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tr* v'a - 4>Ji. . 5. ' ? If rflillleS j/iilU/ if il* rJ|??;Hf If# III b If "! ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1876. . <. i A h. ... ' A 6'dC'VxZ - ' f i ' i i | VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 6. Jt/k 5?, J __ My Life. My life il lite the summer rose That opeufto the morning sky, But the ah&doa of the evenlng5kl Is scattered on the ground to die! Yet ba the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see But none shall weep % tear for me! My life is like the autumn leaf-- . That trembles in the moon's pale raj, Its hold ia frail?its' date is brief, < / Restless?and soon to pass away ! Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree will mourn its shade, The winds bewail the laaflees tree, But none a sigh-fo^me. I My Ufe.w like .the prints which feet Weft on Tampa'a desert et?nd; Soon as the rising tide shall beat, All traoe will vanish from the Band; Yet, as if grieving to efface Ail vestUe of the hnraan race, On that lone shore Iond moans the sea, ' Bat none, alas! shall mourn for me I , WESTCEKTER TOWER. Some years ago, I Tiad'oocaafoh to make a short trip from I^ndfip,'"Jo visit my old college friend, Maitknd, who had settled dowries con' nection with the cathedral of Westches ter. It was a pleasant excursion, chiefly by railway, and I was hospitably enter tainodr* ^fter-dnper, my'fciend *nd I walked otit in the dusk of the evening, to look at the antiquitiea of the place. In tne course ot oar raraDie, xno mwu rose,jmd threw, a charm over the scene.. With the moo; the oolori through the solemn! pro Iand,?o beca he jht streaming through Tof was a round black sgot<.. s mn- *3 l . " lou see tnai qotk spotf utuu u?. 'It.; overe .... -fPfnpg >metsmee used; the hat fmi on the roof. I call your attention toit no\p, Decanse 3ra&' gdih&to tell yon something about it by-and-bye." Sealed once more at the fireside of my bachelor friend, I listened to what he hiid to say about the hole in the tower. I will try to repeat /his ebory as he told it to me: "* tnn?t tv>?W>llt ftwDTtftWl ago; aooruifter I came tolihe. cathedra], that I was engaged one ^ening^in^ this refer to a book not in my possession, bnt which I knew' to be accessible to me in the cathedral library. To procure the work, I sallied out with a lantern; and I had not gorfc very far when I was as Bailed by a cheery shout from Byrnes? Geoffrey Byrnes?an Oxford man, who had been my junior at Oriel. Symes was a ttfjliflfrntrio. -H$ had taken a fair ish degree; and might have done well, but, being passionately fond of music, to phuiang the or can; and this had brought film to Westchester, as a professed pupil of the organist As sncb, he was allowed to have, constant to the instrument?one of won ledrall . perhaps. Jw? been called a scientific musician; but lie had a wonderful gift of expressing thought and feeling on the organ, which he abo^sfimagfo fco?speak, go extraordi nary was his power in bringing Out ef fects. When engaged in this way, he V*a lAof in on Ar)f1>naiocifiA or. O^gUiDU (AJ iwo jiva3v j.u rtu vuvuuu?hvw?w m dor. He wildly reveled in musical sounds. On this occasion he seemed to reaolve on a display of his powers. Bashing away for a few moments, he brought little Jim Oxley, son of the ver ger, to blow the bellows; and; with this necessary aid, he set to work, and pro duce! ,a vokuftaiy vtbat was altogether marvelous, ahd the t fleet of which waa onhanced by' the dark. Well known passages from great masters were skill fully wedded with harmonious links into one another. One, however, a favorite pare it to nothing but the strenuoue forging together of solid bars of melody so, severe, so nervous, so weighty, wat the working out of the theme. And 1&1 of all, with most ravishing sweetness, camei*the;->eswuiBite duet and chorus cate silvery strains of patience and ^Ko?V4ol*io?ifl_afi?amflfl Wa nnn onnf.lipr EMBfiFmBZWrSBBSl the great tide of praise, i was uncon scions of any thin % bat the music and could have stayed there ' without furthei thought .till the morning. "I wig aroused from my ecstasy by little Jim, who had been blowing the bellows all this time, asking me if he might go home, as hi3 father did not know where he was. I let him out j and as the door fell behind him, I hoard the low, dying wail of the organ, as Symes struck <one or two tneffecfroa notes, and exhorted its last breath. He came down and joined me ; and as ] was taking up my book and lantern, nrAvinns to rvrir der>artnre. ^ie suddenly cried s*??;iT biid * ;c.v* "HolloI that tower hole is open, Jast faney looking dovm through there into the nave." " 'Yea,' said I; 4 I daresay it woulc be very pretty ; in the meanwhile, I an going home, however.' "'All right,' says Syraea ' Lend m< your lantern; and I'll bid yon good night.' "Why, what are you going to do? I said. ^.Goiugupintothetcw^he ^*in vain 1 tried to dissuade him, using every argument to represent tc U: ik/v fV? /Inn mill llUU AUliJ I HUD IUC1CK)UCI?, Iflld unu Ker of such a proceeding. Good Ira moreilly, but obstinately, he threw asid< my.- * reuicmHtrances ; and when at Ifst I found him resolved, I made up mj mind reluctantly, and not'in the best o: humors, to accompany him on his fool'i orraml. Thank God that I didn't leave him f.lono, as I had intended !" "I was little disposed, however, tc respond to his lively sallies, as I followed him into the staircase whioh led to th( . tower. The lantern was of little use tc us as we climbed the worn steps. A cold strip of moonlight came through an open slit in the wall now and then, but otherwise we were in the dark. After some few minn es' ascent, we cam to a doorway that led over the top ol the transept aroh under the leads of the toof. Begging Symes to look aboui him and to txead carefully, I passed aftei him fhrnncrVi t,h? rlarVnona inf/i tVi? main tow^r. From where we ptood, the uppei side of the dome-like ceiling of the cen 'tfer rif the nave, between the two tran septs, rose like an inverted cup before us; and at the npox of the donft; through the opi ning whifeh had suggest ed this wayward undertaking, the moon light streamed dimly into the darknes? of the tower. To carry out his pur pose, Symes now proceeded to crawl up the dome, in order to look down through the orifioe. I knew it was of no avail tc say anything, so I stood and watch ec him with anxiety, as he leaned over the chasm. . rr. "As I gazed, I became aware that im mediately above the opening a stot rope W* swinging, to which:was attacl ed a large hook. ,1 remembered thf some repairs had been goingonfor a fe days on the roof of the cathedral, an that I had seen one or two rolls of lea wound up through the hole on the pr< vious day. These thoughts were pasi ing through my mind, when Symei catching hold of the rope, jerked it 1 ascertain that it was fastened above, an leaned forward with bis weight upon i as he looked downward with exclami tions of delight. * Come up, sir, an see; do!' he cried. ' It's worth al} tt trouble of a climb.' "I was just about to oreep up, that might share his gratification, when sudden whirring, grating sound < wheels above?a gasping exclamation scuffling snatch with his feet, at th edge of the - hole, and; before I ooul T nAJt* tVtA r\r\r\r? Iflllnw ^iaannAi UiUVC) X MW UiO J/Wi iOuvn Vtuw^vi rapidly through the opening, as therop uncoiled itself with increasing velocil from the winch overhead. It flaahe across me in a moment. The handle < the winch had been imperfectly securec the jerk and the subsequent weight ha overcome the resistance, and trustin wholly to the rope, he had slipped froi his footing. The hope occurred to m that the evident resistance which sti restrained the free revolutions of tl I winch nright prevent the descent bein so rapid,as to endanger life or limb; e ' that he "would possibly land in safet with only a severe frignt and shaking These thoughts crowded pell-mell upo my mind at the first shock of surprise But, conceive- my horror, when,, with loud jar, the noiBe of the wheelsoease< and the rope no longer descended! ..injjow I started! -He-'has let g< thought I, and listened breathlessly, i sickening expectation of the crash whic I conceived must follow. But aE wi still; and mechanically I cradled tip \ the edge of the hole and leaned ove: -thinking to see his crushed body in I ghastly heap below me. "Ho! About' five-and-twenty fe &own,'"vibrsting in sheer irpaoe, was su pended my poor friend, at a height of i least fifty feet above the stone floorir of the nave. He was in the very mid of the stream of light that poure .