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r? 1 v - f?.. . v c K ' ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, EEBKUAEY 6, 1878. NO. 35. VOLUME XXV. $25,0 00! A THE IMEET IDCI1PEST STOCK OF Goods. EVER BROUGHT TO GREENVILLE! TWENTY"-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS* worth of GOODS which he intends to depose of ^lT OR BELOW NEW YORK Retail Prices! v ?> > _ !\ * f w?6 J. i f J ? " ; ' fist is tie Tie for Bargains. COM! AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. \ CAPT. ff R. WHITE 1.1 with mo and would be glad to meet with his 4 Id Frits dn and Customers, and will SiVE THEM SOME MONEY. A No. 1, Wagon Yard IN REAR OF STORE, FREE to all. % Respectfully, T. W. DAVE, MAIN STREET, CREENVIU.E, S. C. Oct 17, 1877.?3mo? .T. C. Alexaxlkk, Joseph Allen, Yakdby McBee. ALEXANDER,ALLEN & McBEE, Manufacturers of and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in / UPPER & HARNESS LEATHER, Kip and Calf Skins, GREENVILLE, S. C. It?* Highest cash price paid for Hidea. Sept. 26, 1377 ?12m GREENVILLE Machine Works AND IRON FOUNDRY, Hslrmnd, Macdonald & Co., PBOFRIETORS. .TIE AM ENGINES, Boilers. Saw and Grist 0 Mill*, Cotton Gins, Presses, etc., promptly y -paired. We have recently udded to onr estabAliment an IBON FOUNDRY and are prepared t? fu'ui-h ull kinds of CASTINGS, equal to the | 1 eht furnished by any foundry in the country, i.t Khort notice, and on reawmable terms. Cash i aid for Old Iron delivered at our foundry. Work* on River Street, rear of Cagle'a Planing Mill. October 3, 1877. -12m THE PALMETTO COTTON GIN, MANUFACTURED BY J.M.MATTHEWS, NINETY-SIX, S. C. DIALER IN "TT^UKNirURE, Coffinu, Belting and Gin U Material generally, and Ageut for Steam Ingines, Threshers, ileapers and Mowers, k>ttou Pre?aei, etc. Condensers, Feeder* and Seed Crushers iittached to Gias when desired. t Repairing Carefully Done. \ AU couuuuuicAUotiH receive prompt attention. Purchasers should call or correspond with i '.lim Lofom\>iirchMing elsewhere. vuuu ij, ion.? u O. A. TRAYLOR, WITH WILLIAM MULHERIN,! ' i . . dealer is Boots and Shoes, HATS AMD TRUNKS, 20 3 "Broad Street, Half Bloc': below Planter#' Hotel, AUGUSTA, CA. Durable Boots and Shoes a Specialty. S&ptcniber IP, 1877.?3m E. J. White. j E. SI. Hughes. r l! t_ ~ ll.i r 1 rasmonEiue nai emporium. WHITE & HUGHES, DEALERS IX its, Gags, Firs, MA, ETC., 269 KING STREET, OPP. HASEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. Umbrellas Mad# and Repaired to Order. Ootofctr 8, 1877.?3m The Honest Farmer. Happy I count the farmer's life, Its various rounds of wholesome toil; Au honest man with loving wife, And offspring native to the soil. Thrice happy, surely !?in hie breast Tlfciu w;sdom and the trust in God ; His path more s'laight from eaBt to west Than politician ever trod. His pain's no loss to other men ; His s&hrart blowB inflict no wound ; Not busy with his tongue or pen, He questions truthful sky and ground. Farmer with seasons and the sun Na ure's co-worker; all his ekill Obedience, ev'n as waters run, Wirad-i blow, herb, beast their laws fulfi A rienrnns vnn hhnnd. p.lftan and bold : A manly manhood, cheerful age; Hia comely children proudly hold Their p&rentaee beat heritage. Unhealthy work, false mirth, chicane, Quilt?needless woe, and useless strife 0 cities, vain, inane, insane! How happy is the farmer's life ! ?Fraser's Magazine. TAKEN AT HIS WORD. A wide cook-kitchen, with a breath c grape blossoms coming in at tbe ope windows, and a glistening tin pan o the table full of dewy, scarlet strav berries waiting to be bulled?this is ou scene; and our dramatis persona cor sifit of Mrs. Perkins, whose drowsilj clicking knitting-needles, keep time t the purr of the overgrown Maltese cal and a pretty young girl with rather flushed face, who had just entered fror a doorway leading to the hall. "Well," said Mrs. Perkins, lookin up with that ineffably wise expressio wliich is imparted to the huma countenance by round silver spectacle perched obliquely on the bridge of th nose, " he ain't asleep, is he?" "Yes, he is," was the answer. " Glory be thanked for tnat, at least, said Mrs. Perkins, apparently irapalini herself on a long knitting-needle, which however, entered harmlessly into tb horn sheath that she wore at her side j ~ 11 j *.?/] eilCUHCU 111 It HUUiiULICU ICU unuuw "There will be five miuutes of peace, a least. You're tired, ain't you, Dora? "Yes," said Theodora White, "I ar rather tired." But her languid voice spoke plain] that the more accurate phrase woul have been "very tired." Theodora White was a tender, sofl eyed girl of eighteen, with a complexio of pearly clearness, and a rose apiece o her cheeks?a girl with a pure, Btraigb nose and a dimple on her chin, and pretty, pleading way of looking at 30 when Bhe spoke. She Rat down be6id the window, where the mignonnett* scented grape blossoms were swaying i the summer air, and leaned her forehea againBt the casement. Mrs. Perkins eyed her with an ow! like glance of sympathy. "It's a shame, so it is," said Mri Perkins, emphatically. "A man basn no business to be so tryin'?no, not he was sick forty times over! Scolc snap, snarl?this ain't right and t'othc thing is wronR! That's the way li keeps it up. I'd as soon wait on tb 'old boy' himself." Theodora smiled faintly, and arche her evebrows. "Why, Mrs. Perkins, you don't mea to compare my Uncle Joseph with f obnoxious a personage as you allud to ?" she said demurely. "Well," 6aid Mrs. Perkins, reflectivc *? u il.rt- nvililr/1 offor all IYj " IIICJ OiU t ou uunn<, UIU.1 ?.**. declare, sometimes, when he gets iu h tantrums, I've two minds and a half I give him a good shakin'. There ain no sens*' iu a man's bein' so unreasoi able. Yon can't please him no way yo can fix it." " We can at least try, Mrs. Perkins. " Yes. and that's jest what's a spilii him. He knows very well that if 1 was to want the moou, you'd hunt u the longest step ladder and try to reac it down. Ital avs did spoil children \ let'em have all they want.aud your Unc Joseph ain't nothin' but a grown-u child." " But. I don't let him have all h wants, Mrs. Perkins." " And a pretty kettle o' fish there1 be if yon did. Humph !" and the ol housekeeper p< ?uuced upou her ball r if she had, for a moment, identified with the personage under discussion. "It mightn't be such a bad idea, said Theodora, aft< r a moment's though fill oiloT^PA ^ " Be you crazy ?" demanded Mn Perkins, tartly. "Hush !" Theodora started from h? scat with uplifted finger. ''He i awake ; he wants me." And she was gone, swift, noiseless a a white-winged dove, before Mrs. Pej kins could volunte* r to go in her stead. " Yes," said Mrs. Perkins to herse.ll "it isa shame. He seems to think she' made of cast iron and India rubber?th old torment!" With this ratlier illogical expressio of her opiniou, Mrs. Perkins resume her knitting iu ire vigorously thai ever. Meanwhile Theodora hastened u stairs into a closely curtained nick-rooir where a querrulous old gentleman laj tortured with a great deal of "hypo and a very little actual illness. Uncle Joseph White chose to believ that he was very ill; and who, pra^ was a better judge of the state of hi bodily health than himself ? He screwed his face up into the sere bianco of a nut-cracker as his niece hui riedly entered the apartment and cam< to his bedside. "I've been thumping Jon the floor ti my arms are ready to drop out of thei e/vy*l?ofQ I" Ko nrrnuna/1 A rA mn A rn./v>acio i uo ?