n TTIZEN. A. WEBSTER, Editor and Proprietor. " T?:LTJME I. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politics. 0RANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875. NUMBER 32. IHEyBOffOLINK.-. Ouce, upon a golden afternoon, Willi radiant facen and hearts lu tune, Two fond lovers, in,dreamiirg iiioody' - Threaded a rural solitude. Wholly happy, they only knew That the earth wnB bright and the sky was bluo That light, and beauty, and joy. and soug Charmed tliOLWjiy ;IB tdoy patted along ; Thoiait '.%ia?Tr?i;raut with wood and secuta Tho squirrel frlnkotl ou tho roadnldo fence And hovoriug near them, " Chea, dice, childe!" ? #'iO.((erJe4 tnjo ?Irions.bobolhik." *Dip Ul . ' Pausing and peering with sidelong bead, AH Hauclly.'tinc?tioniuK all^Lb'ny. saJuV; . .?J wBltytno'ox-cyo danced on Its Blonder stem, And all alad unturo rejoiced with thora. Over tho cdurouajlelds were etrowu ? . ?. r Wilting wffifowaOf grans now mown,*' And rosy billows of clover bloom Surged in tho sunshine and breathed perfumo. Swinging low on a Rleuder limb, Tho sparrow warbled his wedding hymn, And balancing on a blackborry brier. Tho bobolink sung with his heart on Aro " Chink ! If you with to kin* her, dot Do it I do it I You coioard, i/o.? / " t . c Ai" A' r / Moll ki?? lier! ' Who will nee? - univ wc three I we three! wc three i" io ?>ai I--t?? Under tho garlands of drooping vinos. Through dim vistas of swoot-brostlied pincp, Psst wide meadow-ficld?, lately mowed,, - . . f rWBuab*ii tl*6?a??ir_fo?htry road, t. .>.<.. The IOSWH TOlIoWil nylifiteuing ?Hfl, And, loitering slowly, as lovers will. Entered n gray-roofed bridge that lay. Duck and cooU^a loeb, pleifant way." .' . 1 Under its arch a Braooth, brown stream, UH ont ly glided vr?th ul int mid gleam, Shaded by graceful elms wuich spread, Thoir verdurous canopy overhead Tho stream so rarrow, tho boughB so wide, Tnoy mot .-ma mingled acrossitho-,.ttdo,v ^ , if""/'j . * Ahlem loved itjlind-'se?med to keep' ' Patient watch BB it lay aslcp, Mirroring clearly tho trees and sky, And tho flitting form of tho dragon-lly Save wbcro tho Bwift-winged swallows played In ann out in tin) KIHI (iud sbadfcf . ' . And darting nnd circling in merry chaso, Dipped aud dimpled its clear, dark face. flattering ligbfiyYrom brink to brink, Followed tho garrulouB bobolink, Rallying loudly with mirthful din. Tho pair who lingered unseen within, And when from tho friendly bridgo at last Into tho road beyond they passed. Again beside thom tho tempter went, Keeping t ho thread of his argument " Ki?? her t.kit? her J .chink- ?ti d? ti/"-rwithjulght and maha .Warbled rmi tell-taleA^rfoita'oatn W ....*? i.' ' * - "" T-4W//1S. . A PLAi^TJEATjWGTJLDNT WORK. ,-B.. iqr ?iaw,j3..iujxppBD*; . . Belle Browning had a good many po cvtlinri t i CH.? ? She {"was . fond? "of r?ading novols for one thing, and liked to have things happen romantically. Anything that did happen in that way-and she had lived long enough to know that that wasn't often-was. of much moro im dBffiSWr?By3r?J?fi? e?&rnajtjpm..tluVa ',. ?Kn. common mn of occurrences. And then another of her little peculiarities was that she liked to have her own way and make other popple .do. pretty nearly as she wanted thom to. Hor temper was rather peculiar, too. Sometimes she was all sunshine and sweetness ; some timos she wasn't. After'having given you thia briof description of some of her peculiarities you will readily under stand that Belle wasn't very unlifitja good many girls you know. When a party of our young people were ont boat-riding one day the boat capsized and Belle, among the others, fell into .the wuter, takipg the starch out of her rn files and tho orimp ont of her hair. But abd didn't care for that beoauso tho affair was eo romantic. Thero wasn't tho least bit of danger, for the water wasn't moro than throe feet deep in any placo. But Bolle Horeamed for some ono to save her, and Baloh Loring picked her up and s-yam to Bhore with her, she told her frionas, jost as sho was going down for the sec ond time.; Jt must have, been queer swimming, but then it did to tell. In fact, in the way Balle told it it made quite u pretty Story, anil if yuu hadn't known the circumstances, of the cano you would have been quite apt to think Bal nh Loring a hero. ? Belle had hadfqnitq a liking for Balph for some time. He'was good-looking, smart and well-to-do.' In fact j he'was one of the best " catches" in the place. Whon?the very romantic episode of