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CITIZEN. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politico. JULY 24, 1875. NUMBER 50. . TIMELY TOPICS. _ I CYRUS FlKbD wants tho modest sum of ten million dollars from tho British government for his Pacific cable, and tho probabilities are that ho will get it sooner or later. Tnk United States has now become tho greatest silver producing country in tho world, taking precedence of oven Mexico, which has heretoforo been sup posed to furnish two-thirds of tho total supply. _ A WRITER in Blnckwood's Magazine conclusively calculates that if tho pub lic debt of tho civilized world goes on increasing at lis present rate, in a quar ter of a century tho entire revenues of all thc nations will bo insu (Vicient to pay the interest, thereon. Fou some reason, best known to them selves, tho English riflemen will not let Hie American team competo for tho Elcho shield at Wimbledon. Tho dis patch says they aro willing . tu iiavo a special match, to bo shot between tho Americans and eight selected from thc (hrco English teams. IT is feared that tho new direct cable is a failure. Though some time has elapsed since its completion was announce!, it cannot bo learned that any Hignuls have been transmitted. This would provo a great misfortune, as tho other eau hardly do moro than half tho business offered. Tin-: government of tho little kingdom of Greece, being without money, has hit upon an oxcellent means of defray ing the expenses of its foroigu diplo matic service. It has sent a letter to Clich of its legations abroad, informing the heads of those legations that they aro at liberty to continue to manage affairs as heretofore, provided they do it nt their own expense ! FRENCH journalists maintain that England nm*t raise a bigger army if nhe wants to exert any influence in European nfl'.iirs. A hundred thousand regular troops aro a mero bagatelle compared with the immeuso armies of tho present day. England is too near tho continent, they think, td bo iudif fereut to complications in European politics, A NOTUCK American ehootiat is loose in England. We refer to BogardtiB, of Illinois, tho champion pigeon slayer, fie yesterday beat an unhappy English man matched to shoot with him, and now, of course, he challenges all Eng land, twirling his double-barreled shot guu in tho faco and rubbing it nuder the nose, as it were, of John Bull. We wish Bogardns would como home. He is rather rubbing it in.-Cincinnati Commercial. Tnk GuelphS mid ?hibbelinos of tho Cherokee nation have succeeded in get ting up twenty-seven murder cases, which were recently tried before the United States district court nt Fort Smith, ark. As a result of tho trial, seven of tho semi-civilized will be banged in a batch on tho third day of September. This will be tho largest wholesale hanging sinco tho execution of tho thirty-three Sioux ludiacs At Mankato, Minn., in 18G2. THE recent abrogation of three articles of tho constitution of tho Ger man empire which brings tho Bom an Catholic church in Germany in com plete subjection to the government, and the severity of the Falck laws passed in 1S7H are showing results in the flight of German ecclesiastics to the United States. Tho telegraph announces thc arrival in New York of a largo numbor of priests and nuns, who propose to settle in Illinois, where Bismarck and Dr. Falck can not curtail their ccoloai astica! freedom. Tho Prussian ecclesi astical hills, in cflact, banish every Roman Catholic from Germany. TUB ravages of the small-pox aro in creasing in New York, nod it is also re lier I ed that thero is greater danger than .lsiial this summer of a visitation of yellow fever. This disease is said to "he racing with great virulence throughout tho West Indies, and many cares have been takeu to Key West, Fla. Tho season has been peculiarly adapted to ibo spread of yellow fever in Cuba, ns there hove been none of tho usual cold, heavy galen called " Northers," which have acted aa n check to the spread of the disease. Vessels aro now duo at New York from ports where yellow fever is known to be raging. Tun San Francisco Chronicle predicts a heavy Italian immigration into tho United States, aal a consequent acces sion to tho number of organ-grinders and plaster-cast vonders. Hitherto tho Italians have been pouring into Uruguay . 