*-! ? deaf down Htairs ? or has old Perkiu forgotten there is any one in the worl but herself and her snuff-box?" "I'm very sorry, uncle?" " Actions speak louder than words ! snarled Uncle Joseph, ungraciously. "How do you feel now, Unci Joseph ?" askeil Theodora, soothingly. "I'm worse 1" " Are you ?" "Prilee higher?skin hot?face flusl ed; of course I'm worse. This coi founded hot room is enough to thro any one into a fever ! Open every doc and window?quick!" Without an instant's hesitation Thee dora unbarred the blinds, and thre open the four large windows and tw doors. The light from the western sk steamed like a flood of fiery radianc into the room ; the draft, whir lie through, caught up newspapers, flutte ed the leaves of books, and even upm Uncle Joseph's pet bottle of medicine. " O-w-w-w 1" roared the sick ma with vehemence, that proved his lunj at least to be quite free from diseast " do you want to blind me?to blow n away?" "You told me to do it, Unc JoseDh 1" " Shut the windows, quick?draw tl curtains!" groaned Uncle JosepJ "Who's that battering down the door ) " It's only a very gentle knockin uncle." " Then, I'm nervous. Go and see!' Presently Theodora returned. " It's Major Crowfoot, uncle ; 1 sends his compliments, and wishes learn how you are." " Tell him to go to tl>? " Yea, unole," " Well," said Uncle Joseph, as h niece returned to his bedside after a m mentary absence, " what did he say?" "He seemed very much offende uncle." "Offended! at what, pray?" d manded Uucle Joseph. " I suppose at being told to go the deuce !" answered Theodora, quit lv. " Girl," ejaculated the invalid, raisii himself half-way upon his elbow, " y< didn't tell him that?" "Yes, I did, uncle. You said you self, ' Tell him to go to the deuce.' " Mr. Joseph White fell back, flat ai motionless, among his pillows. " Theodora, you are a fool!" . "I'm very sorry, uncle," said The dora, beginning to whimper. Uncle Joseph stared at her in su r>risf? fVmld it, be nossible that tl dreary days and weeks of her stead fa attendance bad weakened her in telle and turned her brain ? "Give me my water-gruel," he sa ~ briefly, afitr a few moments ponderii over the unwelcome possibility. Theodora brought, in a neat litt china bowl, with a silver spoon lying ( the snowy, folded napkin that flanked on the tray. Uncle Joseph took one taste, ar threw down the spoon with a petula1 ){ sound not unlike a bark. n I "Trash, trash! Insipid as disl n water. Throw it to the pigs !" 7. Theodora took up the bowl and start* obediently for the door. t. " Here, here !" roared Uncle Jo^ep] r. " Where are you going to ?" 0 "To the pig-pen, uncle." 1 "Are you crazy, girl? The gruel ? well enough, orly Mrs. Perkins forg< Q i the nutmeg." j "But, uncle," said Theodora, tastic g | daintily of the contents of the bow n i " it's insipid as dish-watt r." n I " Will you allow m( to have an opii 8 I ion of my own ?" snarled Uncle Josep] e "It's very good, if that old crone dow stairs wili add the nutmeg and give another boil. Quick, now?I'm gettir ? hungry! A man must eat, even if he r, at death's loor ?" ? ' * J- lf-? T>^Jr;na ytT< , I A miDUie airerwarun iu.i?. j.cin.mo itc q j surprised by Theodora's eutrauce. If "Well," said the housekeeper," what || i awantm' now ?" ,t j "A littln grated nutmeg in tbis gru.? ? 1 and uncle would like it warmed up otu q ! more." / " What, are you smiling about, Dora \ j j " Was I smiling ?" j ; " Your eyes was, if your mout I wasn't," said Mrs. Perkins, keenly. | "Will you bo as quick as you cai c Mrs. Perkins?" said Theodora. "B n ! says he is hungry," . But when Theodora re-entered h< a uncle's room, the invalid had take u . another tack. e I "Why didn't you stay all day?" 1 5. growled. n i " Indeed, uncle, I hurried all I could, j ! pleaded Dora. " Here's the gruel, a smoking." [. .But Uncle Joseph 6hook his head. "It's too late; I've lost all rr appetite!" he moaned. 't " Won't you have the gruel, uncle' if " No, I won't 1" 1 And Uncle Joseph closed his eyes. 1 Sr if to signify he was too weak to deba e i the question further. He wait* l6 auxiously for Theodora to press tt question further, but she did not; an id presently he opened his eyes the lea | little bit in the world. n " Theodora 1" 10 "Sir?" [e "I'll try just one spoonful of thi j gruel before it gets cold." >. ! "Why, uncle, I threw it away." I j "Threw?my?gruel?away!" gaspt is the sick man, breathlessly. o ' "You told me you did not want i 't j uncle." j. "I told you so! Furies and fiddl u strings ! You might know by this tin j that I don't mean what I say. Get n "^s>me more?quick ! If I hadn't be( Q' ' bedridden for a year, I could go twi< ie as fast as you do 1" he adde< p ! grumblingly. " I never saw such h ; snail in my life. Oh, dear ! to think ^ shall never walk again !" |e j Uncle Joseph lay counting tl p | seconds until his niece brought in i second bowl of gruel, this tim s t e 1 deliciously made that even he could ni j tiud fault with it. J " Uncle," said Theodora, as she si lit on the table at the bedside, "tl ; doctor said, yesterday, that he real it ! thought, if you were" to try, you cou! i walk as well as anfbody!" "I "The doctor's a fo-1." said Unc t_ I Joseph, " and you may tuli him so wil my compliments!" "I will, uncle, the next time 1 omes." ,r "Theodora!" ;8| "Sir." " If you do, I'll disinherit you I" l8 | " Very well, uncle !" r. "Theodora, you'll have to feed m I This annoyance has weakened me ten f, i ^7 I" 8| "Yes, uncle." e I " Stop?stop?it's hot?you're cho j ing me!" But Theodora kept resolute n i on. " Sto-o-p!" spluttered Uncle .Tosep] a ' nimbly sornmblin^ to the other side < | the bed. What do you mean, Theodor p . Didn't I tell you to stop ? Idon't beliei , j tliere's an inch of skin left on ir / j throat!" " | "You told me yourself, uncle, thatyc ^ j don't menu what you say. How was e j to know that this was an exception 1" An irate rejoinder trembjed on Unc r I Joseph's tongue, when suddenly 1 ! caught sight of a blue column of smol ' wreathing up under his window. " What's that smoke ?" he ejaculate* e "I think it's Mrs. Perkins, sir, puttir fresh kindlings ou the kitchen fire." II " No, it.isu't !"* yelled Uncle Josepl ir " the house is on fire!" |] Theodora dropped the spoon audboT i8 and rushed out of the room, shriekini " The house is on fire! help! lnurdei thieves!" The servants below the stairs caugl * -5 j :l ^,1 :11 " up MIC cry HL1U reuucu ii/iii nuuu uiauia ; Uucle Joseph listened with bristled hn [e a ad dilated eyes. | " Help ! help The bawled, but no 01 | responded. Louder still he yelled, b' , yet in vaiu. I " Am I am to stay here in my bed j. be burned to death ?" he asked himse] w : and scrambled out with agility th )r , fairly surprisec1 himself. j The servants were arrayed on tl lawn, staring in all directions to fii w the exact locality of the fire, when tl .0 gardner uttered a shriek. y j " If there ain't master, as hasn't le !e his bed for year, a runnin' as if a tig ? was arter him !" r. " Where?where's the fire ?" panf< Uncle Joseph, gazing wildly aroru him. >n Mrs. Perkins rushed to the front doo js her cap-strings streaming, j; I "I never saw such a pack of_bo le idiots in my life I" she gasped. "The j ain't no fire?only a few pieces of grei le wood I put in the kitchen fire ! 