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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 7, 1880. NO. 31. VOLUME XXV v. ?J|
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The Years are Passing By.
The years are passing by !
We watch, as from an open door
fheir passage through time's corridor;
Kach shadow, in its tailing, slopes
Across the graves ot buried hopes;
The pulse of being slower beat
Through winter snows, through summer heats,
And laith and hope and love grow cold
As we grow old, as we grow old !
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by!
Time's record hath such pages blurred,
With hasty deed, with bitter word,
Such sad mistakes mark iill life's years
We scarce can read, because ot tears.
We see dead laces on the wall,
We hear dead voices in the halls,
We touch some hands on bended knee,
We kiss some lips we cannot see?
The years are passing by.
The years are passing by!
They carry with them as they go
The rain, the sunshine and the snow;
Tbey leave behind the drift ot days
Wherein each sonl some penanco pays;
Some hopes we have, but not our own!
Some loves we cherish, not alone!
And there are leaves and ladod flowers
That tell sad tales in memory s hours.
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by !
The seal of silence on our lips
We closer press. Time's umbra dips
To deeper 'lnrknes9 down the lane
Through which we walk to hide our pain.
We smile and smile as one who bears
A lile untouched by grief or cares,
But when in solitude we wait
* We bow our head at sorrow's gate,
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by!
Another joins the passing band!
Oh! is there not some other l^nd .
Where compensation lor all ills
Tfie measure oflite's being fills?
We wait the answer, but in vain;
The shadow falls; a sense of pain
Kests on us wheresoe'er we go
And whispers of the soil afid snow.
The years arfcpassingbv!
? TV. E. Pubor.
HOLLY.
A CHRISTMAS STOHV.
v- AikI the holly-boughs whispered each to eae'.i,
*' riie world may talk and the world may
? ' *'' preach,
Bat the grandest labor in life we sayIs,
'mid sunshine, frosts and vapors grey,
Preparing to shine on Christmas day.'"
It is Christmas Eve, and only the firelight
reveals a girlish figure leaning
back in a chair, the while she steadfastly
hides her face with her thin white
hands. The door opens, and another
figure, gliding in. kneels down by the
first, and playfully withdrawing these
san-e bonds, says, " Elizabeth, darling,
vnu will come down. For my sake,
dear."
41 1 hardly know."
"You shall come down the back
stairs tvith me, love, and go into the
back drawing-room by the door at the
end of the corridor. Nobody need see
you. or know you are there?nobody
but. John, and darling, it is cruel to disappoint
him."
" Very weli," and then Elizabeth
rises to do even as the other has said.
But the other lights the candles on
the table first, and gives just a little
r tender touch here and there to Eliza
beth's aress una nair?me iornier is
black luce with a scarlet bow or two.
and the latter lies in tiny soft rings all
over Elizabeths head. Time was when
she would have never dreamt of looking
like thi?, and then she leans forward to
take a strangely earnest gaze at the face
which the dressing-class reveals?a
face, thin, dark, and disfigured, but
which was once fair and bright as loving
eyes could wish. Tears, great passionate
tears, drop on to her dress as
she turns away, for the girl believes
she has a life-long burden laid upon her.
" Darling, you wili break my heart."
"No," Pauline, not that, and you
must forgive me. Besides, 'tis Christmas.
too, and we must try to be happy."
And she laughs a little, for all her tears
of a minute before.
Then they go down stairs together,
and Pauline takes Elizabeth to the
back drawing-room as she had said,
where she stirs the fire to a brighter
blaze, lights the branches, and then goes
away, for she has some little order to
giver especting tea, which is tobe served
fcnrrw'wlint difi'erentlv to the usual wav
to-night. And Elizabeth sees, when
she is gone, that the door between the
two drawing-rooms is sliirhtly ajar;
obey ing a sudden impulse, she therefore
deadens the tire by beating it a little together;
then, putting out the lights,
crosses ov^r ail tremblingly to the door,
which she opens wider still; so wide
indeed, that, sitting in the durk corner
opposite, where the fire-light cannot
* come, her eyes are able to traverse the
whole spfice beyond. lJauline has not
yet returned, only the ladies are there,
and these do not interest Elizabeth; and
as she sits find waits her thoughts travel
baek into the months which have come
and gone.
It seems but :ts yesterday when she
stood in the sweet spring sunlight, with
the lindens whispering above and the
myrtles sighing below, while the old
postman assorted his letters, arranging
them after his own slow fashion before
giving into her hands the one which
had bidden her come to this home, thi6
home in which she was so much prized
and beloved. For they?Pauline and
she v;ere gjphans. They had lived,
to .till the former mirried one of the
fashionable English visitors who frequented
the place in Germany where
they were, with relations who loved
them none too fondly. Therefore it was
arranged that so soon as Pauline had
settled down in her English home, Eliza
beth should be sent for to share with her
the fttttshine of her new, fair life. And
glad, free, and loving, she had come.
No matter what bright dreams had in**
> terwoven themselves into the summer
' .months?Elizabe h hurries past them,
on to what she believes has changed her
whole life-currfnt from its course. In
some way, toward the end of these
same bright months, smallpox became
, rife in the village, and Elizabeth's maid
who had come with her from the fatherland,
was among the first to sicken of
he complaint. Sae was very ill. and
craved for Elizabeth the whole time
through; therefore, for very love, although
a trained and proficient nurse
was from the first p-ocured, Elizabeth
cameand wentcontinually from her own
room te that of tlifc sick girl. She would
hold intercourse with none of the others
. ?she even begged them to go and leave
her. but all bravely stayed on; and,
strange to say none took the infection save
Elizabeth only. The maid died but her
' mistress soothed her to the last; then she
herself sickened, but knowing what was
& upon her, she had strictly enjoined for
Pauline not to come near her, which
order the nurse had carried out?for if
it spread further* where might it not
end? Then she, the girl whose Christian
love had been her guide, arose from her
bed, her beauty gone, and in her weakness
she now, as than, questions the
wherefore of the whole matter. They
had taken her away to the sea as soon
she was anywise to fit to be removed.
Now, however, they had come back for
Christ mas,for al), even Klizabeth,craved
^ for the sweet home peace of their own
place. And t.iere was yet another reason
why Elizabeth longed to comc?for the
swee: dream of her life must be put
side. Better do it at once, she says to
-?
herself; and yet she shrinks from it. gre
The door of the outer room opens, and wo
one by one the gentlemen enter just as lin/
they will, for this is but a home gather- she
ing amongst near friends. Elizabeth I
notes but one, the one who she knows but
by the very instinct of her own loving to
heart is longing even now to see her. rig]
Pauline follows a moment later, they Yo'
speak together, then they glance at the too
open door and the darkness beyond; alt!
they think that she is not there, and lov
Pauline turns as thoudito go out again her
?probably to seek Elizabeth, so the litt
latter thinks-when some one of her try
visitors stops her on the way. John it a
Carr crosses the room to where a pretty Stil
girl sits, arrayed in white with pale 'A
blue in her hair and about her dress. 1
Elizabeth sighs. This same girl, she the
has heard, is fond of John, although wil
society at large has set her down to the but
| second son, Edward, who, not being A
rich, must needs marry a lortune witn atte
his wife. Still, things have never gone sin.!
smoothly between the heiress and this ear
last, and while the men blame Edward aft(
himself in the matter, the women say of
that the fault is the girl's own, in that ear
she cares more for John; which Eliza- ing
beth. viewing him with her eyes, thinks ing
i is but natural after all. And Elizabeth to t
I knows, as she watches John Carr, that shii
his heart is hers alone now. She feels yet
proud too. just tor a little minute; then of
passing her hand over her poor face, so plu
as to assure herself that it Is all a reality, rcai
she says that the heart will soon have moi
to be given up, for that he who loved kne
her before will not love her now; and, of 1
besides that, no word had passed be- too!
tween them, so that it will all be very whi
easy to forget and undo. Easy?when end
she is suffering agony all the while! as t
But for this iriving up, jealousy had had her
no place within her; now she grudges her
the smiles he bestows upon this other, Car
thinking that when ail is over, if she, pasl
this other, should ever stand in the
place she hits destined for herself, it will
DM illUU, VCIJ UiUU, x,\r unun. niuuij \jt
her. A little piece of holly fulls from a jj
wreath close hv. she picks it up, and on
then the spirit of the season comes back teu<
to her once again. pre'
Then she looks calmly on the rest.
