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. * # ii i ii I, THE TRIBUNE. VOL. I.--NO. 27. BEAUFORT, S. ., MAY 2G, 1875. $2.00 PER ANNUM. Auf der Bodcnsce. [From the German of G. Schwab.] Dor Bodeneee, tbe Lako of Constance, situated upon tho border of Germany and Switzerland, is tho largest lake in thodfc two countries, boiug sixteen lcaguos in length, four in width, and three hundred and fifty fathoms in depth. It is very seldom entirely frozou over. Tho incident which forms tho subject of his ballad is said to have occurred in the year 1695. A rider rode tlirougli a rugged glade, A field of snow in the sunshine laid; His dripping stood through t'lecold snow hies ; He must reach ere night where Lake Constance lies. Ilidr.r and horse, ere the night comes down, Should l>o lodged in tho safe little lakeside town. Bough was tbe treacherous snow-covered way, Yet the steed Bpod on through tho sinking day ; Dalo and mountain and hill were passed, And they came to the open land at last. To an open plain where tho snow expands. Level aud smooth oh Hownrf uar?/lu . Bebiud him vanishes town and wood, And hits road grows evon, his footing good. In tho wide expanse nor house nor hill *Nor tree appear ; all is cold and still. Yet 011 sped the rider, mile aftor mile, Hearing tho seabird's cry the while ; And the water duck's fluttering wings of fear; No other sound greets his listening ear. No traveler came on his anxious sight, To Bay if the way he rode was right, As on velvet, so on through the buow rode ho. " Where dashes the water V Where rolls the sea?'' The evening fell, and then from far Lights faintly glimmered, like distant stars. Up rose through the night mist hill and tree, But naught of the lake conld the traveler see. Stormy and rough once more his course, Yet onward and onward he spurred his horse; On, on till I10 heard tho watch dog's bay, Aud a Ashing village before him lay. 41 Welcome, young maid at tho window," cried he; 41 Can you tell mo how far to Constance sea?" And his heart grows chili as tho maid replies: "flood tmvnlor T.?l>n L-, :- J -* VVUDUIUWO UUUIUU 11166 lies, And wore not the water too frozen for oar, I'd eay you had landed and come to the shore." The rider trembled and paled with fear? " On the plain behind me rode I here Then answer wild did the maiden make: "Groat God! yam have ridden, air, over the lake ! On the treacherous floor, o'er the bottomless deep, Did thy horse's mad hoofs safe footing keep ? And crushed not beneath thee the covering thin, Xor the swerling waters to death drag thee in ? And thou art not devoured by the fishy brood? The cold dumb pike in the colder flood?" Then the maiden called, and the village came, The listening children, the wondering dames. Old men and maidens questioning round, Ory, "Thank your lucky star that you were not drowned ! But come, for our evening board is spread, Eat with us fish, break with us bread." But the rider answered never a word ; n.-? uuivo mo uiaiuou hjk>ko lie uau no'huig hoard. IIin heart ceased beating, gray grew his hair, The ghost of the danger paat presses him there. He sees around him the roaring deep, And the ghastly waters over him sweep ; He hears the ice crushing, and cheek and brow Grow damp and pale with the mortal throe ; Then he sighed and he sank to the earth and diod, And a dry grave found by the water side! THE BAVARIAN ROBBER. Wiosbnuor Franzl was the son of a pauper peasant of tbo Miesbacli parish, and had early given proof of his laudable abilities. Constantly in disgrace for poaching, he gradually sank from poetic to prosaic theft, and from petty stealing to highway robbery. Fear is generally unknown to the Bavarian highlanders, but a kind of mysterious horror became associated with his name. He never remained long hi one place?he was here, there and everywhere. His liannts were known to none, but he was tho dread of every one, far and near, and liejit last. vftmi/eu iv positive terrorism. In the middle of the night Franzl would appear at some house, knock at the door, and arouse the inmates. The mistress must get up, light the tire, and oook a meal for the intruder, while he sat on the hearth and chatted pleasantly to her. He did not steal for the sake of stealing; he merely asked for what he wauted when he required it. His demands were complied with readily enough, for people were intimidated by the boldness of Lis manner. If he was well received, he behaved like a guest, and made himself ; at 'home. He never took from those | who oould not afford to give ; but if rich ; people showed any hesitation, he would j vow, with awful curses, to set fire to I their houses and burn down the whole i village. He