0: | would think you'd never seen smo' le . afore, and?why, if there ain't master ti, j "Theodora, said Mr. White, loo I" | ing somewhat sheepish, " where did yi g > see a fire ?" "I didn't see it, uncle, bat you sa ' | the house was on fire," Theodora ma j answer demurely, " and of course ae thought you must know. Plea* to | uncle, go hack to ged again." I "I won't !"eaid Uacle Joseph, gath< : ing the skirt* of hi? wrapper clot I about him. lie " But, uncle, you're sick." o- "No, I'm not!" "Uncle, do you really mean it?" d, "Of course I do, Theo ?" And he did mean it. The cure 1 e- been effected; and Theodora menta congratulated herself on the succese to her plan of treatment. And Un ;t- Joseph never alluded to the day which his niece had taken him so i 3g plicity at his word. jU ? Carious Results of Wounds. [r* The New Orleans Democrat saj , The late Alexandre Grailhe, whose 1 mains were brought from Europe in 1 steamship Nuremberg, had a singu and rather unpleasant experience on 1 field of honor in his young days. Li all adventurous young Frenchmen foi *. years ago, he could not avoid in vol' ment, in some of those numerous perst . al affairs which were then so freqm between Frenchmen and fiery you j Creoles. With two very prominent a fyailant gentlemen of the latter ra< ? Mr. Grailhe became engaged in cont: , versies which led to meetings on t ie i t? ,'nn??nns + 11C1U UI HUiiUi. J. Li U1JC IUDU iUDU?UVU I duel was fought with swords, aud t unfortunate Frenchman was run throu i the body, and not only suffered grea . from his wound, but exhibited, I years afterward, the effect of the injn , in a certain inclination of his boc which was not natural, owing to the : ternal abscess resulting from the wour Some time after he engaged in his seco rencontre, in which he received the bi * let of his adversary through the bo<] Strange to say, the beneficient miss , passed through the former wour . opening the abscess which threaten the estimable gentleman's life ; and inflicting a new, severe, and paini wound, not only cured him, but had t ' effect of straightening his person tc j rigid and exact perpendicularity, that his carriage appeared even u ^ naturally stiff' and haughty. Quite a Bimilar experience of t offect of wounds is related by I l.? Guthrie in his celebrated work on gu shot wounds, of that distinguish British chieftain who received his dea wound oil the plains of Chalmet.te in t , memorable battle on the 8th of Junuai 181K Wa refer to Lieut.-Gen. t j I Edward Pakenham. In the attack the British at the close of the last ce tury on the French fortifications on t ,,, island of Martinique, Col. Pakenha who led the storming party, received ^ musket ball, which passed through 1 neck. He recovered from the wour but waa for some years afterward ve r' marked by it, bearing his bead with strong inclination to one side of 1 }r body. Seven or eight years subsequei ' ly Pakenham was the second man to i cend the ladders which had been ests lished against the walls of Badajos, Spain, in the brilliant assault of t i? British on that fortified town, and ^ ji again shot through the neck, the b entering on the opposite side to that his old wound, and passed apparen' through the same track. On recoveri bis neck was brought into its origii erect an l natural position. 18 A Russian Officer's Fate te A locomotive ran over a good deal ?d human experience near a freight dnj ? in TfnnniLB ro^pntlv. A SWit id engine with three baggage cars \i Bt backing rapidly, when a man rush from a side-crossing and disappear beneath the wheels ; and when the tn had passed, the mangled and quiverii it body of Captain Kottwitz was fou lying across the rails in a pool of bloc He was an office* of the Russiau i sd perial guard during the Crimean wi wounded during an assault upon t t( Redan. He was sent homo to his fathe estate near Moscow, and enjoyed t e- pleasures of a young nobleman until ie rejoined the imperial guard. E ie colonel was arrested for a politic >n offence, and sentenced to the Siberi 3e mines for life. The captain and elev officers conspired to effect the release a the colonel, but the plot was discover I and the ringleaders were sentenred death. On account of his high ra ie his sentence was commuted to servi a for life in a Cossack regiment in eoste <0 Siberia. He escaped from the militn jt prison at Moscow, made his way to t Black sea, and ptissed into the Turki et dominions. He arrived in New York te 1863 and joined the 'seventh volunt* [y regiment, serving until the close of t Id war. In 1870 he went to Rome a made an unsuccessful effort to secure le pardon from the Czar. The death th his grandmother cut off his annuity, I gave him S20.000, with which he retu; ie ed to the I) nited States and settled Kansas. His fortune went to waste ii I land speculation, and he was thro' upon his own resources, which fina failed to keep him out of debt, spoke seven languages ; he was a grac e. ate of Heidelberg; and he had two t j. paid board bills in his pocket when dashed out his brains. k. Afternoon Men. ly There is a proverb which says " W1 can be done at auy time is never don* h, and applies especially to a class w of have become nlaves to the habit of p a? crastination, the habitual postponi ?e of everything that they are not co ly polled by necessity to do immediate Now, delays are not only damaging m present prospects, but they are destri I tive of ultimate success. A dilatory m is not to be depended up in. T le slightest pretext is sufficient for him le disappoint you. If au employee, t ce sooner he is discharged, the greater t advautage to the employer. There c A. those who may properly be culled " i tg ternoon meu." They are always bu getting ready to go to work. In t ti, morn! ^ they walk around, carefully j spec* ilieir duties, and say : " Plenty vl do tr day. I must go to work this g, ternoon 1" About three o'clock tb r! survey what they haven't done, and < claim: "One thing and anotl bt has prevented me from making a y. headway to-day. I'll quit, and bej ir bright and early to-morrow morninj One day with them is simply the refi ie tion of another, There is nothing j lit complished in a whole life ; and th western sun overtakes them and fir to no preparation for the -wants and iufir f, j ities of age. There is nothing to lc at back upon but squandered time. C hour's exercise in the morning loos< 2e the muscles of the limbs, sets the blc In vnina oml fif.q ft m ill UUUUU^ 1U i/uu v v>??v. ? ie physicully and mentally for the da activity ; while one hour's sloth af ift breaklast produces a torper from wh: er it is almost impossible to rally. 2d Wear a Smile. Which will you do ? smile and mf others happy, or be crabbed and m? r, everybody around you miserable ? Y can live among flowers and singing bir rn or in the mire surrounded by fogs a re j frogs. The amount of happiness whi en | you can produce is incalculable, if j tie will only show a smiling face, a ki ke heart, and speak pleasant words. 