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tX? * - - ? * THE TRIBUNE. VOL. IT.?NO. 20. BEAUFORT, S. ., APRIL 5. 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM. An Old Man. The hoar far spent, the harvest in. Ho goes serene along his ways, Blessed witli-the sunshine that befalls The Indian Bunimer of his days. A dosr old raai\ whom all men love, Who love-! all men and ronnd whose head, As round t'uo brows of ancient saints, Tlio eilvor locks of nimbus shed. Jnet as the sun comes sifting throngh The violet \apors on the hills, Building a land of promiee whero The vista with new glory thrills, So shines his smile on all he meets, A tender after-glow and mild ; He sees the other side of life, And takes it sweetly as a child. For gen ill as the autumn day That spoils us with its soft surprise. Life seoms to wait as waits the year, Obeying his benignant eyes. He dreams not of a dark unknown Cn i? -> *- " -- - k? v. <o?j > iiuiu, nu cum, bo uroar, The ioo cold and enow covered the grave He only kccb the guuphine here. Ho lifts bit oven np to the liills Whence cometh ail hia help and etaye, To bless ns with the light that fills The Indian gummer of his daye. ?Bazar. THE SERF'S REVENGE. A STORY OF SIBERIAN EXILE During the revolution in Poland, in 1830-31, there were many Hussions living near the Polish frontier who become more or less involved in the movement. Many of them sympathized with the Poles, and where they could not publicly take part iu the revolution they did so privately. Some gave money to the insurgent cause, and while they would not inform the government officials ol any plans of the conspirators, they were over ready to tell the latter what the government was doing against them. Their houses frequently gave concealment In the 11 - " ' - vmv> uivnccu^oi r? Ul bllt) JT016S, wheu pursued by the government scouts, and furnished convenient hiding places forrefugoes, who found their own homes too hot to hold them. A great many proprietors of lauded estates were suspected of disloyalty, though it was often difficult to prove it against them. The government made a great many arrests among these frontier residents, and held investigations over their conduct. Socle were discharged on giving proof of their loyalty, or on no evidence being found against them; others were imprisoned on account of the suspicions against them, and when there was prooi of their disloyalty they were banished to Siberia. Tho banishment was iu proportion to the extent of their offense, anil varied all tho way from a few years up to tho duration of the natural life of the offender. Some were marched in chains over the long road into northern Asia, and frequently their journey lasted more than two years before they reached their destination. More distinguished prisoners wero entitled to ride, and Went forward day and night with great rapidity; thus they traveled in a few weeks the road that the pedestrian prisoners, wero many months in passing^o the end. Among the residents on the Russian frontier ut that time was a nobleman named Dolaeff, who had served in hu youth at the court of the emperor at St. Petersburg. The atmosphere of tin uoun uiu. not suit inw, and bo after a few years he ioft the service, and retired tc his estate, whero he hoped to live iy peace, lie formod an ocqnaintanoo witl a few noblemen living near him, anc mado occasional visits to Warsaw when ever the solitude of his country place be gnn to weary him. By-and-byo the in Burrection broke ont, and speedily as stimed the proportions of a revolution, Most of the Poles espoused the cause some of the Russians living on the frontier declared iu their favor, anc others against thorn; while still others, as before stated, remained, or professed to remain, neutral. Of this last number was Dolaeff. He argued that as ho hud served iu the army, and had always been thoroughly loyal to his emperor, the latter could need no special proof of his adhesion tc the government cause. On the othei hand, his est ite was so near the frontiei that, if ho pronounoed emphatically ii opposition to tlio rebellion, his life and property would be in groat danger front the hostility of the Poles. He romainec quietly at home in attendance upon hii affairs, and hoped to escape all trouble, Among the serfs on DolaefTs estate the master was not particularly popular, He was imperious, aud often cruel, and in the collection of the aunual dues from Buck as had control of thoir owi time, ho was never merciful. He de mantled always the last copeck upon ai agreement, and no plea