FREE E. A. WEBSTER. Editor and Proprietor. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politic?. VOLUME IT. TIMELY TOPICS. AUGUSTA; Georgia, claims thc largest cotton factory in the south. Forty buildings are in process ol" erection, und houses.to the value off?350j00.0 haye been completed this year._ .t. A econ ni NO to a French statistician, . more thrui'a thousand people have per ished hy fires in. theatres from thc begin ning of the nineteenth century up to'thc present date, while the pecuniary loss amounts to *G0,O00,000. THE report that Gerald Massey, thc English'poet, has become insane is how denied by a personal friend of his, who say's that tl.f?t he is now"engaged on the greatest literary work of his life. THK St. Louis whisky distillers have yielded to - thc energetic, persistency of Secretary Ilristow, and have withdrawn their plea of "not guilty" filed in the most important counts, and by so doing Jiu Ve forfeited the goods seized. . .'. ATUE influenza or distemper among",ttt? liiSrses has become HtlmOjBt . universal tl?roughout tiie country, and, though Ro? to be compared^ in .severity' to'the Epidemie of two years hgo, it is .?Yill-tbe cause of considerable inconvenience and lOss. We hegih, also? to hear of fatal rc-< suits f?pm the disease;-and Jiorse-breed ers report the Whole season unfavorable to the successful rearing of- colts from thc fatal prevalence of . thc trouble among them.'. . ., - ^* . ' THE St. Louis Times, in referring to ? . th^.latt},\f?B?t>o?Jay,Gould,Sidney Dillon, Oliver Amc8.and other railroad ningnatcs, '.says' the niaih objecti pf their vis1t'.\vas to .fiporfeet'arrangemeiils-'to run through cars ;4 -fr.omr;h?rc ..to_.San Francisco via-the St* . Louis'anti,, Kansas City aud'-^prt -and Uriloh ;?nd Pacific railroads wit change, pnd ultimate^: froni. Nejj . via New York,,Central through rib. that thisjrt?pject is . "destined to forestall thc adnoh'.of the national railroad convention to be hclci ivfePTC next montj^and df-;possible, to kill " *^he'- Southern' Pacific railroad' "project rriiy?icli has mnnv strong friends here. . Vy.;-... , '....,*_-rr, ? . ' THE great powers of wintern Europe . have exerted their combined influence to smother the Servian rebellion and pro tect the dominion ol'the Turk a little .. langer. It 1s; easy to imagine how thc Czar smiles "in. bis-ilceve at their jeal ousy and tho secret intrigues it leads to .: .n ord?r ?to prevent Russia from getting a foothold oil tlie Mediterranean, espec 1. .ially. as eycTy"5;ear she i&? extending her .empire to Central Asia and throwing the net of her diplomacy dow'rj, towards thc ocean and Persian Gulf. Those flank movements arc, of vast importance, and if continued a quarter of a century will make it of very little moment what the great .powers say,. There is little use in defending the front door when the enemy . has captured all thc rest of thehouse. . " . . \V>: are indebted, says the-New Orleans Times, to the state registrar of Louisiana for an advance copy of a table showing the population of Louisiana, accordingtp state census of , 1875. AVe present the totals below, comparing them with' the figures pf the United Statescensusof I860 and 1870. They show a very large in crease during the five yours, but it is con * fined-chit?f?y to the rural parishes, that of j Orleans, comprising thc city of New Or leans, being only 12/121 : . I'Ol'Cr.ATION OF Til 13 STATIC. . . lSiiO. . 1870. 1875 Wilie..357,l.'x? 302,005 40I.<>1<> ?Vye.?.colored,. 18,?47 304,210 450,011 Stove*.:....i.331,720 . CHiiicscniUlItidiiuifi. .173 (?40 1,512 . , . Total......v.v....,..:70?,0Olj ' 720,5)15 857,039 Kj ? : I'OIMM.ATIO^r OK NKW. OIU.KAXS. ^Vliitv ....140,903 140,023 145,721 Free colored. 10,?I:;?> 50,45(1 57,047 J51a.ves...,. 14,484. . Chinese ?iud Indians ? 174 3? . 