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r u" t r : jf M * yorr/ 1" .faaasS'bas wil etJT ? ; - iiHllil li/IHM/iJ i ? . A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1876. h 2 *T '-'lit : ( r? ; . :' *?* p. i rnmm M 2i3ii}2 afF V ,7 Vt ; M'. lS A '' VOLUME XXIV,?NO. 11. : 4 ' ' r*jg | agjtV. Mtjjfc ? : I . - '- 'f Tom. Yea, Tom's the best fellow that ever you know. Just listen to this : When the old mill took fire, and the flooring fell through, Audi with it, helplere, .there, full in my view, What do yon think my eves saw through the \ fire, That crent along, crept a'ong, nigher and nigher, But Bobin, my baby boy, laughing to see The shining ? He must have oome there after me, jm-wi; : Toddled alone from the cottage without Any one's missing him. Then what a shout? Oh! how I shouted: "For Heaven's sake, _ men, Save little Bobin!" Again and again They tried, but the fire held them back like a Will. I could hear them go at it, and at it, and call: ' Never mind, baby, sit still like a man, We're coming toget yon as fast as we can." They could not see him, but I could; he eat Still on a beam, hie little straw hat Carefully placed by bis side, and h]fi eyes Btared at the flame with a baby's surprise, Calm and unconscious, as nearer it crept. Tho roar of the Are above must have kept The sound of his mother's voice Bhrieking his From reaching the cLild. But I heard ft. "It came The axes went faster, I saw the sparks fly Where the men worked like tigors, nor minded ? ; tib heat " J That scorched them?when, saddenly there at their feet The great beams leaned iu?they saw him? ' then, crash, Down came the wall! The men made a dash? Jumped to get out of the wsy^an^j I thought "All's up with poor little Bobin," and brought Slowly the arm that was least hurt to hide The Bight of the child there, when ewift at my my aid* Some one rushed by and went right through V<* the flame Btraight u a dart? oaught the child?and then came . Back with him?choking and crying, bat saved! Saved eafe and sound ! "fcf i Oh, how the men raved, Shouted, and cried, and hurrahed! Then . they all Hushed at the work again, lest the back wall Where I wjus lying, away from the fire, Should fail in and bury me. .. Oh, yoo'd ad&ire To eeo Bobin now, he's as bright aa a dime, ueup 1U BULUU miKOWBl, WJU, lUUBb UL LUO blLUO , Tom, it was Btvod him. Now, isn't it true Tom's the beet fellow that ever yoa knew ? There's Bobin now?see, he-'s strong as a log? And there comes Tom, toe? Tea, Tom was our dog. -Constance Feniinors Woohoii, jgffiliiU ... ^ HORATIO'S FIFTY CENTS. Farmer Brors wae a vegry respectable man.- : Ste- Mcf some oddities, but they were harmless ones, and people who knew him best rather langhed at them fhfm feared them. - .. ? _ _ . Tho farmer had two sons. Marcus, a good, steady boy, who worked with his father on the farm, and Horatio, who was just home from college, and was considered handsome" and "smart" by/all the neighbors^ Mrs". Brown bad been dead Some years, and ber sister, Miss ErmineiEta Griggs, better known as "Aunt Ermy," was housekeeper and general manager of all the "men-folks'N>n the farm. ' Aimt JErmy was**.1, very industrious woman, both with, her hands and with her tongue, and could do more and say more in a. given time than any other woroaa in the tillage of Tuacuhim.. She knew it, and was proud of her " gift." Ajs she was also a woman who always knew " what was what,"" and could give it $o you in a nutshell, her opinion of the fftfctiiv was of; ooferije perfectly relia ble, op welf as pithyfena concae.f s 5 t' Jou b^, JJoratii is smart, but he's lazy. Here he's been t'.home 'most two months, and heie he H rcadin', and fiflhiw', and huufcin'; that's what 'Ratio dooa And brother ,ajnt very patient, "and natexallv he don't like that kind of doin's. He's awful disappointed, and gets angry at 'JBatio ; but 'Ratio takes it as cool as a cowonmber, aficFbrother .gets angrier and angrier, and things aint as they'd orter to be. Now look at Marcus ; he aint perticular handsome to look at, but ' handsome is as handsome does.' That's what I say I" And what she said was true. Mar cue was very " handsome" in all his doings, and Horatio was, indeed, very lazy. Wheu his father asked him what he in tended to do with all his learning, Horatio would look very wise for a little while, and answer: "I.really fton't know, father. 1 haven't decided yet. I am stndyiug na tore just now." . Then he would take his gun or hif fishing-line and. gaunter away, as il nature tad* an appointment with liim, and be had just recollected it. And Mr. Brown went back to his work, gram bling to himself, and sometimes it made him petulant even with Aunt Ermy anc with Marcus, who had done nothing wrong. Things were bad enough in the sum mer, but in the autumn something hap pened; which made them still worse. One bright, cool morning, when Horatio was on his way to the woods to kill partridges, he saw a great cloud of dusl rising from the middle of tho road, and comiug rapidly towards him. Then he saw a rnd cow, and -the next instant, in the tli rckest of the dust behind, he saw a girl holding fast to the eow's tail, and running with all her might. " Why, that's Gazena Hartman," he Said to himw'If. Then he said "aloud " Zeiui, whafplre you doing?" x am xiaving a niie i sue answereu, laughing merrily, and showing all hei little teeth as she flew cut of sight. But Horatio conld not forget her, Cfczeija's red. cheeks, her flashing eyes "fier curly oroVu hair flying in the wind were before him all day, and saved th< lives of many little birds. |j. $ " How she has grown, and how brigh and rrettv she is! ' Having a ride, a. . "i n i j 1.~ 1,3 1 /%a1 uiaecu i xiow uauasumu una wuuju iwi in a^fiao carriage I" And ho had a grea many other thoughts on tho same iuter eating subject. Aftor supper he asked his father " What is Hartinan doing now ? Doe ho gt-fc on well with his little farm ?" " I don't know," answered Mr Brown, gruffly. " I have enough to di minding my own business. I don't mod die with other people's." Horatio did not make any reply; bu as he had no business of bis own t< midd, he thought he would " meddle ' just a little. "Hartman is a worth; man if he is a Dutchman, and it woul< pleaso him to be noticed in a friendl; way. People ought to bo kind to eaci other in thiB hard world P The very next morning Horatio tool the tl ouble to go "to Haftman's farm! t be kind to hfe neighbor. Gazerra wa * not visible, but Gazena's lather, shor and Btout, stood at the gate, smoking hi l>ipo. . . ^ Good-morning," said Horatio, kind ly. V How do you do ?" ""Do pretty well," answered th farmer. ; "Fine morning"said Horatio. Mr. ffartman looked round to see how 1 fine the morning was, but he reserved f his opinion. I " I hope Mrs. Hartman is well." 1 "Yes, yes, pretty well," answered her I husband. "She's very bissey. We are 3 all very bissey. And now I go to vork c in mine field. Goot-day." 3 A few days afterward the young man j weut again to the little farm and pre- t aented some birds to Gazena's father, e " I shot them myself," he explained. "Sol -JLnftfer kill te leedle pirds," I said Mr. BSrtffian, regretfully. Then Horatio kindly offered to carry r them into the house. p "Nein, nein, I do dat mineself," said t the farmer. MMine vife, she's very, very bissey always. She vants no 3 strange peoples round. Our place is f not a pig one, and I likes to lif by mine f self." ' _ . I Horatio understood that delicate hint, 3 and retired poncejy. ne wue jjiuvuacu, but he did not tell his neighbor so. The father of such a daughter must*be hu mored if he was blunt. As for Gazena herself, Horatio could not understand her. at all. When she happened to meet him, she gave a lit tle nod, a shy look, and a merry smile, but she never spoke to him, or stopped long enough for him to speak to her more than a monosyllable or two. She always seemed to be in a great hurry? " very bissey," as her father said. At last, one evening, he met her at one of the neighbors, and insisted upon walking home with her. And as he was not sure that he would ever have such a good ohanoe again, he decided to make the most of it. " I have been trying to speak to you for the last five months," he said. " Why do you run away from me so ?" 