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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. Tili: (il I.F STD ICM. llt'Vttnf itt lim In Toxi?? Wlnil :iml ??':?,lor -?.':.l\?"?lon nt Hiv *il?**rf*ji ol' lite .Son tl il,.? ol .SlI'l-olH I. ; > i< i ?V-tolO ill tile lOllll Of III?* I'ol ol I'liiocl-?Un?? : iciii.i i?.I mill lil li rt-i i |<| i HUN 4'ai'i'it'it 1*1*11111 Tlit'ii' lunn Oaf iou*. Itlir.Tlnu I'nrl.i Unman ItrtuifN in I Iii" ?'onciiil ICnin. NowOrlciiu-i S|HVI:I1 In ('hi<-ni;n Timen. Knill) passengers who arri ved from Gal veston to-night tlu? most harrowing ac counts of tito clarets nf the cyclone were gathered, ns ii is estimated that some for ty live? were lust ami near i2*?i* houses were swept away hy thc Hood, which cov ered the city for fully two days, besides others made untenantable by the losing of* their foundations hy the water. The scene between the hours of 12, mid night, oh Thursihiv, und I o'clock on Friday morning, witnessed TliK Mi 1ST I'liAllFlM. SCKNKS in thc island city, the events occurring then hoing of thc most thrilling and heart-rending character, houses being un dermined and sent with their inmutes whirling tlmmgh the streets, some lodg ing mu? others I icing turned over in their progress to bury ulive tin- inmates in tho debris ur drown them as they attempted to escape. Nut until 7 o'clock Friday morning, did the wind change to the south and drive the water fruin the city, the fall being almost as rapid as had been the rise, and at >S (relock scarcely any water was left in tlie streets, boats in thc meantime being used, and busily plying between the suburbs and the heart ol'the city KKMOVINti WOMKN A N P ('111 I.DU KN lo places ol' safety, the greatest alarm ex isting, as (lie waves during the night swept with immense force from thc mill' to tho bay. Scarcely had quiet bi en re stored, with tho disappearance of the wa ter, when the wind shifted, and increasing in force gradually won- around to the southwest, again sending the Water through the city fruin the west end, and by 8 ??'clock in the afternoon the strand and bay front, which bul a few hours be fore were nearly dry, became covered with waler to the second floor, covering tho wharves, thc wind blowing at forty huies an hour, and sending the water up with immense turee, and A (?A IN I* OOni Nil KVKUYTHINfi. 'fhe sturm continued until nightfall, when the wind went down, and the wilt? . .'ell as suddenly its it rose, leaving innumerable wrecks of churches, houses, barns, and leaving many ships and slnnps high and dry in thc streets of the city, or lipon the beach, and damaging the stock nf gnnds in sume of die Store** tu a large extent, bul tn what exact amount .could .notbe ascertained up to Saturday morning, when the steamship Mary left thc harbor. At that time the stores ?vere closed, thc merchants and citizens generally assembling to devise ways for the immediate itKi.iKK OK TIM: DESTITUTK in the way ol' fond, shelter, etc.. hun dreds of them being without humes or anything to cat. The Howard associa tion was also being organized, but even with its tull force they would hardly ho able tn meet thc wants of the distressed, who numbered at least five hundred. Every house in the city, cast of Saith street, from A street to the (iltlf, was wrecked or damaged to such an extent that they were untenantable. Till*. KA ll,KOA li 111(11 Ki KS, it seems, were badly damaged, some stating that it would require a week in repairing them, while others were equally ns confident thai ii would require two weeks to repair thc new Santa Ke bridge, and a mitch longer time to re place the Houston bridge. The city bridges were entirely swept away, some of them being carried severa! miles fruin their original location. Not :i tree, not a shrub, is left standing upon the island, the scene presenting, as the .Mary left the harbor. A IIA II lt KN WASTK, not unlike a desert, excepting that the standing houses gave :i token of life. The steamship Mary started front her wharf at liai veston on Wednesday morn ing while the wind was blowing a gale, ?ind evidently it was thc intention of the ('alveston agent to semi her to lira shear, but knowing it pe? ileus to put to sea during such a storm, Capt. Henson concluded to go