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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. _ _ ... BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1876. VOLUME XXIII.?NO. 44. ' * ' J&r' ?? MASONIC DIRECTORY. Clinton Lodge No. 3, F. A. M. W. n. PARKER. W.\ M.\ J. C. WOSMANSKY, Secretary. Meets 2d Monday in every month. Hesperian ChapterNo.17,R.A.M, J. F. 0. DuPRE. M.\ E.\ H \ P.-. J. D. CHALMERS, Recorder. Meeta 3d Friday night in every month. BeSanssiire Cooncil No. 16,8. & S. H. J. T. ROBERTSON. T.\ 111.-. M.\ JNO. G. EDWARDS. Recorder. Meets 1st Tueeday Dight in every month. DE. JOHN S. THOMPSON, DENTIST, Offers hi8 professional services to the citizens of Abbeville and the surrounding country. Office?Over Citizens' Savings Bank, ABBEVILLE, S._C. CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON Have on hand a large stock of Gits' Linn Bern SB, AT VERY LOW PRICES. A large assortment of .Ladies* and G-ents' 4 ft m. merino vests a sains, BOULEVARD SKIRTS, Silk Scarfs and Ties. GIVE THEil A CALL. The Star Shirt! Having tried these Shirts, vre can safely re oommend them for a good fitting and durable Shirt. Collars, Linen and Paper, , : LATEST STYLES, With Cravats and Scarfs to Match. #mi m. m rp ol nrnmu . 2 .. yvHnus 9 runnim. Cottage Bedsteads! Two hundred Bedstead* just received, war ranted all hard wood, at prices from $5 00 tc $10. W. J. D. CHALMERS. Boots and Shoes! Our Btock of BOOTS and SHOE3 is new complete, and at the Lowest Prices for CASH. Call e-rly and got a bargain. DuPRE, GAMBRELL & CO. C. TE3. BRUCE, Boot aiyj Shoe Maker, Over Parker & Perrin's Store, ABBEVILLE, 8. C., Deefres to say tJSat he is fully prepared to meet all demands the public may make in his line. He keeps constantly on band a large lot of the best material aud employs only the finost work men. He keeps a fall stock of custom made Boots and Shoes, and guarantees the moat entire action in every instance. 51. OOLDSSItrn. P. KIND. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS -J (PHCENIX IRON WORKS),. 4 COLUMBIA, S. C. * . "" Minnfictnrers of Steam Engines of all sizes Hor.-e ppwern, Circular and Malay 8aw Mills, Gri*t aui Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mil'*. Oma mental and Store Ftont*, Iron Railings, Agricul Implements, etc. b: aas and Iron Castings &&1 kinds made to order on short notice.' *B?on the most rewonable terms. A.l-?o.^tB*i^8tCturerB of Cotton Presses. S. 8. NORRELL, Mm and SADDLE BAKER, 1 _ AT HIS 01D STAND Over; Pafcer & Perrin's Drag Store, Has a i>nppl)of Northern Harness Leafhei and other mi'rial for Making and Rtpairing twaddles and u?ues?. CARPENTRY. -J'1!? The undersigaij hereby gives notice that he is prepared to di ll kinds of ' * ' i Capter's *Tork ml Belt He al-io repairs; (?tton Gins. Thrashers and Fans. A. full supjy <f Oin Material always on hand. Farirfeft are requested to bring their Gins np early h the t-eacon to allow time to have them proper^ prepared. Also Agent for th? Taylor Cotton Gin, the Brook* C itton Pre|",and all kinds of Unbbei and Leather Belth-p. /d. b; smith, Abbeville C. IF., S. C. STEAM Columbia, S. C. F.W.WIN G,}Proprietor. Sash, Blinds, Doors, WINDOW AND -' , DOOB FKAMES, MfiPlotBMs&Sliite, riLAd I EKd) Mantelpieces, MOLDINGS, BRACKETS, Handrails, ry.\ i.... Newels, *. Balusters. tOLL WORE of $ Dseription. Y-"> guaranteed A N?. 1. There Comes a Time, rJiero comes a time when we grow old, And liko a sunset down the eea Slope gradual, and the night wind cold Comes whispering sad and chilling j And locks are gray As winter's day, And oyos of saddest blue behold The loaves all weary drift away, And lips of fadod coral say, Tbere comes a time whon we grow old. There comes a time when joyous hearts, Which leaped as leaped the laughing main, Aro dead to all savo memory, As prisoner in his dungeon chain, And dawn of day Hath passed away, Tbe moon hathinto darkness rolled ; And by the embers warm and gray, I bear a voioe in whisper say, There comes a.time when we grow old. There comes a time when manhood's prime Is shrouded in the mist of years, And beauty fading like a dream, Hath passed away in silent tears ; And then how dark ! But oh! tho spark That kindled youth to hues of gold Still burns with clear and steady ray, And fond affeotions lingering Bay, Thero comes a time when we grow old. There comes a time when laughing spriug And golden summer cease to be, Aud we put on the autumn robe, To tread the last declivity ; But now the slope, With rosy hopo, Beyond the sunset we behold? Another dawn, w th fairer light, While watchers liieper through the night, T: ere comes a tim whoa we grow old. JUST CHARGE IT. A LESSON IN ECONOMY. ' Charles, what aid tms peacn pre serve cost?" " I'm sore I don't know, Hannah." " But yo.u bought it this morning." " I know I did, but I didn't ask the price of it." " Didn't you pay for it ?" "No." "Why not?" " Oh, because I couldn't make change. I have opened an account with Mr. Wal dron and shall hereafter settle once in three months." This conversation was carried on at the tea table between Charles Matthews and Ins wile. mattnews was a young mechanic who had just commenced housekeeping, and as ho was making ex cellent wages he could afford to live Eretty welL After he had made known is determined agreement to his wife she remained some time in silent thought. ' Charles," she at length said, in a n ild, persuasive tone, " I think it would be better to pay for things as you t ike them. You know you get your pay for work every Saturday night, and you could pay as you go very easily." " I know I could," replied Mr. Matthews, with the air of a man who had unanswerable arguments at his com mand; " but then it would not be' near so handy. You Bee, I shall save all the trouble of making change, and shall not only save time, but also avoid making miftakes." . " Mistakes ?" repeated Hannah. " How can mistakes occur when you pay for things as vou get fchemf" 'I will tell you. Sometimes it may not bo convenient to pay for a thing when I get it?I may forget my money, or I may only take it on trial?then if I pay for. a part and not for all, some things may get charged which I pay Vr? n a ciafflomanf An IV/1* 1W) UHUUUUf ? OVVVtWWVuw v/uw ft quarter will be the best and most con venient all round, I am satisfied of it." "Well, perhaps it may," said the wife, with an earnest tone and lookup d yet with a smile, "but I cannopjfiik as you do." " But why not ?" "Why, on ftll accounts. In the first place you will buy more than if you paid cash. Now you needn't 6hake your head, for I know it. There are many little luxuries, little extras, which we do not need but which you will be apt to buy if you do not have to pay the money down. I know something of this credit system, and I know that it is not a fair or good thing. In the second placx', if yon pay cash for everything you will get your goods cheaper. A trader will sell cheaper when he can have the money in his hands than when Ua fa s?o*rt*YT niif fKo omniinf am V?iu UP iv vauj vuv wuu uuivuuv vu iiiu ledger." " ! "But let me tell you, Hannah, that Mr. Waldron will not cheat. He is not the man to take advantage in that 1 way." ; i( You misunderstand me, Charles; do < i you not