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TAMING ' SAVAGE ANIMALS. Bow Cruelty, SJ.III hihI f clruce Am Cam Wniil I't ulxiuw Wild IlHt. Tho king l-;ifct.s wh n roiifjiircd is lifco a l;iiijl, liit yoimjj lions aio trnincl nni' at :i tiinc l"r w vcn.l iktya tho atiimnl iiu rlllVil. J I is t iuplel to thrift liii 1 paw.s out in front of t!i don. Ove, tin in is lij.pcl a inos', anl th feet an- l.'i' ii 1'i n.Iv lii-.l down. Tli lion at ori-i ln-;'.in to roar anl tlinish his tail ami liiin! l'-y; ah-nit tli- v:'j-i After U titllf )' J I : i -t .- itV. II all'l till- klM-JKT -n- tern 1 1 tl-!. Wish a !-.tTO!is ukivc HHrit tin- i..t: !i;tv.;i ovi r th lion's lu-;il. 'i"li- l.-i,f- '.omtliiK's l-stliilcs his ha'-U rial l.oKi , Iii , s ;il I.y t iv;htfliiiij lii.s Ifv, :iroun.i lit-- Ih!v ainl jraspiii' tli' ih:ii,i-o!' th- ii.'iiai;: 1. In tlx: 1; a 1 l-ovcl in;? i.i i1 .:.:!!;. a xH'.--, .sal nrati'il J with alx-at i i- ' ! i."::.'-; :. f -hl"roforr. Tlii'lio:t ulii i ry t.: !:a!:. IT lln-la rpcr, i ...4 : !. ....!... I c ' oi.t it I lJ i I ' i i r i i . i i ! :i ;n v t i -J down. In a. i.a m-i.t or two 1 1 r? l?ast Ircuruis !;; .:.-('. us. Klu r traili ith Ihf'ii l.'.i r ti.'-'! .!. (Inav attention u 1 1 I ar' s:i" i'm k i cd o r tin - pi i I. 'at ions iiT tla: l.o:i':i iiaii. '!!:. pi'!.- is hit iinlr tlm 1....' r .v. t i.- .'.am.- a; liorsi'. It is !:fi.',' i .ii ; to !: !:: :.: ir jx Tii'H P'd-a-ha j 1 lilo:'oioi :n a i : Ihi-cal to. H'V'ii-ly. as. I I!.-- ia :.;uL t :i' tioll'J IxCoir'C :, Iks lihu !!!. Vv'l.:ii ii-- ! II f.-i !.!.. t!. r b. I'l !l " s.-i? i-.fir-l tie v I c Th.: C:i!- that tli' anini.-it i . fr'm ojm i : i i: . . i !. incs, hii'ii ;.!! . i ,! rfilin s ; i ' i in tin T'v. .i ! , :: ii"i'vp I an-. '. ' : : ! !: tcith an; C: i ''. !. ii rl:iv.-s, aii-' iu a f". t. 1m n it T f t :.. collar an I . i'i ;.i . iii-cl.', :r.) 1 . !. :i !, Ii'ks I a i.-. a i i y i , ln'foiv. Tla- lavi'T; i'.i i fchoi t iat. ; . 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Vit!i t'.i.-v. !i tin. hvcnn the livp; rs ft ar i s;iy ;:' iv t-tli. They tire "d U U 'i.'' a:al rot sti iko like a cat animal. Tin -ir tr-y-h are cut and a good club will do tla ml. Th'j i'p. raiiou i,!-.i.i tin- iw.z tusjes of tho balxxi'i is fo p.'i:.' i!l sua.l apparently t:o inhutjan a. to caM for a humane so ciety' iat'S feiviao. Tha keepers will secure a lci v;nV. paws a:al legs and draw'tLe cr'-ature --lose rp to the Lars of tiis ca;;o. Thf ! .i l v ill la tied also. After ho is u-fd" t'.1? -f his U tnsk? are eawod ;?. 'II.1 l.ahooa i subject to toolar i:" 1 I i ; t"",;? 'yfT'-'i'ely sri"-i tive. V."!: :v. i ':. :i nrrve a:e j . i b -; 1'ki'elJi:; f la ; U - ..!: jiain. to;.-l i::: he 1 Lf ca jajmt -in ! I.. the t- i'b ai; i i Ihe i.ir. After the ; ra .1; retlral:, tb" f:': !:;: the l,abi,o;i .:ia-.vv.' Mil li an ; '.on -u: thnv.gh the liUvT lh'. IlKfit i I: i . ;1 of cloves,-oil ri:i c:''' p-'.r.rcd in I ( !1 i If I Op out s cvir, tho keeper j rt ino'.cil mid i; recover. After the baboon eldori how a Is:-';: :::") t js, J !:i' hiC, i" 1 . w I hat the. lii-iii eaici nivorO'is ,T::::iv.l are Hack :i r.v:n. It rfiih after sill. : 1 all -,; ts of car- -a! through x-rs ;:!::';:' them. Timid pv-;. I member t:: ; i;-'.'i5 tuli-' J -.cert and re-su-ima!.? o::'-:orl. drugged and cbahif1. ii; euch ferocious native vvii.i:, :VS :! !.''. l-i, & il of li:- ! ; r.s (!.o.:e of their r CJ-;Le-Democrat Coiir.tt-r ? it i- :; i ' of II;: 3Ian' ' hii clad only in patent 'h-?.J c: r.i pre linen tros; - : .; -v." '1 -hr:..; t at fheso itre Hu;tlo. In,'. '.-?. I': vo tli: ckai.t p.-;!., r,-:::-:-l:r; y.rcl laCi r v. 1 a .ho w(-k flr-1 y...u ca:ilu;r -:!v il:: i :i -- .It:;' -n 1.1 rhltv : mi' c :-:;nJ0!.ov .- i ; ,( vi. :t'Jcl vi-lini vo;i : . lit h-ers .r ; 'i : : h. '.i.i ':;::?. h.xhtiy woven cA- : ' ' a- .: ;y biaxyla-J end th-O. ::;, t . lav a e.re. here vili t-ir.ial tlA a i-' f-.-tr r.erova, :ackcis .-r laser; i r t- :;v:.lA:u t'f tXie ff.it. w;:!i 1 ai- f.. : ...;!, . w I Irott .rd held l y a :i Jiaii. : :a! wiih i;::!:eil, ieswti:in.'c wi.i.-. .. w:;a a-.l j.boiildcrrf. J3ut tt cli ot t.- .r.'. lou.dy ii.lo these hop f-ee.v-. a - tl ia.'