She sees Edward Carr standing ap.irt jn
gloomily watching the other two. She nan
wonders if he loves Julia Hammond. ti,c
She thinks he must or he would not look wj,(
so, and then she pities him and hopes jj_
that all will yet be right for him in the
end. Paulirir is gone now, soon she to t
will be back here to find her. John is g^,
anxious, as she can se? by the way in ?i
which he watches the door for Pauline's ?]
return. Ah, well! she will be brave:, fiay
she will let John see that she can give jlow
him up, and not even expect him to wjt]
care tor her now; and after that she will ]jav
trust to Jesus to bear her on. It is w'}1(
wonderful how, having made up her ]es8
mind, she forgets self; she sees now her(
that Julia and Edward have exchanged \
slancos, that Julia reddens considerably, a?aj
and that John, noting the cause, leaves
her as though to speak to his brother. s;er
But he encounters Pauline instead, and * ]
together they come now Elizabeth's ar01
way. > jn t]
Her courage is fast dying out, yet mor
when Pauline enters, leaving John out- jau|
side by the half-closed door, she man- ?j
;tges somehow to whisper that she is
strong, and that he may come in. j
She trembles as she holds out hrr easj
hand for him to take; siio cannot speak
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in answer luius miuu^u uc ***w> 2mQ
railed her Elizabeth, though lie scorns put
well-nigh beside himself with joy at the a ^
thought of being near her. So she but pro.
strokes the piece of holly she holds, the { jc
while she wonders what Pauline lnis begj
told him, lor she has promised to pre- tails
pare him somewhat for the change |jmj
which has taken place. (;ov<
" Elizabeth, you do not say .you are sejz,
glad to see me?do not wish me even a [ w.r
happy Christmas," and he bends low, as unti
though to read the expression of her wiij
face. had
But Elizabeth draws back. Poor ;lnd
Elizabeth! "I am glad," she says, peni
nervously, " glad to come back too and I s:l
see everybody." youi
*' Say you are glad to come back for SCra
my sake," lie urges, gently, taking her " if
hands in his. * "Oi
" I cannot say that?you will not he a
wish me to by-and-bye." she begins, und
but he interrupts her. in m
"Elizabeth, I do wish it. I cannot fUm
tell how strong you are, or if I am wise 0n a
to speafc like this to you to-night, but and
dariing, darling, it must surely do you don
good, and not harm, to know that I love verj
you?love you so much, Elizabeth, that in a
no Christmas joy will be mine unless titer
I have your dear love too in turn. Oh, " Y<
Elizabeth, if you only knew how pre- ? Y<
cious you are to me!" and he would "l<
have kissed her, but that she gently put wen
him back. slnu
Tlion lie t-nolt nt. )ipr fppt. .. v*
beth, Pauline lias told me of a change," assis
lie speaks softly, as though he scarcely :iddi
earea to mention it, " but whatever the ]
change there is will be nothing tome, ami
can be nothing. Oh, Elizabeth, how Wh:
could you, can you dream of its beinsr nisc
aught tome? Elizabeth, you love me.litil<
"Yes. But?but it must, it must be 0fti
over now. Indeed, indeed it must!" only
" Not if you love me." was
Suddenly Elizabeth raises her head just
and looks him straight in the face, al- that
though it is too dark for either to dis- havi
cern the other's features. " Very well sera
?but?you must ask me again?by-and- he n
bye." "(
44 For the last time then, Elizabeth," said
he says, and as she complains of feeling had
tired, he leaves her to herself to think Uon
it all over. hav<
She watches him as he pauses by Julia hav<
Hammond. He speaks a single word to Hug
her, and she sees how glad and yet restless
the girl's lace grows at the bare
rwuuu v/x mo iaw< sinj DIi^Jir> Jin
herself, :is she thinks that after to-night
all will be over for her of youth, for she xi
is going presently, when she has strength "Cc
sufficient for the ordeal, to go out among \Ter
the rest, that so he may compare her not i
face with theirs, and then decide for fout
himself. For her own part, she will see t.0r
if he at all shrink, and then she knows 'pyi(
well what her answer will be. And uter
presently she glides forth, a shadow, a tlie
wreck of her old self, as she feels, and ?t:lt
knows; and friends who have nevtr jn" ]
dreamt of her nearness to themselves
gather about her, the while she reads !ind
pity and a great shock upon all their vou
faces. But her eyes wanders oft' to muc
where John and Edward (Jarr stand. t|je
To be sure, John's face changes a little, ,iajt
but it is only with surprise at her sud- iJOu
den appearance: the look which remains tioe(
is that for which she has longed, that t,w
which she had resolved not to expect, ODe]
and then?all seems a blank. ]0f
Presently, she scarce knows how it a g<
all comes about, she finds herself outside a rs
in the corridor with John alone, his also
arm about her, as he supports her to a erie
chair standing near. oth<
She looks up inquiringly?she feels The
that she may look up at him now, and spe
for rpply he says, "The heat was too whi
much for you in there?you were not]
fnint and so T hrouffhfc vou liorp. "Eliza
beth"?his voice is strangely tender,
even for a lover's?" your one look told
me all. I shall never ask you t he ques- T
tion again," and then he kissed her hap
faded cheek as ardentiy and more rever- othi
ently than as though it had been fresh toni
and fair as it once was. Elizabeth, full
oeuld you not understand and believe pets
that for the past, and risking of your " A
dear life, I should but love you the Aid
more? If ray heart was ever yours, hor
darling, it was yours most surely then dea
when you watched by that dying bed; the
and now that you bear the holy impress wal
of vour charity upon your dear face, I lore
can but glory in you, in that you have tun
followed the steps ot One who left us an can
example long ago, which example old
you have followed." clai
Oh, how her eyes shine, those liquid poi
eyes which are still the same aa ever, 'W
and unchanged. Another couple steal intx
out on to the corridor. Lamps are abl
burning here and there amidst the fes- bib
toons and greenery which the servants to <
have hung about to show a ChriBtmas as i
eting?oil, it is a erand place for
oing out here! and Love himself
rers amid the evergreen shade, and
ds his blessing about their way.
Jlizabeth scarce nutes the other two,
; John Carr says, as though musing
himself and her: "I've set matters
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in now lor men as wen as myseu.
u see, because of her money he was
proud to go in and win, and she,
lough she had a mind to be wooed for
e. was yet shy of her being taken for
money alone. Then, like a silly
le maid as she was, she must needs
smiling upon me; but I saw through
il, and that it was but to pique Ned.
11. all's well that ends well, and I say'
glorious Christmas to us all. "
'hey are all four together now, and
girls kiss each other because they
1 not cry: for tears seem to them as
the natural result of so much joy.
ind Elizabeth feels strong enough
irward to j.-in with the others in
;ing the an pels'song of "Peace on
th," for it is now nearly midnight,
>r which she goes to bed and dreams
the bit of holly she has picked up
ly in the evening, and that it is tellher
the little story of its life. Notheventful
had come to it more than
he rest of its fellows, only the suntie,
frosts and snows of earth; and
it had striven hard from the hour
its birth till the Jay when it was
eked from its parent stem to be
rty both to give and take at this
>t blessed season. It said that it
w Christmas was coining with all
ove, gifts and gladness, and that it
k heart, drawing back from nothing
icli should bring about its desired
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he glad bells greet her waking, that
year has prepared r.er likewise for
Christmas joy; for does not John
r iove lier but the more for what the
t has brought her?
Victor lingo and the Barber.
jalmarHjortli Boyeson in an article
Victor Hugo in Scril>ncr'ls Monthly
? the following Anecdote of the
nch poet: In tne year 1848 Victor
*olived in the Plane Royale, and was
the habit of patronizing a barber
led Brassier, who had his shop in
vicinity. One morning a gentleman,
) for convenience sake I shall name
?, entered the barber's shop, seated
;self in a chair, and elevated his chin
tie proper angle, while Brassier stood
meninjr his razor.
Iv'eli, Brassier, how is business?"
Excellent, sir, excellent! I should
it is even too good, for I don't see
r I and my boys are to get through
ti all our engagements which we
e to-riav. Balls and parties everyire!
We have to dress the hair of no
than thirty ladies fgr to-night. Look
i is the li6t of their addresses.'
few days later Mr. H was
in seated in Brassier's chair.
-low about your thirty ladies, Brasp
Don't speak of it, sir. I didn't get
ind to more than half of them. And
iie end I shall lose half a dozen or
e good customers, and it is all the
tofM. Victor Hugo.'