no further than the buy, and, after getting a safe distance from the dh wa rf, let go both anchors, his udginont forbidding hint from proceed ing further, notwithstanding thc, ns your reporter learned, "imperativo order" lo go to sea. Had he done so, the boat willi al! un board would doubt less have been lost, as she could not have withstoi ul .nu: TintitiniiK (?ru* SKAS that prevailed all (hat night. About one o'clock on Friday morning, when thc gale raged the fiercest and the seas dashing over the boat, and when noth ing could be seen a boat's length dis tant, t!te I'nglish bark Mary Mel lowell, a three mast vessel and thc largest tn thc harbor, was driven against thc steamship Mary, evett while thc former had ber anchor mit. Houston S|Mfi:il to New Yi>rk lleriilil. The following dispatch was sent by a special reporter, who pushed through to the city mi a schooner, lt is the first re liable news from (lalveston since the storm began: "I reached here about, five o'clock thi- evening < I Kl bl, coming over in u schooner from Virginia Point. The city show:- 1ml little signs of thc storm. ' In the business part ol I he town the wharves are safe and sound, and tho streets show but little sign of the lorty cight hours' inundation. TIM: LOSS OK I.II r. A grout many houses wi re unrooted, und a great nu inlier of shade lives were blown down. Thc water has subsided af this time, except what may bc standing "?in tue low places. The destructioii ot life in tuc city wits small, lt cannot he truly estimated yet, but uni more than :: ?lo/oh lives have boon lost. A woman vas crushed by Ibo Palling of her hon-.-. Dr. Peet? city physician, was lust :it thc quarantine station, together with his grandson, Willie lllunt. Ile moved his lamily into the city and then went back to the station, which was destroyed. Sixty men at work on the breakwater were cut oil' from tile city. A xix K MILK inti rr. All were saved but four. One of these. Pal rick Lnmhigau, drifted lo Virginia Point on a plank (niue miles)and struck the Santa IV bridge and hung to it. Three vessels in port dragged their an chors. One of them Is known tb he safe. Thc safe vessel is thc Memory, sui l'.ng lish brigantine. The steamer Diana weathered thc storm nobly. < Inc of thc dredge boats fm ni Ked fish ison thc prairie hoar Virginia l'oint. Two schooners drove through the < ?al veston railroad bridge and their crews were lost. Seven house- wen- destroyed ?lt Vir ginia Point. The stnrin was the fiercest ever known here by any citizen. A number of wrecks are reported on the island coast, but nothing definite is known concerning t hem. Matrimonial Kcnimmy. Dr. Lorenz Von Stein, one ot" the mos! eminent of the Austrian political econo mists, has recently made sonic admirable suggestions ?ti a lecture to thc (?crinan students in that city upon " woman in the sphere of nat ional economy " which ?ire worthy of re-production in discussing this important question, although his sta tistical theories are somewhat at variance ? with American practice and American management of thc household finances. Von Stein divides thc entire family in come into two distinct parts. Thc li rsl, which depends entirely ll pun husilioss and capital, belongs to thc husband. Thc second part, which pertains to household I economy, he subdivides into six paris. Four of these, including that piirt of thc income ttl be devoted to thc dwelling, lin standing wants, such as dress, light, lire and servants, thc expense of sickness, death, insurance and recreation, and ?1 certain sum set apart as the family sav ings-box for the subsequent benefit ol the children, are to bc under the i mine' (Hate jurisdiction of husband and witt together. The wife alone has the sob charge of thc other two parts, which in clude the tinily and weekly expenses o housekeeping. Nc thereupon demand! tllilt the wife, who thus has charge o one-third of thc life-economy and an eulin jurisdiction in thc other two-thirds, slial make thc closest possible estimates of al items ol' expense and of the prices an< quantities of commodities. Upon thi? point and its importance he says: " lt i: more important that girls should khov how much a family with an income o 1,200 or 2,400 dorins should spend Ol Hour and meat, turnips