71 Total..174,050 191,410 203,430 THU return to -thc Pandora from an, all-suinmor.expedition to the arctic zone with nothing discovered but a warm current, a vessel of Ross's expedition abandoned, twenty-five, years ?go nm! still stuck in the Icc, and thc headstones .of, some.of Sir. John Franklin's biyried men, is tho last brief and uninteresting ?e?oufit ?f a brief and unromantic cruise in rather ha^k/iey^d ?cas. Thc Pandora expedition went within about 1,000 miles of thc pole* or thereabout, and reached tfcc Western longitude of thc Ped river settlement, passing..perhaps one-third of the. way westward through the series of straits north of Victoria land.; Peing a . steamer thc Pandora mflVcd^apWIy, and ' had thc northern se? been tfnobstriietcd !c?. ?.r ahrTincess Mercedes, .rite youngest of the ' two daughters of the Due tlc Monpcnsicr, 1 whose engagement to King Alfonso was rcce?tly announced: "It iajjpvitlently thought that a mar- ' riage between tho King and the Princess j Mexcedesjyould. produce cojisidcxuble ef fect in Spain, and rc-unitc, to thc exclu- 1 sion of the Carlist king, whom civil war ! and the blood which has been shed. .cutiL' oil'from the nation, in one and the same , interest, all members of thc royal family. Hut naturally this alliance would not be supported by the present cabinet, for it would free the king from the enervating j guardianship of the Duke of Sosto, and it is in this silent struggle, iii this incvita- ; hie antagonism, that the anticipated ex planation of events which will li appen in Spain must bc sought. It was with these I reflections that I spent tltc morning a tRan- I dan. 1 observed thc respectful cn thus'- j asm with which thc Spaniards treated the 1 young Princess, who has become the ob- : jeet of their combination, and it may he \ said of their hopes. The Princess herself < just passet! from childhood, lilli of grace 1 and ingeniousness, seemed unaware of the 1 royal destinies which perhaps await her, * as, with her eyes fixed on the Princess j Christina, lier sister, she laughed at the j. awkwardness of Prince Antonio, her little : brother, while they all abandoned them- I selves" arrricre pawer, to thc pleasures of . croquet on thc shady terrace of Kantian, t At thc end of the day thc Due dc Mon- ) pensicr was surrounded by his Spanish ( gucjts, who had ail resumed their Castil- i lilli gravity and whose attitude breathed t the traditional respect of old Spain for t those who sit tm the steps of thc throne, t Further on, the duchess, in the midst of t a circle of ladies; conversed in a discreet tone of voice, and raised her head" from time tb time to follow the children's game with a satisfied air and to simile at the hursts of laughter or frequent discussions entailed by thc croquet, while she is con demned to the severity of Spanish eti quette. The Princess Mercedes is otic of tue most graceful personages who could occupy a throne. Evidently thc Prin cess is yet too young to become immedi ately a royal bride for she is not yet .14 ; but I am sure that the young king, who knows her and who must have preserved a recollection of her, will easily become an accomplice of those wdio dream of giv ing to Spain that Princess who to-day breathes grace, and who to-morrow at thc wished-for hour will add to this grace thc kindly dignitv of a queen and the seduc tive charms of a woimm. Ijjo not know how far Spain is rn a position to give up itt struggles, competiM?mrad incessant war. I do not know how jar one ought to wish that this young princess should become ?the instrument of "ibis difficult undertaking. I do not knfew, should it bri accomplished, if one day I shall not think with satlness bf this young lady whom people arc trying to thrust into the Spanish furnace ; hut in leaving Randan, and while laughing at thc t hought that Thad been assisting at the supposed con spirators' feast, I was obliged to confesffl that this marriage might well lie pleasing to Spaniards sincerely desirous of procur ing a halt for their country on the path of agitation which it bas trod so long." -A merchant who, from being a very poor Ixiy, had risen to wealth and re nown, was once asked hy an intimate friend to .what ho attributed his success in life. "To prompt obedience to my parents," was-tuc reply. "In the midst of many hail*examples of youth of my own age,-I was always able to yield a reatly submission to the will of my fnl her and mother, and I firmly believe that a blessing hits, in consequence, rested upon mc and upon all my cllbrts." TWO ?IE:MSTI.