi was baptized in a Cleveland church the 
other day as Roscoo Conkllng Bruce. 
Monclar, an eminent French agriculturist, pro¬ 
poses to feed cattle, sheep, and pigs on provender 
containing savory herbs, to give flavor to the flesh. 
Six misbehaving young men were taken from 
their beds by a mob at Wesley Chapel, Ind., lied 
to a fence in a row, and whipped almost to death. 
Gen. MacDougall, commander or the British 
forces In Canaao, is bitterly accused because lie 
drove through a Amend procession with ills four- 
in-hand. 
Austin Buchard, uncle of President Bayes, an 
old and honored citizen of Wiudbaui county, died 
in Fayetteville, Vt., Monday afternoon, aged 
eighty years. • 
Prjnce Henry XX. of*Rei^s» toting married 
Mile. CloBldo hoi set.. jjftltAlkri^ftus-rider. Prince 
• 11 atzfeld ha» eSpofiSciriW^sBil^r*Mlie. Emllie, who 
followed tHe same protosalon. • 
The death Is announced of Mr. Chapman the 
leading entomologist of Set Hand, after a linger¬ 
ing illness, accelerated by the failure of the city 
of Glasgow Bank, of which lie was a shareholder. 
The Rev. J. S. Anderson’s Immorality resulted 
*n Ills expulsion from a pastorate at Charles City, 
Iowa. He then opened an office as a physician, but 
the people would not tolerate him In any profes¬ 
sional capacity, and a masked mob drove him out 
of town. 
Queen Isabella does not mean to have the trouble 
with Kiug Alfonso’s second wife, which she Uatl 
with the first. She has hud an Interview with the 
prospective bride and thus renders her verdict 
“ What a charming girl! How happy 1 am that 
she Is to be the wife of my son.” 
Colonel Thomas Scott lias returned from his 
journey abroad a strong and well man. *• 1 never 
felt In better health In my llle,” he said, as he 
stepped from the steamer. He obtained sufficient 
pledges of pecuniary assistance abroad, to assure 
the completion of the Texas PaclUc railroad. 
The Archduchess Christine, who will soon be 
Queen of Spain, is described by a German lady as 
having a tall and slender figute, a loveable race, 
blue eyes, dimpled cheeks, somewhat fair hair, 
small hands, almost like a child's, ditto feet, and a 
silvery voice. Altogether a very graceful figure. 
A lady living near Little Britain, Pa.., received 
a piano as a wedding present several years ago. 
.She has no taste for music, but says it attracts 
the cows in to be milked, and the children pound 
upon the keys at the proper hour for that pur¬ 
pose. It has, accordingly, been placed In the 
spring house. 
Elisha Grimes said in a prayer meeting at Lime 
‘York, Ind., that he was wholly prepared to die. 
George Jones called him out of doors a few min¬ 
utes afterward, and killed him with a knife, It is 
conjectured that Jones thought Grimes, professing 
readiness, might as well die at once, for no other 
motive has been discovered. 
A mob broke Into a jail at Pentouvlllc, Neb., took 
out Barney Thomas, a horse tlilef, and started tor 
a convenient tree to hang him on. It happened 
that a party of Barney’s friends were lurking In 
the neighborhood, having made an Ineffectual at¬ 
tempt to get him out of the prison. They fell upon 
the lynchers suddenly, rescued the prisoner, and 
escaped with him. 
Martel Fearing was repeatedly visited, at Plain 
City, O., so he says, by the ghost of an old hunter, 
who declared that there was a valuable deposit of 
lead on the farm. Under the unearthly guidance. 
Fearing dug night after night to And the mineral; 
but the ghost did not direct any precaution against 
accident, and llaally the shul’t caved la, Injuring 
the miner fatally. 
Z. O. Cowley, an aged bachelor, of Wyoming, 
N. Y., advertised ids desire “to correspond with a 
lady of suitable age, with a Mew to matrimony.'’ 
Margaret Backus, 00 years old, a maiden inmate 
of the Rochester poorliouse, responded with a let¬ 
ter, In which she enclosed a photograph of herself 
taken ten years ago. The result was a meeting 
followed by a wedding. 
John, second Duke of Montague, directed his 
tenants and dependents not to work or kilt their 
disabled horses, but to send them to his tine park 
at Broughtou, where anecdotes or his kludness are 
still told. He. had a frightful dog, of which lie 
made a great pet, because he said that no one else 
would be kind to auy thing so ugly. 11e was one of 
the first prominent apostles of kindness to brutes. 
