St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 September 1886 — Page 4

mwm THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. A kerosene explosion in the Erie yard at Jersey City caused the destruction of live Pullman cars, the Northern freight depot, and a large amount of miscellaneous freight. The loss will aggregate nearly $200,000. .. .The bar and muck mills of Zug <t Co.’s iron works at Pittsburgh were damaged $60,000 by fire... .Ex-President Arthur’s health is reported as very much improved. A dispatch from Saranac Inn, N. Y., announces the return there, after an absence of four days, of President Cleveland and party. “Each member of the party shot his deer, that of the President being a four-prong buck. Mrs. Cleveland and her mother enjoyed, during their absence, an experience such as had never been theirs before. They had been transported into the heart of the wilderness in small boats, and had lived for three days at Pliny Hobbins’, a retreat on Little Tupper Lake frequented by those who rough it for the love of hunting.”.... Seven Hungarian laborers were burned to death in a shanty on the line of the Williamsport Road, Pennsylvania. The first of the series of international races for the America’s cup between the Yankee sloop Mayflower and the English cutter Galatea, resulted in a victory for the former, the Galatea having been beaten in the most decisive manner. The course was thirty-eight miles in length, and is known as the New York Yacht Club’s inside course. THE WEST. Mr. William Redmund and Mrs. Thomas Barry, with their excellent dramatic company, have . revived John Brougham’s bright comedy. “Playing with Fire,” and are meeting with a marked success, calling the comedy now a “Cure for the Blues,” which is a more comprehensive title than Brougham gave his play. They appear at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, this week. Following their engagement, the peerless Lotta will appear at McVicker’s. The hot rivalry between St. Paul and Minneapolis, commencing with the building of grand hotels, and followed by the State Fair and an Exposition, has led to the nightly illumination of the streets in both cities, as well as music and fire-works. ... .A cave-in at the Northern Pacific Tunnelunder the Cascades killed nine persons. Gen. Miles has arrived at Fort Bowie, Ari., with Geronimo and several of his leaders as prisoners. A large mass-meet-ing was held at Tucson, Ari., to rejoice over the surrender of Geronimo and the hostiles. Six thousand people were present. Resolutions were adopted congratulating Gen. Miles and expressing the gratitude of the people at being relieved of Ihe treachery of the Apaches. The TeTs'no rial Democrat-- ^onventv ” ' -‘•“O" tinn« o- ,v .^"passed resoluarO pp^lui'aianking Gen. Miles and Capt. Lawton for bringing the campaign against Geronimo and his band to a successful termination. THE SOUTH. It is known that thirty-seven persons lost their lives by the earthquake at Charleston, and as many more are reported seriously injured. The Acting Secretary of War has ordered tents sent by a revenue cutter to ti e distressed city. A subscription list in Baltimore was headed with SSOO by the American. The New York Petroleum Exchange contributed an equal amount in a few minutes. The Western Union Telegraph Company offers to forward contributions of money free of charge. The earthquake at Summerville, S. C., caused fissures in the earth, from which a fluid of sulphurous smell exudes. Not a half dozen houses in the place are habitable, and the terror-stricken people are leaving for other points. At a joint meeting of the Charleston Exchange and Merchants’ Exchange, the following was unanimously adopted: To all Exchanges and Commercial Bodies : Our warehouses, cotton-presses, wharves, railroads, rice-mills, and everything else necessary for handling business, though damaged, are in working order. We fear no further disturbance. The destruction of property will cause great distress and suffering, but will not interfere with the dispatch cf business. A joint meeting also adopted resolutions to apply to the President and Congress for a national loan to aid the citizens of Charleston in rebuilding the city. The Council at a meeting adopted the following: Itesolved, That in response to the numerous offers of assistance and sympathy from our sister cities and from citizens of this and other States, the Mayor is authorized to state that great distress exists among our citizens in consequence of the earthquake and that we gratefully accept the aid thus tendered us. The several Catholic churches have been seriously injured. The Catholic schools have all sustained such damages as will not permit of studies being resumed. The injury to the county jail is well nigh irreparable. Thirty-six prisoners escaped, three of whom have returned. “The most urgent need now,” says a Charleston dispatch, “is for the early repair of the injured buildings, so as to make them habitable. High winds and heavy ram would bring many shattered buildings to the ground and injure the hundreds of residences which have defective roofs. The situation is still deplorable. Rudely improvised tents, constructed prinicpally of bed-clothing, are to be seen everywhere. Few persons have as yet slept indoors, and the houses are deserted as if plague-stricken. Thousands have slept with nothing but the canopy of heaven over them. After the parks and squares were filled last night the inhabitants suspended overcoats, bed-quilts, etc., from fences, over the sidewalks, and thus passed the night. Many enjoyed repose under open umbrellas, the handles of which were