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I pu 4V7 v~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 0 .CAI'DJ )Y 0 The, State Dept' et Iof Agr".icalturc has received and tabu th''e 4Pril is" reports o.f its s:CaL correspm These retuns cover every countv m tuc'' State and o;cr one-lf the townshi. AILEA IN NVIEAT AND\ OATS. Estimates based upon- these rports show that the ure , n e a n - creased three per ce--. over the area o' 1886. The conLi u 1:, reportca at 1 per cent. better ha t sameo tim ast vear, but 5 p age crcp. T 2 ar. : in . s a' d crease of 1L8s ;, it 1 I r It is r . oat crop wa n : sen tv four ot the cr d r'r Ih early sowing in c' r e i t that sown in the spring hi e hu dred and thirtreven con!Sidr t-"-- laCIt crop the mo) c. rn'nMg. The core -xponents c:,im..r ' about 3 per cent. of tl_'w drilled, th; balance of v c:op b broc2asted; adi reic ith ver few cxct''e show oi't 'he coc of the g".in howu .r t1 e ter than tht mal prt' u 'n au drilled. is ented ihc per c of the wheat crop was'ca w.i I :zi-. The condition of horses and o:e work animals is reported at 7 e et. below the average of this stan ofe year, due entirely to the dcielcy of' grain produced by the sman, e . C" 1886. The condition of e 't. 'eer t and hogs is fuly up to au avcrage. 1 Live stock Las sinerca ver clihyd I from diseases of any kid, thce priucipui) complaint being of cholera mog hogs, 1 but this does not appear to zave ben as S' prevalent as in prcvio s ye-tl -Z. A ixw cases of glanders .have bCe rcportea' among horses, bu theprd of thC disease has been ehcck. ,.1 by tin, of the Departmncnt n t... a'ers et the stock in destroyinig the alieted ani mals. The reports indicate thalt '+1 a2nni of farm supplies parchased v:il Lot be less than in 1 , owing to the partial t failure of the crops of last yuar, out the correspondents report that tie f i.n rs are using every efort to b, ter ti'evir condition by practicing the nI-zt ngiid economy, and by a dcternminaion to in- i crease the area in food crop. C ': ion.t t: Farm labor is a. Cidant, u:al r as increasing in eiheiency < _ ..r and eighty-two t reply that isbor is ' I . - different," ad t-"'s "a-a twenty-eight correspod rep scarcity of lAbor, caused by the or.. working on turpen ' as i4iA rad roads. The emigration aipea to live had no appreciable e-'iet oil the lam labor of the State. cot::1.:CLA r: From November 3, 1. to 1886, the saies f conn rirer in South Croina amu ta : 1, tons; for the same p nicx in I the tales ha;e bX en,67, t , decrease the prec s (:0 tons. The sals ae auo c , wa be low 188-5, showirzg f pat' two years, a steady decie in th11 cmump, tion of commercial fetiers by t e farmers of the State. The correspondents report that about 5 per cent. of last year's cotton crop wa's in the hands of the farms on ti-e 1st of April. This~ amounts to about 25,U400 bales. IUIT, ETe. Fruit, garden produce, ad early planted corn have been it jured by~ thie recent irosts and freezes, but it was too early, at the date of the repons Api 1 to furnish an estimate of the amiount. of damage inflicted. While these reports do not miake as favorable an exhiboit as could be desired, still there are some facts contained in them that should encourage the farmers. The area in wheat has been increased. The condition of both wheat and oats is higher than at the same timc Ih'st year. A smaller proportion of the crop was winter killed than in 188t. H~orses and' other work animals are in fair coniition for farm work. Th~ere has been~ 10 iL crease in the amount of food suppne~s purchased, notwithstanding hLtyer' short crops, and there has cceen a d crease in the amount of conunere 1lfr tilizers purchased in value of bu $300,000. With very few exceptions the reports to the D)epartment are of a cheerin character, arnd their tone iadical. a de termination among the farmers. to) (e serve success this 'year, which they wil win with favorable. wIhen to r::aa~ 5e. perature of the air and the soiiar liable indication 0f the time for plaing the different varicties of ffrin ad ga' den seeds. Many farmers 'will t plat corn or cotton ntil, in their judet the soil is "warm enough". to geaut the seed. That thcs 'is not -a uling guide may be easl ifl eon ate byo the expcenence of any oneC whot haIs kept a diary and observe clos. y. c.i dt seed 'will g'enuiate :nd comec rp ifth temperature of the s.oil coLtinue, a e planting, belowv thle lproper (gree Cc warmth for ch geCl~ e r go of the paricula ' cc m oi observationi show ccx h..nor ~ spring climxate th.e t.ncerrut of' air andQsoil on odue :. s nomae of what it wil ear thereafte. Tecoli - may be aligh at thcn. and beal wro. t e , me quires about trei1\ crfori' come up, and cotton se .rom is ten days. Ihence, tewa:e after planting the seedA a.d the cold or ra. It s miore mflpbrtantt e latter ha~'lf of the period of *erin? should be more favorable than~ their half. The correct r:de is topln - cording to time-the day of the month --having ri-gard otherwise only to prep r. degree or dryne in the soil. which :hould bc in good condition for worll :u', The time should he determined by erece of iast years. Ti .vriter has .veral times planted corn whn the ;ruund was frozen early in the norning, -d -ecured a perfect stand of vigorous Ilants. In Dakota and other extreme Northern sections, wheat, corn and veg :tlcs are planted in May, as soon a he ground has thawed to a depth !Fleient to permit of plowing and lar Ww, the soil having been deeply >rokena the preceding fall; and it oftel )Ceurs that the seeds so planted are up id growing while the deep subsop til iard frozen to the dept" . many w !:it..,I(i er AumI:Iu Ii- sr, .. I:w ri". S re o z the read r. of the S th t may have discovered that aere is nothing in the shape of natural :rowth so destructive to the strawberry dant as white clover. It is much more aripant some years than others, but it s ab ays the great pestiferous obstacle o th" growI and culture of this de cious brry. This mav not be the case a other strawoe'-ry rreIons, hat in our eation of entral \iinia, it i especial so. i 4s clover, like al. others, is a -.ouoted growta. It crowd s. hugs a:d a. t strawbyrry plants o a ruin ment. Clover roots as wlla raber roots, grow in in ld wintir ealther. LLis Ciotr and ali biennial otds ad grasse ma b wended out to avntage in winter when the ground is o tfrozev, bt i.. IS tedious work. Now what is the remedy ? Hand-weed 2 is aim'-A impracticable; it may be o Uged and torn awav, but its long, jugh roots often remain to come again nd the work is tiresome and will not ay. The best remiedy, however, for mal lots or for garden culture is to huIt in hills, two pAts in a hill, hills aitable distance apart. T;Ihe cultivator an manage them in this position, and ot only white clover, but line grass nd atl other pests can be eradicated ith comparative ease, and the berries ill be larger and of better qu.ditv. FITZ. Keswick, Va. A 1tuccs-.fai l'airymu: Does dairy-farming pay? oes any ing but cotton-growing pay? asks the parta (Ga.) hhnaelite, and then adds: et us see: SiUce the first day of Janua ', S7, Mr. W. J. Northern h- sold o; nds4 o.1 Jersev butter and four undred and fifteen (415) dollars worth Sdoc. No, let some man v ho holds aue onl ready-moiev cio;) of this th sur t guara ee oi a eroney .is ,. l and .I .f out o :1. year of 't a: a.it 0ot.es lkok as 11 fir. Je'ys pay. trie of him, why may not the-rs :ucceed at the same business? O'ttO has been king, but hings are -m tim*s deposed; and it not always a riso subject that sides with the king in h' davs o revolution. -Tlat Pale Woimi:." A o of te villages on our coast. he agood many rough fibsermen. e a god 3uler of eharcheA I .d miers t , and thev ;ave tried o do so ',, for these men in their my; 'ba, tin ing they I euen not, thty :ave it up. The Church said, "We Iave rung our bell engaged cur quar ctteehoir, and if you do not come, we annot help it." There is no command for people +ro o to get th Gospel; the command is o c::rr the Gospel to the people-"Go -int all th-e world," that means every-j chere. Miss Phelps was given up to ie, but her physicians said, "lI you go o such a vilage on our coast, perhaps le sea olir may prolong your life; but it s n wll wicked place. "That pale roman arrived there, and took a room. ihe rsist hut little the ?lrst night, and award~ morning was sleeping quietly ith her windows open for sea air, when he v,as awakened by the rough swear ng of men under her window. She ould not bear it, and, hastily dressing, rent down to the door, and said, "Oh,~ nen, I am a poor, sick, dying woman. :have come from the hills to prolong ny life, but you are going to drive me -ene wicked man said, "Who is going o drive you away, y:>u pale woman?" "You are; you have been swearing b..ut my Sax iour." TI...: toan trembled, and said. "I will mnock dowvn the man that swcars. obody shall swear 'while von are here. I man came along swearmg. Said he, -You stop that; there is an" angel here.' .in a few days she took alittle cabinet yrgan, hired as haili, opened the doors tad windows, and the rough men gath red aroundt. She touched the keys, Ld began to sing, "What a friend we ave in Jesus." 