%N.S. Two Christ ians traveled clown road, Who viewed tho "uiM ? ?iii ditloront.cyesj The one was pleased n illi rai l h's abode, 'i'lic oilier longing for iii'- skies. Kor one i he heavens were BO Mito, They niletl Iii" minti with fancies fowl ; Tin' iithcr'u eyes kept piercing through Only for Ililli Winch lies hcyolltl. Korrine, enchanting wo ilie'?res, The distance was di' .eely ?lim, Tlio hirds that llulti .c When about done fermenting, cork the cask tight; let it stand about three months; theii draw nil' into bottles. COI.OIUNt? APPLES. The Sacramentel Record says: "Mr. Charles Caine, w*no owns an extensive Di ehard near San Jose,-has a method of giving to red, striped and yellow apples i high coloring. I'lic fruit is picken and laid upon the ground inTong flat piles, under the half shade of the trees. It is desirable to give them as much sunlight is they will bear without sunburning. In two or three weeks the apples on the top will be richhv&olored. 1 hese are re ino ved, boxe'd ana sent to tlie' market, md the next layer exposed to the sun. His apples thus colored, especially the , D?ldwir., iSv...tl.'s~ ruder," and Spitzen-1 burghs, challenge the admiration of all ivho sec them. Ry this process apples that, when picked from the trees, were nlmost without color, will become bril liant as the reddest apple tai the tree, ind equally as fine as the liest." CT'T Koon Kort ?STOCK. The Western Rural says: Fanners in the west not having laid experience in reeding cut seed to stock, do not fully ap preciate the advantage to be derived rom it. It will be found that the same imount of hay or straw cut and -mixed vi til a little bran or smash will do nearly louble the amount of good as that fed nose to horses or cattle, which arc stall ed. When this plan becomes to he more nacticed, the advantage of the ini irovcd condition of the stock will be so ;rcat, that the cutting-box will become m indispensable requisite to every armer admiring good stock. It requires dine trouble, hut the stock needs Uris (Xtru care at a time when the ordinary vork of the farmer is not pressing. The iXpcnse is not great in the use of a hand michinc, and if a larger machine is used, he work may he done more rapidly, and' he power used to drive it may he used i?r other purposes of equal advantage in "ne farm economy. TOP-IlKKSSINCi MEADOWS. The resufts of a single top-dressing oil >ight plots of nearly half an acre each of andy, warm soil, of the Michigan State Sericultural college farm, exhibited the bllowing tacts at the end of three years: The top-dressing was applied in 1864, and .he grass was cut twice each season in 1864 and 18(50, and once in I8GG. The .reduce of each cutting and of each lot vas weighed separately and a perfect .ecord kept. Tlie results for the four icasons were as follows: Qh-.tho. *i)lot to which no manure or fertilizer was applied, the total weight of hay yielded per acre was 8,740 pounds. Where two bushels of plaster per acre was applied, the yield per acre was 13,22<> pounds, a gain of 4,474 pounds. Where live bushels of wood ashes were applied, thc yield per aero, was 12,007 pounds, a gain of 4,165 pounds. Where three bushels of salt were sown per acre the yield waa 13,900 pounds, a gain per acre of 5,227 pounds. Where twenty loads of muck per acre was laid on, thc yield per acre was 13,810 pounds, a gain-of 5,074 pounds.. Where twenty loads ol" horse manure was laid on, thc yield was 14,686 pounds, a gain of 6,224 pounds. These -arc the results which indicate that there are fertilizers which will prod lice as good results ?us plaster. For instance/the plaster yielded a gidn of fifty-one per cent, while the norse manure gave an increase of seventy one per cent, or nearly a ton moro*grass per acrc^in'thc three years. PLAC?? KOK TflE WAOON-r.OX. The American Agriculturist has the following; When not in usc the wagon box is a cumbrous thing to stow away. It is too costly to bc allowed to liront amongst the plows and harrows, and too bulky to find ?.place in the tool-house or thc shctls. Generally it lies tip against the fence, or at tim back of the liam, where it is as much injured in one year by exposure iwit would bc by several years pf use. A very convenient plan is to hoist it up to the ceiling of-a" wngoji slii'.l. (ivor thc placo where the Wilgul. usually stands; here it eau always he low ered piutotlic wogoii in two minutes, and it is on*ol' thc way and safe fruin injury. It is necessary to have four rings on the wagon-box^ one near each corner, two short ropes and two long ones; and two small pulley-blocks fastened to the hearns overhead. The short ropes are tied to the rings, each crossing one end of the wagon-box. There should he a loop in the middle of each of these short ropes, to which the long ropes can he tied or hooked.