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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1891)
AN AFRICAN CHIEF'S BADGE. ItiiKtcIn riliiRi to n IJnm Trnkettla Vlilrli Dr. Prtcrs finvo Illm. Among tlio many wrecks of dark continent royalty now drifting nbout Germany is the Somali chief, Hussein Fnrrar. Ho got a tasto of Teutonic civilization whilo aiding tho German Emin Pasha expedition, and could not bo kept from hurrying off to the empire of tho Hohenzollorns as soon as he got the $130 allowed him for his services. Before sailing he invested .$200 in two cabs, two cabmen and a superintend ent, whom he left in charge of his liv ery business in Aden. lie created u panic tho first day he appeared in Unter den Linden, and the police had to be summoned to provent the crowd from stealing from him a battered brass teakettle that he clutched tightly with his right hand. Every effort was made to dissuado him from disturbing tho public peaco by .swinging this kettle, wherever ho went, but in vain. Ho refused to explain his affection for this rather curious adjunct of his street costume, and not until Dr. Peters, tho explorer, came to llerlin was any satisfactory reason for his be havior obtainable. The rival of Stan ley, however, unraveled tho mystery. When the liinin Pasha expedition was in the Massai country, he said, Hussein conducted himself with extraordinary bravery. Peters wished to reward him, but had nothing of value at hand to give away. Whilo rumaging about in camp for sonic kind of present, he came upon an old, leaky, brass kettle that was about to be thrown away He had it pol ished at once, called together tho na tives, ami in their presence gave it to Hussein, with the assuranco that such jin article anions white men was the customary reward for great deeds. Since then Hussein has never let the kettle out of his sight. When lighting he wore it tied to .his waist; on ship board he carried it in his arms, and in Germany he always takes it to bed with him. Chicago Times. ndiiniitliin In Switzerland. In Switzerland tho state's first busi ness is the education of tho youth. Teachers must, first of all. bo univer sity graduates, or elso bo graduates ol high, very high, class normals. They aro employed for long terms, almost for life, and are pensioned when grown old in tho public service. Tho schools stand at tho head of everything; oven the armv costs les than their schools do. Their system contains six kinds or grades of preparatory schools below the university. There aro tho primary, tho secondary, tho repeating, tho spe cial, the Heal schools, and tlio gymna sium, the last answering in rank to the American college. Tho first two ol these schools are cumpulsory and free, but the pupil may chooo between at tending tho secondary school and the repeating school. This latter is intend ed mostly for tho benefit of the very poor, who cannot spare tho children from labor after they have finished with tho primary school. S. II. M. Uycrs in Harper's. test tlio (Jreut IJoniedy. The medicine for th" heart, of all other organs, is rest mental and bodi ly. This does not mean doing nothing nt all, but not overdoing; least of all, not giving it anything in tho way of physical ill being to overcome. This must be provided -for at all points. Food may be delieato and plentiful, air nd sunshine generously admitted, baths and massage do their utmost, and chilly sleep for want of some extra blankets or dull days with a poor fire will so disorder tho circulation that the other cares go for nothing ns far as positive gain is concerned. It takes an all round intelligence to securo tho common health. Most peo plo take tho onochanco of it that pours out of a inedicino bottlo. Others add to this care about food and baths, and half care nbout puro air, whilo they tako little rest and next to no sunshine or any cheerful stimulus of pleasure Of course, tho result is unsatisfactory. Shirley Dare's