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PHILADELPHIA. BY ‘f cums." CENTENNIAL NEWS. The subject of Centennial police has been one that has received a great deal of the con- sideration-of the Centennial authorities, and though the exact number of men that will com rise this force has not been positively sett ed. Assurance, however, is iven that it will be large enough to meet a1 require- ment, even though it should reach twelve hundred. The men to be placed on this force must not be less than five feet in height, not under twenty-five or over forty-five years of age, nor under one hundred and fifty pounds in weight. They must also possess good phys- ical health and strength, and be well recom- mended, especially as to moral character. A certain amount of education and intelligence will be one of the requirements, as thousands of questions will be asked of them by visi- tors seeking guidance or other information. The ay for these men is to be two dollars per ay each, out of which they will have to pay for their food which will be prepared for them in one or more of the stationâ€"houses. There will be enough one-story buildings for station-houses erected to give slee ing and other accommodations to one-half t e orce, the other half being on duty while these are resting. Contracts haVe already been given for the erection of three of these buildings. The expenses of the men (which will have to be paid out of the wages of two dollars a day that they receive) will probably be about fifty cents a day, as nothing will be charged for lodging, and it is thought that their meals will cost about that sum. The uniforms, which will be furnished by the Centennial Board of Finance, will differ very little from that of the City Police, the difference being scarlet trimmings, and buttons with the let- ters, “ C. G.,” for “ Centeunnial Guard. ” The greatest amount of freedom allowed the men will be one night in four, and they will not be permitted at any time to pass beyond the fence enclosing, without special permis~ sion. The officers will consist of one captain, ten lieutenants, ten sergeants, and be under the command of Colonel J ames Starr, of pub- lic order, who is now forming the organiza- tion, and has already selected for squads up- ward of three hundred men who will be laced on duty immediately. No more will added to the force until the opening of the Exhibition. The authorities have received more applicants endorsed by influential per- sons than they will be able to notice. . . . .The contract for the building in which Kansaw, Colorado, and the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Com any, are to make, co-operatively, an agricu tural, mineralogical and ornitholgical display has been awarded. It will be located between the Woman’s Pa- vilion and Agricultural Hall. It will be 136 feet square, and it is intended to fully repre- sent within it, the rinci a1 resources of the country through w ich t e Railroad passes, and also of the two States. . . . .Americau ex- hibitors, who are the only ones that are tardy in forwarding their goods, are reminded by the authorities that in occupying their spaces without further delay they will save‘the ex- tra expense and trouble necessary in the burly-burly caused by post onement. The Worthington Pump, coated at the mouth of Lansdowne ravine, and which is intended to supply the Exhibition with wa- ter, will be completed by the 1st of April. The present connection with one of the city main-pipes will be retained as a provision for emergengy. . . . .The three most celebrated of Robert opkins' picturesâ€"fl Loch Cather- ine,” “ Off Sleeping Bear Point,” and a beau- tiful woodland sceneâ€"have been shipped from Detroit for the Exhibition. . . . .The Centen- nial Tribute of Philadelphia Germans, to one of their mother country’s most eminent sci- entists-the colossal bronze statue of Hum- boldt-«has been completed in Berlin, and will .in'a few days be shipped for this city. It is nine”feet high, and stands beside a lobe, upon which the left hand rests. A arge, loose over-coat with wide sleeves, conceals most of the modern costume, and the right hand grasps a roll of manuscript, on which appears the word “ Cosmos.” The status will be erected in the Park, and unveiled with ap- propriate ceremonies during the coming sum- mer. . . .".Wo’rk has begun upon the building for. the Educational De artment of the Penn- sylvania Exhibition. t is to be octagonal, one hundred feet in diameter, and to hav- two "annexes," one in front, the other in the rear, north-west of the Main Building. . . . .The Poultry exhibition, which is to com- .menCe on the 27th of October, will be made in coops provided by the Commission and lo- cated un er shelter. To pay for coops and feeding, an entrance fee of one dollar for each bird of the gallinaceous division, and two dollars for each pair of acquatic division, must be paid to the Bureau of Agriculture before the Chief finally signs the permit of entry. All specimens, except “ games ” and game bantams must be exhibited in their nat- ural condition. Pulling, splicing or inserting feathers, coloring, or otherwise altering the _appearance of birds, will prevent their en- trance. A plication for entry must be ac 'co nied y a certificate from a recognized pop try society to the effect that the birds offered are considered worthy of competition, but birds of evident inferiority will be denied admittance, even though the owners may have received a ermit. Misstatement as to age or breed wi cause their exclusion. Birds may be, sold at private sale at any time dur- ing the Exhibition. . . . .The West Virginia. Commission are about to erect a building for their head-quarters, between George’s Hill and Machinery Hall. ....The delivery at Agricultural Hall of the great tanks for the fish display will begin to-day. A NEW METHOD OF GETTING EVEN. . :Qn Saturday afternoon last, a man named James Gallagher, went to Broad and Market streets, where the new public buildings are being erected, and picking up two small pieces of marble with which he started down Chestnut, looking for the largest windows he could find. He stopped when a little below Thirteenth street, just 0 posite one of our leading carpet