15efore she had finished, :ears were in eyes unaccustomed to weep.! tu a little while she had a church, and 'od need for a mainisttr, and they are ln reat things there that never would hav e bein (lone but for that pale soman.--Dr .iBates ini Service fur Jesus. ". aedwn Lere tm go (out uon the L gtrca." she said to Ollicer Batton 1he T idsreet depo.t y'esterday mon og sse ?ei'm a satchel in one handI a an umbrea in the other. Ye'-tan goes in thirteen min "Hware the~ sioves in the ears?" fPietl safe, ma'am. All the carsi *na roa" can roll over twice and not* a a kw .m I will tha o sand , ir i -u you to, under Mata fanythiug do"es hapuen? bmy Si'b im. kilmd jm-: old lan won' want bur exp cl)nses to boot." .n n r.'' la teotor. 'the child . I:*:,t.in Lion. a~n I t hka'o Nes ) An :I'ng stry Comes to us fron : t. For a long tilme an out cnae iloach the Terror, hadi bcei of the mncntaintu t dlistricts o: Idah. a ! etmiouth e wavlaid anu p d to rob on bUlvens. a Wealtbi .Nwlo w.:s tr-velinr througt t e 'tu emnpio'd- the on" ir h i eing b ware of tu -a o =~ o~n :-in !!D, one" 01 I - *Oped 1i-, 'booty and i up a tr .. - ianly as li evr could; a for he oy' ::uh !Int s top to p)ick up~ his pr pt ry.-e followed Itiach uii tiL with ia~.1rked alaerity. Tc fierte lion. .taunting his tail savagely, lickin:. his hideous iangs and rolling it. g; ai ugg vey, looked up at th-: wo mn In: the tree and prepared t0 j o'Iin tn. vou a pistol? asked lluach tile "., sa-idi Bivens, the traveler, "but a l : [ carry a knife fourteen inches Lth p-we .u . it kii fe into that var 1i i V - r rs ut for Is." iI leave ti knife in the -on, . a: 'vens, 0and if he falls with it, wi::r pro-eetia have I from you? No, j'.!e tie kiife "nd let you shoot the e wh your 'stol." "T-, but suppoing 1 do shoot him," said 1-oach, "what protection have I -ga'ist your hnife when my pistol is cai.. w ie t0e lon was coming up the rw rn11ing rapidity. He seemed to grow three feet every way as he ad vae: d. 'ot ,'by foot. S"E -,s we can comoL) to a compro i,. '-ad 'l::eh, '-the vermint will eat s ooth. eCt's agree to this: You stab ina au'il 'u -1oot him-at any rate, eitier we fois or that critter ais got to die.'' "That's so," said Bivens, "and I ac cept the compromise." So when the lion got within range l.LaCil blazed away at it and Bivens reached down and Arove his knife clean up to the hilt in the morster's breast. The lion fel to the ground with a bullet hole in his head and eleven inches of .1 is hi lungs. .Then Reach and citens scendedfrom the tree. They had e e so narrowIy that they could t E *,.ptan rd. E14" was in :,L:,Z 0,- Im .11.fo s life. Th y h arte an uiow tihey are a ne baudit bu-iness to i..;oh. NT1 FRO'. THE SOUTH. On1. Hundr:e ant Tei Nei'roes from This i.cl icn. E.,'ty iecole the Cause of Some ..i th NO-w York mun. T3. .. C , , Whington, has the contract xr iing the new .system of sewers in EK Orange, and on .iaturdav he .e'na negroes from North Car 'i" and ?irgii. T hey weee brougiht 1 by t'hre agents of a labor bureau, _!6, as the get go a comm'.3ion for eg mn, they-* m(adle all -sorLs of repre sem:it'ns tosec) u thel2, promi'sing miauy' of thm ls a month a .1 board, ud thers 1. per day. Co-yl could no piv ihen all the agents promised and a row seemed imminent. To make matters wors.e, the agrents became in toxiected, and attemplted to avoid any discussion wuih the laborers and to drive them into guarters in an old hat shop in Doedd street where a gang of Italians had beenD houed. The colored men (did not likec the quarters-, and were dissatisfied with te rat'ions of meat and c. ra meal provide d by the contraetor, Fecaring a riot, the coutractor called on tae polie froma Orange and1 East Orange, :and sev' iral ?quads of men were sent to the scene. The colored? men had sensible eders, who said that there wo~uld he no ro w; 1buit the police had plenty to in proteting the drunken agents from thbe wrath of the crowd of men and boys vwhich gathered and excited the ire of the three fudidled men. They finally persuaded the colired men to stay in the barracks until to-day, w*hen an efl'ort wilt 'e made to come to some under staninjg with thu Th ey were quiet Vedea-ty, but d,.maued that the agents should ;i.? :tei fires to their homes if asaeatory arrange ments5 were not made. a its weekly itview of the ruovemnt of the cotton erop', the New~ Yor 1inan eitA Chrenice says that for~ the week tuding Fridlay, April 8, the total rceipts have rached 2:,3u.8 bales, against .A,115 bakhs i.. wek 4,2%; ba the previous wek ard 57, 71 ' bales three weeks since; mnaking the total receipts since the let of '. ,'i.) hale for the am peiod of lac 1. howig e increase since Sep te~nr L t, o un7t,'n-r ale?. 7::.to t,- n t o t ii o tine:.t. The tra alesis rwad dlivery forc the delivery ti-u.e.? toa-mes fot un "'1 bales. Thie inupots to . cotuineni ta ports ha ve beenl for the .'uIi perio .01,00 bal hes. uhre' 'w-- an1 icreae in the cotton in i't Friav i' nigh oif 10,0 bales as co:.n'lar'l ithtesm d't1o 0, an ice.:e'-u f Y171 bales as compared wit thec co reponiing dlat or I 5, and a i .