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VOL. I. Tho Chorister. Know on thu high-pitched minster roof at?t ?piro, Snow on tho boupKn of tho leafless llndtn trees; Snow on thu silent esicctB and squares thnt freczo I j Under night's Wing 4o4rii-dropping IIIK'I nif\ nigher. Inside thc church, wltitwi tho shadowy che i'. I ?'in burns Un- |%iups liku lights on vaporo H SOUS; Drowned are th? vu,. s ul droned Utanioi: lillirrutl aa In druatns tttu volco of priest ?? "1 choir, . L'olil hath mnulisd loiiko to slumber herc! U hark, Gnu swlfi yopmun. Boating Uko a lark, Situ Hos thu stillness; throbs that soul vi Uro, Heats around ?ich and lulo, IIOIMIB echoing dark wui^oxqi^Uit? Mplrntloni higher and high er, * VoitriiB lu -oJiip IIIIKII?RII of untold desire. -John AddliiKtou Symonds. Loaders. Th* Cl?. .-, i,iilff nu tho Moors drew near,'1 Olrt'Ctcd thal lils nfflooru Ehoiild load '.IIB corpse to liatllu inouiitod on tho Kt flo rodo l;i KU i i'll all tho storm of his OOH Hwy did. wherever toworcd that obU dour. For victory thom WUK no olhor nood. Th<* foe's proud front was broken rood And ho wim scattered In a Kalo of fear, Ko. Uko that Arthur of romantic Spain. 'I li? iii i'll dead, thc lofty OHO! of all tin Ktlil lead IIB o'er tho world's vast battle flinn tho lint hin! Htccdtf of blKtory And, by their presence, rally and BURta Whilst tho Kreut war 'twixt Truthiiu'd Iii, ruges. -Franklin R Dustin, in Tho curran Till-: BARTHOLDI STATU] in i r Vranes'* ttrent st?tue-itu n Kin oilier Statues. !W1 TIIK STATUK'S HISTORY. V Thc history of tho groat underta* which will give New York Harbog largest statue in tho world begin sit ly ton years ago, when tho first sf were taken in tho ni.itlor by a bod/ distinguished Frcncllincn, cnthusiy lovers of liberty, whom its origiuji* and creator then interested in mah blc conception. Tlicso gcntlemon fl ed themselves into a society callurJ Union Franco Amcricaino do F rf, and hold a banquet Nov. 6, 1875, f auguruto tho project. M. llnuujf* design was enthusiastically appft and a subscription for tho otoctio the statue begun. Thc City .of i subscribed $2,000, and in UV o y Franco had subscribed, ohictlj in sifi^h Binns, tho $250,000 necessary . for ViSis Inii poso. Another bampint was then ichi in tho French Capital, at which un address to thc people of tho ''tuted Stales was adopted, recalling tho al liance of France with this Nati vu in the causo of liberty during tho Revo lutionary War, and embodying senti ments expressive of their hearty ac cord in the maintenance of democratic principles ol government. Work ?" tho colossal statuo wns promptly bu 8un unddr tho superintendence' of ifs esigner, who"Y*? witnessed it4 com pletion. Tho Un'iVu'A plates Minister W?tvtttt ttl' that time, M.\ jMortou, drovo tho tirst spiko.Oct 21. 18>?1. rivet ing tho tirst of tho bolts willoh wcro to join tho statue to tho podest;-'- Only tho right arm, head, and -houldors wcro at that thno ready, but :*H tho plaster casts were COluplotqjb ?nd stoutly work was being done with tho bronze of which tho statue |S made. Thc hand and wrist holding th? torch lind already arrived in Amern-'? in time to bo oxhibitod at tho CcnlOLinkd Ex hibition, ami were afterwan arilv placed in Madison Soi York. Meanwhile on this side of tlc inoasures of co-operation, Senerous French nation w an. 2, 1877, a mooting of fcilizons of New York was bold for tho J purpose of presenting ibo undertaking to tho American people, to proniopc tho leg islation necessary for thc ref inauguration of tho ?tatu?, atc financial moans for cree abb; foundation ami ped gross passed a resolution p thu erection of thc statuo Island, N iw York Harbor, maintenance in good on over, its formal reception dont of tho United Status i]f> tho government was scour idout Grant thanked tho plo for tho gift by auto An address to tho people try asking subscriptions and circulated, but fund in with provoking slowi, statue has soon dark day troniblott in tho balando. ITS SITE. Springing up from th New York Bay, IP .i thc harbor, mid command II strudel! vioiv out throng to the ocean, Ibulloo's Isl peclally favorable sito fo of a beacon-light that ss{IB guide liiti Wuriavr to a ?Jifo hav symbolize to the emigrant whon readies our shores thu ?(flea of which has been so hu golly iustrt in bringing him hither. r'Jho is self is nu eh larger than! appoarl from tbo Now York slioiro or fi lil Iii;; lap hie pictures of tat lin lund willoh havo recently boon od ovor tho country, fit i,!lB , of four or live acres, aid will bo a delightful breath! Lg-plucV city resident, and a M|7Cpa to dor-hunting country has rocoived tho last ly, of tho l'ode,ial CTo'mmitt cd to tho GoyeYniuont. The foundation on which t tal ls to ..est is a vast mass and ?and. and lime, ninety squaro at tho bono, slaty-so squnro al tits top, and llfty ton inches in height, it rosts of gravel oom o twenty foot sur/Aoe. This hugo mass of for all praotioal purp?? os a of granite roprosonts th? aoti outside of plant and doslgi -has thus fnr boon dono