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BY W. A. LEE A ND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APKIL 12, 1876. VOLUME XXIV.?NO. 1. *T.r ; -c- ' cr: \ 0rw&soaic DiaECTonY. Clinton Lodge No. 3. F. A. M V,". rt. PACKER. W.\ M.\ J. C. WOSMANSKY, Secretary. Heels 2d Monday in every month. Hesperian ChapterNo.17,R.A.M J. F. 0. DuPRE. M.\ E.\ H.\ P.-. ; J. D. CHAI MERS, Recorder. Meets 3d Fr.day night in every month. DeSatissnre Council No. 16, R. & S. H. J. T. ROBERrSO.V T.\U1.\ M.\ JNO. Q. EDWARDS. Reoorder. Meets let Tuesday night in every month. DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON^ DENTIST, Offers hie professional services to the oitizeo* of Abbeville and the surrounding country. Office?Over Citizens' Savings Back, ABBEVILLE, S. C. CUNNING HAM & TEMPLETON Jf ;,* V f r ,?" ?:? jV Have on hand a large stock of Ceils' Lin Am SM AT VERY LOW PRICES. A large assortment of .Ladies' and Gents' TTnefo fir JJULG1JLUU V COIO vu UUU lOj BOULEVARD SKIRTS, Silk Scarfs and Ties. - GIVE TflEU A ? CALL. The Star Shirt! Having tried these Shirts, we can safely re commend thorn for agood fitting and durable Collars, Linen and Paper, :?r? - LATEST STYLES, With Cravats and Scarfs to Match. -"fc! QUARLES & PERRIN. , Cottage Bedsteads! Two hundred Bedsteads just received, war ranted all hard wood, at Drices from $5 00 to $10.00. i'. i J. D. CHALMERS. f " . ^ iA j ^ 1 Boots and Shoes! ' : r .* v? . ; i 1 i i Ji Oar stock of BOOTS and SHOE3 is now oomplete, and at the Lowest Prices for CASH. Call early and get a bargain. DiiPRE, GAMBRELL & CO. r. C. E. BRT7CS, Czliiu. V7ii0 1?ii; 'j 'i J ^ Boot and Shoe Maker, Over Parker & Perrin's Store, M W? JE? wy-wr-wv W *T? CJ &JO OJEj W JL n. V. f Doeires to bay that he is folly prepare J to meet all demands the public may make in his line He keeps Constantly on babd a large lot of the best material and employs only the tineot work men. He keeps a full stack of custom made Boots and Shoes, and guarantees the most entire satisfaction in every instance. M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS '(PHOENIX IRON WORK*), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturer* of 8team E>nrines of all sizes; Horse powers, Circular and Mnley Saw MiilB, Grist and 8agar Cane Mills, Flour Mills. Orna mental Houso and Store Fronts, Iron Railings, A wrinnltrrral Imolements. etc. B'ass und Iron Castings of ail kinds made to order on short notioe, and on*, the most reaoonablo terms. Alio, manufacturers of Cotton Preesea. S. B. NORRSLL, HARNESS anfl SADDLE MAKES, AT HIS OLD STAND Over Parker & Perron's Drug Store, Hts a supply of Northern Harness Leather and other material for Making and Repairing Baddies and Harness. . rj CARPENTRY. . I I i i ?? The undersigned hereby gives notice that ho ia prepared to do all kinds of Carpenter's fort aid Biis. He alw repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers and Fans. -A fall supply of Gin Material always on hand. Fanners are requested to bring their Gins np early in the seaeon to allow time to have them properly prepared. Also Agent for the Taylor Cottqn Gin, tho Brooks Cotton Tresrf, aid all kinds of Itubber and Leather Belting. D. fB. SMITH, Abbeville C. II., S. C. STEALS ni i limn a an i rtANNU MILL, Columbia* S. C. ?08ii9aOT.'i:. h F.W.WING, Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OP \r ,t / * f Sash, Blinds, Doors, WINDOW AND' nnrvD u-datv/tto UUUXb liin IT! 1JW| wlBliiiMSbitte, PILASTERS, . -.7 \.. ir f I w Mantelpieces, HOLDINGS, BRACKETS, Handrails, Newels, Balusters. SCBOLL WORK of all Description. All Work Guaranteed A No. 1. Jenny Malone. It is bat short time sinoe poor Jenny Ma lone Had a heart and a fatore as glad aa my own. We were classmates and roommates together, for years, And now?I can't speak of her, hardly, for tears. She was winsome and bright, such a loving young thing, With a voioe that yoa thought was made only to sing, And a look in her eyes that?well, now it's so sad That I wonder it ever was merry and glad. When she married Bob Beech she was only nineteen, Far too yoong to be certain what marriage , might mean; As for him^there was never so handsome a bean Who made love ill so winning ? laouiuu, x know. True, he drank. Jenny knew it. "That's nothing," she said, With a light little tews of her foolish young ; head; "It's the way of jonng men. Hell be steadier grown When we're wed, or my name is not Jenny Malone." They were wed?a gay wadding. I stood by the bride When she pledged him her all, let whatever betide ; When ho vowed to support her, to cherish, defend Against evil and danger, till death and the end. [ i 'r (^r I was with her last night, and 1 sobbed at the . sight Of her pitiful faoe, now so pallid and white, Of her eyes that have lost all the light of their | smile ]1 And seem brimming with trouble and tears all ; ( the while. ! i ? . - - I < ft is jast the old story. Poor Bob has gone I ( down j( TUl his rain and shame are the talk of the ' ( town; Bat she clings to him yet, as a brave woman clings To the love of her life, though it wasteth and stints. I could see her look down in her little one's face, With a sigh?it might be for the father's dis grace ; I could feel her heart throb as I kissed her good-bye? And I knew there are harder things yet than to die. She's a brave'little body, but still Bhe must shrink From the end that is oertain, when stopping to think, Just a wreck of two lives, and it may be of more, And a loea of all treasure they carelessly bore! May God pity the girl who tbaa finds that her fate La to suffer in patience, and patiently wait !? To whom womanhood brings only sorrows and cares, Only longing, and hanger, and pleadings, and prayers! "Bat we choose for ourselves," do you say? Yen, I know; We must reap In our harvest as now we may sow ; ir we rou any rules, men tne Diame lb our own Do we bitterness gather with Jenny Ma! one. It U better to Jouruey alone through the years Than to wed only bitterest grieving 'and tears ; So I say to young men who are fond of their wine rhat the lips that taste liquor can never touch mine. ?A. A. Hopkint. LOVE ON SKATES. AN ADVENTURE IN CANADA Bellemere is a little town in Canada, near the region of perpetual Indian, and they have frightfully cold weather there, and splendid sleighing and skat ing. Wolves and other wild animals oc naoiAnnlltr elrii0V1 amnn^ t.lia ATlfnOflfiJ UtOAV/UMUj IJUI t immi imvmum vmv^vwiiw) and altogether it is more like a place ? right out of a story than a spot where a real people are expected ta live. 1: Bellemere, however, knows just what t it is about, and it has worn "poll backs " and Ulster overcoats. The men s are tail, fine-looking specimens of man- g hood, and the women .dress and adorn ? themselves after the manner of femininity generally. Dancing parties and skating c parties are very much in vogue, and t moonlight nights in winter are made the t most of. o To this gay, enjoyable little place n came quite suddenly one bright winter ? day Miss Maude Eastwood, from Bos ton. The olergyman's wife was a cousin a of hers, and it struck her all at once s that an entirely new sensation would be f agreeable. So