1" the other hand, by sour looks, cr k- words, and a fretful disposition, you < 3U make hundreds unhappy almost beyo endurance. Which will you do ? W id a pleasant countenance; let joy be de in your eye and love glow on your fo I head. There is no joy so great as tl se, which springs from a kind act or pleas deed, and you may feel it at night wl sr- you rest, and at morning when you ri ter and throughout the day when about yi 1 daily business, THE LAKE WITHOUT BOTTOM. A Wonderful Sheet of Water nigh Ci Among Mountains. 1(Mj The Nevada Enterprise says: Pyramic Hy lake is nearly forty miles in length b] | 0f from fifteen to twenty in width. It ii c]e .but 4,000 feet above the level of the sea on while Lake Tahoe 0 216 feet above th< m_ sea level. The lake contains manj islands, several of which, near the mid die of the lake, rise to the height o: some hundreds of feet, and are pyra midal in form and light gray in color, 8 ' One fall spire, seen tar down to thf re" northward where the lake seems shore ;h0 leBfl, is perfectly white.% A large island, lftr probably the largest in the lake, con ;he tains five or six square miles of comparaike tivelv level ground, and is covered witl fty vegetation. Upon this island a numbei ve~ of goats were turned loose some yean since, and they have increased at a won -ut derful rate, so that tnej may now o? n8 Been feeding npon every hill. Thej nd need no care, winter or summer, and 3e? are about as wild as the goats found bj r?" Robinson Crusoe on the island of Juar 'h? Fernandez. The lake is of immense j16 depth; it is said that near the centei 600 fathoms of lineiailed to And bottom. The waters of the lake are brackish, fty except immediately about the poinl or where the waters of" the Truckee rivei [ry flow into it. fy. Owing to the brackishness of its l?" waters, to its great depth, or to both l<*? depth and brackishness, the lake nevei D" freezes. j"* Although the lake is generally very '/ rough, owing to. its being exposed to sweeping westerly winds, the Piute Inl"? dians fearlessly navigate it in all direcfcions and almost at all times on their by tule rafts. These rafts are often nothing more than a single bundle of tules, but j when the raft is intended to accommodate 1 a | more than one person two or three 80 bundles are lashed together and drawn in" j into the shape of a clumsy boat. Near shore they generally pole these crafts "e about, but they frequently hoist a sail *r> made of a blanket and fearlessly steer lb* away so far out upon the lake that only their sail remains visible. These tule boats veiy closely resemble the catah? mnrann need bv the natives of some of T? tho islands of "the South Pacific. Thoy !|ir are so buoyant that it is impossible to by sink them. Far out in the lake among i,n' islands they set their long lines, strung ue full of hooks. These they visit on their m> rafts, and sometimes bring in not less .a than 300 pounds of trout at one trip. 118 The trout are sold at ten cents per pound at the lake, therefore ijt will readir7 ily be seen that fishing is a profitable .a business. ? 118 At the north or lower end of the lake are a dozen or more islands of rock of peculiar and picturesque form. These T* are of solid rock, and are from 300 to 111 400 feet in height. At a distance they "e look like monster mushrooms or eggs standing on stems?such eggs as might have been produced by the roe, that p bird of ancient times, one wing of "7 which, according to Ibn-El-Wardee, was n? 10,000 fathoms long. ia* It is impossible to climb these rocks, as, while their stems form perpendicular walls, it is beyond the power of man to ascend those parts where thev begin to of swell out into domes. Mr. Stiles says iot he has sounded the lake at the base of ch some of these fantastic islands, and, with >as the longest line at his command, was ed ; unable to find bottom. ed I One of the largest of these islands, lin the tall white one seen from tov;ard the og I head of the lake, ie not wholly perpennd I dicular on all sides. On one of its sides id. I there is a steep slope which it is thought m- I might be scaled in some way. A story I 1 .i. it.. 1_1._ TV?l,r> fl ir, ]8 curreni hi nit; iimt* buni csuuu w. lie Fremont, the great " Pathfin-.ler," found r's a path to the top of this rook. It is he believed that he left his field glasses and he some other instruments of value on the [is summit of the rock, and many attempts 3ftl have been made to climb it in order to an secure these articles. en The last attempt to scale the pyramid of was by a sailor, who used a long rope, ed throwing it upward till it caught upon a to projecting point of rock, then drawing nk himself up and again throwing his rope ice to the rock above. He reached a height rn of about 150 feet, when he was unal?le ry to find any more projections over which he to throw his rop^, and came near never ish reaching level ground alive. He was in obliged to descend in the same way as he ;er effected the ascent, and when he finally he got down he was completely exhausted; nd his hands were bleeding and he was cut a and scratched from head to foot. The of fishermen have now concluded that the >ut only way in which the field glasses and rn- other plunder can be secured is bj in attaching a Jine to a rock and then firing a a it over the top of the pyramid from s wn mortar. Ily One of the small rocky islands of th? tfe lake is alive with rattlesnakes. It ie lu- supposed that the first of the stock werf 111- wafted to the island on a raft of tules 01 ^J Ha/i Wnrj/I nrlin ban n'flifiv' UC Ul 11 Irn UUU. XJKJ <u. nuou, .U,u f... the island, Fays there is "millions ii it." The reptiles have their home? among the rocks and live on the eggt Jflt aQd young of water-fowl, and upon th< e " dead fish that are cast ashore upon th< ho island. Mr. Wood says that the storief ro- that have been told of the snakes rushUg ing in a body, hissiug and rattling, tc ra. attack any man landing on the island, lv. are untrue. He found that whenever to j they were disturbed they ran away and 1C. concealed themselves in "the crevices oi an the roclft, just as would have bee^done he by any other snakes. to | ? he I A Long Walk to Get Married. he j The Free Grant (N. Y.) Gazette saye ire | a domestic event has transpired there of if- j much interest to our secluded comisy i munity, namely, the marriage of Mise -lie j Lambier and Mr. Johu Vaughn. Tc in- get a marriage license, the bridegroom to walked from his place of future resiaf deuce five miles from Beggsboro', tc ey Burk's (nine miles). Mr. Bark not be;X ing at home, Vaughn was sent to where lei he was working, a distanc'e of twentyny four miles from the residence. Mr. ;in Burk sent him back to the house for a j." form, and upon his return* gave him o ec- license, and Vaughn proceeded with ii ac- home to the bride's, eighteen miles fureir ther?ninety-nine miles so far. Then ids they went to the Rev. Mr. Gilmour's, r m- distance of twelve miles, where thej .Mr woro lmnnilv united, and returned homt ,v"* I , >ne i to lier house?another twelve miles, ins Total for her, twenty-four miles, and foi >od him, one hundred and twenty-three an miles, in the ardent pursuit of matriy's mony. Needless to say that all this dh ter tance was traveled on foot. ich - All Same as White Man. Natives were yesterday astonished bj I an unusual sight on Carson street. An ike I aboriginal beau and belle were promenadtke | ing our thoroughfare, attired in the ou i latest fashion. They were a Piute (1b, I couple. The buck