Brigham Young mixed the Mormon ('hun.ii prop¬ 
erty with Ills own In a way that, m law, left it all 
at his death as one estate. The executors, who are 
Mormon dignitaries, undertook to separate the 
two equitably; but the heirs, consisting of the 
original aud only lawful Mis. Young and her chil¬ 
dren, have had a receiver appointed, and it looks 
as though they would finally get the entire amount. 
When Gambetta drove to the great review In 
Paris, the officer who rode humbly at the door of 
his carriage In command of the escort was heir to 
the ancient Dukedom of Montmart. Ho may have 
Princes of the house of Bourbon In walling on him 
a few years hence, when he Is President of the 
Republic. T he sou of the Genoese grocer of ru¬ 
mors is going us far In Franco as the son or the 
Venetian Jew has g*ne In England. 
Mark Twain sent the following reply to a request 
for a conjl'lbuUon to the battle-flag day expenses 
at HartfordOut of the poverty left ou hand by 
an Interminable European trip I very gladly put 
up the luclosed twenty-five dollars In furtherance 
of the good cause which you represent. There Is 
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The Voice of Worship, 
For Olioirs, Conventions and Singing Schools, 
BY Ij. O. EMERSON. 
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PAINEiNYILLE, LAKE CO., OHIO. 
This splendid book is now nearly through the press, 
aud will be in great demand. FuU collection of the 
bust Hymn Tunes aud Anthems for Choirs, numerous 
Glees tor Social aud Class singing, and a good Singiug 
School course. Its attractive contents, with the low 
price ($1.00 or $0.00 per dozen), should make it the 
most popular of Church Music Books. 
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Winter Flowering Plants. 
HEW FRUITS, DUTCH BULBS, &c. 
New Pears, New Poaches. New Cherries, New Grapes, 
New Strawberries, &o., with a largo Btoek of all kindB 
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TUt TCUDI C For Singing School*. Con¬ 
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Price $1.00 or $;ukJper dozen. Although Singing Class¬ 
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RASPBERRY PLANTS 
J£KJT£STRAWberry plants 
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filil ACODC Price red uced to 5u cts. The same 
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fitted to ^first-cfiiss' tight 
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will tit either. Boitu of smooth metal, they do not 
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Manufactured by ZINC COLLAR PAD CO.. 
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ileal 
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IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 
1,000,000 acres of well watered, timber and 
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land. Somi for maps ami circulars to 
IT HAS NO EQUA1 IN SIMPLICITY, 
GRINDS FOUR DIFFERENT GRADES OF PULP 
We make three sizes. 
No. 1, Family mill.—Two curbs, holding about 
3 pecks each. 
No. 2, Family Mill Press—has capacity of 1 bar¬ 
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a bushel a minute. Its press has a capacity of To gal¬ 
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HIGGANUM MFG. CORPORATION, 
Higgauuin, Ct. 
Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements of all de- 
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Improved Farms for Sale 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 
Parties desiring to secure bargains in improved 
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AND 
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An attachment easily fitted on any Wind Mill, and 
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TON SCALES. 
Special Price, 
Brass Beam and Poise. Iron Attachments., with 
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U. H. S. Weights. Fully warranted. 
To be paid for when proved correct nnd satis¬ 
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References a rut Illustrations in our Circulars. 
OSGOOD & CO., Binghamton, N. Y. 
Russell’s Imuroved 
FARM ENGINE 
With or Without Traction Attachment 
Easily Managed, does Good Work, and 
More of it than any other Engine. 
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From John Beckul, New Washington, Crawford Co., 
O.—The Ten Horse Engine we bought of your u-ent, 
J. F Lederer, tour years ago, cau’t be beat. We have 
uot paid out one dollar for repairs since we got the 
engine. Have uot looked alter ut Opened our Pump 
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screwing the w heels together and breaking the spokes 
so that your wheels are to fill every season. It stands 
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blocks under the hind wheels, it is perfectly safe 
from fire. We can keep steam up easy. Any boy can 
fire. V. e think it is the ” Boss or the World. 
8, 10 vV. 14 HORSE POWER. 
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Also manufacturers of the celebrated New Massillon” 
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AgeutN Wanted in New York Slate 
State you saw tills in the Rural New-Yorker. 
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Simple, light, durable. New inform and method of 
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