* "When the wagon is hacked into the proper place the ropes are fastened to the wagon-box, and each end of the box is hoisted a few feet alternately (if there ?sonly one person to pull it up) until it is high enough. The ropes are fastened around cleats fixed to the wall of the shed. THE CROUP AND ITS TREATMENT. This disease causes death hy sn (location. The entrance of, the windpipe is very small ; a little cold causes the lining of the part called the mucous membrane to swell. .Thi-.' dimishes the openigg, which is made smaller still hy what is called submucous infiltration-that is, this mu cous membrane, hoing inflamed, throws out an extra amount of fluid, like the eye, when it is inflamed. This fluid hardens and forms at Length a kind of layer which is sometimes of an almost leathery toughness ; increasing in thick ness until the orifice is so nearly closed that the breath is obstructed. . Nau seating medicines dilute this formation and thus aid to bring it away. A favor ite prescription for a quarter of a century among eminent physicians was to mix a teaspoonful of powdered alum with a lit tle sugar to make it palatable. Tho im mediate effect is to nauseate, giving great relief in a minute sometimes. Flannels dipped in ice-cold water, changed every two minutes, and squeezed a little so as to dribble and wet the cloth ing, ia an sxcellent remedy, because it cools thc parts and diminishes the amount of blood sent there, and as the phlegm is made out of the blood a less amount is made, and relief is certain. But flannel dipped in water as hot as can be horne and applied to thc part,changed every t*'o minutes, carries off the heat by evaporation, and, irritating the sur face, brings tho blood away from the in terior,, "aral thus diminishes thc phlegm. ' (?oort Advice. The author of this is not known, but he-or is oortainly a wise, man or wo man : Would vou show yourself really good toVour daughters? Then bc gen erou?_to(thom in a truer sense than that of heap Eg"tiinket.s on their necks. Train them for independence first, and then la bor to give it to them. Let them, as soon as ever they are grown up, have some lit tle money, or means of making money, to he tlieir own, and teach them how to deal with it, without needing every mo ment somebody to help them. Calculate what you give them or will bequeath to them, not as is usually done, on. the chances of their making a rich marriage, but on the probability of their remaining single, and according to the scale of liv ing to which you have accustomed thom. Suppress their luxury now if need ho, but do not leave them with scarcely hare necessaries hereafter, in striking contrast to their present home. Above all, help thom to help themfcelves. Fit thom to he-able to add toJ;heir own means, rather than to ho fore'ver pinching and econo mizing till their-minds are narrowed and their hearts are sick. (Jive all tho cul ture you can to every power which they, may possess. If they should marry after all, they will he the happier and the lat ter for it. If they should remain among the million of the unmarried, they will bless you in your grave, and say of you, what cannot l>e said of many a doting parent hy his surviving child: My lather cared that.I should be happy after his death ns well as while I was his pct and his toy. Why Professional Men are Thriftless. Th 3 laborer who has saved money is better fitted, perhaps, than any one to | employ to advantage the kind of labor in which he himself is versed. But the lawyer or thc author who has saved money has no way open to him of turn ing, at the same time, both his knowledge and bin money to account hy thc success ful employments o? thc talents of other lawyers or other authors in undertakings like unto his own. Perhaps, indeed, something ofHhi.