know that all traders can afford to sell cheaper when tliey have the jnoney in their hands and do not have to carry the amount to their ledgers. They i could afjowk to do s >. Traders like to secure cash customers. ' I think you I 1 will find it for your advautage to try the cash system.. Now I do not believo you would have J^ught this peach preserve if yon kad had t<> pay cash for it." " But I bought triat to please you, and 1 thought you would be pleased." "I know you did," she replied, as she placed her hand affectionately upon his shoulder. " I know you would do anything to please me ; but for tho sake of helping you, I would fo? go all su<,-h things. Then after a few years, .per haps we might own a little cottage of our own." For several days Charles only sent up from the store what they rea'ly needed. At length, as he went to the store one morning, on his way to his work, he saw some Bplendid pickles in fanoy jars. He had ordered the articles he needed, and was about to leave when Mr. Waldron spoke : 41 Mr. Matthews," said he, "don't yon want a jar of pickles? I carried my wife in a jar last evening and she thinks them superior to any 6he ever saw." Now Charles knew that his wife had plenty of plain pickled cucumbers, Borne that her mother had put down for her, but Mr. Waldron's wife had some of these fancy ones, and why shouldn't Hannah? And so be ordered the jar, and as it was inconvenient to pay for it, ordered it charged. "Mr. Matthews, anything you may want you can order at any time, and you may rest assured we shall be very happy to accommodate you." Now this was flattering to yonng Mat thews' feelings, to think that the trader j f had such confidence in him, and ho -went i away with an exceeding good opinion of i himself and credit, and of the store- 1 keeper in parlicnlar. Only one dollar! Yes?onlyonodol- i lar on the trailer's ledger?that's of no ) account. Bnt a dollnr right out of one's - pocket?that wan ditl'erent. Charles " i would not havo bought them had he I been obliged to pay the cash at the 1 time. i "Ah, Matthews, look here, I hare ' something nice to show you." This was 1 said'by.the trader to the young man the ] very next morning after thepurchase of , the pickle?. And so Mr. Waldron led ] our nero to the back store and opened a < " I know your wife "would like some af those, i carried some home to mj wife, and Bhe wanted me to save hei three or forix dozen." " These,, are nice. How high are they ?" "Let me see; I can^send you up three Jozen for a dollar. " I got these verj ;heap. You know they are retailing ai Elve cents apiece." ."Yes. Well*you may 6end meuj three dozen. Just charge it, if yot please." "Certainly. Anything else this morn ingt" And so Matthews went on. Thii norning. it would be a dollar?to-mor row perhaps fifty oents?and then agaii perhaps only twenty-five cents. II Jidn't seem much. The young man hac just as much money in his pocket ai though he hadn't bought them. " Onlj i dollar," he would say to himself, Anf Irryolra /Inllflrfl c luau XOU V iUUVU vuv VA vnvtiw week. And it might not be, but the trouble was, that the next dollar wat jailed one dollar, and he would forget tc idd it to the former dollar and call i! two dollars; and with the next dollai md call it three dollars, and so on. One evening Charles came home with i new gold chain attached to his watch. " Where did you get that?" asked hif wife. " Ah," returned the husband, with an impressive shake of the head, "I made i bargain on this chain.- Now guess now much I paid for it." "Iam sure I could not guess." " Oh, but try?guess something." " Well, perhaps ten dollars." " Ten dollars ?" echoed Charles, with \ disappointed look. "Why, what are eou thinking of ? Jack Cummins bought ;his chain two months ago, and paid ;wenty dollars for it. Why, just heft it md see how heavy it is. Eighteen jardta fine. Jack was hard up for noney, and let me have it for thirteen lollars." "It is cheap, to be sure," returned Hannah, but yet with not such pleasur ible surprise as her husband had ex pected. "But," she added, "joudid aot need it, and I fear you will feel the oss of the money." . " Pooh! I have money enough. You j now I have spent but very little lately. [ have been pretty saving." " Tint vnn forest our thincfl. Charles. Hie money which you have on hand is lot yours. " Not mine ?" he exclaimed. " No, it belongs to the storekeeper, i ad to the butcher, and to our landlord. L'ou know they must b ; paid." " Don't you fret about them. I know t don't cost anywhere near twelve dol ars to'live, for I have made an estimate, rhere is Wilkins, who works beside me it the shop, he has four children, and )nly gets the same wages I do, and yet le lays up two or three dollars each veek." "Yes," said Hannah, "I know he loes ; I was in to Bee his wife the other lay, and she was telling mo how they rt.t. qInner Mr. Wilkins takes his bas tet tunc? a week and gets his meat and ,'ege tables, and trades for cash, and so jets everything to the best advantage. *o he docs at the store. He lays in a food quantity of those articles which vill keep, and buys butter, eggs, apples md such things by the quantity when he market is full, ai*d thoy are cheap, tnd he always buys enough to last his amily over.ilie season of scarcity, when ;uch things are high. Hi* butter, for nstance, he bought for twenty-two sents per pound, a firkin of it?ana it is nuch sweeter than that for which you mid forty eight cents yesterday." "Forty-eight cents!" repeated the ponng maii in surprise. "Yes. I asked Mr. Waldron's man vhen he brought it up, and he said it rnd risen to forty-eight cents. Mr. tVilkins got twenty dozen of eggs some lime ago for twenty ccnts a dozen, and iw triffi r?ot:fced them down, and thev :eep well. You will have to pay Mr. Caldron forty-five cents for . those he lent up yesterday." Charles Matthews was somewhat as wnished at this view of the case, but it jould not be helped now, and the sub ect was dropped. His gold chain had ost its charm. It did not look so well, jven in his own eyes, as the old black ?rd which he had worn before. At length the end of the quarter came iround. The first bill was the rent, vhich amounted to twenty-one dollars, rhe next was the butcher's bill of thirty tix dollars. Charles was astonished to ;ee how his meat bill footed up. But vhen he saw how many steaks he had lad at thirty cents a pound, the cause of he wonder disappeared. Next he paid ;tie baker's bill, which-was thirteen lollars. "When ho came home in the vening he had paid all his bills except ,he grocery bill. "Mr. Waldron sent his bill fco-day," ais wife said, after snpper. 