houses, an drawing back his arm, sent one of them, hurling it through a valuable French plate-glass window and broke a hole through, and sent cracks in all direc- tions of the pane, the walking up the street a few paces he served another window of the ' same firm in alike manner. The los of the ' firm for the two panes of glass is about $400. " Heialleges as his reason for committing the deed, that he went into a liquor establish- ‘ment, where he was drugged and robbed of ' $82, and attempting to get satisfactionthrough ‘pome' of the magistrates of the city, but fail- " iiig, he determined as he expresses it, to be even with the cit . From this statement, it Would seem as if e had a slight aberration of intellect, but'otherwise he seems to be quite , rational. His case comes before the Grand Jury,to7day. ‘. , HEAVY ROBBERY. It is not so often that thieves make as clean .a‘sweep as they did on Sunday eve, at the residence of Mr. Kirk, of No. 7th street. About 7 o’clock, accompanied by the mem- l‘bers of his family he went to church. A ser- vant, a colored girl, was left in the house, but she subsequently went out for the pur- poseof attending church. The house being atlaus, without any occupants, the thieves zicommenced operations. An entrance was affected by boring open a back door. The robbers seem to gone about their work in the most systematic way. The first thing to be done was to secure themselves against intrud- ers. The front door was chained, and in the 'vestibule chairs and tables were piled up. Then the thieves went into the bedrooms. There they removed the pillow cases from the ' pillows, and used them for packing away plunder. The entire house was then ran- sacked, and bureau drawers, closets locked _ up were broken open. Among the property secured were seven large cases of silver-ware, comprising wedding resents to Mrs. Kirk, .two oysrcoats, sever silk dresses, a lot of jewelry, and a sum of money, not exactly Known. Among the articles taken were some belonging to Miss Helen M. Houghton, the actress, who is a relation of the family, and is residin in the house. When Mr. Kirk _' returned e found the house looked as above stated. Supposin something was wrong, he an alarm. he thieves had not yet got through with their work, but they made a hasty retreat through the back way, and succeed in escaping with their plunder. The “haul” was a com lete one, and the only table utensils left hind were a con le of «Ind-fashioned knives, with black bone and- es. PHILADELPHIA, March 21, 1875. - What the Khedive Bad for Breakfast. The correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph at Cairo gives the following ac- count of a breakfast with the Khedive of Egypt = _ , “ Great taste was displayed in the decora- tion of tho tableâ€"-I have rarely seen such fruits and exotics even in English housesâ€" and the ornamental structures in sugar and sweet pastes, which served as center-pieces, were as remarkable for their size as for the elaborateness of their design and the rich- ness of their colors. The servants were not arrayed in the picturesque and frequently very costly costume worn by the retainers of most wealthy Egy tian seigncun, but wore European liveries 0 green and gold. “ Of the breakfast itself, which lasted till 3 o‘clock, and was composed of no less than twenty-two courses, the most charming and interesting feature to the foreigners who par- took of it was, I inia 'ne, that it opened with fresh oysters and re turtle soup. Respect- ing one of the plate-4 71‘: a la Khedive ’â€"com- posed of a peculiarly small and delicate rice, stewed in a consomme of calves’ brains, I can- not forbear reproducing a statement made to me by my near neighbor at table, one of the great dignitaries of the Khedive’s court : I cordially recommend that rice to you,’ said his Excellency ; ‘in the first place, because it is a really admirable dish, in the prepara- tion of which his Highness’s chef excels all others ; and secondly, because it is probably the most expensive mats ever set before any- body since the days of Heliogabalus. Every grain of that rice, my dear sir, costs the Khe- dive a louis ; I venture to appraise your con- sumption of it at $2503. mouthful. That hock you have just been drinking is not an abso- lutel cheap wine ; Ismail Pasha took all he coul et of it at sixty-eight francs a bottleâ€" about Tourteen dollars ; but in comparison to his rice he may be considered to have got it for nothing. That rice is of a peculiar _sort, grown on the Khedive’s own estates ; it is, consequently, the most costly article that ap- pears on the Viceregal table.’ ” r r-7 m~A~4~â€"<.>â€"â€"->W râ€"vâ€" Infant Mortality. Defective vitality at birth is quite likely to continue through life, and thus the primal states of individuals create and alter every social problem; religions change, and gov- ernments die because of them. It is conced- ed that the original vitality of the child is in ratio with the vitality of the mother. Causes which increase or lessen lier vitality, touch her child’s life. If one-half the children born die under five years of age, and two-thirds of that number within one year after birth, it sim ly proves mothers to be in unhealthful condition, and thus incapable of transmit- ting strong vitality to their children. The weak, unhealthful state of many children at birth is a consequent and result of the moth- er’s defective nutrition. As every change in the mother’s condition is an agent in deter- ming the child’s vitality and has its ever- continuous influence, therefore the effect of one day’s imperfect food, one day’s breath- ing of impure air, one day’s overwork, can never be annihilated, but will forever live in the physical, mental, and moral nature of the child. If the mother is imperfectly pro- tected in house or clothing against the webs- situdes of the weather, it is not she alone that suffers, but her child and the race. If she lives upon scanty or innutritious food, it is not she alone that suffers, but her child, and through it the national health. Defect- ive physical conditions are agents in lessen- ing the mental and moral stamina; there- fore not only the future )hysical life of the child, but also its intellectual and moral vigor are dependent u n, and ultimately ex- ist in exact ratio'wit , the mother’s ability to nourish her offspring during gestation and lactation. Having once been neglected, the coddlin of a day will not restore to health- ful con ition the s stem run down through a course of time. itiated air, care, starva- tion, and overwork leave their records for- ever. .