'ind tho Argcntm? Republic, tho Italian population there now numbering n half million semis, and constituting the chief business element. Tho unsettled state of affairs, kowover, in these countries, has led tho emigrants to turn their at tention to tho United States. And th?> Chronicle citee. tho fact that un Italian agent has recently been buyJncr large tracts of laud in California for his coun trymen to settle upon during this year. THE postoflico department is much pleased with tho system of demanding tho prepayment of nowspaper postage, and will, at tho beginning of the next congress, at ouco endeavor to secure tho repeal of the law in rolation to postogo on trausient matter in the mails. Tho law regulating tho pay ment of postage, will, however, bo re tained. It has boen found that, al though the rate haB been reduced, tho department now receives as much as it did'tvheu it had; it higher rate, but col lected tho postugo at tho office of de livery, which leads to the mclaucholy conclusion that sumo of the post mas ters are not as puro and honest in tho dischargo of their duty as they should he._ THE ilnath of General P. I\ Blair, which occurred last week, was not un expected. He had been in ill health for two years, and was recently sup posed to liavo received some benefit from transfusion of blood, but his friends lind little hope ed his ult ?nale recovery. As a soldier ho made con siderable reputation during the war, and was tho democratic candidate for the Vice-Presidency in 1SP>8 on the ticket with Horatio Seymour. He. fig ured littlo in politics afterward, though bo appeared in the Cincinnati conven tion of 1872 to nominate Horace Greeley. At tho time of his death, ho was Btato insurance commissioner of Missouri. _ THE American rifle team will prob ably shoot at Wimbledon range, near London, before their return/ If - they succeed there as at Hollymount, there will bc a growl from John Bull, for he hates to be beaten. Wimbledon was establiBheil about fifteen years ago' and at tho grand opening Queen Vic toria fired tho first shot, and put her bullet through tho bull's oyo at -IOU yards. But then any womau could havj dene tho same thing, as tho queen sat cosily in a luxurious arm chair, and pulled a silver cord which pulled a rifle trigger, sixty yards off, tho rifle itself having been sighted for lier and fixed immovably in a viso for this especinl occasion. THE Texans of tho border wiU cer tainly enjoy a brief respite from deso lating cattle raids just now while ibo Mexicans on the Rio Grande nro at loggerheads about tho arrest and incar ceration of Cortina. Tho dispatches iudieato a high degree of exeiteinoufc in Matamoros, which doubtless extends measurably throughout tho stato of TamaulipuG. Tho capturo of their leader is regarded is an unduo inter ruption to their smuggling operations bythopeoplo of Matnmoras anti vicin ity, and President Lerdo evidently has an insurrection on his hands which will require tho preBcnco of moro troops. Matanmras, where tho troubles now center, is immediately opposite Browns ville, Texas, and contains a population of about 12,000. As an effort will bo made to carry Cortina to Vera Cruz, a conflict between tho citizens and tho Mexican troops is probable. DISPATCHES from the Black Hills geological expedition indicate that near Hamey's Peak gold has really been found in paying quantities. Thu cor respondent of tho New \ork Tribune accompanying the expedition writes that, after the party entered the unex plored region from the east, they struck a ? granite formation and gold-bearing quartz^ besides finding gold in flakes in tho ?idchcs. Trof. Jenny, Lieut. Mor ton ?nd Dr. Lam-, of tho government expedition, arc said to bri sidisfied that gold exists thero. Whether it will be found in sutlioient quantities to fill tho pockets of tho thousands who uro wait ing to crowd info tho hills, makes no difference. Tho people will go, in spite of restrictions, and possess the land on the mer? 'utiniation that gold is there. Tf GttK Custnr had never rambled in th?'" vicinity, tho Indians to day might bo refiting in secure possession of this refreshing and rich oasis. - Our riflomon did not figuro to PO good advantage in tho contest for the all-Jrelnud ehallengo shield, us in the intermit ional match. In tho former only four of each team were engaged. It seems moro and moro probable that tho success of our team last -Tuesday is due to ihc equality of capacity of "the members, AH -a whole, the team will be hard to beat, but theie aro four or five Irish marksmen who are fully tl e equals ojf our best.