for tl lion of tko statue. Upon thi built tho granito podental. nigh, and twenty foot squ , tom por ro, New ho Atlan with tho ru taken. Option and and to clo ting a suit slid. Con roviding f<?r oJ?n licdloc's and for its Hon*. Moro tho Prcsi behalf of and 1'res ronoh poo aph letter. this coiin ras written havo como ss, and tho whon its futo .. rs of twatbf the inter g ?ii nd is ? tho o/?' Milena to y /vi?iltor. hfia?tlfylni unitteov aol bf uuob-1 ir rows os ti?n i once n and io first libel ty ucntal and lt i ii lier I 111 tho I nd Is cattor fi area ibtloss r tho I o won hon it touches return top. Tho facln J .cotes Island I? rloh purple i ?I ti ra nco. Thu to this podosti passing from through tko p statuo Itself U copper and lr toni. An ?lo ajoond from ni )l thu pedeH .in.) ginni and of ituo will ll heavy by li pedos gravel, io feet en foet wo foot on a bod low tho what ls .lid block al work, s, which ie recep will bo 117 foot ?o at tho tal is of lo, which great en It anchored iron rods 'kim statuo j.ase. Tho j, made of \ nearly 200 jiir^tiy will lo pedestal WQOUOO Hu: stairs will continue through th? Upi if tod arm to thu torch hula in tin: limul. Upon tho small balcony be neath thu torch ibero is .sianding room for liftOOII poisons. Tho height of tho entire, affair is reckoned as follows: Height of baso of foundation above high-water maru. 8 fuel; height O? foun dation-mass, f>'? fuel; height of nodos tal, 117 fool; height of statue. 161 feet. To r.M. JirJ'J k' li KT. This raises thu torch several feet ahovu the plnnuoTo of Trinity church Spiro, Hie loftiest, edilicO ill the city propia-, ami makes it nearly tis high as tile water-tower on ibu bin ll' near Ililli Bridge, which is Ibu highest point ftjpovo the sea-level in tho city. An in cfmiparably beautiful view will be had oj the harbor, tim eily, and the MU Aiinding country from tho apex of tlie J Aside from its val no as an earliest of ?renell >,'ood will, as an artistic, tri atnph. anti as an observatory, tho statue will bo useful as a lighthouse. A powerful electric light will i i lu mi n r.tu thu world by night from lim torch, while ;i coronet ol lights will bc placed on thu spurs of Hie diadem.' It is cal culated that I hose lights will bu visible on a clear night at a distan u of eighty flight miles at sea. This will make thu statuu one of the most important light houses on Ibu coast. 'I bu outer wall of thc fort, which cov ers about half of tin- island, and comes down nearly to thu water's odgo on the Southern side o? it, is lo bu li lt stand ing, and will make a very massive and U fh'O ti Vu traine lor the Maine, which will bo placed ii ils contre. From thu inlier Ol' purndu v. a:, of the b ri a ter race will r.su to tue base of thu podos ta! -tho space beneath tho turraco be ing utilized for thu machinery for tho electric lights and the elevator, nu; so; i.rn m. Thu distinguished French sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, by whose hands tho repoussa statue of "Llbortj Enlightening Ibu World" luis been shaped, was born at Colmar, in France, and is about 60 years of agc. As a pupil of ibu fanions Arv Selief for, ids artistic ability was recognized in thu bas-rolief of "Francosca de Rim lol," oxooulud In 1862. His name wat first brought into prominence, how ever, in the United Stales in 1872,whet Iiis well-known statue of Lafayette wa? forwarded as a gift from thu people O France and placed in Union Si pl aro, New York City. Al the Centennial, where he was om of tho French Commissioners, ho wai awarded a medal for tho exhibition o tho bronze statues of "Peace," "Tin Young Vine Grower," and "Goulus ii tho Grasp of Misory." Hu is also t Chovalior of thu Legion of Honor ii his native country. It was bis wish that Frunce shotllt prosont to tho people of tho Unitoi States a sultablu gift coiutucmorativi of thu traditional feeling of good wil existing between thu two Nations, lb thereforo voluntoorod bis artistic ser vices for tho construction of ntl enor mons liguro representing "Liberty Kn lightening the World," to bo placed oi Hudlou's Island lu New York Harbor and lie became so enthusiastic in car rying on thu projoct that wlion sub soriptlons lagged ho pledged his owi privato fortune to defray tho runnin< expenses of thu work. Bartholdi lias madn his mark in Pa risinu art, and is at presont engage* in thu sculpture of a massive lion ou of tho solid rock in tho sido of a moun tain at Belford, which will bo eight foot long and thirty feet high. (ion. Charles P. Stone, formerly c thu United Status army, has buun en gineer-in-ohiof of tho undertaking, am Richard M. Hunt arehiteot-iii-chiof. ANCIENT MONUMENTS, Tho conception of monumental wor rem . to be characteristic of a oortai degreo in thu advancement in tho cn ili/.ation of nations. Without mention lng monuments properly so-called dolmens, menhirs, column' and pyr; mids-wo generally discover in til history of all groat nations mention c sonio ono colossal statue. Its conco]: tion often mars tho apogeo of loo; progress. Thu