3ow the fault of M. Victor Hugo?
at has he to do with your clientsP'l
[t is just as I say, sir. and you will
ly comprehend it. A tew moments
r you left, M. Victor Hugo entered
seated himself in this very chair. I
the napkin around his neck, seized
avinK-brush. and was about to apich
him, when he cried: "Wait."
pulled a pencil from 1 lis pocket, and
in to fumble impatiently in his coati
and in his breast pocket without
ing what he sought. At last he disced
a piece of paper on that stand,
ed it and began to write. Although
is hard pressed for time, I waited
1 he should have finished. But he?
r he paid no more attention than if I
never existed, but scribbled away,
only stopped occasionally to bite his
iil. " Well, go on, scribble away,"
id to myself. "If you can read it
rself you are lucky." Such terrible
wl! And pooplecall.him a fine writer!
you are at liberty, sir!" I said,
le moment, and I shall have done,"
nswered. But the moment passed,
I was still standing with a soap-dish
iy hand and brush full of lather, and
J - IT Mil . ^
ing wiia impatience, ne sun Kept
s before, scribbling away, stopping,
raising his eyes to the ceiling. "Parrae,
sir," I ventured to say, " I am
much pressed " " Ah, you are
hurry," lie replied; " so am Iand
i he made for the door and went.
>ur hat, sir." I cried after him.
ju are right," lie answered, smiling,
lid not think of that." And off lie
t, without even allowing me to
re him. )' Gentlemen, you.have not
loment to lose," I shouted to my
>tants. "You will each goto the
ess which I shall give you. Here is
list?well, where is the list? Wait a
nute! I declare?where is that list?
it have you done with that list, you
als?" " Six', it was on that stand a
3 while ago." " There! Are you sure
iat?" "Indeed I ittn, sir." Heavgracc!
only that was wanting. It
on my list that M. Victor Hugo had
been writting. It was my list, sir,
he had carried away with him, after
ins covered it all over with his
wl. Do you understand now how
lade me lose my customers!1
Compose yourself.my dear Brassier,"
Mr. H . " If this scrap of paper
not been found to receive the inspiraof
the poet, French literature would
* 1/\of cAmn trnvv finn roi*fldfl Ynil
2 been the collaborcUcur of Victor
;o, :ind that is no small honor."
The First American Drama.
;ie first American drama was the
ntrast," written by Itoyal Tyler, a
mont lawyer of marked ability. He
only wrote the first American play,
also the first American tale, the latbeing
"The Alegerine Captive.'
?r was an able jurist as well as a
ateur, and reached the dignity of
supreme court bench in his native
e. The " Contrast" was performed
Sew York in 17P(?, and was highly
alar. It abounds in Yankee dialect,
its leading character is a rustic
th who comes to New York and is
:h surprised at city life. He goes to
theater to seethe " School for Scan"and
when he gets to his boarding
sc he complains of the fraud pracri
upon him. " Instead of a theater,
j only lifted a green curtain, which
icd into a neighbor's house, where a
of folks were talking. There was
)od-natured sort of a husband and
mtinrr cnrf nf u wifo " TvIpv
wrote a play showing up the missofa
New York May day, and an3r
entitled " Lands in the Moon1"
latter was a severe satire upon the
miating mania of that time, a fact
eh reminds us that such things are
liing new.
A Witty Teetotaler.
he correspondent of a London paper
pened to be on Peckham Rye the
sr day wlien one of the disciples of
peranee was holding forth. After a
flavored attack on the " Goverment
as he styled tne publicans, he snid:
clinvh time jurn T was coming from
ridge's, where I had been to buy a
se lor my cab; I saw a woman lying
d drunk on the cellar-flap of one of
neighboring public houses; so I
Iked in to the bar and said to the land1:
'One of your sign-boards has
lbled down.' The old gouty publiand
his pot-boy, who was rather
nr than his master, came outside, eximing,
'Where?' 'There!' I said,
nting to the heap of rags on the flap,
by don't you take it inside and put it
> your window, as all other respecte
tradesmen do with their goods, and
el it,' Our1 own manufacture, made
jrder,' instead of leaving it out here,
if you were ashamed to own itP"
TIMELY TOPICS. se
P.
One of the most peculiar wills on record
is the subject of contest in the New
York surrogate's court. It was made fo
by Isaac W. Potter, now deceased, on ti<
the 28t.li of February last, and bequeaths C<
as a legacy to the heirs of the testator, a ap
lawsuit, which has been pending for a of
long time between the deceased and di
Mary Ann Coulter, whom he accuses of in
having wrongfully deprived him of cer- gl
tain property. Until this litigation is in
settled, not a cent of the estate of Mr. pr
Potter is to go to the heirs, but all is to cc
be appropriated to the payment of coun- en
sel fees. pc
th
A nice little book to which some H
generous folk may like to have their jo'
attention directed is the new "Chinese 1,1
Encyclopedia.1' It has just been com- 8t;
pleted, and is hot lrom tho press, with J51*
a sumptuous guaranty in the form of "j!
an imperial vermillion edict. It com- of
prises only five thousand and twenty 80
volumes, and may be had for the trifling fr
sum of seven thousand five hundred |al
dollars. This is far more voluminous
as well as more costly than encyclo- Pr
pe- ias are apt to be in benighted ^
Caucasian lands; but then the Mongo
lian empire has vastly more people to fy!
read them. Thins of an encyclopedia Ul
in five thousand volumes! m'
su
v?i
sppmq tn t
XM>1 ?UUU spui. -he
the happiest hunting ground. Two at,
Scotch gentlemen who are traveling f0'
over the world, and everywhere looking an
for good shooting, have goi.e to San ur
Frnnciseo after several months' sport -j<|
along Montana rivers. They say they w
were never in want of something royal
to sh ot at, finding buffaloes, elks, hears,
deer, antelopes, mountain lions, lynxes,
wildcats, and other game in abundance.
They brought as trophies magnificent
sets of elk and deer antlers, buffalo. ('1J
heads, bear and other robes. Twenty- us
eight bears, mostly Grizzlies, fell prey to v'
their rifles. One of these was estimated th
to weigh 1,200 pounds, and measured or
thirty-three inches around the forearm. PC
The robe, handsome and well preserved, tb
measures eight feet three inches from in
nose to rump. so
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Ro:id robbers stop and plunder overland
stages and strip their passengers
in Idaho to-day as coolly as in the olden f0
times. A short time ago masked high- ;n
waymen stopped and robbed a stage ^
coach at Pilgrim Springs station, tying
tnd blindfolding drivers and passengers, he
and breaking open Wells, Fargo & Co.'s pj
treasure box. They were very non- ra
chalant and deliberate, stopping on the cr
spot and cooking their supper. They
were careful, however, not to interfere to
with the United States mails. Soon aj
atter they had gone, some men arrived
to aid the stage passengers, and rode on ar
horseback, at the .highest speed, 450 rj
miks, finally overtaking and capturing ca
two of the highwaymen and bringing pf
them back prisoners. Souls that thirst cr
for stirring adventure may still find rj,
what they want if they go far enough U1
westward. w
a]
The work of the New York associa- br
tion.for the improvement of the poor is rii
so systematic, intelligent and important of
that the thirty-fifth annual report, 01
which has just been issued, merits the gc
attention of all who are interested in st
practical benevolence. A summary of fri
the year's work shows the total number vr
of families relieved to have been 11,132. pc
In many cases relief was given more en
lian once to the same family, so that w;
this total does not represent the number al
of separate families who were aided, w
The latter is estimated in round num- to
hers at 5,000 families, or, allowing five
to each family, about 20,000 persons. w
The total amount of relief afforded was ,!l
821,691, almost wholly in groceries, Sr
with less than $2,000 for coal and shoes,
and $1,582 in cash, for rent, medicines, tj1
movinir exDenses, takine articles from
pawn, etc. This total represents a little ^
over four dollars for each family, or
about one week's support. The figures
are important as showing the actual
number of applicants for aid, and how cJj
much benefit can be rendered by a of
moderate outlay. "V
dn
At the meeting of the National Agri- ^
cultural Society, held in New York,
Prof. Maniy Miles delivered an address ti.
on the "Correlation of Animal Form." an
He spoke of the differences that existed
between animals of the same species, a,
aad of the importance of being able to jP]
decide which is the best for the produc- 0f
tion of the greatest quantity or best an
quality of whatever is required, whether op
of work, of meat or of wool. There are
two methods of determining value of ne
onupjtrv nnrl tlipir i.