. aib. l;.i::is way but an -cn.-:o::a! i-r..-r eat -f t!;oj-o lVw vond. r;i;l A:.-' ; a.-ai v who are jiatur..:Iv : :iiied - L'ai.ar L. VL--inIi'a I "-.ti. v. .l ip o t : . .1 Nul. A quantity il -b:; a.r.'se -acro.l nuts, lliff Ci'?t evi r br.-'r t '.his .-oniitry. has lately Vc;: rn-T.vl r.t i Iboa lway fruit itoie. Th y all 1 ; acred frctii the fact that i a y :sre a- 1 ;;i -i-r.ain f-ruis cf Japan-.-a v.r-':!a Yi:e nuts are place I on la" .-.;-..r :.ral i-.a!:.. ! They burn with a Hv.i b ii ' I :ve olT a neenhar o-icr Vii y ;.ra r.c '.: ;a oil. and the fumes aiv a- ; .-.I t.- i i. e a jneer..-e to the j." N '. ii-y ro.v t::aa r wau r, have a b .a" ll;-:e a p.al b;y. and are shaped like a jier's h ai. wbh tu j pro jecting horns. Tbii l c.- ::;! lr.:a e is sso great thai, il il:ucuit to Uiit-vc that they are not nave!. I:i the raw t-tato they are hard and taubs, but when cooked they have tin Haver cf boiitd chestnuts. Ti.ey retain their qualities tfcu or lift eon yi;:rs. and are lit l'oi loci vhen i en twenty yeaio clii. iev ork ?IaiJ And K.Nj n- -- ji.i 1 i.: I'rcJccii IIrt. Tcmb.one IVr'.. r (to widow selecting a fctonej V.'hat v. as tiu? causo of your Lu,b-;:;.rs death. ?!r.:. HrndricI;?? j Widow I'ocr Jo'a:i died if a broken: heart brought aKxit by unfortunate tpeculaticn i :i V,'.-! I 1 rof t. Tombstone Doai'.r J:i that case, Mrs. ; HeiKhicks, 1 v.-or. II tujgcst tliat ycu select a tto:.e with tho figure cf a lauin on top. Tho Eioch. t FL6WERS OF THE 6N0W. Vhat ficliwatk round Moomlng In thm Arctic RKla. An English botanist estimates that tha tropi-s have from 40,000 to 50,000 Kiecii8 m pl;mts, the north temjierature zone loiit 20,000 KpiH-ies, and the'Arctie gives iilxnit or lews than 1,000, with some 2,000 "among the Alpine flora, or aliout y,000 sjM-eies enjoying an Arctic climate. .Small as thu colli weather class is, it amounts to more than mott jxiple give it credit, for having, the jiopular opinion luing that the jnilar regions and snow el;i I iiif.iiulaiu tojs are practically devoid of vegetation. It is singular, tx, that while there are 72 kimls of flowers in the Arctic, regions, within the Antarctic circle a flowering plant has never yet been found. Every thing Is against plant lib- at that end of the earth's axletree. The weather is more nevcre throughout the year, and there are few tracts of kind of great extent on which plant life can flourish; and we have already seen that it ii well inland on large land areas when such life flourishes the best in the Arctic, when; it can al isorb some of tho !.. ' '' heat that is coining down, without beiii'. chilled to death bv contiguous ice Holds. Dul of these 7C2 kinds of flowering plants in the Arctic, only BOine 50 of them, as far as we know, or about one li)'ie(.,th, are wholly resident of that zone. Thus it is seen that a nival or Al pine flora, as compared with that of tho Arctic, is a much more distinctive one, or has more sjKcies wholly its own in proportion to the total number found. 'I he polar flowers seldom have any icr funa , and the few that exhibit this dc bjbifcd quality, however feeble, are, I thin!., from that class that have crept over the cold lx.rder marked by the Arc tic t iicle; or, in short, none of the lifty mentioned Esquimau flowers, wo niiylit call them, in a popularway have any appreciable odor. The color of these boreal blossoms aro generally of the cold tints, as if in har mony with tho chilly burrou ridings, in stead of the warm hues that would break in upon the desolation with double effect by jdi'vr contrast whero bo few cheering sights are to m seen. "White and light yellow prirdomiuate, and these colors been i associated with frosts and cold weather, for it apiears that those flowers we call 4 'ever Listings," and which aro the longest to defy the nipping3 of the coining winter weather, are mostly tinted like the northern snows and yellow northern lights. It is in the depths of Old Ocean that we find some of the larg: st expressions of plant life in the po lar xono. Here, within a short distance of shore, are colossal kelps and other life that grow throughout the year; of cour-.o, vegetating the most in the short summer months. Jmd plants, as