44 Ah, did ho ? let me see iS." Hannah bronght it and Charles look ed. Ho was astonished at its length, md when he came to look nt the bottom >f the column his face turned a shade >alt\ It footed np< just ixty-five lollars?an average of five dollars a veek. " Thifl is impossible !" lie cxclaimed, is he gazed upon it. But he examine J :he different articles, and ho could re nember when he had ordered them. Those things which cost him only n lollar, looked very iupocent when view ed alone, but in the aggregate they had i very different look. " How much shall we lay up tlin juarter, Charles?" kindly asked his *ife, oa tihe came and leaned over his thoulder, and smoothed the hair from lis brow. " How much shall wo lay up?" he re peated. "Not much. Get the slate md let us reckon up." Ho was resolved i.o be frank about the matter and let his tvifo know all. The slate was brought. First, she put lown one hundred and fifty-six dollars is the quarter's salary. Then came the rent and the butcher and the baker. " Now you put down thirteen dollars for the ch/un?and twelve dollars for sundries?that means cigars, concerts uid sncli things. Now take all that from my quarter's salary, and see how nuch remains." She did so, and gavo fifty two dollars is the result. ."Fifty-two dollars!" uttered Charles, utting back in his chair, 14 and we have lot bought one article of clothing nor .>f furniture. Fifty-two dollars with -i- - % a *_i n mi fruicu 10 pay biiiy-uve. mere 10 mir ieen dollars short this quarter, and I meant to save at least thirty dollars." "Well, it's no use to mourn over it," *aid the wife, in a cheerful tone, for she that her husband felt badly. "Let is commenoe again. There ia nothing ike trying, you Know." For some moments Charles remained nlent. He gazed first upon the bill he lield in his hand; then upon then floor, it last he spoke. "Hannah, I see where the trouble is, md I must freely admit that I have oeen wrong. If 1 had paid for every thing as I bought it I should have hit it. ifou were right I see it all now. X oave not estimated the value of money as [ ought. Let me onee get up again to where I began, and I will do differently.' [ must step down to the store this takmg his wife's moneypbut she insisted on jiving him the money. It was her will, and he mnst submit. So he went down and paid the grocery bill, and on his way home he sold his gold chain for thirteen dollars. He felt happier now, and was ready to commence the next quarter. On the next Monday morning the young man went into the meat store to send home a piece of beef for dinner. "Howmuch will you have?" asked the butcher. " O, three or four"? Charles got thus far, and then he stopped. He had always been in the habit of ordering an indefinite quantity, and leaving the butcher to out it off at the highest figure, and charge the high est price ; and then he remembered how much was usually wasted. " Let me have two pounds," he said. He Btopped and saw it weighed and then naid fr\r if. When he went homo at noon, he found that his two pounds of beef was enough for a good dinner. The next morning he went to the store. Mr. Waldron had some nice figs just come in which he showed. They were only twenty-five cents a pound. For a mo ment Charles hesitated, but as he re membered that he had got to pay for all he bought he concluded not to take them. He found that things were not so enticing when it required cash to get them as when the payment could be postponed. Ho paid for what he bought and went his way ; and thus things went on through the week. When it came Saturday night he knew that all the money in his pocket was his own, after deducting the rent. Thnt evening he went over to the mar ket with Wilkms and bought as much *rnc?>t-nKloa onrl mflat flallA tliniicht WOTlld last tlirough the week. He found lie had made a saving of at least twenty per cent., and when tlie opportunity offered he made the same saving in other mat ters. At the end of that quarter Charles Matthews did not have to get a slate. He paid his house rent, and then he found he had thirty-five dollars left in his pocket. That was his?he did not owe a penny of it. "Ah, Hannah," said he, as he held the money in his hand and looked it n t i o uvtrr, yuuw J. auuw iiuw cuoj m w ivi a man to be wrong and his wife riglit This money all comes of paying as I gc along. It is very easy and simple to say: 'Just charge it,' and a man can easily bny things nnder such circumstances, but when the day of reckoning comes these three simple words, that souiid so innocent when spoken, are found to bo costly things. I did not believe it until I tried it. I could not have believed that a man would purchase many articles simply because he could have them charged. , But I see it now, and if I re fused to follow your advice at first, I have gaiued experience enough to lead me to follow it more explicitly now." Charles Matthews never again allowed himself- to be carried away by the oredit frrrn+um Vint VlOB fnllntTAfl tllA PJlsh TTl1f>. and the consequence haa been that be could- buy produce, coal, etc., at the cheap priceB, and he has now cut off the expense of house ront, for he owns a snug little cottage, and it is al Ipaid for. The Philippine Islands. The Philippine islands, which have been scourged by so dreadful a hurri cane, with such terrible loss of life, have been rather withdrawn from the notice of the world, both by their locality and also in a very great measure by the re pressive policy of Spain, whoso govern ment, with its usual inability to oom prehend the expansive wants of human ity, (Hosed all the ports to foreign commerce, and hampered intercourse even -with thejopther conntry by many vexations redflkons. In spite of the progress of thjnffle many of these still remain, and cv/wgpow only foar ports are open to fore shipping. As the group contains no less than 1,2C0 islandp, of which about twenty are of fair size, and four at least very large, this is entirely inadequate to the needs of commerce. But the Spanish govern ment, terrified at the loss of bo many valuable colonies, btill continues to be reluctant to let the world know much of nnooocimiii an /vr/VMvlinfrlv Villliahlfl. though under their present rule their great value must necessarily be un developed. The researches of Mr. Sem per, an English traveler, and more re cently of the eminent German naturalist Dr. Mayer, have, however, thrown con siderable light upon the resources of these lands, which are said to be very much coveted by the rising German em pire. The position of the Islas Filip pinas is between latitude 5 deg. 32 miu. ana deg. 38 min. north, and 117 deg. to 127 dog.' -longitude east, being one admirably adapted for commercial enter prise, for it is the center of a very rich region, and one in which trafficking is an active and lucrative pursuit. Japan is to the north, the southern provinces of China and the English possessions in f/> flifl Ttrncf. tlm SmVfl lalaruln the Dutch settlements in Java, and Australia to the south, and the innumer able islands of palm oil and seed pearl that checker the Pacific ocean to the east. This group was conquered by the Spanish in the reign of Philip II., after whom it was named, and has remained in their possession ever since, although the Spanish are lords only, over 52,000 square miles out of the 120,000. The population is estimated at 6,000,000, of whom 4,000,000 are pure Malays, 1,000, 000 are a species of negro akin to the Papuans of New Guinea, and the rest are whites or half castes. The Germans are accused of stirring up the Malays to mutiny, and of furnishing thom with arms and ammunition, and this is at the present moment the subject of diplo Knfirflon fho twn rnwprd. UIUUV VUUAUUilJ W\,v >i VVJ4 ?-*4V( wuv ?