wore a new, sinning md I silk hat, a suit of black broadcloth, and ich a snowy-white shirt, and his hands en ou cased in a pair of light kid gloves. The nd squaw was dressed in some nice woollen On goods very fashionablv cut, a dark jackel usa covered ail over with beads, an oh I such jan a duck of a bonnet as made some ot hei fiim rrrnon until PTiVT. LIU | WJLlItO OlOlCiO vuiu M*v? ?J ear I This couple traversed the city arm iu am ! arm, and, had it not been for theii re- copper-colored features, might have hat I been taken for some foreign "nobs.'1 ant i Upon being questioned how he and hit len manhala came in possession of their fine se, toggery, the buck replied :?"All samt our white gentleman: me play poker anc beat Indiana,"?Carton (Jtev.) Appeal Anecdotes of Dogs. FAF Many curious traits are exhibited by m dogs, showing the highest order of in- ^ 1 stinct, if not of reason. Telesius Telates j the following f.ict of bis own dog, to j which ho was an eye witness: The animal had been worried by another of ( j greater Bt:ength; when ho returned to -j. ( T his home it wa>- observed that he ab stained from half the quantity of the ;l ' * i_: " qtl ? I ioua regiuuny ^ivwh mux, lunuiu^ muuii ^ . of store for his savings. A'fter some days he went out, brought back with him gjJon j several dogs of the neighborhood, and ^ feasted them upon his horde of food. This singular proceeding attracted his ! 1 master's attention, -who, closely watching the result, observed that they all meftj t went out together. Following them he , found they proceeded by several streets fln(i | j to the outskirts of tht> town, where the ^ leader singled out a large dog, which 8^ee ) was immediately set upon by all his Qg r guests, and very severely punished. ! ^ I A watch dog that was habitually , r chained to his kennel iound that his t collar was large enough to allow him to j ( withdraw hiB head from it whenever ho Qj &t) . chose to do so. Reflecting, however* wate that if he should attempt any such prao- c f tice when his master or keeper were, I about they might so tighten his collar as (jee8( ! to prevent its repetition, he always re- 0f pe frained from the manoeuvre during the 8aijC) , day, but availed himself of the privilege 8U^8 L by night, roaming about the neighbor- p0 . ing fields that were stocked with sheep and lambs, some of which on sundry oc- ^ r casions he wounded or killed. Beiiring y^g, , on his mouth the marks of his misdeeds g0| . lie would go to a neignooring stream to j wash off the blood, having done which ner8 < he would return to his kennel, and, slip- f y Pi^g his head into his collar, lie down ^ ; "on his bed as though he had been there 8^u | all night. jjave , Mr. Jesse gives the following anecdote jjave of remarkable sagacity in a dog belong- ]eav? ! ing to a farmer in Lincolnshire: If any r well dressed person goes into the farm ^ yard during the day the dog takes no , notice. If, however, a beggar enter the ^ . premises the dog instantly goes to him, ^eef , gently lays hold of his stick or clothes ^ ' and quietly leads him to the door of the 8j;eaj i dwelling house, and sees him safe off ^ tke premises under similar precautions. , Dut in the higlit the faithful animal will . apprehend all persons alike, and never aQ(j .. 1 release a gentle grasp until bidden by from 1 his master or mistress. The latter has a i sister living on an adjoining farm. In . order to make a short cut between the flt) . two house 3 a single plank was thrown across a d ;ep brook. The wife of the ^ , owner of the dog constantly and fearless- . ^ ly intrusts her little children to his care A _ -i --.-i. i.- it.? 4. aQdi , Wiieil Oil U V1SIU l/U LUC1T uuui, xuo urnmal halts the little group of children A , when he comes to the narrow bridge, .. , and conducts them over one by one, al- j-,*3 ways taking firm hold of the child's gar[ ments behind, and when he has safely ( ; escorted one child he returns for another. He then awaits their return and conveys buck them home in a similar manner. ?f I1 t At Woolwich theatre during the per- w^h formance of "Jesse Vere," in the third yeast act, in which a terrific combat takes morn . place between a mother and t^o assas- ?? *h< sins for the possession of her child, a n largo Newfoundland dog that had man- der * aged to get into the pit along with his scant owner (an engineer of a steamship), once, leaped over the heads of the musicians Hi in the orchestra and flew to the rescue, cold and seizing one of the rnffins dragged Pat 1 him to the floor. The dog was with into i difficulty removed and dragged off the and stage. He had been accustomed to the flour company of children and had on many the p occasions evinced atrong proofs of affec- suffic tion. The mimic life on the theatre eggs stttge had all the appearance of reality paral to the noble brute and he haster ed to the p | exhibit the promptings of his kindly in- c0 stincts.?English Paper. beef i sugai Snails as a Delicacy. PePP Something like 90,000 pounds of ^.?a snails are sent up daily to the Paris 8?,im markets from the gardens of Poltou, Burgundy, Champngne, and Provence, ? > where they are specially reared for this tirev J ~ J.. . vear purpose, the natural delicate flavor 01 * ? 1 their flesh being improved by feeding 1 ' them on beds of aromatic herbs. It is , 1 not onlv as a delicacy that snails are so 9^or ; generally appreciated in France. They 1 also take high rank as a moat nutritious ' food, and from the time of the Romans ? f?' J downward have been regarded as an bodie excellent medicine in consumption and f^otic ; weakness of the chest. According to "fn8 ' Payen .they contain seventy per cent, of stanc water, sixteen per cent, of nitrogen, one 1 per cent, of fat, two per cent, of salts, ?ul(* | *nd five per cent, of undetermined | matter. In preparing them for the table Ifwe ' they are first well washed and then ,cel 1 thrown, shells and all, ' into boiling 1 water, where they are allowed to remain draw: 1 till well cooked. The liquor is then m0. f 1 strained off, the contents of the shells J extracted with a suitable instrument, and ? -fir?a liaali urif.h S1U08 J l/UUpp&U AUW Ui OUV _. 1 sardines and bread crumbs. The shells .. 1 are then crammed with this forcemeat, f 5 broiled lightly in butter, garnifhed with ?