ancients erected man ininicnso works in honor of their d Vinillos. Witli thuin tho oinnipotouc of a god ofton appeared to depend o tho niaguitudu of his image, wblol howovor, they always try to endo with all possible forco and majesty Tho most Imposing ?guros wo reooj nizo as tholr most powerful and mo: vonernted gods. In ancient Egypt th colossi formed an essential devoratio of tho grand templos and palaces. Ri .Ides Its magnificent pyramids, its ob< b.d.s 100 feet in holgltt, Us gigant tombs, its iiiuumurabTu mid ouormon sphinxes, Egypt was covered with sta nus fifty and sixty feet high, cut fro singlo blocks of sloue. Herodotus mentions tho colossus i Osiris, which was ninety-two foot higl At Memphis a fow years ago thoro w: ev ll limed tllO SlatllO of ll une e , ll which was forty-uino tuet high. R foro tho outraneo to tho palace of Lu or woro scated four similar colossi for fcot high. Near Goumah can still I scon tho fragments of a giguulic soati statuo of Ramosis tho Croat, cut fro a singlo rod granito stone. Tho tv* colossi of Monition moa-uiru moro tin sixty-two foot cu b, and willi thc ped ot ul weigh moro than 1,4.1(> ton Tho four Huatod statues whioh du ora ie tho faeadu of tho groat tum plo Isamboul wore idxty-ouo (cut high. Tho Gruuks, also, erootud many stu nos to their divinities) they woro mo frequently of bronze or covored wi pintos of gold au.it Ivory. Tho Minerva of Phidias was Hurt niuo feet high. lu reality it was wooden Matoo, -mpportud on tho 1 sido by iron-work, and covered wi bo?ten and sculptured shoots of gt an(l piatas of ivory bindy carved. Tl waa'uU put together willi so mu nicety of handling that it was impos bio to discover tho joints. Tho ce bratod Jupltor Olymput, by Rio sai sculptor, was also of gold arid Wot Tho Rod was ropresontod so&tod, a was forty-two foci high. Phidias mada several ollie/ oolos: Minervas, ono of which, thl "At'uo PvomaehoV' was entiroly pt bron: fifty to sixty foot in height. Tho Col i.nt of Rhodes, tho work of charo* Mn:!ot, was oroetod 800 ycart B. i ? bility it was ft Mud with largo stones. Nevertheless it was overthrown by an earthquake Home, especially under the Etnpiro, orected many colossal bron/.o statuos, most often representing Cicsars deified ?luring their lifetime. That of Nero, by Zunodurous, was 110 feet high. In Japan can bo scon a bronze statue of tho groat Buddha, seated, which is lilly feet high. In China and India tho greater part of tho gigantic idols are of masonry or of woodroughly carved. Wood, except in raro cases, as tho wooden horse of Troy, has hardly ever) boon employed in colossal statuary, save in tho interiors of temples. The "Cajuns." Commissioner Harris, of Louisiana, showed several pieces of homespun colton goods which ho says were made hy thu "Cajuns." "Who are thtwP" 1 asked. Thu word, ho replied is a corruption of Arcadians, and is a] ?Hod to tho descendants of those p'eoplo whoso settlement in Louisiana Wt? im mortalized in Longfellow's "Iv/uigo line." Thou, turning to tho ni ip, ho showed mo where thu "Cajuns'/ live, and gave an account -of their homes and their simplicity of life, li plain words ho voriliod tho words ojf Basil, tho blacksmith, as to the beauty of tho country and fertility of thc soil and tho ease in which they lived. 'Jfhoy aro almost like tho "lilies of tho iiold" in their frocdom from toil. In/a littlo patch around their houses they culti vate what cotton they need 'for thoir wearing apparel and such vegetables as they use. When thc spring rains coaso they go out upon tho prairie and examine tho depressions, from ono to livo acres in extent, which aro thon ponds of water, and if found to ho not moro than eigh teen inches dcop they proparo to sow thoir rice First they soak their seed thoroughly then scatter it broadcast- j over tho pond from tho backs of horses. Tho weight of the soaked rico causes it to sink, and tiley have no further caro for thoir erop until tho harvest timo comos. Should a drought prevail in spring thoy then scatter tho seed upon tho dry ground. To provont tho birds of tho air from devouring it, tho "Cajun" looks out ovor tho prairie where his bonis arc, and riding to tho nearest ho drives tho cattle back and forth over tho seed uni il it has boon trodden imo tho soil. Then putting up tho light fonce around his rice plantation he goes homo satisfied. In July his crop is ready for harvesting. For this ho uses a sicklo, tossing tho sheavos as they fall into his cart. This is a cumbrous altair of wood, even to tho wheels and axles. No iron is used in its construction. Thc oxen aro not yoked, but tho tongue is made fast to loops ia tened to their horns. Tho sheaves aro spread out upon tho Erairio and tho grain is trampled out y tho oxen, as it used to hu when the cdiot wont forth: "Thou shalt not muz zle the ox thal treadelh out tho corn." Tho grain is swept togother, sacked, carted home, and emptied into a bin. When any is needed for a meal tho housewife takes a sullicioncy, puts it into a wooden hand mill of simple con