already said, are pig mies compared with those of tho sea, or even the corresponding class in the lower latitudes, and this dwarfed condition, a naturalist tells us, is not due 60 much to the intense cold in the Arctic winter as to the fact they do not get enough warmth in summer to develop them per fectly. Dr. Joseph Hooper mentions it as a rare property of one of the gramineas (th grasses), TrL-tetum Subspicatuni, that ir is the only polar species known which is equally an inhabitant of the Arctic and Antarctic, regions. Nearly all of the plants of these cold countries are of the biennial or perennial sorts, as the season ia too short to give annuals tho whole length of time they demand for the maturing of their fruit to injure the next season's growth. These leronnials act like our hardy spring flora, by rapidly pushing their growth before the snow is ah off the ground and with the very first cessation of the vernal cold. I have seen flowers in bloom so close to the snow on King "William's land that I think the foot could be put down and leave an impression on the edge of the juiow and crush tho flower at the same step: while Jliddendorf, a Siberian traveler of note, says that he has seen c rhododendron in that country iu full flower. It is hardly to be expected that any u-eiul or cultivated plants should be found within the limits of the frigid zones, and yet both are known in this nnex peeled jwal'ty, There is the scurvy grass, a rough cruciferous plant; that is iamous for the good it has done among explorers in that rough clime in contend ing with the terrible disease which has e;i,-on. it its distinctive name. Barley is grown in god crops as high as Alten, in r.crway, in latitude 70 .degs. north, or about 2-jO miles above the Arctic circle. II is Jio.e, July and August in growing, and tho rapidity of hi3 polar growth tinder a never setting sun may ba plainly sho-.vu by stating that these barley stalk's j have been known to grow two and a half inches hi twentfour hours. "Where the hoi. i held by little valleys this Nor wegian barley may, in favorable seasons, be ready to cut in about two months alter sowing; and thus two crops secured ia one summer; just as California brags of its two crop3if certain growths in one seaii . ut what would California think of bleak Norway it, jjompftitor in rais inT three crops on tiie same "piece. u$ ground in one year? TL-"- a tradition in tho province of Theleniarkeu tho place from whenca pomes the celebrated snowshoe men of NoFway-that a pertain farm known as the Triset gets the first syllable, tri (three), from the three crops once reaped on the land in one season. Kye. which is not so hardy, is cultivated in Norway for 150 to 200 miles above the Arc lie circle, and even in Sweden it is carried up to that line. Barley was raised in Iceland from 870 to 1400, and then abandoned for more profitable cattle raising, but is again being cultivated to avcid famines which are sweeping that land. Lieut. Schwatka in "Woman. lionet of the Aged. An English chemist has shown that the brittleness of the bones of thg aged is not due, as is generally supposed, to an increase of the proportion of mineral Kilts with advancing years. From a sec tion of the femur of fifty subjects of dif ferent ages, no difference in the propor tion of ash could be determined. Boston Budget. A French writer states that not one of the sovereigns of Europe ia a native of the country over which he rules, or at least he belongs to a family that did not have its origin in tliat country. Foreign Letter. - TWO. COetiMjr, swiftly, riding with me, Btirruii to Ktirrup, and stride for stride. If 1 stretch out my hand In the night, by my Blue, I touch him, steadily, sullenly, With his withered face and hln misery, V.y the firmest and LJtteit?Ht bond allied, That never a love nor a hate can divide, Hiding with me. Af-rtKiM the land, and from sea to sea, riaxbin? and plunging through many rivers, R.x-kleHhly, weui ily, d-x.'raU;ly, Uun nor lle.s.siuf, nor thing tliat severs, (ia sever the tie 'twlxt him and me. Out of the Liplit and into tho day, t"rom secHoii to reason, from year to year, what does it matter where leads the way? There