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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1876.
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
Clinton Lodge No. 3. F. A. M.
W. H. FARKER. W.\ M.\
J. C. WOSMANSKY, Secretary.
Meets 2d Monday in evory month.
Hesperian ChapterNo.17,R.A.M.
J. F. C. DuPRE. M.\ E.\ H\ P.\
J. D. CHALMERS, Recorder.
Meets 3d Friday night in every mouth.
DeSaossnre Council No. 16, R. & S, H.
J. T. ROBERTSON'. T.\ III.'. M.\
JSO. G. EDWARDS. Recorder.
Meets 1st Tuesday night in every mouth.
DE. JOHN S. THOMPSON,
DENTIST,
Offers his 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 ttock of
Celts' Linen Boson Sits
AT VERY LOW PRICE
A large assortment of
.Ladies' and Gents
Merino Vests & Shirts,
BOULEVARD SKIRTS,
Silk Scarfs and Ties.
GIVE TEEM A CALL.
The Star Shirt!
Having tried these Shirta, we can safely re
conim&ud them for a good fitting aud durable
Shirt.
Collars, Linen and Paper,
LATEST STYLES,
With Cravats and Scarfs to Match.
QUARLES & PERRIN^
Cottage Bedsteads!
Two hundred Bedstead* ju*t received, war
ranted all hard wood, at prices from $5 00 to
$10.00.
J. D. CHALMERS.
Boots and Shoes!
Our stock of BOOTS and SHOES is now
complete, and at the Lowest Prices for CASH.
Call early and get a bargain.
DuPRE, GAMBRELL & CO.
C. E. BRUCE,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
Over Parker & Perrin's Store,
ABBEVILLE, 8. C.,
Dosires to say that he is fully prepar d to meet
all demands the public may make 1 a his line.
Ho keeps constantly on hand a large lot of the
host ti'Vterial aud employs ouly the finest work
men. He keeps a full stock of custom mad?*
Boot* and Shoes, and guarantees the most
entire satisfaction in every instance.
M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND.
GOLDSMITH & KIND,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
(?II(EN*IX IRON WORKS),
COLUMBIA, . C.
Minuf&cturere of Steam Engines of all sizes;
H ir-e powers, Circular aud Muley 8aw Miils,
(>ri?t a id Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mil's. Orna
mental House and Store Fronts, Iron R ulings,
Agricul oral Implements, etc. Biass and Irou
Castings of all kinds made to order on short
notice, ana on tne most reasonable torni8.
Also, manufacturers of Cotton Pres-es.
S. B. NORRELL,
HARNESS ana SADDLE MAKER,
AT HIS OLD STAND
Ovor Parker & Perrin's Drug Store,
Hts a supply of Northern Harness Leather
and other material for Making and Et-pairing
daddies and Harness.
CARPENTRY.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that he
is prepared to do all kinds of
Carpenter's fort anfl B11M1.
He also repairs Cotton Gins. Thrashers and
Fans. A fall supply of Gin Material always
on hand. Farmers are requested to bring
their Gins up early in tho seat>ou to allow time
to have them properly prepared.
Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, the
Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds of llubber
and Leather Belting.
D. B. SMITH,
Abbeville C. If., S, ('.
Pauperism.
in nr aV* o rrn rtifuri-innr f/\ f 1?q f?vrvrrfV? !
of the pauper population, deplores the I
state of affairs that necessitates the es
tablishment of soup houses and the j
meeting of [public bodies to legislate
upon the abatement of the tramp nui
sanoo. The editor says:
It would be too hard t.i say one word
against charity in times like these, and
we do not mean to say it. Something
we owe to ourselves, especially the recol
lection that Heaven loves the cheerful
giver; and even careless giving is a
pleasing form of self-indulgence. But
a great, permanent public system of
giving is another matter. A community
hlfA /illfO mnaf V?i1i'at?a flia r-\ j yf I it
4 *ikV VUIO UiUOU 10X1C?C liiC J/UV1 j ["""J
because it is a Christian community, ami
partly because the constant presence of
distress would be intolerable; but the
nearer we can keep to the rule that those
who can work and will not work, when
work is provided, slml! not eat, tho less
likely we shall be to have chronic pau
perism to contend with in the future.
The truth is, the American people, hav
ing never had any occasion to study and
investigate this subject, possess no fixed
ideas about it. trhilo in everv other
country melancholy necessity has re
duced it to something like a science.
Sooner or later, we shall bo compelled
to do the same thiug, and now is a
good time to give the problem a little
thought.
Some peoj le are rude enough to say
to an editor whose writings is not very
plain: "Always telegraph; never
write ; we like your telegraph hand so
much better than your writing hand."
Milford, N. H., talks of contributing
Jimmy Blanchard to the Centennial, to
be exhibited with a picture of the
young George Washington, as speci
mens of two kinds of little boys raised
in this country.
TT> Lay Us Down to Sle?p.
We laj us down to sleep,
And leave to God the reet;
Whether to wake weep,
Or wake no more be beet.
Why Tex our souls with care?
The grave is oool and low ;
Hare we found life so fair
That we Bhould dread to go ?
We've kissed love's sweet, red lips,
And left them sweet and red.
The rose the wild bee sips
Blooms on when he is dead.
Some faithful friends we've found,
Bit those who lore us best,
When we are under ground,
Will laugh on with the reek
No task have we begun
J_>UU UIUC1 jiauuo \S*?UL *ma.o ,
No work beneath the sun
For which we need to wake.
Then hold us fast, sweet death,
If so it eeemsth best
To Him who gave ns breath
That we should go to reftv.
We lay ub down to sleep,
Our weary eyes we close ;
Whether to wake and weep,
Or wake no more, He knows.
?Christian Union.
THE MAIL-CARRIER.
A STORY OF THE WINTER OF 1864.
In tho frontier town of Nebraska lived
tioun 1/ill toil. J.1UM juuuie Liau xeuiou
into such a state of neglect and non use
that it would scarcely have been recog
nized by the old associates of its lawful
owner, and even to him, I doubt not,
would have sounded strangely.
He was better known, particularly on
the borders, as Captain Jack.
After his own simple fashion he was a
character with a history. His title he
won gallantly, and wore easily.
One day, in the Rocky mountains, a
small party of miners, surrounded by an
overpowering number of Indians, re
treated into a canyon. For three days
and mgnts, witn litue intermission, me
combat continued. On the first day the
leader of the gallant little band fell, and
Dalton, then a youth, -was selected, on
account of his cool, determined bravery,
to carry on the defense.
When relief came, he was found be
hind an extemporized barricade, at the
entrance of the canyon, his companions
either dead or wounded, holding his
post with a desperate courage which
would have abated with death only.
At the time I preseuted him to the
reader he was fully fifty years old, but
was fctill in his prime; tall and swarthy,
no flesh to spare, plenty of bono and
muscle and awkwardness, his head cov
ered with a shock of sandy hair, flecked
with gray, his beard shaggy, his fea
tures angular.
vt-a ii_ Ai- - ?i ? J t? j !
i>aturauy meuiuuiwu uuu iuuu ui
quiet, lie sought a peaceful ending in a
stormy career, and had, as he expressed
it, "settled down." With his small
earnings he bought a cottage, and for an
avocation carried the mail between two
little towns in Nebraska, some fifteen
miles apart.
