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.-Well, I practiced and practiced at the barn door and could not hit it ; and I practiced at ‘the rail and could not hit that ; and I tried for the squash and could not hit that. I would have been entirely disheartened but that occasionally I crippled one of the boys, find that gave me hope. ‘ At last we began to hear pistol shots near 'b‘yiin the next ravine. » W'e knew what that meant ! The other party was out practicing 300. Then I was in the last degree distressâ€" . ed, for of course they would hear our shots mid then send over the ridge, and the spies Would find my barn door Without awound or mark, and that would simply be an end to me; for of course the other man would im- mediately 138c0me as bloodthirsty as I was. Just at that moment a little bird no larger than a sparrow flew by and lit on a bush about thirty paces away, and my little sec- ongi, Steve Gills, who was a dead shot with apistolâ€"much better than I wasâ€"snatched out‘his revolver, and shot the bird’s head off ! Wecallmn to pick up the game, and sure en'éilgh, just at this moment, some of the 1 other duelliats came reconnoitering over the ‘gfittle ridge. They ran to our group to see what the matter vgas, find when they saw the ‘01§7* u upon. ()ur .boys were jubilant. I was not, though I tried hard to be. is -_It Was now time to go out and practice. It xfiwps the custom there to fight duels with navy "ikgihooters at fifteen pacesâ€"load and empty the game for the funeral was secure. We 3-went to a ravine just out of town and borrow- ed a barn door for a targetâ€"borrowed it from a! entlemzm who was absentâ€"quid we stood barn door up, and stood a rail on the end (ofiit to, represent Lord, and put a squash on the top of the rail to represent the head. He Was a very tall, lean creature, the poorest sort of material for a duel ; nothing but a. line shot could fetch him, and even then he might split 'your ‘bullet. Exaggeration aside, the was, of course, a little too thin to repreâ€" sent the body accurately, but the squash was all right. If there was any intellectual difier- ence between the squash and his head it was in‘ favor of the squash. Mark Twain contributes the following to Tom Hood’s annual 2 The only merit I claim for the following narrative is that it is a. true story. It has a moral on the end of it, but I claim nothing on that, as it is merely thrown in to curry fa- vor with the religious element. w: midnise’canas;i5 ' ".flhafi‘was a. splendid \vai‘it ?’,’ After I had refiorted a couple of years on the Virginia City (Nev.) Daily Enterprise they promoted me to be Editor-in-Chief ; and I lasted just one week by the watch. But I made an uncommonly lively newspaper while I did last, and when I retired I had a duel on my hands and three horsewhippings pro- mised me. The latter I made no attempt to collect ; however, this story concerns only the former. It was the old “ flush times ” of the silver excitement, when the population was won- derfully wild and mixed; everybody went armed to the teeth, and all slights and insults had to be atoned for with the best article of blood your system could furnish. In the course of my editing I made trouble with a Mr. Lord, the editor of a rival paper. He flew up about some little trifle or other that I‘ said about himâ€"I do not remember now what it was. I suppose I called him a thief, or a body-snetcher, or an idiot, or something like that; I was obliged to make the paper readable, and I couldn’t fail in my duty to a whole community of subscribers merely to save the exaggerative sensitiveness of an in- dividual. Mr. Lord was offended and replied vigorously in his paper. 'Vigorously means a great deal when it refers to a personal editor~ ml in a frontier newspaper. Duelling was all. the fashion among the upper classes in that country, and very few gentlemen would throw-away the opportunity of fighting one. To kill one man in a duel caused a. man to be even more looked up to than to kill two men in the ordinary way. “'ell, out there if you abused a man and that man did not like it, you had to call him out and kill him, other- wise you n onld be disgraced. So I challenged Mr. Lord, and I did hope that he would not accept ; but I know perfectly well that he did not want to fight, and so I challenged him in the most violent and implacable manner. And then I sat down and snuffed and snuffed till the answer came. All the boys â€"the editors â€"were in the office “helping” me in the dismal business, and telling about duels and discussing the code with a lot of aged ruflians who had experience in such matters, and al- together there was a loving interest taken in the matter that made me nnspeakably un- comfortable. The answer cameâ€"Mr. Lord declined. Our boys were furious, and so was I on the surface. I sent him another challenge, and another, and the more he did not want to fight the moo'r bloodthirsty I became. He appeared to be waking up. It was becoming apparent that he was going to fight me after all. I ought to have known how it would beâ€"hc was a man who could never be depended qpon.