-New York Tril-un^. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Whore, where nu- nil tho bints that t-aug A hundred years nt;''? Tlu> (lowers that all in beauly Fprang j A hundred years ano ? The lins (bal smiled, ' The eye* that wild in Mashes sliouu I Soft eye? noon : Where, ( ) where are ItpH and eyes. 1 Thu maiden's smiles, thc lover's Highs, I , That lived so long ago? Who peopled nil the city streets i A hundred vears s??n7 Who Ulled tim* ohm cb with faces meek. A hundred years ago 7 | The snecrlnn tale Of sifter trail ; The plot that worked i A brother's hurt . Where, O where are plots and Sneers, Tho |i??r Ulan's hope?, ibe rich ma i's fears, . t That lived HO long age7 THE DIAMOND ROBBERY. 1 : Device ot Two I lever Swindlers. , | lu Mureil, 1850, thero arrived nt Con stantinople, bj tbo Austrinn Lloyd's 1 steamer Vorw?rts, ti noblcrnim btyling himself Count Stefnmo Porragi. j ' He took ii suit of rooms ut MeRirio's 1 fashionable hotel in Porn, mid by his . htvisli stylo of living soon became tho ? centre of attraction. Tie said Unit hu 1 was u colonel of the Austrian Imperial j Guarda and a membor of tho Diet. Ho ' had come to Turkey on private govorn- I ment allai rs, and was furnished with numerous introductions to tho different 1 foreign ambassadors and merchant i princes. 1 A month after his arrival, he headed 1 a rnbscription list with tho sum of 1 .t'5,000, piastores, in aid "of Madame Sophie Cartenagg, the widow of tho late. . M. Cartenagg, formerly banker of Ber- j lill, who, by tho sudden death of her husband, found herself in u strange land, with her throe young children, ' destitute of support." In some such manner ran tho heading of tho subscrip tion list. Count Porragi humanely took upon himself tho task of soliciting the. sub scriptions, and, incredible as it niny seem, collected the sum of ?5,000 in about twenty days ! One morning Perragi suddenly dioap- : penrod. Suspicions having arisen, the police authorities were instructed to : lind out M'mo Cartenagg. But, alas for human credulity ! the police swore, by tho beard of Mohammed, that Ma- . dame was a myth, r.nd the Orescent i City knew her not ! Done, by Jove ! 1 Done to tho tune of .?.'5,000 ! Thus end? ; the hrrt act in this strange dramu. \ Now for the second net, Not far from tho Cafo de Paris stauds tho shop of JIM. Degrant Brothers, diamond brok 1 ors ro his imperial mnjestv tho sultan. Opposite to this extensivo depot of pre cious stones stood tho pharmacy of Dr. Jacob Valpnss. Five minutes' walk : frota theso two establishments stands ! tho Hotel do l'Europe. lu the latter placo, M'mc Estello Doorest and her sickly pon, Albert, had hired a magnificent snito of rooms i for tho winter. Sho was a quite melancholy sort of a lady, and about '? thirty. AU her thoughts scorned cen tered in her boy. But oh ! how Rur passingly lovely sho was ! They say thar, the waiters of the Europe made tillite a handsome thing out of her by allowing sundry "sparks" to peep nt madame through the key-hole, as she sat in her elegant, morning costume at breakfast, She paid her bills regularly, saw no visitors, and received nu letters. So much for madame. M. Dograuti junior (tho jeweler), was a rather fast young fellow, very rich, and very fond- of horses. The older brother, at this time, was absent in Paris. . Dr. Jacob Val pass was a mau of thirty-two, and considered very clever. His father had left him BOIUO contider able property, but, as bo was passion-1 ately devoted to his profession, he still continued in practice. Wo have now suflie.icutly describid tho four principal actors in tho drama. It was after len o'clock one night, and Dr. Valpass sat in his study. A person requested to seo him. A tall, deeply veiled lady entered. Dr. Vnl pups politely offered her a chair, and asked her the nature of her busiuess. With a deep sigh, she throwback her veil, and tho doctor's weaker human half surveyed that dazzling beauty in bewilderment. She told her story in a qjtict, brief manner. ?r'ho had an only son on whom sho doled passionately. Ho was subject