L nothing further to heed nor far; There i'i nothing to hojte in the time to be; As I gallop in silence to-uiht, by my sido. Stirrup to stirrup, and stride for htride. Ho ride with me. 11. Ah I ridu with thee, shall I ride with thee. With my withered face, and my misery, Stirrup to stirrap, and stride for stride, The crosiJ, and the hook and the priest defied. Through time, and death, and eternity, No days tliat breed, nor years thut kill, Kor prayer, tor tear of souls that Uo I'aft the swift rive rof good or ill, Khali sever the bonds that hold mo, tied liy deed and by will of thy own to thy side. Stirrup to stirrup, and btride for Ltride, Steadily, bteruly, silently, I shall ride- with thee. r. Y. Black in Overland Monthly. (iocJ IIorMes In Uiul Ilundit. A Boston writer tella a nice story about how he found among the wretched, bedraggled horses of tho fish peddlers a faultleb3 saddle mire. It is jKissiblo for the most excellent and most lovable ani mals to fall into the hands of brutal masters, and dio "unhonored and un sung." But good care aud skillful hand ling would restore many such. If tho story puts hundreds of kindly people on the watch to rescue rossible pets from the crowds of animals that drudge about our city streets, with all the cpirit of a noble horse beaten out by beetle headed owners, it will fulfill tho evident object of the writer. Globo-Democrat. Railway Station In Ku8la. Tho tracks of all the roads leading from the country palaces to the capital, over which the czar may travel, are patroled by soldiers, and one can see tents all along the line at intervals of a few hun dred yards. This precaution is made necessary by tho many attempts that have been made to wreck trains on which members of the imperial family have been or have been supposed to bo passen gers. There was ono terrible danger from this sourco which will never be for gotten, as well as several escapes from lesser peril. William Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News. Tho Strength of Wood. In a paper on the strength of different kinds of wood for building purposes, Professor Johnson calls attention to the fact, as now demonstrated, tliat many cheaper kinds of timber may prove moro valuable for structures than more ex pensive varieties, which have been sup posed to bo stronger, and, therefore, more desirable. Thus, pine supports or pillars have been found stronger than oak ones, when tested in large bauiples. New York Sun. Kind to Contributor).. Tho Century is very nice in its methods with its contributors, both active and would be. It notifies them immediately of the receipt of their manuscript, giving it a number to be used in future com munications pertaining thereto. This is done nowhere elso in this country. Then, in about six weeks a decision is reached, and if accepted the article is paid for. All the monthlies and weeklies of stand ing, pay for their matter on acceptance. New York Graphie. A Had Dream. "What can be more depressing than a terrible dream?' 'I will tell you what is more depress ing ; it is to have a pleasant, delightf ul dream and wake yp to find that it is nothing but a dream. ' ' 'Have you ever been there?" "Just the other night. I'll never for get the anguish I felt when I woke." 'What did you dream?"' "That my room rent was paid a month in advance. Ncbras-ka State Journal. Cleared Money on It. A Missouri farmer recently learned that the grand jury was about to indict him for working on Sunday. Ho didn't try to evade .ha charge, but, on the con trary, had his four sons summoned as witnesses against him. He was fined $1 and costs, a total of $3. But as the mile age and witness fees of his sons amounted to $10. 