was a genuine freebooter of the old type, generous or revengeful, as ; it happened to suit him. a a* - - - Aiier a great deal of trouble, he was at last captured and lodged iu the jail of the principal town ; but, with desperate ! courage, he managed to escape by letting | himself down outside the prison from a , height of several stories. Once on firm ground, he was soon off to the moun- j tains ; and again the naire of Wiesbauer Frauzl was in every mouth, while the old i horror rotnmed with redoubled force, j It was unfortunate for me that I was , now numbered among his acquaintances, : ' * for I fearod thrt he would avail himself j * of'tho privilege to invite himself to sup-1 per some tine night. 1 Very soon lie gave me fresh uneasiness." I was alone at home one evening, sitting at work near the lump, when my old maid-servant rau in, and said, in a frightened whisper: "Only think! there's been some one sitting on the doorstep for the last quarter of an hour ! I've watched him from the kitchen window, and I'm afraid it's Wiesbauer Franzl. Jesus, Maria, Joseph !" she added, " he's sure to knock presently, and want to come in !" Annoyed and curious, I hurried up stairs in the dark, meaning to open the window softly and reconuoiter my visitor, as it might be only a harmless journeyman availing himself of a convenient resting-place; but, in spite of my caution, the stranger heard me open the window, and looked up without changing Ilia tinuifinn nr *-?? n t'?? u niuu. It was Wiesbauer Franzl. To pro pitiate him, I spoke first, saying, with assumed friendliness: " Do yoti want anything, Frauzl ? Are yon hungry ? shall I bring you some food?" But the rogue replied, with a stoical shake of the head: " You needn't troublo to do that, Karl; I've had my supper, and I've got further to go to-night. I'm only re,sting a bit." Soon afterward he got up and went hiB way. * When the first snow fell I left my summer residence and went back to the town, but my friend Franzl remained in the mountains and continued his requisitions. I did not learn his further adventures until my return the next year. One day, after an afternoon nap, he fell into the hands of the bailiffs, lie was triumphantly lodged in the county jail, and every one breathed more freely, although no one felt perfectly safe then, so indomitable was his bearing, Fresh alarm was soon created on his account. The very next morning had scarcely dawned before the jailer was at the doctor's door, tugging at the bell like a madman. "Make haste, dootor, make haste ! " he cried. " Franzl has hung himself in the night. I was 011 my rounds, and I've just found him hanging from one of the window-bars. He was stone cold, so I did'nt cut him down." Tbo doctor rushed to the prison and found everything exactly as ho had been told. In a fit of wild despair winch comes over energetic natures when all escape seems out off, the bold robber had determined to make an end of himself. The doctor at once cut the linen noose, cold water was thrown into the poor fellow's face; but it was all in vain; he gave no signs of returning animation. The news spread like wildfire from place to place, aud people said it was Franzl's first useful action. " If he's really gone," croaked some, " the wretch is not to be trusted until he in uctunuv ill uiH gravt). Meanwhile, preparations were made for the dissection, and the attendants were about to undress the corpse, when, behold ! the eyelids trembled, the muscles quivered, and the dead was restored to life. It was high time, for the dissecting knife lay ready upon the table. And so the vital force of the young criminal had triumphed over his will, and, in spite of all his efforts, he found himself still on this side tho grave. He was restored to consciousness with evt ry care, and taken back to his cell, to be forwarded the next day to Munich, as none of the authorities cared to have the responsibility of him; the prison itself seemed unsafe as long as he was in it. He himself was doggedly submissive, and seemed to be in very low spirits. Instead of rejoicing in his restoration to life, he was evidently meditating some other desperate scheme. The next day a farmer's cart was hired, and Franz, bound hand and foot, was placed in it. The people stared inquisitively at the notorious prisoner, and the equipage slowly ascended the precipitous road above the lake. Suddenly a slight snap was heard, the fetters were broken, the cart jerked ^violently, and me cuiprit was gone ! Jlead foremost be plunged into the lake; for a moment the waves closed over him, the next ho was swimming rapidly away. As none of his oscort ceuld follow, or rather as all