to lits of monomania. And, most extraordinary as it miyht seem, his desires to lay in the fact that nothing but diamonds placed about him would satisfy his cravings. She had consulted tho best medical men in Europe, and they prescribed chango of scene. She had traveled a great deal, but without any.salutary effect upon her hov. Sho hat! be en advised lo con sult Dr. Valpass, and, as her son had just recovered from ono of those pe riodical li's, she earnestly requested him to visit her at tho Hotel do l'Eu rope. Dr. Valpnss took charge of this curi ous caso, and soon becamo very inti mate with Madame Dcorest, To bo brief, poor Valpass fell deeply in love, mid a month after their acquaintance he proposed to her, and was accepted. Thus steed matters in Deeembti, 1851, and so closes the second act. Tho last scene onens on tho 1th day ol January, 1852. Dr. Vrdpnss was put ting on his gloves preparatory to enter ing his cai ringo, when ho saw his afb anced brido rm liing madly toward him. ne ran out and met her. " What is ttio matter. Estollo ?" "Oh, ho is worse ? Oh, como to him ! como to him !" cried tho frantic mother. " Ono moment ; step into tho onriago; I wili bc with you immediately." De crossed over to tho establishment of Messrs. Degranti, " Let mo havo that diamond nook .'.co, thcso bracelets, thin brooch aud beso rings. Quick, Degrnuti ! I am ri a hurry. I only want them for an lour.' "But doctor, thcso aro worth mil ions, and-" returned the jeweler, ather at a IOKH what to do. " Give mo pen, ink and paper. Hen ? my note of hand for tho articles. How much aro they worth ? " " Afc a rough calculation, live mil ions of francs." "Very woll ; hero you aro. Now, ?nick, the articles." Ton minutes after tho doctor and tho n?dame reacbed tho hotel, and found klborfc in tho arms of two domestics. Tho medical mau took chargo of tho ?rolling boy and disniiescd tho servants. 110 drew forth his treasures and placed diem about the boy. It was wonderful ! The boy danced with glee, clapped his [muds, and gradually became pacified. He thou slowly left the room with down last head. The enraptured mother [lung her?e*lf into the arms of her savior, iud, with tears, in her beautiful eyes, I banked him from her h ?art. Then fol lowed one long, delicious kies, and the lector was in the seventh heaven of happiness ! Madame excused herself Tor a moment mid loft Valpnss. Half an hour elapsed ; an hour ; then ibo doctor becamo Inigo1 y. Ho ap proached tho door ; it was locked. For Another hour did the doctor romain ;piietly iu tho room; then a suspicion [lashed like lightning across his brain. He thundered at tho door, tho servants rame running up, the door was forced rjpon, madame's sleeping room visited ; but lo 1 tho birds had down ! Two yoara after Valpnss recoived tho following noto : "1 thank you for all your kindness, (Vud more BO because you wero the vic tim ! Kisses are dear, yet the only one E ever sold brought a fair prico. Ifc took UH nearly two years to mature our plans. How well wo had calculated on nil things is manifest by our ultimate success. My husband, Count Bteffauo lYrragi, desires to be remembered to 111 his dear friends nfc Constantinople, iiud hopes that this second surprise may be of some value to them. Your dia monds brought nie live million frauen. Adieu 1" There was no signature or date. And this was tho last of the "Dia mond Robbery." The thieves wero :e.ver captured. Making No Money. While tho eastern cotton manufactur ers are suffering seriously from the gen eral depression of business, the mills liero and at Augusta, Columbus aud lither southern points are also feeling ?B < lVects to a very noticeable degree. The Augusta factory, which has bceu paying regularly since tho war dividends >f twenty per cent:, and whoso stock lias sold for moro than $200 per share, luis bceu compelled to reduco its divi dend first to sixteen per cent., then to twelve per cent., and on Wednesday of last week the board could only authorize i dividend of eight per cent. Its grogs flamings for tho past six months are stated in tho report at 856,000, while its expense account, taxes, interests, ro pairs, and dividends amount to 007,000, it is true thc company has a surplus of $234,000 invested in a new mill, which really represents tho profits made by Ibo corporation sinco it has been