of sickness, bac harvests, or low markets had any weigh with him * ? ? ? v/uuwiuuitlij I* Bon 'VttH BO verely beaten at his order for som< trifling offonse, and he was never back ward in demanding, on all oocasions the exorcise of his full seignorial rights Ivan Stepanof was one of the most in telligent serfs on the estate, and oftei assisted his fellow laborers in getting out of difficulties with eaoh other, o: with their master. Dolaeff regarded hin very favorably, and generally showei him more kindness than was his won towards others. Ivan was prosperous iu a worldly point of view, and on twc or three occasions had relieved Dolaef fiom financial embarrassments. Bat one day, after a heavy loss at cards, DolaefT sent for Ivan, aid asked him for a snm of money greater than he could command. Ivan protested that he had not that amouut, and could not raise it. DolaefT, in a fit of angor, struck his serf , a blow that felled him to the ground ; then, kicking him in the side, he tnrned away, and just as ho was getting out of earshot he heard Ivan mutter : " I will have my revenge for this." A week later DolaefT was arrested on a charge of aiding tho insurrection. It was shown that several rebels had been concealed in his house at different times, and that one, with whom he was particularly intimate, was the chief of a gang of conspirators whose place of meeting was at Warsaw. He was taken to the nearest government town, anJ in due time tried, found guilty, and sentenoed to Siberia for life. Ivan was not to be found at the time of the arrest, and tho master naturally attributed it to the revenge that his sorvant had promised to obtain for the blow and kick he received. ; DolaefT was ordered to be taken to Siberia as rapidly as possible.- "He was kept a day or two in prison after his sentence, and then placed in a ielyaga, or common country wagon, aud started on his long journey eastward. . By his side was a soldier, to whom he wan chained, wmie a postilion sat on tue nox witn tne driver, and allowed the latter to wasto no time. They halted at the stations only long enough to change horses and obtain food. Occasionally the postilion and the soldier exohauged places, so as to allow the former to obtain the sleep he could not easily get while sitting bolt upright on the box. The telyaga is an orJiuary wagon, mounted on wooden springs, which have very little elasticity; 1 aud. where the roads are rough, the \ jolting is very uncomfortable. To ease ! the motion a little, the traveler generally fills the vehicle with straw or hay, and ! lies, half-sitting and half-reoliuiug, upon it. Tlio horses are driven at the best of 1 their speed, if the postilion demands it, ! as he generally does. Most travelers . are anxious to proceed as rapidly as possible, in order that their journey may be 1 ended at the earliest moment. Whether 1 they are ou pleasure or business, or going into exile, they are quite willing that their time on the road shall be brief. J The exiles who go on foot rest every third day, but those who rido make no \ delay. Very often the pedestrian pris' oners ask to be allowed to go forward 1 without these third days of rest, but the 1 request is not allowed on aocount of the ( confusion it would mako among the convoys of prisoners ou the road. It is quite desirable that proper distances | should be maintained among tha iravel-< ing parties, so that ilo two of them shall bo at the samo station at _on<je. The ' stations are strong buildings eurrouudod ! with palisaded fences, and generally a little distance frvm the villages. They are not very neatly kept, and iu summer the prisoners pfefer to camp on the ground and sleep in the opon air, either ! in the Btation yard or ontsido ol' it. DolaefFs guard showed him overy nt! teutiou consistent with his duties ; but, as the guard is held to a strict responsi bility in case of the escape of ? prisoner, lie could not allow him many privileges , or relax his vigilance toward him. Sometimes at tho station he prolonged t the halts more than was necessary for re. freshmeut and the change of horses, but l be could not allow many delays of this kind lest the increase of time 'over the ! usual length cf the journey should atL tract attention. The postiiion looked j upon the journey much as his prisoner did, aud often bemoaned his fate in be, ing assigned to that duty. "Poor r wretch that I am,H said he ; "I ana go, ing to Siberia as wall as you, and it may ( be months before I am able to return. ( What if 1 should bo forgotten, and all lowed to stay there for years 