stuck in the ground. The more aristoci atic people camped in their own yards.” The Queen of England sent a dispatch to President Cleveland expressing sympathy with the sufferers by the earthquake. Charleston special: The city experienced still another shock on the night of Sunday, the sth. It was not very severe, lasting but two seconds, yet it raised the wildest alarm in the citizens. They were hoping the worst was over, and the visitation dashed their hopes. At Macon and Savannah the shocks were quite severe, and caused much alarm. At Savannah, as in Charleston, hundreds of people spend the n ; ghts in the open air, being afraid to go to sleep in their houses. Material aid for the stricken Charlestonians is going lorward liberally. Mayor O’Brien, of Boston, telegraphed to “draw oa us for $5,000.” W. W. Corcoran, the Washington banker, sent his individual check for $5,000. Subscriptions were invited, and liberally responded to, at New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, and other cities. “The great dread now,” says a Charleston dispatch, “is the approach of he tautumnal equinoctial gale, which is usually disas rous in Charleston. It is estimated that every house in the city has had its foundation shaken by the earthquake. Walls have been rent, chimneys end steeples are off their square, and there is nothing plumb about the city. If an equinoctial gale of the usual severity should strike the city before considerable repairs can be made nearly every house in the city would be blown down.” Great alarm in regard to earthquakes is nightly manifested by the couvicts in the State Prison at Columbia. South Carolina. Some of the leaders in the movement had to be ironed and flogged.

It was discovered Sunday that the tower of the First Methodist Church, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., had settled. This is attributed to the earthquake shocks. The building was closed to the congregation. The church was recently built and cost SBO,OOO. Prominent citizens of Nashville Te n., ask that the widow of Gen. B. F. Cheatham be appointed to succeed her husband as Postmistress at Nashville. Charleston had another slight earthquake shock on the morning of the 7th i inst. Like all previous ones, it came from ■ the southeast, apparently from the sea. | The horrible roar was first heard, and I then a slight vibration. As the disturb- { ance reached the city the pulsation was | heavy. Buildings were shaken for about ■ five seconds, and then the disturbance went l northwest, the roar gradually dying out. Evidently the subterranean disturbances are working themselves out, and hour by hour more thought is given to the needs of the present and the wants of the future. The flight from the city continues. A rough estimate gives the number of women and children who have already left at about three thousand. Most of the railroads are granting free passes. Four more deaths, a'tribufable to the earthquake, are reported, making forty-seven in all. WASUIA’tiTOX Postal Inspector W. W. Simpson of Atlanta, Ga., ejected A. N. Wilson from the postoflice at Savannah and placed G. W. Lamar in possession. Wilson had positively refused to turn over the office unless force should be used, and went out saying: “I am still postmaster of Savannah; President Cleveland had nr right to suspend me under the Constitution.” Wilson was suspended for “offensive partisanship.” As $1,000,060 in 3 per cent, bonds have been received at the Treasury for redemption under the recent invitation, Treasurer Jordan finds that as much money will thereby be placed in circulation as if $7,500,000 had been called from the bank holdings. POLITICAL. In the Missouri Republican Convention, at Sedalia, J. G. Cravens was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court, M. F. Butler for State Superintendent, and S. W. Crawford for Railway Commissioner. The platform affirms that whenever any large number of voters petition the legislature for the submission of an amendment providing a change in the organic law of the State it is the duty of that body to grant the petition; denounces the national administration for “its utter failure to originate any measures of relief whereby the expenses of the Government can be reduced, or the relations of labor to capital more equitably adjusted, or by any other beneficent measure in the interest of the people;” favors liberal pensions to Union soldiers, and denounces the President’s pension vetoes and “ the removal of ex-soldiers from office for partisan reasons.” The California Democratic State Convention nominated Jackson Temple, J. F. Sullivan, and Byron Waters for the three vacancies on the Supreme Bench. The platform indorses Cleveland’s administration; recommends the free coinage ■ demands Buri o • l er j ine restoration of the wool tantt of W 67; favors the passage of the wine bills now before Congress; approves of labor co-operative societies; demands the abrogation of the Burlingame Chinese treaty, and favors legislation providing for the deportation of all Chinese now in the United States.... A considerable number of Illinois Republicans who oppose the prohibition political movement, but who are hostile to the saloon, had a conference in Chicago and adopted resolutions asking the party to place itself in open hostility to the organized power of the liquor-selling interest. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Upon the recurrence of labor’s national holiday (the first Monday in September) the trade and labor unions in most of the large cities marshaled their forces and marched through the chief thoroughfares. The parade in Chicago comprised about twenty thousand persons. The utmost good feeling was manifested on every side, and, save such little accidents as are contingent upon every great gathering, nothing occurred to mar the favorable impression created by the display of organized labor. There were no red flags and no incendiary speeches. Everything connected with the demonstration was of a conservative character. The bricklayers received the first prize, for the largest turnout, and the printers the second prize, for neatest display. In the York, Boston, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Detroit, Peoria and Albany there were similar imposing parades, participated in by thousands of toilers, and all of them characterized by the utmost good order. It is stated that the Knights of Labor organization will be remodeled aft?r the system of the Federal Union... .The National Federation of Coal Miners held its annual session at Indianapolis, John Mcßride, o f Ohio, being chosen President. The Secretary’s report opposes amalgamation, as a body, with the Knights of Labor. .. .“The New York merchants, jobbers and commission merchants are generally satisfied with the condition of trade,” says a dispatch from that city. “Business is picking up and shows in most lines a very decided improvement. Buyers for the fall trade have been and continue numerous. A noted feature is in the increase of the orders fre m the South and Southwest. They are ordering from there not only large quantities of goods but they are also demanding the finer grades. The iron market continues active, but the meagerness of profits and the difficulty of securing advanced rates are causing some dissatisfaction.”

general. The citizens of Wheeling, West Virginia, assembled by thousands the other evening to witness the lighting of natural gas, from a pipe runing into Pennsylvania. A m irked change in the manufacturing line is certain to occur. .. .Two hundred persons are thrown out of employment by a strike of the puddlers employed at the East End and Lights £Kapps rolling mills at Lebanon, Pa. They were refused an advance of fifty cents per ton. Because of the refusal of seventy-five local assemblies of the Knights of Labor at New York to contribute toward the Home Club’s building fund, they were suspended by Master Workman Maguire. Many more assemblies will be suspended. Rumor has it that Grand Master Workman Powderly of the Knights of Labor, tired of the turmoil, and desirous of devoting himself to his family, intends to retire .... A steel steamship has been launched at Buffalo, to run to Chicago. The vessel is 322 feet long, and cost $225,000. .. .A battle took place about twelve miles from New Laredo, Mexico, between policemen and Coyote’s gang of bandits. The latter were victorious, but the Federal commander ordered cavalry from Monterey and Lampasas to renew hostilities. John Q. Cannon, sou of the Mormon ex-Congressman, and until lately a dignitary in the Mormon Church, confessed to being guilty of adultery^ To the astonishment of all he was cast off from the church. ....President Cleveland has replied to Queen Victoria’s message of sympathy for the earthquake sufferers, telling her ' Majesty that the telegram is warmly appreciated and awakes grateful response in American hearts. | Revolutionists in Coahuila, Mexico, under the leadership of the famous Coyote, have seized El Paso and begun war against the Diaz government. A brother of the Coyote has also taken the field, and issued a proclamation calling the Mexicans to arms. The insurgents in the States of

Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas are trying to concentrate their forces in the Coahuila Mountains. FOREIGN. Alexander of Bulgaria notified the Czar, on the sth inst., that he had abdicated. His action aroused the indignation of the Germans and Austrians, as it is said that Russia will now occupy the troubled country. It is said Russia will bestow the throne on the Duke of Oldenburg. There are many who believe the abdication will receive more than a passing notice from the powers. In an ad tress given at a reception to the officers of the army, after feelingly expressing his thanks to Popoff and Moutkoroff, and declaring his undying devotion to Bulgaria, the Prince intimated plainly that he could not remain in Bulgaria because the Czar would not permit him, and because his presence was inimical to the best interests of the country. When he announced to his friends his intention of abdicating he wept copiously. A Nihilist den has been raided at Odessa and thirty persons captured, among them several Government officials....A hail-storm, accompanied by high winds, which prevailed in and around Paris, destroyed trees, fruit, and vegetables, causing a loss of $1,000,060. ADDITIONAL NEWS. Every county in the State was represented at the Wisconsin Republican Convention, at Madison. J. V. Quarles, of Racine, presided temporarily, and Hiram Smith, of Sheboygan, was made permanent Chairman. Jeremiah M. Rusk was renominated for Governor, by acclamation; G. W. Ryland was nominated for Lieutenant Governor, E. G. Timme for Secretary of State, Henry Harshaw for Treasurer, Charles E. Estabrook for Attorney General, J. B. Thayer for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Atley Peterson for Railroad Commissioner, and Philip Cheek for Insurance Commissioner. The platform declares the labor question the most important social and political problem of the time, opposes convict labor at home and the importation of pauper labor from abroad, favors arbitration for the settlement of labor disputes, opposes prohibition, and favors local option....