The winter of 1864 is memorable for
its severity. Accounts from all parts of
the country added to the long list of the
suffering death. Many perished with
cold at their very thresholds, in the
thoroughfares of cities, where relief was
on every side, strong men fell and wtre
buried in the snow. A black year in
the annals of the poor.
One morning of that year, the ther
mometer way down below zero, John
Dalton, mounted on his faithful horse,
received the mail. For five years, come
and go, promptly to the minute, in
good weather and also in bad, excepting
only Sundays, he made his daily jour
nev.
He took the old familiar road, passed
by bis humble home without appearing
to notice it, and, as was his wont, stop
ped on the summit of a knoll command
ing the east front of the cottage, and
only a few yards from it, for what In
called his " blessing." At the window
stood his wife with an infant in her arms,
the wee thing waving its hands and
smiliug. On either side were a little
boy and girl, each mounted on a okair
the better to get a last look at the father
who was so dear to them.
This was the good-bye that warmed
tho man's blood, made his lips quiver
with a smile, and sent him on his way
rejoicing.
Between its termiui the road had two
distinctive features, about five miles
apart, known as the Lono Tree ; the
other was called Bacon's Run, a ravine
bordered by a thin growth of stunted
timber. On the lino of the road, or in
proximity to it, there was no habitation
or shelter for man or beast. The prairie
was high and rolling.
The tii>t part of the journey was made
in the usual way. At halt-past two
o'clock in the afternoon Dalton started
on his return. He was not twenty yards
away when he wns overtaken l>y the
postmaster, who charged him to be dili
gent in the delivery of a highly impor
tant letter.
At this time a change had taken place
in the weather. A thick h?ze overspread
the sun, paling it to the hue of silver;
the wind had shifted to the northeast.
These signs had not escaped Dalton's
notice. The mou taineer, like the
sailor, Boon learns that life itself often
depends on the qniek recognition of the
friendly warnings which nature gives tc
(ho wayfarer. He scanned the narrow
in C linri^nn on/I nrnn.1 liio n
brisk trot. He reached Baeou's Ran.
passed it, and mouLted to the level of j
the prairie. From thin point, on a clear i
day, the top of the Lone Tree could be i
outlined, but now the clouds had be- j
come so heavy nnd lowering, arid tin: j
haze had so thickened, that objects war I
at hand were indistinct. Melancholy, j
fitful gusts came passing the traveler
from all quarters, as if telling him to
hasten. As he looked at the clouds his
countenance wore an air of apprehen
sion. He was not kept long in. a state
of expectancv.
A mot?, pure and white, came flutter
ing down, buffeted by the wiud, now
here, now there, uncertain where to go.
It tivally sought refuge on Dalton's
rurred coat. Others soon followed with
hesitation, now stopping and ascending,
as though to return to the home whence
they came, but finally descending and
seeking rest in obscure hiding places.
These insignificant specks became larger,
more numerous, bolder, took possession
and covered all things with a garment
of white. The situation was plain?a
enow storm on the prairie was at hand.
Dalton thought of the comfortable lit
tle cottage by the roadside, and the dear
oues it contained. One night in the
mountains he had battled against the
snow, and. out of ten companions, he
waa tiie only survivor of that terrible ex
perience. c
The Hnow now raped with increasing
power. The snowflakes were blown
about in blinding myriads. All traces
of the road, at best never very clearly
defined, were covered. The biting
wintry blasts went moaning by ; night
came prematurely in a wall of darkneRs ;
all was a wild waste for the sport of the
element*.
Dal too, unable to ere an fnch ahead,
or to form the remotest idea what direc
tion to take, let the reins fali on the
horse's neck, leaving him unrestrained
to take his way.
The noble steed moved oonfldentlv on,
plunging into that blackness and dark
ness?the lonely, desolate unknown.
Suddenly he stopped, with an abrupt
ness which nearly threw the rider, who,
reaching, touched what seemed to be
the trunk of a tree. Extending his hand
higher, he grasped what was certainly
tne limb of a tree, and then all doubt
disappeared.
He was at the Lone Tree, only five
miles from home and safety. Here, in
deed, was hope, but not unalloyed. Two
elements entered to vitiate it. One, the
horse, seemed to be failing ; the other,
the tree, was one hundred yards from
the highway, a variation which showed
that the faithful animal had so far erred,
v.iYifar? tttVit? nnt a fnrthfvr variation
in proportion as he lost strength and
confidence.
'a he only solution was to move on.
It might be at the bidding of chance ;
still motion -was absolutely essential to
prevent the blood from ooDgealing to
the very heart. The rider found it
was neceesary to make the horse feel the
rein, to endeavor to impart confidence
to him and to urge him forward.
A long time elapsed?it seemed to
Dalton many hours?but his only meas
ure of time was his bodily and mental
suffering. He endeavored to penetrate
the darkness, straining his eyes to a
painful tension, in the hope of seeing
some friendly light or hearing some
human sound?something to tell him he
was not all alone.
Fate was mocking him. The horse
stood trembling with exhaustion, and
could not ge another step. He tottered
on,i ulmnnfc fall r?n hi'fi rider, who. risinc
find staggering about in the deep snow,
struck heavily against an upright ob
ject.
Could it be the signboard post which
stood on the little knoll just east of his
home?
Oh, no I Horror more chilling than
the wind and enow I It was the Lone
Tree! All those terrible hours he had
been moving in a circle!
All this brave struggle had been for
nothing. Here was a ci isis. One min
ute of indecision, and the paralyzing
cold would conquer; but early training
and a noble nature decided. Faithful
to the last, Dalton quickly took the
mail-bag from the saddle, nerved him
self for a final ellort, ana tnen went
floundering in the snow to reach?wher
ever his destiny would lead him.
Time wore on. Strength and will were
ebbing fast. In desperation the unfor
tunate man endeavored to cry ont for
help, but his indistinct utterances were
forced back by the hissing, merciless
wind. He was fast losing his mind. His
steps were numbered. A lightness came
over him.
Was it a cruel mirage that trifled with
him? Over the drift, through the night,
shone the bright, cheerful b'ght of a
fire, invitiDg him t-o comfort and home.
Too late! He uttered a faint cry, then
fell in the soft, yielding, deceptive
snow.
Tho ct/irm tposj flirt viotnr.
Jane Dalton was a cherry, chubby,
little woman. Of education she could
not boast; books and figures wero to
her udknown quantities. Her world was
limited to the little town in which she
lived, the capital being bounded by the
white fence of her little cottage. But,
withal she was of a humble nature, she
knew how to love and fulfilled every
duty as John Dalton's wife. Thrifty
and tidy, she managed well the scauty
means at her command, and kept the
tins and children's faces shining. A
happy wife and mother.
At six o'clock of the day in q'inqtion
evervthing was in readiness fur her good
manvs return. The children in bed
asleep', the easy shoes and warm coat
near the blazing fire on the hearth, and
supper prepared. It was time for his
arrival, and he was usually very prompt.
Yet he tarried.