-* kind happens when a popular author like Dickens turnseditor, and collects around him a staff of clever writers, who admire his genius and arc even disposed to copy his mannerisms. But the case is exceptional, and as a rule it so seldom turns out that the very suc cessful author happens to have the qual ities of a successful editor and journalist, that exceptions bf this kind may he put aside as irrelevant. No doubt one of thc great reasons why professional men are, on the whole, so thriftless in proportion to their gains ia this-thai the occupation which absorbs their energies is not one the gains of which can nc extended hy the help bf ju dicious saving and investment.. A man can not bo successful in commerce, nor, indeed, very successful even as a skilled laborer, without a strong motive for sav ing in order' to secure more success, cither of the. same sort, or at least of a closely analogous sort. But'a profes sional man who is very successful rarely ' has a strictly ,, professional motive for saving. Thc more his heart is absorbed by his work, the loss he he thinks of providing for himself in di rections which are in no way bound up ' in his work.. THERE is no changes to speak of in the election returns from-Iowa. The Repub lican majority ?H about thirty-one tliou . ?and. ^ ' TUE SADDEST OP ALL. lVairtte Tliat Would Have Ifrlvcn nu n : i > ? - ??ure ?Inil. SI. LIIIIIM Uopubllcnn. * Once in a wiiilc something happens in the world, so far removed from thcnatural, proper order of things, so thoroughly and awfully abnormal in its quality, so com pletely preposterous in its cons?quences, that the average manean almost weep from sheer wrath at an evinced disregard of the eternal properties. They may weep over this statement of an actual fact: In 1853?8 gentleman, whose name need not bc.given, closed up a profitable drug business, and retired upon a deserved com petency. A taste for the good things of the world had thissuccessful businessman, and when he retired he selected from his stock of liquors a supply of thc best, for^ji private consumption. Kare Bourbon twen ty years old, was carefully bestowed in bot tles and decanters; smooth, oily brandy was similarly put aside; rich port and brown sherry and precious cordials were pre served with equal care, and when he final ly went on tot" business, the gentleman re ferred to had in his possession a rare lot of liquors contained in a ?variety ol' bottles, decanters, jugs and other recep tacles. Then came a sudden death, and the . business man's possessions decended to {j his kinsfolk. The bottled liquors went to a near relative whose family were not in the habit of looking upon thc wine when red or any other color, or of con suming liquor iii any form. The bottles and decanters and jugs were put away, as so much rubbish, in the garret, and left undisturbed. There, in the lonely garret, the liquors stayed, and the years passed by. The Bourbon; grew richer, the brandy oilier, the wines more nutty, the cordials more like the very elixir of life. The ocean cable became i fact, Germany took a slice of France and her milliards, Stan ley found Livingstone, and other great things happened, and still, by days and weeks, and months and years, in liottles and decanters and jugs, hidden away, half forgotten, in the dusty garret, the rich Bourbon grew richer, the oily bandy oilier, the nutty wines more nutty, the precious cordial more like the elixir of life. Time, the great distiller was doing his best. Time still passes, as time always docs and in the household where the liquors werj, the thrifty housewife and her assist ant daughters kept all things neat and orderly, and,,furnished a well-provided table. They do so still. It has always been the custom of these ladies to put up in autumn a large supply of pickles and preserves and jams and such delicacies, and a while ago they began the usual work. They had accomplished much, when at a certain stage, with a great deal of fruit on their hands, they found them selves without bottles to hold thc various essences and extracts and