shrank* from a hand-to-hand struggle in the water, a boat was got ready for the pursuit. In spite of the start he had had, the sturdy rowers soon caught up with the fugitive. But what then ? At first he dived to balile his enemies, but, his breath being soon exhausted, a fearful conflict ensued. As it was impossible to reach him by other means, some of the men struck him on the head with their oars whenever he came to the surface of the water, hoping by this means to stun him. But his iron skull was not to be cracked, and as for seizing him ami dragging him into the boat, that was nilifi) nut flxo niiaafmn Uo I i ? ???v vr* ' J uviiux 'Ilj iUl AlO |/iCOnil/ly flung himself upon it like a maniac and tried to capsize it. The danger was now all on the side of the pursuers. A storm was rising, and it was found advisable to relinquish the pursuit for the time. With considerable difficulty tho little boat regained the shore, while the fugitive found a safe place of concealment among the tall rushes on the banks of the lake. When it was quite dark ho crept out, and decided that it would be good policy to disappear for a time. For weeks nothing further was henrd of him, and it was thought by many that he hail perished in the storm. But suddenly he reappeared as though he had risen from the ground. He was not improved. Indeed, his hatred of all legal and peace able occupations soemod to have been intensified by his late adventures. He took up the fond with society with greater ferocity than ever, and he was now always accompanied by a four-footed friend?a huge yellow wolf-hound, who followed close at his heels. He would lick the robber's hand lovingly, 4 I ami look inquiringly up into Iris face; but he was as misautbropically disposed toward all the rest of the world as his master. The devotion was mutual. J Franzl always gave the first mouthful of the food lie "requisitioned" for himself to Wolf, and NVolf showed his teeth, without any sign from his master, if any one hesitated to comply with his demands. The dog was the only creature for whom the reckless criminal retained any affection, and it was evident that neither | oftho friends would care to survive the I other. Frauzl became more and more j overbearing and exacting, and the terror among the people increased in pro- j portion. One night he again aroused j the wife of a peasant, and ordered her to : cook him some food. Trembling, she I appeared at the window, and refused to . comply with the extraordinary request. | lie was standing below the balcony, and \ as she spoke he flung his great knife into ; the house with such force tliAt it went I through the wall. "You saw it, didn't you ?" he shouted, in a menacing voice, j "Next time it will go through yohr ; body !" and with that he turned on his 1 heel, followed by liis dog, snarling and [ foaming at the mouth. All search for him was in vain; in 1 .'1 io 1-1 1 L 1- -3 i 1UW| IV MUV iuuui lunif u? fHUt'UVUi IW I truck a rogue in his own mountains. Ho | had long keen an outlaw in public | opinion, and at last, as all other means failed, a price was set on his head. There was nothing else left to l>e done. | , At a certain spot where two roads : meet stands a large, lonely inn, conducted in quite the old style, with oaken \ tables and earthenware drinking vessels, i On the wall of the public room hang the i carriers' notices, beneath the Htove ; snores the watchdog, and the host is the j despotic sovereign whose authority is i never questioned. One evening a few traveler's were as- I sembled in this room, wearing their j picturesque hats with the jaunty feather pulled forward. Suddenly the door opened, arul a sturdy looking fellow walked in and sat down with the rest. They all knew who it was as well as we i do. It was the very day on which the writ against him had been issued. " F'ranzl !" cried one, " do you know that a price is set upon your head?" " Whoever takes you will get fifty gulden," added another. "1 should think you were glad of that, for folks say you're worth nothing !" Everybody laughed. Franzl, however, did not move a muscle; but stood with arms akimbo, and cried scorntully: " Well, here I am; any one with a knife and no money is welcome to mo." Every one remained seated, but the wou-uog growled from beneath the table as if he understood what was going oil. Without another word, Franzl resumed his seat, ard went on drinking and chatting pleasantly as had been his wont of old. Ho was, however, rather more subdued than formerly, and in about half an hour he laid a kreuzer 011 the table, and went out into the darkness without a word of farewell, but the dog turned at the door to snail and show his