Letter. Ah to I'resrrlptlnns. A correspondent of Tho Chicago Tri "buno complains that he took n foreign prescription to a druggist in Chicago who declined to return the paper after putting up tho medioine, Tho writer claims that in England and Scotland tho apothecaries return prescriptions, retaining copies. A Chicago druggist thinks that a good caso can bo made out for both customs, although "under ordinary circumstances in this city nny druggist will givo a customer n copy of tho prescription he brings in unless tho physician's request is to tho contrary." No Hunger. Jamser What aro you doing nowa days? Spacer I am writing tho lives of great men for n biographical diction ary that is being compiled. Jamser Aren't you nlndd to under tnko work of that sort? Spacer. Oh, no! Tho men I am writing about aro all dead. Puck. Didn't Wimt Any lixtru Work. "I'm trying to got up a good pen nnmo. What do you feuggost?" "Don't ask mo. I'vo as much ns I can manage to mako u iiamo for my eolf." Munsoy's Weekly. A Stork I'hrutu Wittered. Sho IIo talks liko n book, doesn't he? JIo-Yesj mi unpublished one, Harper Jlaiar, A FAR HAVEN. HoI.it the Mil anil bir (way! Of nn Island I l.ave heard. Anchored In thr tnr sown deep, Whither Lore 1 a pone Mtraj. Long niro he lv-nnl I he roar Of breakers railing on tiie Kind Of Rome unknown Samarkand, And with no reluctant word Sailed nwny In new meadows, by new sens. Wo must seek him th the breex Blowing from the eates of Mcep. Ll-Utn we may hear him call Where poldenrod o"ertojM the wall. Or when the moon across the night BeniU her steps From that Island In tho sea We nro told of dreamily l!y seers of tho Orient I hear him call: What iovrers hare yo lent To these poor oars. Spirit of loe. That In perianal banishment Llvo my dark fears' And oft i seem to rove. When shadows fall. Toward the Island, tlintfar Island of the sea. Where l.ovo doth dwell: And over the seti swell Comes a clad vision to tho Inward sight Of hat 1 heard. O Kappa, and told theo Annio Fields in Harper's How lie l'.ullt Ten Stories. Capt. Ed II. Webster, of Kansas City, said: The ten story building of the west ern city is what somebody in the town must erect. Tho somebody is ordinnrily a wrecker. lie knows when he begins the scheme that he will never live to en joy tho income of the structure, or be a victim of its collapse. IIo just wants to have it said that he built tho ten story i affair and ho is ready to quit. I know a ten story affair that was built on the fol lowing pattern: The man had $5, 000 cash. He leased a corner in a block and put in his foun dation. Then he mortgaged it for 000. That was to cover the foundation and three stories. Then ho put on a sec ond mortgage of $2..000. and with that the structure was run up three stories higher Then he placed a third mort gage on the building, which put it un der roof, fie finished it off and rented every ofiice, and every tenant found himself confronted with a garnishee by the mechanics who had liens. These mechanics collected tho rents of that building until a rich woman camo along and bought the whole edifice, in cluding the lease. Hut the ambitious fellow who had run up the sky scraper had his name on a stone over the en trance, and he seemed to be happy. There is a good deal of that sort of thing going on in tho country. Chicago Trib une. Electric Lights on Street Cars. Some interesting experiments were made recently in Bradford, England, on the lighting of street cars by electricity A car was illuminated by threo incan descent lamps of five candle power each. They were fed from three storago bat teries pluced beneath the seats, capable of supplying current continuously for six hours, The light obtained is de scribed as being about equivalent to that given under the best conditions by the oil lamps at present in use, with, of course, tho additional advantages of ab sence of smell and necessity for trim ming. New York Telegram. Foreigners