«Hw. Pleasant Things. BY HEATHERBELL. Kindness, sympathy, charity are pleasant things, more delightful to the heart than sil- ver and much fine old. Riches, honor and praise are stones With a brilliant but deceit- ful glitter. True kindness is such a pleasant thing, more to be desired than beauty of face or form. We have met people who had no pretension to good looks, but whose nu- ine kindness made us forget homely aces, and remember that beauty is only skin deep. A gentle voice is a pleasant thin â€"more restful than music of instruments: erhaps baby is tired and fretfulâ€"just sin to it; the weary eyelids close, the litte he presses heavier on the pillow, and it is charmed to sleep. Many can’t sing, yet the sound of their voice is like memories of songs we have heard. A cool hand on an aching head, a tender word of sympathy, a hand to help us over a stony roadâ€"all are pleasant things. Rest after toil, joy after sorrow, sunshine after rain, light after darkness,â€"none know how pleasant these are but those who have had the toil and the sorrow, the rain and the darkness. Books, if judiciously chosen, are pleasant things, and never-failing friends. They are always the same ; never turn their backs and pass you by. Little duties cheerfully done are pleasant things to remember. The soft answer that turneth away wrath is a very pleasant thing to hear. It is pleasant to meet old friends, and find that time has made no change in the old-time feeling. It is pleasant to live. It is pleasant to learn. It is pleasant to die when you are ready. Yes, a pleasanter thin than all the rest, if one were only ready.â€" {amilton New Dominion. â€"â€"â€"-oâ€"-â€"44â€"<.>â€"o->â€"â€"â€"~e A Delightful Legend. There is a beautiful legend connected with the site on which the temple of Solomon was erected. It is said to have been occupied in common by two brothers, one of whom had a family, but the other had none. 0n the spot was a field of wheat. On the evening suc- ceeding the harvest, the wheat having been athered in shocks, the elder brother said to is wife : _ “My younger brother is unable to bear the burden and heat of the day. I will arise, take off my shocks and place them with his without his knowledge. ’ The younger brother, being actuated by the same benevolent motives, said within himself : ” My elder brother has a family and I have none. I will contribute to their support. I will arise, take off my shocks, and place them with his, without his knowledge.” Judge of their astonishment when, on the following morning, they found that their re- spective shocks were undiminished. This course of events transpired for several nights, when each resolved in his own mind to stand Iard, and, if possible, solve the mystery. hey did so, when, on the following ni ht, they met each other half way between t eir res ctive shocks with their arms full. 1}}an ground hallowed by such associations as this was the temple of King Solomon erect- edâ€"so spacious, so magnificent, the wonder and admiration of the world. â€"â€"-â€"-¢~â€"â€"<.Dâ€"-â€"oâ€"§â€"â€"â€"-â€" ELEGANT HAIR is woman’s crowning beau- ty. When it fades, she fades as well. While it is kept bright, her personal attractions are still maintained. By preserving the hair fresh and vigorous a youthful appearance is continued through many years. Those who grieve over their fading hair turning gra too early should know that Ayer’s Hair Wigor prevents it, and restores gray or faded hair to its natural color. It is a clear and health ful preparation, containing neither oil, dye, nor anything deleterious, and imparts to the scalp what is most neededâ€"a sense of pleas- ant and delightful freedom from scurf or dan- druffâ€"New Berne (N. 0.) Times. Our Homesâ€"Their Right. Our homes have certain rights of which by ‘ Lavater, a stran e inconsistency in this age of fierce clamor or rights individual and universal, they are often defrauded. In the first place they have a right to us. Not only to our presence in the household room, or at the dinner table, but to our presence as an influ- ence within them. Everybody is aware of that dual quality of the mind which gives it a sort of double aspect, and makes it quite possible for a person to be in two laces at a time. Apparently, for example, It r. Jones has returned from business, it being five in the afternoon. His coat and hat are hung in the hall, he has put on the dressing-gown and slippers carefully laid out for him by his wife, and he is sitting in his easy chair listlesst holding the evening paper. “ Hush, children, pa is tired,” whispers Mrs. Jonesas the little ones make a noise in their play, and she casts a compassionate glance at the tired face. It would not be so tired, if Mr. Jones himlelf were there. The fact is that for the time he is really absent, within calling distance it is true, but so far as his true self is concerned he is in his counting-room. The things that occupied him at noon, occupy him now : he hears voices, and sees busy employees with fluried faces, and rouses with a start and coming-back feeling to the fact that he is in his own parlor, only when the bell rings for tea. Hundreds of men do this every day. They have no time to get acquainted with their children. They see in a general way that they are clean and wholesome looking, they pay the quarterly school-bills, and they spare no expense in the matter of shoes and over- coats. They dimly remember that they once courted their wives, and said tender things in pleasant parlors, where the cheerful gas- light shed its glow, or on moonlight evenings under rustling leaves. The time for that has uite gone by, and they would feel as bash~ 111 as a school-boy reciting a piece, were they to essay a compliment now to the lady at the other end of the table. They have forgotten that the home has its inalienable rights, and among them first and chiefest the