44Oh, I don't know; it's such fun!" answered GaEena* laughing. "It'snot fun to me," said Horatio. " It makes me. feel very unhappy. Do you dislike me ?" "No, I don't care anything about ?? Tf'o /vnlir tVio fnn " Bftirl OftEfina. JUU? All O VAUJ VMV . I , a too frankly. " But won't you feel sorry for me, and try to like me ?" asked Horatio. " Like you!". she said. " What do you want me to like you for ?" " Because?because?you know you will like somebody sometime, and get married"? : * "No, never I" interrupted Gazena. "I don't want to get married. I am going to be a nun, and work on the " You will get married, and?and I want you to marry me." Gazena stopped suddenly, looked up at him with flashing eyes. " You are a bad boy! Don't you know you shouldn't talk so to me ?" she said, hot ly and fast. Then-she ran away and left him alone on the road. Some owl must have heard this con versation, and told the story, for Aunt Ermy said to Mr; Brown the next even ing : " So we're &oin.' to have a weddin*. I s'pose they'll have to oome and live u Who is coming to Jive here?"-> < ' :-: "Why, haven't you heard? 'Ratio has proposed to 'Zena Hartman. Of course she'll have him." Farmer Brown -was so angry at first that he could not Bpeak. But he got over that in a few minutes, and spoke his mind pretty freely to his son. " I won't have it I " he said. " You sha'n't bring a Dutch girl into this house where you mother has lived?not while I live!'V> ?? n\ s. .1,. a r 9 crtf ? i " Who said I would ?" said Horatio, quietly enough; and he too was very angry and disgusted with everybody, Gazena included. Whea Mr. Hartman heard the story, it made him laugh, and he only said : "Vat? Gif mine daughter to von lazy man f jx ot moocn: Grazena did not laugh at all. She cried every night when she waa safe in her bed. " Oh, what bad peopleihey are I" she said. "I.wish I could.ge? a chance of speaking joy mjnfl to somebody I" She had her wish. One afternoon she met Farmer Brown as he was going to his fields. They were alone on the road and he spoke first. 'Look here, my girl, yon -.hacMbflitter be opreful what you do. You are not wanted at my house. You undefttatid ?" Gazena's face turned red, then white, but she answered bravely : " Farmer Brown, I aint your girl, so you needn't call me so. 4ud J don't want to live with proud fqtte, and work for my lius 1 band.. .We are as good as you be, my ; father is ?*- ^ ? r 1 And away she ran. . : ? aI.J'.s ? X ' Farmer Brown Was so surprised * at this speech that instead of going to his i fields, he went home and went to bed, declaring that he was pick and should die. That was a way he had. It was one of his oddities. i When he was more than ordinarily > troubled about his affairs, he always thought he was going to die. Some times he made a few last remarks, then took a dose of rhubarb, and then?the next morning he was an well as ever. So, when Aunt Ermy called out : "Come in quick, boys! Your father thinks he is dyin'!" the boys went into the house without hurrying very much. They had seen their fattier in tho same condition before. The scene was quite impressive. Mr. Brown lay on his bed, dressed in his Sunday clothes, his head propped up on several pillows. " Gome here, boys," ha said, in a weak'voice. "Iam going to die for good this time, and I want to speak to you." ; .... The boys stood by the bed, and Aunt Army sat down near the patient, who spoke thus: '?Pi-mTT T7nn fin-co Viaati ft irnnil sister to me, and it is my wish that you Bhould stay here till you die. You dear, Mar cus? Take good care of her*.' The house is yonrs, my son, and the land ; the whole farm is yours, because you have been a good and dutiful son. Horatio, como here. I haven't much to say to you. Hero are fifty cents. Go and buy a rope to hang yourself with." Horatio took the fifty oents with very faint thanks. If be had any doubts be fore, he was certain now that his father was not going to die. Ho did not even stay to see. Ho put on his hat and marched out of doors in a transport of ninnlor) irraHl OTlfl TTtOrM fif'Jlfcioil. i Alone in the open air, be begun to t plan what he should do. He would go to a large city, and become a great preacher, a great lawyer, a great"? : "No, I won't," he said, stopping sud s denly. "I will stay here and work. I will be a great farmer, and marry Gaze . naHartman! Then we shall see who 3 will buy a rope and hang himself! Aha! - I will keep that fiity cents for good luck " (taking out the ooin and holding t it up in his fingers). " There, that's 0 settled." ' He went back to the house and to his Y room, slept a few hours, got up very 1 early, made a bundle of his clothes, f and left the honse before any one was ti awake. . < At broad daylight Farmer Brown got up, well and strong as ever - of course. But it was some tune before he discov ered that his sonwas gone. , . The next day the whole village of Tusculum was all a-buzz with great news. 'Katio Brown had left his father's house and had gone and hired himself for a year to Mr. Maynard, of West Farm? Wasn't it queer? And how long would it laat t It lasted a whole year, to begin with. ien it was said that farmer Maynard ound Horatio so handy that he had lired him for another year, and paid dm good wages, all of which was true, during the first and even the second rear Horatio was not once seen in Tus ulum. But one bright day, when Mr. lartman was enjoying hia after dinner ?ipe, surrounded bv his women folks, here was a knock at the door that tartled Gazena. "Coom in," said Mr. Hart man. And loratio came in. Gazena blushed rosy red. Mrs. Hart oan stared, and her husband took the >ipe out of his mouth. But before he lad time to speak, Horatio said: "Mr. Hartman, I have come to see rou on business. I have^ wprked hard or two years, and am now'a pretty good armer. I have saved all my wages, and >ought forty acres of woodland and a roke of oxen. Now I have a plan for oaking money out ofmy^treee, and by text year I intend to buy forty acres a ore and make-more money. If *1 sw >eed, will you give me your daughter? f she is willing ?" "Now look what a good boy !" said klrs. Hartman. "He works hard two ^ears, and no mother, nor no^iome, and le says nothing, but is good and tme ill by himself. Now I like that; that's rery good. I take him, and you take lim, father, and our 'Zena, she take xim, too. She tooked him two years jasfc when he go away, and she cry bo to >reak her heart, I knowed it then. Now ?ou take him, father." Two such long speeches overpowered \Ir. Hartman. He " took" Horatio} Then Mrs. Hartman remembered that aer chickens had not yet had their din ler, and Horatio was left alone witn ua sena and his dozing new papa. Gazena iad not eaid a. word all this time, and aad tried to look as if she was some where else, very far away. How she felt, was what Horatio wanted to know, for he did not much admire this Dutch way of courting. So he turned to the poung lady, and said ; " Gazena. will you come out on the porch with me ?" Gazena got up obediently and went to the porch, but she looked down at 3ome tin pans that were drying in the sun, as if they were novel objects, and both new and interesting. Horatio took courage, and said what he had to say as well as he could say it; then he waited for Gazena's answer. " I will do as father and mother say,' she answered; "but there's one thing : I have never been tngaged before, and I don't want to. be engaged now. So, if you don't mincf, I'll o&a nun, aal said 1 would, tiu?mi ? Horatio did not mind, and was quite willing to let her be a nun one year longer. It was decided that he would come every other Sunday to see his litt tlenun, and that it was all to be a seoret in the family. "Because," said Gazena, "I don't want people to talk about it, and look at me as if they had never seen me be fore." Horatio was very happy, and worked harder than ever. He cut down his trees, and burned tho timber to make " black salts,'' which he.