tho boat's-being capsized, took place sho declared thfttfli? bud waved her lifo, told herself that sho owed him her gratitude and love and proceeded to make herself agreeable., The. result .of- it was that "Itu!ph suddenly became attentive and by and by ^proposed mawingo and: was accented. - Mattera stood in that/way when Capt. De Vaux came to town. "Where- the captain was from and what he* was 'cap tain, of no ono,kpew. He was good looking, Btylish and well-dressed. He had any amount pf assurance andi in ninuated himself into the best sooiety at once, anti nobody asked -for his cre dentials. " He is such a romantic-looking fel low," declared Belle to Balph one day ; "don't you think-so ?" I don't'/' answered Balph, de cidedly ; "I think ho is a very cheeky looking feiiow, to say tho least, and I'm considerably mistaken ii hGL would be .willing to havehis affairs inquired into." Balph had taken a strong dislike to him from the very first.-- - "I hopo you aren't jealous," said B.e)U?, -isridtra provoking laugh. "Not at all, thank you," answered Ralph. ; Belle determined to hove some sport. She would flirt with-Dn Vaux and make Ralph terribly jealous. When ?he got ready to do so the would.send the cap tafn'aWiifctiis bunincs? nnd fet Rolph see. tha^ ajte Jj&yd. boen ^musing herself at ms expense.' *!??W*r* w?y ow foolish your conduct is. You'd :i "It occurs to me that you have1 as sumed the right to lecture me . quito early in the day," retorted Belle, with dignity, beF?r??e could go on. "Don't go too fan.'' . "I am ?ot lecturing you," ho an swered. ' 1 . " What do you cali it? I should like to know." ? " Tam .merely giving you ? little ad vice," replied Ralph. "I wasn't aware that .anyone had asked for any," said Belle, with a good deal of sarcasm in her tones. - " No, b?t then'people who don't ask nd vic o often need it," answered Ralph, meaningly. " If they were only sensi ble enough to take- it it would do them a world of good sometimes." Belle's eyes flashed fire. "I haven't asked any advice from you," she said, m'dfgnantly, ,rand,' " -ivnat is more, I don't intend to. I know whnt I'm about t> "I doubt it," interrupted Ralph. "And I kuow enough to mind raj own-business, too," went onB^lle, "J wish other peoplo did." That was their first quarrel. Ralph left- her; feeling very angry. He hac tried to reason with her and found hoi wholly uhre'asonabl?. She rather eu joyed it. In novels lovers always quar r eied., Their courtship would have beei humdrum enough without some spice o . that character in it. .I'll show him who's master," sh< said when Iie.was gone. * ' Tho idea, o his diotati?^TO me j IH mako hin moro io-'iioiiH fhn?.Jip i? beioroJL!j3 through; and I'llbring him to my terms too." Which assertion was a ratho: broad one to make, considering tho cir oumstances of tho case. Ralph had hoped that Bollo wonk look at the matter sensibly after he: anger had'-cooled ; but, not boing fa mons for doing sensible things, she dis 'appointent him. Tho vory next day sh< .wont oufi riding with Capt. De Vaux and a day or two after that ho took he: to a concert. Ralph began to fee grioved and indignant. Ho couldn't bi deaf to the covert romarks of hil friends. Belle's actions were beginninf to rouse talk. Everybody know tha they were engaged. Knowing this, ant seeing how intimate slio was with Di Vaux, it wasn't to be Wondered at tha they goHsipped over tho matter. It isn't a vory pleasant feeling, I im agine, to be in Ralph's place-to hea: yonr friends discussing tho doings o: your promised- wife, and wondering what you aro going lo do about it Ralph bozo it as long as he could. Hi went to seo Bello one day, d?termin?e to come to some sort of au understand ing. He met Capt. Do Vaux as h .went iii. That gentleman smiled insa lently on his rival. Ralph wanted fe give him a good horso-whipping. ? I Would have sorved as an csoapo-valv for some of his ugly feelings if he coull have dono so. " Oh, yon ought, to-have como be fore," cried Belle, with effusion; "Capt De Vaux has. been .singing duots wit mo. Such tv' beautiful tenor voice n he has 1 You never hoard him sinr. did you ?" "I haven't had the pleasure," ann wei ed Ralph, dryly. " Come up to-morrow evening," sai Belle. " He's coming over to praotic with mo again. You'd just enjoy listel ing to him. - I never heard anyone sir Tnnnita' so exquisitely as he doeB hever ! He throws so much passi' into it. I was really charmed, J assn: you." "No doubt of it," said Ralph. "And