Who Kecelvo Pensions. Ireland has 2.i0 pensioners on the rolls, who draw an average of $12 a month, and a single county in England Lancas ter lias fifty pensioners Thousands of miles away in Australia are enough pen sioners to draw nearly $2,000 a year Tho Dark Continent has a round dozen pensioners, living principally in Cape Town, South Africa, wnilo Liberia is represented by one lone widow whose husband was freed by the emancipation proclamation, and who died of tho inju ries he received in fighting the battles of "Massa Liukum "Youth's Companion, In Stork. Stranger (at great music box and or chestrion emporium)! am a dentist, and it has occurred to me that a music box or orchestrion would be a pleasant addition to my parlors, to amuse my pa tients, do you know, and Dealer 1 see. You want something to keep the waiting patients interested and sort o' help er drown any noises in the operating room. Stranger That's tho idea. Dealer Step right this way, sir, to tho steam calliope dopartmentl Good News. rroitil or Ills Work. There is a story told of a French poet who inquired of a friend and flatterer what he thought of his last work. "I have arrived at the fifteenth canto," he replied with enthusiasm, and think there is nothing more beautiful and har monious in the language." 'Pardon me, there is one thing." said tho poet. "Ah, perhaps you mean Chateaubriand's Atala?" "Certainly not. 1 mean my sixteenth canto." San Francisco Argo naut. CIiIiickh I'lajH. No manuscript is written of tho plays produced at the Chinese theatre. A synopsis of incident is prepared, and the stage manager stands at the entrance and instructs tho actors as they go upon tho stage in regard to what they aro to J do, but leaves the entire dialogue for them to extemporize. Boston Tran script. An AliHolutn NtceHlty. Mrs. Motherleigh Dora, my love, was I it necessary to spend fifteen minutes in bidding Harry good-night? I Dora (furtively rearranging a rumpled I collar) Yos, mother, it was a clear casn I of mussed. Pittsburg Bulletin. In the year 1200 chimneys wore scarce ly known in England. Only one was allowed iu u religious house, one in a manor house and one iu the great hall of a castle or lord's house, hut in other houses the fcmoke found its way out as it could. Fleet street journalism has increased by Iwips and bounds in recent years. In lfrlO there were thirty-five newspapers and periodicals published in Fleet street, three of them dailies; in 1600 thero were more than 000, uml cloven of them did-liea. READING GAS METERS. Rome Hiirvnnl Students Help I'ny Their Uxpenes In Tills Manner. Ono of the plea?antest and best pay ing occupations in which a good in: y collego men engage is rending meters for tho Boston Gas Light Company. This company employs about twenty-five stu dents in that department. Tho work is quite simple, each man being given a district in which it is his duty once a month to visit every gas meter and note down the figures ns indicated on the dials. The districts nre so divided up that it takes each one fivo or six days to complete his work. For this the stu dents aro paid $2 per day; consequently they are able to earn about $12 per month from reading meters alone. Where a student is practicing the most rigid and severe economy this sf;5 per week proves quite a welcoino assistance and goes a long way toward paying for their simple necessities. The work is steady the year round, and a college man in the employ of tho Boston Gas Light Company can of a certainty count upon an income of at least $2.50 to $!5 per week. Tho work is considered so desirable by collegians that thero are al ways on hand a number of applications, so that when one drops out thero aro plenty eager to take his place. The young men thus employed come from all the surrounding colleges. Har vard, Tufts, Boston university, Institute of Technology, and tho Medical School furnishing about equal numbers. As a rule they aro of