she made a hegira to o Bellemere, and presented herself before li her cousin's astonished eyes with a r three-story Saratoga trunk, and all proper appliances for an unlimited stay, j a But Mrs. Nail was much-enduring, and u she made the young lady welcome, and c even got up a sort of pleasure in her a arrival 5 Miss Maude had come primarily to 1* abate?an accomplishment in which she c excelled, and of which she was passion ately fond ; she had also a covert par- t: poso-of appropriating a few Canadian s scalps. For this young person was ac t customed to come and see and conquer; t and although by no m?ans a beauty, she 8 managed to produce the effect of beauty t in a very delightful manner. Besides, ( she had her hair long, abundant, gold ? colored, and every bit of it her own a raising. If beauty draws us by a single t hair, what may not be accomplished t ?'a /.AKVa fVn'a 9 \Tonr1a 1 WJl/Il a t/frVVWUf ^ uag vu&o i Eastwood knew full well that her strength, like Samson's, lay in her richly flowing locks, and she valued them ac cordingly. Female Bellemere criticised her, of course, pronounced her devoid of a single good feature,^)bj?cted to her style altogether; but it could not get over her hair. Those of the opposite per suasion went daft generally, after the usual fashion of male idiots over a pretty face ; and Miss Eastwood began to have good times forthwith. Those grandly built Canadians, witn meir nne i open faces and frank manners, their un- y difguieed admiration end pleasure in J her society, were new revelations to the \ Boston girl; and as to her Canadian 1 sisters and their plainly expressed jealousy; she just laughed at them, and i showed them how to do so many pretty t things in crochet and Berlin wool that i she quite won them over. 1 By far the nicest of Maude's admirers i was Alfred Glentheal; there was so < much more in him than in any of the others. He was a fine skater and dancer, i and read Tennyson and Rossetti de- 1 lightfully in a rich musical voice; he < was decidedly intellectual, and had a < physique which enthusiastic young la- 1 dies called "splendid." He also had f that most excellent thing in man, a ] genuine modesty and distrust of his own ] deservings. He appeared to hoyer in ] the background from the first wherever * Miss Eastwood wns to be seen ; and ] that young lady soon discovered her ] power, and took exceeding delight there in. This was a oaptive worthy o? her bow and spear, and Bhe had no intention of spoiling him by encouragement. If be ventured upon anything of a compli mentary nature, she adroitly turned it into something quite the opposite, until Mr. Glentheal vainly wondered by what 30urse of mental gymnastics he had at tained the platform on which he found bimself. Bnt he worshiped on in his :juiefc way, and thonght Maude East wood the most dainty and bewildering piece of flesh and blood it had ever been bis good fortune to enoounter. So matters stood on one bright, frosty aight when the moon was at the full, rnd nearly all Bellemere was out skat ing. It was a very pretty sight; the bright, glowing girl's faces, and the ringing peals of girlish laughter, as they skimmed along with the grace of prac tical skaters, while mingled in the gay groups were sturdy six-footers, armed igainst the cold with fur caps and gloves, ind 8honting and hallooing with all the power of Btrong lungs. Maude Eastwood was perfectly be witching in her clopely fitting skating rait of rich blue cloth trimmed with swan's down, while the most ooquettish Df velvet caps, around which curled a long white ostrich plume, rested lightly Dn her shimmering hair. This was loosely crimped, and fell unbound to tier waist. The effect was charming. With her hands in a muff that matched tier dress, she floated off with swanlike notion, laughing at and with the tall 3gure that so persistently followed in ler wake. Alfred Glentheal was resolved, lowever, that this night should decide , iia fat#* n.nH nftflr manv skillful eva-1 dons on the part of the slippery dam sel, he managed to ask the all-important juestion. i Maude was breathless with amazement i md chagrin to find herself thus corner id, and her pulse beat unaooountably i 'ast?too fast for indifference. She i xrald not find it in her heart to say no i ;o this earnest pleader, but neither i ;ould she say yes just then; so she jompromised matters by replying : Give me ten minutes' start, and if you ;atch me, I am yours." This was an objectionable advantage, 1 or Maude skated as though her feet i vere winged wilh lightning; but she was ( mmovable, and the race began. She - ihot like a flash toward a small island in ' he middle of the river, doubled it, and ] rent down on the other side; while Al- ] red, at the end of ten minutes, darted ] *'*? a wiAmaril of 1 smiuijr tUtOX JLLUi j ucoivavcu a wvutouv nv he island, and then dashed down the ide where the lady was not. Miss Eastwood skated swiftly on, with , feeling of relief that she was safe for he present, and wondering why she ared enough for this man not to refuse lira on the spot. Her cheeks burned ividly as she thought of his words, and ier eyes shone like diamonds in the clear miter air. She was a beautiful picture, tut there was no one to see her, only the tately pine trees on either side, and the rozen river glittering like frosted silver a the moonlight. Everything was lear as day, save where the river nar owed; and then the giant treeB cast lark shadows thct made the girl shiver little. She was just passing one of these * ? -1J 1-3 1 loints wiien a queer noise auracwu uer ; ttention?a sort of liowl?and glancing j round, she saw what looked like a large ' log rushing swiftly after her. The next ( aoment, however, the blood seemed to ] urdle at her heart, a cold chill of horror i rept over her, and hor limbs almost re- j used to move. It was a wolf, that fear- ] ul scourge of the Canadian wilds; and i hriek after shriek rent the air as she re lizcd the dreadful truth. She skated - or her very life; but the bloodthirsty ( nimal gained upon her, and her stren^h ' raa fast giving out. j Suddenly the bushes on one si.le wore j >arted, a human figure darted swiftly | mt, and the report of firearms quickly i ollowed. The wolf dropped at once, ] or the well directed shot had entered j ds brain. Down also dropped our ] i^oine, with the conviction that she was i Qortally wounded, and fairted dead ] way. Her preserver came forward and j ifted her from the ice; but, alaa! it was i lot Alfred. That bewildered individual ] ras at least three ruiles away, and just j Qaking up his mind to turn around and ry the other side. "Ugh !" grunted the stalwart Indian, ?ho picked up the insensible girl and lung her over his shoulder very much a he might have done the wolf, while ie glanced curiously at thf golden hair hat floated around her like a alo. "White squaw pretty," muttered this on of .the forest; " but white equaw no ;ood. Red squaw work?white squaw mile at We-to-chee." And with this pleasing programme in aind, Mr. We-to-chee, or Big Thunder, raveled stolidly on in the direction of lis wigwam, to inform Mrs. We-to ohee if the change in their domestic arrange ments. To be sure, that lady had hith rto done the work*, but she had also lone the smilinc. what there was of it. nd would probably object to this divi ion of Labor. She was a large, rough eatured, low-browed female, with half ipened eyes that had au uupleasantly arid glare, and au expression the very everse of amiable. She did not smile at all when her lord nd master entered with his burden and deposited it on the nile. cf skins in the orner that served as a bed. Had it been n animal, he would probably have sent Irs. We-te-chee to pick it up where it iy; but being a pretty white girl, ho ondescended to tote it himself. Without any unnecessary circumlocu ion, he gave Mrs. We-to-chee lo under - tand that this was to be wife number wo, but in her captor's affections num ier one, because of her white skin and ;olden haii-?and here ho aotually laid iin paw caressingly on tho shining mass not noticing Mrs. \V. 