1." On and on tho thoy wont among tho foot hills that every hour grew smaller - until they reached the groat Barabiusky - steppe, which seemed to stretoh away . limitless as the ocean, and apparently ; as trackless. Along' tho level steppe 5 thoy galloped, with little to vary the I monotony of their journey. Ferryiug , the Irtish and the Ob, those great rivors I of western Siberia, passing town after town, and village after village, they ) came at length to Irkutsk, the capital of i eastern Siberia, when Doloeff was dor livored to tho hands of tho official, and I his weary postilion released from farther > caro. .... r The prisoner, after a few days' rest, r was appointed to settle as a colonist a i thousand miles to the northward, and I nniw mnrn his innmpv won rnanmo,! i When this destination was reached, his 1 duties wero assigned to him. With a i fellow prisoner?sentenced for tho same . oanse and to a fcimilar period of exile?he 3 was assigned to tho hard duties of a . farmer in a now country. A quantity of I laud equal to about fifty acres was given , to them in tho valley of a small river, 1 and they wero at liberty to out as much - wood and timber as they pleased from i the publio domain that surrounded them. 1 They were supplied with axes and all t other tools necessary for clearing, build ing a house, and tilling tho soil. Tho govs ernment gave them food and clothing, - seed for planting their fields, and every, thing absolutely neoessary to their snb. sistence for the first two years of their - residence ; at the end of that time they i | wero expeoted to take care of themX ! selves. r Onco a week the two prisoners were 1 required to report to tho starvat, or head 1 man of tho village, four miles away, t They endeavored to plan an esaape, bnt , could see no possibility of leaving the i country. Tho road was long; it was f more than three thousand miles to European Russia, and at almost ever; stop there were difficulties to be encoun tered. They had no passports, and without them no one can travel in Si beria; they could not pass in tho disguise of peasants, as their language would bo tray them; they had no money for theii expenses on the road, and would bo certain of detection and severe punish ment. So, after canvassing the possibilities of escape, and finding the chances altogether against them, Dolaefi and his companion abandoned hope, and in the sadness of despair pursued theii dreary labors as colonists in Siberia. After the arrest of his master, Ivan was drafted into the Russian service and assigned to a battalion of the army aboul to move upon Warsaw. DolaefFs estate, like all the property of men convicted oi treason, passed into the possession ol the government, and was managed ic the interest of the crown. Ivan's bat talion was not long iu finding active servico, and took part in the battles thai had for their object the capture of War saw. In the last attack upon tho forti lied capital, in September, 1831, ho dis tiuguisfied himself by his skill and bravery, and was mentioned in tho re ports of his regimental commander at worthy of an officer's commission. The gulf betweou the Russian soldier and the Russian officer is a wide "one; ii cannot be easily orossed; but when s man has once left the ranks and passed the gulf, his promotion is comparativelj easy. Ivan devoted his whole time aud attention to his duties, and won the admiration of his superiors. Step by step he advauced; the battalion was ordered to St. Petersburg, and four years after his entry into tho service Ivau found himself on duty at the palace, and frequently under tho eyo of the emperor. Nicholas was pleased with him, aud one day said to Ivan that he would grant any favor he might ask, provided it was not too great. Ivan- busied himself a day or two in the preparation of a paper, and then tremblingly presented it to the emperor. The latter glancod a moment at tho document, frowned, and turned away. That evening a courier left the palace aud hastened away eastward as fast as his horses could carry him. Four months later ho returned, and with him Dolaeff. They waited in the anto-room until Nicholas was ready to see them aud were summoned to his presence. "Your majesty," said the courier, "I have brought the man for whom yon sent me. This isJPaul Dolaeff." "Send for the lieutenant of the guard," was the only response of the emperor. A messenger left *he room and in a few moments Ivan was brought before the czar, and into the presence of his old master. " You aro pardoned," said Nicholas to Dolaeff; "and all your