&q^^ a good price in the city;' '.Wit l? that (money he bought forty more acres ,of woodland, and, early in the spring, he sowed wheat on his cleared land. Then he hired from Farmer Maynard a small cottage, with orchard and garden to Tf moo nnifa a nrAf.for lif.f.la LUUllVJU* XV TT WU V|U*WVI M ^*vwvj * ?? ? place. " It will do very well to begin with," said Horatio, " and in two or three years we will bnild a honse just as we want it." "Yes, indeed," said Mrs. HartmaD, 41 yon begin small and yon grow big, but you begin big and you grow small; ex cept you be very rich, and it is not everybody who can." But now something was the matter with Gazena. She did not look as happy as might have been expected. No, she did not object to the cottage; it was largo enongh for her. Yes, she was will ing to givu up being a nun, and June was a very pretty month to be married in. But? " I will tell you what it is," she said, one evening, to Horatio.f " I was saucy Anna O Y"? rl T om OAWT7 fni1 UU JUIU iavuu UUVUj uuu a HU4 Mvr&Aj it, though it was the truth I told him. I doh'fe waut to live with proud folkfl to look down on me; but I don't like to marry a man that hasn't any father, when his father is living." "You mean that you want me to make it up with my father?" " Yes, I mean just that. Now please go and tell him, and make peace?that will bring us happiness. It will be so right and nice I" Horatio promised that he would go, and he went the next afternoon. It was more than three years since he had left his home. He had sometimes seen his father riding past the West Farm, but they had never met face to face, or spoken to each other. " Let him alone," Farmer Brown had said to Aunt Ermy, when she had pro posed to go and see Horatio. " Let mm alone, and don't bother." But when the wodding was talked about, Aunt Ermy could restrain her self no longer. "Marcus, I Buppose you have heard that your brother is go ing to be married?" she said, one day after dinner, addressing her nephew, but intending her speech really for her brother-in-law. "Well," said Mr. Brown, "what of it ? It don't hurt us any, does it?" "No, but?you see he has taken that Gazena." "Of course he has. Why shouldn't he? She is the pluckiest little girl I ever saw!" and Farmer Brown begun to laugh. Suddenly, while he was laughing, the kitchen door opened, and Horatio walk ed in. They stared* at him for a mo ment; then he said: "Well, father, how about that fifty cents?" 1' All right!" auswered his father. '' I I never got so muoh out of fifty conts in ' all ray life !" "I declare!" said Aunt Ermy, advanc ing upon Horatio with open arms. Thus peace was made and sealed. The Brown-Hartman wedding was the event of that summer. Everybody in Tnsculum remembers it to this day, and says there never was a handsomer bride groom nor a prettier bride. Gazena really looked very pretty? "beautiful"?Horatio said. And Mr. : Hartman gave her away as if he knew I that it is not every father who has such 1 a daughter to givd away. i After a substantial dinner at the honse- of the bridecrroom's father, the 1 newly married pair tooka short wedding i trip as far as their Kttle cottage, which Farmer Brown bad bought and present ed to his daughter Gazeha. Danger Signals, v On some of the French railway lines an arrangement for giving danger no tice is in vogue as follows: The signal man when ho turns the disk sends an electric current in the direction of the ! ooming train .to a bar placed between the rails, mid when the engine reaches the Spot, a metal brush placed between the wheels sweeps the crossbar, the cur rent passes to the engine, and, by means of an electro-magnet, presses upon a lever which opens the steam whistle, thus making it virtually auto matic. From its simplicity, this ar rangement is regarded as preferable to most, at least, of the other devioes for this purpose. FOKCED LABOR IN EGYPT. d Picture oi the way the Poor People Sufler. The Egyptian Fellaheen and the poor nerally are liable to forced labor? st, at the pnblic works, such as rail iys, the repair of dykes, the making of nals, the construction of bridges; and oondly, on the estates and at the gar manufactories of the khedive. >r the first of these the people receive > payment, and keep themselves; for e second they keep themselves for ty days, and afterward occasionally re ive a few dry, gritty rusks a day, and small nominal payment, which, how er, in many inst&ngps, and especially reiaote plaoes, is either altogether^ [thheld or paid only in part. T-havff e word of the European superinten int of one of the largest of the khe ve's sugar works that nopaymen^bas ten made daring las term of office,-a iriod of several years, to any of the tfmlo emnloved. What takes place is this : Some htm- j eds of hands are wanted at one of j e khedive's estates or works. An der is issned. A steamer with sol era on board is sent up the Nile, tpw*" g several huge barges of iron or wood. < anchors opposite a town or village, , id soon hundreds of men, boya and : rls, many of tender age, are seen'- hur ing and being driven down to the , per bank, clutching such small bags of ' read or fragments of rusk as they can , >llect in haste, and accompanied by teir parents, friends, wives and chQ :en, who rend the, air with their jshrill reams and lamentations, for they well low that many a dear face will never ) seen again. Neither the only sons of idows nor of blind and aged parents, )r the fathers of helpless infants are Tha /laanAfc.MfmivAa tViom fchfl '(UOU? Xfw uwyvw *W?