'a eyes as lie did o)?and he wound np by saying that, s ho had some shooting business to at eud to, he would thonk Mrs. W. to take he intruder in hand, and restore her to ier senses without delay. And bis ma estic figure disappeared in the forest. When he had gone, the copper color ;d lady eat with drawn-up knees and jowed head, looking at her fair rival nth an intensity of gaze that seemed to lave the power of bringing back the iti8pended life; for presently Maude ipened her eyes, ami very naturally ihrieked to find herself in such uncon genial society. Mrs. We-to-cheo sailed?but it was lot a pleasant smile; and the young lady lemanded to know where she was and low she got there. To all of which Mrs. (V. said nothing as hard us she could. Perhaps she did not understand her un welcome gnest; but it is much more ikely that she did. A steady stare is unpleasant, but not lecessarily fatal; and Miss Eastwood iat up and looked about her. An Indian vigwam, as sure as she was alive ! and low in the name of wonder did she get nto it, and how was she ever to get out >f it? She could not mako up her mind what t was best to do under these very pecu iar circumstances. Bnt Mrs. We-to :hee had evidently made up hers; and Irawing forth a pair of shears from some lidden receptacle, she approached the ;rembling girl. Maude fell upon her tnees in mortal terror, and begged and prayed to be let alone; but the resolute pagan pursued the even teiior of her tray, and laid hold of the burnished locks. The victim shrieked and hid her eyes?she believed that her last mo ment had come; but clip, clip, went the shears, and down fell the luxuriant tresses, until they lay a heap of gold at her feet. The inoensed squaw did not do her work artistically, from a barber's point of view, but she did it effectually, hop ing thereby to bring the erriDg Mr. W. to his right senses. Miss Eastwood burst into tears, and felt that this was only the next worst thing to being kill ed; for she sadly feared that, with her hair, she was shorn of her powers of conquest. Mrs. Wo-to-chee smiled triumphantly; and upon this tableau burst Alfred Glentheal, pale, weary and almost hopeless of finding his lost love. With a sob of delight, Maude threw herself into his outstretched arms, ex claiming : " Oh I take me away from this dreadful woman I" The dreadful woman glanced from one to the other, and seeing how matters stood, she deliberately gathered up the golden tresses and presented them to Mr. Olentheal. ' Maude seized her hair at onoe?it would make a splendid switoh, whioh was some comfort. And this was greater magnanimity than she had ex peoted of her hostess?if she could be regarded in that light But Mrs. We-to chee was entirely unacquainted with switohes, and intended her gift as a sting ing sarcasm. She had been revenged, the white man would relieve her of her unwelcome rival, and a short curtain lec ture would make it all right with the misguided W. So the lovers were allowed to depart in peace, and the first remark uttered by the young lady was : " Am I not a per lastl- tyif nrifhrrnf. mv hair?" iWW TT?VMWM. J ? - Mr. Glentheal's replv was too long to be chronicled, but in the course of it he said: " And, now, my darling, you will admit yourself caught ?" Maude oould not deny it; but as she gazed ruefully at her severed locks, she oould not help thinging how muoh more agreeable it would have been to be caught with her hair on.?Bazar. An Old Settler's Yarn. The subjeot of this sketch, Billy Mo Kinney, was born in North Carolina, ibout the year 1792. His father immi grated to Kentucky when he was three pears old, bringing Billy and a sister two pears older in a couple of hamper bas - "* mi.i sets strapped across a noree. iuav name horse earned the household ana kitchen furniture besides, and was led by the old lady, the father carrying a rifle, with which he supplied their daily provisions. He reached his destination in the fall of 1795, and settled on Clear creek, where he spent his time between cultivating a small farm and hunting. Billy grew up much as other young men of tbo coun try, and though he may have been proof igainst hardship and rough living, yet he was not against the smiling face and black eyes of Miss Folly Alexander, a young lady who lived near by. In fact, he was completely captivated. As many of the young men of the present day do, he seemed to live only in her smiles. But alas! for human happiness?the Bourse of true love never did run amnofch. Althouffh he had proposed and been acoepted, just before the time for them to be married there came a call from the governor for troops, and as bad luck would have it, Billy was drafted. When the fatal day arrived for the ren dezvous Billy went over to take leave of his lady love, but found it simply impos sible. An officer sent a sergeant with a posse after him, with orders to bring bim right alonp:, as they had to start im mediately for New Orleans. The house in which Miss Polly lived was a small log cabin, one room, one ioor, punoheon floor and clapboard roof, fhe furniture was in keeping with the house ; straight-post bedstead, three legged stools with no backs, and other things on the same order. When the sergeant got within fifty yards of the tiousethe dog barked, and Billy went to the door and was seen by the whole party. They all thought they had him rare enough, and so tUougnt ismy. xne latter walked back to the the, told Polly it was all np with him. But there is many a slip between the cup and lip, es pecially where a woman is concerned, ind that sergeant had reokoned without bis host, for there was never a more rtriking instance of the ready wit of woman in a case of emergency. She x>ld Billy to sit down in the corner and Iraw his feet up under him, then she jat down on his head and shoulders, spread her skirts over him, completely * - * 1. i.