estates, titles, and civil rights aro restored to you. This meritorious officer, whom I promised to grant auy favor ho would a?k, instead of seeking promotion, interceded in your behalf, and to liim you owe your release." This was the r venge of Ivan 8tcpaaof. Passing the Family. The Aurora (111.) Beacon says, speaking of a cortain railroad officer: Speaking of Cross reminds us that when be first removed to Riverside uu merous Irish women and colored men were employed in the work of house cleaning, and they were sent to and from the city day by day on Mr. Cross' family pass. One day the pass was presented to Hi. Evans by a charming young lady. The affable conductor inquired: "Aro you a member of Mr. Cross* family?" "xes, sir," was the reply, accompanied by a winning smile. "Singular," muttered Hi., " 1 have seen this pass several times, but supposed Mr. Cross' family were all Irish." The young lady's eyes flashed tire, aud in a thoughtful mood Evans resumed his call for " tickets." Next day Sam Chance was in charge of the train which conveyed the young ltiny io mo cuy, uuu mo san^ pa><H wan proseited. "Are yon a member of Mr. Cross' family ?" asked the conductor. "I am, sir," said tho lady, in an irritated tone; "I have the honor of being his daughter." Sam looked suspicious, but Anally remarked : "You will excuao me for being so particular, but our orders are imperative. This pass has been prosented to me sevoral times of late, and I?was?uuder? the impression that Mr. Cross was a colored man." The flush of indignation whioh overspread the conutenance of the lady wa? more convincing than argument, and Sam abaudoned his investigations. Of course, Miss Cross rolated tho cironmstance to her father, and his rage know no bounds. He registered a solemn vow to kill every conductor on tin line, but what ho would havo satisfac 4: ? a i i - * * i . i biuu. DcvBfBi weesn empseu ueiore lit discovered the offending ones, and bj that time his feelings were considerably mollified, and both Hi. and Bum still live. A salesman of a large wholesale house was spending a night at a hotel. Having passed a sleepless night from causei which are notnnfreqnentin some hotels he appeared at the office early in th< morning, and ordered a horse and hai ness. On being asked by tho polite clerk if he did not desire a wagon, he replied : " No ; on getting up this morn ing I fonnd my bed was a little buggy, and I thought I would like to take a rich in that." ' Spring Fashions. ' Damasked goods in all colors, from In r plum and seal brown to tho lightest fin, I' shades of ecru and cream, are to bo collect ' much worn, says a fashion journal, and tronbl I range from 31.75 to $2; but they aro nar- judice rower goods than those mentioned. know. Plaids, in thinner materials, more handle like tho de bego of tho past seasons, a cign come in two or threo shades of tho same little j !. color, soft grays, ecru, and fawn. Theso man f aro made over plain material or they get ai | can be made up over silk underdresses. aged < The plain diagonal camel's hair is also lectors seen in all tho light suedes for spring But [ wear; it is a cheaper material, coming as very si low as sixty cents and 81, nnd makes man, 1 useful traveling dresses, and early spring made i 1 walking dresses. collect ; Blight colored plaids intermixed with a reasc gray, in such colors as light blue, rose every 1 1 and lilac, come in thin woolen mate- except rials for house dresses or for children's stancei ' suits. ered rr Beside these the striped goods 4ako a acter a prominent place?stripos formed by Ho 1 groups of smaller ones, as in the camel's to pay " hair imported last year, which simulated I shou alcorienne. Onlv instead of the Rtrinnn ^ w ? ?-j-ww UUCUOl being colored they are shaded from the him at 5 lightest to the darkest tint of the never groundwork of the goods; for instance, men st ' in a light coffee colored ground the after t t stripes beginning with a fine stripe of a First ! 