-ar 4, .A,7 hals rl -,h~tya at y er~t - e. ~. .':o bales: ta ::w~a~at i s plan'tions ws tuy ima i :-tcks : 1h iio town.i La.a y-rm reci:>ts fromn the planta :.ons "for the saime^ week were 25,47:1 un n fo im- 5 they were 5.71G. A few eCV::1's aguo. says 0' r Salvador. I attended a 3nteretinog recpion in the Parisan arvo --a recep tion where few foreigners are ev.-r d mitted.' It was given by- I. SlgiL, groveurlor of the B.n.k of Frace ou tbe CCo of the eihty-evth annivr sarv of the institution. i the en niu" 1 gathered mkinPif rca n, ai. as it hias neiver be ,i.!1i.ic, :iayii ??ortense deo beauharaiCambacere Duroe -nd others le- not;:'. Its tem porary home was the HotY a1Mssie3, in the Plice des Victoires. In 1 t.S ::apital vuas iLncreased:C t:> 1 2, 50t0,00o franes. 3any~ I special law hve been enaed givig priviliee to tdis bink until December :A, 1 . privilegs re nowablet after- i that dte. 'hije building oce(,icd by the B1a)k of Fr : t rese tL time has gr at I I is anlreull,:drkedlaiig Irone by th Iu~o:4:Ptt haitngei, deC Vriir:ie, ta et i.1 ziwtel. TLe nuidic has in the bank, andA to "eit i on 1 great precautions have been1f tak-n 'L: render private as well as publie property safe. The filre brigade, comptosecd of firemen who once belonged to thie rgi ment of Paris, has apartments in te building; under one roof are placed two Immen-se- reservoirs, and sxyamre :onitali lanCeS ready -t-%.hr jetLS wf water. Aside from the firemC' no ngit atchmen are emplo-i d. Tito ;ob-l [a Triliere, occupied to-day by the Banik of France, v-'as built G ":5, ai -r the de. igns of Fr"ancois~ 31ad. Thec ujlding is generally 1k1non er the 1 "eof HoeL e . ' l u it was brought in 171:3 by Louis Alexndre le Bourbon, Chmate de Toulouse, second ;on of Louis XlV. and MIme. de Montes >an. The Due do Ponthieon, who was he son of the Comte de Toulouso en ellished the hotel and gave it its name. When he died in 1793, the building was ieclared national property, :nd there the national printing houSe was in ;talied. In 1808 the Emperor made a ceree th"at i1C Hotel de Toliloise sh:oul evcoi.e the property of thi bank ior ;Le cororazon' remov ir.> :he"-ii Hontel ' N1 11;: baiL L Ia.IC L: "-.' C he. P wpuitr ,j);?cidl pirt n sir o Le rn, .es :'rets -won :x-.bitcd to io In t abenoinni: bank no ve e :'acek but trhis cn:or i: merouo er-iyta i:>hu . In u,2 bhi, rwas choie:ad f ae alln rea never leen exe t.'p by he got" rian ,O) ft by preated in isi hecioiu s bil les- iwre tan e ae.;D In th einn* akntswr t s of this note was raade. and of 'h"e there are but five in circulat io; t >rCseu. Th iig 'u"es printed onth aotes, are thi aasof enito, in the co;nbiatins are si n rous hat cach Lote haI i oWnE !ark. A5 Lote passes ihrough twenty-threeo opera ions from the tinie it is first eugraed mitil the signature of the first cashier is placed upon it. The surveillance is so evere that workingmnen cannot take ven a clipping of paper. After each mpression, women are employed to ~ont and recount the papers and place hem in vackages of 1,000.. The color > the blune inh is unchangable, and its ~ompostioni I a secret. These notes eave the bank crisp and bright, to re urn in less i-han two years torn, soiled ta often altogether illegibtc, having1 uade the tour of France. :Ind perhaps of he world. As thaey are brou et bact: ma judged unworthy for rse', after nanv foremalities they are destroyed :a he presence of the regents. At one tjfrae he worthless notes were burned, but ow they are reduced to paste; two ~normnous cylinders receive the notes. Water is poured upon ti mass, the rifice of the cylinder closed 'd sealed md the whole is cooked ko:-y-eight ours. A very fine blue paste' i' the re ut, iad this is~ sold by weight fo rih ranfacture of paisteboard. he noteAs n circulation at tis momnt repreent ,00,000J,II00 francs, and '-ince its' crca on the bank has i'-sued.-> i5,s,00, The governor of .i' ~i the Bank of 'rane s MI. 3eenin, at fathu repre eutative of the governmenc'ft prcestea over by ..j ules Girevy, and himiself viec-ipresident f the Senate. 