~ xmceaiing nxm, ana wem uj uhiu^ nvay as calmly as if she had been sit ing on one of the three-legged stools, is the conscripting party thought she *as. The officer searched tbe cabin !rom top to bottom, and though he mew he saw him, he had to go away without him. They left the next day, ind Billy was left, and lost an oppor tunity of distinguishing himself in the aattle of New Orleans, but he married Polly, and was still living a few years igo. Gen. Belknap's Son. The Boston Herald says of the son of 3en Belknap, who is fitting for oollege it the Adams academy at Qaincy, Mass.: 3e is about seventeen years old, quite -1"": L '*> monnnra nnrl (UIU X CUUDU Ui wuuuw.u, ? linoe his reception has b^en a most ex emplary and promising scholar. The poung man is possessed of a tempera nent which at times inclines to nervous less at the least excitement, and he re named in ignorance of the terrible sur prise in store for him. Thronph for searance, the friends of young Btdknap n town refrained from either interrogat ing or acquainting him on the matter. Se went to get Bhavcd in a barber shop, ?nd while waiting casually took up a lewspaper, and the first matter that struck his attention was the hpad line : "The fall of Belknap." He attempted rnnrl t.Vio nnwa nnrlor fhfl cantion. but. 30011 realizing that none other than his Dwn father was the subject, he grew sick it heart, and, almost wild with excite ment, returned to the academy board ing house. His condition was such that it an early hour in the night ho took his bed, and up to a late hour was in a sleepless oondition, although receiving bhe sympathy and care of the steward and principal of the institution. His illness is not dangerous, and is due to his grief at the sudden misfortune that has befallen his parents. The Deacon's Proposal. Tn fVio f,otm nf TTonlfintnn. lived S certain Deacon Small. In his advanced age he had the misfortune to lose the rib of his youth. After doing penance by wearing a weed on his hat a full year, he was recommended to a cpr tain Widow Hooper, living in an adjoin ing town. The deacon was soon astride of his old browu mare, and on arriving at the widow's door he discovered her in the act of turning the ends from her washtubs. Said the deacon: " Is this Widow Hooper?" " Yes, sir," was the reply. "Will," continued the deacon, "I am that little bit of an old dried-up Dea con Small, and have only one question to propose to you." " Please propose, sir." "Well, madam," paid the deaoon, "have you any objection to going to heaven by the way of Hopkinton?" " None at all, deaoon," was the reply. "Come in, deaoon." Suffice it to say they were married the n?xt day. Gen. Belknap's Career. Gen. William W. Belknap was ap pointed secretary of war in 1869, soor after the death of Gen. Rawlins. Hf was born in 1829 in Newbnrgh, N. Y., although some accounts give Hudson, N. Y., and others Georgetown, D. 0., as the place of his birth. This lattei mistake doubtless grew out of the fact that young BeUmap studied law with H. Oaperton,Esq., at Georgetown. His fa the was a distinguished citizen of NeM York State. He served in the war of 1812; was some time instructor of infantry tao tics at West Point; served in the Flori da war, and again in the war with Mexi co, where he was brevetted brigadier general for gallant conduct at the battle of Buena Vista. He died in 1851. On the death of his father, Mr. Belknap sought a home with his family in the then new State of Iowa, where he en tered into the practice of law. At the breaking out of the civil war he entered the army as major of the Fifteenth Iowa infantry. Soon after he was detailed as mnwimi n? Ofln TWrTPhfirson'n pxwucv XiUUOUW WM staff, figuring conspicuously in all the campaigns in Tennessee. He was with Gen. Sherman in the Georgia campaign, and was promoted to be brigadier gen eral. Subsequently he marched with Sherman to the sea, and when the army rcached Savannah was brevetted major general. When the war was ended GWh. Belknap was offered a field offi cer's commission in the regular army, but declined it, and in 1866 was made collector of internal revenue for the first Iowa district. During his incumbency of this office he earned great credit for the faithful, honest, and fearless manner in which he performed his duty. The re forms he instituted in his district gained for him the highest commendation of the department. It was while occupy ing this position that he was eelected by President Grant to fill the cabinet seat vacated by the death of the lamented Rawlins, Gen. Belknap was graduated from Princeton College in the class of '48. He was a contemporary of Hieeter Cly mer. of Pennsylvania, and of George M. Robeson, the present secretary of the navy. In personal appearance ne is a fine type of Saxon-Amerioan manhood. He is over six feet in height, weighs two hundred pounds, has fair hair and whiskers and blue eyes, and is con sidered possessed of generous mental endowments. Ho lias been thrice mar ried. His first wife was the sister of Mrs. Hugh T. Reid, of Iowa ; his second a Miss Tomliuson, of Keokuk. His pres ent wife was Mrs. Amanda T. Bowers, of Harrodsburg, Ky., to whom he was mar ried Deoember 11, 1873. At the time of the wedding the fact was made promi nent that " the bride was given away by her distinguished kinsman, Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio." On their return to Washington Gen. Bel knap rented a large house, built by Gen. Babcodk, on G street, where he lived in extravagant style. Previous to the war the general was an aotive Demoorat, having serving one term in the Iowa Legislature as a representative of that party. During the civil war he was known as a war Damocrat, his first Re publican vote being cast for Mr. Lincoln ifi/u His latest and most prominent public venture was in the late Senatorial con test in Iowa. The State Legislature was importuned to elect him as the suc cessor of Senator Wright, whose term expires in 1877. The general himself was present with a large crowd of friends, two of the largest hotels being occupied by his adherents. Everything possible was done to secure Belknap's election. It was even intimated that the govern ment wished him elccted, bntall in vain. The result was in favor of Gov. Kirk wood, the secretary of war receiving only twelve votes.? New York Times. He Wasn't There. The baby who wasn't at the union fair was at the Detroit post-office in his lit tle buggy. He was a baby with snag teeth, yellow hair, white eyes and an ugly kiok to his heels. A pedestrian tried to pat him on the nose, and the voung generation struok at him and VinnrlorJ rUnrtonsftlutAlv. A hootblflok pinched his foot, and the baby kicked right and left and made the oovers fly. " He wasn't at the fair, was he ? in quired one of the boys as the mother came out " I gaess he wasn't?not mnoh," she answered. " He was home, minding his business." " Then he didn't get a golden eagle?" " He didn't get nothing !" she snap ped. " I don't p|^ my flesh and blood on exhibition for no golden eagles, or golden geese, or golden anything else." " But he'd have taken the A. 1, O. K, XXX premium if you'd had him there," persisted the boy. " He's just as good as he is hand some," she replied, as she tucked the clothes down. " I've been told over and over affdin that he is the handsomest baby in Detroit." " Would you sell him ?" seriously in quired the boy. " Sell him ? Why, what could you do with a baby ?" " I'd paint his nose, dye his hair, whittle out some good teeth for him, trim his ears down for him and then sell him for a tobacco