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w . 9 / * VOLUME 11. v how a n::::o imui>. The Story of'tien. Maxoy (irfjfd'N Death at Frrtlcrii Kshur^. \s familiar lijruro as any about the State House William Rose, tiio colored nn'ssoinn'r at the Governor's ofiice, who has become, through faithful service, a (ixturo in that position, having served in the capacity for all the Governors since '7b, and indeed for a time in li>08 for Governor 1 Jon hum. As the body-servant of General Maxcv Gregg through all his aervico in the war up co the time when his gallant career was terminated l?v death, Rose's relations with the General were naturally of such a character as to bring to his personal knowledge much concerning the General's! life in the armr and the exact circumstances attending his death possessed by no one else. This lias long been known to many of the T'ends of the dead hero who have therefore often found it entertaining to talk with Rose upon the subject but his reminiscences and statements have never so far as known been published. To securely preserve this unwritten chapter of the his'orv of one of Sotit i Carol uu's most gallant and devoted son's, a reporter of 'J7ic Ah <jister last night secured from the venerable hody-servant n'8 eonruete iccoliections of the mailer. ile has a retentive memory nml speaks Positively even as to exact words used in certain cases and th?> story \v*s carefully taken down as^it fell from liis li{>s, lie holds ti:o memory of his departed master in the greatest reverence, and at times, as his narratvvo took him mentally back to the old scones and brought *i]) thoughts of the kindness he had received, his voice would choke with emotion and tears of ^outline feeling fill his eyes. Will Hose's first recollections of Maxcv Gregg go back to when he first knew of him as a student at the South Carolina College, but his first at intimate 'connection with him was when, as his servant, and Colonel Gregg then a member of Governor Mean's staff, lie accompanied him on his various trips with the Governor to military inspections ami encampments of that time. When the war broke out Gregg, being commissioned as Colonel of the First South.Carolina Volunteers, went at once to^ Charleston, where I ! 1 i ? ins command was soon joined by the Richland Volunteers. Rose was with them as a musician and applied for and secured the position of-body ! servant to Colonel Gregrg. From that time until death severed the 'connection, Hose was his devoted follower and attendant, and his faithfulness was prooerly appreciated. As an illustration of General Greco's bigh opinion of his servant the fol'owingmay be related: Whilst in camp at Suffolk, Va., General Gregg's tent was robbed. Several officers accused Rose f>f being tii(^ robber and so stated to Greyer, but the General wouldn't bol.ove it; laughed at the accusation. It finally transpired that the robbery hud been perpetrated 1 >y one of Captain Shooter's men, in whose possession several of the stolon article* were found. Concerning* General Gregg's character and habits as a soldier, his humble devoted follower pays high tribute, describing him as an officer be. love.J by all his men, ever mindful of their tmrnfort and interested in their welfare." Rose says he often expected to hear of his General being killn e<t long before lift nvhs, for when at Oentrevillo and elsewhere, being1 on the advanced line, it was his constant custom to leave camp early in the mornirff alone and bo absent someinos until after daik exploring the country in front and seeking to gain any information that might bo of value. Coming to tho fatal time, around which naturally the greatest interest must centre, Rose describes the circumstances attendant upon General Gregg's wounding and death as follows: Tho day was Saturday, and the fighting had been going on since morning. At about half-past ten o'clock Rose went towards a brick house whore ho was accustomed to get milk.