The change in the weather had not
taken place unnoticed, but had produced
in her a kind of indefinite unea*ine.s8, a
slight restlessness, and yet it had no
particular importance in connection with
the absence of her husband until the
clock on the mantel struck seven. Then
the wind whistling around the house
corners, rattling the doors and shutters,
and the snow beating so persistently
against the window paneF, acquired a
painful significance. Her. husband was
out iu the storm, and might at that mo
ment be perishing with cold on th?
prairie.
This dreadful thought transformed
her whole being; the gonial expression
of her face changed into a terrified look.
She went to the window and drew wide
the curtain that the bright firelight
might shine out as a haven to guide him
who was the light of her humble life.
She paced to and fro, under a rapidly
increasiug excitement. The weird
sounds mad j by the storm messengers
'is t hey whirl* d by in tho fill Ailment of
their mission made her start and trem
ble.
It had grown late, it was half-past
light, and yet no tidings. She fell back
iuto a chair and burst iuto tears; but
this weakness was temporary only. She
looked resolutely down into the tire and
made her plan. It was a desjH-rate one,
but love is more lesperate than hate. If
John Dalton did not come by nine
o'clock she would start out and find
him.
She took from the closet a pair of
overshoos and a cloak for herself, a
blanket and a flask of brandy for him
she was going to seek. Her simple
preparations completed, she stood wait
mK
It lucked a quarter of nine. There was
a noise at the door, like knocks repeated
by one who desired entrance. To Jane
Dalton's overwrought senses it was the
souud of a hand on the door knob. She
rushed to the door to admit her hus
band; she opened it to admit the howl
ing blast which almost dashed her to the
floor. Sadly disappointed, but still
[ courageous, she returned to the place
before the clock.
j In live minutes more the time would
be up. Her cloak and hood were on,
and si e was ready for whatever God had
in store for her. She watched the clock
like one who waits for some supremo
moment iu life. The wind seemed to be
I roughly calling her. Then it lulled a
few seconds and she heard n crv?a
j moan?which seemed to freeze her
j blood.
! Instantly she was out in the night,
braving the storm. Where should Rlie
I go? She could not tell. She went
| blindly on. A sparrow does not fall
without His knowledge. Her steps wore
j guided ; her feet struck something
I buried in the snow. It was the mail
I bag.
I uTUni, n^/i i'> :?.i ?a r.ii
xuuua Mvu i nuo Liiru, uuu icu uu
! her knees at her husband's side.
Quickly, almost fiercely, she snatched
from his body the snow. She rubbed
I his breast, sho chafed his wrists and
! hands. There waa an electricity of love
! in her touch which quickly restored
warmth and life. John Dalton arose
from that bed of death, saved by his
wife.
Together in the little home, by the
bright fire, a heartfelt prayer, a kiss for
the little ones, an embrace?yes, more
than one for the wife, the supper fin
ished.
John Balton pressed his hand on his
forehead, his face wore a troubled look,
then he turned to Jane and said :
" Wife, I almost forgob the mail; an
important letter is in the bag, and must
be delivered to-night."
A tender voice replied : " No, John,
to-morrow will do."
What Mr. Beecher Says.
After the prayer meeting at the Ply
mouth lecture-room, the room being
jammed, Mr. Beecher announced that
the mutual council had fallen through,
the other side haviDg declined. In the
oourse of his remarks that evening Mr.
Beecher Baid :
I reoeived many letters which read as
follows : " This is one of the things you
ought not to touch; let it be smothered
in the mud from which it came." Speak
ing of the Woodhull scandal, an>l acting
on their advice, I never wrote a letter on
the subject, nor did I speak to any per
son, not even to my own family, nor to
any one, with the exception of * those in
timately concerned by the trouble, Mr.
Moulton and Mr. Tilton and their fami
lies. I maintained ?-jtire silence, and I
determined that I would not be a party
to do that which I believed would be
injurious to morals as it was false to the
truth. But there was trcachery on the
other side, and they did not want it kept
silent, and there was soreness and out
break following each other continually.
For myself, while if I am before any
tribunal or my country, jl win ten tne
truth when questioned, I will not in
any way help the diffusion of that which
cannot but be mischievous, and so I
am taunted in the newspapers with
"Why don't you carry your disgusting
stuff abroad ?" I have been bombarded
?severely assailed; but you are my
witness that I have not been the one
'.bat stirred in the mire. I am not a
member of a party that is defending me.
I am almost alone. I am a man that has
been trumpeted up and down the la d
as an abolitionist, when to be an aboli
tionist was to be reproached. I have
6tood, with prejudices beating in upon
me, known and read of all men; my ser
mons published, my lecture-room talks
printed, my family conversation reprat
in the papers. I have been stripped
bare, naked entirely, and stood in the
very glare of publicity; and for the last
fivfl vonrs nntlflr a nwssnre nnmece
dented. I hpve been bunted by the
women of tho slews and their paramours,
hunted through the civil courts, hnuted
by newspapers that have nothing else to
do but to make common sewers of them
selves for this slander. Now, I put the
question to every honest mnn : IIow can
a man stand under such circumstances
if he is that guilty wretch that they say
he is ? * * If over a timo comes
when any considerable number of this
church considers me to be wrong, don't
wait; let me know. The sun shall not
go down on the day which communicates
the fact and find me pastor of this
churclx. But so long as you stand I am
strong.
Still a Mother.
She was charged with habitual drunk'
ennesa. As she came forward to the bar
of a St. Louis court she led by the hand
a bright lookiDg boy about six years of
ago. It took but a little time to convict
the woman, as her own appearance was
the strongest witness against her.
Noticing the little boy,'the justice order
ed an officer to take liim to the house of
refuge. The poor mother heard the
order and comprehended its import in
an instant. Hardened as she was, the
thought of being thus suddenly separa
ted, certainly for many years, from the
only creature for jwhom she entertained
any affection was a terrible one, and she
fell upon- her kuees and most abjectly
prayed and begged that the boy bo not
taken from her. Bleared, ragged and
dirtv ns she was. the picture was all the
raoro pitiful, and the efT.-ct of it was
greatly intensified by the boy, who, sud
denly comprehending -what wan pro
Eosed, ran to her, threw his arm around
er neck, and cried in a frightened man
ner. The officer approached and the
boy shrunk away, while the tears stream
ed down the kneeliDg woman's face, as
her supplications became most passion
ate. Finally physical strength triumph
ed, and the officer passed through the
courtroom carrying the struggling and
"tIuIu ammmu nf tlio
UI'jriJLI^ ViJUIlVlj nmio UUW nviiviauio ?**U
mother could be plainly heard from the
opposite side of the street.
A Frenchman's English Advertisement.
"Family Hotel, 4 lbs. Avenue de
l'lmperatrice, near the Arc de Triomphe
de l'Etolle. This establishment is situ
ated in the finest position of Paris; and
we have been able to say, without fear
ing of a lie, that there is nowhere a
greatest geographical situation. This
establishment is in Paris, ten minutes
no moro from the Centre, and surround
ed by the stations of omnibus and rail
way. The boarders are ablo to go, on
foot, to the middle of Paris, without
leaving the bitumen. This for tlio in
side. The chief of the house is a shy,
dainty mouthed one, it is to say, dear
reader, that his table and wines are ex
cellent, nothing to be wanted as regard
to the comfort and luxury. The society
is compounded of French and strangers
men, they live in family <fe are pretty
well talking. The conversation is often
spirituous and amusing. After dining
they are going in a pretty saloon con
tiguous to the eating room, wlnre they
are making any muHic. Sometimes
the boarders are able to go to the the
ater, without paying anything, this a
kindness made by tho propriety. The
apartments & rooms are elegantly newly
adorned, opposite to the southwest?