ami sugar, that how much nitrogen and oxygen enter inti their composition-most important lb them to know how much it costs to fcc? a lamp during a winter, and how mud clothing and washing t he household needs or how much fuel is required to cook Iii live |>ersoiis. Willi lins supervision ove thc expenses under her charge, the wif is to have the care of the house and sc that all things are in order and notion: is wasted or lost." There is a vast deal of wisdom am sound philosophy in Dr. Von .Stein'ssui! gesf ?ons. and t hey arc liol ?tl toge I her with out a sentimental hearing. They have very evident hearing upon connubial ha j pi ness, since good and economical house keeping can make a happy home and hat housekeeping cannot, lt would pro bald; astound any person, even thc most ol servant, to know how much business th divorce courts have done which has grow out of dirty rooms, ill-cooked meals, III wisc provision bf commodities, had huj big, waste of money, etc. (.'arelcssno? and improvidence have been the In steps in tin-ruin of manya family, whil prudence, economy and thrift arc vcr sure to cement more closely the bonds . mutual love ill thc family. As \'o Stein says: "The frugal wife in her nen dress at breakfast, who sends her htishan to his business with good spirits, has mo: hold on him. year in and year out, ilia the spendthrift pleasure-seeker who tri? to charm him in thc evening hy her sill and jewels." A Pol ni for Postal-Card Senders. Thc postal laws prohibit any writ ii upon a newspaper or wrapper sent 1 mail, unless prepaid with letter posing and restricts thc writing on postal can to thc back (d' thc same. A single wo] is considered to be a violation ol' thc regulations, and papers which ove alivi?os people la.!".-! "one paper" on tl wrapper, to Indicate the exact conten thereof, arc pretty sure to never rem their destination. The other dav (?Iiicago finn received a postal card, ! which six cents additional postage? i'htirgedrtbec?iuse on thc lower Iel! Inn coiner of the lac- was written "Senti 1 i Wi." The jins Umist er general was ; pealed to. and seiil the following: "< ont lernen : In answer to your i qtllry, I have lo state thal liv a ruling this department anything whatever, e eept an address, written or printed up thc side of thc postal card intended | I the address, renders such card limitai hie, and thc same can liol he legally f< I warded, unies.-, prepaid al lh< letter rs -three cents, lint if, hy iliad vertan it reaches its destination without sn prepayment, it is chargeable, with don the let ter rates, under the provisions section l-'ii', portal laws, edition of ls In accordance with thc said ruling, 1 card submitted was rendered subject letter postage hy the writing inc date j the -ide d< signed for tho address, ? i having been forwarded wildon' the j J payment of such |M?slagc,i( Ix-camc lia i 1.1 double the letter rates-six cents.'' Funeral Hiles of nu A fr i cnn nf Hank. A correspondent ul' the London Times ?rives, the following vivid description ol tlie seenes which attend the death ol' a .. eahoeeer," or man ol' rank, in Ash antee: Well, immediately alter demise, the hody ol' a eahoeeer i> washed, anointed j with sweet oils and grease, and sptitiklcd ; with gold-dust. The oils ami grease cause tin- gold-dust to stick to the corpse, which being black, throws oil' the bright color of the gold to perfection. The heard is trimmed into knots, and upon i each knot are tied small heads of glass I and thin particles ol' gold. lite Ashall- ? tees, you perceive, are as dainty in the decoration of the heads of their dead as the Assyrian dandies were ol' their own when living. In cloth of costly silk emhroidcrcd damask, or in velvet or in other rich garments, the hoily is dressed and ornamented with armlets and necklaces of gold ami silver. Very of ten pure lu ni ps of un wrought nug gets of gold, bored through and through, are strung upon a piece of hempen >tring and twisted round ila- forearms in the form ol' bracelets. Thusgavly bedizened and performed and cleansed the body is placed upon a chair in sitting attitude, or is shown recumbent upon a heil, trimmed with gaudy drapery. Winn this combined rite of purification and garniture has been completed the rela tions assemble and begin to dame and sing. While the relations and friends are making merry a fetishinaii, or priest. i> led -lowly into the festive throng, and the female slaves of tin- dead eahoeeer arc brought before him. After the utter ance nf various incantations he pretends that tin- fetish has denoted, liv means ot his ?)