sign," whispered the boy. Thitf ia why a woman was seen chasing a boy around the post-office square, al ways just near enough to get a kiok, but always just an instant too late to hit the spot. When a policeman stopped her she had her hands clenched, her eyes flashed fire, her teeth were hard shtit and she gasped : "Take my house and lot, but let me get held of that boy !" Extraordinary Treatment. A Charleston merchant had been treat ed by the best physicians ol tiie ttoutn for heart disease, of which they assured him he was liable to drop dead at any moment. Being once at his father's house in New York, he was persuaded to consult Dr. , which he did with no shadow of hope, but simply to satisfy his father. " Well, sir, what is the matter with you?" wore the doctor's first words. " I have diseaso of the heart," answered the gentleman. Upon this he was placed standing with his head and heels against the wall, while the doctor applied the stethoscope very carefully,, and then vigorously pounded the patient's chest for some time; and as he was released from the wall and turned to go, he was further treated to a seven* blew right be tween the shoulders. This was more than the young man could well bear, and he turned furious with anger. The doo tor warded him off with his arm, saying, good-naturedly : " It is all right, my dear sir. I fiad you have no heyt dis ease. If you had had that blow would have killed you." Of course there was nothing to do but to take this extraordi nary troatment in good part. From that day all symptoms of heart dispaae vanished. Shocking Dishonesty. Some young ladies of Whitmore Lake Michigan, undertook to get up a dona tion by retailing kisses, and succeeded in disposing of ninety, for which the aggregate reoeipts were $4.50. But the investors complain that the girls pinched up their lips and skimped the measure to such a degree that they made a profit of 1,000 por cent. THE CENTENXLUL Space Covered by Bolldlno?Calendar ol tlae Exposition. A Philadelphia correspondent writes : The spaoe covered by the buildings erected for former world's fairs, and the cost of their erection, were as follows : Sp*c4 tonrtd. IiODdOD, 1851 20 Now York, 185ft. 5J Paris, 1855 80 London, 1862. 24 Paris 1867 40} Vienna, 1873 60 The Philadelphia exhibition will cover a mnoh larger area : Artm, MTU, Main building or Industrial Hall 21.4T Memorial Hall 1.50 Machinery Hall 14.00 Horticultural Hall 1.50 Agricultural Hall 10.15 Coti. 1,464,000 500,000 4,000,000 2,300,000 4,696.768 9,850,000 oildings ProbabU COlU 1,500,000 1,600,000 600,000 263,000 250,000 Totals. 48.(2 $4,108,000 Other structures, suoh as the women's pavilion, government, leather, carriage and photograph buildings, and addition al art building, and proposed annexes to the machinery and agricultural budd ings, will occupy at least fourteen acres; and, together with stockyard improve ; ments, bridges, etc., will probably cost $2,250,000 more. So that the total space covered by the principal exhibi tion buildings will be more than sixty two acres?twelve acres more than the space covered by the buildings of the heretofore largest fair, at Vienna; and the cost of the buildings will be consid erably less altogether than the cost of the Vienna buildings. But the buildings just named do not occupy nearly all the ground to be cov ered within the incloeure of 230 aores at Fairmonnt Park. The special buildings to be erected will far surpass in number and extent those at any previous inter national fair. The calendar of the exhibition is as follows: Reception of articles began Jan. 5, 1876. Reoeption of artioles ends April 18, 1876. Unoccupied space forfeited April 26, 1876.' Exhibition opens May 10, 1876. Exhibition closes Nov. 10, 1876. Goods to be removed by Dec. 31, 1876. A Warning: to Fast Eaters. A yonng man named Joseph Wall, of West Boxbury, Mass., while engaged in eating his sapper, was ohoked by a large pieoe of meat which got lodged in his throat, and in conseqnenoe for a long time the yonng man suffered un utterable torments. A physician was soon summoned, and after running his forefingers down the man's throat suc ceeded finally in dislodging the impedi ment. As he pulled it out with his bent finger the force of the air, which had been compressed behind it, forced it out with a thud similar to the pop of a beer bottle. Then the strangest part nt fho nh*mnmATir>n commenced. A CUT rent of air bv some unknown means be gan to circulate between the skin and flesh. The skin gradually swelled more and more, the air passing clear down to the tips of his fingers and toes, until the man was swollen to an unnatural and frightful size. In the midst of this he expired in seeming anguish and tor ture. A short time after his death, hotffever, the swelling began to subside, and in the course of a couple of days it left the body in a perfectly natural state. His friends and all who were cognizant of the case are entirely unable to assign any reasonable cause for this mysterious effect, and for a long time it must re main simply a medical curiosity. The Centennial Admission Fee. The price of admission to the exhibi tion in Philadelphia -will be fifty oents, payable in one note. The reoeivers at the reoording turnstiles will have noth ing to do with the notes, except to de cide whether they are good or cad, and to drop them in the boxes, where each one will register itself. An exchange office of the Centennial national bank will be established near each entrance, to ohange money for visitors not having fifty oents notes. This money-changer will be expected to have no more and no less money when his work is done than when he began. The Oentennial com mission, after mnoh inquiry and carefal consideration, concluded that the whole system?absence of season tickets and all -- was cheaper and more Becure against fraud than any other known. In order that the cash in the boxes mav corre spond with the indicators, a dollar note will not be received at any gate for the admission of two persons, nor two twenty-five cent notes for that or one parson. No intelligent visitor, however, With the facilities afforded, need get into the "cue," an arrangement to keep in single file those about to enter, unpro vided with the required note. In the event of a resumption of specie pay merits prior to or uurmg tuo cawuiuvu the rolo will be amended to meet de mands. Remedy for Sleeplessness, Many persons, from nervousness, fa tigue,or mental sxoitement, are unable to sleep. Mr. Frank Buckland, an Eng lish naturalist, prescribes a very simple remedy for insomnia, or sleeplessness. The fact that opiates, in any form, leave traces of their influence the next morn ing, induced him, he says, to prescribe kimniiW aa Via Jittfl ftlsn frflnnentlv 1UA ) w mv ?