MUC* , ii) m>-? j ?j nt,
form. The law of the correlation of ^
f.;rm is that where one peculiarity is jn
observed it is always accompanied by co
another corresponding peculiarity. For tjj
instance, the smooth teeth of carniverous
animals are always accompanied by jn;
jaws working vertically and the rough ,n
teeth of ruminants by jaws having a 0T
lateral motion. In meat-producing 'pi
(tattle, too, great length indicates bad ^r
feeding qualities, and too great depth,
an inclination to develop too much fat. on
A perfect meat-producer must be the <re
mean in all respects, without too much f:l|
dsveiopment in any one direction. an
pr
Calcraft, the English hangman, is
dead. For fortj -one years every execution
in England was managed by him, bo
and during that period he "worked
an
| off" over two thousand convicts sen- --tcnced
to death. His time was occu- ^u
pied in his deadly business to such an * 1
extent, that his dates ahead were care- J,
fully noted before death sentences were ~.f
imposed, lest one engagement might
conflict with the other. In his later
years Calcraft made a strong effort to
enable his children to outlive the stigma ]
that attached itself to t^eir father's is
position. He educated them liberally, tin
and at length one of them entered the an
Indian civil service and fulfilled his ari
duties creditably. There was at first a tai
great outcry azainst the appointment, un
but. it died out as the young man pur- ne:
sued his ?vay evenly and gave satisfac- bl<
tion. In his treatment of prisoners who it
were to be hanged, Calcraft was curt syi
and business-like. At a hanging in vij
Dundee the rope broke, and the hang- on
man always afterward furnished tlie tai
ropes himself, and was very careful to les
personally inspect the arranging of the th
gallows and everything pertaining to it.
tnl
The recent attempted assassination of in1
Lord Lytton in Calcutta by a lunatic ev
recalls the fate of the last Viceroy of in;
India but one?the Earl of Mayo, on the no
eight of February, 1872. Lord Mayo vi<
? TTteJf fr\ t)\n A rs H n m u ri iclnnHQ
whore he hud inspected the various in- foi
stitutions of the convict colony. Ho ha
went to the summit of i\Iount Harriet at a <
sunset, and walked down with Count ca
YValdstein and Captain Iiockwood in or
advance, the other live members of his ha
staff close together and an armed police soi
cuard atn soldiers arounn ano in me nn
rear. Darkness falls rapidly in those to
cliira|^, and ere tlie narrow stone pier ah
was reached torches had to be lighted, eo
They were only twenty-live yards from til
the boat, the escort being close to Lord kii
Mayo on both sides and the police and of
his body servant in the rear, when a mi
man suddenly sprang out of the dark- be
ness and stabbed the viceroy twice, on fir
the left shoulder and under the right a
shoulder-blade. Lord Mayo ran for- it
ward a few paces and fell over the pier Jo
into the shallow water. He got up himself
and was helped out, his shoulder
bleeding copiously. Hp walked firmly, otl
felt his wounds, nnd said: " I don't ce
think I am much hurt." After the ah
woundB had been bound up he mur- hn
mured twice, "Lift up my head"?and ar
expired. The assassin, who waa seized ar
on the spot, proved to be a convict "
named Shere Ali, sentenced to penal t<
rvitude for a murder committed .'at
jshawur in 1867.
At the final meeting of the newlyrmed
American Agricultural Associa3n,
held in New York. Professor Peter
jllyer, chemist of the United States
ricultural department, gave an account
the investigation wl>ich he had conlcted
during the past two years regardg
the extraction of sugar from sorlum
and from cornstalks. He said that
five years he expected this country to
oduce all the sugar needed for home
nsumption, and in ten years to produce
ongh for export, though now it imtrted
$100,000,000 worth of sugar, more
an the value of the gold produced,
is experiments had been made upon
ur kind.? of sorghum. He naa iouna
at in the early part of the season the
alks contained five per cent, of unystalizable
sugar and one and oneilf
to two per cent, of sugar capable
crystalization. Later in the sean
the amount of the former had deeased
to one or two per cent, and the
tter had increased to thirteen or fouren
per cent. The amount of the sugar
oduced in the latter case was as great
could be obtained from sugar-cane,
is experiments with cornstalks had
so been successful. Out of the syrups
at he had obtained, ninety per cent, or
ore of the amount was found to be
gar. The cornstalks were still of
ilue after the syrup had been extracted,
answer to questions, Professor Collyer
ited that the best time to use the stalks
r sugar-making was just at maturity,
id that the cost of a machine to make
> ten or fifteen acres was about $150.
le production of sugar from corn-stalks
as about 1,300 pounds to the aci
German Village Life.
Living also is fairly good and very
icap in any one of the taverns whicfi
lUally line the main street of a German
llage. They are easily recognized by
e sign 01 a stag. a utm, n &uu> u sun,
a tree, cut in meial or wood, and susinded
in the street. Latterly, however,
e custom has come into vogue of printg
the name of the tavern on the house,
that the guests are no longer in danir
of mistaking, a lion for an ox, or of
lagining they are in the tavern " Zur
nde" when they are in the " Sun."
tie room you receive is clean and comrtabl#,
but if you co to bed with the
tention of sleeping late you will cerinly
lind yourself, deceived. After
ree o'clock in the mor ling the streets
igin to get noisy in a decidedly uneasant
manner. In larger cities coachen
and ox drivers are forbidden to
ack their whips without occasion, and
?eems as if in the villages they wished
make up for lost times. Drivers of
1 sorts vie with each other to see who
,n crack often est in half a minute;
id while some apr.ear to imitate the
fles cn a battlefield, set off by the oc.sional
boom of a cannon, others, more
xwnfn 1 lv inflinpH qlinw t.hpir skill 5n
acking littl" tunes?that is, the
lythrn of them?in a manner which
ider other circumstances would be
ortl.y of all admiration. Under such
regime you will be apt for.the time to
:i?me a convert, to tha theory of early
sing, and to while away the lirst hours
the morning you may put your head
it of the window and observe what is
ling on at the fountain across the
reet, whither the water is conveyed
t>Qi a neighboring hill. Here the serint
girls bring their salads and their
itatoes to be washed for dinner, and to
rry bnek ?bucket or a little tub of
titer for home consumption. This is
ways carried on the head, balanced
ith creat skill, and it is most amusing
observe two or three of these women
issipping for five minutes and longer,
ithout ever thinking of meanwhile
king the heavy load off their heads.
?me of these giris are rather handsome
r girls of their class, not so plump as
e Bavarian or so angular ana plain as
e North German women. In fact,
xt to the Rhine provinces, I believe
e finest looking girls in the empire are
be seen in and about Stuttgart?the
ference being here chiefly to the better
isses of society. A peculiar element
beauty here which has often struck
V attention is that so many of the laes,
he they blondes or brunettes, have
ry long and dark eyelashes, a custom
liich is worthy of imitation by the sex
general. In brightness and vivacity
e Saubian girl is something deficient,
d her chief mental characteristic, as
the men, is still her Gemuthlichkeit,
ivord which has no English equivait,
but may be describedas a mixture
genuine kind-heartedness, naivete
d a certain amount of greenness or
itimism based on want of experience,
it if the Saubian girl seldom reads the
wspapers and takes more time to attain
r social qualities, she is more indusous
than her transatlantic cousins,
deed I have often wondered what hemes
of all the stockings and other
ings they nre always busy on, day and
slit, while the mpn. less industriously
clined, devote the afternoon and eveng
to old woman's gossip in the tavern
er half a dozen glasses of beer or wine,
le common notion that wife and chilen
usually accompany the husband to
e tavern is incorrect. This happens
, Sundays or on festive occasions, but
nerally the men go alone and return
to in the evening, not infrequently in
exhilarated condition. That such a
actice, the temperance and economical
pects aside, cannot have a pleasant
ect on home life is evident. True, in
rint?mor?v *v?/-vrn woinrVif oppmc fn Hn
:ached to near and remote relationips
than anywhere else in the world,
t of genuine, sympathetic family life
jelieve there is more in an American
an in a German village, in spite of all
tmuthlichkeitof the latter.?New York
Uion.
Talking: at the Table.
[t is one of the best digesters; there
no tonic known to equal it, if it is of
; kind calculated to promote hilarity
d good feeling generally. Most parents
3 prone to prohibit their children from
Iking and laughing at the table; it is
physiological; it is cruelty^ Joyousss
promotes the circulation of the
aod, enlivens it, invigorates it. sends
tingling to the remotest part of the
stem, carrying with it animation,
^or and life. The louder the little
es laugh the better; the faster they
Ik the "better; for then they can eat
is in a given time, consequently chew
pir fnnH rnnro t.hnroucrhlv.