'The general cojuncil Is oplosed of two lieatenant-gov'ernors, hree honorary lieutenant-governors and ifteen regents, amiong these B3aron? -lphonse de Rothschild, and Baron Hot inguer, all chiefs of great French bank ing-houses. Several times has the Bank f France been in a posi~io.- to render service to the governmen,; cucj1 in7ai t the close of the r anco-Pti assiani war, it made the lcepublc a oan of severa hundred miillions The shrs of5 franas are <jiee t t.he Irs "v -- ad duing the ':-' fw weeks:, wh.' stock fLi far below pa'r bc eof e rumoes \or, the1c'e ' toe 'ako i' es-t'te mnine, I shuld be a happ fellow," said a you'ng man'.' Ad he? sad' friend. "W, then Ia pul down the old house, 'nd 'uild 0.aae ')e ti~e .twread12a and uct are no. .. des:9 . i th ? "i n- t?i :- (i, llcL'e our th ens, I mnu-t beo oc. .1u vars after the friend was acosa wih "tioa( ble-s you 3 owe*' my- happuie s to you" "How?'x" Dit to word~s s-pok?en in seaso-n long age "nd then?"--he Quiver. hy ~~ns r.Mad iie aN~:H ei I the Mast odo:i in a Van:- 'ul :nai' ri .t o' . Apt l.) The great kssnn which Covier taight the world was, titit m-i:v races of i imats were eutirely ext met, and that nature's chain of existence hal not one but many 'isi links. From his recognition of that fact the scienic of I aheonitology mnay be Said to 'late. .But the cardlivorous inture o the a-todon was too faseiuating n abur"'ity to 1% o aily k;!.. .1. and it Continued to ap e r at interv. As ta- 15w wri - : mii i I: were nti l .. Ti Jgi.Ut the-ory lerdStill unger.*, uwIenytcanno.t le eni ere etirlyextnc amngthle unI learnel. The dictlm that the supersti tions of of on age are but the ,_ciLece of precedig i es receives ample conir-ma ton in the,_irv of this subject. Not longer a Ciin 1S4(; a mUstodon skele ton was cxhibited in New Orleans as that of a gant. The craniurm was made of raw hide, fantastic wooden teeth were fitted in1 the jaws, all missing parts were restored after the human rodI, and the whole raised upon the hind l-gs. It certainly conveyed the notion of ". hideous, diaolical giaut," and was no doubt resp.o asible for many nigti -mres. As asad comenl tary on the State .' tie medical profession in the southwest at Lhe time, it may be added that the exhibitor was perfectly honest ia his belief, and to support his faith he had a trunk full of physicians' certificates that these were human bones. In 1840 "Dr. Koch, a German char latan, created a great sensation by an nouncing- the discovery of the leviathan of Job, which he called-the Missourium, from the State here it was found It turned out, however, to be nothing but a mastodon preposterously mounted. Koch had added ai extra dozen or more joints to the backbone and ri-s to the chest, turned the tusks outward iuto a semi-circle, and converted the -uimlal into an aquatic monster which anchored itself to trees by means of ts sieki - shaped tusks and then peacef ally slum bered on the bosom of the waves. Like the Siberian, he found interesting con firmations of his views in the loaok of Job, that reiuge of perplexed monster 1 makers. K1oeh took his leviathan to London, where it was purchased by the British mauseum, and reccnverted Into a mastodon by Professor Owen, vho at once recognized its true nature. LEECIUES IN A O c . oThey s-.cape froim a Lnaiy -ItEo mAi CA iny A.1zeuniit of Tro. 0o~ Wh N Y York - Un1.) A Fourtii avenue ear w.,s ras smootly along M.adison avenue, ne-er Fifty-inth street, the other day, wuen its ordina assortment of all sorts of passeugi.s -,as startied out of semi listlessness by a shriek that would have made Bullalo Bill's proudest Sioux burn with envy. "Take it off! Take it away'.! Take it oi"" screamed a nicely dressed lay, jumping into the aisle, x ith one hand oa the bell-rope and the other catstretehid to one of t'he sLrtled adeIl psegrs. Her fattiures were a 1itare ofterr)', and ir black eycs lamed with fraie intenisity at th" wrist of her outretche arm. At first supliciol swpt vtmugh the minds of the kuowing p n that it was a case of snakes, but on iooking at the pretty writ, !et off by a jeweled bracelet, they saw a real live leech. A lawyer whot has an olice in the Potter building arnd who has some nerve as well as gallantry, plucked off the leech and put it in a paper box which the lady had carried in her pocket. Meanwhile the ot2.er lady passengers did what they could to sooth the frightened sister. "How- many 'eeches did you have, madam, in the boxy" asked the lawyer. 