New England birth and come from good families. An illustra tion of how somo young men put them selves through college is found in tho case of a native of the Granito State who is attending tho Boston university His means being very limited ho se cured work from tho Boston Gas Light company, tho pioeoeds from which he used in defraying all his college ex penses, such as room rent, books, cloth ing, etc. He at first got his board freo by serv ing noons as a waiter in a restaurant, and later by acting as commissary for a boarding club. In this way ho obtained all his board, room rent, clothing, books and all the other things necessary to a collego course by his own individual ef forts. Another young man pays his way through the same collego with the money received from working for the gas company, added to tho profits of u largo newspaper route ' which ho goes over every afternoon, and it is said that ho earns from that source even more than from reading meters. Boston Rec ord. Avoiding ii Illockuilo. One wagon was loaded with about six tons of plate or sheet iron. Tho other was held down by several thousand bricks. One traction car was going up tho avenue and another was crossing it. Behind that was a horse car. .J ust then a baker's wagon cut in on ono bide, and a yeast nondescript camo from tho other comer, when the big "off" nnilo in the iron wagon wagged his left ear and btopped. The brick cart stopped. So do did tho up car and tho cross car, with tho horse car bumping up behind it. It was as pretty a bit of confusion, as you have seen on Broadway, with tho differ ence that in cases of emergency thero seems to be about sixteen policemen to tho square inch in Broadway, while hero thero is about an inch of policeman to twenty perches. Somebody that knew character a big red bearded man that had doubtless sworn army mules into a paroxysm ; energy tickled the muL's car with the point of his umbrella; the mulo pranced, tho red bearded man walloped it with his umbrella twice and tho procession began to move. Tho blockade was lifted in ten seconds almost before it was made. Pittsburg Bulletin. A Curious Oiicriitlon, Did you ever too n spider change his skin? It is an intern ting sight, one that will rep:iy any one for tho time lost in waiting for tho novel event to take place. When preparing for tho change tho spider htops eating for several days, and makes his preliminary arrangements by fastening himself with a short thread of web to ono of tho main lines of his snare, this to hold him firmly whilo ho proceeds to imdress. First tho 6kin cracks all around tho thorax, being held only by the fore part. Next tho abdomen is uncovered, and then comes the struggle to freo tho legs. Ho works and kicks vigorously, seeming to have a very hard time of it. Fifteen minutes of continued perseverance, how over, brings him out of his old dress, tho struggle causing him to appear limp and lifeless for some tnno after it is fin ished. Gradually ho comes back to life, brighter and more beautiful than befont tho trying ordeal was begun, St. Louia Republic. A Deaf Mali's Hearing. "Now just watch that man," remarked a policeman as he stood on the steps of the city hall. He pointed as ho spoke ton man who was endeavoring in various ways to attract tho attention of a deaf and dumb man near by. "It's a funnv thing," ho continued, "that you can i shout in a mute's ear and he will bo utter ly oblivious. to the fact that you aro any whero in his neighborhood, while if you whistlo ho will turn in an instant. You don't believe it? Well, try it boniu time and see." New Haven Union. Iiiiuglnalivo Hubert. ne is a bright infant, is Robert, and imaginative. When he saw tho sun die appear behind a cloud at sunset om night, ho said, "The sun hasn't gone t 1 bed, but 1 guess he's undressing him , self." At nuaber lime ho said to hie ' father, "I have got iu toMiiy kistes lm you us there are pine needle on the pirn-1 trees