struction, rubs oil thu hulls in a few minutes, winnows it in a sieve, aud soci has it cooking. Tho commissioner showed on a map a placo where, for six miles, the chief crop of tho "Cajuns" is gathered from the orango trees. In selling this crop a singular custom prevails. When tho trees aro blooming, a buyer, tho "diego" (why so called no one scorns to know) appears among them. After a week of conference, during which ho and they havu hail repeated whittling matches, a bargain ls struck for tho season's crop, one-half is paid down in cash and security given for the balance, and thou tho "Cajuns" enjoy their dolce far uieuto with from $l,?U0 to $2,000 In hand for every head of tho family, and as much moro scouted for tho in turo, Ha-il, tho blacksmith, did not err wdion ho told Evangelina of tho wealth of theso teeming lowlands. New Huven Palladium. Specialism ill Ui (IOHO-. If specialists did not meet * distinct want they would soon bc drifon oh* tho hold, lt is idle tr> inquire whether In this instance tho demand Created tho supply, or vice versa; all that wo aro concerned with hero ls tits fact that tho public volco decisively approves of tho oxisteneo of specialists. This ls convincingly demonstrated as limo goes on by tho increasing oontidonco which is placed in their opinion and advice. A striking con!.filiation of this is afforded by the ci rmi mst ance that when medical men have sicKiicss in their owii families they put prejudice aside and invoko tho assistance of tho de pi ?. d specialist. In my own pro vinco it is my pleasure and my privi lege to treat a largo numbor of my pro fessional brethren with whoso personal ailments or those of their wives and children 1 am occupied liming a con siderable portion of each working day? Many other specialists aro doubtless roolpients of thu livto indisputable sin cere form of compliment. Tho grow ing favor with which specialism is looked on by the public is also fully recognized by young physicians, and still moro by successful gonoral practi tioners ambition . of omerging into the more rareliod ttttnosphcro of consulting work. The proas of competition is so lierco in tho present over-crowded stato of tho mod ?cal profession that unless a man has somo peculiar and decided ad vantage over tho general rua of his fel lows ho stands no chance of coming to tho front. Something moro is neces sary nowadays for success in thu high? or walks of medicino than moro gener al ability. Supremo talent will, of course, ultimately lind its lovel, unless kopt down, by accident or misfortune; but for thO- average clever man thore is littlo pi o ?peet of brilliant siiuccss un less ho Imk (or can persuade thu world ito has) Wo powor of doing some par ticular thing better tllitll Wiy OHO ulsc, or p.t any rato prc-cmincn?ly woll.- Hr. Morell Mackenzie, in Fortnightly lit View, j Victor Hugo always wrote lu tho morning, and made so many alterations In Ms li anmcripi that a pago wh?i VOm?letod is said to havu looked lino .hoot of music. PRACTICAL ART. Bom? Iteccllt Ael.U vrimoitii in That Lino. Twenty milos is thu distance pene trated by th? Itnprovod fog-signals now in uso. This power, it appears, is {'allied by two slotted cylinders, ono Ixod and tho other revolving in it. Tho slots, as they pass ono auotbor, stop or cut off tho passage of conyjress ed air or steam, thus causing a series of vibrations, and, consequently, a mu sical note, tho pitch of which depends upon the speed of tho revolving cylin dor. In order to vary this note it is only necessary to control this velocity. Tho doub'.e-noto horn is formed with a casing, within which aroa fixed slottod cylinder ami a revolving cylinder mov ing upon a spindle. Tho slots aro formed in each cylinder at opposite in clined angles, so that tho motive fluid impinging against a number of inclin ed planes causes Hm inner cylinder lo revolve with great rapidity, carrying two disks. Those aro attached to tho common spindle, and upon their peri pheries are pressed lovers, under tho action of small pistons operated by dia phragms, to tho outer surface of which compressed air is admitted. Onebrako is put on for a high note, both brakes for a low note. Large quantities of timber aro now creosoted at the West in a special man ner, for railroad purposes, tho effect being to in?rense the tenacity of tho wood for holding spikes, otu., as well as its density and ability to resist me chanical wear. This is done by means of an apparatus consisting of a boiler plate cylinder, of a size adapted to tho timber; this cylinder is of a strength Bttflioiont to resist 800 pounds pressure poi* square inch, and has a track ex tending for its wholo length along tho bottom, tho cylinder's ends being clos ed by strong iron doors, air and water tight. When timber has been run into tho cylinder and tho doors closed, steam at about 100 pounds pressure is ejected into tho cylinder, tho supply continuing as required by tho nature and dryness of tho wood; tho steam is then shut off, and vacuum pumps worked as long