great fangs. "He took no pleasuro in cards today," observed one who had proposed an interdicted game of chance to him. "It isn't likely," replied his neighbor, 44 that a fellow whose own game is up Ls likely to care much for any other." And tliev drew their chairs more closely together, and whispered: " He won't pull through this time." "4Dead or alive,'" says the writ, muttered one under his breath. Two days later Franzl once more knocked at the door of a peasant's house. It was in the neighborhood of Gmunden, on that lofty pass which encircles the mountain like a chain, and stretches from Tegernsee toward Miesbach. When the housewife came to the door she recognized the outlaw at once, but, concealed her alarm, she treated him as a poor traveler, and asked him into the Louse. Meanwhile her husband called in the neighbors to his assistance. Silently they crept through the back door into the stable, and consulted how best to overpower the unfortunate Franzl. No one had courago enough to volunteer, and murmurs arose of 44 4 Dead or alive,' says the writ; how would it do to shoot him don 11 ?" Among those assembled was a young OitliliAP n Aonifnl ulirtf trim hn/1 Inff liiu regiment but a few days before. Ho judged the case according to martial law, and was of opinion that the reward would be paid for killing, not capturing,s the accused. " He's sure to kill some one else if he lives any longer," thought the young warrior to himself, " so I'd better put him out of the way at once." " My double-barreled gun hangs behind the stove," whispered the master of the house, and a breathless silence ensued. " Meanwhile Frauzl had iinished his dinner, and prepared to tako leave. "God bless you!" ho exclaimed to his hostess; "and, if you are asked who your guest was, you can say it u as the Wiosbauer rogue !" With these words he left the house, but a slight figure slipped iu from the other door, wearing the blue soldier's cap. Noiselossly ho took down the weapon, ana hid it beneath the window Rill. Then the little lattioo opened softly, and a voice cried: " Not bo fast, Franzl; stop, or I fire !" Franzl turned round with a noornful laugh: " Any ouo who wants me had better oome out to me; I dance attendance npon no one I" Another Btep; a whizzing report; and he fell to the ground like a tree smitten by an ax, the blood gushing from his mouth, and his hands tearing up the ! earth. "At him, Wolf!" he cried, with Ins last breath; and the ]>oor dog dashed at the open window, foaming with rage. 1 Another crack, and the second discharge was lodged iu the faithful creature's body. With the death-rattle in his tliroat, ho managed to drag himself to his master's side, and after a fow convulsive struggles ho expired. Treatment of the Sick. Proper clothing, says Science, of Health, is of the utmost importance to every invalid; and the best clothing is that which is best adopted for this purpose. For this reason woolen or silk is superior to cotton or linen in cold seasons. Yet we do not advise woolen to be worn next the skin, because of its irritating qualities. Cotton flannel j drawers and undershirts are superior in this respect; but woolen outer garments, ! and oven woolen socks are better than cotton or linen. The color of clothing has much to do with its healtlifulness. No invalid ii justified in wearing colored clothing next the skin. The dye is usually more or j less absorbed, and is always injurious, frequently poisonous. Indeed, we ones tion its propriety, on the score of health, at any time or in any place. True, j black absorbs and retains beat, while ; white reflects it, giving to white a less 1 lieat-retaining quality than black ; yet i nevertheless, white or light-colored I clothing we consider superior to dark ! color. For snmmt r weather there is no question as to its superiority, nor for inuer garments. The limbs and extremities claim from every invalid and physician especial attention. Not one invalid in a thousand i succeeds in having his feet, legs, hands aud arras well clad. Among women the dress usually worn is outrageous, considered from the standpoint of health, and among men it is only a little less so. The central portions of the body are overburdened often with clothing, while the limbs are nlmost always insufficiently clad. The shoes are thin, stockings delicate, . pants fine and only lined around the waist, while over abdomen and loins the clothing doubled or trebled. How can any one expect to regain health under such circumstances { Health depends upon a balanced circulation, and the blood circulates from within. As power begins to diminish, the circulation fails in the extremities and the blood is