WIR. ANO M RS. C L A D ST O N C .
Mu. G lapktoxi
physician is p u ttin g
•.till m ore ren train ts upon him , an d in-
J» tin g upon his ml< p tin g every mean»
o f econom izing hi» failin g stre n g th .
A lthocgh Mrs. G ladstone is over
eig h ty years ol<l six* has a volum inous
eorrespon<lenee, oixl, n o tw ith sta n d in g
his udvan:«-d age, she w rite s h er m any
le tte rs w ith o u t the aid of glnase».
•In. GnansToxi; varied his o rd in a ry
a th le tic program m e of tree-chopping
1 lie o th e r «lay by liftin g th e tirst shovel
ful of e a rth on th e occasion of th e coin-
i H icem ent tit w ork on a hors«- railroad
a t V. ’irral.
Gl.Ah. io ’«.", h rep o rted as say in g in a
rt c en t address: “ I am a Scotchm an by
blood aii«l a L ancashire m an by b irth . I
have lived m ost of my life in Ixm don,
an d in «me way or a n o th e r 1 b elo n g to
most p a rts of tin- c o u n try .”
Mr.it. Gi.An.'.Toxr. gave h er service» a t
th e London h< sp ital «luring th e last
g r- a t < holera epidem ic. She w as also
ittstru i icn tal in m ak in g provision for
the m any ch ild ren suddenly m ade
orphan-* by th e ehoh-ra. and in th e
< h ih lren ’s home, close to tin- E pping
or« t.t, th u s founded, th e prim«* m inis-
,« r\. wif«- has alw ay s ta k en g re u t p ra c
tical in terest.
L IT E R A R Y
Z
P E R S O N A L IT IE S .
M aui ; T wain lias s e ttle d dow n fo r
th e w in te r w itii his fam ily a t Florence,
Italy.
T his new Ixtrd T en n y so n is said to
have very little in tercu t in ¡xa-try ex-
1 1 ¡«1 f ir Ihe f n-e value it possess«*» a t
th e J) ibliiJier s.
W i l l I i l l ii was one«* taohlNsl in P h ila
d e lp h ia d u rin g an au ti-slav ery a g ita tio n
i:i f i a t city , a n I C«*orgc W illiam C urtis
i.ti.7« red in a sim ilar m anner.
J x ..*: Ai t :: x ’»«•»,, age in H am pshire,
.“.n 'la m l. w h e re she w ro te tin* books
h.:t m ade h e r fam ous, is still sta n d in g ,
i ul lia s been b u t little a lte re d sine«* lu-r
«lay.
Y t \<> h 'lcx o Y e s , w hose re c e n t a r
ticle In tho Forum , e n title d “ A China«
inn on Our T re a tm e n t o f C h in a,” h as
a ttra c te d n tte n tio n , r«**e,ved his edbea-
ti«»u in th is «-ountry, an d is now an
Epi;, opal m in iste r in S h an g h ai.
E.'ii i: i Ei (n :\in devotes tw o o r
t hr *«’ h o u r •. of «-aeh day to w ritin g h e r
eu-m oln, but so sew itive is sh e n lsiu t
In r iv« rk th a t she allow s no one to look
nt In r iiiaini-. rip t, am i has mad«- «ptx-
« h.l a rrn n g em en t . tl'.-.t h e r book sh all
not lm puhllnltnd u n til sh«* has been
d e ad tw en ty -liv e year:».
I co ild su g g est a n y w ay o u t o f th e d id -
culty. S o m eth in g m u st lx* done a t once
fo r th e public safety ; a n d Gen. W ash -j
iu g to n , w ho had g r e a t confidence in th e '
ju d g m e n t of Gov. J o n a th a n T ru m b u ll, I We have
o f C onnecticut, said in th is dilem m a: I
••We n iu .t c o n su lt B ro th e r J o n a th a n on
Just Received
th e su b je c t,”
••B rother J o n a th a n ” w ns eq u al to th e An im m e n s e lin e o f D r y G o o d s ,
occasion. u nd su p p lied m an y o f th e la c k
F a n c y G o o d s , L a d ie s
H o o d s,
in g necessities; an d a fte rw a rd d u rin g
F a s c in a to r s . I n f a n t s ’ H o o d s a n d
tin - w a r it Is-came th e custom in a n y
em ergency to say: “ We m u st c o n su lt ' Sacks.
C om e e a rly I tr b a r g a in s
B ro th e r J o n a th a n .” In tim e th e n a m e ,
becam e applied to th e w hole c o u n try , ! — b e fo re supply is exhausted.
and it is p le a sa n t to know th a t th e
g re a t W ash in g to n h im se lf w as th e
o rig in a to r of it.