you'd enjoy his oompany i much," rattled on Bello, thinking, Buppose, that sho was doing somethii remarkably brilliant. "I do. He's I witty ; ho keeps mo laughing half ti timo. I don't think I over enjoyed gentleman's society so mu oh before." ' "Probablv not,,rretorted Ralph. I was beginning' to gel thoroughly fl: gusted. He had thought Bello mu more womanly than sho was. - He h deceived himself. Now his oyes we beginning to get opened. "And his-".began Belle ; but Ral stopped her. " We will tako all you aro going pay for granted," ho Baid. "I hs nome to talk- soberly with you, Bel I have borno your conduct, long enouj If you are to bo my wife, your Air tiona with pp Vaux roust terminate once. I novo' "a right to ask that yon." ? " Really l'A Belle smi?efli sooruful " so you aro going to dicta to, are .v?i "Not at all," answered Ralph. "1 must aot as .you please. I.am mer tellingyoiij how. the matter1 : etan You are engaged to me As my prc i (?ed wife y ou have no .right to not yon aro doing. Yon onnjbut ackno' edgo that, if you" will stop long anon to think. If I were to go on un j have been going on, I imagino 3 would bo quite snro to soo tho mat in ita trun light. I have as good n right to demand you to stop KU ch con duct aB yon would have to demand the. same of me. I think you have been thoughtless, and am willing to let all ill-ieoling drop provided you do ?is I ask you to." " And if I do not?" domauded Belle, haughtily. " Then, you may consider that all is over between us, .Ridph replied. "Very well," answered Belle ; " here is yonKring, and-good-morning." Ralph, took tho ring and bowed him self out,' feblin'g quite aa mnch relieved as disappointed. 'He saw ihat she was not tho woman he wauted. She could never make him happy. He had h?d a lucky escape. Belle watched him go with very angry eyes. He bad told her the truth and she had acknowledged it. But Bko wasn't'going to give up in that way. She had top much ff spirit^" she told herself. Too much foolish, silly obsti nacy would have hit it. " Hell come around iii time," she said. "He'll got over thia when De Vaux goes away. I'm not going to be tied up to any man before I'm married. I'll let him know that he can't bend me around his little Anger." The summer went by. Ralph didn't "como around" as Belle had expected ho would. He met her in society and never showed any signs of the wound she was foolish enough to think she had given him. He seemed to enjoy life quite the same as ever. She concluded he was "wearing a mask." People with wounded hearts usually die in novel?, Belle recollected. Capt. De Vaux went away, and then Belle was confident that Ralph would return to hiB allegiance, but he didn't seem inclined. " He's waiting for me to give him some encouragement, most likely," Belle thought, and she straightway proceeded to encourage him by making, or trying Wmake, herself very fascinat ing and agreeable. But Ralph wouldn't be fascinated. He repelled all her ad vances, coldlv and politely. "He's obstinate deolared Belle. "I'll have to ask him to forgive me, and then -" She confidently expected that that would bring him to terms. One evening, at a party, she tried her plan. They were in the conservatory. Shjo was looking pale and interesting, At least ?he thought so. Ralph didn't seem to think much about it. ' .T^ye, jinejLwaiiti'mz: t a^av.EomathincL . to you for ? long tim?, she said, put ting her handkerchief to her oyeB, "I see now how thoughtless-:" abo couldn't! bear to say how foolish and silly " how thoughtless I was, and I'm sorry that I wounded your feelings so,* Ralph. If you could forgive mo and bo my friend still ! if nothing moro-" She belioved that would fetch him. At least it usually did in romances. "I'm perfectly willing to bo your friend, if you want mo," answered Ralph, feeling a desire to laugh. He understood her porfetly. Ho only won dered how he could havo boen foolish enough to fancy lier. "I do want you to," said Belle, brokenly. "If yon only knew^ how many times I have regretted my thoughtless conduct, Ralph"-with a sorrowful sigh and a glance out of the corner of her oyo to seo if he was about to capitulate. " I-I'vo m in sod your ring from my finger, Ralph, so much." "Ah?" Ralph had to smile at that stroke of Belle's. "It never fitted you exactly ; if you have noticed, it fits Allie Brayton's finger beautifully." " Belle turned palo. She understood what Ralph meant. He had been with Miss Brayton a pood deal lately