as any liquids or vapors arc obtained, the hot preserving liquid being now run into tho cylinder from tho reservoir until full. Tho force pumps aro again operated uutil the in terior pressure is sumo KX) pounds por inch, and kept thus until sufficient pre servative Huid is forced into thc poros of tho wood; tho fot'00 pumps aro now shut off, and tho creosote oil or other liquid contained in tho cylinder is dis charged in a suitable cistern, after which thu doors at thc ends of tho cyl inder are opened and tho car carrying tho timber or tics run out. A great many napkins ami other ar ticles of usefulness aro now made in Europe from tho bark of tho paper mulberry. Tho bark for those pur poses is tirst dried in tho air for two or tinco days, then plunged for twenty four hours in a current of fresh waler, after which, with the aid of a particu lar kind ol cord, tho two species ot ti bies of which it is composed aro sep arated. Tho interior libros are those from which fh c paper is made; they aro rolled into balls weighing about thirty-live pounds each, which aro washed anew in running water, in which they are allowed to soak a shorter time than previously, and aro then dried; finally they are boiled in Ive made from the ashes of buckwheat nour, constant stirring being kv pt up; another washing in pure waler carries away tho last impurities and tho libres are m \t pounded with hammers of wood for about twenty minutes; after this they aro a second tillie rolled into bails, and finally transformed into pulp, rice-wat or being mixed with lt. The silbsoqm ni treatment of tho pulp ls identical with that of tho ordinary manufacture of paper. "Loather pa per" is obtained by tho superposition of many sheets of the material previ ously steeped in "\ouoko," pressod, and gl?'/ d with "sheilas," The opera.ion has been successfully accomplished by a Gorman chemist of s?parai.iig -rags of cotton anil wool mixed ny subjecting thom lo thu action of a Jct of superheated steam. Under a prcssuro of live atmospheres tho wool melts and sinks to tho bottom of tho receptado, while cotton, llnon, and other vegetahlo fibres stand, thus re maining suitable for panor manufac turo. Tho liquid mud which contains the wool precipitated by this moans is then desiccated; tho residue, to which is given the mimo of a/.otioe, is coin plotoly soluble in v,aten, and is valua ble on account of its nitrogon. Tho in creased value of tho pulp freo from wool ls sufficient to cover tho cost of the process. - Sew York Sun. Ills Confltlenoc Was Shaken. In the doorway of a Madison street cigar storo a bright littlo pug dog sits all day on his haunches. Ho is eli ni ti ed to tho cigar-Ilghtor Insido, not bo e au sn tim proprietor fears ho might es capo, but because they know tho liabits and practices of tho gamins who fro quont tho neighborhood. Last oven ing a pleasant-looking young roan en tered the storo and purchased a pack ago of cigarettes, lie looked tired and his oyos were lilied with a vory vacant stare. It was evidont to tho most cas ual observer that tho young man had boon drinking. Ho carefully pickod the tinfoil off the paokago o? cigarottes and triod for somo time to pick out one of them. Finally ho tore ono side of tho puckago and tuckod all but ono of tho lung-destroyers into his coat-tail pocket. This ono he lit, and as he was lighting it ho oaught sight of the dog's chain. With uncertain gaze he follow? ed it along until it reached the dog. Then ho rubbed his oyes, looked again, and appeared pretty sure that tboro was a dog in the doorway, mill, ho was not convinced. Ho glanced around cautiously, saw that no ono was looking, and thon ho whistled soft ly, Tho dog did not respond and tho Joting man turned palo. Ho whistled oudor, still no rosponso. Then he rea'h.'d out his cano and cautiously poked tho dog. His poko gave baok a hollow netallie sound and his hat bo gan to rise. Ho dropped his fresh cl ftrotte, rushed out into tho streot, oardod an Ogden avenue oar abd said, .'Shay, conduet'r, lemme off 't Wash 'nton Homo, i've got'em again." Chicago Herald, Horace Gro?le jr? "Well, well. Iioro is a volume that la becoming quito raro those days," ox oluiuiod a book-worm in a second-hand book store tho other day as his oyo toll on a worn ami musty tonio. "What I Know About Finning." "Woll every body knows this is tho book written by Horaoo Grooloy way back in tho 'Co's. Perhaps tho rising generation may bo oxeopted, as tho hook is now out of print and will bo a curiosity in a half score yours hence. Atone lime it was pretty extensively roam It is dlflloult to say, however, that much or any benefit was derived from its perusal.'' "Vos," retorted tho party addressed, "Horaco was a great man in bis limo. It is not so very long since ho bas en tered otomity, yet his name is now hardly over mentioned. It was over thus. Man's doods, bo they good or bad, they do not remain long frosh aft er tho author is geno. Occasionally a Mash of his wit is repeated, a lino from bis sayings is borrowed, but it doos