'KThree!" she gasped. "Why, madam, there's only'. one here." The shriek that followed was a chorus. Every female passenger thought she was aring one or both of the other two. But the lawyer found both in the mat ting of the car, and one of them was crippled in the excitement. IThe lady jumped off the car spitefully to conceal her embarrassment, It turned out that she was the pretty wife of a well known iron merchant aiand emaber ef the Seventh llegiment, who was at home with a swollen leg. Hiis wife Lad bceen down town to get the leeches to feed on her husbana's leg, but the drugist had cut too big a breathing hole for them. WVhen the husband learned of his wife's adventure he laughed tiEl the swellingz went down. - An Irate Piea for Pr'eioent .style'. There is a class of women, and the number of them is unnecessarily large. who have a tendency to assutae an air of apology and self-excuse when the los-e of adornment and e'agernesas to acli.e thec same(i talked f. Theyv a'u a derecatig air w;hen th'. sui ject is brought up.ind why 'ould they." yIt want to look ad) dee's well. Mor taL that, it isa womans dy, jus cofra to Crei weiIll and~ tatfuy Whter is av occasion for' a wxoma to maki a "guy" of herse'lf for "beauty' ake" it.s a my13stery .Dressing, t be sure, is an art, and it is only to those to wh .om this art is uanuo;s whIo arec raining the hulO and cry Tbout *cdre'- reiorm" ad "senl 'ible dsressin" lie women' who teor ize most exhasustively' uon tis so-called .sniboe dressing are. apt to be' t most 'Iowdy' and ridicl.nmanwies~ to fou. I t is the woaua V dev i of a: ide whse i Iigrei'-eawys - intly dsitute2I of. any nuest b0mm tha th ar rin of the pren da ITh see sin lurig in ever ruoe - :1 .0 t'' are .uhotUd. Ne'ither are all preipred remedies un reable. This is proven by the rn-1i0 li.oing. the use of. Dr. Harter's Irn-s Toie for dyspepsia rhe'umatismo, ser rda, jaundice, tortlid liver and generalI i11- ,(iba Intto dpsi' flting:a tem r '-o the New York Sun) Ye are told that only twice during the biographer's prolonged intimacy with Lee ws tie latter seen to lose his tem ner, and t'at one of these lapses from s If-control occurred at .3harpsburg. "Lee," it seems. "was riding along a ine rear of the line when he -m' acro~s soldier who had stolen and id " pi" which he was surreptitious convei 1 to his quarters. Positive orders avzn been gi against pillage of te.aknd in \I.ryland, this flagrant disregar of his commands threw the nrd into a hot passion. Though usu .0. gra~tly iia clinld to capial pun ishmnt, he determined to marKe an ex ample of this s.kudking pilferer, and ord.ered the man to be arrested and taken back to Jackson, with direction,, to have him shot." The Puritan General, to whom Scriptural precedents were quite as familiar as they had been to Crom well 'oilieers, "could not quite see the utility of the culprit's execution, when men were already scarce, and it struck hima that it would answer the purpose (uite as well to put the fellow in the Front ranks of the army at the most threatf-E point." He ac:rdingly treate'd Lm as David is reported to have srve thi hsibJand c Bathsheba, pl-in' him wh-re his chance of being oas excellent. The fellow, though fond of elandestine pork, Was nio want ing in courage, and behaved gallantly. He redeemed his credit by his bravery, coming through the heat of the fight uniscathed, and thus though he lost his pig, he may be said to have saved his bacon." The author appropriately concludes the chapter assigned to Getty.sburg, where the star of the Confederacy's fortunes passed into irreparable eclipse, iwith the following anecdote, which rests only on newspaper authority but whie- General Long deems wotI-hy of b1lief an, reproduetion, b~eause it is so stra.ngely conson cut with his own obser vti.s of Lee's large-minded and in v'-iabiv considerate attitude toward Uit uon Ina. The story was originally toItl by - "Grand Army" man, whao had b viewing the panorama of the battle Lf t.uburg, and who said: "I was in the battle of Gettysburg nyself, and an ineciit occurred there which largely chel-c-d my views of the Southern peo pe. I haI been a most bitter anti-South ia1. :1ndi fought and cCared the Confed es ep-dly. Ii could see nothing goo1 in auy of theM. The last day of I was bacl w ounaed; a ball hr:r *1Ig I lay on the! ~raud not 1s . r:ni Cemetery Ridge, eas Genera iL'e odcered his retreat, o ro near me. As theyo aug re.gnized hit, and, h I IiL ;r-., eapoure 2rL.I loss of ,) nv r dup yhands, looked L f t -- f~iiee, anud s'.outed as l-ud as '.i cl, 'u-rah i o the Union:' The Gfeneral hear ' me, i looked, stopped his llor-ce, dtlmouat''i, and' came toward Me. I et '."sat I at first thought he maeant to kill me. But as he came up Ke looked dw"~n - ine with such a sad ' i 1 uon his face that al fear S dI wondered what he was .eetendd i 'haud to me, end 0okinr :n -y y, si: 'My son, I o tia- 1u il ou '1,C vell'. If I li.. '.ears I snallnever forget th oo pupio Le's fce. TherC :e was, ele e retirang f-om a tield that had cost Lim and is eCuse almost their last ho1pe, vet he L '.