right to their personal presence. Nothing rests a man or woman who has been busy about one set of things, better than a tota change of employment or feeling. A na on thelounge is all very well, but after a h fâ€"hour of it, if the most tired man will shake off dull sleep, and have a romp with the children, or a game of bo-peep with the baby, he will be rested much more thoroughly than if he drowse away the whole evening, as too many weary business men do. Our homes have a right to clieerfulness. There is no skeleton at the feast worse than a loomy temper. We have known house- he ds which were always under an eclipse, be- cause some one member chose to consider herself a continual martyr. It was not a slip of the pen that made us use the feminine pronoun there, for we say it with all defer- ence to the gentler sex, women are given to the sulks far more generally than men. A man flames up and is done with it, if he hap- pens to have an irascible temper, but a. woman nurses her wrath to keep it warm, and smoulders away like a fire that means to be a long time going out. Now, Iieithcr men nor women belonging to a family have a right, however they enjoy it themselves, to wear long faces and injured looks, and fune- real aspects in the privacy of their domestic circle. Be cross, if you please, anywhere but at home else, be cheerful, patient, and considerate. Our homes have another right too, which is sometimes lost sight of. They are our castles of course, but unlike the castle of the middle a es they are not surrounded by meats am approached by drawbridge and portcullis. They have only a thin door be- tween themselves and the outer world, and it is well that the magnetic tide of communica- tion between the world and them should not be interrupted. To this end let them be flooded with good reading. There is no ex- travagance in taking several newspapers, in having new books, and in buying pictures and chromos. then these shall be thought necessities, and some of our resent necessi- ties in the way of dress ant food, shall be called luxuries, our homes will be perceptibly elevated. â€"â€"-0 -¢. -av Little Things. “ Think naught a trifle though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, momentsmake the your, And trifles Iife.“â€" Young. “ Many littles make a mickle," is what our mother was accustomed to say, when we stat- ed the amount we had wasted was only ten cents, or asserted that our fault was but a little one. The columns which our reader is perusing are the combination of very small members. Perhaps he is not aware that each letter requires separate laborâ€"that every line must be composed letter by letter, cautious- ly arranged and carefully secured. “ And one by one the letters 0, Words are 1) led up steady an slow." No matter how large the book, there is but one way for the printer to accomplish its comdpletionâ€"this steady and slow method. An in this we have an illustration of our lives. We live on, inhaling and exhaling but one breath at a time. The compositor’s Work will be correct in proportion to his care to select the ri ht char- acter, and to make no omissions or Oublets. So in lifeâ€"just as far as a man endeavors to catch the moments as they fly, and burden them with something good to carry in their flight, to that extent will his days be filled with usefulness andhis earthly career crown- ed with success. The present moment is the only time we have to improveâ€"mourning for the ast will end in mourns, and draining of the uture will only give birth to drainsâ€"â€" but every action sown in the “living pre- sent ” will be effective in bringing forth fruit. As the compositor, by an improper arrange- ment of a single letter may cause the ruin of a column, one misplaced brick or stone result in the fall of the whole structure, or one small leak sink a ship, so one little event Ina turn the whole stream of life into a very di - ferent channel. It is not always the great causes that bring about gigantic results. “ Great oaks from little acorns grow.” A cause, very trifling in itself, may set in ino- tion forces that Will work on and on long af- ter the primary agency is forgotten. The flame of a little lamp can kindle a fire that may lay a vast Chicago in ashes. It was but one short sentence, “ The just shall live by faith,” that rang in Luther’s ears as he was ascendin the Santa Scala in Rome, but it made sue I an im ression on his mind, that he hastened back to Vittenberg, and commenced a. series of of operations that ultimately shook all Europe to its very centre, and changed the world’s history. . How often, alas, is domestic ha piness de- stroyed, and the reality of marrie life made the contrast of the ideality of courtship, by the cessation of little courtesies and the ne- glect of little forbearances. By the little at- tentions and kindnesses the heart is won, and by them alone can its affections be retained. A parent’s influence is often completely nul- lified, because he has fallen into the habit of speaking harshly or negligently to his child- ren, when in fact he loves them dear] and faithfully sup lies all their wants. onse- quently when is boy leaves home, he carries with him through life the remembrance of a father who was good, but too great to under- stand or sympathize with him, while his re- collections of his mother are of a dear, entle soul, who could enter into his plans an feel- in s, and was in truth his friend. Idany men, great in morality and intellec- tuality, fall short in not being able to compre- hend those finer feelings and tastes which are so roductive of happiness, and constitute suc an important element in those features which are really beautiful in manhood. True greatness is not roaming after the “ solar walk and milky way,” but is faithful in lit- tle as well as in much. â€"â€"¢~o» weON Two merchants of aScotch town were not- ed for many sharp bargains, one of them was named Strong, and the other responded to the cognomen of Wile . One Sunday the good old minister ea y surprised his hear- ers by invoking a lessing upon us, “for our enemies are wi and stron , as Thou know- est, oh Lord. ” otwithstan ing the solemnity of the occasion, few could resist a smile, for all felt how applicable it was. I I