doing business, in addition to tho enormous dividends directly paid to tho stockhold ers, end ifc is equally as true that, with i capital stock ol $600,000, tho company lins a property which is valued afc SKIK, 300. These ligures show that the cor poration is in a prosperous condition, Hut they also show that it has not found mich profit in manufacturing during jhc past twelve months. Graniteville factory, which has been paying quar crly dividends of four per cent., has reduced them to two per cent. This factory is also in a flourishing condition, IR its recent reports havo shown, but it eaunot pay dividends which it does not lorn. The Langley factory, the young est of three, hut one which has been mostskillfully and BiicceBsfnlly managed 'ince it commenced operations, takes he bull by tho horns and laconically mnounces that " No dividend has been leclarod by tho Lungley Manufacturing .onipany for the past quarter ns c tton snniifncturing has been unprofitable/' -Nashville Union and American. BOSTON BROWN Bni:.\u.-Scald thor oughly three pints of coin meal, add a ?alf pint of molasses und water or milk >nough to make a thin batter ; iuto Ibis itir a quart, of pifted rye meal (not rye lour) in which two teaspoonfuls of ?roast powder have been mixed, add ealt, md do not havo the dough very'stiff. Put. in a pudding pau with a tight cover; lot inti> a kettle of boiliug water and loil three hours, renowing tho water ti fnst as it wastes and keeping it sonstantly at 212deg. If yeast is used lo \iif-o ibo bread instead of yeast powder >r soda and cream tartar, tho dou^h mist Bet till it begins to ri?e. Sour nilk or buttermilk and Roda may be ised instead of yeast. Thus boiled or iteamcd, ifc has no crust, nnd is a most lelicious dish for a hungry man. -Tho Prince of Wales, tired of the lull routine of English public dinners, vith tho same bills of faro, the mono onous toasts and prolix speeches, in rodueed smoking into tho programme. To Bet tho Fashion at the last dinner of ho AnrioulturistH, lighting Lin cigar dmo-.t as poon as tho feasting was over. 3f courte, ho did not lack a following, ind Hoon the prince's porty woro wolf ing away contentedly, and proof against ho stupidest speechen that could be nade. Henceforth tho postprandial sigar will be a featnro of English public linnern. BOSTON'S BOY FIEND. Tho illrtHHncltiifieltH Connell Sny lio Blunt S iv In fr-Part lon In rs nt IIIH Iiorrliile AtroeltlcH-Wluit Came nf Heading Dime Novels. llofttou Oorreupoiidcuce of Hie N. Y. Uornltl. Tho council yesterday, by a voto of iivo to four, authorized the governor of Massachusetts to issno bin warrant for the execution of tho boy murderer, JCBBO Pomoroy. The facts of tho two murders com mitted by this boy aro only too well known. For months an immense press uro baa been brought to bear on tho governor and members of tho council, by parties in favor of meeting out to Pomoroy tho full extent of the law i. e. haugiug instead of commutation of senteueo to imprisonment for life. Delegation after delegation of ladies (mothers in noarlyall eases) havo waited upon mombere of tho oounoil at their homes, offices, on tho atroot, at, tho hotels while dining, and even in Btores when making necessary pnrchasos have they boen besieged by ladies as soon as recognized ns mem bers of tho governor's council, to cast their votos in favor of hanging whou over his case should como before tho council for tiual disposition. Hearings to tho public have been given at the stato liouso boforo tho governor and council on tho question of commutation of Bonteuco, and most able arguments have been made, on both sides, and yes terday tho decision wns made. In view of this, I am committing no breach of confidence when I write you of cortain facts connected with this caso. Jesso Pomoroy, is a moral monstrosity. IIo murdered two Binull children for no causo whatever. Ho did not rob them of even n pin ; he had no qunrrol with them, whereby his paasiouB might have been excited; he suffered no re vengeful feelings towards tho parents of tho victiniB. Tho children and their faniilies were perfect strangers to bim. No cause for these murders aro known. CONFESSION, He was visited at Ibo jail where ho has been confined sinco Iris conviction by members of tho council, who eon versed with liim on the subject of hi" crimes. They