und flowers iu the woods!" Boston Transcript. A I'ulr Devotee. Do Broker- Your vnf is very religion. U sho not? Do Bunker 1 tthould say she was. Not a mouth goon by that 1 don't have to pay out two or thnw hundred dollar for Blinds droeSM ami things. Goal New. "A llrrn of Aiitletniii." At the terribly hard-foinrht battle of Shurpsburg (Antietam) Paul Conrad was desperately wounded, receiving n canister j shot in the left shoulder, which scraped ! every rib in his tiody. The ball entered just above the point of the shoulder blade, and passed perpendicularly down the back to the waist, where it wasfoitnd and cut out by thesurgeons, but not until eighteen hours hud passed after the wound was received. Though the ball weighed not more than ten ounces, Mr. Conrad said that after several hours had passed he felt as if he had a ten-xiund ball, a cannon and carriage in his buck, so great was the shock to his svtom. IT pun his recovery from his wound he rejoined his battalion, ami served gd lantly to the end of the war, partk-ipat ing in all the great battles with t lie Army of Northern Virginia. , Born in New Orleans in the year 1S10, he entered tho Confederate ar.nv soon after attaining to manhood, and his rec ord as a soldier was as enviable and gal lant as that of any of Louisiana's sons who More the gray, lie served with dis tinction to the en'd of the war. lie was a member of Captain Henry St. Paul' ChiiseourH a Pied, a part of the Army of j Northern Virginia, and is one of but a i few of the survivors of that famous com- j maud. The company left New Orleans ' April 22, 1801, for f'ommcola. Thence tliey went t,o lrginia, and other compa nies being attached, St. Paul's Battalion was formed. Their first big light was at Seven Pines, where more than half the command were killed or wounded among tho former being young Bourges, Conrad's first cousin. lie is, and always has been, strictly speaking, a man "of the people. Of ii genial and pleasant disposition and pos sessing rare business qualifications, he is eminently fitted to fill the responsible position to which he has been elected, lie is an honest, upright and faithful business man, whose word is as good as his Ixjiid. The Board of Directors of the Umisi ana State Lottery Company have elected Mr. Paul Conrad President, vice Dr. M. A. Dauphin, deceased. Mr. Conrad has practically managed the affairs of this great corporation for the past five or six years, lie has been an attache of the company iu various capacities since 1870, and has earned the good will, confidence and respect f all with whom he has come in contact. Mobile RfijiMer. No Tool Keiiiedlot for 1 1 1 m. Brown 1 can tell you wimt will cure that roM, Huntley You take a big drink of hot Ihixsood ten to-niglit ul 9 o'clock nnd go to Ih.hL Diimley Noasotivo. I'm on my way to eeo a doctor now When I uin sick 1 don't tnko any fool remedies. Dumley llator. to pliysicinn) Doctor, I'vo got a sovero cold. Physician igravelyi Um. tind, very bad, particularly ut this season of tho year. Had it long' Utliuley About a week. Pliysicuin Dm. in tlio head or on tlio chestf Duiuley It'" got me both ways, doctor. Physician Uin. let um try your lungs. (Doctor eoi.ee Duinlcy with wimt is known in Graft) Koiunii wrestling parlance astliogniu hun quick nnd chuck hhii-over-yonr-hend-mid Uill-tmn hold, and listens intently tor u'" tuiiiiltes.i Um. appetite good! Dumley Kainsli. Physician U in. sloop wollJ Dttmley Ilnveu't slept a wink for two nights, neither lias my wife. Physician Um. wife, troubled with n cold, tool Dumley Yes. troubled with mino. Physician Um, let mo feel of jour tonguo er 1 should say see your tonguo ami feel of your pulso. Um. yes, pulso feeblo and tonguo coated. Where did you get this cold? Duiuloy 1 was over in Pennsylvania lust nook, and I think I got it them Physician U in. yes, people can't l too careful ubout going to Pennsylvania. Throat sorol Dumley It's getting