‘ 9ur.boys were jubilant. I was not, Iknew the little rascal was lying, but I never said anything. I never told him so. He was not of a disposition to invite confi- dences of that kind, so I let the matter rest. But it was a comfort to see those people look sick, and see their jaws drop when Steve made that statement. They went off and got Lord and took him home ; when we got home half- an-hour later, there was a. note saying that Mr. Lord peremptorin declined to fight. ' A little fellow, eight years old, who was without a. relative in the whole world, was asked by a lady if he did not have any fears as to whether he would get along in life. The child looked up witha. perplexed and in- quiring eye, as if uncertain of her meaning, and troubled with a new doubt. “ \Vhy,” said he, “ don’t you think God. will take care of a. boy every blt as Well as a. man, if he puts his trust in Him, and does the best he can ‘2" it . ‘ff‘MY'm‘aP- I have written this true incident of my history for one purpose onlyâ€"to warn the youth of to-day against the practice of duel- ing, and to plead with them to war against it. I was young and foolish when I chal- lenged the gentleman, and thought it very fine and grand to be a duelist and stand upon the “ field of honor.” But I am older and more experienced now, and am flexibly op- posed to .the dreadful custom. I am glad, indeed, to be enabled to lift up my voice against it. I think it is a bad, immoral thing. It is every man’s duty to do all he can to discourage dueling. ago he was kicked by an indignant youn swain whom he inconsiderately separateg from his alfianced, and he has never forgotten it. Some men are more deeply impressed than others. An usher in one of our city churches, on observing a. gentleman come in with a lady, whis ered to him : “ Iarried '3” ’ If the gentleman says yes, the usher seats the two gs he best can, even if it is five rods some indifference : “Oh, no great distance. About thirty W901”. We found out afterwards that Lanai hit his mark thirteen times in eighteen shotsâ€"if he had at these thirteen bullets into me it woulg have narrowed my sphere of usefulness a. good deal. True they could have put pegs in the holes and used me for a. hat-rack, but ‘what is a.‘ hat-rack to a man who feels he has intellectual powers. » ‘ E‘éMy‘trianâ€"Twain.” “The mischief he did! Can he do it often ?" If a man werg to challoenge me I would go to that man and take him by the hand and lead him to a retired roommand kill him. apart. If the answer’be in theruéiitiQe, He get}! both of th_em‘ in 9ne_pew_v if 6 has to Eplit some one in two to die it: "Five year; “ Well, yes. He can do it about four times out of five. ” _‘_“Thirty paces ! Heavens alive ! XVho did >‘O~< A. Boy With a. Man’s Courage. Experience of a. Church Usher. MARK TWAIN’S DUEL. His Wonderful Escape. '53 a. splendid shot. How far off found statesmanship, verdant atriotism, and brilliant rhetoric. Our School eaders abound in the eloquent though somewhat platitudi- nous oratory of \Vebster, Clay, Henry and other ponderous and obsolete statesmen. A change of taste has given us a disgust for platitude and buncombe, but it is to be hoped that the slangy characteristics of modern oratory and journalism will be too e hemeral in their nature to rmanently cfile the “pure well of Englislierhetoric." Hcaviness and turgidity are no doubt grievous sins both in speech and literature, but they are infin- itely to be preferred to the bad grammar and various vulgarity of style which character- izes the forensic efforts of the average modern legislator. The glaring rhetoric and gmmatiâ€" cal defects and blunders with which any fre- quenter of the galleries of the House and Senate becomes familiar, are not apparent in the reported speeches of members and Sena- tors. The privilege has long been accorded them of correcting their speeches before they appear in the Record, and the correction not unfrequently amountsto an entire transmogm- phy, bysome friend, of theilliterete legislator. There has been recently an effort in the di- rection of restricting this privilege, and its restriction would no doubt have a beneficial effect, since even the most brazen of our leg- islators would be disposed to think twice before they would speak once, could they feel themselves under the penalty of having their sentences printed verbatim. [PROM 01m REGULAR commmxnmmi We have, in some way, been impressed with the belief that our National Congress is a fine school for oratory. \Vheu I was very young I supposed that the House of Repre- sentatives and Senate were composed of men who llad been carefully selected for tlleirpro: Iremember well my first glimpse at our National Congress. It was during a speech by Gen. Banks, of Massachusetts. 