not induco posterity in tho least in re membering, much less in reverencing his memory. During tho forty odd years that Horaco edited the Tribune every editorial, every farm article, every nows item, every commercial paragraph, and ovory advertisement which appealed in tho paper was cred ited to him by many of his readers and admirers. I'ooplo forgot, or did not take tho time to think, that il was a physical impossibility for tho prolltio and vorsatilo Horaco to write oven half of tho editorials that appeared, while his disquisitions on 'liow *o Plant Sunfishes,' How to liaise Cu cumbers, or 'How to Destroy thc Festivo Hectic,' wero not so very num erous. Grooloy, when writing about agriculture, always gave tho 'How' part much prominence." "You seem to bo well posted on Horace," remarked tho hook-worm by way of comment to tho second gentle man. "Why, yes; I must confess that I know a great deal about tho philoso pher. Reforo and during tho best part of tho war I labored at tho caso at tho Tribune otllco, and on several occa sions 'set up' his copy. If you have tho limo 1 can relato an incident about old Horaco that bas nevor boon print ed. It was just previous to tho war and when Horaco was an amateur farmer that tho event i nm about to re late occurred. One day a letter carno to tho otlicc bearing tho following cab alistic letters: H. (i. N. Y. This is all that was on tho envelopo except tho postmark, which showed that the letter como from Lawrence, Kan. 1 call it a lotter, but it was not a letter, for on opening tho envelopo not a scrap of paper was found inside, only a crum pled $1 note from some Ohio bank. In thus.' days letters woro sometimes not f?repaid, and this was not; couscquont y u due-bill was attached to tho mis sive .showing that tho sum of li couts was to be collected. Mr. Greeley tn omptly paid thc '? cents. Who could ic tho sonder. lt puzzled thc philoso pher just a little only. 'Such doings can only bo placed to the credit of Hill Reynolds,' mused Mr. Grooloy. 'Hill always had idiosyneracies, and when ho bad a truck farm out in Orango county would call, and not finding mo in tho sanctum would place a dollar bill for his subscription under a paper weight on my desk and leave. Hill told mo he was going out west to try his luck.' "The paper was mailed to William Reynolds, Lawrence, Kan., according to Mr. (>.'? direction, and upon investi gation it was found that Greeley's sur mise was correct. Hill Reynolds was tho right party. In those good old limes wo dill not have so many rail roads nor fast-mail trains au.I tho like, but a man could m ail a h iter without a stamp and put only four letters on tho envelopo and it would roach its destination. Try this experiment now and your letter will go direct to tho dead-letter ollice. Too much red tape," sighod tho typo as ho roach od for a volume on tho high sholl bearing tho title: "If Lifo Worth Living For?" - ?Si. Louis itcpublicun. A li i? 11 ll.TU Whoa (Jon. Sherman was in Ed ?yardsVille, 111., the other day, several littlo circumstances occurred which were not down on tho h?ls and would not bo mentioned wore it not for tho fact that tho young ladies recently visi ted by tho oscillatory boro have been heralded far and near as making such favorable impressions upon tho general as to render irresistible the impulso to kiss them. Tho young ladies of Ed? Wftvilsvillo aro just as attractive as those of any other city, and the gener al, with his experience, was quick to noto this fact. After the G. A. R. ex ercises, tho other night, tho stage of tho opera-house was invaded by a bevy of young ladios, who woro to rohoarso a cantata. Tho gray-boarded veteran struggled manfully to maintain bis haru-oarned roputation of kissing each pretty girl ho moots, but found himself vory busy kissing every lady intro duced, us there were no exceptions to tho gonoral's rule, including only pretty girls. His well-known penchant bad preceded him, and ono young lady "just vowed she wouldn't let him kiss her," but before sho know it tho wily votcran grasped both her hands and planted squarely on ber mouth a kiss, unlike tho Henry V. kiss in that it was not lingering in its character, but soundeitliko a plank bad cracked. Tho adair was ovidontly relished by all but the young gontlomon who witnessed, but wore not allowed to participate, and rogrotted that they had not como Into tho world carly enough to have won fan.e. and bocoino veterans in tho lato unpleasantness. - Louisville Com mercial. Soino neat moss which was recently exhumed near Dumfries, Scotland, was found to contain soods of plants dating from prehistoric times. They wore planted nod at once bogan togorminato aaor a sloop of ages. Tho son otter catch of Alaska is worth moro than hali that of all other furs put together (tho fur soals being excluded), after that tho others coming in ! heir order ol' value of catch, being marten (sable), black fox, beaver, red fox, cross fox, land otter, bluo fox, mink, lynx, white fox, brown boar, muskrat, bhiek hear and wolf. < : i N ? I : \ I NKWS ITKMS. Fact? of I ii tf rent, Gathered from Varlou* Quarter*. - Yellow fever is reported 111 New York. -The Grant monument fund hus not yet reached $60,000. -A genuine Voodoo doctor 1ms been discovered near Atlanta, Cia. -The treaty of Tien Tsin is a dead letter. Thc Chilieso refus" to leave Tonqiiin. -'the recent strike of the street-car drivers in Memphis was ended by a compromise. -Elias Daly, the (?recnbacker, has announced himself as ? candidate for Governor of Iowa. -Queen Victoria and the I Vinco-H Wales have started for Norway on om Of the royal yacht.