^through the clerestory windows. ] -Borne way or another, he had relieve the strain upon his hands by getting h leg over the hook at the end of the rop 1 called to him to hold fast for a whil and to keep up his courage ; but I nev< shall forget Ms despairing eyes, nor tl ItAavaa nnrnniTinCt wlllflnflr f.Tlftf. fATtllA/l UVMOU ""-"i- L ,MI 'can't hold on! I'm numbei Loose the winch I. Be quick; for God sake!' f. ... , ; Tj' " Waiting for no further suggestion, rushed back again to the staircase, ar found in the darkness, almost by intu tion, the steps which led still Upwari and hastened to mount them. Once i twice, as I panted in the asoent, I r member that I came to the edge of sheer depth, and drew back, scarce! conscious of the danger. I listened i] tently for any- somia from twlow, bi heard nothing; and, at length, in wh must have been an incredibly sho space of time, breathless and gasping, emerged on tne rougn, uneven noonr of the higher story of the tower. Tree KKrig. I rf tp,s^ center of the space, ana found the wine standing over an opening correspondir to the one, below. I eagerly looke down, and could just see that somethir was still suspended in the now pariiinl obscured light. I shouted again ar again words of encouragement and hop but there was no reply. With ji aioke ing /thrill I set to wo A to examine tl winch, and found, as I had suppose " that the handle had been entangled the coils of a rope, from which I hi some difficulty, in the darkness, in exti eating it. But, ouce released, Ialiow< 1 it to revolve slowly, until I-felt the was no further strain upon it. Scarcel 1 however, had the assurance of Symt security dawned upon me as a po& 1 bility, when a deadly faintnees ere over me, and I think for a minute < two 1 lost consciousness. " How I succeeded in getting dov without disaster through that perilo labyrinth, I can form no idea, nor ha' I any re&oUeolion. I rfemember d voutly thankTng God* as I" stepped" o from, the door of the transept 04 to t] floor of the nave. " ' Here I am, old fellow !' I cri< aloud to Symes, and sprung forward in the open space. " There was no reply. My heart be violently I Could he have gone horn and left me there ? The moonbeams hi sloped further up the building, leavii tne center aisie in aeep giuow. otee ing forward in vague terror, I almc stumbled over the body of my frien apparently lifeless, but still clinging the rope. With trembling haste I <1 entangled his limbs, an^ drew him on the mat beside the verger's bene where I left him for a moment, while rushed to fetch assistance. But co ceive again my blank despair, when found the door, which shut with spring, locked, and thfc key?I couldi tell where! I had probably laid it dov in en ma f/vroatfnl mnmsnt. ftnd I W i locked in, -with a man dying or dead u ? der my charge. I "I shouted; I beat; I kicked up< the door, in the vain hope of being hea t by some stray passenger; but there w < no house within fifty yards, and I hi r heard the clock strike ten some time b fore. Wild with desperation, I ran ba< ? to my inanimate companion. By th > time I had become so used to the o scurity as to be able to discern the 1 while I had been away, he had lifted 1 * A.~ U?~U -.111 1. 11 * arm vu iu tuw ut-ut'u, mvuuugu tuoro w still -no further sign of consciousnes > Such moments, my dear fellow, ma] * one religious, if nothing else does, do not know whether you have ever e perienoed the wave of relief that stj ceeds the unexpected deliverance fro * extreme peril; Dut I assure you that t] conviction that poor Symes was notdei i brought me upon my knees, in than > fulness for the mercy that had protect - us in such an awful crisis. " I was overcome with weariness ai * ? ? ? 1?? VkAn<l S\t m *T *1 WWiiiiXieOB JUUlUJ-Ug IUD uaun ui ULJ U conscious friend, and I almost thii that I was dozing, when I heard t sound of an opening door and friend voices. I cried aloud, and we were once surrounded with lights, and eag< frightened, inquiring faces, besiegii me with questions, which for the time was altogether unable to answf Symes, still insensible, was carried his lodgings on the other side of t green, whither I followed him, and wa ed for more than half an hour, until t /3/mfrvr /vomo find fold TTlfi thftfc lie partly conscious, but must not on a aooonnt be disturbed or excited by a iflg anybody. He said he -would rem* with him through the . night; aud I j turned with anxious thoughts and exhausted frame, but with a grate! heart, to my own home. 1 "It turned out that little Jemmy C ley had been the means of bringing the help that we had despaired of. B old housekeeper had como into my roc here two or three times during my a sence, and could not understffld i leaving the light burning, if I bad i tended to be away so long. She we over to Oxley's, and mentioned the c cumstance, on which the verger sni ' Why, my boy left them in the catl dral an hour ago. And you may depe upon it,' added he, ' that they've ago and locked theirselves in, and that't young- fallow.haabean and lost the k< and they can't get out!'" " Well," said I, " that's an adventure, certainly, and not badly told, either. It made me feel very shaky about the knees when that poor fellow went down the hole. I suppose he got all right again ?" j " No; poor man," said Maitland, with, a sigh; " that is the saddest part of the history. He was dreadfully knocked down for some days, and then apparent ly recovered his general health, except that he had lost all his buoyant spirits, looked like an old man, and always seemed to avoid me. He has since gradually sunk into a state a little better than idiotcy, whioh the doctors attribute to the shock to a highly excitable brain, ana aecrnre to do quite nopeiess. A Touching Story. I was told this morning, says a corre spondent of the New York Evening Post, a very touching story, whioh may illustrate one side of Paris, and will pos sibly affect many a reader who has him self seen something of art life in the great Babylon. A young American artist of much talent hasbeen for some months preparing a picture entitled " Charlotte Cordayon the Eve of her Execution," proposing to send it to the Centennial exhibition. As he is most thoroughly conscientious, and painstaking, he has labored earnestly with models. It is scarcely necessary to say that he had much difficulty in finding one who suited him in:?veiy particular, wnen He cua find her be was surprised to learn that she "was ftie virtuous daughter of pious parents, and had adopted this cuiKous profession because'she had drifted into it at a moment when there was nothing else to do. Joined to her rare and deli cate bvauty was an indefinable and ex quisite melancholy, which seemed. born of some vagaejand unexpressed appre hension of ftitfire troubre. - thuing the seventy or