(cd?;ttinn, a certain slave for election to follow her master to the next world ; hut I need uni he a much trouble to suggest to vim that the members of the family always decide beforehand anning themselves which unfortunate wretch -hall accompany the deceased clue!', be ing chosen, ami by thc choice condemned lo die. the .-lave is stripped naked. Around her neck a wisp ol' hay is wound and her anns are rudely pinioned with a rope ol' straw. She is now roughly dragged a second time to the presence of the let Uliman, who recommends her, inf a speech of blasphemous rhodomoiitades and rhetorical parade, to serve her master dutifully through the mazes of the unknown sphere to which he has been su m moued on a journey. During the delivery ol' the portentous exhorta tion he ls busily employed in daubing a white-colored earth over the face of the weepihg slave : and w hen thc admonitory harangue has been exhausted he strikes her severely with his open palm upon either cheek. I n benighted zeal the Com pany snatch up the sacerdotal euc They Strive to rival one another in repeating the assault with the harshest violence, and in dealing the keenest pain on her mule and trembling person. the executioners, moreover, are blessed and the congregated hand ol' cahoccers manifest their profound respect hy raising the foot of each executioner with both hands and by rubbing the sole upon the crown ol' their heads. The natives of the (?ala coast have a loose conception of a state of purgatory dr prohat ion. and en tertain the ?dca that tile soul of the dead wander.-unrest i ugly for many yearsnho. i the world, and rei pl i res a servant for the performance of menial duties in his long and ceaseless wanderings. I lenee conies the custom ol' killim.' a slave al the death of a eahoeeer, lora eahoeeer may not draw waler, nor how wood, nor cook loud. Ilaving been removed by dint of cull's or manual force from the sight of the fe tishiuan, the slave is hurried to a wooden box, into which tile carcass of the eaho eeer will eventually he squeezed. Along the lid of the box the slave i< stretched upon her stomach, ami her feet ami head are grasped hy two executioners, so that her struggles may lie subject to control. A friend ol'the dead eahoeeer approaches thc prostrate creature and slashes her with a sword just below the right shoul der-blade. Catching thc blond thal Hows from the wound, he smears the box. When a silllicieney ol' blood has been drawn for this purpose she is lifted from the lui. and is reviled, st ruck and covered with spittle by the bystanders. All the while she utter- the loudest and most grievous lamentations; and the louder and more grievous they are, the more ac eeptahle do the torturers deem the sacri ficial gratuity to the dead eahoeeer. She if then driven to the spot where sin- is to be slain. When the hoad has been cut oil' thc heart is plucked out through an opening ill lin- back. A n executioner re ceives tlii- head with yells and frantic -'ams ol' joy. am! runs with it through the town. Savagely ami furiously he tosses ii to the ground and kicks it like a hall before him. snatches it up in his Hight, spit- upon it, llings it into the air. catches it in its descent, or, permitting it to drop heavily, kick- it again ami again. The doily is never buried, but is spurned aside lo be eaten h\ wild beasts or vullines. Mon lo (?row Mushrooms. Mushrooms may be cultivated simply hy laking manure from the stable in small heaps, as little broken as possible, ami laying them about three inches thick mi a hot bcd made of alt?rnale layeis ol tanner - hark and liorsc-dllllg, thc upper most layer consisting of filmer's bark about two inches thick, ( over the bed then with a lilt lc mannie and about three inches of good -oil. and over all a thick coat of straw. The manure containing the geno- may be known by the appear ance nf white threads running through '.he lit t le heaps, and these lu mp-on break ing will give forth a mushroom smell. Tho shed Pichi nd a hot-hon.