Discard controversy from the dining
ble. Discourage all subjects which
rite political or religious career. Let
ery topic introduced be calculated to
struct, to interest, or to amuse. Do
t let the mind run on business, or predus?
mishaps or past disappointments.
?ver tell bad news at the table, nor
: an hour before. Let everything you
,ve to communicate be, if possible, of
fladsome, joyous, hilarious character,
Iculated to brine out pleasant remarks
agreeable associations. On the other
nd, never administer a reproof at the
trial board to either child or servant;
id fault with nothing; speak unkind
no one. If remarks are made of the
sent, let them contain some word of
mmendation, which if repeated in
eir hearing afterward will kindle
tidly feelings, and thus will thoughts
the family table come across the
imory in wter years, when we have
en scattered, and some laid in their
ml vpstinff iilfice. brinxnncr with them
sweetness of emotion which makes
a pleasure to dwell upon them.?Halt's
xirnal of Health. _____
"Smythekins," said Pettimouse the
her evening, at Mrs. Fairandforty's reption,
" do you know that interminile
talker there, Miss Gabiteasy?" " 1
tve the pleasure of a slight acyuaintice
with her." " Let me make your
Suaintance with lier more familiar?"
o. thanks; the pleasure of it lies in
i being slight."?New York Mail.
r . , i I, ?
The Mackerel
The mackerel, which commercially
ranks next to the cod among salt water
fishes, is also partial to a cool home,
though it is found somewhat further
south than the cod. Like the lastnamed
fish, it seeks very cold water in
which to spawn, preferring that of
which the temperature is but little above
the freezing point. Instead of enjoying
cold water all the year round, however,
as the cod seems to do, there is a possibility
that the mackerel hibernates.
Seeking a soft, muddy or sandy bed at
the approacil 01 Winter, it uunes itseji
therein, first drawing a scale or film
over each eye. Whether this film is an
.apology for a night cap, or a result of a
dropping of the eyelid through extreme
drowsiness, or due tp providential design,
or development according to environment,
a la Darwin, is yet to be decided
; but the existence of such a covering
to the eye during hibernation has
been proved by examination of mackerel
which have been dragged from their
comfortable couches by the dredges of
intrusive scientists. It is not impossible
that it may yet be discovered that the
film is the result of disease, and that the
muddy bottom is resorted to. not as
witfter-quarters, but as a hospital where
the " earth-cure " is practiced as a specialty.
Whether sick or only sleepy,however,
the mackerel has an intense aversion
to a cold bed, so in selecting a resting-place
he avoids ground over which
salt ice is likely to drift, and drizzle its
chilling ^ater downward. How the
fish arrives at certainties or probabilities
on the subject is something that no
fellow not a mackerel can find out, but
the dredge lias never lounn one 01 mese
fish in localities where salt ice melts.
The mackerel is quite a sociable fish
among those of its own blood, moving
always in great families or schools!
When it comes inshore from the deep
sea it is always with an innumerable
company, which seems to move with a
sort of regimental front, and wheeling
from left to right, th*i point cTappui being
that portion of the shore, naturally
the southernmost that it frequents,
where earliest in the season the freshwater
fish return to their native streams.
The mackerel's shoreward movements
are not always due to its own hunger,
but frequently to that of the tunny and
other Dredaceous fish which are fond of
fresh mackerel. The discreetness of the
fish under such circumstances is highly
praised by scientists, and is cheerfully
recognized by ttie honest fishermen.who
welcome the fugitives heartily upon
their arrival, and care for them so effectively
that when next the tooth of the
tol-mentor threatens them it will be unfelt
and uncared for. The means of
welcoming the mackerel are severalseines,
nets, weirs, and pounds being as
effective as the hook. The success of
the last-named implement is "Que to
the plebian habits of the fish while dining.
It seldom bitp?, nor does it prolong
the enjoyment of a choice delicacy
I U., 4. a?,o11rtw
iiy niumiui;, uui it iuipii,T niT.iiju.1.
at a single gulp whatever is set before its
Selecting its food by appearance instead
of flavor, it is not wonderful that a bi
of red flannel, a bright "spoon," or
even a bare fish-hook may seem worth
taking. What disappointed fishermen
on " the Banks" are pleased to term
the (qualified) fastidiousness of the fish
seems to contradict this statement oj
the mackerel's gustatory habits, but the
apparent capaciousness with which
these fish appear and disappear at a
vessel'^ side is due to temperature instead
of taste. Lying at a depth of perhaps
two hundred fathoms, in cool
water, the fish hurry to the surface for
the chopped bait which fishermen throw
overboard to attract them; the surface
water, however, is generally too warm
to be endured for more than a few moments,
and then hurry back home as
soon as comfort becomes more desirable
than (ood.
When the mackerel disappear?which
they do frequently during the season,
and afterward for a long time?they
seek for depth rather than distance.
They remain off the coast, but far this
side of the Gulf Stream, throughout the
warm season, but in water sufficiently
deep to meet their views in point of temperature.
They often lie in vast schools
within a mile or less of equally numerous
herring, for which fish themacuerel
has a yearning throat; but while tlie
mackerel are two hundred fath; ms
down, the herrings :ire within fifteen or
twenty fathoms of the surface. Between
these two zones, a distance of only a
few seconds, mackerel time, the water
is too warm to permit even a hungry
mackerel to enjoy the pleasures of the
chasc. so these life-long enemies remain
in sight of each other in a state of truce
?until the coming of cold weather.?
Harper*s Magazine.
Books and Their Makers.
The London Chemist says that German
writers invariably smoke while
writing.
The most widely-read novelist in the
Southern States, it is said, is Mrs. Mary
J. Holmes.
Trollope turns out about two novels a,
year, and when he begins he never
knows when to stop.
Miss Braddon, the English novelist,
is, in fact, Mrs. Maxwell, the wife of an
English publisher.
Twenty new books by women are announced
by American publishers to be ,
issued immediately.
The historian, Bancroft, who in his
old age likes to ride horseback, is an enthusiast
on the subiect of music.
The largest collection of books in the
world is in the British museum. The
library contains over 1,000,000 volumes.
Wyckliffe's translation of the New Testament
was published in 1380, and the
celebration of the 500th anniversary of
his great work is suggested for next
year.
C. C. Davenport, of Panola, Texas,
who lost both e^es at the battle of
Chancellorsville, is selling poems of his
own production for the benefit of himself
and family.
Victor Hugo never reads, but always
praises, the numberless books and manu.
scripts which are daily sent to him, and
on which he is asked to pronounce judgment
by the aspirants for fame.
Jean Ingelow is a small, slight ,
woman, perhaps forty years of age.with a
pleasant manner, and a quiet, somewhat
timid smile. Her eyes are bright and
expressive, her hair tinged with gray.
John LothroD Motley's autograph at
the recent sale in Boston brouj{ht $5.75,
and Hawthorne's 15.87; William H.
Prescott's signature was sold for $6.00.
Poe's for S2.74, while Bulwer's and
T r? II T_ 111? Wn.rlif
cJHQU'H I\.U3SL'll JiOWL'll 3 cuv.il uiuuSiii
one dollar.
Mr. Longfellow being visited at Cambridge
by Mr. Charles Warren Stoddard
was naturally asKed by the latter for an
autograph. "What shall I write for
you?" asked the poet; and Mr. Stoddard
begged him to write down some line of
his own which he might have a preference
for. Mr. Longfellow thought for
a moment, then went to his desk and
wrote the lour lines beginning " Lives
of great men all remind us," etc.
The author of the "History of the
North American Indians" says that
"among 2.000,000 Indians he found not
one who breathed through his mouth
If he examined the breathing arrangements
of so many Indians, it is oifficult
to understand how he found time to
write their history. An Indian that
Vn-ooMme thrmiffh nis nose is no more
pleasant to contemplate than one who
breathes through his mouth, Many
persons prefer cigar store Indians. They
don't breathe at all.?Ncrristown Herald.
Mrs. Betsy Mustard vants ?20,000
damages fr?m the royal bank of Scotland.
THE YEAR'S EECOED.
" I
Events of Importance that Occurred
in 1879.
JANUARY.?1. Resumption ol apecie payments
in the United States....2. Nine
men killed and thirty-three wounded by
the bursting cf a gun on the British manot-war
Thunderer in the Mediterranean.
....3. Intensely cold weather throughout
the Onitod States. Alonzo Garcelon
(Democrat), elected governor of Maine
by tho State Senate....4. Destruction ol
the Chicago postofflce by Are. Execution
of Juan Moncasi in Madrid lor attempted
assassination of King Alfonso, failure
ol the Cornish bank, of Truro, England,
lor ?o,000,(.00 .... 5. Great republican
victory at the elections lor Fronch senators
.... 7. The Now York legislature
meela in the new cnpitol at Albany....9.