retained in and about the central organs. Clothing retains heat, and heat fetains blood; so where most clothing is, there, other tilings being equal, the most blood will be found. To call blood into the extremities and external capillaries is one of the important objects of all good treatment, and proper clothing is a necessary adjunct. A Sailor's Life. A New York paper says : The arrival of the brig Lady Louisa, bound from Shanghai to this port, with a cargo of tea, solves a mystery of "the sea, and restores to a family one of its members who has been given up as dead. The commander of the Lady Louisa, Capt. John Fletcher Kimball, went to sea in a whaling vessel from this port twentythree years ago, and was reported and believed to have been lost, with a boat's crew, while in pursuit of a whale, and was never heard from afterward. Capt. Kimball's father, J. W. Kimball, lived at that time at Hudson, N. Y. Hoping to cure his son of his desire to' follow a seafaring life, he had procured him a place in the whaler. When the vessel returned the news of young Kimball's supposed death was conveyed to his family, and they gave up all hopes of ever seeing him again. Several years ago they removed to Elizabeth, N. J., where they now reside. A short time ago a letter was received at Hudson, N. Y., addressed "To the first Methodist clergyman of Hudson." This letter, which was signed by "Capt. John Fletcher Kimball," stated that its author commanded a brig trading between Cardiff. Wales, and Sliancliai. China : tliat lie was the son of J. W. Kimball ; that he had repeatedly written to his family but received no reply, and that he now took this indirect method to ascertain whether any member of it still lived. He had suffered great hardships, and expecting soon to receive a cargo of tea consigned to New York, he j had made up his mind to take the vessel i into British waters, dispose of his inter- 1 est in it, and abandon the sea forever, j This letter was sent to Capt. Kimball's : family at Elizabeth, where all its mem- ! bers are still living, and for the first j they thus learned that he was alive. A recent telegram from London reported j that the Lady Louisa had stopped at St. | Helena for water, on her way to America. ] A New Jersey Relic. A cannon ball is preserved in the ; Treasury department in Washington, ! which deserves to become historic?if j cold iron am bo said to deserve any- ' thing. It weighs twenty pounds, if our recollection is correct, and is a plain, i rough shot, with an iron ring attached ! to it. In a storm which occurred on the j coast of New Jersey, many years ago, it was thrown from a mortar, with a line fastened to the ring, and passing over, fell beyond a ship which was stranded and in danger of going to pieces. Tlio j line was tied to a cablo on the shore, nri/l fliA oliiittPi'AAlfAil vwmnl* I v,lvy ""'f " * "V""" bum ill I and fastened it to the vessel. On this ; cable a life-car was passed backward and ' forward from the ship to the shore, by j which means two hundred lives were ; saved. The ball was hauled in and re- | tained. It was subsequently sent to the : headquarters of the Revenue Marine | department, where it has since been j carefully preserved, and where it is always regarded witli much interest by l?eo]?le who are informed of its history. } Itmitfht have sunk n "seventy-four " i and never been heard from. SAX FRANCISCO IN 1849. A Ijlvrly llotwrlptlon of n Primitive Mooletjr. j In May, 1849, there were leas than one hundred nn?l fifty wooden houses built, g including all shanties scattered over the seven hills ; for San Francisco had, at ^ that time, seven hills. Thousands of ^ tents were everywhere erected, and in these people dwelt. The plaza, or pub- f lie square, had, at one time, one decent j wooden house, called the Parker House, which, of course, was a gambling house ; while the more pretentious touts were ^ one and all gambling shops. The busiest man in that city, at that time, was one Sam Brannan, a retired or reformed ^ Mormon, perhaps still alive. The nomi- c nal ruler of the city was a Mr. Smith, styled "The Alcalde." The real rulers \ were twenty ruffians, known as " The t Hounds," whose chief was one Roberts. They were one and all ex-soldiers in the ^ Mexican war, robbers, cut-throats and c cowards ; yet the floating mass of inhab~ 1nnn 1.1 41/i? luiuto, JIUllLUf i 111? LIU ICJW II1UI1 UHJ . thousand, were actually tyrannized over, J robbod by and afraid of those twenty ? thieves. It may seem strange that such a state of affairs could possibly exist for a single day, yet it is nevertheless true c tliat it did exist for months. . 