-. -The youngest sou of (?en. PitzllUgll Leo, of virginia, ?lied at Evergreen, Fairfax county, last week. -Gorniany has formally proclaimed her seizure of the Caroline Islands, formerly claimed hy .Spain. -Trouble is browing between Spain and Germany relativo to thc occupa tion of the Caroline Islands. -Nine monuments to (?rant will he erected in this country unless sonic ot the present, projects (ail, - ll is said that Maxwell, thc alleged murderer of Prellcr in St. Louis, is thc son of an English schoolmaster. -The Rev. I>r. Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster Abbey, will sail foi the United States in a couple of weeks. -(?cn. Coode Bryan, a graduate ol West Point and ti hero of thc Mexican and the late war, died in Augusta, Ca., last week. - Maxwell is very cool mid jokes with the reporters about Pfeiler, say lng he killed him accidental!}, or IK may he up in a balloon, etc. -Russiau agents arc reported iii intriguing ill Macedonia to bring lihou a revolt in that country against Turk ish rule. -Minctt Mirroll, a prominent ros! dent of Lynn, Mass., suicided las week in Loudon ; thc supposed cuusi being losses in land speculation. - Daniel Leroy, a member of a wei known Knickerbocker family of Nev York, ?lied last week, llb sister wa Hie wife of Daniel Webster. -Thc mos? valuable present receive* by Princess Ueatrice was a tea am cotice service of solid gold, richi chased, which was sent by thcKmprcs Eug?nie. -Daniel McCain, an old colore man, living just across the North Care lina line from Lancaster, dropped dca on Sunday last, just, aller eating hearty dinner. -The British ship Iladdingtonshir* from Astoria, Oregon, for Liverpoi with a cargo of Hour and salmon, wei ashoi'3 olT Point Keyes, Cal., last weel Eighteen lives were lost. -Grand High Mass was celebrate in Montreal last Wednesday with tl intention of invoking thc Almighty t grant a cessation of the smallpox op demie prevailing lhere. - While Messrs. Charles Carr ar Amos Garland were cleaning out well in Union county, N. C., last. Tue day, they were overcome by foul ga from which the former died. -The story that one hundred ai eight convicts escaped last week fro thc Bpartanbnrg and Asheville Rn! road, near Arden Park, BllllCOml county, N. C., is baseless. -A lire broke out on Tliursdi morning in the Kell Telephone Cot patty's works in Montreal, causii damage estimated at $80,000, ngah which there is full insurance. -Thc completion of thc railroi from Pcmberton's Ferry to Lakcjnn Fin., is (he last link ill thc al I-ri route to Tampa, and extends the hi mall system to Havana by steamer. -Thc Mississippi Democratic Co volition last week nominated Govern Lowery for reelection, and a ft State ticket. President Clevelam administration was warmly endorse -The spinning, drawing and corr ing department of Richard Williams and Co.'s worsted mills at Ciundt N. J., was burned Lut wed;. Thc 1< is estimated at between $7o,000 a $100,000. -The grain warehouse of O. Wells, and also the residences of I ward Dwyer, of Washington, La., ti E. O. Aldrich, nt Sherman, Tex were burned on Wednesday. 1 total loss amounted to $60,000 and insurance to $40,000. -Two ladies and two children o Columbia county, Fla., family d from eating poisoned watermelons, planter, annoyed al repeated deprc Hons on Iiis patch, pcisoncd some thc fruit and forgot to tell his parti who sent one of thc poisoned niel home. -An unskillful physician set broken nrui of a lad named Du Block, who was thrown from a ht near Marshall, III., but it was dom badly that tho bone protruded, ino (lent ion set in mid after great suftci Hie child dictl. The butcher has h warned to leave tho country. -Plcuro-pncumonia is prcvailin? nu alarming extent among thc stock of tho Hine Grass region of H tucky. Monov is being raised to un tho infected cattle and havo tl killed, ns experience has shown that ls tho only way lo stamp out disease. -A photographer at Louisville, I on Monday, discovered a bluo-c colored girl, with kinky hair and blaok complexion. Sho ls boliovo bo tho only ono now lu existo 8omo >cnrs ago a blue-eyed cob boy lived at Culpepcr Courthouse, but ho Is now dead. -During a tirgro church pionl Silver Springs, Florida, two col women quarreled about their loi stripped to the waist, fought scratched until exhausted, when I lovers had a set-to with razors slashed each other fearfully, women Uneaten to try razors \ they got well. TIIK NEWS OK THE