sore, doctor. Physician U m. taken uny thing yet? Dumley No Physician Um, well, Mr. Dumley, ti? night at U o'clock you tnko a big drink of hot lluxsccd tea and goto bed. In tho morn ing 1 think you will bo nil right. Duinloy ratclullyi Thanks, doctor; how much Physician 'Two dollars, pleaso. Now York Sun. Ho Cot There. "I passed you on tho street yesterday and you did not even bow to mo," he said as tlioy shoolcs hands in I rout of the Moffat block. "I was very busy yesterday and you must oxcuso mo." "I wondered nt your cool treatment." "Couldn't help it. you know." "What lind I doner "Oh, nothing I was contracting to supply n hotel with two ton of ice dally all summer. Hnd to keep cool, you see." When they hnd eepanitixl the nrnti who had asked for an explanation turned tou friend who cinne up and snU "Say, I don t quite twig Ah! yes, I do. IIul hal Very tunny I lie treated inu coolly tiecauso he ho" 1 "llo what'" 'IJoeuueo he was making n bargain with a hotel mail. Ilel he In I may lie a littlo slow, but 1 get thero ull tho same." Detroit Freo Prefa. AlfrwJ-l wonder wlioihnt frowsy old ruin in ttiu grcon dits U. bho IjuIjuvhI in u most vulgar iimniitr t kuiur und uxuiru to bo out of bor olwmont, Allco Do you mean tlio tall, thin old tud) Willi diamond, in Imr knirf Alfrul-YM; looUliku a lainp tout. Do you know hurl Altux-Oii, yi. 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Our loidorii, ihorwfore, pntctliilly Kt't a. net of Dickon' workn In twelve voliiintm for only 5(1 eenm. This U thu Knindi.Mt pruiuluiu over ollored. Up to thin tlinu a not of DickoiiH wnrkn lm unually beon 810 or moro. Tell nil your frlendu that tlioy can net. a mi! of Dicketnt' wnrUn In twolve voluiiien, with a ytukr'n HiibHcrlptlou U) Tiik Ohi:oon S( our. for only a.iio, ulncribo now and nut this gnat lireiiiluiii. If your MuhHurlnlloii Iiuh not yol oxiilred. It will iimlto no dllt'croii' o, 101 iv will lo extended ono year from (Into of expiration. Wo will iiIko kIvo u hct of Dlckeiu, uh ulxive, freo and post imld, to any ono hoiiiIIiik in ft club of two yearly HiilmirllorH, acooiupnnlod with v:i(Hi In taxli, AddrcNH THE OREGON SCOUT, Union, Or. nr CI cmopaiA, IN FOUR VOLUMES. A Great and Wonderful Work, CONTUSING 2,176 Pages ANll 620 Bcanlifnl Illustrations ! Tub Mammoth CTCiniMir-u Iias bMti jmb UMie t uioer the want ut the tnAMrn for uiiktiTnalcuinpfnahim of knowUtlc, practical, netful, nt'nt.rtcaiHl cfiiotat The work M pub luliert complct 1 in lour larir nm liandnoinn oiuinf5, comr-ri'ltiit a total ol 2,Krt rf". nt Ik profu-eiv lMutratelwlthCJflieatit,liili'ni:rT Ihk". Thouant'of ili.llar bnvo l.ron expend! to ti aVo this tho mnt cmpltt Tahiabto ami URcfiil work for theiuafeefer publiMipd. It U n work for evfryhotly man, woinun ami hlld. In etery occupation or walk Iti life. The aub Mitncoand practical utility ot twenty ordinary Volume art comprint In then four, nnd reph'to I tho work with knowledge of etery kind, en Mlled M It with metul hlmnnml helpful FUftKtntloti that wo fully bollovo that hi erry homo to which It fdmtl And It way It will noon como to te retarded nn north Hnwelshtln itold. Kor want of ipnc wecati only hrlefly eummar Izo a tun alt portion of thocontentaof this graat work, afol Ions rhlnnf. Jjujmicdf, the pcop' t India, A Me, Miltietr, raiMin- IrtUml. Hornfo, Hurmfch, th .Ntudwlfli IiUnd, haflrftrls, TurUrj, Canlimere nn t Tun!, Ihe Artbi, Turin, Heilram, South AtiifMcum, Atnffkftti Inlliu Kityp tlio, MiniM. At'TM'ttUnt, NomritUui, 8rnln1, 8vIm, lUtUnt, lrrk, ttuUu, Plberlan, Afrfhun, Pcralut, lolem, Auitrattfttm, Hutfiitlo, Sicilian, eio , tic, .M ANITAt'TUHl. In tlU itrfM ark I alto dMerltwd Mi-t tliuitratel tlia r(i nl prorrMrior printing, iterrotf ping, iH.iiVMmllnff, vpo.I iicratltK. lUliPurm Uy, photonTaphv, calle- ttnliti(. plim making, tnaVt&r. rrr nuking, the lu&nufnoiute cf ilk. Iron, iffl clt. chtii, rrfumfrj, Map, Ifftihrr, trcti, nail paper, turptnilne, potl cnM, pniict