Forty Cheyenne Indian prisoners at Fort
ftobiuson, Neb., killed while trying to
escape.... 10. Twenty persons killed by ?
railroad collision in llusflia 11. Twohnn?
drcd Russian officers and soldiers killed by
truin breaking through a bridge in Turkey.
Intense excitement created in Germany by
Bismarck's bill limiting freedom of debate
in Gorman parliament..... 12. I ho Pope's
long circular against socialism, communism,
etc.. is published.... 14. Fiftyeight
miners killed by an explosion in a
Welsh colliery 20. Threatened crisis
in Franoe averted by passage ol a vote
ot confidence in the government. Several
United States Senators elected ..., 22.
Severely cold weather and much destitution
reported Irom England.... 27. Beginning ol
investigation into the cipher dispatches by
Potter committee.... 30. Resignation ol
President McMaho* and election ol Jules
Grovy as president of France....31. M.
Gambetta elected president of the French
chamber ot deputies.
FEBRUARY.?3. Exciting debate in executive
session ot the United States Senate
on the New York nominations .... 4.
News received of extraordinary precautions
takon by European countries to
guard against the spread ot the plague
raAging Russia....5. Beginning ot cipher
dispatches investigation in New York by Pot
ter committeo.... 8. Mr. Tilden testifies before
Pottercomraitteein New York. Heavy
strikes begun in England. Russians begin
evacuation ot Turkish territory and definitive
treaty ot peace between the two countries
signed ....11. Fatal land slides in
Kansas City, Mo., and Allontown, Pa....
12. opening'oi uerman parliament.... 13.
Opening ol British parliament. Nine Chinamen
killed by an explosiou of fire-damp in
Calilornia.... 14. St. Valentine's day.... 15.
Bill lor restricting Chinese emmigration
passed by the United States Senate.... 18.
Three persons killed and about twentyfive
severely iniured by a train falling
through a rotteu bridge near Se Ima, Ala....
21. Details ot plague horrors in Russia received....
22. Seventeen lives lost by an
explosion in Stockton, Cal. British steamship
Zanzibar, with complement of thirtygixofflcers
and crew, given.up lor lost alter
being out lrom New York forty-two days.
... .25. Reports received ol disastrous storms
in France, Spain and Italy.
MARCH.?1. President Hayes vetoes the
Chinese immigration bill.... 2. Great Are in
Reno, Nev....3. Reports ol Potter committee
published... .4. The Forty-fifth Congress
udjourns and the President issues a
proclamation for extra session ol Fortysixtb
Congress 5. Closo of theVanderbilt
will case in New York....9. Six
persons killed at a fire in East St. Louix, 111.
Beginning ol international six days' walking
match in New York.... 12. The to wn ol Szegedin,
Hungary, destroyed by a flood. Twelve
persons injured by the fall of a gallery during
a walking match in New York.... 13.
Marriage ol' Prince Arthur, Queen Victoria's
third son, to Princess Louise Margaret, ot
Prussia. Arrival ol Bayard Taylor's remains
in New York.... 15. Rowell wins
internationyl walking matoh in New York.
.... 18. Opening ol special session ot Forty
nixlh Congress.... 19. Forty-seven lives
lost by the foundering of a French iron-clad
off coast ot France....20. Several New
Orleans banks suspend payments....24
Rev. T. DeWitt lalmage's trial lor deceit
and falsehood begun before the Brooklyn
Prfishvterr.
4.PKIL.?2. Election in Rhode Island....5.
Close ol debate on army bill and its postage
in the House. Cambridge dot eats Oxlord in
annual boat race on tho Thames.... 7.
Spring elections in Michigan, etc .... 14.
Attempt to assassinate the Czar ot Russia
in St. Petersburg. Disastrous tornado !
at Collinsville, Nev....l7. Syndicate of
New York and Boston bankers' bid for <
?"200,000,000 four per cent, bonds ac- i
ocptcd by Secretory Sherman.... 18. Fatal
tornado in South Carolina. Marlial Jaw de- ,
clartd in six populous Russian districts.... ,
20. One-halt ot Eureka, Nev., destroyed by ,
fire....24. General Dix's luuertd in New '
York. Iimj>erorol Austria'ssilu "wedding
celebrated in Vienna....26. Bror.vn TONked
642 miles in six days' championship pedes- '
trian mutch in London....29. President {
Hayes vetoes army appropriation bill. One j
thousand bouses, comprising town ol Oren- <
burg, Russia, destroyed by lire. I
MAY.?7. Californiavotes in lavoroladopting |
new constitution....8. Rev. Dr. Talraa^e's {
trial belore a Brooklyn Presbytery ends in his (
acquittal.... 12. The Pope's creatcs e ght i
new cardials. Voto ot tho "military in
terlerence" bill by tho President.... 16. ;
Six executions in dilferont parts ol the Uni- ;
ted Suites.... 20. The legislative appropria- '
tion bill rasses United States Senate.... 24. (
Participation ol Brooklyn's 13th regiment in (
Queen Victoria's sixtieth birthday festivities (
at Mont real... .25. Catholic catbcdral in (
New York dedicated... .26. End ol war be- t
tween Engird and Afghanistan officially ,
announced....29. News received of a ter- j
rifle naval bat'.le between Chilian and (
Peruvian vessels. The Pre-ident vetoes tho
JLCglSlllUVC IIJIJIIUJ/I II1WUII i/m. ug>?.,u|ni,sons
killed or injured at a hotel tire in ?
Ilaneratown, Md International congress (
in Paris adopts a plan to build a ship canal S
across Llie Isthmus ol Durien....3 '. Decor- C
ation day. Aboul fifty poisons lose their s
livvs by a tornado in Kansas, Missouri and j
Nebraska. f
JUNE.?1. Great eruption of Mt. El na report c
ed 2. Great strike ol iron workers in *;
and about. Pittsburgh, Pa....3. Secretary '
ot War McCrary nominated by President S
Hayes to succeed Judge Dillon as judge of !
the eighth circuit....9. Itoports received of (
great destruction of property in Italy by
bursting ol dikes and inundation of .river t
Po. Cessation of eruption ol Mt. Etna re- f
port-d.... 11. Mysterious murder ol Mrs. r
Hull in Now York city. Emperor William'0 c
gulden wedding celebrated in Berlin.... 12. rj
Eleven persons drowned by a waterspout ,
in the iilack Hills.... 16 H*nlan deleata
Elliott in championship rowing match at 8
Newcastle, England. Beginning of six days' t
international walking match in London.... t
21. Weston wins the walking match in t
London, scoring550miles....23.Tho President
signs the army appropriation bill and t
vetoes the judicial expenses appropriation c
bill. Cox, Mi's. Hull's murderer, arrested ,.
in Boston.... 2G. The Khedive ot Egypt ab.
dieates in favor ol his son....27. Harvard l
rlntmiu Ynln in annual boat race at Now
London, Conn....3i). Federal murshal appropriation
bill vetoed by the President.
JULY.?1. Extra session ol the Forty-sixth
Congress closed....2. Fatal storm in Wisconsin
and Minnesota....4. Seven lives t
lost by an accident to a steamer on Lake c
Quinsigamond, Muss. Large Are in Am- j.
hurst, Mass.... 8. James Gordon Bennett's
yacht Jeannette sails from San Francisco
on exploring expedition in search ol the j
North Polo.... 10. Fight persons killed by ?'
an explosion of giant powder in mine works e
nt Bodie, Cal. Yellow lever panic in Mem- a
phis 12. Funeral ol French Prince Imperial
at Chiselhurst, England. Eight lives t
lost by wreck ol steamer State ol Virginia
oir tho coast ol Nova Scotia.... 16. Many r
lives lost in Now England during a ter
rillc storm.... 18. Eight persons drowned by f
capsizing of a yacht in St. Lawrence river,
Canada. News received ol a grout Zulu de- E
*r* (kAiitli A rrtno hrr T^ivl inutnt-.l i
mid virtuul end oi the Zulu war 26. ^
Destructive storm in western Pennsylvania....28.
A congressional committee
bcgiua at Chicago an examination into the i
causca otiho labor depression....31. Five 0
persons drowned by the capsizing ot an
excursion yacht at Clayton, N. Y. ! C
AUWUST ?2. Disastrous storm in England j j
.,..4. Kentucky State jlectioto. Filly per- i
sons killed durinc storm in Denmark. Mown L
ol Volcano, \V. Va., destroyed by Are.... !