The Massachusetts Prohibition Convention at Worcester, presided over by Eugene 11. Clapp, of Boston, was the largest held in the State for many years. The following ticket was placed in nomination: Governor, T. J. Lothrop; Lieutenant Governor, Dr. John Blackmer; Secretary of State, George Kempton; Treasurer, John L. Kilburn; Attorney General, Samuel M. Fairfield; Auditor, William M. Sherman. The resolutions declare that any political party that will not grapple with the rum power with the honest and earnest intent of overthrowing it is unworthy of confidence and support. Both of the great political parties are condemned for their past course regarding the liquor question. The resolutions also recommend that the act of selling or dealing in liquors should be punished by disfranchisement... .The Texas Prohibition State Convention assembled at Dallas and put in nomination a full State ticket, headed by T. L. Dohonv for Govot denounces the Democratic party for nominating a saloon stump-speaker for Governor of a Christian people... .Returns from Vermont show the election of sixteen Democrats to the Legislature. Ninety of the Republican members chosen favor the re-election of Senator Edmunds.... Hon. Jehu Baker has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans in the Eighteenth Illinois (Morrison’s) District. Other Congressional nominations have been made as follows: W. C. Cooper. Democrat, Ninth Ohio District; James O’Donnell, Republican, Third Michigan; J. C. Burrow’s, Republican. Fourth Michigan; John Ringle, Democrat, Ninth Wisconsin; W. D. Lindsay, Democrat, Fifteenth Illinois; F. F. Shively, Democrat, Thirteenth Indiana; Judge Cook, Democrat, Third Iowa; Dr. W. C. Earl, Democrat, McGregor (Iowa) district; James N. Pidcock, Democrat, Fourth New Jersey; Rev. J. S. Boyden, Prohibitionist, Fourth Michigan. The relief committee at Charleston has already received SIIO,OOO in contributions. Mayor Courtenay, in a proclamation, alludes with deep feeling to the practical sympathy shown throughout the Union. A general feeling of insecurity prevails in the city, and the residents camp in the open lots and along the Battery. A foul, sickening odor arising from the fissures in the streets and the open sewers and inlets pervades the city, and there is a latent dread of sickness. Steps have been taken to organize a trust company, with its principal office in Charleston and with branch offices in all the large cities, for the purpose of raising the necessary funds by subscription for the rebuilding of the ruined portions of the city. Colonel Batchelor, of the United States army, who was sent from Washington to Charleston to make an official report on the condition of affairs there, says the people have everything they need, and that the loss will fall principally on owners of real estate, and not upon the people at large. The business section of the city is in ruins. There is scarcely a brick house in that portion of the city that will not have to be torn down. But in the residence portion the houses are nearly all built of wood and remain intact. General Sheridan has given orders for the immediate removal from Arizona to Florida of the Apache and Warm Spring tribes of Indians, with the exception of Geronimo and his band of hostiles, who will probably be tried at Fort Bowie by court-martial. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Beeves 54.50 @ 5.75 Hogs 5.0.) 0 5.50 Wheat—No. 1 White 18 ^9 ,9J No. 2 Red 87 & .88 Corn—No. 2 52 0 .53 Oats—White 3> & .41 Pork—Mess 10.50 @11.50 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 @ 5.50 Good Shipping 4.00 @ 4.75 Common 3.00 @ 3.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.50 & 5.25 Flour—Extra Spring 4.25 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 lied 77 0 .73 Corn —No. 2 40 & .41 Oats —No. 2 25 .26 Butter—Choice Creamery 21 @ .23 Fine Dairy 16 & .18 Cheese —Full Cream, Cheddar.. .08J4® .08% Full Cream, new 09^0 .10 Eggs—Fresh 13 0 .14 Potatoes —Early Rose, per bu.. .40 @ 50 Pork—Mess 10.00 @10.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 75 @ .76 Corn—No. 2 40 0 .41 Oats—No. 2 . 25 @ .26 Rye—No. 1 52 @ .54 Pork—Mess 10.00 @10.25 TOLEDO. Wheat —No. 2 80 @ .82 Corn —No. 2 42 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 26 @ .27 DETROIT. Beef Cattle 4.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.25 0 4.75 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.00 Wheat—Michgian Red 80 & .81 Corn—No. 2 43 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 White 30 & .31 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 77 @ .78 Corn—Mixed 37 & .38 Oats—Mixed 26 0 .27 Pork—New Mess 10.50 @ll.OO CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 0 .78 Corn—No. 2 42 @ .44 Oats—No. 2 27 0 .28 Pork—Mess 10.25 @10.75 Live Hogs 4.50 @ 5.00 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 86 0 .87 Corn—No. 2 46 0 .47 Cattle 3.75 0 4.50 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 0 5.00 Hogs 4.25 @ 5.00 Sheep 2.25 @ 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 0 .77 Corn—No. 2 39 0 .40 Oats—No. 2 25 @ .27 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best 5.00 @ 5.25 Fair 4.25 0 4.75 Common 3.25 0 3.75 Hogs 4:75 @ 5.25 Sheep 3.75 @4.25