>pped to say such words as tho'e to a wounded soldier of the eemy who had taunted him" as he passed' by: "A soonl as the greneral had let me I 'ied myvself to sleep there upon the bloody; gr~ nd. T U 2- TI1A~N Uiii'TCHEiR. A Am;~1' t,)h Hlidr thi: Lire. of .veryv *a ,1..cr in .1 is Mand. The traveling puiiic have long _been wont to bestow approval upon radlway engineers for the self-sacritcing spirit which ther exhibit when the lives en trusteid to their care are endangered, and in the annals of the rail these occur rences are so frequet t that passengers generally picture the man at the throttle of the locomotive as a hero by virtue of his po.,ition. These opinions are de servediv held, and it would be the. grose-'t injastce to det'ract froms the! honor whiach self-abnegation always merits; but there is a class of railway emnpicves. aaL.est entr'..ly unknown to paL-encgers, w-nose responsili~ily iS So much- gre-'r ' arid whose slig'hte-t omis L("n o isbt jeopa.ize the flives of people o' iin- more. ilu any over5~giht on the- part of concdictrs or engineers, that it laide strange that they are so sedoma mentioned in the publie p~rints. Ti ., cls is the train dispatchers, whoes.e evey order is implicitly obeyed~ by trainmaen; and while the crew of one train is responsmie for the movement of than train alone, the dianatcher i:olds in his a n the ves of ~everyv individual on every train on the road; and on a! roadt~ iavig a large traic the duiles imt 1oe in hm are vtery great and artutous ~ is pa.,t ini the railway servie is u'ie wer \'-e aill trainis running ont time :I previded f-r on the periouical rime abl.: isu by the coaipany, he would h-ive no0 tiest~ to ieriorim; but tran wil get delayved andi occasions will arise requiing extsa trains, or trains without any sp'cified time or rights, to be run over theu 'oad, ad then his servcs are! eccesary to aod h ours~ of aelay. M i raion railoadis atediiedn classes, accordit -to their imnportanice, geerll t.o, pass'enger'' and rht a:: al tain(o e. c .s rtituaag in a a a reeion hv: th igh to the (need i -' p '..C lokut Ofui r'ain he .~ue e alo wr ci.s runn"tci' in a go . ws nedol1okot o SrIght 't ainsmut keep) out of the of bt passenger trains and of th might tra vhich is running in the direction p'rec'ribed as hiavig the right 'f rad. Eve-boe utnderstcads that all trainis ar"e hartedt or have a tune given forl pasing ench station, wich tune can ~i no unstance beo aniticip~ated, and hence allj ought to be at any particular moment, if on time; but as trains frequently and generally get late the train of inferior class must have its movement expedited bv some extraneous cause or it may be delayed for hours awaiting a train that may have been wrecked or has been kept back for some other of many causes. Then the duties of the train dispatcher are of importance. He will probably give an order to the delayed train by telegraph directing it not to go beyond a certain place which he thinks it can reach without difficulty, and he directs the opposing train to proceed to the same place and there pass the other train and in that manner the trains are enabled to pass each other without any delay to either. His great responsibility consists in that he may have a dozen other trains in his charge at the same time and in directing one train to go beyond its usual place to meet another he may neriect to give an order to the second traia and in such an event a col lision would probably ensue, much prop erty be destroyed and probably lives he lost. It will readily be seen that the slight est mistake of a train dispatcher might cause serious results; and in this respect his responsibility is probably greater than that of any olier individual under whose charge the public are placed. A pilot on a vessel may lose his reckoning, but the fact soon becomes apdarent to others, and his capacity for mischief is thereby lessened; other railway em ployes may neglect their duties, and rush headlong into danger, but their associates generally realize the situation before any unfortunate reslts ensue; but the slightest