10, the family cleared $5.40 on the transaction. New York Tribune oorploiis as Pood, An English traveler told a Balize (Honduras) newspaper man tliat he had eaten a "scorpion pie" while in Mexico, and that he liked it. The natives told him that young scorpions were frequent ly utilized for food for the lower classes, who' dig them f ccm their nests in hun dreds, remove the 6ting and make ome lets of them. New York Evening World. An Able Pvlpit Effort. Country Minister to deacon So ypu think, brother Jones, that my sermon this morning was an abler effort than that of last Sabbath? Deacon Yes, I do, dominie. Ye see, I timed 'em both, an' today's was nigh on to fifteen minutes shorter. Philip H. Welch in The Epoch. . Iagnifjing Clashes. Magnifying glasses seem to have been known, in the time of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, who died 478 B. C, for he wrote: "As we use a glass to examine the forms cf things, bo mu-t we study antiquity to understand the present.1'-Arkansas Traveler. Melting Wronght Iron. The temperature necessary to melt wrought iron lies between 4,000 and j 5,000 degs." Fahrenheit, and even at that tremendous heat wrought iron is only rendered fluid by the addition of a small amount of aluminum. Cliicago Times, i The Princess of Wales wore the first jersey ever seen on a lady in England. She wore i( at Sandowu in J87?. THE PARKS OF HAVANA. The Wholo City Is a Fairyland by Right. A Ort-at Outdoor I'arlor. All IIaana is in the parks or cafes or on the housetops at night. As thf! sun goes down it seems as though from evi ry quarter come thousands for the nightly outing. The streets, plazas ami cafes dazzle with light flaring from t' - quaint est of burners nnd frame, and tin brilliant colored glass, so universally and richly usitl in decoration, adds a li-awiy and charm to countless pleasing scenes. There is music everywhere. 1 !ere in a half lighted, richly decorated lalcony is a group of men and women chatting in low, musical tones, or listening to sweet notes of 1 ho guitar. In this ou trada, with u court filled with rich lights, plants, flowers, and quaint corridors be hind, in au almost oriental background, aro jiorhaps several families seated half out U'on tho street, and among them somewhere is music. Here, there and everywhere upon tho housetops, tanong luxuriant gardens, are merry crowds singing, playing or dancing. The. half lights of tho night hide and reveal. Sound and light and shadow mingle until tho ear and sight aro ravished by what is heard .and ecn, and what is listened for and heard in thought. Melody in word, laugh and song, and from musical instruments of every nature and in every placo nothing loud and sonorous, hut everything soft and dreamful pulses i:i harmonious chords above and over ami through tho streets. The whola city is as a fairyla:id by night. It is tho moro lxjwildering to the beholder, becauso thevo aro in i- r.. mindedness c::l oj..iLuuju..i. t....i make melody and gayety not only with tho well conditioned, but as truly within tho grimy walls of the charcoal man's little stall ; down at tho waterside among tho swarthy lioteros; over there in Keg la with tho toil Ecourged stevedores and lancheros; up Balquarte, way among the labor bent lavenderas; and in every odd and moldy corner whero human lifo lasts in layers, it lights up all with a faca as free of caro a3 if ever unknown. All this comes to you, and you know tho fact. You leave thoso who like to quar rel over tho involved ethics. But all this time, when an entire gret.t city has sud denly resolved itself into a vast pleasure garden, so completely that its influence seems even to have touchod and trans formed, without exception, tho direst conditions, the gayer and more restless elements swarm the pasoos and plazas, and no European city presents more bril liant scenes. But in thi3 one city of the world, this single rich blossom of tho tropics, all its people, in these hours, aro pleasure givers and pleasure receivers, and that, too, whatever tho individual condition. There hi none so high and haughty, or low and listless, as to think, or dare, refusal of this individual conces sion, or gift of word and . way, to this universal something we would bo quick to call among cur good selves true evi dence of true lightheadedness and joy. I do not behove the world has elsewhere such a condition and etudy. In these nightly carnivals fully 10,001 equipages, filled with richly attired and j merry occupants, may bo seen. During tho early evening tho favorite drive is along Calle Anclia del Norte, by the rca. Later the Calzado do la Iveina and tho Paseo del Tacon are sought. As tho night advances tho great center of thk; brilliant life and luxurious activity is in the vicinity of tho larger city parks, to which the paseos and the Prado lead, where military brnds discourse tho lively or sensuous airs of Spain.