Indolence. havin once been asked which: was the most di cult thing for a man to' overcome of all the passions and ualities at- tached to his nature, answered 1'. at if indo- lence were conquered he would be answerable for all the rest. Perhaps a more just obser- vation than this was never made. If men would generally examine themselves closely they Would find that the predominance of in- dolence superscedes almost every other consid- eration. To it may be ascribed the greater part of the vices that attend us ; what will not man do to gratify this disposition‘he will employ every artifice, every means in his power in order that he may avoid fulfill- ing those active duties for which he was created. He screens himself by the most de- testable methods ; he forms a thousand ex- cuses for not performing his duty ; and many men we find in the world who will almost permit themselves to. starve, before they would betake them to some active employ- ment to gain a subsistence, and thereby ren- der both themselves and their families miser- able. Even the most virtuous minds with difficulty oppose this all-powerful malady; and the least advantage given to it loses more than a person would at first imagine, for like an ill weed it grows with wonderful rapidity, and in a short time gains a power- ful ascendancy. To avoid this detestable evil it is necessary that a man should be continually on his guard, and watch for the smallest approaches of this subtle and cor- roding enemyâ€"to this end the mind should be continually employed, if not in really useful pursuits, at least in such as give a spring to the passions, and suffer them not to rest in stupefaction and idleness; by this means we may avoid the accursed evil, and render, not only to ourselves, but to the community, more essential benefit. \Vould you behold the man far gone in this way, look at the tavern, from the rising until the going ddwn of the sun you may find him tip- pling; enervated, enfeebled and efl‘eminate, he lives to no purpose, he lounges away the hours, a. burden to himself and a disgrace to his species, and when the hour of rest is ar- rived, ’tis with difficulty he can convey his body to the bed of repose. 0n the other hand, you behold the active man ; he rises at an early hour, pursues his business, fulfils his engagements, discharges his duty toward his fellow-men, and at evenin returns to the enjoyment of the pleasing re ectiou that he has performed his task with faithfulness. râ€"flâ€"o-oâ€" Parental Love. No love is so true and tender as the love our parents give us, and for none are we so ungrateful. \Ve take it as a matterâ€"of-course ias something we deserve. Especially may our mothers toil and deny themseIVBs, think all night and labor all day, without receiving any thanks whatever. From the day when she walks all night with us while we cry, to the day when she helps to make our weddin - dress, and gives us those cherished pear s which she wore in her girlhood, we do not half recognize her love for us. Never, until we are parents ourselves, do we quite comprehend. Yet, is there anything like it? The lover may desert us for some brighter beauty ; the husband grow indifferent w ien we have been his a little while ; the friend he only a sum- mer friend, and fly when riches vanish, or when we are too sad to amuse ; but our ar- ents love us best in our sorrow, and hol us dearer for any chan e or disfigurement. There isn’t much of eaven here on earth, but what there is of it is chiefly given in a parent’s love. â€"wâ€"â€"â€"-< rowâ€"â€" A Responsible Indorsement.‘ A money article 05;}. New York Express contains the following interesting item : Two remarkable bills of exchange, which call for comment, made their appearance in the market lately. They were for 30,000 francs each, drawn by the Astor estate, on Hottingeur, of Paris, and indorsed by John Jacob Astor and the National Bank of Com- merce. These bills were brought by August Belmont «St (10., and in the course of trans- mission will probably go to the Rothschilds of Paris and receive their indorsement, and finally be accepted by Hottinguer. The com- bined wealth represented by the names that will be written upon these bills is something, we believe, without a precedent. The ag- gregate wealth of the Rothschilds is set down by eminent French authority as $3,200,000,- 000. The Astors may be put down for $250,- 000, 000 ; the Bank of Commerce has a capital of $10,000,000 ; August Belmont is estimated to be worth $10,000,000, and Hottinguer, $25,000,000. This makes a common wealth of three thousand four hundred and ninety- five millions of dollars. We are very strong- ly of the opinion that these bills are good. oâ€"¢.>â€"oâ€">â€"â€" MISOELLANEOUS ITEMS. THE Mikado of Japan has by a recent de- cree granted to journalists the right of send- ing whatever communications they desire from one part of the empire to the other free of charge. AN old Scotch lady gave a ointed re 1y to a minister who knew he ha( ofl‘ende her, and expressed surprise that she should come so regularly to hear him preach. She said : “My quarrel’s wi’ you, man. It’s not wi’ the Gospel.” As evidence of the greatly improved con- dition of Ireland it is stated that last year the amount deposited in the Irish Savings Bank was an increase over the previous year of £980,000. In ten years the increase has amounted to £12,067,000. THE Duke of Atliole~the principal Murray of Scotlandâ€"is a young gentleman of thirty- six, who holds one dukedom, two marquis- ates, five earldoms, three titles as Viscount, and twelve as baronâ€"twenty-three titles in all, six more than any other nobleman in the United Kingdom. ACCORDING to a return recently issued, there are at the present time about forty new vessels in course of construction for the Bri- tish Navy. They vary in size from the heavy iron-clad of 11,155 tons to small torpedo- boats only 80 feet long. The cost of the whole is set down at £4,370,000. AT Galway, recently, a young man named Rippingham, a mechanic, fell on the footwalk, and a file which he had in his pocket pene- trated his back, breaking short off. Efforts were made to extract it, but in vain, and he died. On examination of the body it was found that a portion of the