Moderate prices."
A Model Wife.
A popular essayist writes as follows :
As I went up the new Massa road the
other day I met a ragged, stont and
rather dirty woman, with a large shallow
basket on her head. In it lay her hus
band, a large man, though, I think, a
little abbreviated as to his legs. The
woman asked alms. Talk of Diogtnes
in bis tub ! How must the world look
to a mail in a basket, riding about on bis
wife's bead ? She put bira down beside
the road, in the sun, and almost in dan
ger of passing vehicles. I suppose the
affectionate creature thought that if he
got a new injury in this way bin value in
the beggar market would be increased.
This custom of carrying one's husband
on the bend in a basket has something
to recommend it, and is an exhibition of
faith on the one hand and of devotion
on the other that is seldom met with. It
is at least a new commentary on the
apostolic remark that tho man is the
head of tLio woman.
Opium Smoking'.
Tho San Francisco Chronicle Bays
that, in addition to the numerous opium
smoking dens kept in that city for the
Chinese alone, there are, within three
blocks of the city hftll, eight opium
smoking estAbliflhmentskc.pt by Chinese
for the exclusive use of white men and
women. These places are patronized
not only by the vicious, but are i"w>rted
to by young men and women of i ospeet
able parentage ; and the habitues of
these resorts inhalo the fumes of opium
until a state of stupefaction iB produced.
An ordinance has been passed prohibit
ing opium smoking in dens bHt of courpo
it is evaded.
TOE DATS TO BE CELEBRATED.
Important Events In the niatorjr mf th
United htitei.
While we are in all parts of the Unite*
States preparing to celebrate the cen
tcnnial of American independence, i
will be well to bear in mind the principa
battles by which that independence wa
achieved. The battles began April 19
1775. They closed Oct. 19, 1781?si;
years and six months. The British sen
134,000 soldiers and sailors to the war
The colonists met them with 230,00(
continentals and 50,000 militia. Thi
British employed Indians and Hessians
The colonies had for their allies th<
Frenchmen. The leading battles of th<
w/ir?thnse nartienlarlv worthy of cele
bration?are Concord and Lexington
Bunker Hill, Long Island, White Plains
Trenton, Princeton, Bennington, Sara
toga, Monmouth, King's mountain,Cow
pens, Eutaw Springs, Yorktown. Thes<
are of national interest. Many of th<
others are especially local. The disposi
tion is to celebrate them also?Tictoriei
and defeats?to recall the deeds of oui
ancestors, and have a good time gener
ally. Our readers will do well to pre>
serve the following list of revolutionary
battles:
Lexington (first skirmiih) April 19, 177i
Ticonderoga Kay 10, 1771
Blinker Hill June 17, 177f
Montreal (Ethan Allen taken).. .Sept. 25, 1771
8t. Johns DMeiged and captured. Nov. 3, 177i
Great Bridge, Va Deo. 9, 177?
Qaeboc (Montgomery killed) Deo. 31, 177C
Moore's Creek Bridge February 27, 177(
Boston (British fled) March 17, 177(
Fort Sullivan, Charleston Jane 28,177f
Long Island Augnat 27, 1776
Harlem Plains 8<pt?mber 16, 177(
White Plains Oot'ober 28,177C
Vnrt Wauhinctnn November 16. 177(
Trenton December 27. 177f
Princeton January 3, 177*3
Habbation July 7, 177*3
Bennington August 16, 177"!
Brandy wine September 11, 177*J
First battle BemisIleihhte, Sara..Sept. 19, 1771
Paoli ' Beptomber 20, 1777
Oermantown October 4. 1777
Fort Clinton ane Montgomery. October 6, 1777
Second battle at Bemis Heights.. .Oct. 7, 1777
Surrender of Burgoyne October 13, 1777
fort Mercer uciooerzz, im
FortMiffin November?, 1771
Monmouth Jane 28, 1778
Wyoming July 4, 1778
Quaker Hill, 11.1 August 29, 1778
Savannah December 29, 1778
Kettle Creek, Qa February 14, 177S
Brier Creek March 3, 177S
Stony Ferry Ji:ne 20, 1773
Stony Point July 16, 1773
Haulub Hook Anguut 18,177S
Chemung (Indiana) August 29, 1773
Savannah Auguot 9, 1773
CharleatowD(Burrtnder to Britidb)May 12, 178C
Springfield June 2S, 178C
Rocky Mount June 20, 178(]
Hinging Hock Augunt 6, 178G
f-ander'B Creek, near Camden.. August 16, 1780
King's Mountain October 7, 178C
Fisli Dam Ford.Broad r.ver.November 28, 1780
lilackstocks November 20. 1780
Cowpeos January 17, 1781
Onilboro March 15, 17rtl
Qjbkirk's Hill April i5, 1781
NiX'y six (beeieged May and Jtino ?, 1781
Augatta (besieged) May and June ?, 1781
Jawetftowa '.July 9, 1788
Eutaw Springs September 8,178)
Yorktown (Cornwali-s' Hurrendor).Oct. 19, 1781
A Servian Conspiracy.
A teleeram from Belgrade says that a
plot had been discovered for the assas
sination of Prince Milano-Obrenovitch,
and that it hid so far extended as to
menace an insurrection and perhaps a
revolution. Energet:io measures were
folr/ir. on/1 if moiT Iia in fimrv tn STirmrflSS
utiixuj-i, c*xavt iv am ???w, x?x-_?
tho popular outbreak and the attempt
upon tho life of tbe prince. This is no
new thing in tho history of Serbia, for
several princes have been murdered.
The life of the founder of the present
dynasty was both tragic and romantic.
Prince Milosch, the first Obrenovitcb,
was a simple shepherd who enlisted as a
soldier in tho insurrection against Otto
man rule. Bt-iuga strong-minded young
fellow, he soon became an officer, and
his daring led to his appointment as
commander-in-chief of the insurgent
army. In this capacity, although a man
of very limited education, lie showed
both heroism and genius. He wasmaae
n prince by the Skupochtijna of Servia,
and began by assassinating his rival,
lvirageorgievitch, in order to have the
power. He used to boast of this murder
in the most open manner, and never ap
peared to have any conscientious scru
ples abotit it. By turns he was execrated
and adored by the people, overthrown
aud restored to power, and ultimately
died so popular that his descendants
shared in his glory. He was succeeded
by liis sou wlio was in turn assassinated
hv a Karageorgievitch, ami then the
young Milano-Obrenovitch was ejected
to tho throne. There are several Kara
georgievitch pretenders, and they are
doubtless continually on the lookout for
a chance to assassinate the prince, they
regarding themselves as the owners of
the throne by divine right. They speak
of the Obrenovitch family as upstart
parvenus, very much as Lonis XVIII.
used to speak of " M. le Marquis de
Bonaparte, general, commanding the
armies of the king."