*1 Mo saw a young man " '3E ttzxtie: : \oit roN. Alitor, i. < . u?><; i'ui)iNi?(>i' > 'named James Hamilton, a iimiiibt i of tin* limhland Volunteers, coming out of tin* hunting hattlo, .vounded in thf liii^li. lie hailed Hose nmi told liiin (. enoral (Intro had heen shot, and he feared was dead nv that time, liw I I.ad helped t<? cHiry him from the I field. Hose nt once reported the mows to Major Harry Ammond, Brigade Quartermaster, and then sent off on horseback to find his master. Near tin.' brick house alreadv alluded to ho found i )r. Howell taking o(T lej^s and arms in the open air, and was told by him that General Groom, badly shot, was inside. ^iose found his suffering master in ! m room on the first floor. Kino <>n a mattress on the floor. "Well, William, I'm *hot,M he said as his servant entered, and on beinjr told the news of it had reached camp, asked how itj/ot there. Hater, he ordered all his beloemincrs brought i wlmro he was, which w: - done, and his p>!d natch beinm aiming them, he then and there oa\e it to Hose to keep, saying lie had inten led to make provision for h n, ut it was then to i late. "When vou home to Carolina,' i iie said, "tell my sisters not to weep nor to mourn at mv death, but to look to Almighty find and meet me i in heaven." 11 ; several times repeated us a nie^Mi^", "Tel! (." )! uel lia k? '*. ?h;> 1 love him from thft bottom of my hea rt." 11^ bare his sufT^rino philosoph:callv and mo#?t of t' > 'inn lav orchis back with his hand- < irsjr a >ver his eves, except wlien some ( u? won come to speak t i Jem. He t.ohi Ko-e that all the siin; m tis of tin !> can. were cotnino to see him, and called each bv name I )rs. Howell, K i I?_r< >r< . Kvnns and iTujdier. They 'ill came i:i and saw him. General Growjr also said ho should dio at V) o'clock that nijrht, but in this ho proved mistaken, for ho lingered Iniijr after that. About midnight he asked if there was anv one in the house who knew where General Stonewall Jackson's headquarters were. A stout gontlomnn in citizen's dress, who was present, said lie did and asked why the question. General Gregg replied that he wanted to see him rind accordingly the General was sent for. General Gregg cautioned Hose whojjwas beside his bed that if asleep when General Jackson arrived ho must bo awakened, and as it happened when General Jackson did reach the place General Gregg was sleep ing. He was awakened by Roso who told liiin who whs there. General Jackson, approaching the bed, stretched out hip hand and said: "How do you do, General Gregg?'1 Taking the offered hand General Gregg said: "Is that yon, General Jackson?'' "yea,11 was the reply, "how are you feeling?1' j "Feeling as well as a man can feel, I shot as I am,1' wasGrogg's response; and then ad Iressing his superior o!Ii| cer earnest !y, lie said, "General JackI son, I sent for you, knowing that 1 am compelled to die, with no nnxietv at dying and having no malice in my : heart for any one.11 To this great Stonewall rejoined, |''General Gregg, you did exactly as ! 1 should have done myself.'1 In reply to a question from GenT[ ill Gregg as to where was going. General Jackson said ho was looking for provisions for his men. Soon after he left, informing General Greg 7 ?> O i * that in case he grow worse his Medical l)ircctor, l)r. Mngnire, was left at the house and would quickly come for him. The two Generals never met n life again, nor was it vcrv long before o ' ?