^; J parsley, and served up with a sauce pre- ?ar"1 5 pared from tho broth obtained in the temp * boiling stage of the process. It is not Prot? 1 generally known that the French first acquired their appreciation of these .ce ' delicate molusks from the Germans, who mmg introduced the cust-om of eatiug them ,n"! I into the eastern provinces, whence it | spread rapidly through the whole coun- ?nti' try. In Germany it has fallen into fore> 1 complete disuse, except in some few Pe??e ! parts of Bohemia. bette hous< (j Worth of a Fig. * j Mr. Robertson, in his "Notes on weatl | [ Africa," gives the following anecdote of fcV0 < , the admistratiou of justice iu that quar- parat , ter of thoglobe: AtTantum, the mother j for ei of a child wa< attracted by.its cries, j , ; which were caused by ft pig having I j , i stolen something from it of which it had j ^ ^ I been eating: as was natural, the woman j aj ^ , struck the pig with a stick which hap- i C0UBj, ' pened to be near. This blow, the owner oQ j . of the pig contended, caused its death. ^ jg? The affair, however, remained many comv t years unnoticed, but it was at length D]UCg . brought forward, and urged with such ^jn{: vigor that many persons were involved ^ j in it who were not born at the time the D0]jC( t transaction took place. Ab the animal p was a female, the damages were calcu- ^ , lated at a higher rate, and the result was ^here that every one connected by the most . ^ . distant affinity with the unhappy mother, ^ j to the number of' thirty-two, husband, , children and all that were most dear, ?er^e ( were sold as a remuneration for the loss pran( of a pig. The avarice of the chiefs, who j received a proportion of the spoil, was 8e88j0 only restrained when there was nothing mj( more to be disposed of. The same mon- gacj ( strous practice is adopted on the loss of . jl 1 fowls, and the claims calculated in the ' same way. Whole families have been i 1 sold for a single chicken. ! ... > Mif ; in thf 1 The " Brownest" Wedding. are tb The brownest wedding we have heard may s i of took place in Tuscaloosa a few days proac i ago. The groom and bride were Mr. tified ; | Brown and Miss Minnie Brown, and the his fa i ceremony was performed by liev. John peara Brown, and the reception was given by been' Mr. Henry Brown. Miss Minnie Brown eve oi i lias brown eyes and wa? attired in brown anoth autrousse, while Mr. David Brown was met o > likewise dressed in a brown suit. Alto- while ' gether, the occitsion was a brown affair, ing 1 i and the Gazette of Oak City in extend- court J ing congratulations to Mr. Brown coufi- other > dcntly expresses a hope that the " name able 1 I of Brown may ever be perpetuated."? but" , I JDeoatur (Ala.) Ngwb, him? LX, GARDEN AND HOUSEHO florent Way* or l*reparlnjr Cabba*' lady writes the Farm Journal : llent cold slaw is made by shredc ilid head of cabbage with a tl p knife or a slaw cutter, then pla< jut cabbage in your dish, pour c iressing made by heating a pin gar scalding hot, then beating i lickly one beaten egg, with a In utter as large as a walnut, an ^spoonful of sugar. The cabb Id be thinly sprinkled with salt i >er as it is put in the dish. i ^irtr rto KKo r?n nV^nr. A* QViko^ /I l f xxj uauiya^g} vuvp uj. oiu&u vji have a spider hot on the stove h is a small quantity of buttei ; drippings, season and put in age, and c.ver tight, stirring of taking care it does not scorch on ;r. Cooked in this way it is v t ana nice. .bbage makes a nice dish also co y dropping into salted boiling wal when taken out, minced fine wit! >, then pouVing over it a dress 3 by taking a piece of butter the ? i egg, and a coffeecupfal of boil: r; cut up the butter with a half-t al of flour, and stir it gradually lot water. When it boils, stir ii jrtspoonful of vinegar, and a d ipper, with a little salt. For 9, thick sweet cream is an excell titute. t hot slaw, propare the same as slaw, cook tender, and pour o dressing, or merely season w jar before dishing up. nebody has said that corned beef w d cabbage makes the best 36C d a man can eat in a year. To real nil measure of excellence, the qt curing and cooking of the b Id be considered, but with this a A*\ A ci f a />qKKo JUUllU^U^ IAJ Ui/> HO DV wuo \x*uuw a solid head stripped of the outs >8 except one layer, divide it r ters by gashing down nearly throt e lower end of the core. Skim ng grease as nearly as you can fr Dp of the water in your pot of boili and about one hour before din: in your cabbage and keep it boil ily and slowly until you are ret *h it. Now carefully lift it < a skimmer and lay on a platt ing well, take off the outside lav rour cabbage will come out cl grease or scum. Recipes. ple Costard.?Pare and core ?; set them in a pan with v< water, and stew them until tend put them in a pudding-dish wi reaking; fill the centres with sng >our over them a custard made irtof milk, five eggs, four oun< gar and a very little nutmeg; udding-dish in a baking-pan h >f -water, and bake half an ho i it either hot or cold at the dinn ckwheat Casks.?To a quart wheat add two level spoonfuls er idian meal and wheat flour; e warm water; add a cup of sw . and a teaspoonful of salt. In 4 ing, before baking, pour off a c 3 batter and set in a cool place ext morning, then beat the fema >riskly for a few minutes, add i teaspoon ful of soda and bake .shed Fowl.?Take the meat fr< fowl, and cnt it in email piec lalf a pint of well-flavored stx a stew-pan, add a little salt, pepp nutmeg, and thicken with so and butter; let it boil, then put ieces of fowl to warm; after stewi iently, serve with some poacl laid on the hash, with a sprig ey in the center, and garnish ron late with pieces of fried bread. rning Beef.?For 100 pound, take seven pounds salt, two port two ounces saltpetre, two oua< er, two ounces soda; dissolve ind a half gallons of water; tx , and let cool; when a scum ri a few weeks scald the brine ov >y so doing and keeping meat < covered with brine, it will keej and more. ?onl Cisterns?Can*? and Care. p principal cause of the disagreeal of cistern water is stagnation, aotionless condition it remains long periods of time. Sprinj us, clouds and all fresh and s s of water are in almost contini >n ; constantly receiving and eir air, heat, cold and mineral si es, and changing position, iorm ty. Thus the Almighty keeps tl pure, healthful ahd invigorate in tightly-covered cisterns the of all tliis is measurably tri pt as the water is moved by ev< Btorm pouring in, or every pail n out, the mass of liquid is sile; inless, and soon becomes stagna d, dead. In a short time a coat ' Rediment covers the bottom a of any and every cistern, e cistern cover excludes the rays iun tnat would hasten decompc The supporting andsurroundi also keeps the water at a lov erature, and tends to disiufect a ct it in a healthy condition- A anical contrivance that would p motion and aeration?that wot lo 1-111 ro air wif.h til A standinC wa ?ht preserve it in nearly its norc tion. But this would be erpeus generally, impracticable. The have two or more rmall, chei nt, brick or stone cisterns in, r still, outside, of every farme 3. If one of these small, che voirs, that will cost less than 3 tobacco or liquor, is, in wa ler, emptied and washed clean ev< jr three months, rain water, co ively pure, will generally be rea rery day use. l Chinaman Hanged for Debt. 5au Francisco Chinaman appear i station-house, and alleged that 1 a had been tried by a Chinese cot itreet for debt, had been sentenc ith, and was to be huug. He i anied the officers to point out t , but on the road was met by oth imen, and then refused to go c our after he again came to t ) and repeated his story. T :s locked him up and forced hi I where the place was. They we , and found a Chinaman hangi: e neck to a ratter in ms own rooi ead. The Chinese tell contrad tones about it, and are in a gvt :nt and anxious to get the S iisco Chinaman out of jail. It he Chinese court is now holding m, and the officers think of maki: 1 and rapturing the whole lot. imento Cors Virginia City Chro Case3 of Mistaken Identity, (taken identity is a fruitful thei > hands of the novelist, and he iree cases from New York, whi iid the production of the ever a hing American novel. A son id a body at the morgue as that ther, who, however, made his a nffo* Vm nrnnpr's inmiPRt, h UtC ~ J - held, and, as a prisoner, was on t [ being tried for his taking off. er case the father of a family -w n the street by one of bis childr bis supposed remains were awa rnrial at his residence. In t s another curions case came up t day. The accused was, fortunate' ,o prove be was not the crimii 1 some other fellow," and so row )li from the penitentiary. ID. The Sultan's Rose. e> Sultan Hassan, wishing to see the J An world, and lay aside for a time the ma anxieties and cares of royalty, committed i [jjq the charge of his kingdom to his favorite loo .jjj' minister, and taking with him a Iferge j. amount of treasure in money and jewels, ^ 10f visited several foreign countries in the y8 character of a wealthy merchant. Pleased . mp with the tour, and becoming interested ,. ,j a in the occupation he had assumed as a ? age disguise, he was absent much longer P?