-c or -table or lt cdW-huil-c i- good place l ira mush moni he?', ns tm light is required, hut indy warmth and moisture. Calcareous earth ol'any kind will greatly help.the I production of mushroom*. In Paris j there ?ire extensive underground mush I nunn gardens, several ?d' thc proprietors I of some nf thc I* renell mush room farms I having many miles ?it mushroom beds, cultivated entirely hy lamp light. In all moist climates they ought lo he pro duced sn groat abundance ami variety, (teing rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, ami constituting, as old Krasni tl s Ilarwill said, .. an isthmus between the two grout continents of nature, the vegetable ami animal kingdoms," they supply a whole some, dol'oioiis, ami nutritive food, ami Would limply repay the trouble of culti vating.- ??ural jVrw Yorker. Women ?\t Fairs. The agricultural fair is abroad again, ami the mumal reports ami premium lists will soon lill tin* papers. There is Untiling much drier intrinsically than a premium list to a non-exhibitor, hut nevertheless it has its value in the social history of the time. We have heen struck in particular by th?' character of the articles in which women sire en couraged toconuH'te, ami we think those ar! ?? les are peculiarly significant of tho toil exacted from the sex ami the cul ture commended to them. Although tnesc fairs are called agricultural, we are glad to see that they are also largely domestic and becoming more and more so. In no ease do we value the compe tition and rivalry aroused so much as the direction ami attention of the mind towani improvement There aro always premiums on hinter itMil cheese anil usually on bread, and perhaps ?m pickles and preserves and a few other staph s of housewifely produc tion. This is very profit'r, and our only suggestion is that the com|tctition is not carried far.enough and with proper dis crimination. We noticed, the other day, a prom i ll lil granted lor "thc liest one hundred dipped candles," when in this air?; of cheap kerosene and dear tallow, "dipped candles" must he a toilsome ?up] expensive 1 uNnrv. We can not hut entertain a feeling ot indignation also at the encouragement ?d' ehiborati hed quilts and other products of the needle in which the amount < ' ?altor involved set ms quite disproportionate td the use and beauty extracted. The American fa.in-wil'e is generally a hard-worked ju .xiii, and we believe that there : re nure restful diversions than in slaving he/ elf to trilles of this sort. We ?lo ?a? mean io frown mi the adornment of tin liouse amt the person, hut taste tc:.eh"s simplicity. The cn' n'etition sholl id he turned into other channels li lio. The clothing of the family, ami pirtieulary of th?- children, how much m;y he learned ami wived from a judi en us comparison in this direction'.' In si io rt every branch of woman's effort in th?- exhibition community should IK" re presented, hut with a view to the en couragement of thc useful, the tasteful, th. lahor-.-aving, the healthful, rather than the merely curious, the prodigi ouslv toilsome, or the soomlv iinjHissi hh.* A suggestive field ol' exhibition is that of "female accomplishments," in which arc usually awarded "one dollar," or "two dollars" for a few indifferent paintings in oil or erayonings. This is a relic ol tlie New England ten?ale cul ture, which llourished most violently lihout twenty years ago, and which ii fortunately is not yet extinct. We sliii have to acknowledge our gratitude all the chromos for this, among ot to things, that they have aided in the ex tinction ol' the passion for "painting, live dollars extra," which used to he a conspicuous feature of girls' education. The chromos are better pictures than the girls can paint, can he had for less than thc cost ol' material, and don't waste any time. Of course there are some excuses for it ; it was woman's ?'rude ellort tit adorn the hare old farm houses, and she toiled religiously at it, heaven bless her, unconscious that she was daubing. lt was no worse than multiplying wicked tucks ad infinitum ?ni the sewing machine, ami the great sin is that while they are painting and tucking they are growing np empty headed, arni without the knowledge which would sustain life when it pressed hard. There ar?' other accomplishments not so exhibitiible hut better worth while. A familiarity with F.nglish literature will adorn the house more even than ehr?.mos and lillies, though these have their plaies. We have been struck hy the good sense of a Vermont grange which hllK' ottered ami just awarded premiums for the lu st Dower gardens. - a wise encouragement to a healthy out door art. 