1 lighter shade, deepen to seal brown, and at regi 1 each stripe increases in width. These show r materials will bo also made over plain durant 1 ground camel's hair, aud some idea for cliase, making them up inay be found in de- waste 1 ' scriptions of dresses given below, in two or t which a substitution of plain camel's whene ' hair or worsted may be made for silk. If I wi 1 Steel gray silk skirt, with deep kilt droppi plaiting. The tunic overdress of darker monej gray in some of the soft woolen mate- house, L rials. The ends of the overdress are meet L > tied in a loose knot at the back. Wor3t- pass w i od fringe, of the two colors used in the kirn g< > dross, edges the tunic. Cuirass of wool- him or en goods; sleeves, collar and pipings of was no ? silk. A sleeveless jacket, with facings And > of silk laid over iiko wide lapels, is add- but I r i ed for street wear. covere A brown silk skirt has two deep plait- that. ' ings, which are held in by rows of quaint i stitching two-thirds of the way up on good ' each llounoe, aud let loose at the edges, must s Princesse shaped overdress, in woolen header material, edged with bias bands of silk, cheerf The front of the overdress is long and terialb plain; the back is divided up the middle Tisits." tc the waist, allowing the two sides to in t i be draped tightly to the figure, and annua caught together in one place by an in- fresh i ? visible hook and eye. This stylo is The fi 1 very simple, and is particularly suited good i i to spring cambrics and percales, which had co < will bo made generally in the polonaise the pr< shape. lector. night Centennial Chimes, ped uj The exhibition of the Argentine republic will consist of 30,000 articles. ' Twelve men have been killed at j bent the Centennial buildings in three gaj th months. beaton Four pictures from the Munich art knob \ gallery mil be sent to the exposition. The foreign exhibitors, as a general rule, bring their own showcases with them. The An area of 558,440 feet, or nearly that tb thirteen acres, is covered by maoliinary Gf shai hall. Ho us? A colossal statue of Prince Bismarck occurr will bo exhibited in the Qerman art de- the ph partment. After t The kingdom of the Netherlands the dir will exhibit 1,850 books published dur- 38 ing the recent years on edaoational top- him o^ ics alone. and as A design in chromo lithography, il- j110^' lustratiug the growth and history of tho 'ml)5>r American flag, will decorate the main ex- ?? . hibition building. you be The finest part of the Italian display there ? will be in the art department. There they, ' will be two hundred exhibits of statuary concur alone, and the paintings will be carefully my llftl selected. pliotj ] The entiro prooess of reducing and taliatci amalgamating ores will be illustrated by not chi i a California firm. They have con- name.' trooted for the construction of a minis- the co i ture twenty-stamp quartz mill for that judgo i purpose. that h< Thirty Indian families, with their After dogs, trappings and paraphernalia, will "that encamp on tho Centonnial grounds, un- good o ' dor tho direction of Professor Baird. strue Jj'our structures in the villa style of uuu"ot architecture, in addition to the main ^^"y building, will l>o erected to accommo- ? T? date applicants for space in whioh to ex- }?U? j 1 hibit works of art for which there is no ? room in the main building. They will refU9 ( each be one hundred and forty by forty feet. The cost of the four will be $12,500. Four rooms will also be added to the north side of the annex to tho art If * I gallery. hearts, After all there will be a specimen of ?M*er. . European royalty on exhibition at the 11088 8 ( Centennial fair. Herr Castuu, of Bur- 110if?hl . liu, has succeeded in making a wax *or , tigure of William I. so true to life that . tho emperor could not withhold his ap- 8eut?ni , probation when it was a few days ago onr " r Drought to the palace and exhibited to ye , the imperial family. The ligure is discov [ clothed in every paiticular like tho em- our e pi ror on state occasions, the dress hav- 80 ing been made by tho emperor's tailor, Ji., 8* ' and tho insignia are all exact copies of ? 5e? ' tho originals, and some of them arc of . > nearly equal value. neifcne 3 be fon neflfl 01 The Rov. Adirondack Murray aiid in and ho a sermon: "Heaven ia not populated Life ia wii.li singing tliiovea, or palm-bearing mask, bankrupts, who settle with their credi- thougl tors at twenty-five ocuta on tlio dollar ing. w Wednesday, and ride to church the next plainly Sabbath in a thousand-dollar coach, with death, a inau in livery on tho box." iruly 1 A Bill Collector's Story. ay younger days, said Mr. Magufwas at one time a collector?a bill 1 ;or. At first I had a good deal of 0 finding a place. There's a preagainst young collectors, you The keen, experienced debtor >s them very easily. A glass of beer, ix, or, cheaper and better yet, a udicious flattery, and the young ?oes back and reports : " Can't uything out of him." Middle- i >r prime old mon do best as ooli. i 1 managed to get work, and I was | uccessful. In fact, being a young | [ could not afford to fail, and I it a point