eighty sittings which the model gave the artist the latter frequent ly and respectfully gnfleavot&d to win from her the secret of her troubles, but" oltpftwn in tatt) At, lftHt hfl himself conld not lei p seeing, in the mysterious pal lors or the sudden flushes which over spread the beautiful features, that the model Was doomed to consumption?that insidious malady which here so rarely releases a victim which it takes from the poafly fed and overworked classes. One day the model, came late; then there were days when she came not at all. At one time she said: " You must make baste, or we sliall be too late to see the picture finished." There was a whole epic of snileriug in the manner in which she uttered those words "too late." The artist delicately endeavored to se cure care and attention for the beautiful model, and to warn her of her danger. But, with the intense pride so character istic of the Parisian women of her class, she refused all succor from any indi vidual, and waited and wasted until Bhe was compelled to go to the hospital. *1 i? Now she lies there, lading oat, just as a white cloud sometimes fades in the inorning sky. ' You admire it for an in stant, it is so unutterably pure?so re mote from all things gross?then it is gone. Perhaps you will think for a moment about this poor model when you look at b? picture of 44 Charlotte Oorday " in the art department of the Centennial ex hibition at Philadelphia this sammer. New Mexico. The population of the Territory of New Mexico, of which it is proposed to make a new State, ie, according to a letter waiter, composed of Mexicaus, In dians, half-breeds, 1 greasers,' and whites, is less than one inhabitant to the square mile. One sixth of the popu lation are Indians, many of whom are hostile, and, where these are found, it is nnoafo fnr ichiKpa Tim Snftnish Ian guage is used altogether. Even when they understand English, it is almost impossible to get them to converse in that laijb uage. Ontside the large towns English is abont unknown. There are few schools, and nothing to elevate the people to a higher standard. There are a few missionaries who are trying to raise the people from their degradation, but the policy of the Jesuit leaders seems to be to keep the masses in ig norance and superstition. They culti vate s little ground, using a branch or a trunk of a tree for aplow, and the little grain they raise is threshed by allowing cattle to walk over it and the wind to carry the straw and chaff away. A sbawl for a girl and a shirt for a boy are considered sufficient clothing until they are ten years of age. A virtuous woman or a trustworthy man is unknown. I never expected to see such a race in America; they hardly deserve the name of human. Of oourse there are excep tions, and here and there an intelligent, wealthy man is found, but they always have all their neighbors under them as serfs, in a condition bordering upon slavery. _ They are very superstitious, aud completely under the control of the Jesuit priests, who, I know, are none too good, having met many of them in busi ness. The American population is small. I have been told that there are mnM fKor? fiftiifln Vinnrlrprl Amori ui/v wu* cans in the Territory. With the excep tion of the sheep and cattle'men, the large proportion of the whites are out casts from the East, the scum of our large cities. The resources of the Ter ritory are few. There is some very tine stock country, and along the Bio Grande river there are good farming lands. There are no mines of any value, and ' 1 ~' ftntr nnlooa in f.VlA UU IlUpW Ui IXUUHIfe duj) mnww wmv northwestern portion- of the Territory, where the Indiana now hold sway. There is not a single mile of railroad in the Territory, and not much prospect of any, as there is nothing to draw them. Robberies and murdere are of every day occurrence, and a man's life is hardly safe. The Two Agents. A benevolent looking old gentleman with a traveling bag in his hand entered a life insurance office, and setting his bag on the floor, seated himself beside the agent. " You insure lives hero, Bir ?" he in quired. *' Yes, sir; that's our businoss. " Taas ? Waal, now, how muoh might it cost to have one's life insured ?" " Well, sir, that depends on the sum you wish to be insured for What amoun- do you desire on yoarlife, sir?" asked the agent, taking down his refer ence book. ?'Waal, s'pose we say five thousad' now, what may that come to i" "Your age, sir f" " Somewhere about sixty." The agent made the calculation and imcirniKii iiilii. "Yaas. Vaal, that's all right. And how muoh to pay down ?" He was told. "And now shall I make out the application for yon, sir ?" said the agent, getting ont the blanks and puttiDg a new pen in his holder. "Waal, let's see?let's see. To-day is Toosday, is it ?" " Yes, Bir; your name is "? " Waal, Brown's my name; but looke yer, mister," and the old man opened ilia bag and tbok out a little bottle, " I've got suthin in this bottle that'll take that wart off your nose inside of forty minits. Won't you try some ?" i' It is astonishing how rapidly the be nevolent old gentleman wont out of that office. 4N IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. \' :X } * low It la Opened and the Matter Con ducted by the United States Senate, The trial of ex-Secretary of War Bel nap before the United States Senate ery naturally, attracts much interest. *he opening scenes in a trial of so great nportance are interesting. The gal aries and the body of the Senate cham fer were crowded with spectators. When tie Senate was called to order, the ohap lin, Rev. Dr. Sunderland, in his opea ig p&ayer, said::. i :'0 10 "We pray Thee be very especially igh to Thy servant who presides in this lace, and in Thy servants, the senators, a the discharge of the high and solemn unctions with whioh they are here now ested. May they not fail to see the ight and to dispense justice for the con rmation of all that is good and for the relfare of the nation." Chief Justice Waite, of the supreme ourt of the United States, entered the bamber and was shown a seat at the ight of the presiding officer. Sergeant t-Arms French made proclamation as allows : ^ " Hear ye! Hear ye ! Hear ye I All ersons are oommanded to keep silence n pain of imprisonment while ?.- the lenate of the United States is sitting or the trial of the articles of impeaoh lent exhibited by the House of Bepre entatives against William W. Belknap, ite secretary of war." . The following is the oath administered o the Senators : "You ?nd each of you do solemnly wfliir thai in all thin or a Dert&ininff to the mpeachment of William W^Bflknap, ow pending, you will dp impartial jus ioe to the constitution and lawa." The Chair then directed the secretary d read the return of the sergeant-at rmson the writ issued on the fifth inst. omntending the ex-secretary to nd anfcweir, etc., andthe?a s follows! " The following writ of summons, ad resa'iid to William W. Belknap, and he foregoing preoept addressed to me, rere duly served upon the said William V. Belknap by delivery to and leaving rith him true and attested copies of the ame at 2,022 G street, Washington ity, the residence of the said William V. Belknap, on Thursday, the sixth day f April, 1878, at six o'clock and forty ainutea in the afternoon of that day. "John B. Fbenoh, 4 Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate of the United States.". ? . ?f The Sergeant-at-Arms then made troolamation as folio ws: "William W. Belknap, William W. Jelknap, William W. Belknap, appear nd answer the articles of impeachment xhibited against you by the House of tepresentatives of the United States." Mr. Oftipentlw, counsel for the ac cused, arose and said: Mr. President ? William W. Bel sap, a private citizen of the United states and of the State oi jlowb, in ooe Lience to the summons of tlie Senate, itting as a court of impeachment to try he articles presented against him by he House of Representatives of the Jnitea States, appears at the bar of the Senate, sitting as a court of impeach aent, and interposes the following plea, rhich I will ask the secretary to read, nd ask that it be filed. The secretary then read as follows : In the Senate of tha United States, it ting as a court of impeachment.? ?he United States of America vs. Wil iam W. Belknap, upon articles of im - f T> eachment or tno ncraae 01 xvopresemti ives of the United' States of America, of igh crimes ' and misdemeanors. ' And he said William W. Belknap;' named in ho said articles of impeachment, comes ere before the honorable the Senate of he United States, sitting as a court of mpeachment, in hiB own proper person, nd says that the honorable court ought .ot to have or take further cognizance f the said articles of impeachment ex libited and presented against him by he House of Representatives of Jnited States, because-he says that be r>re, and at the time when the said louse of Representatives ordered and irected that he, the said Belknap, hould be impeached at the bar of the ienate, and at the time when the said rticles ot impeachment,were exhibited nd presented. against him, the said Jelknap, by the said House of Repre entatives, he, the said Belknap, was not, or hath he since been, nor is he now, n officer of the United States, but at u~ lima <nai arft*oinftfl hftf.Vl KapT! L1C OOXU Uiuiu ad now is, a private citizen of the Jnited States and of the State of Iowa, nd. that he, the said Belknap, is ready o verify; wherefore he prays judgment rhether this court can or will take arther cognizance of the said articles f impeachment. William W. Belknap. Jnited States of America, District of Columbia^ tTJ William W. Belknap, being first duly worn on oath, says that the foregoing lea by him subscribed is true in sub tance and fact. WiltiTam W. Belknap. Subscribed and sworn to before one his seventeenth day of April, 1876. David Davis, issociate Justice Supreme Court of the United States. An adjournment was made for a few lays and the trial continued, the board >f managers of the House of Repreaen atiyes, Messrs. Lord, Lynde, McMahon, 'enks, Lapham and Hoar, conducting it. Former Treatment of Insanity, While men believed that madness [leant possession by a demon, it is not lifficult, 'perhaps, to account for the uperstitious and brutal treatment shown o those possessed; but the reader will >e amazed by the details of the scientific levices, happily of a past age, planned or the cure of the unsound.. One of hese was to entice the sufferer to walk icross a floor, which, suddenly giving vay, dropped him into a.bath, where he vas half drowned. Another mode of orture was to let the patients down a veil, in whioh the water, made gradually - -3 AT. :a!_ XT rO rise, ingiiKJiieu lueiu wiwj. uie pruu >ecfc of an awful death. Within the nemory of men still living, the patients >f Bethlehem hospital (London), ihained to the wall like wild beasts, were ihown to the publio on certain days of ,he week at the charge of twopence a risitor; and here were to be found in heir ceils, crouching on straw, women rith nothing but a blanket for clothing. }eorge III., in 1788, was subjected to a lselessly severe treatment, being con stantly tortured with a strait-waistcoat, ind denied the society of his wife and :hildren. He recovered a few weeks ifter the substitution of kindness for se verity. A Parliamentary committee, viucn eiicitea cue uorrors 01 matmouaea n 1815, struck the first blow against ;he system of mechanical restraint of ihe insane; but it was not before the 3arly years of the present reign that the Did order of things finally yielded to benevolent treatment. His Means of Support.?The Toron to Leader relates the following : At the Division court a witness was under ex imination in the case of an unpaid ac count. The judge put the question to him. "What is your occupation " The witness did not seem to understand the meaning of the word "occupation," and answered with "Eh!" The Judge? " What do you do for a living ?" Wit ness?" Oh, my wife's a dressmaker!" MaMns a SitoTf. A friend of the late A. T. Stewart re bed ail anecdote which showed th ethods that the merchant adoptei hen carrying on a small business to in ease the number of his oustomers r. Stewart made inquiries among hi iends and .learned the name and resi >nco of the Ioador of fashionable eocie in the city and also the chnrcn tha e attended. He then sought out th xton of the church and leased a pet rectly in front of that of the lady agularly Sunday after Sunday there ber he sat in his - sedt and <6ok part u e worship. A few months passed, am le Sunday as the congregation wa ?out leaving the church it suddenly be in to rain. The fashionable lady ha< carriage,, but the sidewalk betweenthi inrch door and the roadway Was -Wide td she stopped irresolutely at tho doo >on perceiving the drops of rain eading injury to her costly dress 30 frequent mists and rains of Irelan< .d ca&d-:m ,S|p^t to fonnto .bit of carrying ari^mbrellaon all day the year, arid he had cne on this day iising it, he told the lady he wouli elter her beneath it until she oouli ilk to her cairiage, if she would aooep e service. The proffer wa? acoepted i took her to1 the carriage, and wa lartily thanked. The following Sun iy, after the service, she addressed hii d again thanked him for his kindness short; conversation,, f 9^ jredv^ud. oc sionally on Sundays that succeeded they were oomingout of church, a fe\ >rds passed between them. Whil Iking with a member of the churo] o tiifl liuitf lc&fnor) Ma Stewart' lO UBJ VUV W/ ? n m. ?t-r cupationi !md*thB" next'tiine sne'ine m she said : " Mr. Stewart, have you any artiole your store that you thick I wouli cetobuy?" .ii?I/Ou " No," he replied ; " I don't think ,ve anything." "I would hke to aid you in your busi iss in some way." " You can in this way: I have noticei at your coachman exercises your horse ery day, and you not caring always t le, I presume, the carriage is fre lently empty. If on the days whei ?u do not wish to use the carriage yoi ill order your coachman to take it fc y store and remain in front of th 3re for half an hour, you will do me >od turn." ' - The lady was amused by Mr. Stewart' ggestion, and cheerfully granted th quest. The frequent appoarance o e carriage in front of the store and th esumptive presenoe of the fashionabl raer of it within the store -was boo; iticed by other woman, and Mr. bte'w t'a scheme was speedily successful irriapfe after carriage stopped befor e store, and the stream pf fashion wa irted that'llaa sinoe run ceaselessly jj id ont its dOorsT""1 jJIT le Ernption at Widow Wade's Farm The loud report which so startle* .mes McManus, the Hudson Hive ickman, the other day, and the accom inying dreadful eruption of rock, eart] id water which has been the wonder o 1 ever since, are but occurrences whicl ay be repeated during any Wei seaao: any place which has for its hear neigh >r a mountain as high as the familia d " Sugar Loaf." People living i nnnfoinnnfl /Untriftts mftv therefor ira a lesson from the so-callod " phe >menon" which shook tho Widoi ade's farm, and take care how the; lect future sites for their houses, ee (cially if any neighboring mountai tve a lake or pond at its summit I Duld not be pleasant for the practics rmer to wake up some morning am id his house turned into an asteroid id although the retired merchant ma; >w and then sigh for something highe id nobler than the