HURD &. DAVENPORT.
T h e London Society of T e le g ra p h
E n g in eers and E lectrician s have lx-en
m ak in g so u n d in g s alo n g th e co ast of
A frica w ith a view of lay in g a cab le
from E nglund to Cape T ow n. A t th e
m outh of tin- Congo th ey found a re-
m ark ab le i.tat«* of affairs, th e ir m aps
and soum liags sh o w in g th a t t h a t riv e r s
m onth is a n e x tra o rd in a ry m arin e g u liy
of no less d e p th th a n fo u rteen h u n d red
and fifty-tw o feet! T he ino u th of th e Mis
sissippi a t an equal d istan ce from shore
w ould only show th irty -th re e fe e t an d
th e T ham e» fo rty feet. T h e Congo’s in-
cretlilile d ep th s w ere traced for m ore
th a n on - hundred m iles o u t a t sea.
Groceries,
Groceries, Groceries!
1
pigs 1,110,000, goat-, 333.000, p o u ltry 15.-
.3)3,000, h o rses anti m u le« 0 'i.\000, umkw
g i : .coo,
•B R O T H E R
J O N A T H A N .••
V I» » s , , l , r l , | i * r I l,r t g » M « |e « l lr«.»«« a I l n n i r X
Xt««)a> I * , XX ••l« lt« K I on.
I,
seem *
s tr a n g e
t o sp eak
of
th.*
’ n ited N tate* as **lirx*ther Jo n ath an ,* ' '
n o d t h e w«»n«l«*r is hoxx it e w r began.
n s llar|s* i s \ «»ling l ‘«s»pie; tin t «»u in-
«(Hiring in to th e m a tte r xx«* find thut th«*
« ust«»m an««* fn»m nn o rd in a ry rem ark
tu.i«le by (te n W n a h in g to n at th e ts-gin-
•lin g «»f th«* revolt,tl«»t»Mrx w » r tb i g»»-
l.og to M assat'hii«**tts t«» o r g a n iz e th e
erm x h e fo u n d it sc a n t o f nm m ixnits»n
i».id all us- a n s x»f d efen se, an«, n** one i
. »est
■od Mr. M sn !»«•
F in e il8fiortiuent
b o th la d ie s anil gentlemen
Ik
not fail to a«k lor (,„r f.,„
on*
.Jack and Jill chipj,, n-n
><*ho««i
shoe— all sizes.
A n ic e l i n e o f
Class,
F re s h s to c k a lw a y s o n h a n d .
j
1
j W e ll S e le c te d
S to c k o f H a ts .
Crockery,
Tin and
In t h i s lin e w e ex -
EARTHENW ARE
c e l’a ll. c o m p e tito r s .
always on hand
HURD & DAVENPORT.
..O IID EK S BY JIA Il. SOLICITED.
T H Z GTUDIO.
B.xnr.ETT Bnov.’rn.’.o, »«in o f txvo
fam ous jxicts, w ro te verses o f prom ise
xvhen In* xvau five year» old, and J o h n
B uskin said Iu* should be a g re a t poet.
II«* is a p a in te r in stead .
T in: m o n u m en t to th e la te em p ero r o f
R ussia a t Moscow w ill bo com pleted
w ith in a few m o n th s and n e x t sp rin g it
will I k * «lcdicatcd. i t h as been fo r seven
yearn in course of erection.
Mn.i. H elen E liza beth E ixo , of
Cleveland, lias lxx*n copying, to be ex
h i b it e d by t!u* s ta te o f Ohio a t th e
xvorld*', fair, H u n tin g to n ’s p o rtr a it of
Gun Shertunn, w hich belongs to th e
n a tio n a l g o v ern m en t nnd h an g s in th e ,
xvar «k*partnn‘iit a t W ashington,
T fy W C R R , -----BO O TS & F HOFS,
Tins illu m in atio n o f W h ittie r’s w n . T l T U P i v a n r » ,
,«*nuiul hym n, done in 187(1 by Miss
A nnie Ixnvin W riley, o f Pennsylvania,
.M E D I C I N E S ,
N U T S & C A N D IE S ,
w ill hold a place in th e W om an’s build- 1 H A T S & ( ’A P S ,
in g a t th e w o rld 's fair. An au to g rap h
le tte r from W h ittie r in re g a rd to the
F U R N I S H I N G GOODS.
C IG A R S,
T O PACCO,
hy m n w ill p ro b a b ly 1»«* pla--cd w ith it.
i HE S E A T O N STORE
|Keeps a full line of Extra Quality
DRY COODS :i GROCERIES.
F A S H IO N
NOTES.
Goods as Represented.