never to undertake the , ion of a bill that did not present , mable hope ; so that I collected . bill I ever undertook to with one } ion, and in that case the oircums were such that I never consid- . <-fl i * ? - 1 i/ iiuiuro derogatory to my cnara a collector. tvas a rich man, abundantly able , and I didn't doubt that some day Id get the money. He had taken 5 at something said or done to the store, and swore that he would pay the bill. But I had heard iv worse things than that, and pay ill. So I went to work at him. [ called about twenty-five times, liar intervals ; that was enough to me that he was a man of en e, and tlu? it would be a long on which I could not afford to time. So I put him along with three others on whom I called ver I was in their neighborhood, as down town, near his offioe, I zd in and asked him for the ; if I was up town, near his I called there ; if I happened to Liin in the street, I didn't let him ithout a dun. One evening I saw ?t out of a carriage, and I nailed 1 the spot; but always he said it i use, he never would pay. so it went along for two years, vas not discouraged for I had red d bts after waiting longer than In this time we got very well aced and he used to smile and talk humoredly when I came, and I ay that while he was a very pig1 and obstinate man, still he had a ul courtesy about him that maF lightened the monotony of my ho summer of '53 1 went on my I vocation, and came back to town md hearty and ready for business, rat call I made was on my resolute, latured friend, whose conquest I mo n?w to regard as essential to aservation of my prestige as a colIt was at night, quite a dark as I remember it, and I had skip) the doorsteps and crabbed the . mdlo preparatory to an ouergetio j when I felt something on my hand, f nd at the same time kind o* crispy. ? over to see what it was, and by e good naturod, resolute man had me at last. The stuff on the bell vas crape! In Irish Witness. late James T. Brady used to say 1 tey wore like a chestnut burr, full :p points and dangerous to handle. ^ id to relate an amusing scene that ] ed in court where Gerard was for i lintiff and ho for the defendant. ' .he former connsel had finished j ect examination of au Irish wit < y the name of Garthey, ho handed < rer to Brady for cross-examination, ho had given very damaging testi- ^ against his client, it was considered { mnt to break down his testimony, j dy addressed him abruptly by say- { 44 Well, 4 O'Cartliey,' where were ( >rn, and how came you to be born i " 44 Mr. O'Brady," replied Oar- t with great nonchalance and un- j n, 441 have left the O' off from me." 44 So have I," quickly reIrady. The witness instantly re- 1 i with : 44 Wliat a pity you had ! auged your manners instead of the ' ' The laugh was very general in mrt, and participated in by the ' md jurors so much against Brady 1 3 lost the opportunity of a reply. I order was restored, Brady said will do," meaning that it was a >ne. Garthey was pleased to oonthe remark to meaning that the il was done with him. So he stepped from the witness stand, tired, amid a loud and boisterous md general applause. Brady said 3 was done with tho witness, and d to call him back. The Masks We Wear. ?e could only read each other's , we should be kinder to each If we knew the woes and bitteraid physical annoyances of our ?ors, we should make allowances e ?n which we do not now. Wo go 1 masked, littering stereotyped icnts, biding our heart pangs and eadaches as carefully as we can; (t we wonder that others do not er them by intuitions. Wo cover st feelings from the light; we do conoeal our resontments and dis:>f \yhich wo are prone to be proud, two people sit close together, with ive yon" in either heart, and r knows it. Either thinks: "Ioould d; bat what nse of wasting fondu one who does not care for it 1" they part and go their ways alone, i a masquerade, at which few uneven to their very dearest. And i there is a need of much maskon Id to Heaven we dared show j onr real faces, from birth to for then some few, at least, would ove each other. % How They Tell It. The Chinese In California tell us kboat Washington as follows: Vh man name alls same Geoalige, Do heap big waahee alio day long; Bime-bye he gTow so Telly mooh lahge, Melican man oallee him Waeh-a-ton. Items of Interest. A Norwegian expedition to the Arotio ieaB starts early this spring. There is a man in New Hampshire who sends fourteen of his children to the same school. The rest are too small to go. a A fashionable young lady of Ohioago was heard to remark that she hadn't got