but she hadn't supposed that he thought of marrying her. "You don't mean to Buy-" sho stammered. "That I am engaged to Miss Bray ton? Yes, I do," answered Ralph. "I shall be pleased to seo you and Capt. De Vaux at tho wedding, which takes place on Christmas." Belle burst into tears. She was never so voxed and angry before. Tho affair hadn't turnod out at ail as snob affairs always did in novels. She was mad and disgusted and mortified. "You're a wretch!" she sobbed. "You wouldn't care if you broke my heart Oh! Oh!" i " Sha'n't I call some one ?" suggested Ralph, smiling cruelly. Belle concluded she wouldn't faint then but postponed that demonstration of tho state of ber feelings for an in definite period.-Rural Nexo Yorker. - One of the boys justjbefore return ing to Cornell, the other day, sent a young lady friend of his a cake of Lubin's finest variety of toilet soap, with the roquest that she would draw no inference oa recoiving siioh a gift. Tho next day the young man was some what astonished when bo received a let ter from the young, lady containing tho presont of a fine-tooth comb,, with the request that he would draw no infer ences therefrom. -A novelty in tho mode of hanging criminals was recently introduced nt Newgate, England. Instand qf erect ing the usnal scaffold above ground, a pit wbH dug in tho soil, - and a trap door mado lovel with the ground, opening into tho pit. Tho conviot was pinioned by the executioner on tho top of the trap, and at a given signal tho drop fell, and the unfortuhate ceased to live. ? _._ -Denten dinners aro becoming faeh ionablo; the aim being to give as great variety as possible in the kinds and oookory of fish. A printed bill of fare on ono of theno occasions mentioned fifteen different fish served in a mul tiplicity of ways. Hasty Burials. Ou tho left-hand sido of tho oarriago way, as^ou enter Pere la Chaise, in Paris, Blands an immonse square build ing coiled Le Morfroairo Publiquo. Hore the dead aro left for a time prior txrihoiiJianal deposit, and morning and eveningfoaoh body is carefully exam ined, and indioutions of returning vital ity watched. The lids of the coffins are left open, and every moans are ready ot hand to Bound the alarm in case of returning life, and to resusci tate those who Bhow any siynB of re turning ; consciousness. The French people'have a morbid fear of being buried alive, and the state of catalepsy, with ita various phases, has for a num ber of j?toxs been the subjeot.of mature thought**"among the physicians of France. - The danger of hasty sepulture has received so many illustrations in the United States as to make it a ques tion open to grave discussion and re form. Tho percentage of those awaken ing from their long sleep, according to Frenoh statistics, is about one in 400, and the probabilities are that in Eng land, where the period between death and burikl is generally six days, and in America, where the dead are thrust out of Bight hs quick as possible, the per centage .ft considerably greater. Un necessary haste characterizes most of our doing upon this side of the ocean ; but in nj>jpartioular are we more inju dicious,- more guilty of "want of fooling and scientific shortsightedness than in tho rapidity with which we dispose of our dead. . In tho experience of a medioal stu dent, published in the January number of the-^land Monthly, by Enrique Parmer.-rwe find several well-authenti cated oas os, sufficient to . fill the mind with horror and to turn the thou g li ts backward to many faces whose lifelike expression upon their day of departure from the light of heaven has remained indelibly impressed upon our memo ries. Wp have first the case of a strong man who* dropped away suddenly, was putin the grave and the sods stamped upon Iii s coffin. Four days afterward the bodWwas fonnd twisted round, an ankle dlswcated, hair turned white and torn out,, und features distorted in a terrible--nan uer. There'is next the case pf a^pung lady1, beautiful in per-, son "and .' accomplishment, laid away hurriedly* ' Upon removing her remains to another cemetery the open coffin dis closo(l.a--J?liecL. face, lacerated breast aniiarn^, tia ts of nair "strewn ~abonfc, fest dra-w/i up as is if in wild effort for rel ea 5?e, i he fi nely-ch i sci ed features scarred by finger-nails. Less than a score of years ago a young man, six days ofter burial, was found tiunod on nis faco, with ono arm bitten to tho bone auitother evidences of a frightful