'I'he first prize was awarded to a lady who had raised ninety varie tic- of geraniums ami soine very choice Howers, this in one of the remote hill town-. From horticulture the step i easy lo liol.iny. and ?o to a whole elliss of acc omplishments which ure really en dirging to the soul, recreativo and loni? to the winde he'mg. Of course it almos goes without saying that fairs, as coil corns women, should he in the hands o wollun. Sprhvifietd UrpubUran, \ roTTox press ol extraordinary j?ow? has just heen pul up in Charleston," C. lt is so ensily controlled that at ?m stroke a pre-ur?'.""of 1200 tons can h drought to hear upon a OOO pound hal of cotton, compressing lo a width ? -even and a hall inch? -, and at thc nex stroke a hickory nut. held between th platt? ns can he ernked without htirtin the linger.- of the ladder. Fnortissoit Tin: maintains hi- repu ti linn as the gnat American weat he pptphct. Ile predicted for i-'eptentho ingorilic waves ami voilent I em pest s fl the sen. Facts.sustain tho I'rofcifsor. Liszt's [Maying < hie lady Of rank, at whose house I Liszt was spending thc evening eomniit toil (lie extreme indiscretion ol* asking him tn ??lay, a violation id* all rules of et ??juette ii moil}; great musical artists. Ile had lieen eiiehantiiig her guests with his divine music in the earlier part ot* tho evening; ami had just come in from sup per, when she preferred her request. '? Madame, fat mannt Iris /na," was his answer (''Madame, 1 have eaten very lit tle,"), and, with this implication of hav ing played out the worth ?if his supper lie left the house. His contradictory ele ments only prove him to he what he is at the piano-half-demon, half-angel. If his mood happens to he a gloomy one. hi>lin gers My ahout as if he had a demoniac imp at tia- end of each one. Iiis playV ing heeoines almost infernal in its wild passionate power, and he looks furtively at his audience with a malicious expres sion of delight and triumph, watching the efleel he produces. Tlii- is his demon side. At oilier times he will play with tin- deep est pathos, touching the keys so care lessly, so tenderly, soweepingly, that I've seen men listen with tears running down their cheeks. And yet. when he rises from the piano, not ?1 sound is heard. He is too irreal to he applauded. I li" does not need it. Ile merely walks quietly away from the instrument, waiting until some one recovers hroath or self-posses sion enough to speak, and then perhaps the first break in the silence will he a long deep-drawn sigh, and " I low grand! " spoken in an undertone of awe. Liszt . knows his own power well-none helter ' -and makes no conceal inen t of hi- opin- ' ion. 1 have heard that upon one occas- J sion a holy asked him whom he thought . the greatest living pianist this was many ycarsago- -and he answered prompt ly, " ThaMicrg." " Hut," she said' aston- j ?shed. " do you consider him superior in yourself ?" And his answer was most r L'oiiimeiidahle in its engaging frankness: Jl . .Madame. I had no idea you made any delcin e to me. I stand too high io he ?om pa red to ordinary pianists." Hooks. Tlie following passage from f?regory Sanatison is the 1110.M extraordinary peciineii ol' rhetorical power wc are ac |iiaiiited withal. 