*VT. v?M? The trade of America, which is much less than it was, is almost ?. ntirely, with the capital city, Manila, which has a population of 140,000, and is one more of exports than imports. If the dis patches received via Madrid are correct, this great seat of commercial prosperity baa been unharmed by the tornado, whose ravages were confined to the southern portion of the largest island, Luzon. Manila is buiU in tho center of this, and many miles from the afflicted region. _/ A Lore Visit. Mrs. Joyeo, the wife of Colonel Joyce, | sent to State prison for being engaged Ari Ca: ] to in the whisky ring, arrived at Jeilerson I in Cily with her littlo girl and babe, and ! 1 at once proceeded to the penitentiary, j gai where ber husband is confined, and the 1 bei meeting between the two is described as ! No having been most affecting. During | del her recent severe trials, Mrs. Joyce has ! eve sustained hers -lf with remarkable hero- | del ism. While wuiting in tho reception room of the prison, she endeavored to preserve her accustomed composure, but when Joyce emerged from tho adjoining apartment clad in his convict garb she at once gave way to her overburdened feelings. After she became composed she had a conversation of several hours with her husband. . Joyce bore the meeting and the tears of his wife man fully, but when the prison authorities notified them t?at interview must end, and she arol^P good-bye, and told him nho next day and bring tho since his iffl. prisonment to down try sot sto Eu lea poi 1CK las 181 1 THE YEAB 1875. >table Krenrt of the Year?What was ; Done at Ilotne and Abroad. The year has not been signalized by ly extraordinary events in the hiatory the world. Bat for a few distuxb ices here and there, we migkt Bay that e whole human raoe has lived in peace rough the year. The Cubans have ntinued their contest. The Spanish ril war between the Garlists and the Lfonsists has been carried on in a de ltory way, but of late there has been lull in it. The Herzegovinians, in Eu peon Turkey, have begun a rebellion ;ainst the Turkish rulers, and a number petty actions have taken place with xyiog results, but the struggle does >t seem to possess the elements of ilitary success for them, and the ques >ns at issue are in the way of settle ent by negotiation. The martial jyptians, who have been led by thoir rritorial ambition into hostilities with veral neighboring countries, have ished their conquests toward the equa r, nave seized uarioor, aajacent to eir -western line, and have invaded jyeainia, bnt the latter country has fered snch resistanoe to their advance at they are preparing for the with awal of their expedition. The Rus ins have within a few months past re med opeiations in Turkestan, where ey have- fought several battles, and ;t -with one serieus reverse, but the ial result of the campaign has been rorable to their arms, and the Ehanote bokand has been virtually annexed to eir possessions in that quarter. We ve heard but little of the conquests of ,koob .Khan in western China; but at restless adventurer has at least lintained his power and kept his linese enemies at bay. The British ve just had some 'slight trouble in that rt of Asia which constitutes the Malay niusula; but recent dispatches an imce the complete suocess of their tall military force there. The Liberian public, on the west coast of Africa, has en waging war on the savages among population and near its borders, but IaaItq fta fVi/irtnrV* fho <*Awawimflnf. wnnl/1 veto patch up a peace without vio ry. The war of theHollanders against iheen, which was begun three years o, has not been formally terminated; t the army and navy of "Holland have Irained from operations during the nr. The Russians have annexed to sir dominions the island of Saghalien, tich formally belonged to the Japan V but this has been done by peaoeful gotiations. The British have added 3 Feejee islands to their Australian Bscssiona; bilt this also was aoaom shed by treaty with the natives, with t resort to war. JLiie uiguu ui tcii pcuujr niuo no iiuvu amerated in different parts of the jat globe, among various families of 3 human race, have made only a slight iturbance in the peaceful history of 3 year. All the great powers of the rid have "kept 'the, peace with each ler. The sacrifices of mankind on the ar of Moloch have not numbered many jusands all told. rhere-were several threatened wars srted during the year. The British vernment had a ; misunderstanding Lt_ ni.i ' 1.1.L ^-1 fc -J tn umua, wincu very uoarjjr piuugwu r into war with that populous empire few months ago, but fortunately the tbreak of the hostilities has been pre ited through the menaces of diplo ,cy, which induced the Chinese to ao le to the British demands. There ee also been' troubles>ith a warlike >ect between Great Britain and Bur ,h ; aud the Duke of Cambridge said ortnight ago that the queen'srelations ;h the Burmese potentate wore still tical, but, as both parties seem willing negotiate, and as British power is :y much feared in Burmah, it may be jected tbatasettlement will bo brought jut. In Europe there has appar Ay been danger within the last f year that the complications over the rkish quostion might result iu a great r, involving the leading European tvers. die statesmen of Russia, Germany 1 Austria have been deeply engaged conferences ooncerning, not only frzegovina, bnt upon the general con ion of the Turkish empire. They /e had to tako many things.i^to ao mt; and they have doubtless found lifficult to reach a conclusion satisfao y to all the parties in conference, and other interested parties; but as the ice has so far been maintained over s bothersome Turkish business, the ibrcak of war over it may perhaps be lefinitely postponed. No. suppose we muet put among the srted wars of the year the war with ULlJj YYXLi^U IWOLlVkJ woai^u ouvu u r in our navy. We likewise feel happy it the troubles on the Mexican fron r are not beyond the management of jific statesmanship. >fow for a few brief notes while takiag >irdseye view of the peaceful world at BP* in the United States, at the opening the year, there was trouble in Louisi i, where Gen. Sheridan had been it to take control of affairs, and the cifio Mail subsidy was under investi ;ion in Congress. On the first of the ir, Samuel J. T lden was inaugurated pernor of New York State; subse ently, Francis Kernau was elected aator ; ex-President Andrew Johnson ho afterward diedl took his seat in ) Senate. The canal frauds have been dor investigation in New York State ring the whole year. The Beecher ?lt which was begun with the year, ted through its first half, and wiil ap rently saon again be resumed in vari ? other shapes. Tho most important litical features of tho year were tho lation campaign, and tho assemblage s month of a Democratic Houso of presentatives. Tho exposure of huge isky frauds in the West have been a table incident. [lie preparation? fcr the Centennial ribition in Philadelphia have been in /Invi'nn fKn w*,iv TKn Amnw. i rifle team beat their competitors at ) match in Ireland, in June. ?Boss reed escaped from cnstody a few eka ago. The Bunker Hill celebration >k place in June. There were heavy nmer floods in some of the Western ites. The Bank of California explod in August. There were workingmen's ikes in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts 1 elsewhere. The Western Indians ?e kept unusually quiet during the ir. Tie town of indianola, in Texas, s destroyed by a hurricane in Septem \ Vice-President Henry Wilson died November. ni.