/ Death found the second as tlie first. Genoral Gregg lingered all day Sunday and through tho night, pence tuily expirui<j at last at quarter of o o'clock Monday mornintj, December 13th, 1802. I lo was fully conscious up to the very last, and continued in conversation on his condition with his physician and as to his dear relatives and some private affairs with his faithful servant, Rose, in whose arms ho finally breathed his last. > The circumstance') of the solemn obsequies which followed are too well known here where they occurred to need extended mention. The ^1 : arc "touk CONWAY, S remains after Ivino in state at the t'itv llall were removed to the First ! Vesbvtorian Chnreh, where Rev. 1 )r. llowe on ached the funeral oration, and the last net of the tragedy was eonsnmated when, beneath the mould in Klin wood, the tenement of so r hie a soul w:n* laid at rest. t 'ofnnthi<t ZiCjisfry, Knd of the Trade Hollars. ( )ii ;i recent Friday afternoon the !a-t "melt" of the 8. Hto.bd.'l trade dollars which have been received at ??>. f..?v. .. vr*\7 v n?\i m i ill Wall street, since ill'* act of conorcss Authorizing their purchase went into effect, was complete and the limpid silver nan poured into the mold and transform into silver bricks, 1,100 to 1 k'J00 ounces in weight, A "melt" of silver at the assav ofVico menus .*>,000 ounces. Therefore, in order to make rrav with the whole number of this 3,500,000 of trade dollars about "00 "melts" were necessary. A reporter chanced to be present and st ?< ? 1 near '!r> cric'ble when these lad rerr c atives >f a dead currenI ey s! >\viy ! >st h : individuality it"1 -h:me!ess olitteiiee mass. When tin. las' 'Mntdt of tlaj tra< : ? (ki'lrr-- ha- b- e i po ire 1 in'n ! ina< e into brick, 11m repot j-t ohser\ed i' two mm::!1 (VU'iititics, nerhaos of a tr ain ? r two L i . . eacii. vn re >r *: *?> it'ie i? centric h : an ! sent to the as-n\ ntr room. i i s v "explained Vsshstrnt Avsayer .1. T. \N . der. "are the samples for as^avintf. 1'wo are t.i*< n f'om 1 * v h 'melts. hey : re ? .?< h assayed by dir-rent je-tns and their work inta lv. f't i!oi'> not the work i - rope ' i]. ! f tin twoassatstill fail !<: a^ive 11n? whole melt i? retnelted .ni l fresh samples taken Then tho process , wone through with a^ain. "'I'lie greatest oar- is t i," d M r. Wilder, ' ' ? u> o', aim i inaccuracies. The a : vi iir i done j hy 1 ho (iay 1 ss.k* method. Tint exact amount of 11>< ! w< ids I ati<! dissolved in nitric acid. Them im?n<r|i ehloriuo is udd< d to precipitate precisely a drachm of pure silver. The solution is then shaken for three minutes in a shaking machine | (run hv steam,) after which it is allowed to settle. More salt water b added, every atom of which is taken account of, and if any silver remains | in solution it shows a slight cloudiness. The operation is repeated until no cloudiness appears, showing that no silver remains in solution; I that it has all been precipitator], Then a calculation is mndo as to the ; exact fineness of the samples of silver in the trade dollar, which is cor1 reeled hv silver proofs. When the fineness is thorooulily ascertains! it | is stamped upon the bar or brick which has been formed bv the melted dollars, together with the value, weight, melt number and number of the liar. Then the bar or brick is j sent to the "itielosure" before menI tinned, where the other "trade dollar'1 I bricks are kept under a combination safe lock. The combination of this, as well as of the other safe locks in the building, is known onlv to Superintendent Mason and one other trusted official."?iVeic York Tri| hitiii', --?*? ? ? What the Itoys Sinolce. "Do you tink dot do poys und ! voun/r mens vould no so vond uv \ ? 4 dein cigarettes uf dey sees dot?" said a portlv (ionium to a reporter of the New York M<ni mnl k'.'pr who happened in a cij^ar store on the lOast side one ovonintr. As lie uinko lie pointed to a f'dlhy heao of ciupir stumns that !av in a corner behind the counter. "Do you ma' e einurettos out of that dirty stuff?" 4 . mine r:'uit, yes," lie replied, oppir'ptr liis eves in wonder at I "ho fiu stion. "Where did vou <*et i I V' "I pvs dent vroin beeplos. Dot leedlf* L'i'd vot ^oos out mid do nidi *is you mines in brot me uun,'1 "What do vou pay them?" "Veil, do f/irl brot a pail full, und 1 rrives lior ! > cents. She'll bo here py-und-bv rnit more,'' ho continued. uWhere fines she o'Ot thorn?'' "I'iek 'eiu nop mil de street, parrooms und so?