1 think the speech was in favor of an appropriation for a railroad. I observed that he had one, only one, bona fide auditor in Gen. Morgan of Ohio. About two~thirds of the members were present, but I don’t think another gen. tleman on the floor knew or cared what Gen. Banks was saying. They were engaged in talking, reading, writing, sleeping, eating apples, and one member was combing his paâ€" triarchal beard. I had heard from childhood of Gen. Banks as Governor of Massachu- setts, Speaker of the House, General of the army, and I very naturally listened with in- terest, expecting to hear a speech to be re- membered. It is needless to say that I was disappointed. The bearing and personel of the orator were superb. Had he not been both dancing-master and soldier? His self- possession and elocution would have been perfect, if the art of these had been better concealed, but his sentences were clumsy, his grammar was not absolutely faultless, and is rhetoric would not appear to advantage by that of Macaulay. The many who believe that the art of ora‘ tory is on its decline, have heard much in the recent congressional debate to strengthen their theory. There have been some able speeches, but they have been the exception, most of them have been wretched sophomor- ical travesties u on the classic models ; grave senators not un rqeuently mix metaphors as hopelessly, and almost as strikingly, as the lawyer Who smelt a rat, saw it brewing in the air, and proposed to nip it in the bud. The famous Senator Lone of Oregon was asked, in a joking humor, by some of his brother Senators, to define his sensations on first taking his seat in that august chamber. He replied: “the first question that over- whelmed me was : how did it happen that so insignificant a man as I am was sent to the United States Senate, the greatest le islative body on this hemisphere, if not on t 19 plan- et." After they had laughed quite heartily at this, he continued : “ and the next question was still more puzzling, it was to know by what mistake you gentlemen were sent here. " This question has been asked by many an American citizen, before and since, who has sat in the galleries and looked down (in more senses than one perhaps) upon the Representatives and Senate in Congress as- sembled. THE unhappy civil war, which so long has dragged its weary length in Spain, has ceased. Don Carlos, the fugitive pretender to the throne, having laid waste some of the fairest sortions of his native country, and caused the eath of multitudes of his countrymen, has taken refuge in England, where, it is said, he has immense sums of money invested. It is to be hoped that Don Alfonso will have learned lessons of wisdom from misfortune, and that he will temper his recent victory with moderation. If he will but rally the nation around him, call prudent counsellors to his side, and rule as a constitutional sov- ereign, he may become a blessing to his coun- try, and leave behind him an honorable name and fame. If he throw himself into the hands of the priests and follow the bad example of his mother, he may retard for years the pro‘ gress of civilization and prosperity. During the war there has been practical religious libâ€" erty, which cannot now be restrained. It is to be ho ed that the wretched anarchy of Cuba Wil come to an end, and that peace and prosperity will return to one of the fairest regions of the earth. Statesmen of broad culture and wide ex- perience are rare, very rare in national poli- tics, they seem to have gone elsewhere. It is argued by some that we no longer feel the need of great statesmen, that the era. of mighty leaders is past, and that we have a more perfect epitome of a people, and conse- quently of their political necessities, medioc- rity of the average representative assembly ; but, surely, in our almost morbid civiliza- tion, and its daily increasing complexities, we need not only great statesmen but coun- cils of great statesmen {or the solution of problems of solemn and vital import to our race. Since I last wrote, the impeachment arti- cles against the ex-Secretary of \Var, have been presented in the Senate by the managers selected by the House, prominent among whom are Messrs. Lord, of New York ; Knott of Kentucky, and Hoar of Massachu~ setts. Proceedings in the impeachment trial will probably not be commenced before the first of next week. General Bellmap will be defended by ex-Senator Carpenter, and Mont omery Blair, Esq. It is understood that t ieir main effort will be to maintain that the Senate cannot impeach a. man ex oficio, and there are members of Congress, represent- ing both political parties who do not think that the Secretary, since his resignation, can be lawfully impeached. The Senate has finally declined to confirm the nomination of Mr. Dana as Minister to England, and the President will be compelled to present another candidate. 7 WE call the attention of our readers to the Wanzer Series of Sewing Machines, manufac- tured by R. M. \Vanzer & 00., Hamilton, Ont. Their family machine, the Wamer F, is now in great request. This machine does the largest ran e of work, sews backwards as well as forwar s, and is of very simple con- struction. The New Wanzer A, with straight race, a somewhat smaller machine than the Warzcr F, is of incalculable value in any household where space and price is an object. The Wanzer D, for tailors and general manu- facturing, with four motion drop feeds, is very solid and durable; and the Wanzer E, with wheel feed for leather work and general manufacturing, cannot be surpassed by any machine in the market. Intendm purchasers should see the Wanzer Machz’nesiefore mak- ing a selection. The House, and most likely the Senate, will vote in favor of the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department ; and the Senate Committee has reported without amendment the Fortification Ap ropriation Bill as passed by the House. The enate will, it is thought, pass the Silver Resumption Bill, without amendment ; but the amendments prOposed will not materially alter it. All of these bills are in the direction of