| II ..w . ? ustinado and the prison.are the cost of ,fnsaL .. The whole crowd rapidly swept to the barges, where, without regard > ago or sex? they are packed together ke herrings in"? barrel^-The steamer id the barges tken start with their liv ig freight^ many of whoia will never (turn-to-their homes from the, distant igar-pr obttoirestate-16 which t&$y are )nyC^id, Daring the prooeeS- of their sing driven on board and dturing the oyage. no moreaccount of the occu ants. of the~.barges is" takers thajj?of ild beasts: Arrived at the scene of leir labors, an incessant grind or toil asues. ;/?!hete is no Friday rest, no mo teni'iHspace allowed for recreation, otli eeaea labor under the eye of task Laat^Tarmed with sticks, whips, 1conO; aefces, "Which arc freely and needlessly ppliedib the often naked and at all rents only one-shirted backs of those oor "iree " laborers. I have myself sen little, tender, emaciated girls stag ering under heavy loads of earth, who aveoeen lashed each timoihey ascend 3 the high bank at whiclTtSey were at ork, and even prodded in the naked reasts with sharp palmsticks. I have )en them sinking-upon the earth, faint ig under their loads. No sort of sheltar is provided for leae unfortunates, though tho nights f- an Egyptian winter can be very )ld, and a single Bhirt is their only gai; lent. Many have not even this. On le filthy floor of the sugar factory, or a the bare stubbly ground of the cane eld, where they cease working, there ley lie down to take their scanty rest, 2d are succeeded on the instant by ther gangs awakened to relieve them, hus night and day tho work goes on ifchoufc intermission, and tho base crew E servile European speculators and le cringing parasites of tho little Egyp an court who prey upon the khedive, ad the consuls, general who love, to aeak smooth ;thdogs, and .Cook's., to ar ts, and,the reporters of the Eiglijsh dailies,"lift up their hand'smfulsome imiration, and proclaim to the world aat so many more pounds of sugar have een produced in Egypt in this thart in xe previous years. These people for et to proclaim also how much blood? nd that human Wood?has been ex ended in its refinement and elabora tion I-w An English friend visiting one o? the. hedive'a sugar factories a few days ago, bserved a man at work loaded with im lenseiron chains. .On inquiring the eason, he was informed that the poor rretch had been detected sucking a few aches of sugar cane, and was according y condemned to work in chains for five ays and nights without sleep, and with nt being allowed to stop to eat .-Fort rightly Review. Centennial Traveling Suits.. ' " What shall we wear to the Centennial? s the query of numerous correspondents. Che suit for the journey to and from Philadelphia is more especially the ob ect of inquiry, as the dress worn in the centennial buildings will naturally be ust what the wearer would tise at home >n semi-dress occasions?costumes of rool and siik, or au sue, or, ua tuts com ner advances, of batiste or grenadine. It present ladies do not undertake a ourney of any length without a travel ng cloak, and this cloak is so large and jo completely protects and conceals jverything beneath it that the traveling Iress has come 'to be an item of second lry interest. These cloaks are made at present of light cloth, serge or water proof, while for the summer they will t>e fashioned of linen and of a heavy Louisine (twilled silk) of English manu facture, as light and superior of its kind is is the English waterproof. The shapes are loose Ulsters,'or else cape cloaks, or circulars with hoods. They 30st from $1^ to xney are ibundantly supplied with pockets, are trimmed with substantial braids, haying ltrong ivory buttons, and may be looped in various ways to shorten them into pery nice looking overdresses when accessary. Vague indistinct plaids of iark brown, gray and maroon are the jolors most used. The garments with jleeves ar-e preferred for traveling-cloaks, vs it is necessary to use the arms often in traveling, and circulars without arm aoles confine the arms in a clumsy way. rhe round hat and long scarf veil are bought with reference to the color of the sloak. As for the dress beneath the cloak, it is so well protected that ladies who do aot wish to carry much luggage venture to wear one of their best suits, such as a D1ECK SUK costume, or any uioiar iuunu that will endure crushing and look fresh afterward for general wear. Above all others the thin, light, wool armures and de beges, either plain or striped, trimmed with many rows of wool braid, are commended for servi<J6 at any titae during the six months of the Imposi tion. These should be made up in a light and simple manner, such as a Boiteuse polonaise, for Philadelphia is a warm city, and light clothing will be desirable. The skirts of sach dresses should be short, or else arranged so that they can be easily shortened to clear the ground when walking. Batiste and gingham suits will be made in the same compact fashion to wear at midsummer. Out op Dkbt.-^As a Scotch officer was handing a summons to a collier, he said : "It's a curious thing that ye baud .me oomin' to ye see often ; can ye no get o' debt ?" "Getouto' debt, Mr. Turnbill?" said the knight of the black diamonds ; "'deed it takes a' my time and wii to get into't. I am astonished how ony body can hae leisure to warstle out of it." t IN THE MAIN BUILDING. Notes from the Portfolio of* a Correspondent on the Ground*, Mexioo not jet being in order, we poshed on to the Netherlands, where sur attention was soon attracted by a native spinning wheel for cotton, models Df a dwelling house, and thatched farm house, samples of wood, a raised map for the blind at Amsterdam, and a model sating house. One would hardly have looked for dissected cattle; yet there lay; before us a nose of a cow who had died 3f the plagae, the windpipe of a second +r\ fVin DoTVlc* flffirf: p. imllrf;. Uriffh.. riUVUU ?V VUU OtUMW J^VWW, 0^_ J 0 # 3to. A pyramid of sulphate of ammo nia, velocipedes and pipes were worth looking at. RIO JAN2Qto displayed curious hammocks and a"fac simile of crown jewelry, while Brazil, ivith its case of bright birds and inseota Df every hue, many of them sfet'as jewels, seemed to say: "Look atufl," rnd we did long enough to observe a breastpin and earrings made of three humming birds' heads. ' BELGIUM. 'I . The red, yellow and "black flag floated aver its treasures, .and conspicuous on Bntering its compartment was a case of rags and waste paper. Bnt wliat shall we say about its Brussels lace, whose splendors would have ravished a society belle. It far exceeds in beauty all my expectations. A basque and overskirt displayed over yellow silk, which color, by the way, did not show its richness to advantage, was of exquisite fineness; parasol and cushion covers, flounoing naif a yard in depth, made one's eyes water; even the likeness of the queen of Belgium was surrounded with a wreath of lace flowers of great beauty. A traveler declared that in Brussels itself he had seen no exhibition of lace that equaled this. SWITZERLAND, I fancied, could hardly surprise us with model cottages, yet a large farmhouse, with an apiary attached, and the whole affair a musical box, was quite novel. It also made a fine display of machine embroidery in silk lace imitation. Two large maps, one a geological and the other a topographical survey, Would in terest the scientist and engineer .'but a large ebony cabinet, richly painted, could be better appreciated by the majority. I expected to bo quite impressed with the dimensions of the Main building, as it eovers twenty acres, and is in size 1,880 feet by 464, but on the contrary found myself quite prepared for it. FRANCE. ' I hastened to examine the robes from the Rue de Rivoli, and any passionate lover of dress could be quite satisfied with a white silk and tulle toilette having a train depending from the shoulders at the back, and reaching?well, not quite aa far as from Calais to Dover. Bnt at any rate the mortal who donned it would need a small saion to nerseu, ana re quire no Cabel to say "Feet off," and so richly embroidered too. The display of rugs was noticeable, one especially, representing a skating scene. The black lace was very fine, and we should have lingered over the white had we not just stepped out of Belgium. GREAT BETTADT next claimed our attention, and we ex claimed at the beauty of a carved oak chest made from the oak beams of Salis bury cathedral. At this point in the building two spiral staircases invite as piring spirits to a bird's-eye view of the scene outside. But instead of ascending these woi^ntered a tapestried room label "Royal School of Art Needle work," and noticed a fire screen wrought