utiipa, eiKdopM. na penclla, iiffJlrt, ant many other thliitt. all f willed illl9 fouui jfcullarlj IntmtllDf au.l lntructlre. roitr.KIN I'ltonrCTS. TntertlnelfrlrHon, itTn IrateJ, rfth ettltuie and preparation for ntitkvtof ta,raffte, chocolate, cotton, (lax, hrmp, mar, tic, tiutmrgt, tflottr ftlnjtpr, cinnamon, allspice pepper, conoauul, plnrapplta, ban anai, piunri, (Intra, taltlna, ftc, olhea, liHarulUr, (ulia prrcha, coik, cini bor, cm tor oil, tapioca, f tc, cto. NA'ITUWt JIIftTOltV. !nttrfltlnc art 1 Inatrueilt ilixcrlpUoin, aecMiipanle.l lr l)luttallAna, of mi me torn Watt, Mrtla, llatie and luitctt, nlilitiiucb Oiirtoul luttaruallou itaid Idr their Ufa tud tiabiti. . I.W. T Mammoth ("rcierMpul a1o a cftmplttt taw book, trlHnu etery tnati how i majr bo Id tmit U)r, act containing dill and cnele explanation of the central lava and tho lawa of (tie aeveralfMatea upon all itialtera which at autject tt litigation, with mimaroua forma of If al docuuicult. JIININtJ. Plrtlna and llluitrallom of Ihe mining t gold.ather, dlatuouda, coal, aalt, cop peri leaJ, tloc, Haul ipjlcksllver. WONIIKUH OP Tlir. SKA. Herein are dencrlhed and llluil rated the tnauy wonderful and beautlfn) !htni found aliha boltoti of the ocean, the plant, (lower, ibclti, Qtbtt, eta., Uka wlae peail dlrlnf , coral flahlnff cto., eto NTATIHTICAI. A NO MIMU'.I.LANnorS. Herela lajthcnaat amount of uieful and Inlereattni Information, Come of which lathe population of American elite, area and poput tlnnc theeonttnenta, of the Plate and Territories, and of f'c 'n'lndnal eountrle of the weild, length of the principal rlv 'r..' IJeatle' vote for ilitr jeara, Preil.tenttal alatlitlce are . atir depth of eea, lakea and ocean, height of mountain, locomotion off anlmala and Telocity of bodies, height of monu merit, tow 1 1 anO trueturi, dlaiancea from Waihlngton, alta from N'wY rL, to Important point, chronological Iditory ofdla eotcrjr anu progren, iopu1ar eobriiueta of American Btate cltlc, etc., common grammatical error, rules for pilling, pro nunctfttloii qm'ui of capital, WallBlreetphraie, eomtntrca of tho world, cur lout fact In natural ldtory,Iougerlly ol antmale, origin of the name of Stale, and of countries, or greet works, popular fables, familiar quotations, of genius and at plants, dying word of famous persons, rate or the ApoaUea, statlatloaof the (tote, leading gorerumtoti f tlia world, etc-, etc. , OF THE In Twelve Large Volumes, Which wo Offor with a Yoar'a Subscription to this rapor for a Triflo Moro than Our Regular Subscription Frioo. W'ililMB to lri?oly IncrcnHO tlia rircnlitlfnii of IhU yn.-v iliirini; lli next nx niontliM, wo Imvn nmilo arrnnuciiii'iitu ltli 11 N'w Ymlc puliliHliliit; huiino wlimoliv wo mo I'lialilcd In oflcr uh ii i t ii i 11111 In nnr BllbBCrllml'M ii "r I'" Woi Kmif Cliurhw lllrk- ciik, Hi THi'ivn iiii(; nun iiaiiiixiiiirv ViiIiiiik'h, with ii yciu'rt HiiliHciiption tn IIiIm )iiicr. lor. n triflo moro tliiui mtr rcnliir unli H('riitl(iuiri(;ti. Oiirurratoirni' lnHiiliHcrlhcri CL'liiiHi'H any liver lniclofmi iiimli-, Clmtlm Dit'Iil'IIH WUH tllll KITIltC'Ht IKIVOliNt wllll 'VIT lived. No unllior lie fold or hiiiuo IiIh titno linn x vuii Um funio Unit Im lu-liiovcd, anil IiIh uorKu a it mi moro nopiuur to-day tiimi iinrin IiIh lifutimo. Tliuy abound in wit. humor, putlioH, iniiHtcrly dcliiiciition of ciniruuti'r, vivid doHcrilitioiiH ol iiici'h und incidcnlH, tlnillliiK anil HlillU'iilly wrniiKlit nlolH, Kncii book 1h iiitciiHcly inli'ri'HtiiiK, No IioinoHlioiilit bo without u not of tliitio rtuit ami itunaiU ublo norkH. Not to huvu rend them in to bo fur behind tho ago in which wo livo. Thu not or JUcUciih woikm wiiioii wo oiior nn n BARNABY RUDCE AND CHRISTMAS STORIES, OLIVER TWIST AND CREAT EXPEC TATIONS, THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP AND THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, HARD TIMES AND THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. m