1: 'lom Moore in his flowery essay on thc k ?reek Fathers, which appeared in the a Cd in hurg Ucvicw, called it a most in- ?1 pired piece of declamation, infinitely t u per io r lo anything of the same kind f 11 the whole ranjxe of Knglish literature, li ts effect is not spoiled in translation, a l is worthy ol" popularization. .loe n trenail, the leading writer of the old n sew (?ricans Ilcha-a young Irish exile, !S years of age, a genius, a poet, an ora- t or. a brilliant prose writer, endowed J' nth the greatest conversai ional powers, nd a hrave mu! gallant gentleman, ren- c lend this piece into Knglish. Poor s henan died in |S"?7 in New Orleans, the t itv of his adoption winn- he hoeame t anions. He nevi r stoic any man's noney, nor any man's thoughts. Had ie lived a few years longer In- would ' lave hecouie renowned all over our j omit rv. He rests in peace, out >>\' the s liriuoil ami villainies of our modern j ociety. in New Orleans, iii an ohscure . omer of the old Catholic S.t. Louis , 'oinetery. We often visit the grave of j he inspired poet, and always leave it vi til the consolation that lew wf the iviin: amongst us can. when their last lotir comes, sleep so soundly as our dear loe Krellall. 'l'he following is his translation: A hook is not a mere collection of Manuscripts, Ivoitnd in vellum, and orna neiited hy cunning hands, which amuses or a moment and passes away, ll is a lower an longs t men, which rules them, (ither like a tyrant or a merciful king, iurrendcring its sceptre after no tempo rary reign, hilt renewing it> prerogatives from year lo year forever. When Horace lovingly warned his lit ?le hook against its inevitiihle fate, and in-dieted for it the th u ni lungs of greasy .itizens or foolish school-hoys, he little hough! that he was addressing ti pilgrim >f eternity, charged with a divine mission if wisdom ami pleasure, which should ?case only when all thc sons of man bc ?omeas generous as .Muecnas and as gifted is l-'laeclls. When Ihnner chanted his great lyric it the leasts ni* tile hospitahle (? reeks, the mel (o poietns) was unconscious that his . traills would assume form and symmetry, ind, eoileeted in one mighty hook hy a relierons sovereign, liecoin? an heirloom if ago. until each of its hu ruing thoughts hot through the veins of humanity like irrows of empyrean lire. Who know- hut that these winged voids (ejica/'ir/nenia) 1 inscriheil upon his parchment to-day may reappear minngst reader- and students after many -entliries, and claim kindled and com lauinnship with later ami more gifted 1 cache rsoft hegospel. Who knows hu I I oat 1 fortunate sentence, springing suddenly from my pen. may contain a -ced nf im mortality, which should burgeon and blossom into.i IHIIIIKIICSS forest of thought umler which innumerable generations might n elim- in dream lu I repose. I scatter (bis seed broadcast; if harren, let it rut ; if fruit ful. Iel il grow. The factory women of I'ngliind have inaugurated a movement in favor of the appointment ot' female overseers in facto ries, and against legislativ* restrictions upon the Inlier of women. They he lleve they can. hy their own e?lbrts, obtain heiter hour.-, as men have done, without the interference nf parliament. . Tlli.iti: are 1,700,000 baptist's in tin I fui ted Slal?->. RIK) only 2fi0;000 in T'ng land. Virginia alone has as inanj it. Maim-, New Ilanipshire, V'^mont* and Massachusetts put toire.her. The ilenom iiiation is very popiilar with negroes. A CALIFORNIAN'S MCXIXICKXCE. One of thc California princes was casu ally strolling with his wife through Tif fany's jewelry cstablisninent. The wife culled lier husband's attention to a fate opal that was not yet set. It was taken out of the case, and thc value-$7,000 was named ns the juice. It was pur chased in London, and had belonged lo Kugenic's collection. The lady said it would make a handsome brooch set with diamonds. His attention was attracted by something else, and she passed en. lier husband then conferred with the elerk as to tile beauty of a necklace and curings in addition to the brooch. The elerk was authorized to draw a design for an entire set of opals and diamonds! The design when submitted was accepted, and the wife received a surprise present from her husband of the finest set of opals and diamonds in the country. The cost was a mere trifle-$27,000.* It WHS a slight addition to the collection she already possessed of a large set of diamonds which were too valuable for her to bring with her to Saratoga. She, however, felt no risk in wearing emeralds and din. monds that excited the envy of those whose chief delight consists in thc dis play (d' gems that cannot he rivalled. 11er coral set cost a thousand dollars, and there were other sets as valuable. She is handsome, and her laces ?md emeralds were tln> astonishment of congress hall bal l-r< M ?m.