^ prescribed for others?onions ; simply common raw onions. The well known taste of onions is dne to a peculiar es sential oil contained in them, and this oil has highly soporific powers, which, in his own case, Mr Baokland avers, never fails ; if much pressed with work, and feeling an inability to sleep, his prac tice is to eat two or three small onions, the effect of which is magical in produc ing the desired repose. Such a remedy has a great advantage over the stupefy ing drugs commonly resorted to for tins purpose. A Good Exhibit, Brother Jonathan commenced busi t nnaa in 1776. with thirteen States and 815,615 square miles of territory, which was occupied by about 3,000,000 of civi lized human beings. He has now a fam ily of 43,000,000, who occupy thirty seven States and nine Territories, which has 65,000 miles of railroads, more than 1 sufficient to' reach twice and a half around the globe. The value of his an nual agricultural productions is $2,500, 000,000, and his gold mines are capable of producing $7,000,000 a year. He has I m nra than 1.000 cotton factories, 580 daily newspapers, 4,300 weekly and 625 monthly publications. He basalso many other things too numerous and too noto rious to mention. Canadian Finances, The minister of finances in Oanada says that in the year ending June 30, 1875, tho reoeipts were $24,648,715 and the expenditures $23,718,071, leaving a surplus ol 8935,644. The current year, therefore, would be the first to show a deficit. Bat in 1874 the imports entered for consumption, our chief source of revenue, were $127,404,169, and in 1875 they were only 8119,678,657, showing a decrease of $7,785,512. The exports in 1874 amounted to $89,351,928, and in 1875 to only $77,886,979, or a decrease of $11,464,949. DEADLY SNAKES OF INDIA. Hew the Nntlrei Handle the Menater Si pent*?~The Peril* threuh which f Hindoo* Fu)?Tockllnr a Python I Feollnc with a Cobra. ! A Calcutta correspondent of the Lk don Telegraph writes as foUows : B< in mind that no snake charmer -n | present, that neither pipe nor whis | was used, that every snake had its p i son fangs or teeth in oapital order, a that no means save the marvelous si 1 of the native operators was employed i the exhibition which followed, and y will have a good idea of the peril throq which those Hindoos passed. It v early in the morning?not, however, i i fore the snakes, which were in a seri of wire-covered boxes, were awake ai | lively?that we were shown into a stoz floored room some twenty feet long-a: twelve broad. In the boxes were t strongest and deadliest snakes in Inc ?pythons, ophiophagi, oobras, korit< Russell snakes, and many others. Ti Hindoos who had charge of tnem ws two elim wiry little men, nude to tl waist, as most of their countrymen ar They wore neither gloves nor any oth protection, and . had no instrument any kind in the place. After showii the varied collection under their cax they prooeeded to open the python cas ana one of them, putting his hand i seized a monster serpent and threw hi upon the floor close to our feet. TJ ion objected to such treatment, ai to hiss, making at the same tin a vigorous effort to rise. But the snal keeper was waiting for this, and i sooner did that huge shining back beg to curve than the keeper put out h band, and, seizing the creature's tai puljed it back with a jerk. Instant the python was powerless?hissing, bi unable to move; the more he straggle, the more tenaciously did the keep hold his tail, explaining meanwhile tn so long as the reptile was oontroHed i that fashion there was no danger of i doing mischief; then, just as its ra^ was becoming ungovernable, the nu lifted it quickly, and with a jerk depo itea is in we dox. aw oompuwuu wj now taken ont in similar manner, an slapped and buffeted till thronghont i entire length, some twelve feet, it qui* ered with passion, but All to no purpose it, too, was presently replaced in tl cage, and shut np to hiss at leisure. The fact that an ophiophagus is in tl Regent's Park zoological gardens rer dered the next exhibition more in teres; ing, although it maybe doubted wheth* the throwing into so small a room of snake seven feet long was agreeable t the visitors. One bite from the reptil( and any one of us would have been dea in five minutes, for it was exceptional! strong and lively. Up rose its head out came its glittering tongue, its eye dilated, its huge throat swelled, and a seemed ready for a desperate attacl when the keeper struck the reptile mouth with the back of his hand and b< fore it oould strike him had seized : inst under the head. The other natrv now seized its center and tail, and witl oat more ado the terrible ereatnre wa hoisted into the air as harmless as a bui terfly, and its fangs exposed by the ai of a small niece of wire. Those teet were literally fall of poison?enoagh i have killed a dozen persons. At length, oar cariosity satisfied, thi monster was pnt into his cage, and hi brother plncked oat by the naked uatrv with the hand and thrown on the flooi He, too, was tracalent for a minute, ei deavoring to follow the unpantaloone Hindoo ronnd the room ; bat he ha reokoned without his host, or rather hi keeper, for he was seized presently b the tail and hoisted up just as the othc had been. In vain he hissed and spai His tongue might move in and out s Mten as it pleased, but all to no pa pose; whether on the floor or in the ai Kifu two?Q navfA/lflv HIKtVO.1 Alio quuxuo wv i/iw nvtv . ing, and when the cage was opened i slunk in, a disconcerted serpent. A cobra was the next to be turned oul a strong, healthy snake, nearly five fe< in length, with a hood the power c moving which somewhat startled ui But move as it might, the agile nativ was too quick for it. He would put hi knee within a loot of it as it stood u ready to strike, and it would make dart as futile, however, as it was suddei Then it would hiss, as though hoping t frighten its adversary ; it might as we have hissed at the wall. And, just whe it got up again, and was so enraged tha it could scaroely wait for a good oppei tunity to strike at the native's kne< which was moving before it in a mot totalizing manner, the keeper's han was quietly placed under its head, an it was removed like its predecessor) "Will it bite?" I asked. "See," sai the native. Taking up a piece of bambc stretched across a shell, he held th wnnH t.hfl nprnant'fl month- Instant! the reptile seized the proffered bait, it eyes glistening,*its neck distended, an crunoned the wood as thongh it we tinder. Two or three moments elapse as the teeth penetrated further into tb fiber, and then we saw the poison fallin in white drops into the shell, which aci ed as a kind of sauoer. I was particulf in notioing two points in regard to thi incident; first, that the poison did nc come from the fangs immediately th bite was inflicted?a fact which will a< count for the mongoose living som< times after he is bitten by the cobra and, next, that the quantity of venoi emitted -was much greater than is genei ally supposed. There were five or si large white drops in the shell, and prot ably one or two absorbed in the bambcc When forced to surrender the wood tb serpent seemed by no means exhausted the" fiber was much torn, for the teet penetrated nearly a quarter of a inch. When another cobra, equally large was examined it was shown that th teeth were set back some distance in tl head, and that they were by no moan so large as a viper which was show afterward, and whioh was so quick in i! movements that it had to be lifted out < ts box by means of a hooked sticl This