* m(j than he originally intended, and in the ^ course of a few years greatly increased 1111(3 his already stock of wealth. His pro- 1 jjj tracted absence, however, proved a temp- aQ ! or tation too strong for the virtue of the 8tei the viceroy, who. gradually forming for himself a party among the leading men of P** the ^j16 cotintry, at length communicated to 1 el_ tne common people tne intelligence mat caii the Sultan Hassan was no more, and on' 0]j. quiftly seated himself on the vacant pl& throne. Sultan Hassan returning shortly tho [j ^ afterwards from his pilgrimage, and for- ^ jDg tunately for himself, still in disguise, 8tai ,izo learned, as he approached his capital, in? the news of his own death and the usur- ne_ e&, pation of his minister; finding, on furjjj ther inquiry, the party of the usurper to _ a a be too strong to render an immediate nBt; disclosure prudent, he preserved his in- ^ the cognito, and soon became known in ii??. ent Cairo as the wealthiest of her merchants; iMl nor did it excite any surprise when he veri for announced his pious intention of devot- F v^r ing a portion of his gains to the erection oil, of a spacious mosque. The work pro- oliv oeeded rapidly under the spur of, the oli\ ith great merchant's gold, and, on its com- roli in. pletion, he solicited tho honor of the j26 sultan's presence at the ceremony of C ial_ naming it.' Anticipating the gratifies- the eef tion of hearing his own tame bestowed yea we upon it, the usurper accepted the invi- moi ?e tation, and at the appointed hour the the hni'lrlinc wm hv him ftTirl hifl most nf.Vii ato attached adherents. The ceremony had ^ duly proceeded to the time when it ^ e became necessary to give the name. en7 om The chief moolah turning to the supposed ?< p ing merchant, inquired what should be ita ??? Qgj> name. iug " Call it," he replied, " the mosque of Kjy the Sultan Hassan." All stared at the . 3nfc mention of this name, and the question- . jy ,er, er, as though he could not ?believe he rf er' heard aright, or to afford an opportunity r? ea? of correcting what might be a mistake, Jr: repeated his demand. " Call it," again . V I cried he, " the mosque of me, Sultan ? vj Hassan;" and throwing off his disguise, ^ 3ry the legitimate sultan stood revealed beer. fore his traitorous servant. He had no time for reflection; simular taneously with the discovery, numerous 0{ .trap-doors leading to extensive vaults, 30, ( 3eg which had been prepared for the pur- 00? set Pose? were open, and a multitude *3,C of armed men issuing from them, ter- P601 nr minated at once the reign and life of the 0 Qr_' usurper. His followers were mingled in loac 1 the slaughter, and Saltan Hassan was hol< } j once more in possession of the throne of a g I his father. One tUX j urjr ^ | Rlza Pacha. neet 'Up j Biza Pacha, reputed to be one of the d re fQy I richest men in Turkey, who died at rare }n_ Kadikeui not long ago, was in some re- mui a 6pects a remarkable man. He was " originally an Arao slave boy. He was stro j brought to Constantinople at the begin- rive ' ning of the present century, and rose to one* I some of the highest offices in the State, who k | having been six times minister of war, inci | thrice minister of marine and thrice killi er' grand master of artillery. He held office a bl D?e j at various^ritical periods of Turkish hati m | history, ajo<^ was at the head of the war live j office during the Crimean war, during j| ie(l | the Syrian massacres and European ^hrc ?l ; occupation, and during the insurrection 111 I at Crete. He was decorated with many | orders at various times, having received pje I the highest Turkish orders of the Os- aruj ids | manie and the Medjidie, the Persian (]ref ; Order of the Lion and the Sun, the in | orders of the Bath, of the Legion of ^ j >il> | Honor, of the Austrian St, Leopold and bell 3es | the Iron Crown of Italy. Strange to wej, er> ! say, although he knew a little French, -p 5n* ; he never succeeded in mastering anv ~ . } a European language, but spoke Turkish . and Arabic fluently. Notwithstanding his wealth he was not ostentatiously ff . t^e charitable. His "good deeds," if he ~? or performed any, were done in secret. He in was about seventy years old at the time gs, of his d^ath, The latter years of his Pf J alt life were quietly spent in his house at iial Kadikeui, overlooking the Bo8phorus , lit- and the Sea of Marmora. It was his *T, ib- daily custom when the weather permit- 9, , or ted to walk to the seashore and^moke liis his tchibouque there. His meditations sd. latterly must have been interesting, and, re- for a Turk of the " old school," not al- q ne. together pleasant. S ' wife Words of Wisdom. whe Better be alone than in ill company. In t nt' ~ Z fffltl of (Jonsianc occupation prevent temput- o? nd tion. Courage ought to have eyes as well as j of arms. IS'" Necessity reforms the poor and satiety liri % tbericb. % i A true frieud does sometimes venture and ' to be offensive. tion ro. j Prosperity is not without many fears of jid and distastes; and adversity is not with- Pr0: ter ] out comforts and hopes. tou< aal i "We have all of us sufficient strength 8CO* ive | of mind to endure the misfortunes of re-1 other people. lPi ! Watch over yourself. Be your own ^er. ?f? ! accuser, then your judge. Ask yourself ^hor ir s I grace sometimes, and, if there is need, ^usl iaP : impose upon yourself some pain. gaij mi j A warm mind sinks under prosperity ng, ?rv 1 fls weli 113 unuer Huvermty. a. ouun^ ^uu, j mind has two highest tides?when the and I" j moou is at the full and when there is n? Thi: ' j moon. Luc i The mind is nourished at a cheap rate. The Neither cold, nor heat, nor age itself soap , can interrupt this exercise. Give, there- stop lis i f?re* aH you can to a possession which thes . ameliorates even its old age. j - treal ic-. Ghastly Compact. he The Paris Temps announces the exer istence at Paris of a Mutual Autopsy j ?n. Society, consisting of doctors, anthropolo- ^anc lie gists and savants, who pledge them- ?wo he selves to give up their bodies to dissecim , tiou by the survivors. The members fQr j nt | meet on the death of one of them in the Dg ; salon of a restaurant, and after the table un(j'( m, 1 is cleared a box is opened containing a ^ ic- ' series of bottler, in which the remains of ;at the deceased, the provider of the feast, an are preserved in spirits of wine. A is malicious story is told of a sick member ijij ja who though dessly