- Hf An/1 QnnTrntr mtrtwoUrt. Liit5 1UUUUJ uuu Kjuuavj lUTXTUiiain utr i their Brooklyn operations in Octo \ closed them on the twentieth of vember, and went at onco to Phila phia, where they have been engaged sr since. \A.mong the religions inci ats of the year was the elevation of chbishop McCloskey to tho rank of rdinal of the Roman Catholic Chnrch. [t has been a year in which, from first last, we have heard widespread com ints of hard times; but, neverthe s/tKe business interests of the oonn ' have been getting placed upon a inder basis than they had previously od upon. The immigration from rope during the year hSa been muoh s.than for many years past. The ro rts show that it is but a trifle over ),4}00, whioh is one-thi^d below that of fc year, and two-thirds^ below that of few weeks ago. This is the most aatul and far-reaching piece of statesmanshi in recent British history. By it Di raeli has at once oooflxmed British pow* and his own hold npon power. Tt Tory party, headed by Disraeli, are di inclined to oontinne in the polioy of d< mestic change or reform whioh was tt main characteristic of Gladstone's a< ministration; bnt nevertheless they hai made no attempt to reverse any of tt important measures whioh were passe before they got oontrol of tha goyen ment. On the shipping question Di raeli backed dov/n before the demonstri tionsof Plimsoll, and on the fngitii slave question he backed down befoi the outcry of the anti-slavery partn The most picturesque incident 01 Di raeli's premiership, next to the Sue canal affair, is the East Indian tour c the Prinoe of Wales, which is drawin to a cloee. Gladstone still continues h literary war upon " Vaticanism." Di raeli has piloted the government safe! through the various foreign maneuvei and />nmr?lf/vifir?'na tViaf mo Viotta aira<i/1 mentioned, and his supporters claii that it is his pnrpose to establish atroDg foreign policy which will restoi England to her former position in ti world at large. In France, the year has been one c remarkable political progress on the R< publican side. The Republicans are i a minority in the assembly; but the r< publiculias been strengthened by almot every step the assembly has taken. Tb measures that the Monarchists hay passed in their own interests have tun ed out to be advantageous for the B< publicans. A majority of that portio of the members of the new Senate whic the assembly had to elect were R< publicans, and it is not improbable thf a majority oi' the other members, to b otherwise elected, will be of the sam political faith. The Republicans hav just failed in their effort to raise th bLUl/CJ U1 BltJgU 111 LllUatJ UUpiU tLLiCllLO 1 whioli it etUl exists, and the severe 001 test over the scruiin de lisie result? adversely to them. There is 110 <jue? tioning of the luthority of Presides McMahon by any party. The Legit mists have made no show of their royi candidates during the. year, and ther have been no Orleanist intrigues of nc tice. The small knot of Bonapartista i the assembly are ceaselessly active, bu they see they must wait for their oppoi tunity in the future. Thiers and Gam bette have continued in their places a Republican leaders. There are man; DlgllD IfJLUftU tilO piOOVUU OOOOU1U1J WiU DUU, , provide for its own dissolution, and th speedy election of a new assembly, afte which both honses will assemble as th legislative power of an organized con stitutional republio. In Germany, Bismarck has made n< great new movements this year. H< has not checked the action of the law: relative to the chnrch, and on many oo oasions, prelates and priests have beei the sufferers by them. The hierarch; have no means of preventing the execu tion of the laws of 1873 for the regula tion of education, ecclesiastical autnori ty, and church property, and the Pop has had to rest satisfied with his pre vious remonstrances against them. recently had new evidence showing hoT fully Bismarck controls German legisJa tion, and the various policies he haj tieet ongaged in turning into"^aws al Vu-?or? fVia tyionf Vti'a ofrnnr* VmnrJ "Ria k'uui i/uu nn*t ** v* uwa vug ni>n\*? marok has been studying Turkey, bui we have not yet learned his conclu sions. In Italy the year has been one o greater political quietude than any oth er year for a long time. There ha; been no new trouble about the Pope ^Jio has kept himself closely confinec in the Vatican, and the Ultramontan< party have offered only a passive resist ance to the laws which in previous yeari were felt so heavily. The emperor ol Germanv visited the kirn? of Italy ashorl time ago at Milan, but if the monarch! conferred about political questions, the] have not yet published their views. In Austro-Hungary, also, the year ha* been one of unusual internal quietude, though latterly the Vienna government, which has been compelled to keep close watch over the insurgent Bosnians anc agitated Servians across its southerr border, has had more than its share oj troublo over the Turkish question, Austria is more directly interested in the sultan's fate than any other power, Rus sia not excepted. Russia has given us little material to lucubration, beyond the items incident ally mentioned in our Burvey, We gel no news from there of governmental crises, or of exciting popular elections, or of projected policies, ox of religious struggles. , Looking at Spain, we see that the young king has maintained his place, that the reaction against the changet made during the republic has been ir progress, that tho Oarlistwar is languish ing, that the government is oontrollec as ever by military politicians, and thai no provision has been made for calling togetner again tne uortea, ciiaporeeu uj the soldier who overthrew the Castela] republic. All the South American states hav( kept the peace with each other during the year, and the emperor of Braiil wil soon enjoy the pleasure of paying us ? visit. The great Asiatic empires are aparl from us in thought and motion. Chini heeds us not, nor the Indies, nor Persia, As for Africa?what of it ? So much for the lands of the world, and as for its waters, they too, have hie their vicissitudes. On the Atlantic, anc on our Pacific coast, we have had a num ber of shipwrecks, with appalling conse quencfcs.?New York Sun. Treatment of Old Horses. What shall wo do with old horses, is t question of some importance to the owners of that valuable animal. Aftei years of faithful service under the sad die and in harness, thisoldfrienftof mar becomes superannuated and no longei able to do effective work. What shal] we do with him ? To turn him out to die would be cm el in the extreme; to sell him to some animal in the shape of a man who would overwork him, and half starve Ka fn lrflon Viim nr UUUU| ITWUiU WO y IV UVV^/ iiUU and 'take good care of him, would be troublesome and expensive, especiaUy tc a farmer or other person who is compelled by his occupation to keep ten or twelve horses. Some individuals would bo dis posed to end his sufferings by poison 01 by violence, but that is revolting to a person of ordinary sensibility ; therefore the question comes up, " what shall be done with him ?" Spanish Conscription. A letter from Spain says : What we found far more interesting was a room dim with tobacco Lmoke, where con scripts wero beincr measured and weighed for enlisting. Many of them were very young, between cisteen and twenty, ane their faces woro an awed, frightened ap pearance, not at all soldier-like and verj pitiful to see. Outside some women sal waiting in different attitudes of suspense and grief ; one or two were crying dis consolately, as if hopeless ; another, witl little hands clinched tight, stood motion less beside the door, glancing up keenly every^ti^he itopened, and, as I noticed the !?