7. Election on quostion ol debt compromise '
in Tennessee. Financial panic in Montreal, f
Semjcvo, capital ot Bosnia, almost totally
burned down....9. Yellow levor declined I
an epidemic in Memphis.... 12. Austriun 1
ministry resign.... 15. British parliament
prorogued. James MoHenry, English tinan- ?
oiul a^eiit, tails in London lor sj5,OUO,OUO. j
Fatal riot ol ship laborers in Quebec. Sev- ,
eral persons killed at the destruction by tiro j
ota summer hotel at Locu.H Grove, near
Coney Island .... 18. Tremendous storm 1
along the Atlantic cost . 23. Great excitement
created in 3au Francisco by shooting
ol 1. S. Kaliocb, workingmen's candidate lor ^
mayor, by Charlos De Young, sr., proprietor
Chronicle newspaper....30. A monument
to General Custer unveiled at West Point.
9EPIEMBER.?3. CaliJoraia State election.
Maaf acre of British embassy at Cubul.... 5.
Several persons killed or injured by boi er
explosion on steamer Alaska, Lnke Erie
....8. State election in Maine.... 11. Tammany
bolts Irom Democratic State Convention
at Syracuse.... 18. News received ol Fo
the capture ot Cntewayo, Zulu king, by the
British .... 20. Goneral Grant arrives in
San Francisco alter two yeais' absence
abroad. International talking match for
Astloy belt begun in New York....22. Particluara
received of great fire at Kiev, RussiH....23.
Alliauce lorraed between Ger- Ay
many and Austria.... 26. Partial destruction
ol Deadwood, Dakota, l?y fire.... 27- Rowell pQ,
wins the walking match in New 1'ork....
28. Prof. Wise and companion ascend In
balloon Pathfinder, at St. Louis, and never
heard Irom again.... 28. Bloody battle between
United States troops and Ute Indians
in Colorado.
OCTOBER.? 2- Monument to Andre erected
on the 8pot where he was hanged, at Tappan,
N. Y. About fifteen persons killed
and many more wounded by lall ol a giand In 1
stand at a fair in Adrian, Mich.*..4. Beginning
ot pedestrian match lor O'Leary
belt in New York. General Merritt's foice
relieves Captain Payne's troops, beleaguered
by Utes, in Colorado....8. Capture ot famous
Peruvian irou-clad Iluascar by Chilian
vessels alter a desperate naval flght.... Ayi
10. Fiiteen persons killed and many
wnnnda^ ^ A TaaI.AA.
n VUMMVW I/; JIIUUVOU WUIliOiVU aw UUUIUH;ilj .
Mich.... 11. Murphy wins tho walking Ani
match for the O'Leary bolt 12. British
troops enter Cabal.... 14. State elections in
Ohio and Iowa.... 15. Disastrous floods in
Spain.... 16. Dr. Lo Moyno cremated at
Washington, Pa. Hanlaii and Courtney
inuke a flzzle ot their boat race on Chautauqua
Lake.... 18. Loss ot Spanish steamer j
Nuevo Pajaro del Occano in Bahama Straits, j
West Indies, by Are, and lorty ol her passengers
and crew perish.... 19. Formation oJ 1
new Turkish ministry.... 20. Twenty-seven up
British troops and many Afghans killed by ]
blowing np ot amagazino in <9bul....21. ^
Terrible distress in Hungary.on 'account ot
bad crops reported... .25. fellow lever epi- *
demic in Memphis declared at an end. cei
NOVEMBER ?2. Five men billed by explo- 'J
sion ot Are .'amp in a colliery near Scranton, a^
Ph....4. Elections in a number ot States. f0I
.... 5. Obsequies oi General Hooker in New
York, and ot Senator Chandler in Detroit. I
.... 7- Steamer Champion sunk by the ship ma
Lady Octavia, near Cope Henlopen, und Un
thirty lives lost....8. Three lives lost and J
damage exceeding $100,000 done by breaking
ot a train tliiough the iron bridge over '
the Missouri at St. Charles, Mo. Several
persons killed by the lall of a cracker factory
in Kunsas City, Mo.... 10. A party oi
flity white men Irom Now Mexico, attacked
by Indians in Mexico and thirty-two killed.
....11. fatal cyclone 111 (Jrawlord county,
Arkansas.... 12. Reception to General Grant
in Chicago. Five persons killed at a New J
York tenement-house Are .... 17. About j],a
thirty Chinamen killed by an explosion in a Rn(
California railroad tunnel.... 18. Nine lives ij <
lost by the sinking ol a portion ol a town on *
Lake Ontario.... 19. General Thomas' statue I
unveiled in Waabingtom. Great excitement lan
in Ireland on account ot the arrest ot sev- use
oral persons for seditious utterances....26. an
Great s&leot 250,000 shares New York Central
railroad stock by W. II. Vanderbilt to
a, syndicate of bankers lor $3 ,000,000....
27. Thanksgiving day.... 23. Marriage at
Madrid ot King Allonso to Marie Christine,
Austrian archduchess.
DEC KM BER.?1. Opening ot the regular ses- "
sion ol Forty-sixth Congress.... 2. Attempt to
to kill the Uzar ot Russia while on his way wll
to Moscow. . ..3. Banquet to Oliver Wendell hai
Holmes in Boston in lionor ot his seventieth Oh
bi.thdny....8. Opening ot the international
dairy tail in New York....9. United 8tate?
Senate con dims Secretary of War McCran Wo
to be United States circuit judge....lu. Tui
Ex-Scnutor Ramsey's appointment as a no ?t
cessor to Seoretary ot War McCrary con- Th]
flnned by the Senate. National agricultural Fri
society formed in Now York....12. News Sat
received of great floods in Transylvania (
and Hungary. Destruction by fire ol Red to
Rock, Fa 15. Twelve miners killed ano |(Cl
eight injured by an explosion in a salt miue
in Wurtemburg, Germany.... 10. Groat .
welcome to General Grant in Philadelphi* 0
....19. Details reoeived ot heavy battl
? i j Chi
IJUIWCBII l/UlllltUB UUU UiUCU 1VIUC3 VI lull ?
and Uoliviu. g '
?? 9 Jo
Inter-Oceaulc Canal. ];ti
At a meeting of the American Geo- up
graphical society, held in New York, a pis
paper on the proposed inter-oceanic po
canal, prepared by Rear Admiral Am- we
men, was read. The paper was mainly j
i review of proceedings of the Paris 0ti
conference, caiUd to consider the pro- wi
icct, and of which Admiral Ammen w;is js
i member. Beyond that it set forth thi
what are claimed as the particular ad- zjf
vantages of the Nicaragua, or avow- tin
;dly favorite American route above all jy,
others, he said that the rainfall on the
Nicaragua route is exceedingly small,
inly about forty-eight inches a year, anil
;hat there will be little interference with
;he work from that cause. There is
ibundant good stone, hydraulic and p?
)ther lime, wood and bamboos, which ??
atter may be found very advantageous
n the construction of harbors. There is {?*
iconsiderable population, well disposed,
md, when they can have remunerative
imployment, fairly industrious. The .
:ountry has an abundant cattle supply
)f good quality for food, and other pro- ,
iuctions which would furnish the main
lubsistence for laborers on the canal, :
with a convenient water transportation ,
n general along the line of the ship ,
:anal, and lake communication wit'> an ,
'xtensive. populated, and fertile region. ,
between Lake Nicaragua and the Pa;itic,
near the line of the projected canal, .
everal passable roads exist, and what- t
tvoT pniirlc rninlit- ho rumiirpH nvpr this .
ihort distance could readily he made at ?
nconsiderable cost. There is an in- .
xhaustible water supply in its lake of 1,800
miles of super/ice. wliich equalizes fct
loods and makes the daily changes ?,
mall in the discharge of the river San suf
luan, by which it debouches into the ,
Caribbean sea.