inything new this winter, and didn't expect to get mnoh "until after father fails." J. W. Hiff has a cattle ranch in lorthern Colorado 166 miles long, upon which 26,000 head are maintained. He will this year stock to the amount of 1200,000. The physician who learned next day that the medicines he prescribed had not been taken and that the patient was improved, upbraided the latter as "unworthy of being an invalid." The abbey and palace of Holyrood, with its precincts, affords a sanctuary to ;he poor debtor of Scotland. There he s secure from the bailiff and boyond the reach of any process of law. An Indiana farmer don't pay any tolls. To shoots the gatekeeper, and jogs right Jong. They have tried him twice, but ie gets- clear, sinoe onb of his aunt's rousins used to act "flighty-like." Speaking of the debt of the United States a gentleman remarks that few mt persons realize the vastness of a million of dollars. There have not been t billion of minutes sinoe Christ's time. A Philadelphia firm estimates its tales of flags on the twenty-first of February at $500 an hour ; and it was ilso estimated that $200,000 worth of stars and stripes floated in the city on Washington's birthday. I onoe asked that scholarly Indian, Dr. Peter Wilson, what the Indians, uneducated aud without knowledge of reading, did with themselves in the evelin*r. "Ob " nnir) bo " Ihav otnv iround the fire and tell stories. "J Chief Juatioe Ryan, of.Wiflcousin, deside* that women cannot become lawyers in that State, and he says that he is glad of it, because " the bar is not the place for the exercise of a woman's peinllar qualities or for the preservation jf her purity." The other day a noted belle rushed exjitedly into the house of a friend to jxhibit a $175 silk dress she had just Durchased ; and incidentally mentioned, ust before her- departure, that her atherhad failed the day previous and ihut up his store. Behind every troe, box, barrel and >ost in a village is located either a boy >r a man, and when a wheel oomes off a vagon, or a horse breaks a strap, or a Dane of glass is broken, or a man takes i crowbar to fix a broken flagging, this rast army is precipitated upon the scene it once. The father of all newspapers is the renerable Pekin Gazette, which is over L,000 years old. It is a ten-page paper, vith a yellow cover ; has no stones, no 'ads.," no marriage or death notioes, 10 editorials, no subscribers. It simply sontains the official notioes of the government. \ ? The Independence was the first steam>oat to make a voyage from Cincinnati o New Orleans, consuming eight nonths in her downward and upward rips. She was furnished with a rudely ionstrueted engine, and was pressed nto servioe by Gen. Jackson, oomnander of the American forces, to assist n the battle of New Orleans. Frank and Willie were discussing vhich were the most economical, men \v* ivAmnn on/1 TPeaat osamAil '* nwmvuj uiiu * xr-'4A DVU1ULU AVT UC KOU' ;iag the beet of the argument, when Willie suddenly brought the debate to a ;lose by saying: " One thing I know, ' ny fathor can make a piece of butter go >ver moro'n twice as large a piece of iread for me as my mother can. A Pertinent Question. A Washington correspondent of the Sew Haven Journal and Courier says: 3ne morning as I started for the oapi?1, I passed the queerest specimen of ;he genus African that I ever saw. Tailored and torn but faintly expresses the ltter demoralization of his wardrobe, >nly a scrap of a hat oovered his wool, ihoes a world too wide, and horribly nisshapen, disfigured his feet, and poverty had written her autograph in every ?ature of the queer faoe, on every flnjer of the hard, knotty hands; his ugliioss was so distinctive that whan he ihufflod up to the corner where I waited or a car I smiled. Just then, with awkward effort, he stooped to piok up a pio, ooked at it to see if it was straight, and ituok it away among his rags. An elegant gentleman observing the movenent exclaimed: "That's right, Pete; pick up everything worth saving, and tome day yon may be rich." Pete grinned, ducked a bow, and looked expressively at his forlorn garments. "Now mind," said the gentleman, "a ooor boy onoe made his fortune by pick ng up a pin, and when he became a man no owned a great bank and was very rioh; it all came from his way of taking 3are of little things." Pete wm listening, bat looked like an idiot till his mentor finished his speech. Then knocking his hat on one side and scratching his wool, he dryly said: 11 Say, boss, was that big bank the Freedmen's Savings bank?" Fancy how we laughed.