behest of a train dis patcher must be obeyed without ques tion; even though to do so would jeopardize the lives of those receiving the orders-though of course until an accident results the train men are igno rant of the fact that they have been given wrong directions. Instances of oversight of dispatchers are extremely rare-much less than of neglect of conductors and engineers to adhere to the orders given to them-and while they perform their onerous duties almost entirely unknown to the people whose lives they have in their control, and therefore never receive the meed of praise due them, travelers ought af least be made acquainted with their duties and the important part they play in the rapid and safe movement of passengers. I4.1 WANTS AN ENDORSEMENT. The Pathetic Appeal of One of Alexander H. Stepheni'g Old Servants. (From the atlanta Constitution.) The following rather pathetic epistle was among those recently received by Governor Gordon: Ho;. JoxN B. Goano-Dear Sir: Pardon me for taking the privilege of writing to you to ask a favor of you. About two months ago I was discharged as a messenger in the Interior Depart ment, on a false report, and the Hon. Van H. Manning and an ex-member of Congress from the State of Miismsipi instructed me to write to you,' knowing that you was a personal friend of my former master, Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, and ask you would you be kind enough to write to the Hon. Henry Harris, Third Assistant Postmaster General, at Washington, D. C., in my behalf. Mr. Gordon, I was always faith ful in discharging my duties as a mes senger, and of all the moneys, stamps and other valulbles that I handled or passed through my hands of the depart ment, my employers will say to-day that they never had the least suspicion of my honesty. Furthermore I was true to my old master. I was faithful. I served him well, and he said when he put me in the department, upon this he felt bound to serve me some too. I was in General Toombs's brigade during the war and served there faithful as a ser vant. I have crawled up on my knees and hands, over a mile, to carry my friends~ something to eat that was in the defense of their section of the country and General Toombs has often said I never forgot my natural ritual. I know who my best friends are. Mr. Stephens said that it are the duty of those that were elevated to high, lofty position to look upon the humble and poor with the eye of pity for this reason I appeal to your sympathy, your charity and to your generosity as the Governor of the dear old State that give me birth to look uppn my humble and deprived con dition with pity. I beg of you, sir, with all the humbleness crowning the act of a servant to write to Mr. Harris at the earliest date as your conveniences will allow you in my behalf. I remain, sir, your most humble and obedient servant, Pizics L.trz. IBloody Riot in Denver. DENvER, April 11.-A bloody riot oc curred here to-night between rival Swedish, Polish and Hungarian colonies, at 34th and Blake streAts, which resulted in the fatal shooting of five men and the serious wounding of several others. It grew out of a christening festivity. When the christening party had eaten and drunk they went out upon the side walk and made war upon the inhabitants of a neighboring house. Others in the neighborhood. became involved and the uproar became great. It required a detachment of a dozen police, armed with Winchesters, to quell the disturbance. Three or four police first made their appearance, when the rioters postponed their contention and joined forces against the common enemy. They could not stand against the rifles, however, and about thirty were lodged in the calaboose and some in the hospi tal. But one or two of the prisoners can specak English. They are all ragged, dirty and sp~attered with blood, and have the appearance of belonging to the low e.,t type of humnanity. Many of them arrived in Denver ouiy a week ago, direct eom Hlungaria, Poland, oei and other parts of Europ'. .3 .\rn ay~ to Pay old D~ebts. hakegcepare teiz :ow this cim be accom ::ished in ore of his immeirtal plays; but dts to nature mnust betpaid on demand unes days of grace be &btained through the use of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medigcal -eL very. It is not a "cure aWE bgt ;a'iable for sore throat. br'onchitis, asf :ua ca (tarrh, consumption and all~liseases ofthe "uhuionary and other organs, caused b- scrofulat or "baid bloo1d." Seiofulous alcers, swellings and tumorfarc cured .1y is wonderful alterative actiort By difug