by the Princess Christian. A dumb waiter was a black bear standing on its hind legs and holding a salver between its forepaws. In a case of embroidered bookmarks the most conspicuous was the badge of the "Ancient Order of Foresters," reminding one_ with its archery sceije of bold Robin Hood. INDIA. Shut your eyes and on opening them you find yourself transported to India, and before you lies a case in sculpture from the tomb of Anaravati. But we are weary and hungry ; let ua pass through the hall and wend bur way to a building on the right, invitingly called "Department of Public Comfort,' where we will find rest and refreshment, comfortable sofas and chairs, toilel apparatus, hot coffee and eatables. Bui [then ' \ is just here, and that case of embroider ed trappings is so gorgeous we forgo! fatigue and ent?r the department. Anc such a table cover we will not soon ae< again. Beside these stands the bus' of Pharaoh Rsmases II.?and we al most shudder at the crocodile fourteei feet in length, Ijing outstretched, ever if it is stuffed. We cannot stop for i view of Cairo, for just here is an em broidered undershirt, velvet jacket, anc other articles from the bazaar of Cairo SWEDEN has stationed so many generals arount its compartment we almost fear to enier but then they are only waxen, compet ing with the famous Jarley. The living exhibitor looks in his uniform so like thi " shams," and is so often taken fo: them, he says, that I can imagine his re gardinc: himself as quite a humbug But yonder, do look over there at i group of five figures standing arount a atMA lm'nff unon the crround. Sureb g ? W if we speak to them they will reply ii Swedish. No less lifelike is anothe: group, consisting of. a olock maker seated before a Jtable, on which lie hi instruments with other figures regarding him. And yet another man is driving i reindeer, seated himself in an unco in fortable looking sledge. The buffali robes from Stockholm are spiking. Bu who would have looked for such ex quisite silver work in far off HOBWAT, yet here it is, unsurpassed by any coun try, even famous Italy. And what a cu riosity of a sledge is here, m^le in 1625 and retained in the possession of on< family until 1870, when it was purchaset for this Exhibition. If you have sixt1 Norway dollars to spare (how much i that ?) you can own it yourself. And ad joining it stands the Norway nationa veinoie, mienaeu lor - one. nexe ibi littlo schoolroom, with its desks, etc. and over all theso treasures floats tin standard, red with blue cross. " Ctu jou tell me what this is?" I asked of -i foreign exhibitor. "JA copper buoy,, si constrncted that as it sways to and fr< in the water it strikes a fftg bell." "Am it was made in Norway?" "Oh, no no 1 you travel so fast "that you hav reached It':ly," he replied. Rather thought Italy has donned her sevei leagued boots and stepped up alongsid of Norway; Perhaps she oame jn thi Norwegian man-of-war which is exhibit ed here to show the Norway., metal Those knote wera tied, by .maohine whe: the metal was cold. But we must tea ourselves away, and after needed tee and refreshment we crossed the grounds passing up Belmont avenue to THE WOMEN'S PAVILIOK. The question of what woman can do i partly solved in this Exhibition. A any rate, we see here she has made pretty elook, has invented a life pr< serving mattress, the model of whicl you will find in a tank, with dolb per sonating the rescued ones, has coatnvec a lock barrel cover, and a most con venient work table. The lady fron Kentucky, who has taken the portraits o Mr. Gladstone, Bright, and others upoj white silk with black and white sewing silk, is a most ingenious creature.. It i difficult to believe the specimens befor< you art) any sort of needle work. I wa quite interested in a case of birds an* animals sporting about a tree, specimen of woi-sted work. And here is a stamp excavated fromSidon in 1872?itis 2,00* years old, and this cushion before us i a reproduction of an original pattern Very pretty is 1jhe seal from Beloit Col lege, iruTrounded by a motto, in eac] letter of which ib wrought a ininiatur flag. Look, too/ at the beautifa carvings?Bome from the School of,:D sign at Cincinnati, and a' bedsCea* wrought by .two young ladies. A mode smoothing iron, heated by gas, and ej hibifced by a doll, must aejugnt tu youngsters ; and in ihe next oasei is patent stocking and glove darner, aIs exhibited by dolls. The old Englisl knotting work is revived, and Marth Tocrrey is oertainly an adept in maikini with indelible ink. ^ A Centennial Unpleasantness. > An incident of the inaugural day i raising quite a little breeze in soois circles in New York, where it is now b? ing investigated. Aiterthe Presidents party had passed into Machinery ha1 the crowd which had gathered to wil ness the procession was momentaril augmented, all eagerly awaiting tb throwing open of its doors to the public The clock in the hall showed that th appointed hour of one had arrived. It could be seen that the machiadr had been set in motion, and the peopl grew more and more impatient at th delay. The throng grew so dense an the crash so fearful that the guards wet powerless to force them back, and thos in front who would gladly have, got or were unable to do so. Tightly wedge in> the mass of humanity swayed baa and forth like the helpless wiithings c some huge monster, utterly tramplin out ovary vestige of grass,. orushin down the. shubbery and flowers an 1 ' ?? ?jnn/tA omening- cue uruamounu xouw wvuu the.plot into kindling wood. Finall one of the gates was opened, and th crowd, taking this for the signal fc their admission, pressed forward, whe a certain Hew lork general of militi sprung npon the steps and attempted t speak to the crowd. His words eonl not be h&ftd, bnt his manner was pei fectly intelligible and evidently meat that, he was very angry. The crowd took offense at hid mannt at once, and" IfielrHtoo^ uhahged froi good humor to indignant sarcfcgiPj. ei peoially when the general drew his swor frantically and branished it over hi head, uttering something which wj dtowned in derisive yells. He ordere the Philadelphia troops to charge on th defiant citizens. The troopers went t work with r will, striking right and lei with the flat of their sabers, to the gvei detriment of silk hats and theenconrag* ment of bnmps of a non-phrenologiej character. In this bloody work th general joined oon amore, ana one < his victims happened to be a gentlema of high social standing and a membe of the Union League, of which organ zntion the general is also a membe: This gentleman has since com^laitle to the League of the treatment he ri ceived and much indignation againi the general has been expressed both i that body and in social circles. TL general claims that he was justified i using the force employed on the occi sion, while hift fellow leaguer and othei who were similarly used declare that was brutal and inexcusable, as they vrei void of offense except in being unab to "fall back," when so orderei through the living wall behind then The matter is likely to be made the sul ~~irtTTOfliifyi JOCC OI a ueugut) UULLlliiii/ircu uiicougi tion, and strong predilections In fav< of the expulsion of -the general fro: the rights and privileges of the clul house are freely expressed by member . { . ii -1 A Rerolntlonary Hero. " Marblehead, Mass., has had a priva centennial, dedicating a monument i Captain Mugford, the hero of one of tl boldest exploits of the early days of tl Revolution. Captain Mogford was bo] in Salem, but had lived at Matblehei since childhood. When he was twent seven, he was impressed on board British sloop-of-war, but released at b mother's demand. While aboard, ho' ever, he overheard talk about the e pected arrival of a powder ship in Na toaket roads. He applied to Genei Ward for the command of the cruis "EVunVlin ffonr ctins and flftv tons), ff her after much importunity, and wi twenty-ono men set sail. He soon e countered the British sloop Hope (s guns, 350 tons and seventeen men), ai although the enemy's fleet lay not f off, attacked, boarded, carried her, ai took her into Boston. She had aboa 1,500 barrels of powder, 1,000 carbin and other army supplies. Then he e sail again, but with the tide against hi ?