file had gone clear through the spine. “I HAVE my own ’ inion on zis tariff question,” said a. seedy ooking man on the street last evening. “ What is your opinion I” asked a gentleman standing near by. “My ’pinion, zur,” replied the man, “is zat every feller’s got his own right (hic) to o on a tariff ’e wants to.” NO one venture( to dis- pute his views. THE Government steamer Lady Head which was prevented by the ice from ap- proaching Sable Island nearer than some twenty-five miles, returned to Halifax to load with goods for the Exhibition at the Centen- nial at Philadel hia. She sailed on VVednes- day. After u oading at Philadelphia, the Lady Head will roceed to St. John, N. B., and their embar another load. IT is twenty ears since an Englishman prophesied that s ould gutta percha be used or submarine telegraphic purposes, an ani- mal would be either found or created with a particular liking for it. Now the Popular cience Monthly says that the creature has been found. It is an insect about a quarter of an inch long, which bids fair to make a great deal of trouble owing to its love for gutta percha. ASTHMA AND GREAT DEBILITY. â€"In answer to your questions, I can only say for about two years my wife was troubled with the asthma, and it sometimes seemed as thouoh she would never get over the convulsive flats of suffocation. She was also greatly Debili- tated, Appetite not good, &c. From reports we concluded to try DErsw’s MEDICAL VIC- TORY. She took it for a month or so, and puite recovered her health and strength. here ha been no sign or symptom of the disease since,â€"-John 1!. Preston, Thu'rlow, Ont. Purity of Speech. One of the hi best characteristics of man- hood is purity 0 speech. Nothing will send a man's influence and reputation sofar below par more speedily, than impro r conversa- tion. An obscene story, a fithy joke, a questionable word or gesture, a sentence that would make a pure woman blush in public or in private, in select or in mixed company, is a burning shame and scandal to man. An obscene story is next to obscene actions; a filthy joke is morally as wrong as a filthy deed. He who has impure lips, and indulges in impure speech, he he divine or bishop, is a. disgrace and a corrupter of the morals of the young. Clean lips are essential. The people watch the words of one another. 6%.»â€" A Lady Speedily Cured by Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines, after being under medical treatment for two years, which left her in an emaciated and very feeble con- dition, with terrible suffering from pain, and all hope of recovery gone, writes : ROME, N. Y., June 15, 1874. Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N.Y. : I feel it my duty to express my gratitude to you and the Divine Power that assisted you in the study and acquirement of means to relieve suffering. When I commenced the use of your medicines I was in a rapid decline. I had been under medical treatment for near- ly two earsâ€"had been obli ed to wear an interns. supporter most of t e time for four or five years, and for- six or seven months previous to commencing the use of your med- icines I suffered intense pain almost constant- ly, nothing giving me even momentary relief (much of the time) except opium or morphine. the action of my stomach and liver being almost destro ed by their use. I was rapidly growing wea er, losing in flesh, and could take no nourishment, save a little beef-tea or gruel, could sit up but a few minutes at a time, could not walk across the room, and had formed the oginion that nothing could help me, but that must soon leave my little children and family. In the midst of my despondency, one of your circulars was brought into my room. I paid little attention to it, thinking ittle of patent medicines, and supposing yours were such; but, after throw- ing it aside, I was impressed to look at it again, and, becoming more interested, I wrote you, thinking it useless to purchase any of the medicines before stating my case to you fully. Your reply gave me so much encour- aaement that I commenced the use of your favorite Prescription, Golden Medical Dis- covery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, according to the printed directions accom- panying them. Their effect upon me, and the struggle to rid my system of those oisonous drugs, was indeed wonderful. Oine of the time my body has been com- pletely covered with a rash. l can eat and sleep well; walked to church yesterday morning, besides a block in the afternoon, without any supporter, and I consider myself almost entirely well. \Vitli untold gratitude, MRS. T. A SEYMOUR. ikrdâ€"oooâ€" Dr. Schenck's Standard Remedies. The stand ird remedies for all diseases of the lungs are ScIIchx‘s Punuosic Srni'r, Scunsox’s SEA WEED Tome, and Scusxcx's MANDRAKE Pitts, and, if taken before the lungs are destroyed, a speedy cure is ef- tected. To these three medicines Dr. J. 11. Scheuck, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the treat ment of pulmonary diseases. The Pulmonlc Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the lungs ; nature throws it off by an easy cxpectora- tion, for when the phlrgm or matter is ripe a slight cough will throwit iii, the. patient has rest and the lungs begin to heal. To enable the Sammy}: Syrup to do this, Schcnck's Mandrake Pills and knead-rs Sea Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver. Scheuck’s Mandrake Pills act on the liver, reniovmg all obstructions, relax the gall bladder, the bile starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant and alterative ; the alkali of which it is composed, mixes with the food and prevents souring. It assists the di- gestion by toning up the stomach to a healthy condiâ€" tion, so that the food and the Pulmouic Syrup will make good blood ; then the lungs heal, and the pa‘ tleut will surely get well if care is taken to prevent fresh cold. All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck, either person-- ally or by letter, can do so at his princi a1 office, cor- ner of Sixru and Anon 81s., Phila elphla, every Monday. Scheiick's medicines are sold by all druggists throughout the country. TO PRINTERS I I \HIS LONG PRIMER FOR SALE. Five full cases, in real good order, has only been in use a short time, and was laid aside to make way for Brevior. It is from the celebrated foundry of Miller & Richard, Edinburgh, Scotland, and will be sold in the cases at 25 cts. per pound, cash ; cases, as good as new, $2.25 per pair. Also, 19 fonts of good W()OD '1‘ Y I" [-33 At a bargain. This is an excellent opportunity for a country office to secure a cheap lot of really good type. Address, The Auxiliary Publishing 00. HAMILTON, ONT. V Every Person raising few or many SHEEP will finds vast amount of most excellent, plain, practical inform- ation, all about reeds, Profits, Fecdin Care Diseases, in short, EVERYTHIN ABO‘UT SHEEP, in a new Book of great value. just issued viz., the “SHEP- HERD’S MANUAL.” 