economy, and will make reductions possible in the sev- eral appropriations to which they belong. Pregidefit Grant has so far recgovered “from his recent illness that he is able to resume his daily walks in Pennsylvania. Avenue: \VAsmNo'rox, April 6, 187 G. WASHINGTON LE'ETER NEWS OF THE \VEEK‘ Mr. JOHN BRIGHT was Charleen!!!" of the Duchy of Lancaster for two years. He never attended church in the Savoy. Colonel Taylor, the present Chancellor, is more reg- ular than the person. Mr._{(loso‘hen, Mr. Disraeli, and other leading" members ofz‘the late and present administration have had their names on brass plates on their pews, and they are regular attendantg" Mr. Glad- stone Went a few days since; L The verger did not know him, and he had some trouble in getting a. kneeling position in the free seats. Mr. Gladstone is about in every di- rection taking notes, and the idea is that he intends producing some sketches a la Boz, Without the irrelevant fun. Bishop LYNCH of Toronto is trying to re- duce the heavy expenses incurred for unerals by families which cannot afford them. He has given orders that not more than five cabs shall appear at ordinary funerals. In Hamil- ton there are usually far more carriages at the funerals of poor people than at those of the rich. Many families spend their last cent on the carriage hire for the funeral of one of their members, and run in debt besides. The expenses are looked upon as the final tribute of affection, and they think that thus the show respect for the memory of the departe . \Ve have heard of people who could not die in piece till they knew they would have a lar e funeral, with a long line of carriages fol owing the hearse throu h the streets to the cemetery. Butit is foo ish in afamily to go beyond its means for this sort of show‘; and Bishop Lynch of Toronto has done well in calling attention to the subject._ sleepi Verdi is largely responsible for it. I am a thorou rh-going and conscientious enemy of the Verti style of music. It ruins the whole art of singing ; _ruius the voices and sends, indeed. has $1?wa sent, the vocal art into decay. ] should like to hear a man who has got accustomed to screeching out that Maln‘ico in the ‘ Tre 'utom ’ sing a dramatic role like Otello." IN many respects Lord Palmerston was the most remarkable of the Prime Ministers of England. His capacity for work and for recreation was alike remarkable, and he went at both with characteristic vim. He held it as an article of faith that a man ought to have four hours a. day in the open air in order to be in perfect health. He in- sisted on always having eight hours sleep, and was able to get it. It was his rule to take daily exercise on horseback. He per- severed in his partridge shooting long after his eyesight was too bad to permit 1.; correct aim. He rode down to Harrow and back in a. heavy rain, and before a heavy ,evenin '5 work, timing himself to (lo the twelve mi es within the hour. He had suffered great in- juries from Lord Russell, who, to speak plainly. had treated him abominany on one occasion ; but, though sharp and caustic of speech, his mind (li not know how to retain a sense of injury. On one occasion he had decided to name a certain clergyman to a vacant bisho ric. A day or two afterward he wrote to x haftsbury toss ' that since he had made up his mind‘for r. 'he had received a letter from Lord Russell, with a request that a friend of his might be a - pointed to the see. “If,” he continue , “ Russell’s man be a good and proper man, I should wish to appoint him, because, you know, Russell once treated me in a very rough way, and I desire to show him that 1 1 have quite forgotten it.” y ' A BUFFALO dyer will send to any part of the city for a five-cent job, dye it, return it to the owner, and send the bill by mail. The only mean thing about him is that he Wants his pay. The excuse commonly offered for illegibil- ity is unavoidable haste in writing, which is simply no excuse at all. It is not true that rapidity and legibility are incompatible with each other, as anybody may discover by ob- servation. One must Write slowly to write with exact re larity, but regularity is in no way essentia to legibility. Indeed, the printers, who are the best and fairest judges in the case, prefer the irregular hands as al- together more easily read than those which are perfectly uniform. A legible hand is as VICI‘OR EMMANUEL’S principal ground of surprise at the forge ofi signature for one hundred thousan dollam is his inability to raise any such amount for his own use with a genuine signature: GENERAL PILLOW, of Tennessee, should felicitate himself on his bankruptcy. His residence was sold at bankrupt sale a. few days since, but there Was no competition in the bidding. The residence, Worth $8000, was bought by a good Tcnnesseean tor $26, and the valuable library by another good Tennesseean for $11, and both were pre- sented to Mrs. Pillow. BULOW splurted out not long ago : “ There‘s all that nice stuff ab'out Italy being the era- dle of art, and so on. Cradle of art, indeed ! Humph I So it was ; but what of it? They have been satisfied with being the cradle, and have rocked it E0 long thin they’ve gone to .u. .. év..x....y .ubuqvuv BARONESQ BURDm‘TSo'Um,‘ with acli‘ar- acteristic liberality, has made an offer of $6000 per annum in perpetuity for the en- dowment of a bishopric for Cornwall. She had previously endowed the three bisho rics of Adelaide, Cape Town, and British Co um- bia. 7 writes anything, he does so that other eogle may read it ; and it should certainly he is care to make the Writing not only possible, but eas . And this is by no means difficult. 