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JUMPIN} HIGH FENCES. The Pleasures o Riding to Hounds Across Country—A Tale of Tumbles. After one Jieet at Sagamore Hill, says Theodore Roosevelt in an article on riding to hounds in the Century, I ■ had the curiosity to go on foot over the course we h^l taken, measuring the ; jumps; for it* I as very difficult to form i a good estinLte of a fence’s height when in the Aid, and five feet of timber seems a ncuch easier thing to take when sitting around the fire after dinner than it does when actually faced while 'he hounds are running. On this . artiq lav hunt in question we ran about ten mile&, at a rattling pace, with only two cheCn^ crossing somewhat more than sixty fences, most of them post-and-rails, stiff as steel the others being of the kind called “Vir•ginia” or “snake” and not Rpre than ten or a dozen in the whole iff under four feet in height. The iighest measured five feet and halt au inch, two others were four feet elevc n and nearly a third of the numb.j averaged about four and a hall. There were also several rather awkward doubles. When the hounds were cast off some forty riders were present, but the first fence was a savage one and stopped all who did not mean genuine hard going. Twentysix horses crossed it, one of them ridden by a lady. A mile or so further on, before there had been a chance for much tailing, we came to a five-bar gate out of a road —-a jump of jus,* four feet five inches from the take-off. Up to this, of course, we went at one time, at a trot or handgallop, and twenty-five horses cleared it in succession without a single refusal and with but one mistake; which speaks pretty well for the mounts we were riding. Owing to the severity of the pace, combined with the average height of the timber, although no one fence was of especially noteworthy proportions, a good many falls took place, resulting in an unusually large percentage of accidents. The master partly dislocated one knee, another man broke two ribs, and another—the present writer—broke his arm. However, almost all of us managed to struggle through to the end in time to see the death; and as the score of battered riders turned their horses’ heads homeward I could not help thinking that we looked a good deal as if wo had been taking part in some feat of arms as gentle and joyous as that of Ashby-de-la-Zouche. But it would be very unfair to think the sport especially dangerous on account of the occasional accidents that happen. A man who is fond of riding, but who sets a good deal of value, either for the sake of himself, his family, or his business, upon his neck and limbs, can hunt with almost perfect safety if he gets a quiet horse, a safe fencer, and does not try to stay in the front rank. Most accidents oc~BrtY to horses, or_ else to those who keep up in front ofily at the expense of pumping their mounts; and a fall with a done-out beast is always peculiarly disagreeable. Most falls, however, do no harm whatever to either horse or rider, and after they have picked themselves up and shaken themselves, the couple ought to be able to go on just as well as ever. How He Proposed. He had thrown himself into an easy chair in the club, says the San Francisco Chronicle, and lay there with one hand on his forehead and an open letter in the other. “What’s the matter—sick?” “Yes.” “Come and take a drink.” “No, thank you; had enough. Say, stick a pin into me won’t you?” “What for?” “Just to see if I’m awake.” “You’re all right.” “Read this.” And he handed over the letter, which read: My Darling Jack: Mamma told me sho met you this morning. lam so glad you’re back from Pasadena. Why, whv did you not write ne a line? Come up just as soon as you can. lam longing to embrace you. Your own Jane. “That’s very pleasant.” “Yes, but who is it?” “Don’t you know? I don’t.” “I met Mrs.