-Hartford Times. Cl j KA Tl X < ; AX IX X ( )( : ISN'T OI -I ) M A X. - One dav last mouth, when trade wits lull, a Vicksburg grocery clerk procured i piece of sole-leather from a shoemaker, tainted it black, and laid it aside for fu tir? use. Within a few days an old chap 'nun back in the country came in and liq ii i red fora plug of. chewing tobacco. The piece of sole-leather was tied up, ?aid for, and the purchaser started for ionic. At the end of the sixth day he ( turned, looking downcast and dejected, md walking into the store he inquired of he clerk : "'Member that tcrbackori got here thc ?tiler day?" "Yes." " Well, was that a new brand?" " No-same old brand." '. Kegular plug terbackcr, wal t?" -Yes.'' X %% "Well, then, it's me; it's rig herein ny jaws," Badly replied the . y "I mowed 1 was gittin purty old, l JI was lins handy oh bitin plug. I ne v ir seed ?ling afore this one thlltT couldn't tear o pieces at one chew. I fot-myjeeth on , . t) tins one, and hit and pulled and twisted ikea dog at a root,.and .I've kcpfAtjtS^*i?~>^-t nd pulling for six diivspihd there she am lbw, the same as the'day vou sold her to ne!" "Seems to be good plug," remarked he clerk, as he smelled of the counter eit. '. She's all right ; it's me. that's failing!" xclainied the old man. "Pass mc out onie line-cut, and I'll go home and deed he farm to the boys, and git ready for he grave."- Vicksburg JleralG? How NITRO-GLYCERINE is MADE. Nitro-glycerine is made hythe action f nitric acid upon glycerine at a low em pera tu re. 'lit? process consists es cn tia! ly in the slow mixture of glycer in- with the acid, everything being lacked in ice throughout the operation, md then in washing the nitro-glycerine rom thc excess of acid with water. During the iiroeesa irritating fumes arc riven oil" in large quantities. (Thc work nen resemble skeletons, they are so un leah hy.) When it is at last washed and cady "for use. nitro-glycerine is an oily ?quid, having a specific gravity of 1.0. .'reshly made it is creamy white and ipaque. After prolonged contact with he atmosphere, it clears and becomes ti ra asparen t amber color. It has a sweet minuit ic taste, and produces tl violent leadiichc if placed upon the tongue, or .ven allowed to touch the skin, though the workmen and miners who are con stantly using it soon get rid of this. At :?'.i to 4(1 degs. Fahrenheit it freezes to ?I white crvstaline mass. When frozen it ran not lie bred, and it is only safe dur ing transportation when frozen. FLOATIXO.-Men arc drowned by rais ing their arms above water, the unbuoyod iveight of which depresses the head, tither animals have neither motion or ihility to act in a similar manner, and therefore swim naturally. When a man falls into deep water, bc will rise to tho mrfnee, and will continue there if he loes not elevate his hands. If he moves lis hands under water, in any way lie ?leases, his head will rise so high as to rive him free liberty to breathe; and if ic will use his legs, as in the act of walk ing tor rather walking up stairs), his 'boulders will rise above the water, so that he may use the less exertion with his hands, or apply them to other ptir Itoses. These plain directions are recom mended to the recollection of those who liavi not learned to swim in their youth, as they may be lound highly advantage ous in many cases. SARATOGA KXTRAVAOANCE.<- How much is there spent on dress in a season at Saratoga? It would be a curious puz zle to solve. At a rough guess at least .jun,(Kio people visit this village every year. Two-thirds of these are women,or say, at a round ligure, (50,0(10. Thc aver age number <>(' Jr?sses-.ind for conveni ence >ake. we'll leave out such trifles ns bonnets, gloves, peucils, etc.,-bought hy each ol' these G(),000 fair ones may bo safely set down at ten, ?ind of those one half' are 'certainly new. Two hundred dollars for an average Saratoga dress isa pretty low computation; but let it pass -let'us bc generous, and not swell their husband's bills to more than they already arc. Thal would give us $1,000 spent bv each fair visitor, and, as a total, tho round s,,nl Of $?fi,000,000. How ninny schools and hospitals could lie founded with this amount?-Cor. St. Louis Jtte puiXimn*