252Pa es. Well Bound. Illustrated with 9 fine En- gravlngs. Price on] $1.50, sent ost~ aid. ORANGE JI’IDD COMP NY, ublishers, 245 Broadway, New York. SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP 3500 to be divided among the six most successful growers who shall produce the Inr est (unntitv from lb. of BUB an ALPIIA potatoes. Price of each, $1 per lb. CENTENNIAL PREMIUMS. SIM-to be awarded for the best collection, one ck each. of ota- toes introduce by us since 186 . $50 for the best and most prom- . ism seedlinlzs raised this yearfrom r nulcs Hybrldlzcd Potato ed. Pockets of 25 seeds, 50 cts. . The collections for which the Inst two remiums of 200_ are _offered will be exhibited at the entenmul Exhibition, in Philadelphia, in October a‘nd premipms Will be awarded by their committee. 1'01- conditions and full articular-s send for our Potato Plfilfilul,“ (ili’fulfltr, Ignideg free to all. _ no no rn‘e eed Ontario enndA - tour sGuide'to thelhlqwer and KitchcnguGarden (iii; toms a descriptive list of 2500' varieties of Garden. Field and Flower Seeds wuh explicit directions for culture, mobilizes. several hundred en avin and shes ' colored lithograph. Sent ogpaidFI'or 35 ccntslfldmny Bllss's Gardener’s Imam-c andAbn’dch Chm- Ivypug/ flawlm, Field rind Flower Seal/e. 116 pa es’. beauti- Iullv illustrated, mailed to all applicants inc csing 10cts. Bllng’lhllqltrated Potato Catalogue contains a descriptive list of all the new varieties recently intro- ducedwlth many other desirable sorts.also much useful information upon their cultivation. 82 pages, lOcents. B. K. BLISS db SONS. P.0. Box No. 5712. 34 Barclay BL, N.Y. March 25, 1876. 415-4i NORTHEY’S STEAM ENGINE WORKS Con. or- WELLINGTON .2 KING WILLIAM S'rs. H A M l L T O N . Manufacturer of T. PORTABLE AND STA- riorunr STEAM ENGINES AND Bornuns, Steam Pumps and Boiler Feeders; also Drops for stamping Sheet Metals, Steam Engine Governors. ac. 370. 'l‘. CATHARINES ‘ b SAW WORKS. 12.11. SMITH”: 00 (Successors to J. Flint) Manufacturers of all kinds of SAWS Straw Knives, Patent Plaster- lng Trowels, &c. Sole Manufacturers of the J. Flint Patent lm~ proved Champion Cross at saw; also the light» ning Cross Cut Saw. HAND SAWS in every variety, from the cheapest to the very bcst. ST. CATHARINES, ONT. All Saws Warrauted. I370-tl' LOOK AT TI-IEWNEW- MAGIC STOP ORGAN S MANUFACTURED BY THE New Era Organ Company, North East, Penn. HESE GRAND ORGANS CONTAIN ALL Modern Im rovements found in any Reed 0r- gans, and, in a dltion, have exclusively the Inven- tions and improvements of Jno. A. Smith, among which should be mentioned the Patent Ma ic Stop, (giving the player the most perfect contro of the Organ without the necessity of removin the hands from the ke -board while playing); t e Patent Adjustable B ow Pedals, (for the accommodation of short or tall persons); the Patent Grand Or an Stop; the Patent Name Board and Register; In. proved Swell, and ' GreaIIy Improved Gases of 'sufiisoa [upping 93) MN In addition to its other dislinctivc features, these Or us are noticeable for their full, round tones, so br lit and cheerful, while possessing the utmost pur t and sweetness. The charming beauties of the ox Celeste ever impress the listener with ad- Iniratlon, while the peculiarly weirdelike, sympa. thetic effect of the Vox Humans Is most enchanting. For the value of its exclusive improvements and great attractions, for simplicity of construction, for excellence of workmanship and material, for beauty of design and finish, these Organs have no equal. The are made either 5 octave or 6 octaveâ€"iii 1) sin, me ium, or elaborate casesâ€"with two. three, four or more sets of reeds, the Single Manual Organs having from six stops to fourteen stops, and vary- Ing in price from $185 to For Circulars, Price List, etc, address W. J. POWER. General Agent for Ontario. I?" Every inducement to the Trade, and cod Agents to do business in Canada. Very ll era] mm” OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, . 0012. JAMES It REBEOCA STS., LISTER BLOCK, HAMILTON, ONT. Hamilton, February 18, 1876. 410 AYER’S CATHAHTIC PILLS I For all the Purposes of a Family Physic, CURING Costivongss, Jaundicc, Dys~ pepsin, Indigestion, Dysen- tery, Foul Stomach and Breath, Erysilpelas, lleud~ ache, Piles, lheumatisni, Eruptions and Skin Diseasâ€" es, Biliousness, Liver Com- plaint, Di'opsy, Tettcr, Tu- : _ mono and Salt Rheum- _; Worms, Gout, Neuralgia. 7" â€"â€"A-~ as a Dinner Pill and Puri- fying the Blood, are the most congenial purgstive yet perfected. Their effects abundantly show how much they excel all other Pills. They are safe and pleasant to take, but powerful to cure. They purge out the foul liuniors of the blood ; they stimulate the sluggish or disordered organ into action ; and they impart health and tone to the whole being. They cure not on] the every day complaints of every body, but for nii able and dangerous diseases, Most skilful physi- clans, most eminent clergyman, and our best citizens, send certificates of cures performed fill of great bone» lit they have derived from these Pills. They are the safest and best physio for children, because mild as well as effectual. Being sugar coated, they are easy to take: and being purely vegetable, they are entirely harmless. PREPARED BY DR. .1 (1A YERII:(70., LowclAL Mass, Practical and Analytical Chemists. Sold by all Druggisfs and dealers in Medi- cine. Northrup & Lyman, Newoastle, General Agents. May 11, 1873. EfiY TPLE BE ST! (17 SCAL.ES. MANUFACTURED BY GURNEY & WARE, HAMILTON , ONT. Over One Hundred different modifications of HAY, COAL, PLATFORM. AND COUNTER SCALES. as? EVERY SCALE VVARRANTED‘Q Sand for Illustrated Price List. GURNEY «It WARE, HAMILTON, ONT. Hamilton, Oct. 21. 