-miot eee/ness sho make; ach." All in nil several bu ads of the filthy stuff was lairi out on the lloor of u rear room where u number of 111011 and boys were enjoined in rubbino the bespattered and mud-be^rimod stumps when they became dry. Tito hands of the boys were probably washed once a year. The Herman was in good humor , and laid bare his operations to the reporter. He smiled and said: 44l)ot makes a line smoke,you bed." ? ? > ?? in7ii 1.11(3 nuiiiiim ?iru DroilIJIH III, they are first dried by being placed before a lire. When dry they are nibbed between the hands until thev | are sheddod to the size of a pin's head. The stuff is then rolled in paper and sold for cigarettes. it is understood that at the present timo quite a number of manufacturers are making? cigarettes in the abovo r> f> manner. v ' ' -sro"U"35WCE: . TIH'RSDAY, DEC I>YIN<; -H <;<;i:i!M\i:r. Till' <>H( O 1** 11 !5J (llh 1 M(1 iittl <!od laslfjul Mis Day. The announcement that the once fatuous f<. s-1 i\ a I of .1 uo^ernaut has so deeliu >1 iu popularity a* to remit it neccssarv for tlio priests to liiro co >1ios to ?lrao the car, is a measure of tlio extent t<? which the destructive Solvent of western thought is beititf applied to eastern creeds. The car of the jrreat ip>d of Pooreo was one of the tints' sacred of lirahminic "proprieties," and the Katli .lattra a festival which, in importance, yielded to that or no other deity in the Hindoo Pantheon. Front every part of the va<-t etnpir of llindostan pilgrims Hocked to share in it, and wlten the , car of .Itt;, oa rnaut was drnt/ood once ;i yea trom 1110 temple in order to bathe the Lfods in the cool water or the tank, a mile and a half distant, the wildest enthusiasm seized the vast multitude of devotees. Thousands rushed to seize the cables, and so es?p?u- were the volunteers for this iioly service that the bos' nnc the greatest men of Orissn struggled with e<* c i other to obt lin a hold upon the < rones. To us" the language of an 0 old write* who witnessed t o \*. 1 .lailra in its palmy davs, "they are o greed v ami eager to draw ii that whosoe vi r, h\ sh< uldoring, crowding, ' ' ,io\ii he: \ no. thrusting or : i n:>v ius -lent wa^.onu '?uf lav a ha d 1 on t;:e r o>e tliev thinh 'ietr.se lv *s b ossed and harm. Ami when it b g1 nf , ? iopg il < c tv 'no'-e :ue m inv " at will offer tip tn s-! ves as a saerilice to in id11;, ai d de<pera.telv he down on t a- irround that the chariot wheels 1 mav run ovo them, whoreh\ thov tire ' khhd outright. Some pot. broken ' arms, auue broken lops, so that many are destroyed, and think to merit' heaven." ! n itoyoit or nir, <;oi>. At o;i a b tea dat ' t arlvrs to ! ipoei uut, or 'uggnm i"tl. as lie is i re < >rreetl\ termed, were not in-: f 11ii -.it. Wh n Kraneb I'uehanan was in I'ooree earlv in i'us century, he describes tin* liars!, grating of the gigantic* earns it moved alonp. the, , obscene soups of the priests in honor ,'nf the god, and the fierce glances which the fanatics bestowed on the la-of eating Knplishmen, as a pilgrim aimonneed himso'.f readv to become a sacrifice to 1 ho idol. No one darino j ; or earing to prevent the s?* 1J"- immo- \ lation, the man prostrated himself in the road before the tower as it moved' alon<r, Ivino" on his face with his arms i r*i1 J 'stretched forward. Tho multitude! , pressed armied him, leaving the space i clear, until he was crushed to death | by the wheels of the ponderous , structure. Then a wild cry of praise was raised, and as the end was seen to "smile" at the lihration of spnut, intr blood the devotees throw cowries i and pieces of money on tho body of j the victim in approbation of the holy j . deed by which he had won immortalj itv in tho Hindoo Walhalla. > J 11 is, therefore, suj^eestivo of a J strange revolution in I liurloo opinion to hoar that no* only are victims 1 lacking, but that, instead of thousands