——to-day—by jove, it's her daughter! I say, what can this be? Come to think of it, I met the old man, too, and both of them were effusive and said they expected me up to-night. Hush, hero’s her cousin.” And the cousin came up. “Hullo, Jack! Back again? Y'ou left Mrs. ’s reception that night two weeks ago so suddenly I did not have time to speak to you. Jennie told us the news when she got home, and I assure you we’re all glad. You’re going up to-night, aren’t you? She’s been wild for two weeks because you never wrote a line.” “Yes, yes. I’ll be there to-night. They’re all well?” Then he rushed off and covered himself with a newspaper, and it gradually came to him that in a burst of champagne enthusiasm he had proposed to Jennie in the corner of a secluded drawing-room at that reception, and there is no way out of it until he can get an excuse to quarrel with her and break it off. Balzac’s Wife. Everything that concerns Balzac’s life is mysterious, but this attachment to Mme. de Hanska seems to me to give us the key to many points that are otherwise incomprehensible. First of all, it helps to explain his herculean literary labors anil that intemperance of toil which, while fatally undermining his health, yet enabled him to produce such a prodigious quantity of work. To my mind, the explanation of Balzac's immense efforts is his old double thirst "for celebrity and love. “To devote myself to the happiness of a woman is my perpetual dream,” he wrote to his sister in his earlier years. He had now found the woman of his dreams, and he worked in the hope of one day laying his glory and his millions at her feet. This happy day came at last. Mme. de Hanska was left a widow in 1847, and after having seen her daughter Anna married to Count Mniszech and having settled her affairs in Poland she became the wife of Honore de Balzac. The marriage was celebrated on March 14, 1850, at Wierzchownia, and the patient lover was at last able to announce “the happy denouement of that grand and fine drama of the heart which has lasted sixteen years.” “Three days ago I married the only woman that I ever loved, whom I love more than ever, and whom I shall love until death. This union is, I believe, the reward whi h God held in reserve for so much adversity, so many years of labor, so many difficulties encountered and surmounted. I have had neither a happy youth nor a flowery spring; I shall have the most brilliant summer, the sweetest of all autumns,” — Cornliill Maa azine-

Important. When you visit or leave New York City, save baggage, oxprossago, and $3 carriage hire, and etopatthe Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot 613 rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages, and elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the city. The Great Cost of the First Pens. Only a few years ago Bulwer put into the mouth of his dramatic creation, “Richelieu.” these pregnant words: “The pen is mightier than the sword!” In the short time which has since elapsed these words have acquired a new truth and a new application; the pen has conquered the sword in the field of commerce, as completely as it had formerly triumphed in the fields of high policy and world government. 'The little civilizer (as it may well bo called) is now in every hand, but within the memory of many men still living the steel pen was simply a curious and costly toy, noticeable as an ingenious mechanical fad, but not at all as an invention likely to come into practical 11, h. TJie earliest form of this article was certainly not promising. A piece ot si ee t steel was bent into a tubular ioriii, cut an j awa y to i m it a te the Bhap-, o f a quill pen, the junction °i e ^g es forming the nib, which, of c-, U rse, extended all up the back ol the len These were known as early as 1816 were regarded as articles de lux,. |j e gi ven away as presents, and not lu- The wer(J highly polished, perhap, gilt or silvered, and sold for as much u, „w. lings each. In 1824 Mr. James Perry, the founder of a system of education, took up the steel pen as a practical invention, and by indomitable energy, overcame the difficulties in its construction and the objections to its use. He patented several varieties, and spared no expense to attain perfection. His brother informed Mr. Samuel Timmins, of Birmingham, that he paid seven shillings per pound for his steel, and five shillings per pen to the first workmen he employed, and that for years afterward the price given to his workmen was thirty-six shillings per gross. The virtues of St. Jacobs Oil, as proclaimed by millions of restored sufferers, should induce everyone to supply his household with this great specific. It conquers pain. Quite Considerate for a Lawyer. Lawyers are not all bad. They have feelings if you can only go deep enough. A lawyer up in the country was called to defend a Mexican for some serious crime, and he got him off. “What fee did you get?” somebody asked him. “Well, the fellow was very grateful —very grateful. After the trial he came to me and lie emptied his pockets. He bad twenty dollars, and a watch, Uikil ife- ” “And you ” " - - —

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