01d far ers and other people who Write very seldom, nearly always write quite legibly; and if they, with their infrequent ractice, can accomplish this, there is certain y no ex- cuse for unreadable manuscript from men and women who write every day. And yet we gible, or writing which is extremely dilficult to read, is the commonest thing imaginable. Men Whose business requires them to read letters from a great variety of peoEle, find it necessary to learn the art of decip erin dif- ficult manuscript just as they would earn Greek or Latin, if these were necessary to their business success. ' A NEW YORK correspondent of the Troy Press, writing of the vast gatherings daily to be witnessed at the meetings Messrs. Moody and Sankey at the Hippodrome, sa s z “ How strange to behold the carriages an equipages which indicate that fashion has taken posses- sion of this once plebian place! There are now signs that the poor may really be crowded out by the rush. The oldest man who has yet appeared at these meetings is Tlinrlow Weed, who is now nearly fourscore. He has promised to try to get the Commo- dore down, but thus far he has been unsuc- cessful. Mr. \Veed has seen some of the largest meetings held in America, but they were political in their nature. Here he sees a mass-meeting of another character. He has not been conversant with revivals, and the greatest, indeed, that ever occurred in his vicinity was that held by Elder Knapp in Albany more than thirty years ago. Knapp had wonderful power, but his method was very difi‘erent from that of Mr. Moody, and some think it had very objectionable feav tures. Mr. Weed is a fine-looking old man, and it is a very impressive si ht to behold him amidst the crowds of yout and fashion. It would be still more impressive to see him bring in the Commodore, for these two vet- erans on the platform would add much to the occasion. Ex-Governor Morgan is an- other attendant. He is a Presbyterian, while the other members of the family are Episco- palians. I refer to his cousin and partner, ‘xeor e Mor an, and also to the brother of the atter, afl’illiam, who is rector of St. Thomas’s Church. It is not an uncommon thing to find families thus divided in their church attendance, but they harmonize when they all get into the Hippodromeâ€"which is now the grandest spectacle ever recorded.” Lord Chesterfield said that any man who has the proper use of his eyes and his fingers may learn to write whatever hand he desires. In its fullness, perhaps, the dictum is not al- together true, but for all practical purposes it is. Any person with ordinary hands and eyes can easily learn to write legibly, and legibility is the chief, if not the only excel- lence in any handwriting. \Vhenever one The Art of Writing. PERSONAL. " ' IT is mentioned that a distinguished mer- chant of New York, well known for his great liberality, has had the satisfaction of seeing a favorite son, who has been very wild, con- verted under the instrumentality of Moody and Sankey. As a. thank-offering, he has contributed $50,000 toward the Hippodrome expenses. ‘ ' W“ All work guaranteed FIRST-CLASS, and promptly turned out. PRICES Low and TERMS EASY. BEAUTY and power combined are the char- acteristics of four pieces of ordnance Herr Krup , the great gun manufacturer, has pre- sente to the German Emperor. The guns are of cast steel, upon the latest Prussian pattern for field artillery, and rest upon car- riages, inlaid with mahogany, having gold rims and knobs. AMONG the losers by the frauds of \Villiam C. Barrett are his stepmother, Mrs. Putman, who loses $30,000, and Miss Halpine. “ Miles O’Reilly," for whom Barrett had been appointed guardian ; she loses $40,000. Those sums were the fortune of the losers, and neither had ever asked an accountin from him, but accepted such sums as he pai them as income, and signed all documents presented without asking a question. , \VOMEN remark manners 'far more than character. The mental force that might be compressed and pointed into a javelin, to pierce quite through aochamctera they splin- ter into tiny darts, to stick all over the fea- tures, complexion, attitude and drapery.“ John Foster. A YOUNG lady dressed in much false hair was warbling at the piano, and, when her mother summoned her to assist in some household duties, her rosy lips opened pout- in ly, and she snapped out, “ 0h, do it your- se f I” And then she went on singing, “ Kind words can never die.” Made to order. Special Attention Given to Repairs. IT is reported that about $20,000 worth of bass have been caught in the Mimmichi River this winter. This increase is due to protection of the spawning grounds in spring and summer. HERR THOMAS ZACH, the eminent violin maker, has recently visited London, aml dis- played a fine collection of old Italian violins. Among them was one Stradivarius, which has been with an old family in Italy for nearly a hundred years without being played upon, and is in the same condition as when it came from the great maker’s hands