| anchored for the night. Daybrej showed him thirteen launches from t British fleet rowing towards him. I sunk five before they could get alon side, but was mortally shot in bearii off the rest. "lam a dead man,"] said to his lieutenant; " do not give i the vessel; you will be able to b? them. H not, out the cable and ri ashore." He died a few minutes aft the vessel was run ashore, and t launches made off. The British lc seventy men in the fight, and Mugforc was tlie only death on the Americ I aide. His body was buried with gr? state at Marblehead. Sabba' Day Houses in 1776. An important and interesting adjui to the meeting house in some parts the country was the "Sabba' D house." Comfort, being carefully sb out from the meeting house itself, ^ only thus rudely provided for in su subordinate structures. The Sabl Day house was a family affair, genera comprising but a single apartment, pi haps fifteen feet square, with wicdo and a fireplace. It was very plainly a sparsely furnished. Chairs for the c people and benches for the childr stood round the walls, and a table in t center might hold the Bible and a f< religious books, while at one side sbelv contained dishes for cooiong ana e; ing. Sometimes the Sabba' Day hot was mounted above a shed, within whi the horse could bo sheltered. A gro of such cabins standing about the me ing house added not a little to the p turesqueness of the spot, and their t conduced greatly to the convenience a comfort of Sabbath worship, especia in winter. The family able to keei Sabba* Day house drove directly thitr on Sabbath mornings, warmed the Belves up by a hot fire without and quite likely?by a hot drink within, a here spent the intermission, withfurtl wholesome regards for the wants of 1 inner man. The better- class of t Sabba' Day houses were whitewash* some of them double; and to thetn of history it must be said that t?etwt Sabbaths thay occasionally furnished 1 wild young men of the parish with oure haunts for unseemly carousals. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. A Whole Family Bitten by a Mad D?? Death of a Little Girl. For a long time we have load no snch terrible story of hydrophobia to report as that which comes to us from Newark, N. J. The family of Mr. Louis 8or hagen consists of Mr. and Mrs. Sor hagen and seven children, six girls and one boy. The dog that bit them was a black Spitz about three years of age, a pet in the family and with which the children were accustomed to play about the house and yard. A few weeks ago the' dog suddenly disappeared and it was thought that he had been stolen, but in a few da;?s thereafter this animal returned, much to the delight of 'the ohildren, who, gleefully ran in to tell their moiher. It was noticed, however; that he acted in a strange manner, biting and snapping tit every one who came near him, which, aoiioxu were attributed at first to his having been ill-treated during his absenoe. Charles Sorhagen, the only son, a fine lad of fifteen, attempted to pacify the animal, when it seized one of the fingers of his right hand in its month and bit it. Blood Bowed freely from the wound for a few moments, butGharley gave the matter no farther thought. The Spitz then took ref age in thestable at the rear of the lot, and: da Henrietta a girl of twelve, was running through the place, the animal suddenly sprung upon her from its hiding place, and bit her in the right heel, inflicting a severe wound. Henrietta ran limping arid crying into the house and told her mother of what had occurred. About five minutes after ward the Spitz ran yelping from the stable, snapping at everything in his way, ancl before Maggie, a little girl of ten, could escape into the house, the rabid animal had bitten her in the left ankle. Mra Sorhagen hastened out to see what was the matter, when the dog sprung furiously upon her and bit the fingers of her right hand. The Spitz again ran into the stable and bit Mr. Sorhagen's horse on the legs, and a&> bit another dog that was kept there to watch the premises. Mr. Sorhagen, who chanced to be home at the- time, becoming alarmed at the dog's actions, though not snspeoting that itilraa jnad, endeavored to secure it so as to prevent its doing further harm. He had almost sucoeeded in putting a -tsollar and chain about its neck, *hen the dog furiously Bprnng upen him and bit him in the left wrist near the thumb, inflicting a wound which bled profusely. After much trouble ?* iliA flmfv In 1rtXT\ 110;DUUCCCUGUXU ujrxug VUOMj/XWi w avu avu nel, bub daring the night the animal continued to grow worse, frothing at the month and showing other symptoms of hydrophobia. ^ The- -flext morning the brute was fonhd lyingdea^ocisde of its kennel;'" Its mouth was covered witk foam, and its glassy eyea protruded from Jtheir. sockets, while the sides of the ken nel'showed marks of the rabid animal's teeth where it had gnawed the boards in its agony and death straggles. None of the family, however, felt any apprehensions regarding the wounds in* dieted by the dog, or manifested any signs of illness until Henrietta began so complain of. drowsiness. Later the same evening she told her mother that the had severe pains in her head, sides, back and legs, and the pa rts were rubbed with liniment, the mother thinking per haps that she had taken celd. About midnight she again awoke with a start and complained of the paii.s in her limbs. She had several spasms during the night, and tpssed wildly about upon her bed. At early dawn, when the father was obliged to leave hpme and at tend to his express business, he bade his wife go at once for a dootor. Dr. Yoegler was called, and, after examining the child, said that be needed assistance, when Drs. Ill and Korneman were sum moned. A consultation was neid, ana it was decided to cut oat a piece dt- flesh where the %hild was bitten, in hopes of saving her life. Medicine was given and everything possible done by the physi cians to alleviate her sufferings. Daring the following morning she appeared to be somewhat better, and was at intervals quite rational, bat toward noon she was Seized with another' violent spasm. Then she relapsed into a troublous slumber, accompanied with stertorous breathing, and would" occasionally start np in the wildest manner, screaming in agony, and clutching at the bedclothes. Then she would make a noise like the barking of a dog, and moan and talk is a wild, incoherent, delirious way. Mr. Sorhagen, upon returning home in the afternoon, was tejiibly distressed at hif daughter's condition, and called othei physicians to see the child. At seven o'clock that evening Henrietta waf seized with another violent spasm, anc it became necessary for her father anc mother to hold her in the bed. Sh< tossed her head from side to side, threw h<>r arms about and shuddered from head to foot when water or other liquidf were applied. The spasms became more frequent during the night, increasing ii violence until half-past two o'clock ii the morning, when death relieved th( child of her sufferings. The wounds of the other members oJ the family were cauterized and every thing done to save them. The seconc dog bitten went mad and was shot. II is hoped that none others of th< family will suffer. The Left Wing. . John Tobias had anything but ? pleased look as he limped out of his eel into the Detroit police court. He gol drunk in his shirt sleeves, and it wat i?a wVinthor Via had more muc 1UUU W wu nMWMv than shirt on his back. His collar wa* thrown open in an artistio manner, re vealing an Adam's apple about the size of an inkstand and a good deal of leathej colored throat. 