doath-wrtSatle. In the various grave yards oft tho land, where cemeteries have bec i dug over and exhumed, there have been often found bodies or skele tons turrjed ov?r pn their sides or faces, with knees drawn up, joints distended, hand s clenched, arms thrust against their narrow prison-honso, fingers twisted in the hairy and numerous other evidences of a struggle too horrible and agoniz ing to dream o'. In the old burial ground in the city of Brooklyn thero was found the corpse of a yoong bride, dressed in wedding garments of the richest white satin, with bridal veil, ring, and all tho evidences of wealth and position. The skeleton was found twisted and displaced, and tho gar ments grasped as if in a vise in the clenched fiinger-bones ; oven the long, ravon tresses, whioh were as glossy and perfeot as ever, were bit fiu?t in tho fleshless teeth, as with the final de spairing agony of death. Numerous cases of a similar kind havo happened here and in England. Only last year u woman died in Pennsylvania and was buried. When her husband, who had been absent at the time of her death, re turned, he insisted upon exhumation, and to the unutterable dismay of all tho body was found lying upo?- its fu oe, the shroud covered with blood, the flesh torn from the left shoulder, with every mark tb at a fearful struggle had taken, place. But the most singular case recorded by tt?e medioal student is one whioh oamo under his own knowledge and manipulation. Among his ac quaintances he numbered a young and beautiful girl, Miss-, for whom he cherished a sincere and romantio attach ment. Te bis infinite astonishment he read in the morning paper that she had just died and would bo buried to-mor row. Hurrying to the house he found that the young girl had died of heart disease, and that the old family physi cian had pronounced life extinct. Hoi appearance, connected with this Rudder takfng-off, convinced him that she wat only in a trance. He waited upon th( physician, implored him to delay thii interment-in vain. Thero was a fin, funeral, an eloquent sermon, tears am flowers -all in proper form-and tb< fair being wan laid in the dust and shu ont forever from life and light. A? tin clock tolled the hour of midnight tb young student, with the assistanco o a friend, stood at the grave. Bproadinj a blanket upon the earth, they cut th sod and bogan their work- In a fe\ minutes tho spade touohed tho head G the collin and, upon removing tho naih a deep groan smote upon thoir oatt AB tho student eau timi sly put his bani within the coffin to lift '?ho body oui tho hand of the girl, which was hu palm downwards over her oyes an forehead, clutched the hand that tonel ed her like a vise, the mouth at th carno time uttering a most agonizin groan. Wrapping the body in blanl eta, the two students boro it swiftly t their sanctum, closed tho door, an there a sigh?, revealed i tn e. if wilie chilled tho youths with terror and r< morse. The lip waa bitten throng! shreds of raven hair were twisted round tho fingers, and tho left wrist was dis located in tho unavailing efforts of tho poor creature to free herself from mis ery. Once, only once, Knder the influ ence of a powerful battery, did she open her eyes. But ali was ovur-BUO waa dend-killed by heartless custom, unaeomly haste and burial ignorance. There are many reasons why hasty burials aro injudicious, not to say in decorous and unfeeling. The uso of opiates and tho increase of nervous diseases iu tho United States have cer tainly had a tendency to develop cases of catalepsy or trance. A man sud denly stricken down with apoplexy, paley, epilepsy or some ono of tho many forms of brain disease ; appar ently lifo has departed, and he is im mediately shut up in a box, prayed over and hurried away with unneces sary haste to his last resting-place. In tho heat of summer it is of course desirable that speedy interment should take place, but that very heat soonest develops tho sign which no eyes can mistake-tho presence of decomposi tion. Until the phenomenon has taken place it is neither right, reasonable nor m accordance with common feoling and decency that a body whioh has lived its little life should be consigned to tho dust fresh from whioh it sprung. -Chicago Jilter-Ocean. Indigo and its Preparation The dye called " indigo" is obtained from an herbaceous plant cultivated on large plantations in India. It ?B ont close to the gronnd with reaping-hooks and tied into bnndles ; theso bundles on arriving at