struggling /or the honor of a , place at the d ajf -opes, laboring men,: I at so many annas per diem, have to las lurid to perform the sacred function. The awe of the Indian people for "the lord of tno world ' has been i declining. K<Tr many years past the fame of the great god of < Jrissa has j tieen on the wane, and the time when , la liuma?n sacrifice was deliberately offered ip to the hideous idol is fast ' getting beyond the power of the very' ' < Most of tlx* old Indian > to recall. M M It Kit OF DKVOTFKS. Admitting that the number of dovotoes this year is smaller owing to tho loss of two pilgrim ships? and J tho prophecy thai u third will be wrecked before flie year is out- i', is , umleniHbio that Jaggauna'tii is doommi, ami the wealth v. ,.ich it brought to the priest and the towns-people of , 1 'ooreo is iikolv to vanish before many years elapse. Sometimes a poor decrepit wretch, weary of life or drugged by the priests with Indian hemp oj opium, will wildly throw: ' himself in front of the wheels, th >ugh he is usually drugged out by the police, who have orders to prevent any attempts at suicide. Saddest abase,.f ..II r .1 -r (Ill, II >111 till- -Mil !! U |)< >1 (II (.1 lbahn.ini; i , it ha, pe:s"d a fow years a; <>, fyr the first 11111o in hi tory, tlint, to tlit* horror mix! chagrin of the pinsts, tho ear of .laoeanna th stood still in tho streets of J'o reo, while tho pilgrims looked > i in impious j apathy. Yot no harm bofell thorn,] although a subsequent famine has! In-on attributed to thoir sacrilegious j carolcssness. However, tho result: has boon that, though worshipers still j come to Pooreo, tiioy just as frequently prefer to save themselves tho trou- ! bio of hauling the #ods, anil as has' happened on the present occasion,; the priests, afraid of the idols never reaching the tank, have contracted ' with irrovorential coolies to perform tho job for a stipulated number of rupees. Mortality there is, of course, still. Tho poor die for want of food, of disease, and of lack of proper accoiomo1 dntion. But there is no longer any KM l.Klv !SST. need fur interfering for the wronyf1 will soon ri?rht itself by .1 nooanna'tli eoasino to "draw," The oast, wo fear, is nlroadv grown lax in its religious observances. The pilgrim takes a tliird class circular ticket to tIn* lioly place. Inlidel shipowners issue passes t< ! >' jeddah, and a tourist contractor escorts the faithful over th> forty miles between Me *ca and tin"' sea. The Kgyplian dervishes are i - i I?v;v wimiiv * AiiniM n I 11 ?\ I > <1 U<.? U L making :i pavement of thoir | orson* for the Sa;ul"0\ oli Slioyli to ride over iiml now that the Indian exchequer is bemoaning the reduced returns from the ".laooanna'th trade," and eooliv's have to he hired to dra^ the car, wo seem a lono wav from the time when ( Job ( haruoek, factor at h'ort Willi:.in, ( was converted to 11 indooisnt, or when | tion. Stewart rn^aer I a I'ruhmin to , perform daily worship amono tho . idols in his hnnoalo. f^omfon Shm- ] i hint. I % ? ? < I'litlin^ Trust in tin" l/ord. "No," said the lawyer, "1 shan't ' nress your claim nj'aiirst that man; von can O'M someone ,e,? t<> take the case, nut p.*> vo i think host. '' l unik tiicre's miy niono\ to |>o 1 y<>t out of it / ' : "There would probabiy bo some ' mcmcv in i',. ni i' would come i'r mi the mi e (,f < |io dttie ion -e 'he n au > < upi' - and ea .s en ?me, but I (!< n't want to itici die with the matter,anvlion 4t< lot fr'om'oned on* of t, -'I'.' uXo; wasn't frightened out of it,*' 1 'll sup'iose '11'' < <! fo.low l;e<_'o-( d hard to ho lot off/'' t4\'es, ho did." "And \ < m caved /*' No, i didn i sav a w?