Trying to Abdnct a Prince.
One cannot but wonder, says Scrib
nrr'a mno-nzitifi. whether William the
Fonrth of England ever learned that a
plot was laid for his abduction during
his visit to New York in the spring of
1782, during the Revolutionary war.
The prince was a young and reckless
midshipman, given to flirtation, and to
the inebriation which found vent in
wrenchiDg ofl door knobs ; and it prob
ably never occurred to him that in his
person the " rebels " would And a host
ago wo'th having. The project origi
nated with Colonel Matthias Ogden of
the Jersey line, and the intention was to
surprise the prince and his commissioned
guardian, Admiro.1 Digbv, at their
quarters in the city mansion of (ierarilus
Beekman on Hanover square. Two ofli
cers and thirty-nine men were to aid
Colonel Ogden in his enterprise. Em
barking on a rainy night in whaleboats,
they were to laud in New York near the
Beekman mansion, force the doors of
the house, capture the admiral and
prince, and convey them to their boats.
The plan was approved by Washington,
but it does not appear that any decided
attempt was made to carry it out. In some
manner, the apprehensions of the Brit
ish leaders were excited for the safetj
of the prince, and every precaution wa;
takeu against a surprise. Had it nol
been fof this warning, the boldness oi
tho plau appears likely to have insured
its success.
Snubbing a Snob.
Mr. Donald G. Mitchell had an amus
ing encounter with a snobbish Yale stu
dent recently. A correspondent of th(
Springfield Republican gives it as fol
lows : A Yale student, riding out to cal
lately on tho charming bevy of daugh
t^rs that cheer_the heart and home oi
the farmer of JSiigewood, lounci a mat
dressed in rough clothes at work neai
the entrance of the place. " Hero, olc
fellow, hold my horse," cried Yalensian
"Are the ladies at home?" said he, af
the person addressed took hold of th<
animal, as the rider dismounted. " No,
sir; yon will not Hod them at home,'
said the supposed gardener. " Well
then, here's a dime for you," saic
Yalensian, remounting. The money waj
declined, and the student* rode awaj
away utterly ignorant of the reason whj
he did not find the ladies in, which h<
afterward suspected, when he learnec
that his conversation had been with th<
i author-farmer himself.
THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
e Same Interesting Fl*nrei-?Where Ibe
Troops are Stationed?Coat of the Tarl
j ou. Branches.
An article in an exchange argues
j against the redaction of the army, on ?
I the ground that the saving would not be ,
B so great as is popularly supposed, while
a reduction in the present force would f
' necessitate an abandonment of a large
* number of frontier posts already insuffi
ciently garrisoned, and deprive our
} pioneer population of the protection in
dispensable to the growth of a most im
portant portion of the oountry. The ,
' adjutant general reports that by the ,
" latest returns the army of thn United
States contained 25,910 men, 21,748 of .
' J _ J I w
wnom WOIO UlClUUtJU ill mo uunvo luiw
of caValry, artillery, and infantry. The
cost of this force 7M as folloira:
Cavalry 410.567,280
Artillery 3,486,000
Infantry 9,224.664
Indian eoouts 165.080
Miscellaneous 234,370
Total ......123,667,294
The other expense of the military es
tablishment were:
Arsenal* and fortification* $1,242,166
Staff 2,629,954
Engineer corps 3G4,44<3
Ordnance corps 1,097,434
Military acadomy 402,561
Total $5,636,560
Besides this the following items of the
civil administration are included in the
military budget:
Signal service $694,953
River and harbor works 7,227,250
War department 1,219,237
Miap.Allanenns 2,185,663
Total $11,326,803
The troops arc at present stationed as
follows:
On the Pacific coast 1,078
On the Northern frontier 2,709
On the Atlantic coast 1,953
On the Qnlf coast 187
On tho Mexioin frontier 2,335
In the Western interior 10,902
In the Southern interior 2,584
Total 21,748
Eighteen thousand five hundred and
forty-five men, or eighty-five per cent, of
this force, are stationed in the military
divisions of the Missouri and the Pa
cific, which include the State of Illinois,
east of the Mississippi, and all of the
United States west of the Mississippi
(excepting the States of Louisiana and
Arkansas) from Behring's straits on tho
north to the Mexican frontier on the
south. This force is distributed at 129
posts, an average of 128 men to a post.
In the South are 1,859 men and nineteen
posts, and in tho forts on the Atlantic
coast 2,044 men at twenty posts, an
average of a hundred men to a pof-t. A
reduction of seventeen per cent, in this
force, by the disbaudment of two cavalry,
one artillery, and five infantry regi
merits, would effect a savin# of from
three to four millions of dollars, or less
than ten per cent, of the sum included
in tho military budget.
Uslnj Newspapers as Catspaws.
The New York Herald has the fol
lowing well-timed remarks on r. subject
interesting to all publishers of news
papers :
Oue of the commonest incidents of
newspaper life is the receipt of ; om
muuications urging tha editor to make
attacks for which the writer who
prompts them is unwilling to bo respon
sible. Wo are always glad to receive
information or statements of fact from
any authentic source, but we cannot con
imfvnmflnt r\f ooarmUvq
nn
3CLi b IU kJKJ bUC lU'.bi umvuv v* mwwmvuw vm
public or private persous to gratify the
malico or hostility of people who shrink
from the responsibility of their own acts
and try to shelter themselves behind our
columns. Every man who is publicly
attacked has a right to know who are
his accusers. When facts are privately
submitted to us in the expectation that
wo will employ our own judgment as to
the use to be made of them, we treat
them as matters of confidence, and
wculd never think of exposing the
writer. If we think fit to make them
grouuds of criticism or assault on indi
viduals the responsibility is entirely
ours in courts of justice and the court
of public opinion. But when, instead of
oommunicatiug facts foi us to judge of
and U5ie, a writer prepares articles for
us to publish and expects us to make at
tacks on individuals and shield him from
consequences, he asks more than we are
willing to grant. Ho should have cour
age erough to expose his own name and
back up his own quarrel.
Old Time Prophecies.
When an event has ]ust nappeneu,
or is pretty certain to soon happen,
there is never any lack of rhymed pro
phecies of the fact, which lay claim to an
antiquity of several hundred years. The
late.-t one is an anent Turkey, and is
dated 1853. It eaye:
In tnico two hundred jeara the b?ar
' Tb a crescent shall assail,
Bat, if the cock and ball unite,
The bear shall not prevail.
But look ! in twioe ten years again,
Lot Iflam know ana rear,
The oroes shall wax?the oreaoent wane,
Grow pale and disappear.
The " twice ten years" comes to an
end ntsxt spring. If the Turk is driven
across the Bosphorus then, and if the
prophecy can be proved to be entitled
to the date it bears?(he latter may be
the harder task of the two?the coin
cidence of fancy and fact will be quite
remarkable. But in all probability the
verses were written after the Anglo
French alliance against Russia in 1853>
and is dated to suit.
Why lie FaYorcd It.