< ?, J- laid totne coionei; - xuat womai won't Ifrfc the one in whom sho's inter THE MOSEL DISASTER. What the PaMeacer* who ha^re Arrive Home have to Say Abont It. Many of those who had engaged pat sage by the steamer Mosel and were d< layed bv the dynamite disaster hai arrived nome. A reporter who intej viewed them says: Captain Franoke, < the Salier, happened to be a witness C the fearful explosion of dynamite on th quay at Bremerhaven, and he relate the scene as he saw it. He had come t the wharf to see the captain of anothc steamer, and was in conversation witlj friend when it occurred. He said: " I had no idea of what had occurre when the explosion took place. It ws abont half an hour before the Mosel ws to sail, and the first thing I knew a tei rible report was heard and the air wa full of flying fragments of almost ever] thing. I was thrown to my feet, an when I recovered from the shock an arose a fearful scene met my gaze. B< fore the explosion I should think thre hundred people were on the quaj laughing, making adieus, etc. Imrm diately thereafter there were not moi than fifty standing, and the dock eeeme to be covered with dead bodies. Th spot where the explosion occurred wa marked by a deep blaok hole in th ground, and nothing more. It was a if a blast of wind bad swept the groun for a few feet around. I saw pieces c wood and iron, chests, boxes, all i splinters flying about, and the air wa full of fragments of human bodies, lege arms, heads; pieces of broken glas were showered down, and the noise pai tially drowned the screams of th wounded and dying. I looked at th Mosel as soon as I recovered, and aftei wards went aboard of her. Her uppe works were nearly ruined; sky-light were smashed in, the navigation cabin mass of splinters, and the rails and woo work generally torn and smashed. Th hatchways were broken in, and the glas nnrfn />rn/Vb-Arl And rfiTlt into fttomfl." a Francis Volk, of Jersey City, N. J. h was a witness of the explosion, and h tells his story as follows: " I came fc [. the wharf about two o'clook. and afte j getting my boggae aboard I came o; 0 deck to watch the people. The weathe h was very ?ne, and I was leaning agains Q the mast enjoying the scene when sad t denly I fell flat on my face and heard terrible noise. I thought the boiler o t_ the Mosel had exploded first, and then a imagined it must certainly be the boile y of the 8 team tug alongside. Pieces o Q wood, iron and glass, and parts of hu e man bodies were falling upon and aroun< r me, and as I cut my head badly when i ~ fell at first I tkoncrht I was badly injured I rose to my feet and looked around The scene was awf ol, and I can't describe it. It makes me ehndder now ever time.I think of it." William Bormann, of Philadelphia said: "I saw it up in the air." Mr Bormann is a gentleman weighing abou two hundred and fifty pounds, and h< was still suffering from the nervous ex (ritement caused by the explosion. Af ter describing the scene in much the same manner ai; Captain Francke, h< said: "I was standing on the whar alongside, and amidships of the Mosel The first thing I knew I was lifted fron my feet, and raised at least ten feet ii the air. I fell on the deck of the Mosel The wreck caused by the explosioi fell around me; and l was strucK dj falling timber. X lay nearly insensibl< for some time, aud when I recovered peoplo were flocking to the wharf ii crowds, and the dying and wounded wen being cared for. Ken Under Arms.. The number of men at present main tained in the standing armies of civilizec nations, says the New York Sun, is not ess than 3,000,000. All these art snatched awfly from useful industries and condemned to idleness and a vicious ife, while the laboring people are taxec for thoir support and for the costly ar maments they require. The annua] amount of the military and naval bud gets of Europe is $596,963,300; the lost of labor involved by the withdrawal ol [ so many men from productive industry L costs $660,874,460; and the interest ol 1 capital invested in military and naval f establishments amounts to $152,200,000. This makes a total of more than $1,400, > 000,000 taken every year from the people of Christendom for th6 maintenance ol military establishments. But this is r not all; "for nearly as manv more men * are re* uirad to wait upon them in some ' form or other, and they, too, become consumers of the world's supply ol < food. The first effect of this is that the 5 finances of nearly all the European states are embarrassed. On the other hand, let ns for a moment suppose that, by an understanding with the j;rea1 powers, a disarming in the proportion oi one half was effected. Immediately more than 2,500,000 men, from twenty to thirty-flvo years of age, constituting the flower of the population -of thai age, are restored to the labors of peace, and at once an annual saving of $640, 000,000 is effected on the totality ol European budgets?a sum which would pay off in twenty years all the European national debts. Lover and Husband, remaps mere 10 uu muie ymmiu uuit in a woman's life than the time of tran sition, when the assiduous lover is pass ing into the matter-of-fact husband, and the wooer is gradually changing k to the master. Women, who are so much more sensitive than men, more sentimental too, and less content to trust in silence to an undemonstrative affection, are fai the most part happy only while they are being made love to. It is not enough to be loved; they want to be told twenty times a day, and to have the harmonies of life enr:ched by a crowcj of "occa sional notes," embroidering the solid substance by which they live. Men, on the contrary, get tired of making love. When they have wooed and won, they ? 1- * -i J A _ 1.7.. are content; 10 dq quiet, ana u> iuse hjj the rest for granted. They are not cold, however, because they are secure; and to most?and those the best?practical kindness is better than flattery, security ranks before excitement and hysteria, and life passed in serene friendship, fearing no evil, knowing no break, and needing no praisiug, is better than life passed in a perpetual turmoil of passion, where thero are scenes and tears, and doubt find broken hearts, if there are not endless' courtship and fatiguing demonstrations. Stick to Your Husiness. One of the ablest men that this coun try has ever produced, and with whom it was our good fortune to beac.juaiuted, used to say there was no regular busi ness a man could not make a fortune out of if he would devote himself to it and refnso to bo diverted into anything else. And this is very true. But the historj of many of our business men is a his tory of fortunes made in regular occupa tions, and lost in outside operations anc1 ventures. Stick to your business, whatever thai business may be, is the only wholesom< and safe rule to follow. Let our younj men set out in life with this principh firmly fixed in their minds, never to b< departed from. Their success may seen to be delayed, but it will bo sure; anc A that the slow tortoise outstrips tin . (jnimble hare is more fact than fable Stick to your business, nud your busi imately roj^?