- Hero thfcis hosts of pedestrians; but, instead of the rudeness and clamer usual in f uch ecu- courses in other cities, every frequenter cf tho locality only intensifies tho every whero manifest chivairoua courtesy and charming consideration that so dis tinguish them. It is as though hero were a mammoth reception of the courtli est of men and women. Indeed, it is tho great outdoor parlor of a great city, where every city is a noblo guest, j a tho pauEC-3 cf the music promenading ia continuous. It would not then be uncom mon for you to see at ono time, an 1 iu the one place on tho globe where that is possible, 10,000 women of surpassing beauty, of wonderful win somen ess of marvelous grace. It is r.oi until somo tim after midnight ;hat the crowds seem to diminishj for at soma hour of tho evening every gentlemen and every senora and renorita iu'the city makes it a social obligation or pleasure to be present. But from midnight until morning, by an unwritten law, the parks and paseos are in possession of less dense gatherings, though an intfnser and far moro ques-. tionabl-' character of pleasure seekers, Edgar L. Wakeman iu New York Mail and Express, CIoLh 9Iii.de Non-inflammable. The usefulness of tungstate of soda in imparting the quality of non-inflammability to various materials is now largely utilized. Cloth, when soaked in a solu tion of this kind, say cf 20 per cent., and allowed to dry, will not burst into a flame when brought into contact with tho fire, the simple effect of tho latterbeing to cause the cloth to slowly carbonize or smolder. In preparing linen and light muslin garments in this manner the solu tion is usually mixed with the starch, and the addition of about 3 rer cent, of phos phate of soda to the tungstate is also said to be an improvement. Wood can b-j treated in a similar manner, but it is rather an expensive process when under taken on a considerable scale, and u.i it does not render the wood really incom bustible, is not important. New York Sun. A Dentist's Testimony. "What has been your experience, dcv tor. as to the effect of gas uin your dif ferent patients?" asked a gentleman of a well known dentist in this city. -I have invariably found, " responded the doctor, 'that if the parties partaking are profes sional . people they will in their uncon scious state call out things that relate to their profession. For instance, not a great while ago, a celebrated baritone of one of our ojera c6rapanies, while under the influence, sang two or three barsot his part, and again one of our auctioneers, while in the same state, shouted that if the people did not -bid any faster bids would be closed. Thi3 you will find is the usual case with all, and if ypu have jmy secret you wish to keep steer clear if the gas or you will surely betray it." Philadelphia Call. IFURNITORE Parlor 'c? FOR ALL 8L1- . VJl (JO TO Where a lnatnii lie-cut sto j o!' (ioutli- :;:id j'.iir I'lii-i'- al.uni. UNDER A KING AND cBALiaiiiG A SKGALTY ('OliNEIi MAIN AND SIXTH L. 11 BFtjNjTM'J"r. JUST RECEIVED. Finnan Haddiea. California Evaporated Nectar ines they are dslicioua. Boston Brown Bread Mixture . --oorn thi ng new and nice. Prunella and Aprieota. Aopnrogus in Cano.. Clam Chowder. ; i , v B e I 'a p a jei3ITio:n s. Wili bo one. dnriii which ihe subjects f.f national iiileie.-t ai;! iiMjioj-rsuic-. v.iil y strongly r.gi tilled ai.d llu; ek-etioii t.i'u IVesident will take Jmuco. 'J he ia .jj -.; ,' Ca.-s Cti'.intv who would Hue t learn of Political, Commercial and Social Transactions of this via.- and w;;.d I.eoj. ;iji;;ce ilJi tiie tiiKe.s slioii!l """""1 ?a TT'T r- xr-, -r -tzm --- I '-.'.i I n :ir;i: i; ;; aily or Weekly Herald. Xow while we have the suhject before the j.eople we v.iil M-ntiiie -, ' .e;J: ul our Xv - ----- ,".i.-;.:fT--r-? .5 V- '2?- i'.-."-"5 H- - -'VU''f l----"-u Which is lirl-e;i- from which oar jh j.n;;ter are taiiiit;o ')Ut much ? aliri:teton waik. 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