>rd ' t >ii, iio did all the talkine-, eh/" "V es." . "\V . I' did - ,,o do'/" M In lio.'o 1 f.uod ;i f(>\v t? ars." ' 1 l.e '( be y I vo lr , you s.i\ \ i . .... ... . i. i .iw, I (Mill I :>ii y lit" IIHIII I speak to me." uWeil, may I respeetfuiIv impure whom he did address in your liear- , ino-?" fc4( ioil A Imight y.1' uAh! lie took to praying, did he?" 41 Not for my benefit at least. \ nil see I found the place easily enough and knocked at the outer door, which stood ajar, but nobody heard ine: so I stepped in-i le and saw through the crack of the door a cozy sitting room; and there on a bed, with her head high on pillows, was an old iadv who looked for all tho world just as 111\ mother did the last time I saw her on earth. Well, I was on the' point of knocking, when slio said, '(jonie father, now begin," and down on his knees by le*r side went an old, white haired man, still older than his wife, I should judge;and I could not have knocked then for the life of mo. | Well he began; lirst he reminded < toil tnat they were still submissive children, mother and ho no matter, what lie saw lit to bring upon them they shouldn't rebel at J lis will; < f J course it was going to bo very hard for them to go out homeless in their old age, especially with tho poor mo' her so sick ami helpless, and oh, how different it might have been if only one of their hoys had been spared to ; them. Then his voice kind of hrnkw, and a thin white hand stole from under the coverlet and moved slowly over his snowy hair; then he went on to repeat that nothing could be so sharp again as tho parting with those three sons?unless mother and ho should be separated; but at las ho comforted himself with tho fact that the deal' Lord knew ihal if iu-.h; : through no .'a i!t <> his own l! if moliiei and ,iv ;i-?5 threatened with lo<-s of their little home, v'licli meant ;,n(' tdmsliouse, a j>'a? <* tm<\ prayd 'o i <> do!:- < d 1': >m < i t/'rii >' . f l coil! i bo eon-:s,e:it with (iod s wiii; a;i(I then In* <en ted a nuti t itudc of prom is >s con oo i ni<j t he ssf< tv of those who put their (rust in the Lord; :n fact, it was t ho most th - on-/ plea to whicli i ?vet* listened j and at id.st lie prayed for (?oo s blessing on those who were about to demand." The lawver continued more slowly than ever "And I ?believe Td rather <jo to the poorhou.-- n vs<-lf, to flight, than to stain > ?v : with the b;< od ? : a j Mocewtion like that.'" "lait.e fraid f?? defeat the old tnnnY pi; t; "Von couldn't defeat .t," said the lawyer. "I toll you ho left it all subject to the will of < iod. I5ut of all the pleading I over heard, that heat all. Vou see I was taught that kind of thine' myself in my childhood and why I was sent to hear tha? prayer I'm sure 1 don't know: but 1 hand the case over, just the same." "I wish," said the client, twisting uneasily, ''that you hadn't told mo , about tlio old man's prayer." "Why so?" "Well, because 1 want the money the place would bring. Ilut I was taught the liilde straight enough when 1 was a boy, and I'd liato to run counter to what, you tell about. 1 wish you hadn't hear I a word, and another time 1 wouldn't listen to petitions not intended for my ears." The lawyer smiled. ,kMy dear follow you are wrong again," lie said. ( -* 1 .fVO f ??>r Annum. "It whs intrii le i for i n \ ears and * your oars too, and ^ *???i Almighty intended it. M\ old mother used to sitio of (iod's mo\ ino in u inysUirious way, 1 remember." I j "Well, my mother used to sino it. , too," said the claimant, us ho twisted s the claim nap th in his (infers. r "Von call ii the morninif, if von like, t Mid tell ?mi thor and htm' that the ci ii in has 1 met." 4kln a mysterious way," added the lawyer. r m \ f'oneerniny Marriage. , | I Marriage is still only too often a ( haruain, Imt at least it is no lonifor an P . ^ . ( entirely onesided haroaii.. It is Lending toward the < nlv true id? aI of } i:r..l : i - nnTiynw , I II11 11.1 II i I II n 111 I I .1 j m i'l Il'TsIl! |) on equal terms, with equal i- ?. mil liiUo on !x th sides. Vv'omeu no ( lonoer fool hound to render tin* im[>Iic*il ohodioncewhich was considered I loriouour in ourVroat-orarnl mother*' lavs, atidjnon no loncror univorsallv r 7 # A J leu.and it. 11 ushands, moreover are j >(>oinniiio to learn that their jirimo t ' m t v is i o kito lo >!