huge viper made such desperal attempts to strike one or two of us thi wo were by no means sorry when tt keeper seized him by the neck and ta and opened his mouth. His fangs wej larger than the cobra's by one-half, an very strong. They must have containe a great quantity of venom. A " Russell snake, with a golden spotted back, we the next on the floor, and it hissed vi< lently, but was taken up just as easily i the others after it had been provoked I a great rage for several minutes, korite, proverbially deadly, had bee played so many tricks before that it wi slow to take part in the fun. Once < twi'^e it struck viciously at the keepe but without any effect, and at last cease to make any effort to bite the Hindoo There was no need to play a pipe or tor torn to awe that snake. It was only t< glad to get away into his blanket ar box again. The exhibition was ended t the showing of a biscobra, or bhu guava. An Attentive Conobegation.?Rg J. Hyatt Smith does not like rainy So. days. " Thera wag only one occasion he said, "when rain on the Sabba failed to diminish the attendance at n sermons. That was at Auburn priso Although the rain fell in torrents, I hi a full congregation ; and not one of tl prisoners seemed anxious to lea? They appeared spellbound. They mi b? there yet, for all I know." A SAD SIGHT. The Barnln* of a Charitable Home with a Number of Aged aid Infirm People. The burning of the Home for the Aged in Brooklyn, N. Y., was a terrible calamity. On the night of the fire the institution contained two hundred and four people, of whom seventy-three were aged and infirm, unable to help them selves. The soene that confronted the firemen when they reached the burning building was appalling, and when above the roaring of the names a piercing shriek from some bed-ridden old man reached them, they became almost un nerved. Many pathetic and impressive inci dents occurred while the building was horning and its inmates were suffering the terrors of a death from fire. Before the firemen had reached the place, Wil liam Donohue, who lived near at hand, plaoed a ladder against the burning building. It reached only to the sec ond story. At a window on the floor above stood Michael Oummins, one of the inmates, with his white hair stream ing in the wind. He was crying out : " Save me! for the love of God, save me I I'm burning up," and he beat the air with his hands. " Get a sheet and tie it to your window and lower yourself to the ladder," shouted Donohue, "but for Heaven's sake don't jump." The old man turned and snatched a sheet from his bed and knotted it to the bed stead. Then he swung himself from the window, holding the sheet with the strength of despair. He lowered him self to the end, and was than twelve feet from the top of the ladder. "Fall into my arms," shouted Donohue, and he stood ready to receive the imperiled man. The latter gave himself a swing arid released his hold of the knotted and twisted sheet, but as he'fell Ins right foot only grazed the tide of the ladder. He turned a complete somersault as he descended to the ground, wherel Be struck upon the stone pavement, a mass of bruised and battered flesh and broken bones. His death was almost instan taneous. Jeremiah Sullivan, whose bed was in the seoond story of the building, and who was considered an incurable paralytio, found his way to the window of his room, and obtaining strength from fear, mounted the sill and leaped to the pavement below, breaking a leg and sus taining injuries which will probably prove fatal. In one of theroomson the third story, second tier, which was saved, there was horrible spectacle. There lay the corpses of nine unfortunate persons, some of whom were paralytics, and all of whom had been unable to leave their beds. A few of them were burned, and the hair upon their heads singed, but all, doubtless, died from suffocation caused from smoke. On the same floor, one old man was found dead seated in a chair. He also died of suffocation, and was so infirm that he was unable to leave his seat. ' Of the number of persona burned to death, the youngest wan seventy-one and the oldest one hundred and five year a Several were over eighty years of age and several over ninety. The Home for the Aged is one of seventeen similar institutions in the United States which have thoir founda tion in Brittany, France. The com munity having charge of the home is known as the Littlo Sisters of the Poor, and the sisters of charity beg from door to door for food, raiment, or money to feed the destitute and deoropit creatures to whose service they devote their lives. Kissing the Bride. The custom of kissing the bride at a wedding is of great antiquity, and while among the most refined classes it has fallen into disuse, it is. still insisted on by many people with great rigor. A very amusing story is told of a Kentucky backwoodsman who had, after a long and ardent courtship of the belle of one of the Kentucky cities, won her for a bride. She had for a long time wavered in her choice, undecided whether to take him or a gentleman of wealth and position in the city, but finally choosing the humbler lot in obedience to her heart. The wedding was oelebrated in great style, and the manly groom was almost as much admired for his colossal proportions and athletic symmetry as was the bride for her exceeding loveli ness. Among the guests was the unsuc cessful suitor, who was well aware of the jealousy with which the groem had re garded him, but who had overoome his chagrin at his failure and was sincerely anxious to congratulate the bride. One by one the guests offered their good wishes and their hearty kisses, while the groom looked on with approval and de light. At length among the rest came the rejected lover. The young groom ?Traonlv hnfc without the WttbVUCU 111 in _ least animosity in his expression. The unfortunate rival felt tne delicacy of his position, and not oaring to provoke the husband's ire he did not proffer tne salute which was customary. As he waa giving place to others after wishing the newly married pair well, the groom grasped his arm with his iron Angers, and in a low tone said: " She's my wife now, and I propose to see that she is treated as well as my wife should be treated. If you don't kiss her I'll break eveiy bone in your body." Bather than quarrel the gentleman kissed the not un willing bride, and the groom waa satis fied. How they were Fooled. Some years ago, when Dr. Hayes had returned from Ms first Arctic exploring ATiifldition. a poster appeared one morn mg at every prominent place in a town in the interior of Pennsylvania announc ing: L "A free lecture in Republican hall on Thursday evening, seven o'clock, April let, 18?, by Dr. Hayes, the great Arctic explorer. All are invited." Long before the appointed hour the ball was crowded, and the audience on the alert to catoh a glimpse of the great man who was to give them a great intel lectual treat all for nothing. They waited and watched anxiously for over an hour, and then sent for the manager of the entertainment, but ho couldn't be found auywhero. At length some one proposed to get up a collection to raise funds to induce the doctor