things of tins earth does not follow that he would wish t tve his rural cottage shot up to th bit of the moon without a moment' itice given him to lay in provisions fo oh a tour. The pressure of a column of water i ually reckoned at about one atmoe lerio or five pounds to the square inc] r every thirty-three feet. Supposing e area covered by a country house o dinary size to be nine hundred squar et, and the height of the mountain a e top of which the pond -lay 1,00 at, the hydraulic foroe exerted on th TtTAn/lan afi?nnfnrawnn 11 aount to something like 56,000 tons l considering the subject, one canno ilp thinking what a lucky thing i mid be if there were only a tall moan in in the near neighborhood of thi by, with a little lake at its summit an< nnections extending to some of th onstrosities that disfigure the lowe xt of this island. Another Sugar Loa roding, say in the place of Berge: ill, with a subterranean water-passag iding co a sanay reservoir uuuer m iw post-office, would exert a gentl ting force to the base of that granit le of at least 2,200 million tons? roe, however, that would be suffioienl put forth within narrow limits c ue, to carry the building clean ove rinity steeple and dump it into th iddle of the East river.?New Yor Torld. , All About the Spring Styles. A graceful and favorite ooiflfure is con >sed of twisted braids with long cur] the back. Half dolmans are a popular design fc -ening wraps. Black promises to be again th vorite color for street dresses. Among the novelties are cream colore .shmere lace overdresses. HVirvwi nnr! hontff with stratis are sti shionable. Camel's hair sacks of black trimme ith gold, and seal brown ani myrt] reen trimmed with silver are muo orn for carriage wraps. A tendency to return to single skirts: arked in the long polonaises and ove: arts, which hardly show the unde; art. The polonaise and princesse prevail i aris, but basques and overskirts ai ost popular with the Now York ladie, Cuffs and collars of colored perfcal< id white with colored bands stitched 01 -e newer than tho plain white ones, br e>t Tint morfi jtvorn. One of the new shapes in bonnet illed the Chevalier, has a square crowi ith the brim turned tip on one sido. The tight fitting shape of the coi one remains ; the molding cniras? ad the bridled train mark every fashioi ale toilet. In colored lingerie a set consists < iffs, collar, handkerchief and neckti< 1 matching in the colored embroider; r bands, as the case may be. New house jackets are made of grs uru and black cashmere, trimmed wit in stitching, done with fine gold < [Iver threads. Black cashmere and silk costumes se tore readily than any others for ualkiz ud ordinary house wear. Ribbon bows, though still worn, hai ecome common for the hair. Jet pi] ad small -aigrettes are more wor: Then flowers are. employed, the prefe nee is given to natural ones. A Blue Day.?Says the Danbir Jews: Monday was one of those dreaj liny days when a man stays home t ay and pulls out all his private pape nitlx the view of straightening thing nd, after looking them carefully ove saves thom in ' a heap on the taDlef is wife to put away. A STRANGE STOBY. A Baltimanmn'o Experience In a Robbe "Gitte?Brat and Bruised. Mr. fieraard Feldman, aged abo fifty-eight years, living in Baltimoi after several days of mysterious absen puts in a reappearance and tells a mc marvelons story. Hd left his home * Wednesday for the purpose of visiti Highland to vm, a suburban village, a parently in sound mind and having -wi him ahout $40 in money. Notretur ing tliat night his family became alan ed, and all efforts to discover his whei abonts were nnavailing until he pi sented himself at his house about thr o'clock on Sundav morning, and relafc a curious array or experiences. He sa he had not proceeded far on the rood Highlandtovra when he saw a wago the sides of which were .closed like prison van."5 '? 'L The wagon halted near him and a mi i jumped out and remarked to him th 0 there was a dead man in the wagon, ai s that he should look in the vehicle, as 1 might be able to identify the body, j he attempted to do so he was seized 1 four men and thrust violently into t wagon, which was rapidly driven off, ai being closed on all sides he was prevex ed from seeing the road. About ni o'clock, as he supposes; the . wagon ha ed, and getting out he was taken throat a dense woods and finally taken into cave, of which two desperate men we 2n charge. A fire was burning, and aft robbing him of his money they ,thrt faggots from the fire -in his face, ai burned off> his beard and the entire hi from his head, following this by kioki and cuffing him until he was almo senseless. He passed the night witho food or rest, and oir Thursday and P day implored his captors to allow him go home, tut th6ir only response was again assault and beat him in the mc cruel manner, threatening at the sar time thai) if he did not cease his impc tunities, they would murder him. Dt inor his entire stay in the cave a smi piece of stale bread was Lis only loo and the nervous prostration and physit suffering he endured were indesoribab] On Saturday morning Borne of the gai brought in a girl about nineteen years age. Four of them soon after left, lea ing two with the girl, and, while th were guarding her in another part of tl cave,-ne escaped. He was suffering intense agony frc his injuries, fearful of recapture and d not know the road he was traveling u til he recognized the dome of Bayvie asylum on Saturday night, Anally reac ing his home at the hour stated. ? beard and hair are entirely gono, 1: face and neck terribly blistered, and 1: physical strength so much exhaust that he is unable to leave his bed. Fel man is a man of strictly tempera I habits, and his story is accepted by 1 I HiAoa TrrVtn lmnw him Oil flfltlVfllv trnfl. present he ia unable to give any olew j which his abductors and assailants c bo secured. ,,?< ?????????????? Li Relations with Employees. Personally the late A. T. Stewart w a very unassuming man. He dress plainly and with good taste, and ne\ wore rings or diamonds. The only co ly article he carried about was a gc watch, and this was not fastened to chain, but to a black silk cord. If j saw one of his clerks displaying mu jewelry, this was considered snfflcie cause by him to establish an inquiry in the naDits 01 ine man, mo auuuut ui 1 salary, and his mode of living. If 1 salary and circumstances did not wt rant such outlay Mr. Stewart would ha a watch sent on his actions, and the i suit in many caies proved that the cle was dishonest. Many instances con be recounted in which he discovered d honesty in his clerks by the display jewelry on their part. He was genera] lenient with erring employers, and ne? prosecuted them if there were any tenuating circumstances. His obsen tion was remarkably keen, and he w quiok to observe the slightest irregula ty in the arrangement of the diii'ero departments of the store, or any alove liness in the dress of the clerks. If clerk, on the other hand, was dressi too extravagantly Mr. Stewart oft took occasion to offer a gentle rebufc As an instance of his distaste for 01 ward display, it may be mentioned tb he was walking through his retail sto one day when a massive gold chain ai locket in the buttonhole of one1 of 1 olerks attraoled his attention. He ste ped up to him and said : " Young ma if I were you Td button up my coat < thatand, pointing aown 10 ma o> plain black cord, he added ^'That the best I can afford to wear^ake i advice, and keep that covered up 1" Centennial Notes. The women of Massachusetts have f< warded 84,400 to the flfeasurer, maki their total contribution to the Cent* nial $10,600. The Philadelphia sportsmen's cl has