Sonator Gordon, of Georgia, gives hie
reasons for advocating the United Stutes
Centennial appropriation. He agrees with
Senator Bayard that it is both constitu
tional and sanctioned by numerous pre
cedents. He has expressed himself very
freely and earnestly for the bill on the
following grounds: Firnt, because no
section is fo deeply interested in the
proper celebration and re-establishmpnt
of the principles of 1776 and in the
restoration of good will in the country
as the South; secondly, becauso the pro
posed appropriation would cost ouly
about three and a half cents per capita
in the United States; thirdly, that Penn
sylvania has paid four and a half mil
lions of the live millions, already ex
pended, aud that it would bo unjust to
' ' ?1 XI. -
mnke tiiat otate pay more, wuerctui wu
appropriation by Congress would per
' feet the national character of the cele
1 bration; fourthly, that the foreign na
r tions having accepted the invitations to
I come, the reputation of the government
is involved in perfecting the arrange
ments, and on this account he would
regret to see the South vote against the
bill.
Discipline.?Strict discipline prevails
on the Japaneso corvette Tsukuba, ar
rived at San Francisco. When a mes
senger from Mare island boarded her
with a dispatch from the captain, two
marines jammed him up against the bul
wark, and holding their loaded muskets
to his head, kept him there until an
officer released him.
DOWN IN THE COAL MINES.
["he Great Anthracite Coal Trade of Penn
sylvania?It* Beginning, KWe, and Pro
gress? Hovr the Mines are ltnn.
Faw among those who have never
dsited the mines of Pennsylvania can
magine the wild, weird picture of deso
ation on every side of these bleak
Qountains of the anthracite coal coun
ry. Stretched away on either side and
oiling their tops with the silvery clouds
,re the aged hilb and rocks, brown, bar
en, and black; and away down below,
tearly two thousand feet in the bowels
if tho earth, where the misty rays of
ha minAra' lomn nlnrtA liorVif. nn f.hnan
ilackened cuts and avenues, the sights
re a hundred fold more dreary and pic
uresque.
Here in Schuylkill, Lehigh, and ad
orning counties is the great anthracite
oal wealth of the United States. Its
rade has developed to an annual pro
uct of twenty-millions of tons, and as
k has doubled within the laat ten years,
b is fair to presamo that in ten years
lore the country will consume forty
lillions of tons.
Wyoming hard coal was first burned
1 1768. Lehigh coal was the first to
Balize a commercial value in Eastern l
larkets?consequently that coal nearly 1
lways leads the quotations. It is a con- <
jcture whether Lehigh or Schuylkill
tone coal, for actual consumption, was ?
arnislied first. Benjamin Bannan, who c
3r a long period of busy years Was the i
;ading mind in these regions, and who i
'as known as "Old Probability," said (
aat Schuylkill coal was first taken to t
larket. Nicho. Allen, a hunter, first 1
tumbled upon the black diamonds, near i
troad mountain, Schuylkill county, in 1
790. He made a fire one night on the 1
ills, and when lie woke up in the morn
ig a mass of fiery rock startled him.
Hen never made a penny on it, and was
fterward drowned.
In 1800, William Morris, then of Port
larbon, Schuylkill county, carted a
agon load of coal to Philadelphia, a
istance of seventy miles. The Quakers
pould not buy his black rocks, and the
aal trado was knocked flat. Along the
ime route that wagon took seventy-six
ears ago, over 5,000,000 tons of coal
re now shipped by railroad every year.
11812, Col. George Shoemaker, living
bout one mile from there, loaded nine
agons and went to Philadelphia, where
e was denounced as a kna^a and a
joundrel. His coal was unsold, and he
jturned m disgust, xo-aay mere are
lillions of dollars made on that same
ind of fuel.
The first discovery of coal on the Le
igh was in the Mauch Chunk or Bear
tountain, nine miles west of Mauch
hunk. Philip Ginter, a poor hunter,
credited as the person who first dis
jvered it in 1791. In the following
sar the Lfchigh coal company was
>rmed. Robert Morris, the celebrated
nancier, was the leading member.
vuai wao auuuuuui} uiiuiug tuoji uuu
ie great question was, what should they
o with it ? It was in a mountainous
:gion, surrounded by unbroken forests
Qly traversed by Indians and hunters,
hiladelphia, the nearest market, was
Q6 hundred miles away. Samples were
irried around in saddle bags. In 1803
ley floated coal down the Lehigh and
)elaware rivers on arks. Six arks were
rat started, but only two reached mar
et. It proved worthless, and was sub
)quently used to spall streets. The
oublo waa they did not know how to
urn it. In 1814, however, coal sold in
'ew York and Philadelphia at ?21 per
>n. The secret of burning it was dis
jvered by accident. In 1820, 365 tons
jached market, sold for $8.50 per ton,
id Lehigh hipment to-day stands as
be first year's product of the American
ithracite coal trade.
It is interesting as well as amusing to
sar tlio story of liow coal burning ^rop
ties were discovered. Iu 1812 Col.
fhite, of the Fairinount nail and iron
orkf, Philadelphia, was very anxious to
lcceed in burning this coal. His men
>ent one whole forenoon in trying to
;nite it and raise a heat in one of their
Lrnace3. They tried every way but the
ght way. They raked it, poked it,
irred it up, and blew blasts of air upon
[C OUUUUC bUlUU^U U|;CU iiiiuuw
nt all to no purpose. Those black
>cks would not burn, and when the
inner hour arrived the men slammed
tut the furnace doors in disgust. When
ley returned, however, they were as
mished. The furnace doors were red
3t, and everything in danger of being
elted. They never had seen another
ichheat. "Let it alone" ever after
ards was the recipe for burning hard
>al, and its stock went up. In 1825
le beliuylkiu coal traue nrsc openea oy c
inal from Pottsville to Philadelphia. j
1 that year 6,500 tons were sent down, E
id in 1875 the Philadelphia and Read- e
ig company alonn mined and sent to c
larket over 3,000,000 tons. This cor- a
oration i3 one of the five that have the r
itire control of the anthracite trade, i
id they own at least one-third of all the ^
>al lands in Pennsylvania. The other (
>ur corporations take theirs to New j
ork by rail. c
In traversing the many iron highways c
! the regions, the traveler is astonnded a
the enormous investments of capital, c
[illions upon millioim of dollars are re- g
resented, and thousands of men and . c
)ys at the mines and a little world of j c
usy people in nearly all branches of 11
ado gain a livelihood in the various | f
o A Ar?r1 f.Vm I n
nea nun iuwijo aujw^uv, ^uv? jw vuw
ithraeite basins of Pennsylvania re
resent but a spot in the coal area of the
mntry, only 470 square miles of an
iracite in a total of 206,939. But its
due is greater than the entiro area of
ituminous coal, and the fact that New
ork, Philadelphia, Boston, and all
ther leading cities in the East and
ortheast, and Canada, have the great
it source of their productive power in
lese hills of Pennsylvania, and that the
itire population of the above sections
raw most of their supplies of fuel
'"""in nnfl mnaf nniitinno to RfV
ULil UrilUV) UUV4 U1UUV XSWTJ-t v? ?w v.r,
ill always attach superior importanco
) the anthraoitecoal fields of this State.