to oome over from the hotel; but no one seconded the motion. Meanwhile, at the outside of a window at the far end of the hall, gradually arose a placard with the words: "AprilFools,"in large, black i letters. For a time this was unperceived by the vast audience, but they haven't heard Dr. Hayes to this day. A Protest Mr. Seth Green protests against the wholesale slaughter of the sea lions in San Francisco bay. In a letter written on the subject he says: "I see by the papers that your legislators have or are about to pass an act for the destruction of all the sea lions that inhabit the rocks at the mouth of San Francisco bay. My opinion is, it would be a shame to kill them. The whole of them do not de stroy as many fish as one Chinaman, and if they are all killed you will never see any more on those rocks. If there are too many, employ some honest citizen to kill a certain number; but do not destroy the whole of that interesting fafhily of sea lions. If you do you will never bo sorry but once, and that will be the re- ] mainder of your lives." Lore If King. ? . .. If at thy kingly gut?, ' " Dear, thou doet bid me wait, And Uke sneh dole oMoYe r . Ab thy ealm heart may more,: >,u -. t In truth I hare no way Kor will to ?y thee nay.' ""* !?i'- f If from my living heart, . ; Love, thou doet bid mo p&rt, And leering it withthw Keep only meraoifr * ( . Alt* f I haTe no Way' *wwmn! Nor wQl to mt thee My. . : . Items of Interest r . J v i : A ship that broke loose during a snow Storm became adrift. '.? ri<fr u .<, ' A hundred pounda of flour oo?t twen ty-eight dollars in the Black Hills. The extreme height of miser? ia a small bo* with a new pair of rofbgr boots and no mod or Slosh in reaoh. u d 'Rie chains of habit are geoetiattt'jSoo small to be felt till they are too ?trong to be broken, and the man whb'Maiileo L-nracft . .T'D A Paris almanac prop]: Europe with unheard of heat 1 a cowing rammer, m aa offset for the winter's snow and oolcL i'. A sister-in-law of been orernBL pi we rejauphfhip* y- -,rKY jt ^*4 , ' To be:at a party .with a oold in jew head, and no hankerchie? is .womb than sitting np with yoor gaVaadhat ing the old lad; present. mm The Hew Hampshire ^ mil is assuming 'jmL Twelve thousand person#. the pledge sinoeihe moY?c " Scienoe," says Dr. HoLmee, >'iaa good piece of fanitara for <e iten to have in an upper' A youngman at-Nashville piled,Jbim self because he oouH not get another man's mile. It is terrible tp ^ve bodyandaee her washing fwtyfalftiW another man. wrj c> twa*** -wiiti It is related th^t W y<>mft$(Xpi Maiyiiyille, Oalifofiiia, presented thfelr oler^nan^wito^a^tnrke^ sMedJjTO out'of that turkey. h . ?d ponn^ of lead^^in^l^g of three times the value pf the.rags. The Industrial works at Springfield, Vt, ran on the co-operative ptear, area groat success. The number oif em ployees has been largely increase d^ -and work is progressing day and'niphi >' * 1 There is an ancient maiden ladr'df eightyntwo, living in Taunton* ;ma^, -who ha? never seen a tram of ears, dress es in Continental fashion,: harps tallow dips, and has not called on her neighbor for live years. . :y i (? ?# i*< Gas company preeid^ptb;:" Alj,^e must accommodate ourselves to : the times, Announce a reduction of ten cents a thousand feet in the pnep of. gas ?and add a couple of thousand fe$t on each fiTOfl bill." - V . rr>f m * JProf. Edward A. Prteiiiail. was tbH when at i^agusa that "every pretty girl is casri^d off as a matter pi,course," and asserts that it was a specially feral'oni rage of this kiud which led to &e Hgpie goviniao insurrection; d:Lv They tell of a Frenchman who)$3ent ly went into the woods at Westmoreland, Vt,, to chpp wood, and whose fate faa indicated, after two days, by fchedis oovery of his head and one foot, andn^fr them a panther track. A poor woman at Newport jastifies herself in keeping a dog by the .fact that many people will give the dog a' bone who won't help her, and often'thero is meat oii the bote that she can eat.or it can be used in malting soup. Scene, a butcher's stand.?Batcher : <* Oome, John, be lively, now; break the bone in Mr. Williams' chops and put \fi- Smith'* in the basket for him." John (briskly)": " All right, air; just as soon as I've sawed off Mrs. Murphy's leg." r . f-j ; liH Tne North Carolina conference o! the Methodist Protestant Church has re fused to oonour in the proposed conven tion for a union between the Methodist Protestant and the Methodist (pan Episcopal) churches which were separa ted by the war. In Pranoe the postal cards, appear in great variety, because it is legal for a&y man to make his own, the payment be ing by an adhesive stamp, Thotreenlt is that some are ornamented with elabo rate designs on cardboard of various oolorsand materials. v Wall street brokers who advertise in TVQTYowi And sflnrl nnt circulars WUHW.J ? _ asserting thai money in sums of $60 to $5,000 invested by them in their way leads to fortune, cautiously omit to /sfcte who gets the fortune. It is not who furnishes the mtrnqr* u x b??* It J. B. Phillips, of Orwall, Ohio, is making a cheese which will not be com pleted until the twentieth of May, when it is expected to weigh 29, (XW tkmnds. It is. perhaps, needless'' to say tnat it'is destined to astonish the natives as well as the foreigners at the OentenniaL At Logansport, Ind., while several children were playing together, the four-year-old daughter of Eliza' Wag oner thruBt her tongue through the crack of the room door, which one of her playmates instantly slammed to, cutting off nearly one half of the mem ber. The country shopkeeper said; '4 Here, my friend, tnose cans 01 DuwerxDoa^ai of you last week all proved, to be just three ounces short of a pound." And the farmer innocently ansvreredi " Well, I don't see how that eould be,'far I used one of your pound bars of soap for a weight" ^ Thanks, and u thousand of thorn, to the unknown geniuB who intrusted a trunk, with a hive ef bees in it, to the tender mercies of a Syracuse baggago master the other day. TIm^ company will pay for the bees, ancrxhe doctor thinks his patient will be around again in a fortnight or so. The United States secretary of war writes a letter to the editor of the Mar shalltown (Iowa) Times, regretting that he cannot lend Marslialltown a cannon from Rook island arsenal for the fourth, and tersely adds: "I have no more right to lend a gun belonging to the Uni ted States than the secretary of the treasury has to lend money." One of James Lick's gucs was iur uu observatory in California. The office ft, thinking that it might be well to have a road buiit to the site of the promised observatory, set about constructing the highway; and now Mr. Lick has in formed the trustees that if they hire a single Chinese to help make the road he will once more revoke his bequest. A correspondent -says that a firm of horticulturists at Sonora, Cal., on thir teen acres of orchard land produced and shipped last year 100,000 pounds of apples, 95,000 pounds of pickled, 220 barrels of vinegar, and thirty barrels and 15,000 cases of cider, and, with in creased facilities of exportation, they expect to find a market for five times that amount.