in 1715. The unique instrument has been purchased by a Greek amateur at a very high price. CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILL & OTHER MACHINERY apt to be a rapid one as an illegible scrawl ; and some of the fastest writers to be found anywhere produce manuscript in which every Word is unmistakable. Of course there must be some loss of speed when the writer of an illegible hand first be- gins to cure the fault, but he may neverthe- less acquire the art of writing agood hand as rapidly as he does a bad one ; and if he re- fuses or neglects to do this, there is no ex- cuse for him. W'E wear our teeth out in the hard drudg- ery of the outset, and, at length, when we do get bread to eat, we complain that the crust is hard, so that in neither case are we satis- fiw.1,_â€"Scott. SQUIGGLES is blessed, or otherwise, with a very stubborn wife. In his case he finds that when a. woman will she will, you may depend on’t, and when she won’t she won’t, and there is an end on’t. This peculiarity of disposition in his wife is no secret among his associates, and one of them, meeting him the other day, asked : “ Squiggles, do you know why you are like a donkey ‘2" “ Like a donkey !” echoed Squiggles, opening his eyes wide, “ No, I don’t.” “ Do you give it up '2” “ I do.” ‘.‘ Because your better half is stubbornness itself.” “That’s not bad, Ha! haEI’Il give that to my wife when I get home.” “Mrs. Squiggles,” he asked, as he sat down to supper, “do you know why I am like a. donkey Y" He waited a moment, expecting his Wife to give it up, but she didn’t; she looked at him somewhat com- misemtingly as she answered : “ I suppose because you were born so.” Squiggles has abjured the habit of putting conundrums to his wife. Manufacture and keep constantly on hand ready 1' or delivery Bad Writing, by which we mean writing that the reader must puzzle himself over, is the result of carelessness always ; and care- less in matters which involve other people’s comfort, is only another name for selfishness. It may be true that you can ill spare the time necessary to break your bad habit in this matter, but you certainly have no right to make other people waste their time over hieroglyphies. Above all, people who write for the press should remember that printers, whose earnings are never very large at best, are commonly paid for their work by the piece; wherefore the maker of bail manu- script, which the printer must waste time in deciphering, selfishly cuts short that print- er’s wages and his children‘s bread, rather than take the trouble to learn to write legi- bl . And when, to abad hand-Writing, pale inli, poor paper, and fancifully sharp pens are added, the selfishness of the one becomes an outrageous wrong upon the other. “’0 say nothing of the wear and tear to which an editor’s eyes and patienee are subjected, be- cause he has a resource in the matter of which editors are usually not slow to avail themselvesâ€"and that is the rejection of (lif- ficult manuscripts unread. A IIELmNu hand to nue'in tmuble is (>ftcn like a switch on the railroad trackmbut one inch between wreck and smanth-nflling pros- parity. HA MILTON IRON WORKS Steam Engines and Boilers Scheflck‘s Inedxcines are sold by all druggists throughout the country. All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck, either personâ€" ally or by letter, wn do so at his principal oflice, cor- ner of Sun'n and Axon 81‘s., Philadelphia, every Mongay. Schenck's Sea Weed ’l‘onic is a gentle stimulant and altemtive ; the alkali of which it is composed, mixes with the food and prevents aouring. IL assists the di- gestion by toning up the stomach to a healthy condi» tion, so that the food and the Pulmonic Syrup will make good blood ; then the lungs heal, and the paâ€" tient will surely gem well if care is taken to prevent fresh cold. REID & BAFLR, REBECCA STREET, Dr. R. V. PIERCE, of the \Vorld‘s Dispen- sary, Buffalo, N. Y., whose Family Medicines have won golden opinions and achieved world wide reputation, after patient study and much experimenting, succeeded in erfecting 3. Com und Extract of Smartâ€" Veed, or \Vater e per, that is destined to become as celebrate as his other medicines. It owes its efficacy not entirely to the Smart-“’eed, which however, is a sovereign remedial agent, but largely to ahappy combination of that herb with Jamaica. Ginger and other vege- table agents. The combination is such as to make it a very pleasant remedy to take. Taken internally, it cures Diarrhoea, Dyson- tery (or Bloody-Flux), Summer Complaint, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Colic, Cramps and Pain in the Stomach, breaks up Colds, Fe- brile and Inflammatory Attacks. It is sold by all druggists and dealers in medicine. To enable the 1’11 mmk .zu'up to do this, Schenck's Mandrake P1115 Lad 52h “sir. 9 Sea Weed Tonia must be freely used to claws/3 this stomach and liver. Schenck‘s Mandka P1113 not on the liver, removmg all obstructions, relax the gall bladder, the bile starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved. The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the lungs ; nature chrows it of? by an easv expectant).