STATE. Sumo of tho Latest Sayings anil Doings lu South Carolina. -There is un ox in Spartanburg nearly fifty years old. -John Wadsworth, of Chesterfield county, aged 94, died on tites 4th inst. -The Anderson County Normal Institute has hoon unusually success ful. -Tlic Charleston custom house is to he (urned over to Mr. Jervev Septem ber 1. -Lexington expects thc best crops ol" corn, peas, potatoes, etc., this year, which she has ever grown. -lt. P. Davis, of Lancaster, had a line cow choked to death last week hy getting an apple in her throat. -Thc preparations for tim annual bali o| the South Carolina Club, lo ho held in Columbia during Fair week, have already l^cun. -An honest cci?T?cl. ?vornan picked np a sum ol' money ir. Granville and promptly turned it over to frftv em ployer to he advertised. .* -Tho Kev. Gilbert A. Oilman, ot 4 Utica, N. Y., luis accepted a call to the rectorship ol' tito Episcopal churches of Yorkville and Lancaster. - A while oak tree recently cul on Pacolct River in thc Piedmont section measured Oi feet through. It is esti mated that it will make upwards of 10,000 shingles. -Dr. W. E. Wright, of Greenville, was severely stung on the hand by a large black spider, but was relieved by thc application of ammonia and other remedies. -At a reunion of Company K, Orr's Hille Regiment, held in llouca Path on Hie 18th, it was found that there are only forty ont of one hundred and eighty members left. -William Robbs was crushed to death in Spartanburg by a log rolling on him. lie was endeavoring to get it on a wagon hy the aid of a mule when the animal backed. -The jail in Sumter was fired last week by prisoners who expected to escape during thc confusion, but Hie flames were extinguished before any serious damage was done. -James Anderson, an old colored man, was poisoned hy eating water melon impregnated with strychnine, obtained from a neighbor's patch in Aiken. Ile will recover. -Tlic annual reunion of Hie survi vors of the Twelfth Regiment has been postponed from Thursday Hie 20th inst., to Thursday, September 24th. ll will be held at Yorkville. -Thomas A. Wallace, the six-year old, son of .lames A. Wallace, a black smith, foll into a cistern in the rear part of Kose's stable in Creen ville, on Wednesday afternoon, and was drown ed. -A fugitive from justice in Texas settled among his relatives in Chester field about a year ago. A large re ward having been offered for him, parties attempted his capture, but he outgeneraled them and escaped. -Mr. K. M. Keaton, of Abbeville, has invented au attachment for sewing machines which will prove of im mense advantage. Hy winding up a steel spring and affixing a band, tho machine can bc run all day without the Slightest exertion on the part of the person using it. -Thc United Stales grand jury at Greenville returned true bills against J. J. Cooley and A. J. Surratt, the eilii'.ens of Williainston accused of making ?md uttering counterfeit coins. Their case will be for trial this week, and will bc thc most important and interesting ono,of tho term. -Thc statement that Daly, chnrwpiV with the killing of Matilda McKnight, in Charleston, was remanded for trial, was erroneous. Holl? Daly and his alleged accomplice, Divine, "a colored man, were discharged by thc Trial Justice, on thc ground that no prima J'acic case was made out against cither of them. <J KN ICU AL (.KAN r'S BOOK, Tho l iral Edition of the General'* Memoir? to Keach 200,000 Coule?. The first edition of thc personal me moirs of U. S. (?rant is 160,000 copies. The publishers say they may add 60, 000 copies lo it. A second edition is already made necessary by thc huge number of subscriptions received. Tho presses will he set to work upon it just as soon as the first edition is completed, which will be in about three weeks. Thc second edition will bc quite as large as the first. Tlic first volume of Hie first edition will not be delivered until December. Thc second volume will bc ready in March. Orders for thc book havo been coming in very steadily at thc average of five it-oii ami a day. The South is doing its share of ordering. Already 300,000 sets of two volumes have been ordered. This does not include foreign orders. Thc book will bc translated into French, German, Spanish and Italian. Thc entire manuscript for both volumes was in the publishers' naiids on Friday beforo General Grunt died. Mr. Webster took thc galley proofs of the last fifty pagos to Mount McGregor on that day and showed them to the General. Thc manuscript brings the story down to tho end of tho war and not to tho day of tho General's death, as reported. Mrs. Grant is to rccelvo seventy-five per cent, of tho profit on the book In America and eighty-t'V. per cent, on fliat abroad. -Kelly Donnell, thc well known billiardist, died In Atlanta seve* ago and a rptoer incident oe connection with his den' years ago, whet, ho was mother missed a need lo. said that lt had cnlerc body and would como o. An hour before his dont1 of au itching sousa!' anda few minut ing noodle rb?'