1 Yes, I observe," mused his honor, ai he gave the prisoner a looking over, "Got drunk, laid down to rest yotu knees and your appearance is all thai could be desired." " Don't pile it on to me, judge?I wai in the army," pleaded John. " Name the army." " The left wing," replied the priflonor hesitating for a moment. "The left wing of what army ?" "I say it was the left wing." " What army?" " The loft wine." TTi'n honor leaned back, and slowl] said : , "John Tobias, yon are lying to me You can't look me square in the eyes and your spinal column is crooked ou of shape. You were never in the arm] at all, and the left wing you say you be longed to was the great wing left a home behind the soldiers." " Didn't I go to war?" demandec John, bristling up considerably." "No, sir." "Well, I como mighty near it,' growled tho prisoner. " Not half as near as I shall come to locking you up for sixty days," quietl; replied the court. "Return to the coi fidor by this door, lean up in som corner, and don't be ugly when th Maria drives around." An Index.?An index has just bee: preparod for the ton first volumes o Scribner'8 Monthly. It is stated in th preface that the illustrations of thes ten volumes have cost the magazin nearly ono hundred thousand dollars and that a very much larger sum ho been paid for literary contribution* am editorial work. THE IIYE STOCK lUSrJLAJ. The Exhibition o 1 Cattle to Take Place on the Centennial Ground*?Preparation* lor it. The grounds for the Centennial live stock display are within 2,000 feet of the main entrance, and are situated be tween the two cnief thoroughfares, viz.: Belmont avenue and Forty-first street They comprise thirty-five acres, and are on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad. The location, therefore, affords superior advantages for the receipt an?l delivery of animals. A ring one-third of a mile in cireumferenoe will be provided and 740 stalls are being erected. These are 14x14; and so arranged that after the horse show, which oomes off first (from September 1 to 14 inclusive), the stalls cay ba divided into stalls 7x14 for the cattle which are to be shown September 11 to October 4. The stalls can again be divided so as to be 7x7, for sheep, swine and goats, which will be exhibited from October 10 to 18. The commission will furnish coeps and attendance upon pay mmi nf Si on f>&rh bird of the ffalfina ceous division and $2 on each pair of the aqnatio division. The poultry will be exhibited from October 127 to Nor. 6. As the cattle grounds were * formerly the Philadelphia drove yards the supply of water is ample and the arrangements for taking away the manure ezoeQent Offices for the attendants, with hay and grain barracks, are being provided, and a very large hotel adjoins the yards. "Theinternational feature has been better worked up at their Exhibition than at any previous one;" so says at least Professor Archer, one of the Eng- , iiflh commissioners who has attended ail the previous world's fairs. In confirma tion of this I might state that the Cen tennial commission from Canada has made official requisition for spaoe in the international stockyard for the exhibi tion of one hundred and Bttj head of neat cattle, seventy-five sheep, sevens five swine and 300 coops of poultry. In addition, a firm of shippers proposes to put on a special Bternnmnp w J.ekcu un tie from Europe. This ship will not undertake to ran fast, but rather to make the trip as comfortable for the animals as possible by running sjpw or even turning tail to the itorms if de sirable. Ail the railroads offer free return transportation on live stock; lint it is likely that most of the foreign ex hibits will be sold on the ground. The secretary of the treasury has amended -the late order, whioh interdicts the im portation of cattle, which was issued to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases, provided the animals have been examined by a competent veteri nary surgeon and certified to be free of disease. This certificate must be in dorsed by our consul at the port of shipment, and the animals must be in tended for exhibition or breeding. of prizes runs high up into the thousafidSrJU first, second and third prizes will be to tue Den 01 every recognized breedlrh^cho* the competing lists, sweepstake priz5?s&lone excepted. For instance, cattle will oont=" pete in herds. This oonBfcitntes a class. Now, as there are nine recognized breeds of cattle?viz.: shorthorns, Holsteins, Hereiords, Ayrshires, Devons, Guern seys, Brittames, Kerrys and Jerseys? there will be three times (first, second and third prizes) nine or twenty-seven prizes in the class of herds. For bulls alone there are three classes?viz.: bulls three years and over, over two years and under three, over one year and under two.t As each of the three classes has nine breeds and three prizes for each breed we have (three times nine times three) eighty-one prizes for bulls. Of nwa ft\rv+. Aloofl/ia ft/W>rHlT)O UU TTO UUU1KJ CUV 1V14A V*WWVW| 0 to age, and, therefore, 108 prizes. There ore also sweepstake prizes both for bulls and for cows, i Pat and draught cattle have five classes, viz.: The best fatted steer and the fattest cow, the most powerful yoke .of oxen and the most rapidly walking yoke of oxen, the most thoroughly trained yoke and the most thoroughly trained team of three or more yokes of oxen. Breeding horses have sixteen classes; speed horses four classes; walking horses one class; matohed teams five classes; asses for breeding four classes; sheep thirteen , classes, and goats the same; swinetwelve classes; dogs ten classes and poultry , two classes. The latter are to be exhibit ' od in nftin rrf nrifl TfiftT and over as one olass and under one yc^r as one class. They include chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, swans, pigeons, Guineas and orna mental birds. In this division it is easy to see that the number of prizes will be immense, as awards will be made- for superiority to eve^y recognized breed. If there are fifty breeds of chickens and two classes (over ohe year and under one year) and three prizes, we would have fifty (breeds) multiplied by two (classes), multiplied by three (prizes first, second and thjfd), or three hundred prizes for chickens alone. Ducks and pigeons of the recognized breeds are ver^ numer ous, and so it is plain that, as each breed competes only with others of its own breed, the awards in the live stock seo tion will, as I said, ran up into the thousands. Living fishes will bo dis played in both fresh and salt water aquaria, and awards will be made for the largest display of fish of all species. The aquarial exhibit will, no doubt, be tVi? larrrnafc ?vpr mndft in this COUntTV, and perhaps the zoological garden may secure the whole. As the officers of tbe bureau of agri culture are determined to leave nothing undone to make the live stock display the crowning feature of the Agricultural department it is obvious that they have ? 