appointed a committee empower to offer, through the agricultural c partment, one or more prizes for t Koof. tmf.tflrq nr nnir tars exhibited at t Centennial. Upon many of tae casta in the Egj tian building on the Centennial {pour are hieroglyphics or inscriptions Arabic, a noticeable one of the latl being: Hooa mash-Allah, which trai lated means: " As it pleases God." Prominent in the Spanish space j six excellent medallion paintings, ea nine or ten feet in cixcnmferenoe, n resenting Columbus, Qneeu Isabel Ponce de Leon, De Soto, Cortez and ] zarro. These medallions are inserted the front and rear of the structure for incr the entrance to the pavilion. The clock for memorial lrnll has be completed in Thomaston, Conn, It 1 1,160 pieces, the estimated weight all being six tons. The main wheels f fonr feet in diameter. The pendnlr ball and rod weigh respectively 700 a 800 pounds, the rod being fourteen a one-half feet long and conneoted w the clockwork by what is known gravity escapement, and makes tv second beats. The rod is of steel, a to compensate for contraction and < pansion is "encased in two cylinders, o of zinc and one of steel, which, by th relative, expansion upward, maintair uniform oenter of oscillation. A sou ace lit:. That must hav^been a sad processi of Northwestern editors which filed c of the dining-room in Port Royal t other day, says the Savannah Nei They were on an excursion, and most them had the well known habits of e torial excursionists. They had been ceived at the Port Royal Btation w: beating drums, gay banners, and orowd of tumultuous and enthusias oitizens. The ohairman of the recepti committee, mounted on a barrel, ma them a speeoh of welcome, and tt were then taken for supper to a buildi over which the word " Welcome displayed in gigantic letters. Supper being over, the excursion! prepared for a stroll about town, the door they encountered an effos citizen, who calmly extended his hai They shook it and called him "brothe but he calmly and sternly said to evi man: "Seventy-five cents, if 3 please." And every man paid. It) a sad uoene. The Rescue of the "Donner Party.' Readers of Bret Harte's "Gabriel Conroy" will remember the following foot note whioh occurs in connection with the author's description of scenes in Starvation damp: "I fear I must task the incredulous reader's further patienoe by calling at tention to what may, perhaps, prove the most literal and thoroughly attested fact of this otherwise fanciful ohroniole. The condition and situation of the ill famed 'Donner Party'?then an un known, unheralded cavalcade of immi grants?starving in an unfrequented pass of the Sierras, wis first made known to Oaptain Tount, of Napa, in a dream. The Spanish records of Cali fornia show that the relief party which succored the survivors was projected upon this spiritual information." In the thorough scrutiny to whioh everything relating to the heroio age of California has been subjected, there are, probably, few beyond the moun tains who are not familiar witn tne details of the above expedition. There are many in the East, however, who will be interested inr Captain Yount's own version of this strange occurrence, as related by him to the late Rev. Dr. Horace Bnshnell. We qnote from "Nature and the Supernatural": As I sat by the fire, one stormy No vember night, in a hotel parlor, in the Napa valley of California, there came in a most venerable and benignant look ing person, with his wife, taking their seate in the circle. The ptranger, as I afterward learned, was Captain fount, a man who came over into California, as a trapper, more than forty years ago. Here lie has lived, apart from the great world and its questions, acquiring an immense landed estate, and becoming a kind of acknowledged patriarch in the country. His tall, manly person, and fcis gracious, paternal look, as totally unsophisticated in the expression as if he had never heard of a philosophic doubt or question in his life, marked him as the true patriarch. The conver sation turned, I know not how, on opjxil JU3JJL1 OUU VUO xuvuvau vj | and he discovered a degree of inclina tion to believe in the reported mys teries. His -trile, a muoh young jr and apparently Christian person, intimated tnat probably he was predisposed to this kind of faith by a very peculiar experi ence of his own, and evidently desired that he might be drawn ont by some in telligent discussion of his queries. At my request, he gave me his story. About six or seven years previous in a mid-winter's night he had a dream, in which he saw what appeared to be a company of immigrants, arrested by the snows of the mountains, and perishing rapidly by cold and hunger. He noted the very cast of the scenery, marked by a huge perpendicular front of white rock cliff; he saw men cutting off what appeared to be tree tops, rising out of deep gulfs of snow; he distinguished the very features of the persons, and the look of their particular distress. He woke, profoundly impressed with his distinctness and apparent reality of the dream. At length he fell asleep, and dreamed exactly the same dream again. In the morning he could not ozpel it from his mind. Falling in, shortly, with an old hunter comrade, he told him the story, and was only the more deeply impressed by his reoognizing, without hesitation, the scenery of the dream. This comrade came over the Sierra, by the Carson valley pass, and declared that a spot in the pass answered exactly to his description. By this the unso phisticated patriarch was decided. He immediately collected a company of men, with mules and blankets, and all necessary provisions. The neighbors were langhmg, meantime, at his credulity. "No matter," said he, "I am able to do this, and I will, for I verily believe that the fact is acoording to my dream." TKio man wata nont. intn fchfl mnnnfqinB one hundred and fifty miles distant, di rectly to the Carson valley pass. And there they found the company, in ex actly the condition of the dream, and brought in the remnant alive. A gentleman present said: " You need have no donbt of this; for we Cali fornians all know the facts, and the names of the families brought in, who now look upon our venerable friend as a kind of savior." These names he gave, and the places where they reside, and I fonnd, afterward, that the Cali fornia people were ready, everywhere, to second his testimony.?Scribner for April. Pork Packing Statistics. Secretary Howard, of the American pork packers' association, makes the fol lowing report of the packing of hogs of the West during the winter season of 1875-6: The total number of hogs pack ed is 4,874,125, against 5,666,226 last season, a decrease of 692,101. The average net weight is 218.36 pounds, ? L Ta?A MAAOAn on ir?_ BgEUDSIi ?U?7< I I pUUUUO UUb ocaouu, cu* am crease of 8.59 pounds. The average yield of lard is 35.52 pounds, against 84.20 pounds last season, an increase of 1.32 pounds. The aggregate net weight of the hogs packed this season is equal to 5,073,850 hogs of last year's average weight. The production of lard is equal to 541,115 tierces of 820 pounds each, against 594,939 tierces last season, a decrease of 58,824 tierces. The de crease in' the aggregate net weight is 103,297,000 pounds, or equal to 92,308, 400 pounds of meats. The decrease in the number of hogs packed in the West, ?Ill- AL? ?AAAt?