* jour devotior rx' TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. A Man Ktlta Hla Wife and Daughter and then Commits Suicide. A double murder and suicide occurred in New York city. A roan named Myer Minster shot bis wife and child, and then, putting tta pistol to bis own head, he fired, causing a wound which result ed in his death. The family of Minster occupied two rooms on the second floor. He was a hard working, sober man, in the employ of the society for the pre vention of cruelty to children. A man named !Flynn, who lives with his wife in the apartment at the rear of Minster's bedroom, heard some noises, which he describes as "suspicious," and awoke his wife, who heard the sound of groans emanating from Minster's bedroom. After trying the door and finding it looked he called an officer, who assisted a young girl living in the house to enter the bedroom hv a window over the bed. As the child let herself down on the in side of the dark room she touched Min ster, who groaned. This frightened the girl, who at once ran to the front room door and unlocked it, letting in the offi cer and others with a light. When they entered the bedroom a frightful sight presented itself. Minster lay on the bed next the wall, with a wound on the right side of his head. Near his right hand, two inches from his fingew, lay a seven barreled revolver, with five barrels dis charged. Next to him lay his wife, with two ugly wounds, one in the left eye and the other on the right side of the head, and at the front of the bed their daugh ter, a little child about three years old, lay dead from a pistol bullet whioh had lodged in her right eye. The man and his wife were unconscious. The bed was covered with blood, and all the victims of the awful crime were a J bleeding. d The coroner was notified, and, to e gether with his deputy, proceeded to the a hospital in the hope of being able to take an ante-mortem statement. When they , arrived there the patients were stLti e in a oomatose state. Minster oonld not 0 be roused, bnt by a slight shaking his r wife was seen to try to make an effort to a speak. One side of her faoe was com r pletely paralyzed, for when she made t an attempt to talk all the movement of 1- her mouth was on one side of it. a The coroner afterward went to ascer f tain some facts connected with the case. 1 When he reaohed the house and was r shown the rooms in whioh the unfortu f nate family had lived he saw nothing i The floors were bare, the chairs were old I and broken, a miserable stove was in the ? front room, and on a ricketty table stood . the remains of the last night's supper, & which evidently had been of the most 1 frugal character. . While there a man came in and stated that he was a brother , of the man who had, up to that time, re . sided in those rooms. He said that his t brother had married, about four years 3 ago, much against the wishes of his - parents and relatives, the woman whom - he had that morning tried to assassinate, > and since that marriage had been ostra 3 cised from the society of those relatives, f He seemed very much affected by his . brother's untimely deoease. i One of the occupants of the house Bays Minster seemed always dissatisfied with bis wife's treatment of liim, and that he complained that she was not sufficiently affectionate towards him. On the other hand, other inmates of the house are high in their prais? of Mrs. Minster, saying that she was a devoted wife and altogether admirable woman. Minster was considered by those who knew him as a rather eccentric charac ter, but always did his duty satisfac torily to his employers. On several occasions he lias been heard to say that | he would shoot himself some day. The Dynamite Disaster. Mr. Boernemann, of Philadelphia, has arrived home. He had engaged passage in the Mosel, and at the time of the dynamite explosion he was standing on j board the vessel, about a couple of paces ! from the steps of the saloon door. He I suddenly felt a terrible shook and heard a dreadful noise as of heavy artillery. To his utter horror and consternation he saw a cloudy mass of human beings thrown up into the air as far as his sight oould reach. He felt an immense snock, as if some ponderous body had fallen upon him ; but he was not physically hurt, although the shock to his nervous system was so great that he has been sick ever since. The blackened, burned and torn limbs of the unhappy victims fell in a shower on the deck, bespatter ing it with their blood and shapeless re mains. The explosion took place amid ships, between the second cabin and the wheelhonse. Mr. Boerneniann was thrown off his feet by the shock and con cussion. The scene was horrible to wit ness. No one knew what to do. Four dead bodies and a large rinmber of wounded people fell on various parts of the ship. It seemed to be a common impnlse for those who had escaped un injured to rush toward the stern of the ship. The vessel was very seriously damaged forward ; part of the bow was blown away and the bulwarks rent in pieces. At the moment of the explosion the steamtug Simson came along under the bows of the Mosel and two wagons approached her from Lloyds' Hall, one with the mail and the other containing goods. The whole was taken toward the steamer by hand carts; and when the last of these, having lour cases ana a barrel on board, was unloaded on the steamer, the great explosion was heard. Eighty persona were Killed or have died of their wounds, and two hundred suf fered injuries more or less serious. Killed in a Bay. In San Francisco we have a case of a j marked reverse in journalism. We r<ifer | to tho Alia California, which has the ! opportunity of becoming the mos*. p ros- j perons newspaper on the Pacific coast. It is more twenty-five years old. It - . i acmevca success uy uu nxmcuv. been bi ought into existence by the | shocking murder of James King of j Williams, editor of the Evening Bulle- j tin, the question arose what policy the ; Alia would adopt?whether one of ap-! proval of the vigilantes, or of opposition. | Deciding the question by the toss of a I silver half dollar, it gave its indorsement to the vigilance committee, and thereby j had transferred to it tho entire advertis- j the famous vigilance committee ' ing patronage of the ueraia, me men i leading paper of San Francisco. The j Herald, which was edited by a former j reporter of the New York Herald, and | ' opposed the vigilance movement, was | L killed in a day by this move of the Alia, j i It had enjoyed all the advertising I ' patronage of the city before that. The i ' morning after the Alia'8 appearance on ^ the side of the vigilance movement, the Herald came out in tho form of a half ' sheet, and soon afterward was discon ' tinned. The Alia, at the moment of this " extraordinary change of circumstanoes, I wns on its inst leers. It was doubtful whether it would hold out a week longer. In one day it became a fortune to its proprietors. > A Happy Answer.?That was a shrewd girl, and not devoid of sense either, who remarked, when other girls were making fun of her short skirts, and affected tc i be much shocked at the exhibition thereof at a party: " Jf you'd only pull J up your -peases abcJkjpur uecks, where j thoy oiAfZuBfeto be, t.