~ tion, for when the phlegm or matter is ripe a. slight cough will thrown mi, [139 Tatimt has rest and the luggs begin Lo heal. The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs are SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP, SCHENCK’S Sm. WEED Tome, andScuEch’s MANDRAKE PILLS, and, if taken before the lungs are destroyed, a speedy cure is efâ€" fen-ted. To these three medieiues Dr. J. H. Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the treatâ€" mggt 01 Qulmqnagy diseages. Hamilton. March 4. 1876. Dr. Schenck’s Standard Remedies. 01' all sizes and kinds. 412-3111 B R 0 0 Orders by prompuy HADIILTON. returned Horn :1 Vifiit to {he New Era Organ Fuckfii‘i. find having eiamined the rimtérhfl And workmanship rlsed, I can in all confidence give every guarantee to those who purchase these Instruments. Every part rs compnevd of the best stock and work, and all the Company‘s arrangements are most complete. In calling the special attention of my patrons and the public to the New Era Organ. I can without hosi- tatiml give my guarantee as a practical Organ Builder, mat this Grim: cannotbe excelled for 'I‘qne, pgmbiii‘ty. and Finigli by_ an): oth'gr nymufugnred cithegin Canada 01; t p__United States: Ha‘viug J'iigt ORNAMENTAL FOUNDRY B U 1’ THE '1 Dealei’s who cut this 1 out and send for MUSIC STOOLS. PIANO COVERS. ALL THE NEW MUSICâ€"Vocal & Instrumental. And all other Improvements that can add to the TONEJDURA- BIL‘LTY, and FINISH of this Celebrated Instrument I ’ NO; 5 REBECCA STREET, HAMILTONme AQUAmmxs. Bums, for Ornament, BOOTJACKB. BRACKETS for Lamps, Shelving, and otlm‘ purposes, answmcs. FENCES of Wrought and Cast Iron. FLOWER STANDS cheap and handsome. FLOWER VAsxcs, nr e and small. FOUNTAINS from $ 0 to $500. Fm]: Gamma. HITCHING POSTS. MATCH SAFER. PAPER VVEIGHTS. PAPER FILES. PEN RACKS. Sum»: FOR UMBRELLAS. “ “ SHOVEL AND Terms. “ “ PHOTOGRAPHERS. ~‘ “ Smoonnma Izom. STATUAm'. life size and painted to nature, Birds, Dog's, Fmvpmpeer, Lions, and Human Fig- 393‘” This Dn'll has taken more Prizes the past six years than any other in the Do~ minion. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. List of Goods manufactured by the above Firm T PI EC RABJOHN. KING & CO. WALTER WOODS The above Organs; also Bell 00.’s Organs and Organettes; [[al/et, Davis 53' (703:, and Hardman Piano: always in Stock. urea in Zinc or in Bronie. TREE GUARDS of Iron‘ handwme and (lm‘abk‘. GARDEN CHAIRS AND SETTEER LAMP Posrs, LAMP FRAMES for opposite Chnrvhcs, Howls, and Public Buildings. g .3 :l w I gas Doubie Distributors. .: as Adjustnbie Hopper Bottom, It never brefiks Iimin. It never bunche‘; Grain. Hus reversible Steel Points on the Tubes.‘ Can stop ctr one or more Tubes at pleasure. A S'inglo Lever steps ofi‘ the Feed and ruis-es the Tubes. It sows “(hean oats, Barley, Peas. Rye. Tvmothy Heed, Glover, 18:13., and with equal accuracy. March 18. 187B. Hamilton. April 15, 1876. ADDRESS Great Inducements to the Trade. Price Lists and all Information Free. 12: VV. J. P0 W713)“, L. o“ SAWYER & co., COR. YORK AND QUEEN Sm AGENT FOR THE DOMINION OF CANADA. HAMILTON ERA ORGAN'V CO’XT, lftnm'llon, On M Na Special Prices. 5 doz. Sample Lot SOLD \VHOLESALE AND RETAIT} AT will get ~â€" MANUFACTURED BY -â€" NORTH EAST, PENN. CARD. w. J'. POWER, 418 414 ERA OYAL HOTEL. JAMES STREET, OPPOSITE . the Post Oflice‘ Hamilton, Ont. The only firstâ€"class Hotel in the City. Reduced rates during the winter. > for Private Parties, including a Balloon and small display. WFlreworks of every descri )tion for Theatri- cal and Stage efi'ect. 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 lar eat article. Brass and un- drille Bands supplied or 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.:l’rice list on application. Mnnu/‘actory.â€"â€"11ead St. adjoining the Crystal Palace. ‘ 408-6In in its virtues, never equalled by any olhcr medicine. It still makes the most effectual cures of Couans, Cows, CONSUMPTION, that can he made by medical skill. Indeed the CHERRY PECTORAL has really robbed these dangerous diseases of their terrors, to a great ex- tem, and given a. feeling of, immunity from their fatal effects. that is well founded, if the remedy be taken in season. Every family should have it in their closet for the ready and prompt relief of its members. Sickness, sufiering, and even life is saved by this timely protee tion. The rudent. should not neglect it, and the wise will not. keep it by you for the protection it afiords by its timely use in sudden attacks. $5, $10, OR $20 PACKAGES, For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs, such I a Crztghs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma and Consumption. HAMILTON, ONT. First Prize and Diploma at Toronto Fall Exhibition, Sept. & Oct, 1875. Slgnal Rockets and nghls for Shipping, Temples, Initials, Crests, Triumphs] Arches, &c., in Fireworks. Collections tilted up with the grentest ability for Public Pleasure Gardens or Wod- ding Parties, Christenings. Revanas, Harv. est llomes and all other fiejoicings, from $25 to $1,000: Gemlnmen’a Yachts Illuminated in a Superior ‘ Manner 101”! Benan Lights. PYROTEGHNIG ARTIST Dr, J. C. Ajer & 00., Lowell, Mass Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to l p.1n., and from 7 to II p.m., each evening. Will be M. the Bath from 10.30 to 12 a.m., where he can be consulted by patients wishing to take Bulbs, and also by his other patients. All messages left at the Bath before 12 noon will be promptly attended to. K3?