the factory aro measured by a chain, being paid for to the ryots at a fixed rate of so many bundles for a rupee, each man getting a paper stating the number of bundles he has given in each day. A nuffioient quantity of plant having arrived, the filling of tho vats commences, the bundles of plant ore put into the upper row of vats till they are lilied, bamboos are laid across, and two heavy beams of wood aro tightly screwed down over them. The tilling of the vats being completed, water is pumped into them from a res ervoir close at hand, theso pumps being worked by coolies' feet treading them, something after the fashion of a tread mill. TUQ plant?is left steeping, sc olding td the weather, from eight to ten hours, it/being the duty of tho "rung mistr??"-^-t?ie man who looks to say when the ?luga olo'singTi?? ^.A* ing8 leading from tho higher to the lower vats aro to ho reopened and tho wator allowed to flow into tho lower rats; This dono, tho beaters ?et in, sight! mon to eaoh vat, and commenco beating tho water with long poles limped like paddles. Tho beating of tho vats genorally takes about two lionrs. The beaters present a most ex traordinary appearance as they step out from tho vats, dyed from hoad to foot a lark blue, which gives their bronze skins a curious tinge by which vat coolies may bo known for weeks aftor tho manufacturing. Tho beating of tho vats ovor tho indigo subsides ; tho waste water is carried off by means of a drain, and tho indigo flows by anotner drain to the reservoir, whence it is pumped into tko boiler, boiled, run off to a tabla, pressed, and carried to the drying-house as before described ; from tho time tho plant is cut till tho indigo reaches the drying - hou^e occupying from two to three days. On tho proper steeping, beating, and boiling of the indigo in a great measure dopends tho quality of the produce, though tho soil on whioh it is grown and tho wntor in whioh it is Bteoped also materially affect it. Tho mannfnoturing season general ly lasts about six weeks, and tho indigo is fit for paoking about tho beginning of November. Before packing com mences sample cakes of eaoh day's manufacture are examined, and tho in digo arranged according to color, so that each chest, may bo of as uniform a quality as possible. Sheep on a Farm. Sheep are undervalued by the mass land-holders ns a means of koeping up the fortuity of ibo soil and putting money into the pockets of formers. Tho moment ono begins to talk of sheep husbandry, tho listener or reader begins to look for wool quotations, ns if wool was all that yields profit from sheep. One might as well look for wheat quotations alone when there ?B talk about the profit of forming. Sheep on a farm yield both wool and mutton. They- multiply with great rapidity. Tlioy aro the best of farm scavengers, " deaning a field" ns no other class of animals will. They give bnck to the fnrm moro in proportion to what they tako from it than any other animal, and distribute it better with a view to tho fntnro fertility of the soil. Provo this ? There is no need of proof to those who have kept sheep, and know their habits and tho profits they yield. To provo it to those who have not the experience, it is necessary they should try tho experiment or accept the testimony of an experienced shepherd. But tho livo stock of a farm should not, uecesEarily, bo shcop, exclusively. Cattle, horses, swine, havo their re spective places in tho farm economy. How many of etioh to koop is a ques tion that locality, diameter of markets, adaptation of soil, prodisposition, tasto and skill of the husbandman must, de cide. But ono thing ought not to be forgotten, that the more stook a mau keeps on his farm tho more grass and it ought to, and, if properly managed, it will grow. Tho ratos of increase will correspond with the business tuet, technical and practical knowledge, end skill of Ibo husbandman.