An excellent harbor can be made on ,
he Pacific coast at San Juan del Sur, ?
onvenient for anchorage. Lake Nica
"rigua affords every facility lor an inter- =
hange of cargoes that may be desired. y
["lie west coast and the valley of the
ake are, as compared with the eastern
lope, comparatively healthy, and on
he eastern slope a considerable part of J
he labor can be done by means of ing
Ired ing machines. Ya
Th* cost of the Nicaragua route would six
ieS<55.7'22.137. The Panama route would on<
ost $94.511.3G0, and the Atrato Napipi brc
oute ?98,196,894, supposing that the by
onstruction of a ship canal on either to yoi
le an engineering possibility. slit
, wa
doi
Couldn't Cut It Short. th(
A day or two ago a woman entered Ha
he telegraph office and said to the reeiver
of messages that she desired to Li<
elegraph her husband who was in Chi
ago, lor money, tie poinien ner to tun
ounter supplied with blanks and told po1
ler the rate for ten words. She strug- in*
;lod away for a quarter of an hour,
nd then handed in the following: ha
" Won't you please send me ten dollars dr<
>y next mail?" bri
" I don't know whether that will do or of
lot." she said as she felt for her money. S0<
If you were to receive such a dispatch na'
rom your wife would you forward the cef
aoney?"
" Well?well, I might," he replied in Ba
louhtful tones.
"Now you wait! f don't like the
lispatch at all, because I tried to keep
t within ten words. I'll write an- 7
?thcr." on
She tore it up. walked over to the .
ounter. and in three minutes handed . J
n a new one, reading: in
" Am out of food and fuel, and want 1
en dollrrs as soon as you can get it wl
lere! If you can't spare it I'll spout the jus
>arlor carpet!" nei
" That would bring the money from P?"V
ne." said the receiver as he read the j
ines and marked the number of words, ho
"Then I guess it will from him. mi
?end it along, and if I don't get the ev<
noney inside of two days you'll hear ou:
I1W I'Ml'lIc f\( 1
UHlfUMUjf lip^UJL' Jlfll J "
Brussels carpet off the lloor!'~Z>^ntt7 as
Free Press. ref
The word right is never pronounced
vrong, and the wrong Jis never prolounced
right
a larutinuu iwrow
There's a ?ong in t he air! , ?
There's a star in the sky!
There's a mother's deep prayer ," ? '' T And
a baby's low cry!
id the star rains its lire while the beantilul
?'n?,
r the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king f *y
There's ft tumwlt ol (oy * "*.
O'er the wonderlol birth,
For the virgin's sweet boy '* ' .'v .
Is the Lord ot the earth. ?.
e! the star rains its Are and the bcautUu
sing,
r the manger of Bethlehem cradles a kin*
S: - v. >
In the light oi that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song trom afar ?
Has swept over the world.
ery hearth is aflame, and the beantiiol , j!:.
the homes o< the nations that Jesujia king^ >_sr.
We rejoice in the light,
And we echo the song
That comes down through the night ' k S
From the heavenly throng, j <
a! we shont to the lovely evangel they
briD*? * ' ->.
i wegrtet in his cradle oar Savioorlttri
king!
?Dr. J. G. Holland*'
:<x ,
ITEM 0* INTEREST.
tusaia's army is feariully addicted to * , ^
nk. ...
Che astronomers' business Is looking'
.?Boston Pod.
'ostal curds, now" almost universal
rted in Austria, In'1865. ' '3.
I woman at Havana, Til.; one d^jefic*.
ltly gjfe birth to four girl babied
The most touching thing to which our
ention has ever been directed is tltt- e
finger of the right hand .?Lukent - '
n the decade between 1800 and ,f870
nufacturing establishments, in the ~.4m
ited States increased 80 per cen?. '
t is difficult to understand why a
fe never ask?her husbahd if the doors ' *v i -v
t all locked until aiitfer he Is' snugly
rered up in bed.^WalcrUpyOfitcpjqrf '4
The fanner's harvest no# bos " '
Cold winter's mode his bow;
All yon who have nice steers to shod,
Prepare to sbed them now. '
? Vovktrt SBrtMtkkri' - \
d. South Carolina a statute provided
it all persons having no reasonable ' >
i lawful excuse shall attend some re?\ious
service every Sunday,. . >
lice is cheaper than wheat71n "Eft
id. and is Baid to be quite extensi vely #
d as an adulterant, if so putrittotU-'- V '
artiolc may be called by suolvan'ame-, , . " \:'
. At ten, a child; at twenty, wild;
At thirty, strong, it over; v ' V
At forty, wipe; at fi/ty, rich; .
At sixty, good, or*j?v%r.
?Buffalo Courier.
There are many fellows who endeavoi .
beat time, but : boot the only man
10 accomplishes ii is the fellow who J
adles the baton in the band.?Waterloo v
terver. ^
A WfcEK In TUB STpCKt'BCaiXKSS.
nday, I dabbled in lutaro ojiepi.ioHfl: *
aday, owned millions b?" nH^mefifHtion*?tdnettday,
on my avonne jwlace l^ao;
ursday, I drove out a spanking bay ?ftin, day,
I gave a magnificent i *.V .
urday, wo busted, with nothmg fit all. * ,
Jne of our rural exchanges is trcwf '
give farmers advice on the subjpfy ol.
eping chickens. The best way about
s time of the year, is to fas^.thea
the roost with a chain cable and put
prinp-eun near tire hen-house ?loor.~
f /*>j n m?
1 uxiy ucnvx;
The two highwayman who as-ailer
lin Hamm, a thin, bent, consumptive
tie man, nenr Vinceom'*, Ind., wuked
the wrong customer, for lie drew a
;tol and shot one of them, and . -
undedthe other insensible-with the 7f
'apon.
[f there is one time more than an*
ler when a man's heart overflows
th gratitude toward a loving wi/e, it *
when he receives a bill of fSOYrom
2 jeweler for the handsome birthday
t with which she recently so affoo
naiely surprised him.?Midcllctqwn
cuucript. <r
?r ' F*
A Seller Sold.
Mpbonse Karr, in his "Livrc d?
rd " tells a nice little story of Auguste
mieu, a well-known writer on T*
/nro, whoso practical jokes made him nous
all over Paris. One niglijF
mien, having aressea nimsen ior mjr. .^99'
rt in a provincial costume, enterec 1
kwardly a watchmaker 8 shop amir \ >
th a timid bow and an apology fofc< "*'
turbing the tradesman, began:
Piirdon, monsieur, but what aqjf.-' r
>se little round things hanging -'tip .4
re?" * f"
'Those ar* called watches."
'Watches! What are they for?"
4 To tell the timpof day."
' Why, thev must be real handy. Do
'v cost much?" A
' From two hundred francs down to
enty-five."
1 Bless me, I could afford to buy one.
os it take much trouble to make them
JJ1 'V .
1 No; all you have to do is to wind
m un every day?this way."*.-'
'That seems very easy?but when
>uld I wind the watch?I think that
vliat you call it?up?"
1 In the morning."
' In the morning?why ?f- 1 f
> 1}Ann 11 en urn ol ?r.|tTi (IrtlSV fit
lJCvauor jwi MIV ?? I?J > ...
;ht, M. Romieu, And you'd bre:ik,jt if
1 tried to wind it then."
Sared bj a Watch-Caw.
dr. Wood Yantis has some interest;
relics of his grandfather,. Jacob
ntis, who died in IfJftO. a<;ed seveutyOne
is a- silver watch, more than
J hundred years old. which was
night to this country from Germany
his grandfather when lie was quite a
ang man. It is of almost spherical
jpe, of the " bull-eve" pattern, and
.3 mnde by William P'.umley, of Lonn.
The watch was for a long time
! only timepiece in the old fort at
.rrodsburg, and to it Mr. Yantis once
ed his life. He had gone to the Blue
ks in company, it is said, wiih Boone
d others for salt, and. having become
>arated from his companions, was diapered
and pursued by Indians. Find- :
himself about to be overtaken by
! redskins, he drew out his watch,
sily detached the outer case and
jpped it to the ground, hoping its
ghtness would attract the attention
his pursuers whiie he could make
5d his escape. Such was the fortune
result of the stratagem, and he sue'
J - ? in
'den in rt'ftciwu^ mc iu>> ><4 .
i afterward had a new case made in
ltiraore.?Bardslovn (Ay.) liccoril.
" Notes."
Han must need pick up many a crown
the royal road to wealth.
The ta k of there beine no sunshine
this life, is all moonshine.
foung man. if you nrc ever asked
tat happiness is, and you don't know.
it say it is the possession of cood
ilth.'and a dollar that was left after ?
ying all your deots.
\ftcr all, to receive-just praise for our
nest endeavors while we live is mu'-h
>re gratifying than the prospect of
r so much 'misspelled "tally" on
r tombstone.
' Do you take your local paper?" asked
tranger of a resident. "No," wa- the
)ly; "the fact is I am too poor. Why.
i dear sir, I cannot afford to keep a
S, to saynoihing of newspapere."?
rners Falls Reporter. a