Your correspondent descended the
eep shaft at East Norwegian, known as I
le East shaft, Wadesville, a short dis- n
ince from this place. It is operated by \
le Philadelphia and Reading coal and \
on company. The car went down 1,128 1
iet to Orchard vein. The shaft leads r
own still further, a distance of 1,569 a
;et from thi surface, to Primroso vein
f wliite ash coal, and 1,954 feet clown
:om the surface is the Mammoth vein.
. tunnel from Primrose will be dug
astward toward the Mammoth vein till
: meet3 it on its upward course. This
imarkablo shaft passes through rich
eins, which together represent a thick
ess of solid coal of sixty-four feet! One
undred millions of tons is the csti
iated capacity of this bonanza alono,
11 within one hundred miles of tide
rater.
Imagine an immense black shedding
way up on the mountain side. Leading
mm frnm ifc is another sheddinc ex
ending to another building alongsido of i
lateral railroad. Then there is an en- i
ine house, an officc, a small village scat
ered here and there, a long lino of coal
ars, a powerful locomotive, miners and
ailroaders. Everything is black,
;rimy, and dusty. Approaching a col
iery, the heavy groaning of the power- i
ul engine can bo heard as it labors to
mmp the water up from tho depths.
Dhe empty cars descend ou one side of
he shaft and go up on tho other, loaded
vith large lumps of coal. From the
uouth of the mine it is dumped into
the breaker, where it is maae into a]
marketable sizes. On its journey to th
shute8 below at the tracks, alld whil
it is being crushed, a large number o
boys, black with dust, piok out the slate
bone, and other impurities. Thee* boyi
are smart and can tell the difference be
tween slate and coal readily.
Strangers are rarely taken down ai
important shaft, particularly when a col
liery is in active operation. Away dowi
in "the damp, dangerous and blue!
avenues of the interior, the miner anc
his men are at work. The shaft is wel
wooded, and the car is let down by ?
wire rope uncoiling from a mammotl
drum. At the bottom, gangways, wel
wooded, run hither and thither. Rail
road tracks run along, and the cars art
Jitner propelled by gravity or are arawr
to the shaft by mules that went dowc
with good eyes, bat are now totally
9lind. The animals live in the bowele
jf the earth entirely. The miners, who
ire Scotch, Welsh, and Irish principally,
irork upon an established price basis.
Fnere is danger all about a mine, the
leadly gas explosion, falls of coal,
areaking of machinery, and many other
ihings that cause a chill of horror to
:reep over a stranger, and a cold sweat
areaks on his brow as he contemplates
lis situation fifteen hundred feet below
iaylight.
Colliery machinery must be simple
ind powerful. They have the heavies*
)f engines. Two hundred horse-power
vill lift ten tons five hundred feet a
ninute, providing the balancing power
>r the weight of the load going down on
he other side is one-third. Many col
ieries cost as high as 8200,000. The
sumps are always ui worn, uuiouug nuxu
.00 to 500 gallons of -water a minute.?
Vcu> York Sun.
The Story of a Bride.
The bride in question, while yet c
blooming and energetic widow, metwitb
m elderly gentleman of eighty years oi
ige, and an indefinite quantity of bonds
md stock certificates. In spite of the
>pposition of his family, she convinced
11m that it was his duty to marry the
;rusting and ingenuous woman who had
avished upon him her priceless and ex
JCi icuucu uucuuiuuo.
No sooner was the marriage ceremonj
jnded than the happy bride directed he]
lusbabd to run back to his house and
)ring his bonds and mortgages, so thai
.hey might begin to enjoy a happj
loneymoon. The husband went, but at
loon as he had entered his house he was
leized by his relatives and safely locked
lp. He had made a will in their favor,
aid they had no intention of allowing it
o be unmade by a new and unwelcome
rife. His prolonged absence disturbed
he bride, who sent a carriage to hasten
tis return; but the carriage came back
impty, and the driver's mind was too
Qucli confused by strong language,
iroken crockery, and pails of -water to
xplain the reason why his presentation
if a written order to " deliver to bearer
me (1) elderly bridegroom " had given
ise to so much vigorous discussion.
Che bride at once comprehended the
rue state of affairs. She armed herself
vith a pistol and a stout servant and
itormed her husband's prison. The
jattle was short but fierce. From hia
emote dungeon, the imprisoned hus
jand could be heard cheering on the as
sailants, but there were too many bolts
m the front door, too many determined
naiden sisters, and too much available
trockery in the house to render its cap
ure possible by the assaulting column.
Che bride was beaten back, after per
orming prodigies of valor with a lone
)ole against the pnrlor windows, aud sh*
las since appealed to the law for assist
.nee. A suit for the forcible theft of o
aluable husband, whoso photograph is
mnexed to the complaint, and marked
1 Schedule A," is now pending, and it
emains to be seen whether a Massachu
etts court recognizes the right of prop
erty in husbands, or whether it looks
ipon them as force natarce, and hence
ucapable of being made the subject of
,n action for trover and conversion.
Might have been Wealthy.
If in A. D. 1, reader, you had put one
ent out at compound interest, it would
s wo all know, have doubled at the end
f twelve years. At the end of twenty
ix years it would have been four centa
-of thirty-six years, eight cents. Now,
ontinuing this process, we find that in
20 years any sum put out at compound
-i. i. ?-n i?~ i nnn fr>u
LllltlA UfjU Will liuro 1UU> Ajuw W.V.,
r the one cent havo become ?10. In
20 years more, or A. D. 210, the 810
Qcreasing 1,000 fold would have equaled
ilO.OOO. Then, for every 120 years we
aust add three ciphers, or, say in the
-ear 600, A. D., the sum would be ten
nillions taken one million times, or
inough to give every one of our 40,000,
100 inhabitants a fortune of a quarter of
, million dollars each. The increase
iow becomes stupendous, and to handle
t at all we must take the value in pounds
reight, and finally cubic feet of gold.
3old is worth in round numbers $200 a
>ound. There are about twenty pounds
if gold to every pound of water in n
rabic foot. A cubic foot of water weighs
ixty-five pounds, about; gold conse
[uently 1,300 pounds per foot, valued at
1200,000?say one-quarter of a million
lollars, or to the million dollars'go fwur
mbic feet of gold. At the end of six
lundred years, then, we should have
rom one cent in the beginning 40,000,
100 feet of solid gold. Continuing this
>rocess, wo must soon use cubic miles
o rmi'f. nrwl finnllv. wa reach the
tupeudous result that in the year 1900,
L D., one cent put out at compound in
terest would have increased to a sphere
if gold whose center being placed at
he center of the snn would extond be
ond the path of the earth around that
?ody, in all directions, and necessarily
s far above and below the plane of the
arth's revolution. If you had not
teglected the cent you would have been
omparatively well off to-day.
i PninAiic > of Modern Life.
A woman?not very young, but very
>retty?au Americaa belle who, through
. series of ill-fortunes, became de
>endent upon her rela'ives and friends,
vas two years since in Spain with some
adies who had invited her to go to Eu
ope with them; and thero she became
icquaiutod with an attache of the Eug
ish consulate in the town where they
vere spending some weeks. The ladies
oft her in a foreign country without
neans to return to her native land. She
old her story to tho young diplomat.
10 ioveil Xllir, JJlUjJUncil lu iici, auu Uiigj
became eng.iged; but ho sent her home,
us ho could not thou marry her.