8 There were hotels. Ono man, whose 8 name was Merritt, had a large wooden house toward the north beach, where 1 his lodgers herded. They slept every- a where?on the tables, under the tables, a in every available space ; bedding, if the bloated and luxurious guest wanted such j, a thing, had to be provided by himself. , It is, however, but fair to relate that rj Merritt always exacted $2 a night for < lodgings from anybody that sheltered in the house. As for the living, it is almost too ridiculous to be related. A French restaurant, for instance, furnished the 0 best bottle of port wine for 82?some T thousand dozen sent from the London docks and sold for the freight in San Francisco, as no owner turned up. The * Frenchman charged the following prices for a breakfast: 11 r beef steak 61.00 Two ]K>tatoes 2.00 One onion 2.00 ( Coffee. .* .50 < bread 50 ? Total 66.00 8 The price of washing a shirt was 81. This was done at the Presidio by some * American soldiers wlio owned (nappy mortals) wives. The price of lumber was enormous?$350 per 1,000 running 1 feet measurement. A pair of blankets sold for $40 ; a pair of long boots cost x six ounces of gold. A common rough * jacket cost $25. Yet luxuries were cheap. a There were plenty of cigars, and good I ones, to be hud ; plenty of the best wines ' and brandy, ltaisins, almonds and nuts were literally found in the streets? f somewhat damaged, perhaps. The cli- 'J mate, at that time at least, was not very \ inviting. At sunrise the weather was f mild and serene, as at Naples; by eleven \ o'clock the eastern winds began to blow ?not onlv dust, but gravel of respecta- j bio size llew about like hail ; by two p. j m. it became bitter cold, and by six p. st. j the wind had entirely vanished. c Hundreds and thousands of white rats, v with fiery red eyes, ran about in the fl streets and disputed the right of inhabiting each tent or house. What flies are to Egypt, fleas were at that time to San ^ Francisco. There was no use of seeking . a remedy. No sleep could be got untH ^ the million fleas got literally drunk on the blood of the restless sleeper, which ^ was generally by five in the morning. Then the littlo vampires took a rest themselves. The city boasted of but ** few horses ; as for carriages, there were c none worthy the name. Such was tho ? city of San Francisco in 1849 ; yet ^ everybody was busy, everything was sold ? and bought for gold dust. Everybody " had scales and weights, and everybody f seemed somehow to have gold. " 1 Parlor Games. } i rP\PA ii niir i\n ? ! hp nmnanmnnfa ovn lima i * ?**-' ?? I'WIIV/* KIUIIOVUIUUVO IMU VU UO | described: Two players are closely t blinded with a bandage made of their > pockethandkercliiefs. Each one is pro- t vided with a saucer full of cake or cracker crumbs, which is held in the left t hand, and a spoon, which is held iu the right hand. A sheet is spread upon the floor, upon which the players sit, and at a given signal they begin to feed each other. Their efforts to find each others mouths with their spoons never fail to aft'ord' much sport. Another amusing experiment is to. try to blow out a candle blindfolded. The caudle is placed upon a table, up to which a player is first led; he then walks back six steps, turns around three times, and walks forward as nearly in the direction of the candle as possible, and tries to blow it out. If he happens to wander to the wrong part of the room, the effect of the blowing is very tunny. Captain ltovnton's Dress. The inventor of the life-saving dress recently so successfully tested by Captain Paul Iloynton is Mr. C. S. Merri man, of Now lork city. It is of solid vulcanized rubber, made in two parts?a tunic with hood and gloves attached, and pantaloons with boots attached. The dress is secured by a water-tight joint at tho waist, and only tho eyes, mouth and nose are exposed. It is inflated by means of five small tubes, which caii be reached conveniently. When the upper cliamlier is inflated it makes a complete air pillow, upon which the head can rest. The wearer is kept dry and comfortable. Swimming is impossible; but ho lies easily upon his t>ack, and propels himself in any direction by means of a double-blade paddle. A small India rubber bag contains provisions and a few needful articles. Items of Interest. Last Christmas there were 750,415 >aupers in England and Wales. A Vermont gentleman has reoovered !200 for being hanged in effigy. A dentist of Hempstead, Tex., dropped lead while extracting the teeth of a patent. A Bangor editor boasts of having inckers in that city from five to six feet u length. It will require seven years of steady vork to constrnct the tunnel between England and France. " Borrowed clothes