%la nf VnwjVni'lr Wild! buo XDl/Cif va IMV delphia, Boston, and Baltimore, is 994, 130. Calculating the reoeipts of hogs at the seaboard cities at the same aver age weight and yield of lard as those paoked in the West, the decrease in weight is 159,429,500 pounds, equal to 74,400 tierces, or 22,320,000 pounds of hams, 25,508,000 pounds of shoulders, and 63,772,000 pounds of sides. The shortage in the yield of lard East and West is reported at 26,442,900 pounds, or 82,634 tierces. Gen. Santa Anna In his Old Age. Santa Anna liven in the oity of Mexi co, in a third-rate honse of two stories, with courts of not more than twenty feet square, the pavements out of repair, the whole telling the story of poverty. He was seated upon a much-worn sofa, at tended by a smart appearing Mexican of middle age, and rose, with some diffi culty, in receiving us. He complained considerably of his wooden leg, and also of blindness. He is an old man of eighty years, very decrepit, yet in full command of his fac ulties; lias a good head and face, not un like the pictures of Humboldt in old age, with broad temples and an abrupt, square nose, and, at one time, good eyes. He had little to say, bot appear rtnr iriflit.? and. as we told CU pcoovu uv WW* . -?-- j ~ , Him of the four or five general officers of the Mexican war still living, he listen ed with interest, but showed no speoial recognition until the name of Pillow was mentioned, whom he remembered per fectly. Over the sofa where Santa Anna sat was the picture of a beautiful woman in her fullness of youth and loveliness. This was his wife when both led the for tunes of Mexico. As we passed out the court our attention was called to the fig ure of a woman of fifty in the window opposite, in plain dress, and devoid of any interesting attribute. This was she whose picture had so interested us, Mrs. General Santa Anna. Incidents About A. T. Stewart, Mr. Stewart's art gallery oost him over $750,000. Mr. Stewart never had a sign contain ng his name or the firm name on any of lis stores. This attracted the attention )f a lady some years ago, who asked him he reason. His answer was: " De borx Anne a ensign pas."?" The good wine leeds no push." Mr. Stewart had seven thousand men n his employ in New York city alone, md perhaps about one thousand in Eu* ope. He kept fourteen mills going in he United States, and had many houses n England and elsewhere which had iharge of the work of operatives in hose plaoes. When asked if he believed in luck, le replied: " Indeed I do. There are arsons who are unlucky. I sometimes >pen a case of goods and sell the first rom it to pome person who is unlucky ind lose on it to the end. I frequently lee persons to whom I would not sell if [ could avoid it." He was very green when he first open id a store. Once, it is said, he accosted he late William Beecher, from whom le bought many goods, as follows: ' Mr. Beecher, a lady came into my itore to-day and asked me to show hear lomehose. I did not know what the foods were, and I told her that I did not ceep the article. What did she want?" Sir. Beecher laughingly showed him a 3air of stockings, and th^ young mer chant was convulsed with meriment. The first money earned by Mr. Stew irt in America is said to have been paid <o him by Isaac F. Bragg, who had a school in Boosevelt street, New York, in L821. or 1822, and who employed Mr. Stewart as his assistant Mr. Bragg ttill has in his possession Mr. Stewart's receipt lor 950 earned as assistant teacn ar. Mr. Bragg, who is nearly ninety rears old, says that Mr. Stewart aban doned his school because he was offend *1 at being asked to make collections 'or his employer after school hours. Fletcher Harper and Hamilton Fish rare two of Stewart's scholars. Getting an interview with him w.is rery modi like getting an interview with he prime minister of England. He was 0 be seen only at the down town store, aid on the visitor's entering, the floor ralker near the door would first inquire hat visitor's business. If he said he ranted to see Mr. Stewart, he was asked rhat he wanted of him, and that if it pas" anything that a subordinate could ,ttend to. he was turned over to him, 1 he still insisted upon seeing the great aan himself, he was allowed to go as far a the foot of the stairs, *here another Jerberus was in waiting, and unless he ould be satisfied that it was worth while listurbing Mr. Stewart the visitor was umed back. Settlers and Railroad Land Grants, The following is the full text of a bill )?Lssed by the United States House of Representatives relative to homestead >nd pre-emption entries within land rrant limits. The bill was passed with >ut amendment, just as it came from he Senate, and will therefore become a rvw as soon as it receives the President's ignature. It does not confirm, but, on he oontrary, entirely reverses the ruling >f Secretary Delano?ttolrtrailroadjjrante san take effect prior to the reoeption at he local land officers an<J notices of withdrawal: Be it enacted, etc., That all pre-emption and lomestead entries, or entries in compliance rith any law of the United State;, of the pnb io land, made in good faith by actual settlers ipon tracts of lanas of no more than 160 acree tach, within tho limits rf any land grant prior o the time when notice of withdrawal or the ands embraced in snob grant was received at IamI lan/4 fho HialrW.in whfflh Mlflh ands are situated, 'or after their restoration to narket by order of the general land office, and vhere the pre-emption and homestead laws lave been oomplied with, and proper proofs hereof have been made by the parties holding luoh tracts or parts, they shall be confirmed, tnd patents for the same shall issue to the )arties entitled thereto. Sec. 2. That when at the time of each with trawal as aforesaid valid pre-emption or home itead claims existed upon any lands within the imita of any snob grants, which afterward vere abandoned, and under the decision and ulings of the land department were re-entered >y pre-emption or homestead claimants who lavo oomplied with the laws governing pre emption or homestead entries, and shall make jroper proofs required under suoh laws, such jutries shall be deemed valid, and patent Issue o the persons entitled thereto. Sec. 3. That all such preemption andhome itead entries which may havo been made by jermission of the land department or in pur suance of the rules and instructions- thereof within the limits of any land grant at the time inb8equent to expiration of such grant, shall je deemed valid, and a compliance with the awb and the making of the proofs required shall entitle the holder of the olaim to a patent iherefor The Stuff that Felt Dnrincr the month of August, 1867, masses of gelatinous matter containing ininnte granules were found in the streets of the city of Albany, New York 3tate. The following account of the phenomenon, published at the time, is from Dr. J, S. Mosher, then of the ilbany university; Viewed through a microscope the 3mall, brick colored bodies were some what of the shape of grains of wheat, iud the gelatinous matter seemed to be 3onnected to each one as a separate covering. They were apparently sepa rate cells, very uniform in size, being 1-120 of an inch long and 1-150 of an inch thick, filled with granular particles, from which they derived their color. The gelatinous envelope and their ap pearance gave them at first somewhat the character of one of the single celled prototypes, resembling most tne paimo gl?a. That they were not these was proven by their behavior with iodine and their containing a distinct cell wall. 3everal persons claim to have seen them fall in a shower, and they were not found under trees or shelter. They have probably been carried a great distance by the wind, and are likely to be germs of marine growth, perhaps the fucua platycarpus, which they resemble. The presence of chloride of sodium, which is found largely in the gelatinous enve lope, is corroboration of their marine or gin. A Plea for Mercy. ft The wretched murderer Dolan pleads again and a*?ain