Sho had faith in hira, and month?
oiled by, tho poor girl having retired tc
ive upon the charity of some relative:
n Central New York. At lust the diplo
nat came, bringing magnificent gift!
from his relatives, among the highest o
the English nobility, to his brido. II<
bad been in South America, and fron
there home during this cruel vraiting t<
get leave of absence. They waited but i
fow days, sho sending no cards to he
ci. (hvant friends; they hurried awa;
to speud th$ honeymoon in Paris.
A friend just from Paris tells how th
heroine of this little story is to remai;
there, her husband having become con
nected with the English embassy in tha
city, and that Mrs. G. is tho America!
belle and tho pet of Lord Lyons' ek
gant establishment. Lord Lyons is
bachelor, and Mrs. G. plays tho part c
hostess to his guests.
J Items of Interest.
0
Q Be contented with what yon have un
f til you see a chance of getting more.
? Seeing is not believing. There are
3 many men you can see, and yet oanno t
- believe.
! A beautiful seven inch centipede will
. be one of Texas' contributions to the
j centennial.
it ib expected mui wc toicuuu v.
France this year will exceed ?100,000,
000 sterling, and be nearly ?i,000,000 in
excess of the estimates.
Another insect, called the' twister, has
attacked the vineyards in Lombardy, and
is said to be far irore destructive than
the renowned phyloxera.
A father in Bradford county, Pa.,
ninety years of age, boxed his son's ears
onromW fnr oVinnirKT his wife. Tho boy
} AW* 0
, is about sixty years of age.
A girl, one of a bridal party of tour
ists, was recently blown off the highest
, cliff of the Giant's Causeway in Ireland,
and, of course, instantly killed.
The supper at a Knights of Pythias
ball in Sedalia, Mo., was not ready at
the appointed time, and the hungry
members stoned the caterer to death.
Inebriated gentleman who has fallen
down stairs to another who offers to help
him up : 11 Wharzeuse slobber in' round
a fella' ? I alius come down stairs that
way'"
The high price which is charged for
gas, and its often poor quality, are
bringing kerosene into favor more and
more. Many shops even in iarg?, uuiea
are lighted bj kerosene.
Mayor Lewis, of New Haven, while
making his New Year's calls, wa3 shut in
a door as to his coat tails in such a man
ner that he could not reach the bell
pull, and had to remain in that un
pleasant predicament till the next callcr
arrived.
A Stratford school teacher got the
boys down on him by takiug their apples
away from them when they had them
around during school time, and eating
them himself, but ho looks at them very
carefully since he ate one charged with
red pepper.
When two young Chinamen, now being
educated in a Lowell factory, made ap
plication the other day for permission to
cut off their pigtails, for fear of their
catching in the machinery, the request
had to be first forwarded to the authori
ties in China.
When Senator Sharon's daughter was
married, the bishop who performed the
ceremony was compensated with a check
for ?5,000. Recently a gentleman of
New York gave the clergyman who per
formed the marriage ceremony $2,000 in
new bank notes.
Brigham Young has prohibited his
wives and daughters from taking part iu
round dancing. The prophet has also
decreed that all balls and parties given
in the ward schoolhouses shall begin at
one o'clock in the afternoon and close at
ten o'clock in the evening.
Paisley, near Glasgow, is probably
the greatest thread manufacturing cen
ter in the world, its exports of sewing
cottons for last year amounting to near
8,000,000. The United States is the lu?st
customer, taking Inst year 2,314,000
pounds, valued at $2,450,000. *
A Western correspondent h; a inter
viewed young Joe Smith, son of the Mor
mon prophet. Young Joe is described
as broad-shouldered, good-looking and
forty-throe. He is opposed to poly
gamy, but says the Mormons of Utah
will not give it up without a fight.
A bill is to bo introduced into the Wis
consin Legislature providing a sevoro
punishment for proprietors of intelli
gence offices when detected in the ne
farious occupation of sending young
girls to disreputable houses under pre
text of furnishing them employment.
An English funny paper says it is not
generally known that a very appropriate
coverifier for the bed of a river may bo
I made out of the sheets of water which
I abound in tho adjacent meadows. The
, best way is to wait till the;** are frozen
I over, and then cut them up with a pair
j of skates.
Kissare, an Indian chief, believed to
i have been one hundred year* old, died
J recently in Washington Territory. Ho
i belonged to the Cowlitz tribe, which
has dwindled, in twenty years, from
about a 1,000 persons to thirty-three,
whisky and smallpox having mainly
done the work.
According to Hassel, the numerical
value of tho various important religions
of the world may be estimated thus :
Christians of all denominations, 120,000,
000; Jews, nearly 4,000,000; Moham
medans, 552,000,000; followers of the
val-irrirm 111 000 000* T?nd
UlUilLUaU
> dhists, 315,000,000.
A conditional contract has been en
' tered into by the officers of the Pough
keepsie bridge company for the con
' struction of the great bridge across the
1 Hudson. The price is stated to be a
' little over 83,000,000, of which 81.000,
000 in cash haa to be raised and paid
before the work commences.
Webster Oity, says the Burlington
Hawheye, rejoices in a local novelist who
is publishing her earliest efforts in the
local papers. " Elfida, behold the
mune. "The mune, me lord ?" " Ay,
mune; whitherfore dostest thou echoest
me?" " Good, me lord, I echoest no
body." " Then, thank Heavon, wo are
saved."
Lord Grey is uneasy because the 290,
; 000 men whom ho supposes England
> could at once put into the field do not
I include a sufficient proportion of trained
' soldiers ; while the Loudon Times seeks
! to quiet his alarm by the remark that a
; militia force of 120,000 men cannot be
\ entirely worthless, even as regards ac
tive operation.
The strictness of church "government
: in old Puritan times seems like down
! right tyranny in these days of religions
I liberty. In the record book of an old
J Connecticut church (1702) appears the
I Oil In win a ''For makiiiD' a noise in
church, Ana Bolton, spinster, is to sit
three Sundays in the poor pew and pay
a line of five shillings."
Milwaukee papers give this society
j news: The lovely and accomplished
j Mrs. Crooked Bourbon was the admira
! tion of all the indictod guests at the
11 fancy ball last night. She wore 20,000
| I gallons of the tiuest point lace, sent by
her husband whoa he tie \ to Europe and
, | forfeited his bail bonds, and a set of
diamonds valued at twenty-five gangers
I and inspectors.
i The first newspaper, says Figaro,
> j which appeared in Lngiand, was pub
? | lished at the time of the threatened
. j Spanish invasion in I58S. It was i sued
? by the government for I lie reason, as
f stated, "that this publication is tho
> surest means of making the truth known
to the people, and of contending against
) the sin of lying and exaggerations of
i calnmny."
r I A newspaper is a window through
f I which men look out on all that is goiijg
I on in the world; without a newspaper, a
>! man is shut iu a small room, and knows
t [ little or nothing of what is happening
J outside of himself. In our day, tho
;' newspapers keep pace with history and
i record it. A newspaper will keep a sen
sible man in sympathy with the world's
current history. It is an infolding en
cyclopedia, an unbound book forever
issuing and never finished.