never fit." If they vould fit, the chonoea are that yon sonldn't borrow them. He who eats strawberries and cream nth his sweetheart at this season has ho dear things all together. A grand jury in Ohio has undertaken o suppress church fair raffles, as well as ither raffles not considered fair. , A politician who accidently drank from he wrong bottle with a friend is one of he few men in Amerinn who known how torso liniment tastes. " Dr. Mary Walker," a Washington orrespondent says, " looks like a miaionary's wife." Then we are mighty orry for the missionary. There are signs that the great deadlock in the Sonth Wales ooal fields is pproacliing a termination. Both sides ,re evidently weary of the struggle. In China a man's friends congratulate iim on the birth of a son, and condole ritli him on the birth of a daughter, fhey are verv empliatio opponents of 'women's rights." " Why are women so much more oourgeons tlian men?" asked a lady the ither day, after talking of poutios And var. " Because it is not they who have o fight," he replied. A bad little boy, upon being promised Ive cents by his mother if he would ake a dose of oastor oil, obtained the aoney, and then told his parent that she night castor oil in the street. A pronouncing match took place in Jiucinnati. Twenty married persons on me side pronounoed against twenty unnarried on the other. The rules of the pelling ring governed the exercises. A man in London earns a living by joing round waking people whose dubiless requires them to get up Very eairly n the morning. Many policemen also ncrease their incomes in the some way. There is a man in Gnilford, Conn., vlio has predicted all the bad weather he past winter. He says there will be mother snow storm, but some of the >eople down there say that if it comes hey will have that man's head. Benjamin Franklin said: " It is hard 1- J 1.1 99 UI UU ?3Uipbjr w HIOUU UpriVUfr, Chis great truth is robbed of its sadness rhen we know that there is no necessity or a bog or any thing else to stand np rhnn it would look better lying down. The experiment of transfusing blood ins just been applied to Gen. Frank Jiair, who has long been prostrated with >aralysis at his home in St. Louis. Six tuuces of blood were injected into his oins, and the result is said to be favorble. A canal boat with the captain, his rife, a little child, a colored man and wo mules on board, was carried over he dam in the Potomac at Cumberland >y the wind, and strange to say no damgo was done to either the passengers or he boat. The latest discovery in Franoe is that he numerous gypsy bands scouring tEit ouutry are entirely under marching irders and military discipline from Ber- > Ln. They are wont to pick out their aniping grounds fifty miles ahead, and mow in advance the n$me of tlfe man iwning that ground as well as he knows t himself. According to the last census in Engand and Wales, the females of the popuation outnumber the males by 600,000 ; rat above the age of twenty-five the nales exoeed the females in number. iVhile there were 400,000 widowers, here were 873,000 widows. Above the ige of ninety, females number two to >very male. The Xew U. 8. Attorney-General. Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, who suoeeeds Mr. Williams in the Attorney-Generalship of the United States, was born it New Haven, Conn., in 1817, educated it the once famous "Old Grammar School " of that city, then under presilent Noah Porter, and entered Yale in 1833, graduating in 1837 .in the same ;lass with Mr. Evarts and Chief-Justice Waite, taking high honors. His legal itudies were prosecuted at the law school Tn/lrrn T^anrnroff canal in IfiiA Ka illU%JM. u UU0V 't/H66v'vvf *W?V MV Ivan admitted to practioe, removing to [Jolumbus, O; In 1846 he went to New fork city, where he has since remained, [n 1857 lie was elected to fill the vacancy n the Superior Court created by the leatli of Chief-,Tnstioe Oakley, a position ehioh he held for three years, then retigning. When the war broke out he irrayod himself on the sMe of Mr. Unjoin, nominally a War Democrat; was a nember of the Union Defense oommit:ee of New York city; amember, in 1862, >f the commission for examining into ;lie cases of prisoners of State, and one >f the oounsel for the government in the iurratt trial. Shortly after the nomination of Mr. Seymour he declared for 3rant, and on the olection of the latter was made District-Attorney, holding the office somewhat over a year. In 1878 tie was offered and declined the Russian mission. Mr. Pierrepont was a member r>f the Constitutional Convention in 1867, when he served on the Judiciary com mittee. He was also a member of the Committee of Seventy.