A S l.ir y
DEALERS
FANCY
of Ire n e ,! o rig it^ be a««e ».he Frenvii
1 »'■' t
p *
, •teptuother.
y
vie »
IN A L L K IN D S C F
CF
S T A F L E AND
G R O C E R IE S .
DRY COODS
A p re tty fable ab o u t th e pansy i •* cur-
re n t am .-tig French and German Cllil-
«lr,*n. T h e iloxver has fix-« p e tu ls a n d
five s«-puls. In moat p a n s ie s , es|K-(-ia||v
«.( th e e a rlie r und less highly «h-velop,*«!
varieties, tw o of th e p etals urx* plain
in «o|«»r am i th re e are gay. The two
p lain p etals have a «ingle sepal, ,w«> of
th e gay p e ta l. have a !iCpu | each, and
th e thirxl. w hich i . th e larg est «»fail
has tw o K-pnls. T he fable is th at the
p.msx repn-M-nts a fam ily, o .n slstin g of
hnsban.l, xxife and four «laughters, two
of th«* h itte r U-ing step «-hil.lren of the
xvife, xvith only «me «-hair: thetxvostnall
»ray p e tals are th«* d a u g h te rs w ith a
* h a ir «‘ach. nnd th e lurgx* gay petal is
th e xx ife, w ith txvo , hairs. To find the
fa th e r one must s trip aw ay th e petals
u n til th, stam en« and pistil» a r,* bare
I hey h a v e o faneifui n*s, tnblanee to an i
, ,,,,,, aU m t w
■ hi .
ul«l. r upralMM
upraiM-d am,
ami LU
hU
f«H*t
, . in n l»a*htuh
,
, , 1
►tery h probably
managers .
c
V
XI><*I|| H i r
O .I
Prices W ill be Found Reasonable.!
Knowles &. Gettys,
xva , P,J,07rt,000 bur h e ts.
l iie to ta l n u in lier o f cat,,«*, a s o,1i«-iallv
i w a , Is 4,,. i.uixi head. «beep 4, n *J4, imni ,
H as a rriv e d ,
HURD 5 DAVENPORT.
T h e Congo*« Deep Mouth
I n five o’clock ten no txvo cups and
i*au«*i*rs should I»«» alike.
A o iiu .'s coat of red clo th is trimmed
F A R M C T A T IS T IC 3 .
w ith gold an d b lack braid.
N,:w Z r xi. xxn « xp*-r,s prislu«-«* every
Ll i i x. .,i lx I hixx ' s w ith aigr«*t,«*s su««
y e a r to t h e vain«» of i n f r e a c h head g e stin g nuicn n m a re um ong some of
o f ih e j« ijv ila t ion.
T h e n e t i n -rease in
tin-in«>.t upproved h at und I kuhic , trim-
i.-.i- h «-x|s<rts hu . Iss-n fro m CCH. koo . ouo , inin;»s.
in r • i. to aim« • t tfo.floo.txx» in l: do .
1«' is !4ii«l th a t five hun«lr<><l ix*rsons
I iii d a iry m en o f V ictoria. A u stra lia, ' w«.r,;c«l for ten «lavs on th e beautiful
have p*-tlti«*ii«sl th e ir g o v e rn m e n t t«> liM*o b r id a l v eil o f Princess .Marga
pla • th e Isiuu • on e x p o rt b u tte r at r. 111 * « f I’c r.io . It xvas mad«* at Kirsch*
f nr re n t . in .tea I of rediH ing it fro m IsTg, Gilcslo.
ix to th re e cen ts, a» o rig in ally c o n te m
S n cii-riN » nre «howw in every imag
p la te d .
in ab le aty I-.*, from th«* plain«*:.t ami most
O r r in xi fig u r e s g iv e th «-an a p la n te d inexpe i ive to th e e le g a n t an d clalMirate,
to w h e a t In F rance, f o r th e is'.».» crop, som e o f th em lm ing o f « nornm us valm*
t I 7. I .U. o - mi iu re s, and th e crop at 300,- fn»m som e very expensive stone cither
> bv.hvL i. T o ry e th e re w ere s«*t ingly o r su rro u n d ed by sm aller
»1,0? i a n-* p la n te d , « m l th e c ro p oaoa.
Ni;w Zi xi xxt, has sixty-txvo la rg e
di««»«' and b u tte r foctoricM, th a t cost
over a k'»o,000. K une «>f th«* cheese foe-
i >ri< * tu rn ou t fr in liK) t«> PR) to n s of
« h cr-w *. a n « t th«* b u tte r factories an d
«rvumert«** from ,VJt«» ISO ton a n n u ally .
Ix Irelan d nil k in d s o f Hr«* st«s-k have
in rxxiMsI th is y e a r, e x c e p tin g pigs,
C u r W inter Stock
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