^Kd be as short 05 I" A Lock of Golden Ilalr. " Only a lock of goldon hair," The lover wrote. " Perchance to-nl It formeth on her pillow fair A halo bright." " Only a look of golden hair," The maiden, smiling, sweetly said, As she laid it over the back of the chair And went to bed. Items 01' Interest. A lac of rupees in India does not in dioate poverty. There is a dog on the frontier of Da kota Territory which singly and alone carrios the mail over a route x>l sixty milee, through all weathers, as straight as a die, and none dare molest him. The wife of Houston, the chief engi neer of the steamship Pacific, who lost his life while trying to save tne women passengers of the ill-fated vessel, has become insane from grief af; the death of her hnsband. Conflict of ideas. A New Orleans paper, which prints a long editorial headod "The treasure of wickednew profits nothing," has its first page en tirely occupied with the advertisement of a huge lottery swindle. . - It took Sir Isaac Newton less than three years to thoroughly digest tho principles of gravitation, whilo an Indiana farmer has spent eleven years trying to find out why a cow never Kicks until the pail is two-thirds full. Apiece of wood cut from a tree is good conductor. Let it be heated and dried, it becomes an insulator. Let it be baked to charcoal, it becomes a good conductor again. Bum it to ashes, and I it beoomes an insulator once more, In France the average salary of -work men (-without board or lodging) is sixty eight cents; in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, thirty-eight cents; in Eng land eighty-three cents, living being thirty per cent dearer than in France. "Coal Oil Johnny," instead of work ing as a laboring man on a railroad, is at present bnilding a fence around hundred acre farm which he lately pur-"*" chased in California. He saved 815,000 out of the general wreck, and is doing well. A " winter cane" has been invented in Paris for gentlemen only. It is a long; hollow tube, and, before the swell owner goes out on his promenade, it is filled with a chemical preparation which gene rates heat and keeps the hands warm for hours. Warts may be removed, says a cele Wwitasl Tilimn'mon kw mVihino tt>Am Tlirrh umiTOl/ujoiuiau, "J ?c_ and morning with a moistened piece of muriate of ammonia. They soften and dwindle away, leaving no suoli mark as follows their dispersion with lnnar caustic. The annual report of the American Sunday School Union shows that it has organised more than 61,000 Sunday schools, gathered into them 2,651,000 children, and proyided more than 400, 000 teachers during the fifty years of its existence. At Hawkinsville, Ga., one of the two pnnvirfjj in Pnlftflki oonntv iafl tore oat part of the wall and escaped, and the other complained bitterly next day to the sheriff that ""unless the jail were mended so that he would be kept warm he'd go too. I want a wife, said a Chicago man. She must be a good-looking blonde of an affectionate disposition, must have a superior education, including a good knowledge of music. No " Maiden's Prayer " or " Silver Threads " kind of a girl will do. Dr. Henry T. Helmbold has again been put in Kirkbride's insane asylum on the certificate of two physicians. His brother, Albert Helmbold, signifies his intention of applying for a commission in lunacy, as provided for under the laws of Pennsylvania. A bald-headed friend, of a heavy, phlegmatic temperarcent, was accosted on the street by a waggish acquaintance with the inquiry: " Tom, wtty is your head liko Alaska?" " Too much for me, Zach. I give it up." " Becaust it is a white bear place." Johu Frederick Gunter went from Chicago penniless to Australia, twentv three years age. He now advertises in the Chicago newspapers that he is able and willing to help his relatives, and in vites them to write to him. And won't he hear from them ? "The excuse of the third man," said Mr. Moody, illustrating the parable of Via (moatq ipfirt xppm h?/>lrwArd in cominc forward, " was more absurd than any? ' I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' Now, why didn't he take his wife along with him ?" A young lady lately received the follow ing note, accompanied by a " bucket of flours " : "I send you bi the boy a buc ket of flours. They is like mi luv for u, the nite shade means keep dark, the dog fenil means i am your slave, rosis red and posis pail, mi luv for u shal never fale." During the late fire at Virginia City, Nev., all the rats in the Ophir and Con solidated Virginia mines were killed by gas. The rats are the scavengers of the mines, eating up the refuse food left by it.. J3 ila:. HIIO 1111 U CX Of OliU KUOU VUOHj^/^fvtu mmvu from the .mines is therefore a misfor tune. . A Chinese philoeophei rejoicing in the expressive, and, if a truthful appel lation, the valuable name of "Tin," says : " There was a place set apart in heaven for good wivies who could judge a wicked thing as harshly when a man did it as when a womai did it. But it has never Been occupit d, I believe." A young clergyman, whose reputation for veracity was none of the best, ven tured to differ with an old doctor of di vinity as to the propriety of whipping children. " Why," said he 14 the onlv time my father whipped mo was for tell ing the truth." "Well," retorted the doctor, " it cured ^-ou of it, didn't it ?" The eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, which is again active, amounted, accord fug to the historians, to nineteen from the firs); to the seventeenth century, when twenty-three were recorded. In the eighteenth century twenty-three took place, and in the present century there have been twenty-five, or one every three years. Lord Clive asked a chaplain to one of ammimta in t.V?o 'Rntifc Trwlinn Hnm. pany's service for a toast. "Alas! and alack-a day ! what can I give?" said the latter. "Nothing better,replied his lordship. "Come, gentlemen, a bum per to the parson's toast, a lass and a lac a day 1" To appreciate this, the reader must understand that a lac is in India a hundred thousand rupees, equi valent to about $50,000. According to Plato, just before the time of Hippocrates, gymnastics were made a part of medical study, as tending j to counteract the effects of luxurious in I dulgence. At length they became a state matter, were reduced to a system, i and superintended by officers of the j state. The first public gymnasia were built by the Lacedssmonians, an exam I plo followed at Athons. The Sparfam were rigid in exnctingagymnastic t~ ing for youths. " "* pected to be young wor