“ His office hours at his residence from 12 noon till 2 p.m. will hereafter be dispensed with. Northrup d? Lyman, Newcastle, General Agents. 13' Sold by all Dl'ugglsts and Dealers in Medicine. April 15, 18734 :13 kaish & Elactm Ihetmal Baths Monday, \Vednesday, and Friday, from 9 a.m. to I p.m., and from 2 to 6 pm. HOOD & BROS, Proprietorl. Hamilton. January 21, 1876. 44 ' [)LL BE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC AFTER \' this date as follows :â€"â€"_ FOR LADIES. Hamilton, Ont, April 8. 1876. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, DR. VERNON ‘TICAh AND ANALYTICAL CHF‘MBTE Arvont for the Dominion FOR GENTLEMEN WILLiAM. HAND, JAMES ST. NORTfi’ PREPARED BY 5 Rebecca Street. Hamilton TH E few con) Jositions which have won t. 1e counâ€" dencc of mankind and be- come household words, among not; only one but many nations, must have exmmrdinary virtues. Per- haps no one ever secured ‘so wide a reputation, or imaintained if so long, as 'Avnn's CHERRY PECTORAL. It has been known to the gublic about forty years, y along continued series of marvelous cures, that have won for itu confidence 417-3m '4'06 “.5 1n! W cm um Sole Manufacturers of the J. Flin’t Patent. Imâ€" mved Champion Cross ut saw; alec the light- ning Crogs Cut Saw. HAND SAWS in every variuty, from the cheapest. to the very best. ST. CATHABINES, ONT. u . m. "w wan. as s Illustrated Seed Catalogue andAmn- lnur sGuide to the'Flower and Kitchen Garden con- tains a descriptive Inge of 2500 varieties of Gurdenj‘ield and Flower Seeds mth explicit directions for culture, meuzes. mmml lxuudred Engravings and a beautifully calmed litlmaraph. Scnb’ oslpnid, for 35 cents. Bllss’s Gardener‘s Immune and/lln'z'dgnl Cain- Iupm oI'Gmwlm, Fir'lrl and I'lmrel‘ Sum. 116 pa es,benuli- fullv illustr. tad, mailedlx) all applicants inc osing was. BHQH'FF, ‘ustrated Potato Catalogue contains :1 descriptive list, of all the new varieties recentlyx’ntro- duc‘edellh many olher desk-able Box-(salsa much useful infonuamoh upon their culbxv-ztion. 32 pages, IOCCDL‘. fififrhe collectxons for which the last two remiuma of $200 are ofl‘pred wille Exhibited m the 'entenniul Eyhibition. in Philadelfihia. in October and premiums W1” be awarded by t eir committee. For conditions and full [particulars send for our anto Primiurp Circnlqr, n‘mi‘cg {reg go all. D 0 MINION STANDARD HAY, COAL, PLATFORM. AND COUNTER SCALES. BU Y TIEIE BE ST! Over One Hundred different modifications of W EVERY SCALE \VARRAN’I‘EI) GURNEY & WARE, Al] Saws Warmnted. v.0. Box No. 5712‘ 347713;»?23; 5%., IN March 25, 1876‘ A POPULAR SUGGESS! Possessing most Astonishing _Curative Properties hitherto unknown, and only obtainâ€" able in flu: flh'dical Virforgl. Its Properties are such mm In rapidly insure Sound Health and Long Life. The best scientifically prepared medicine In America. Pleasant Io [he taste, and warranted free from anything injurious lo the most delicnle (muslin:- !ion of either s‘ex. Read the certificates (v‘ wonderful cum; given in I)r.Depew’s Treatise accompanying ear}: bottle; as well as those constantly appearing; in the newspaper press of the Dominion. DON'T FAIL TO PURCHASE IT. an eminent h siéian, is the iséoverer ofthié Great B1003 flemedyâ€"a Purely Vegetable Compoundâ€"named by physicians, Depew‘s Medical Victory, that cures every kifld of unhealthy Humor and every disease that depends on Impurxtv of the Blood, where the Lungs, Liver, and Kidneys, and other vital organs. are not wasted beyond the 1mm of rexgur A... A. w For the cure of Scrofula. Evy! Salt-rheum Eczema, Scam-{lent}, Eruption’oé the SkimUlcers, and Fever Sonia of all kinds Boils Humor in the Mouth and Stomach or filyes, Sore Ears, Eruption on the Head, and Pimples or Blotches on the fimei it stands Premminently at the head of all other Remedies. In the cure of Rheumatism, Dyspepsiafldvor Com laint, and diseases of me Kidneys and Blad er, its effects are surprising to all. For Regulating the Bowcls and curing Biliousâ€" ness, Headache. Sick-I’leadachc, Neuralgia, Femaie Weakness, Ncrwusncss, Pains in the Side, Loins and Back7 and general Weakness and Debility, its curatxve powers 1m- remarkable. BLOOD PURIFIER It is a Gentle Regulating Pui'gative. as , . , a ‘. ‘7 well as to. Fame. 810. leasessmg alm the peculiar merit ofacting as a. powerful agent, in relieving Congestion, and Chronic Inflam- mation of the Liver and all the Visceral Organs For Female Complaints, Whether in young or old, married er single, m 11w dawn of womanhood, or at the turn of life, thz- Medical Victory has no equal. A Perfect Rely-Into: n_ud Inviggwamr Sold by Druggists and Dealers. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET ADDRESS Sills & 69., BATH. ONTARIO. rot the System. 0m Bottle of Depew’s JIIedical Victory 10‘!!! convince the most incredulous of its curative properties. Hamilton‘ Oct. 21. 1875. N0 MEDIEINE EQUALS lTi Send for Illustrated Price List DR. DBPEW, 0F PARIS, PRANQSB. I om‘nnnt‘nhvfiin‘nn‘ m EdlSCOVE‘I‘BI‘Of , is AND Health Regulator, B“. K. BLISQ §L*SO:NVS, DEPEW’g HAMILTON, ONT. GURNEY & WARE, HAMILTON, ()N’I‘, .A GREAT MANUFACTURED BY 1 ’1‘. UATHAKINL‘S b SAW WORKS. R. 11. 311131” 0.0 (Successors toJ. Flint) Manufacturers of all kinds of SAWS, Straw Knives, Patent. 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