\ a ft op" t ho' r wi * ns. . "I, . ,, ..y sentence is indii ta'iT" ( f th" most ohi st!\ inii'tipt>rol oiis;oii of I lie \v! olc i 1 'til of niatrin on. Thtt 1 ironor"' Volin;.f of M'cca" n condemns i i.inn who lives to ru!o his wife on ' ii j ri loiji'os jo a IV-Vi ru'"i hi*^ rem. ,\"d t !io whol" eli'wie f (ll( M ! 'I'll V lna'.'O- j? ?, i' ;1 ' ; nSsjl)t.? y- hllll t i 'lo 'ii. A n |:T!o<| woiinii on?o\'s, as a. rule, coo p'io,? ^ i herty through t ho lifolonv da v. siud oven ;it n i;; 111 t 'v froquen' r uni o * , h'e for ; l>us\ man to o-i ort hi u ' . Tim ovnrithirv 'unison tho r 'lions hotween tho married ooun'e. if a nor! is roallv in lov? w i t! j tli > n i she marries, she nmv ho trusted , with miv amount of subsequent frno doin Jf not; and thoroforo wo tav . that 'ho inhidiciot and worhllv j>ar nits \v! i . c re.-ji i'do for the j^reat i: m t \ ( ill oil j ion. are also responsible i i . o inaiiv nvi! p?. . suits which Hro soon in society J at this day. h'or it is u fact that rows' of Kii"dish ""il l ai as nnich forced into marriage as tho I'Vonch Lfirl, whoso Ino-hand is si lectod while vho is yot in hor convent. Not by main force, no hut hy tho whole tone of , i.l'l' I I ! 1 I l"l 1 I ' 111 '?V 4 ' I < I l V fi ?... 1 four of beinjj an old maid, 111?^ obvious net ossity "f making way for a younjr- , < sister, by tlio persintent ncfto{. of her on routs, ami by her own lono. injr for emancipation. For marriage undoubtedl y doos moan < :uai.< '.nation to most, women; ami it is precisely those who look forward to it most I who iiro likely to make the worst uso of it. One Cashier That is Safe. "I see you have a now cashier," remarked the president of one bank to ,another. uYes, we set him to work yesterday.1' "Had any experience?" "hots of it." "Under heavy bonds, 1 suppose, Our man is under *150,00. "Well, no; wo did not require bio bonds." "(ireat. heavens, man, he'll run of! in two weeks with tho whole bank." j "We have every confidence in I him." "Well, you'll pay dearly enough for it. He'll bo in Canada inside of a month." "1 think not. You see, he has I just run away from a ('anadian bank whit & 200,000. I think wo are s:ife enourdi." A S' i#-n* i/i<* Schoolboy. W hen a bov, att n lino Dutnmcr roildeii1 y, w!i:c!i was five miles dis ,,,t f... v ^ i - ? ' J ....... , . <',m; i:, | fr ?:d attendance whenever the nif,rc?irv " iho thermometer stood .a1 ten (let?roes below 7.61*0. I ascertained tli:r, by filling the tin reC? tie V with 111 i 1?LC1 *" I !"illt end pounded ice, ! c Mild produce this desired j frigidity; so wh'Miover i wanted to fro skatino or coasti 11^ (there was no tobogganing in those day), I used to sly 1 v fill the basin of tlio thermometer with (tracked ice and i pounded sab, and invite my mother's j attention to it. T'10 ffood hearted .1.1 1.. 1 , inn j<im\ woiiki at oncn excuse niv i.*(o:mlull('0 lit school. and the (lav j was devoted to amusement This J was, I admit, deceitful; but it was a scientific way of evading a five mile pony ride to the academy and back ngain. An Irishman throw a aide light on the whisky question when ho said:* On St. Patrick's day the wholosab J ers rode in their carriages, and the; retailers on horseback, but we consumers trudged along in mud on foot." As a rival of the ground hog, the goose-bone, the musk-rat, the cornhusk, and ttie pig with a straw in his mouth, Professor W iggins is a decided failure. A diamond with a flaw is bettor than a pebble without. Put the flaw adds nothing to the valuo of the diamond. ' * /1 * * ,?*ir * >* *.' ' , t,,v'3 . .\r:\! : :!; % L'olorini; Whitewash for Intori* or Walls. I'lea-o jmMsli 'l'r^ctiotis for color11tC whitewash to lie a]?j)lic?l i*mn ouoli plnvtulterior wails. The i i . .... t . . i ? i ? 'iirviiii i-dtuiN nvsirt'M nr? paie MUf>, ed, jrreen, light grav, lig' t p:> !