1- 'vm A an onerous wuit uu wuu. ** objeot of this exhibition is to promote improvement in breeding stock, and visitors to the Exhibition will have the great advantage of seeing animals brought, not only from America, but from Europe. Too Much Work. All work and no play sent a man to the lunatic asylum in Davenport, Iowa. He was a workman in a factory, and his industry during ten years could not easily have been increased. He was at his bench early and left it late. No amusements broke the monotony of his /laiiir UfA jTa scurcelv knew of anv thing outside of the factory and has home. It is not "wonderful, therefore, that his mind had room for morbid fan cies. He imagined that his foreman was plotting to kill him. and that the whole world, excepting his daughter, was in the conspiracy. He made the girl stay constantly with him as a de fender. Next, he barricaded himself in his house, and from that mimio strong hold he was sent to the asylum. The moral points to the wisdom of recrea tion. An. Extensive Work. Should a ship canal be cut across the Isthmus of Darien at its narrowest point, it would be thirty-two miles long, and would require a ship tunnel 125 feet high and seven miles in length through solid rock. A vessel going from New York to San Francisco would save ten thousand miles of sailing, and could afford to pay a toll of 83,000. In the one item of wages, a clipper ship of 1,500 tons burden would save 82,00C at least. It is estimated that the work would cost 8100,000,000. He is the happier and the more gener ally useful man who is good is many things and great in nothing. A DUnjIj BWUJI -I-.' | ?' Sing I dog me to BleepI tji2?j With gentle word^ W,boo? sweet alumbec one meerare, > SnchjM lone poet on some shady step .{( Sings to the afleneo in Ms noonday leisnre. "BIng! M^the riTersing* . ? ;?A When gently itilow^betarew soft bankcof flowers, JhunitiU And the bee nrarnrarB, and the cnokool Hie faint M?y mnsio, 'tween the ehoworB. 'StaglOh.dirin*^! ., X sinkl beneath some wizard's charming wanAr .-tut I yield, I more, by aoothipgbreeaee blown,? O'er twilight shorn, into the dreaming land! *Tft> <r*w vAH ' .v i i ' - *> Facts and Faneta* If men would set good examples, t" might h.itch better habits. mu- ? ? nl>A maVna hinimlf 1UD iUfBll nuv tons prevents many others from beooln businessthe common way is to give up bnmn*?. ' Hie passengers in a Philadelphia street oar the other evening were talk ing in six languages; " " If "The difference between ingenious and ingenuous is illustrated by the dif ference between"?oan do and can did." The new. forts around Paris are to be named after the generals who labored fco hard to retrive the faults of Napoleon HQ., in the war of 1870. There are $1,000,000. worth of shoe pegs made yearly in the United States, most of them in Massachusetts, re quiring 100,000 cubic feet of white birch.. * > There are said to be in St. Louis county, Ho., unmarried females who own property worth an aggregate <4? 118,000,000. Go West! young man, go West! . S They say that if a bee, wasp, or hornet it is: ' 1 e. Tflw a slanderous tongue will ultimately damage ua pmuoooux UUVJJ.C7 It is . observed that there are few things that will makjB a man cony, his binding^Tliis- shirt, with plentjc>a' starch on it, well ironed in. -4i?J A Western editor met s well edtu^ted farmer reoently, and inform^him'tlhat he would like to have something from his feiU:"&h*-farmer santhimapig and charged him $9.75 for it ;'-. An employee who doesn't; have his hands washed and his ooat on, ready to strike for home as soon as the clock be gins to strike .twelve or six, is not enter prising enough to work by thb nere is a sumuquj v? ? j. ?? briate, addressed to his hat, which had Jen off : Xf^ I pick you up, r fellj leave you.' away. Those old soakers noYe?-4aS^ *cu:J ment Lately one replied to at&nper anoe lecturer by the following :. *ifi water rots the soles of your boots, what effect must it have on the coat of 'yodr stomach?'' ,, . ? Bwvutouui , y i IL. W Large orders have been reoeivedin England for steel rai|s for foreign pol roads, and works which ha*a beep closed during several months are about to be put in operation again in Conse quence. 1 - * " *' " >* - - - j xi?.~ , David BeMn, of Fhiladeipma, agea twenty-four, used a razor to par$ a coijn on his toe, and caused the corn to bleed freely. , He was taken ill, tetanus or lockjaw ensued, and death resulted in thlOO dajrOi* * ) 1 *. . . ' auitl An agricultural journal advertise* a new washing machine under the head ing, "Every man his own n woman," aiad in its culinary department says that " potatoes should always te boiled in oold water." In Clarke oounty, Iowa, there is said to bea boy who eats hay like an ox and has a' singular appetite for caw vege tables. He dislikes bread or ooeked food, desiring rather to Kve on the raw productions of nature. ' > ? " When women make bread," add Quiz, moralizing over an underdone bis cuit at the breakfast table?"jwhfn Women puke bread, a curious'phenome non often results; yon find a little dear bringing forth a little dough." ~?<4f A grumbling car driver said to a pass enger : "You always want jnoto stop whan vou eet off." "No, sir," said the passenger, who had no jumping notions. "I don't care whatyou do. I only want the oar to stop. Ton can go on. Infant prodigy?" Mamma, do you suppose Dr. Prosey rehearses his ser mons at home?" Fond mother?"No, dear, his fervor in preparing them is spontaneous, and "? Smart boy?"Oh, then, he does not practice what he preaches." u-. To encourage tree planting in the several counties of Iowa, the Chicago and Northwestern railway offers a pass to Chicago and back for the farmer and his wife in each county who during the year plant and keep living the greatest number of trees. Tina is tne rougntwt cuujuj^u ujnui ence on record. In a Broohhn divorce suit the husband, who was a superinten dent of a horse car b'ne, alleges that bis wife is employed as a " spotter," and that through ber influence be was turn ed oat of bis berth. Seventeen men who had left comfort able homes in Wisocmsiu to hunt gold in the Black Hills, applied on a recent night at the police station at St Paul for lodging, having walked from the Black Hills after three months vain hunt for gold, of which they saw not a grain. When Marc Anthony thraw himself upon the "dear remains" pjtjusloved Czesar, in a Pittsburgh theater the other evening, he struck the f' corpse" (air in the stomach, which bad the effecti of doubling it up with a grant, that rather detracted from the solemnity of the oc casion. -i - uv'at The Germans have no idea of losing Metz. A garrison of 12,000 men is maintained there, and the magazines of ammunition and stores are sufficieut to maintain 40,000 men for three year*. To the seven forts already in existence AL"i Wrtv*** anldrmxl. fOQT HGV7 OI166 Ulttii unio uvAiu ^ have been added. A Paris woman h3S perfected a new method of picking pockets. She enters an omnibus with a very pretW and beautiful dressed baby, seats herself i close to the likeliest passengers^md works ; under cover of baby's ample drapery. After succeeding she pinches the baby, it nriflfi fearfully, and she leaves the omnibus suddenly to buy candy for* it, x;". A wag, who had wrapped a piece of cloth having the word " centennial" on it around an egg and then boiled it so that the wordappeared plainly on the shell, sadly deceived a Portland (Oonn.) farmer, who took it out of a nest where it had been placed, and ex hibited it at the office of a local news paper as a wonderful manifestation of the hen's intimate knowledge of the hiatorj of the United States.