for mercy of Governor Tilden, as if he himself had not been obdurately deaf to the beseeching prayer of the man he killed. "Spare my life," said poor Noe, as he was be ing beaten to death, "and go free. I will not follow you, nor appear against you. Spare my life for the sake of my family. I will never harm you." "I can't trust you," said the villain, and the murder was finished. This is the nmal honrHaKa fiond who nnw nlpads or his lawyer for him, for "Christian charity," vexing the air of Easter day with reiterations of his innocence with cries for pardon.?New York World. The Bounty, The large sums of money which were paid by the authorities of several coun ties in the mountainous parte of Pennsyl vania as bounties for scalps of wild ani mals during the last year prompted an investigation, which revealed a well de vised and carefully executed scheme oi defrauding the county treasuries. In one instance the skin of a colt which had died was deftly cut up and made into ears, and palmed off as those of a fox. A K&rge number of warrants have been issued against the persons suspect ed of the fraud. (Hi! For a Man. In 1866, Dr. Holland wrote the follow ing lines, now being generally repub lished: Give us men! a time like this demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands. Men whom the Inst of offloe does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot bay; Men who possess opinions and % will j ~ .t Men who hare honor; men who will not lie Men who can stand before a demagogue, * And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking, Tall men, sun orowned, who live above the fog In publie duty and in private thinking s '' For, while the rabble with their thumb-worn creed, Their large professions and little deeds. Mingle in selfish strife, lo! freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice aleepa. ** if TntAMcf 1WIIIB Vi iiin??nn Laziness begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. ; , An honest barber will hone up when he has a dull razor. Texas has nearly two thousand miles * of railroad in operation. It will soon be time to take Presiden tial votes on the horse cars. The natural age of the apple tresis ,r the same as that of man/ Australia exported, in 1875, gold dust ' to the amount of $15,889,525. - The coming placard?" No peddlers of ' { Centennial articles admitted. Bere."- , M 7x*r Secret societies are being_ organized by the Chinese throughout Nevada. * A man who con invent a lazier amuse ment than croquet will make his fortune. If you would pass for more than your r valued say little." It is easier to look . wise than to talk wise. An old farmer onee. said, with more ' ( truth, than eleganoe: "'There are two talks in this world to one do, " . A celebrated Frenchman when asked to give an inscription for a son dial re- ' plied : "I countco hours bat bright ones." " < Only forty out of 200 of\the2fooika sound tribe of Indians, Britisn Colum bia, have survived the visitation of : smallpox. A Frenchman named LfAIatbfetfii in- t vented a fire-proof and anti-collision-de structive freight car of half the weight of the ordinary car. * * - You may never have thonghtjrf it, but it is utterly impossible to get downright, angry without raising your voioe. Con-" trol your voice and you are sure to con trol your temper. Professor Collins, of Whitefleld, N. / H., professes to have discovered a means of treating water with chemicals i . ! so that it will produce a ngxu cueaper and brighter than kerosene. Masons and Odd Fellows are warned against the wiles of a woman about fifty { years of age, blind in one eve, who has been imposing npon the orders in var ious parte of the United States. Recipe for making a row?Walk along, the pavement of a crowded thorough- i fare with a ladder on your shoulder, and f turn around every few minutes to sag if anybody is making faoes at yotU* ' A company known as the "Jennings Estate Association" was incorporated by the Virginia Senate. The object is to secure untold riches left by a Mr. ; | Jennings in England a century ago. j Dry buokwheat flour, if repeatedly | applied, will remove entirely the worst' | grease spots on carpets qj any other . woolen cloth, and will answer as well as ' French chalk for grease spots on silk. "I do not want any lawyer. I am go- <, ing to tell the truth this tune," is what a .' regular customer at a recorder's court told his honor, when that functionary inquired if he had engaged legal assist- W . A Boston preacher said : " If any so- ' -- ciety will take charge of all the cases of poverty brought on by intemperance, this chnrch will take upon itself to re- ' lieve all the remaining panpers of Bo?- + ' ton." In Washington it is quite common to? . see some of tta female employees of the ' departments wearing costumes that have cost an amount of money equal to their pay for three or four, or even sometimes six months. \ The number of immigrant settlers who arrived in Canada in 1875 was 27, 382, against 39,873 in 1874 and 50,060 in 1873. The falling oft was of course due to the general depression on this side of . the Atlantic. There are 62,552 churches in the United States, with sittings for 11,395, 542 neoDle. the Methodists being th? strongest denomination. The total value of church property is placed at $349,619,780. The Najragansett Indiana at Charles town, R. I., have elected their ocunctf. At an election a line is drawn, and the candidate stands on either side. The one that gets the most Indians to stand on his side is elected. That " shower of flies " which fell at Riviere de Loup proves to hav been a swarm of the "sugar flies" so frequent ly met with in Vermont in February, though Canadian naturalists do not pear to be familiar with them. The loss of the German government v,?t tVia^onrorrifition in silver ia estimated. by different judges at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. In adopting the gold standard for coin they were too slow in calling in the old silver tbalers. Two large drapery firms in London* England, have private chaplains, to whom they pay a salary each of $2,500, for attending every morning to offer prayer and give addresses to the young men and women in their employ. Member of hunt (to fanner)?" I wouldn't ride over those seeds if I were you. They belong to a disagreeable sort of fellow, who might make a fuss about it." Farmer?" Well, sir, as turn's me he won't say nothing about it to-day." I Ether drunkards are a product of England. In a Londonderry neighbor hood an official report has been made of two deaths caused by drinking ether, and, "notwithstanding attempts made by the clergy and others of inflnenoe" to stop the practice, it seems to bo spreading. "Ahl Mrs. Dasher," said gushing Mrs. Simpleton, during her morning call. "How delightfully that bouquet of ? 1 nnrlnrfl." vioiots anQ roses ijenuiucojruiu " l)o you really notice it I" replied the widow, with a smile of ill-concealed triumph. "Why, they're only artificial, my dear Mrs. Simpleton." That even ing when Simpleton came home he found his wife confined to her bed with a high fever, and no supper ready. A Quaker having married for his wife a member of the Church of England, was asked, after the ceremony, by the clergyman for his fee, which he said was a crown. The Quaker, astonished at the demand, said if be oould be shown any text in Scripture which proved the fee was a crown he would give it, upon whioh the clergyman directly turned to the twelfth chapter of Proverbs, verte fourth, where it said: "A virtuous woman is a crown to Ler husband." "Thou art right," replied ti n Qowker, "in thy assertion: SoJcmon a wi-o man. Here is thy money, which thou ?haet well and truly earned."