called in the services jUV( g of a co-member, and, the society having j8 D] ? ; been a long time without a dissection, m- the temptation was too strong and the C0V( patient soon expired. All this sounds T ! like a joke, but the Temps is not given a gr i to joking, and it seriously holds that, in par? I TrtQTO n# flm rtw>T7ailinrr mnrVn'i} nViio/*fcir>r> . lit) w . noil ?re to autopsy m cases where it is medically 21 < ch desirable, the society may play a useful thei" p- part- _______ The m- ' of e: of Frozen to Death in the South. an(j p- Isaac Griffin, a colored man, aged wen ad a1 -out eighty years, and who has been in som he a very feeble condition for some time it a In past, was found dead on a recent Friday der as morning in West Feliciana parish, La., migl en on a hill in the rear of the Levy & Adler Stat it- property. Coroner Ball held an inquest, and he The facts showed that Griffin met, bin men he death from oxposme to the cold while in und< [y, an extreme; state of physical prostration, glor ml he having laid upon the ground wi.hout inve cd cover or philter during t)w entire night com* draviovu. ?&t?, Items of Interest. I carpenter may seta saw but he can't >ke it hatch. i?hat is the nearest thing to a cat king out of a window ? The window. i Texas dog, which was taken to Misiri, found his way back, 800 miles, to old master's home. Ln old salt sitting on the wharf the er day very soberly remarked : " I fan the world with nothing, and I re held my own ever since." A terse [ suggestive biography. 'he young man arrested for leaving oyster saloon without paying for his iv, on telling the judge he had forten it, was reminded that he had yed that oue-stew often. I teacher, who in a fit of vexation ed her pupils a set'of young adders, being reproved for her language exined by Baying she was speaking to se just commencing arithmetic., . band of Portuguese amateurs have ted out from Lisbon to explore cen-' Africa in Stanley's tracks, and to otiate, if possible, treaties of com ce with the natives along the route. Iditor: We go to press early this k. Have you got anything in your d ? Contributor: Yes, I have, tor: What is it, a story or some je ? Contributor: No, a bad < cold, 'eanuts yield a large percentage of which is as good for all purposes as e oil. It is more palatable than e oil, and is used extensive"y for nary purposes, finding a ready ket. ne Philadelphian died last year at age of 102 years, and another at 115 rs. More women, as usual, lived :e than 100 years, one being 101 at , time of her death, another 102, two ers at 103, and one 106. . Boston firm forwarded a draft for f a million francs ($100,000) in an elop directed to a correspondent in 'aris," and another heavy draft to london." The post office clerks sent first to Paris, Me., and the other to idon, Ontario. . stranger was strolling about Coso's tannery, and accosted Pat Daily, bark grander. " Is there a man ut here with one eye by the name 'erry McCarty ?" " Fliat's the name lis other eye ?" said Pat, who has an inse horror of being "sold."?Rome tinel. ccording to a foreign book on asses," abont 150,000,000 kisses are . m daily. Russia leads, at a rate of 100,000; Germany next, with 20,000,France, 18,000,000; England, >00,000; and Saxony, 1,200,000, esially Dresden, which does 90,000. tit in Dakota the other day a stage I of passengers were compelled to 1 their hands above their heads while ang of highwaymen robbed them. i of the victims, who remarked: , his is a high handed piece of bnsii," was allowed to keep his watch as ward for his hnmor. Pans mnst be i in the light atmosphete of the intains. Liver-eating Johnson," the terror of lling Indians in the Upper Missouri x country, in reported' killed. He 9 ate the liver of an Indian against >m he had a revenge, and from that dent got his name. His pastime was ug Indians, and he is credited with oodv roll of the slain victims of his ed larger than any other man who d on the frontier. ; is the Easton Free Press which >wsa great and familiar truth into enticing form: "It is now that seductive and mysterious mince * leadeth a man into temptation, at night pranceth through his ims in the form of a pea green lin with a molten brass cold in head and red eyes, mounted on a mule with cast-iron hoofs that jh a ton apiece." efinements.- A eort of thingumiertor Walter-you-may call it, "I inl to plant a row of Henry-cot beans." his memorial is a very James-crack i." " Incomprehensibility is a Maryible." " He had been quite a Benja-factor to me." "Never talk of pie by their Nicholas-names." " The ro played upon his ban-Joseplu" e looks aa phostly as a spectre or a a-Thomas." " I want a little Patrick utter." u. Wipe your feet upon the ithew." Taming a Shrew. nt in Grow Township, says the Anoka on.) Union, there resides a man and i, their names we shall not disclose have been married but a few years, hese few years they have lived toier there have arisen differences, and ' they don't like each other as well as 7 ought to. These differences frently lead to dpen hostilities, and, as her the one or the other likes to give they quarrel most -furiously. Ore last week trouble began once more, recrimination followed recrimina, until the husband, seizing a pitcher milk that was standing in close cimity, remarked, emphatically and jhingly, "Lucy, if you do not stop ding, I shall certainly empty the tents of this pitcher on yon." Lucy [ no heed to the threat, when, alas ! contents of the pitcher came upon Of course this made the now oughly irate Lucy boiling. The band then seized a pail of water and : "Lucy, if*you don't stop scoldI shall certainly throw this water on Lucy again heeded not the threat, irpd the water 'in consequence. 3 but added insult to injury, and y waxed more wrathy thau ever, u the husband caught up a pail of >suds and cried, " Lucy, if you don't , I shall certainly douse you with esuds." The soapsuas threat also id to hava any effect, and she was ted with soapsuds. By this time the was wet to the skin, and hastily reted to her sleeping apartments to ige her clothing, all the while scold0 the best of her ability. The hus1 hastened to the well and drew up pails of water, and, ou returning, rmed Lucy that the cold water was ler. Cold water had the desired efand Lucy surrendered, and now we jrstand that all is serene once more ; long to last, no one knows. Ail Exposition for the Boys. le Scientific American says: The anile Industrial Exhibition which it roposed to hold next year at Ballarat, tralia, under the auspices of tho srnment of Victoria, seems to us to worthy of imitation here. It is to be and show, gotten up with nl! the ipherualia of internaticnal < xl: bi 1?i. -A- ? S, IJUl 118 cimuiivio iuh.-v i/-. pears, or else apprentices not out of r indentures, whatever their a*i\ re are 24 classes, covering nil kiuo.-> shibits from machimyy to poems special prizes are atm-ninecd. It Id be an excellent plan to umkrt.'du ething of tho kind here. T?> mnk< national affair would of course reiiit too ponderous, but such a show ht easily be carried out in a single e. The boys often do capital work, they get little public encourapet, as they are usually employed ;r other people, who absorb the y t? themselves. The boys can nt besides, and well, for many have 3 to this office as applicants for pati