other sloppy necessaries for the work. Home one spoke up. "There are a lot ol old bottles and ju with nasty liquors in them up in th garret." The suggestion was enough; the ukase was issued by the good mother, and one was sent to take ali the bottles and jugs iii thc garret and prepare them fen? Use. They were all brought down and the con- y tents emptied oil thc ground in the back j. yard, that thc vessels might be used for household purposes! The Fnglish language is a very good language for some purposes, but then, you know, it is totally inadequate for the purpose just here. The thirsty earth drank up the precious liquor and gave no sign, but had it lips it would have smacked them; had it eyes it would have rolled them. The greedy earth took all, the rich bourbon, tho oily brandy, the nutty wines, the exquisite cordials! What an aroma, lit to tickle the nostrils of gods upon Olympus, must have arisen ! What delicious agony of exhalation? The sweet inaudible wail of a lost spirit! Comprehend it if you can. Bourbon forty-three years old, other nec tar as priceless, all cast away as common stuff, lit hot even for beasts that perish -and no earthquake, no lightning from the sky, no convulsions of nature to pun ish the thing. "Think of it, drink of it (no, you can't drink of it, because its gone), dissolute, man !" Was ever such an outrage before? This is no mere sketch from the imagin ation, this is a simple statement of a hor rible fact. Is its knowledge not enough to make the niau with organs of taste and |-fcmeH, a temporary maniac, enough to make him w^tnt to go and dash his head against a pillar of iron? Oh, ghost of old Silenus! Newest Fashion Freaks. La Boiteuse (the cripple) is the name thc French modistes have given an over skirt that is one-sided, or made to look so by being draped higher on thc right side than on the left. Thc over-skirt that finds most favor hore arc those that have very deep aprons, reaching quite to thc foot of the skirt licneathi These aprons are now very much trimmed, ano thc most popular one of all has large upright folds that meet iti the middle of the apron, are hcid Utera by bo>.' .?, and the folds then slope up the side and arc lost in tho drapery of the back. The front of costumes is the objective point for the trimming this sensofr. Parisiennes have been abandoned tour nures and all bouffant effects, and the garniture is now massed in front or on the sides. Jabots, folds, lows, tabliers and pockets trim the front and sides abundantly, yet the fashion of tying the skirt back remains, and thus the fullness is massed behind. Sleeves are also very much trimmed this season. There is less shirring and puffing upon them, but there is a fancy for rows of horizontal folds, for irregular ? iaits across thc whole" front ol' tho ??cCYej and for deep cuffs that triai tlic sleeve to tiic elbow. ^Notwithstanding fringe.in laces arc so lavishly used, there is a fine style found in tiie untrimmed garments that makes them popular. Tltere'are oversights and polonaises of thc richest frabies that are merely hemmed or faced, and thus the purchaser can afford to invest more money in the material pf her suit. Muffs are made to match thc new cos tumes. Dresses of brocaded velvet and lille have mulls of the velvet ornamented .villi small bouquets bf (lowers. Feather muffs, exceedingly light, small and warm. ?re also shown to match thc feather hur lers of costumes. Wide ruchcsarc made if feathers Unit arc stripped irom the items, and sewed-on straight instead ol' icing curled. There is Iben a muff to natch. These ut tail's arc very handsome n natural gray ostrich feathers, in narabotit, and iii the dark green cocks' eathers. . Of all garments that have grown longer, doaks show the most decided increase in eiigth. The long pelisses andhasquincs, ?early fitted to the figure, are'revived for sloth cloaks, while long French sacques vith louse liaeks arc used for those of iilk that arc lined with ?fur. Dolmans ire also longer, and have ample sleeves 'rom the elbows to the wrist. There arc ither new wraps that resemble thc double tapes of two years ago, but which have he fronts turned up to form sleeves, s'ew jackets of figured camel's hair have hised sleeves with outside page sleeves lunging Jong and square, and showing a hiing of*velvet. * New wedding dresses arc of soft, hlstre CSS faille, trimmed with a gallon of white lille, wrought with pearls, and also ivit?