found him to bo on llh uhiudly bright and intelligent lad ; his answers were given with promptness and decision ; there was no wavering or hesitation in them, but right to thc point. When asked how many murders nc had committed his quick reply was, "Two, sir !" Ho was asked why ho killed tho little boy, aud replied that "ho did not know." He said that "ho was standing with others looking at the working o? n fire engine, when ho noticed a pretty lookiug littlo boy standing near. Ho suddenly asked the little fellow if bo wouldn't take a walk with him, and upon consenting, ho was led across marshes a distauco of at least a mile, when suddenly he felt a flutter ing in his head and mechanically lie took his pocket knife from his pocket, rapidly opened it, and stabbed, stabbed, stabbed it into bia littlo victim, having no consciousness of what ho was doing at tho time, and never that day fully ioaliziug what ho had done. That in all the time he was walking with tho boy ho did not have it in his mind to inj uro him, his only notion in having him with him was for companionship, and it was only when suddenly seized with this uncontrollable impulso that he did tho. deed, and it all occurred within II minute. Tho boy was a pretty child and that was what attracted him toward him." Till'. MtlRDBK OF TUB MTTMi Ullin. When asked about the oirennistnuces of his killing tho little girl in South Boston, ho said that " that morning his motlier and brother were away or en gaged, and ho was obliged to attend to the periodical Blore, no sat reading awhile when a pretty littlo giri, whom ho had never seen before, came in and asked for some papers. As Boon as she spjko this terrible feeling all through him, with tho fluttering iii his head, cauio over him, and ho replied, "they're down, cellar." . Unsuspectingly she opon ed tho door and passed down the stairs, Poraotoy immediately following, draw ing his knife as ho went. As BOOU ns the bottom was reached ho placed his left hand over her mouth, drew her bend back toward bin shoulder, and with tho knife iu his light hand euther throat and she was dead ill a minute. Not three minutes hud expired from tho time he first laid eyes on tho little girl boforo she was dead. A DIME NOVEri RE?I??R. Pomeroy has hoon a close reader .of dime nov?is ajul: yellow-covered litera turo until, os ono of tho 'gentleman staled in his argument before the coun cil, " his bruin wits turned, and his highest ambition was to bo tho 4 Texas Jack'of Soudi Boston." '. A RBMAURAIIIIK STORY.-A physician of this edy received from a brother physician, in a neighboring city, a few days since, u huunui heart, which has attached bi it a most remarkablo Btory. Tho mau from whoso body tho heart was taken attempted to commit suicido by stabbing himself with a kuife. Tho weapon penetrated the heart and cut a giifdi entirely through it. Notwith standing this tho mau lived for thirty duys afterwards, and would probably have survivt d for many years had ho not risen from his bed and got on a drunk. Whilo in an intoxicated con dition ho died. Tho heart is now in the museum of tho Georgia modicnl college. -Augusta (Oa.) Chronicle, -Tho Ni rgarnhackman has once moro como to tho surface. Ho drovo a young couple to a clergyman's house, officiated ns "best man" for tho bridegroom, drove tho pair back to their hotel, ami then called upon tho elwrgyman to di vide tho fee. with him. FACTS AND F A.NO LES. THE CARBI EB DOVE.-Z My bird lot IOOHO in far-off ukioa, When liaat'ning fondly homo, No'or Bloop? to oarth hor wing, nor thoa Wlioro idlo warblers roam, lint high Hbo shoots through air aud light, Abovo all low delav. Where nothing earthly bounds hor Hight, Nor shadow dims her way. | Bo grant mo, God, from ovory caro Anti stain of passion froo, ' Aloft through virtuo's purer air, To hold my courso to theo ! No sin to cloud, no luro to stay My poul as homo eho BpringH ; Thy sunshine on hor joyful way, Thy freedom on hor wings. -At Middletown, Del., nn immense peach refrigerator ia to be built, capable of holding 200,000 baskets of frnit, which tho projector guarantees to keep by a poouliar freezing process for six months. -Tho first fornido lawyor admitted to the bar of Ohio has provsd a dismal local failure. Tho baby is doing well however, and if the clients can wait, their cases may possibly come