1875. OYAL HOTEL, JAMES STREET, OPPOSITE the Post Ofllce, Hamilton, Out. The only firstclass Hotel in the City. Reduced rates during the winter. HOOD 8L BROS, Proprietors. Hamilton, January 21, 1876. 406 \VILLIA M HAND, PYROTEOHN IO ARTIST HAMILTON, ONT. First Prize and Diploma at Toronto. Fall Exhibition, Sept. & Oct, 1875. Signal Rockets and Lights for Shipping, Temples, Initials, Crests, Triumphs] Arches, &C., in Fireworks. Collections titted up with the greatest ability for Public Pleasure Gardens or Wed. ding Parties, Christenings. Regattas, Harv- est Homes and all other Eejoicings, from $25 to $1,000. Gentlemen’a Yachts Illuminated in (1 Superior Manner with Bengal Lights. $5, $10, OR $20 PACKAGES, for Private Parties, including a Balloon and small display. ’ Fireworks of every description for Theatri- ca and Stage efl‘cct. Paper Baloons from $1.00 each. Illuminations with Variegations, Lamps Transparencies, &c. Storekeepers and Retail Dealers (to whom a liberal profit is allowed) sup- plied with every description of Fireworks, from the smallest to the largest article. Brass and un- drille Bands supplied for Garden Parties, Picn cs, &c., on the shortest notice and on reasonable terms. All orders carefully and expeditiously sent to all parts of the country. Terms,, cash. :Price list on application. up Monu/aclory.â€"-IIead SL, adjoining the Crystal Palace. 408-6m HAMILTON EON WORKS R E I D & B A R R, REBECCA STREET, Manufacture and keep constantly on hand ready for delivery Steam Engines and Boilers 0! all sizes and kinds. CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Gamer. MILL & OTHER MACHINERY Made to order. v Special Allenlion‘ Given to 'Repairs.. promptly turned out. PRICES LOW and TERMS EASY. Hamilton. March 4. 1876. ' 412-3m profits promptly remitted by bunk draft. PUPUL sucuss nrirriw’ Medical. Viol/owl 201 A GREAT BLOOD PURIFIEF AND Health Regulator, N0 MEDICINE? EuuALs IT. DON’T FAIL TOPURCHASE IT. .0. Possessing most Astonish/ing Curativc Properties hitherto unknown, and only obtain- able 'm the Medical Victory. Its Pro erties are such as to rat 1 IV insure Sound cult]: and Long Life. The best scienli cally prepared medicine It America. Pleasant lo the taste, and warranted free from anything injurious to the most delieale constitu- tion of either sex. Read the certificates of wondezful cures given in Dr. Depew’s Treatise accompanying eoch battle. as well as those constantly .appaarmy in the newspaper press of the Dommzon. DR. DEPEW, OP PARIS, FRANCE, an eminent h sician, is the discoverer of this Great B1003 Remedyâ€"a Purely Vegetable Compoundâ€"named by physicians, Depew's Medical Victory, that cures every kind of unhealthy Humor, and every disease that depends on Impurity of the Blood, where the Lungs. Liver, and idneys, and other vital organs. are not wasted beyond the hope of repair ‘ For the cure of Scrofula I El‘yrmelas, Saltâ€"rheum Eczema Scaldâ€"Ilead, Scaly Eruption of the Skimfllcers, and Fever Sores of all kinds Boils Humor in the Mouth and Stomach or Eyes, Sore Ears, Eruption on the Head, and Pimples or Blotches on the face, it stands Proâ€"eminently at the head of all other Remedies. In the cure otheumatism, Dyspepsiu,Livcr Com laint, and diseases of the Kidneys and Blad er, its effects are surprising to all. For Regulatin the Bowels and curing Bilious- ness, Hea ache, Sickâ€"Headache, Neuralgin, Female Weakness, N ervousuess, Pains in the Side, Loins and Back, and general Weakness and Debility its curative powers {XI'I' remarkable. I I . It is a Gentle Regulating Purgative, as well as a'l‘onic, he. Possessmg also ilio eculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent In relieving Congestion, and Chronic Influm- mation of" the Liver and all the Visceral Or one. or Female Complaints, wlwther in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or at the turn of life, the Medical Victory has no equal. A Perfect Benovnlor and lnvigoralor of Ilse System. 07“ Bottle of Depew’s Medical Victory will convince the moat incredulous ofz'ts curative properties. Sold by Druggists and Dealers. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET ADDRESS Sills «a 00., BATH. ONTARIO. @TREBLE’Séfl' Dominion Shirt Factory ! No. 8 King St. East, H A o MILTON, mgr. IC EU Samples of Shiriingsund pr sent on application. ‘epsusofui siiuiqsiu In; u u [w jo ‘gunm ,«aznuj DIRECTIONS FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT: Size around Neck; size around Ghost; size urouml Waist; size around Wrist; From centre of llack to end of Gulf; for Studs, E 'elete or Buttons in Front ; for Studs Eyelets or uttons In Cuff: plain Spout, or 3 or 5 Finite; when wanted; price; quan- X Y S. G. Treble's Mammoth Furnishing House, Hamilton, Out. The Diamond Rheumatic Cure IS THE O N LY EIII‘IIC’I'IIAL POSITIVE I REMEDY YET GIVEN TO THE WORLD OR THE CURE 0F GOUT, CHRONIC, ACUTE, or Muscular Rheumatism. Luinba o, Sciatica. Nervous Headache, Neuralgia of the h , heart. stO< much and kidneys, tic Doloreux, nervousness, flying pains, twisted joints, swollen joints, pains in back and loins, weakness of the kidneys, tired feeling, lan- guid, weary prostration, and all nervous and chronic iseases. Let any suflcrcr who reads this purchase a small bottle and take it accordingto instructions around the package, and it will Iiot take long to convince him that paying doctors' fees is money thrown away. Linlimcnts and outward applications of all kinds are use ess. ‘ For sale at all Druggists. December 4, 1875. dd399 WALTER wooins B UY won't-use s‘rocxi m iPolis'riethIandlesl asâ€" so; IIX'I‘IlI WORKIIIAIISIIIP. I __ B O 0 . I Send for Sample Order. [I A M I L T O N . March 18, 1876. 414 WA L I. STREETâ€"l Where fortunes are made every day without risk, in STOCK PRIVILEGES, (Puts and Calls vise when and how 10 OPERATE SAFEEY. W All work guaranteed FIRST-CLASS, and I giving full information sent free. Address. We ad- Book BAXTER & C0., Bankers, 17 Wall St, N. Y. Small sums invested for parties at a distance and 3fl9-ly