< and ip'niii. Ik. - I. V., /?'?''/;/' >* "//, A*. Answer. Coloring matter m%v bo tirred into into whitewash to tuako iiiv desired shade. Spanish brown n i 11 make ? red pink, more or !ess leep according to quantity used. inelv pulvori/.ed common clay mixmI with Spanish brown mnkes a redlish stone rolor. Chrome v? low for ,'ollow, and if small quantity i1- used, i cream. 1 use indigo for different 'hades of blue, and indigo and hreme yellow f??r green. Croon figments cannot be ^nfely used with ime, as the lime wiil injure the color md the green will cause tho wash to >eol off. For different shades of red ' nix Venetian red and Snnnish l>r<>wru > various j ropert' I.an ' ' < !< vi" ?ive a j re 'v pray f used i:i ' vasli. Sf.n(/n:rn < 'ntfh'/tftn', 11 o v. It Works. t Unaha Dan c I see vou preferred x'i'ijr mi d'd man's darling to a voung nan's slave. Noting Widow-? Yes* mv lies'-and a :o verv kind to the I tv <>f hA b .-fit . '"lie left vou, I understand, ever :-b,( '< ? ,('t i( l."' "\ "S." *\\ hat do you ifiternl to do with v< i e ? ' ' now, dear':' k \\ ? 11, I'm t hinkinkt f)f ' ipe< nr i young man s slave." I for///.' "( oine, doctor," ub< the h? you nr-* verv skillful and ! will give Vou the hoii'T of earvit kk\Yi t h pleasure, mada'ne," And immediate!v he begins his i ... I. f I * . - j to is vorv' nhsont-mimled, n11<t ft119! 1 v makes ii deen out itt a leg of mutton, Ito so j.s. takes a roll nf liiion <iii41 some lint >(roin his pocket, and cnr< *ti!I v ' ouidages the wound. Then, after regarding it critically, he r< marks, \-ith or >f sionnl gravity. while ti:mio>is are stupefied w if It astonishment: There, with rest and good euro there i.s nothing to fear," A littlo girl's mo'hor wanted her to go to hed before slio felt : loopy. "Hut tho moon hasn't sent her children to bed yet,'' said tho little astrononier pctulandy. It so hapt ened that a storm was brewing and clouds wore gathering in the heavens, "(:o and see if she hasn't." said her mother. The littlo head was popped out of the window and tho sky scanned eagerly. "Well, 1 guess l,ve got to go to bod now," sho said after the survey. "Tho moon i* covering up her children and tucking thern in." They had not met since t ho \ we're in the chorus at tho (iaiotv during the fir??t run of the "Fort> Thieves." 111 )enr I .izzio, 1 ,m so glad to see you!" "So am !, Maude, to meet vou." "Are vou married?" "\?s; and you?" "Yes; any children?" "Two; and you?" "Nonor; oer house is too small." * -V> A little hoy in one of the city (Jerm.an schools, while defining a demijohn, a few davs since, made a p.i-iake that was not ; mistake Hi* said: "A (etna<.fogno is a vessel that hold- beer, wine. ?? i: 1, whiskv or ia'iv oilier kind of intoxicating liquor" uls time money V asked n gontloman of a i- we? r. "It is said to be." "Well, J thought so, and here is an evidence of it. bought tlii^ watch hero six months "go, and it lias gain- ' , od time enough to pay l'> if. ' The bottom dropped out of tho "Tillman movement' in Columbia on TIuIImI:! V :l?t Xnvi.r ''ma been known so complete and overwhelming n rout as ('apt. 15. H. Tillman has received at the hands of the intelligent farmers of the State. ('apt. Iredell Jones a succ -Tul fanner of York county, who never buys V? es* . tern corn, led the opposition and squeloned the arch agitator with a few common sense resolutions, as effectually as if he had hit him in the head with a sledge hammer. Capt. Tillman may continue his lurid abuse of everything and overybody? but it will avail him nothing, the farmers know him well enough by this time, to disregard anything and every thing that ho may sry or do. .[!/<: n lie confer. VThere is one; household article that appears to have escaped the decora* tfu^ cra/o- the washtub. Gentleman (in clothing store) "1 find that 1 have jfottoj^o to Montreal to-ni^ht and I want a suit of clothes." Clerk: "Yes sir. You want a cutaway coat, I suppose.M f k