-New York World. FACTS AND FANCIES. -Transmission of money by post in RuBsia is expressly forbidden, and the money is liable to confiscation. -Rid nsed on a railroad signifies danger, and says stop. It is the same thing displayed on a man'B noBe. -A person ol inquiring tum of mind asked, M Does the Lord love a man who spends at a church festival the money he owes his washerwoman?" - A $1,400,OOO.OOOtract deed has just boon put on reccord in Denver. Rich men have to study arithmetio ont there. -"What sort of grammar is it which compels a person to say, "I saw four deer in ono drove," but won't let him say, " there are ten hog in the garden?" -A tract on "The Wickedness of Gluttony" is said to have been found among the good things sent to the Kan sas grasshopper sufferers. -Texas towns are peculiar. An ex asperated Didlaa paper asks: "Is there no ordinance to prevent the firing 3ff of pistols as a means of alarm in 3 os es of fire?" -In an English town twenty barrels jf gun-powder were taken from a shop md put in a cart. The driver mounted, sat on one of the barrels, lighted his pipe and drove away. -A matter-of-fact doctor's wife at ;ompted to move him by tears. " Ah !" laid he, tears aro useless. I have malayzed them. They contain a little phosphate of lime, some chlorate of ?ne and water." -A lamp-ehimney may be made al nost indestruotable by putting it over he fire in a vessel of hot water and let ing it remain until the water boils. It pill bo found that boiling toughens in his case. -The newspaper reporters of Chicago' propose to give a theatrical entertain ?ent at an early day for the benefit of he poor of that oity. It will not bo dvisable to marry into a poor family, hough, on this account. ' ' -Mr. George Smith, has discovered^ mong the Assyrian tablets in tho.Brit-1 di museum the'legend of the building f the Tower of Babel. The discovery. i quite as important as that of the iblot relating to tho deluge, made nown by the same gentleman, * -Sentiment is nothing but senti lent. An ex-army captain, \ in Gol-* rado, when.dying, OB?e.dX&?vi^Tft.?^-^":^ ad no flag, and so they wrapped hun i a coffee-sack, and ho exclaimed : Alli may you all die as proudly ! " -Alexandor Dumas; it is said,-novo* tetohes a scheme for any of his pi?ces, te take? for a wnr-aot pic.co- oeventy 3ven big pages^of bino paper. Ho ovotea twenty pnfjjkH each to tho first, ?cond and third adts, and seventeen to ie last. -You'ro right there, Tookey. There's days two 'pinions. Thero's tho 'pinion man has of bimsen, and thero's tho >inion other folks have on him. 'her'd by two 'pinions about a crackod ell if tho bell could hoar itself. -A dry gooda clerk lately dropped QnselesB behind tho counter wbifo raiting on customers. Tho female cus :mier for whom ho had pulled down very bolt of calico on the -sholves uiotly requested the proprietor to re lovo the ineumbrauco and Bond on an ther clerk. "7-When a girl crops her front hair nd pulls it down over her forohoad like . Mexican Mustang, and then ties a deco of red velvet round her neck, who ian wonder at the number of pnlo-faoad roung men that throw away their am ntion and pass slcoploBS nights in try ng to raiso down on their uppor lips ? -The Troy TimoB says : At a party ni Fourth street the; other night a foung gentleman tried to coax a young ady to play on the piano. She said couldn't. " Why" said ho, "yon can nay the ' Blue Danube' waltz, can't pou?" "No," said she, "but I ooo. 'day penny ante just like a little mun. . "> ribo is beautiful and accomplished. -"Yes, sir," yelled a preacher in a Dakota church ono Sandfly morning, 11 there's more lying and swearing and stealing and general deviltry to tho iquare inoh in this here town than all ;he rest of the American country," and ;hen the congregation got up and lumped tho preaohor out of tho win low. The Vosper Bell. To tho traveler in Spanish America, the striking of tho vesper bolls exer cises a potent charm. As tho usage re quires everyone to halt, no mattor wero ho may be, at tho first atroke of tho boll, to intorrupt his conversation, how aver important, and linten without stir ring until tho conclusion of tho chime, tho singularity of a whole population surprised in a moment, as it comes and goea, held in a state of petrification, and paralyzed as if by an encounter, may bo imagined. On every sido you BOO gestures interrupted, mouths half opened for tho.arrested romark, smiles lingering or passing into an expression of prayer ; you would fancy them a nution of Htatuoa. A town in South Amorioa at tho tinkle of the Angelus resembles tho city in tho "Arabian ? Nights" whoso inhabitants aro turned into stones. Tho magician hero is the bell ringer; but hardly ha? the vibra tion ceased wbon a universal murmur arisen from those thousands of oppress ed lungs. Hands meet hands, quoB tions soek unswors, conversations re sumo their course ; horses feel the loos ened bridle and paw tho ground ; dogs bark, babiea cry, tho fathers Bing, the mothers chatter. Tho nooid?ntal turna thus given to convocation aro many.