-t licol crcpclissee, that is seal lopped and inished with a narrow 41 purl edging'" ?raid. These dresses have square court rains, elaborate fablers, and cuirass lasques. The Howers are white crushed uses and eglantine. Fichus ami scarf ashes arc on other wedding dresses, and n the tulle dresses of bride-maids. The Curiosities of Fever Infection. Men of science 'speak of epidemic raves, and of scarlet fever being com ltinicateif by the few drops of milk ditch you pour into your tea, or the ream diffused in a dish of strawberries > )n a late occasion, at a fashionable dinner* arty in London, as many as eight or ten nests, and seven members of the house ibid, took scarlet To,ver._ Obviously, thc nfeelion must have been caught Tit the inner party ; but how was thc puzzlinp latter of inquiry, for no one in thc ihm- . ly of thc host \vate known to have been fleeted with the disorder. Was the dis asc brought to the house hy a waiter? Vas it conveyed in the table-linen from lie washerwoman ? Was it somehow in orporated in thc cream that had been ised iii the dessert? An investigation n these and other points, as wc unders tand, was made, but not with any satis" actory result. Thc cream was thought o he the most likely vehicle, of infec ioii ; hut how could any one be certain ll the point? The cream employed in tishiohablc dessert in London is possibly nad? up of half a dozen creams from as nany dairies, and inquiry ends only in aili conjecture. Rather a hazardous hi.-.g, one would say, going out to dinner dieu you may run tho chance of toing lilied in a manner so very mysterious. Voiile, in their innocence, arc not aware f the manner in which contagious (Us ases may bc communicated hy public onvcyanc.es, by articles of dress, by (wellings, by the very atnospherc. Wc lave just heard an instance of tl?.e com nunication of scarlet fever by menus of . "kist," the name usually given in Seel and to a servant's trunk. A servant girl II Morayshirc fell ill with scarlet fever ind died, lier kist, a painted wooden nix, containing all her worldly goods, 1er later clothing included, was sent ionic to her relations, and lay for some veeks at a station on the Speyside mil ray before an opportunity occurred for einoving it by a cart to her mother's .ottage among the hill. During this in erval thc station master's children, in omiiing about, conducted their..gambols >n the kist, which was a repository o tontngion, and iii due course were struck* lown with scarlet fever. At length thc ?ital kist was conveyed to its destination, md the contents were dispersed among 'neilds and neighbors. The donations vere kindly incant, but they proved atal. No precautions had been taken to lisinfect the articles, thc result being dint wherever the clothes of the deceased ;ir1 were taken in scarlet fever fourni ts victims. For several months the "ever raged, until the wave of its infec tion was expended. Now ensued a re markable event. Thc outbreak proved Lo he an opposing ban 1er to the Jip;cad if a more virulent type of scarlatina advancing from another q harter at a later period of thc year. On reaching the [briner scene of the disease, it was arrested for want bf material to, feed upon, a second attack being very unusual. Chaiiidcr'.s Joumal. A ne".?' company, introducing a novel form of insurance, has been organized in New York. It is called the * national hurglar-y insurance company, atid claims a capital of 81,000,000, paid tip. Its title sufficiently indicates its purpose, which is lo insure, thc owners of property of every kind and description, in dwell ings', stores, manufactories, churches, public buildings, warehouses, etc., against loss hy the depredations of burglars. Thc company advert? cs that it will employ a special patrol and detective force to protect the property of its in sured, and ki recover the, same if stolen If hot recovered within -ixty days after it ts Stolen; tho company agree to pay it? cash value at thc time, of thc tim?.