around all right. -Aftor all tho street-oar conductors * who have committed suicide beoanse thoir honesty was doubted, the _Now York companies now find that they have saved over a million dollars by the uso of tho boll-punch. -Tho TonnoBseo rivor went through tho strange freak of rising Borne eighteen inches and then ebbing .?nd flowing like the ocean for about four hours, at London, Tenn., the other day, and nobody can toll what was tho matter with it. MKMCAN FliAO. Timo Floodoni* topHido gloat big hill Spload out iiim pidgiu-lag on wing, Him Hp-bauR-alam bino night-dloss ?pilo, And hull dowd tip-top iloocoman Ming. ON HANG, Olalk stloot. *Fleodom alla Ham hiu-la Chinoo ; alla eame, make what plnaaoo. -Honey comos originally from tho roots of plants, and nudergoos processed during tho formation of tito flower, and that which is gathered up by tho boes is im exceps, and not OBsential to tho development of tho fruit or flower. Tf not Buved by the boo it would waato its sweetness on tho desert air. -The present rage in Paris for floral decorations ns a part of female embel lishment is noell, that to look nt some of tho ladies as they movo along, one would imagino that they had poked their head and waist through a bed of garden flow ers, and wore bearing off tho spoils over hnlf thoir persons. -A Snit Lake City Mormon gives to the world tho following remedy : "If you have children with red bair, give them wnrm. frosh milk from a Texns cow. It will onro it for certain to a black." If somobody will lend -usn Texas cow and a liaby with roil hair we should like to try it. Iv Mr LOVE.- ? If my lovo smile : So twinklo etarn, through night? by moons linnie i;old ; Ho lautlRt^nos boam 'neath Hummer HIUIR un - rollod. If my lovo laugh : . ' Ko play_ in Bong glad wavos nlong white Banda ; So liurpH bf loavoB laugh 'noatli .?Eolian hantln. If my lovo speak : 1 Ko riitho morry voicos of tho wood?, Thal cheer aliko sunshine and solitudes. If my lovo blush : Ko morning IIIIHIIOH up tho dimpled flkloB ; Ku OVO'H carnation with tho twilight din?. If my love woop : Ko fall tho crystal toara of night in dew. KkicH woop that oarth may bloom more fair and now. If my lovo lovo: Ko bliss lt'apw gladly from bloHt heart to heart ; Nor lifo nor doath shall find our SOUIH apart. - At tho Central market yesterday a )oDg-hnired man mounted a box and commcnoed : "My friends, who hath redncBB of eyes ? The drunkard. Who bath woo ? The drunkard. The Lord sent us pure cold water. There's noth ing like w-." At that moment a boy who was throwing water from tho gar dcn-hoRo used around there aooidently turned the stream against the stranger's bnck, mid ho jumpod down and said it was a enso of assault, and ran after a warrant. He said that no human being could throw cold water over him with out being made to suffer for it.-Detroit I'rec I^rcss. -If yon aro' well, lot yoursolf alone. Ono of tho great orrors of tho age is, wo mcdicato the body too mnoh. More .persons aro destroyed by eating bio much. Gluttony kills moro thar, drunk orinoss in civilized society. Tho best gymnasium is a wood yard, a clearing, or a corn field. A hearty langh is known, tho world over, to be a health^promoter; it elevates the spirit, enlivens tho circu lation, and is marvelously contngooos in a good sense. Bodily activity and bodily health aro inseparable. If the bowels ar? loso, lio down in bed, remain there and eat nothing until you are well. Tho three best medicines in the world aro warmth, abstinence and repose. -Is this tho post-office?" inquired a strnngor tho other day as he approach ed the stamp clerk's window. " It ia," was tho reply. " And yon have stamps hero?" "Y?s, Bir." " Will 'you- be so kind as to please sell mp one?" "I will." "I'm very sorry to have to bother you," continued the stranger whilo the olork was tearing off the stamp, " but I want to send a lotter out, and I hopo yoa'll excuse me." " That's all right." relied the clerk. "Yos, I boliovo it*is all right," said the stranger. " I'm a thousand timos obliged for your courtesy, and now I want to beg one more favor. 'Can I moil this letter hero?" " Why of courso." "Gani? Hero, give me your hand, young man 1 I've lived, around and about for over forty yenrs, and I've seen hard times. I ain't used to this sort o' kindness, it goes right to my heart I"-Free jPrcttfi.