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. M ^ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1883. NO. 25. VOLUME XXVIII. /J|| GIFTS. If I could pi vp you what would outlast timeRemain as fixed as Polar star above? (Something to live an<l thrive in any clime, I'd give my love! And should you a*k for that more true than steel, A something of yourself a kindred part. My inmost thought I'd then to thee reveal, And give my heart! Should friends desert you, fortune cease to smile, Should joy itself a)>j>ear beyond recall, Your weary moments I would then beguile, And give my all! But if some loft}* sacrifice you'd ask, How glad I'd yield me to your dear control And give?since giving is Love's sweetest task? My very soul! And oh, believe me, could I turn away One cruel shaft, one pang of this world's strife From your great heart, this day I'd give my life! Sarah J. Miller, in the Continent. MY BIRTHDAY. "We, Mother Iiaynor, Jack and I, were sitting in our little sitting-room, our be.st room, but not parlor, for mother would never call the little box of a room by so ' dignified a title, and for the hundredth time they were telling me what they Knew 01 my nu\ "You see, Birdie," said mother, as I had always called her, "it was a stormy night and Jack had been detained at the store?he was cash-boy at Cotton A: Co. 's then?but just as lie was running up the steps about 7 o'clock, he met a woman hurrying down them. She brushed by without speaking, and he. when he reached the door, almost stumbled over a basket where you lay all snugged up in warm flannels. Ah, but you were a nice baby, my dear!" "Pity my mother hadn't thought so!" I sarcastically observed. "Undoubtedly you would have fared better than in our humble home," said Jack, grimly. "Why Jack, you don't think I meant that, do you, dear?" 1 hastily asked. "It made me feel badly to think my own flesh and blood would abandon me and trust me with strangers, that's all." "That was seventeen years ago titmorrow night." meditated mother, unheeding our conversation. "Yes," chimed in I, anxious to clear the cloud from Jack's forehead; "and you have always called it my birthday, and have always made the day so pleasant for me too. Let me see!" I rattled on, '' you thought I must have been abou t a year old, and so I am eighteen to-morrow ! Have you made my birthday cake yet, mother?" II IT ,1 \ ,/IQ JL UJ>j IllUt'l'U, aim iuai> i^iumuo uiv I must go out and see to tlie frosting of it too, to-night. No, you stay right here. ^ Watch her, Jack, for she's not to see the cake until to-morrow," I retreated before her laughing command, and seeing how sour Jack still looked I determined to do my very best to make him behave like his own self again. Perching myself on the arm of his chair I leaned over, trying to catch his eye. "Cross, dear?" I asked, very sweetly. "No," he replied, in a tone that said, "Yes, decidedly so; let me alone." But I was not to be rebuffed. Slipping my arms around his neck I drew his face around toward mine. "You're sorry you didn't send me to the Foundlings' home, aren't you? It's enough to make any one sross to think how he has bt-en troubled for seventeen years just because he was so soft-hearted over a miserable little baby wnose own people didn't care about keeping it. Are you sorry, Jack ?" " Are you, Bird?" He suddenly straightened up, a look in his dark eyes I had never noticed there before. ""What have I to be sorry for?" I asked. "Wasn't I thrown into the hands of the dearest, kindest mother and brother a girl over had ?" "Yes, dear?that is, we've always meant kindness; but still. I am nut your brother, Bird." 4,I know it, but I love you just as well," I began, but some way under the steady look of Jack's beautiful eyes I could not co on with my usual protestations of affection, as I had always been in the habit of doing, and I drew my arm away from about his neck. "But I don't want you to, Bird," he said, slowly, and then he went on eagerly: f My darling. I want you to love me just as well as I do you, dear. 1 want you for my very own, for my wife, Bird." "Claspingmeclo.se in his strong arms he tola me how happy I could make him by saying that I loved him. And so strongly did he argue his case that some way I was completely won over to his way of thinking, and before; the great birthday cake was frosted Jack and I were engaged. "I've accepted Jack as a birthday gift," I whispered to mother as I ran out. A radiant look of surprised joy fairly illumined her dear old face as she comprehended the meaning of my remark. "It has been the wish of my life," she whispered, kissing me softly. "Be ready for other birthday gifts to-morrow," she ealled after me. "Oh, happy birthday," I whispered when to-morrow dawned; and I. awaking, remembered mv promise to Jack. "What .*i.i T 1 ?I...A *1 eixer gilt I'UUlU l iisrvuvt uiau tuv; gift of dear .Tack's love;" Several little tokens were at tny breakfast plate, some very expensive, too, for since Jack's picture* had begun to sell so well and orders poured in faster than he could execute theni he had begun to be q^ite extravagant. He had gratified an oft-expressed wish of mine by having a cameo earring, found in the basket in which they first found me, set in a ring for me for one of my birthday presents. It was an exquisite, clearly-cut cameo, and it had a decidedly unique setting: so I had always indulged in the hope that some time, perhaps, I might learn through it who my parents were. ^ Tt, had evident! v dronned into the basket p by mistake, for there was nothing else about me to identify iiK*. There was none of the proverbial strawberry mnrksor moles so often found on lost children in stories, so I had only the cameo to connect me with the unknown past. So I slipped it on my finger, and when Jack told me to keep it for an engagement ring until he could procure another, it became doubly dear to me. By-and-bye, as soon as breakfast was finished, much to my surprise and disappointment, my lover went up to his studio and remained invisible for two hours. "He might have spent my birthday with me, anyway," 1 pouted, as I plodded upstairs feeling "blue" enough. I knocked at the door of his studio. "Not just now, dear, I'm busy," came in Jack's voice from bevond the door. a ?i ;?,i:?v.?,i AII^I > ttuvi uiui^Jiaiu, km uv iiiiu auvovu me to spend my mornings there for two mouths past, I silently went to my?own room. And I was angrier still when not ten minntes later his door opened to admit Miles Griffith, a fellow from the Artists' club. And then I was ready to cry with vexation. They had always petted and spoiled me, mother and Jack, and let me have my own way. so that I could not bear even this little neglect gracefully. A \uin-o inct ?UU " v.~ j , and Jack, ii seemed to me, wasn't acting just as he ought under the circumstances. At last I was determined to be mean enough to listen, and hear, if I could, what they were talking about so earnestly in the studio. Me, I found out at once, for Jack had just spoken my name as I guiltily put my car to the keyhole. (A disgraceful thing ^ to do, I admit, but as I mean this to be ? a faithful account of my birthday, and as I really did listen at the keyhole, I record it). 111 have made a great mistake," said Jack, sighing heavily. I could distinguish Mr. Griffiths' reply, but I, hushing my breath, heard Jack say ' again: "It has always been my mother's wish. I did it more to please her, I suppose. She loves Bird dearly, and?" With ft dry sob T fell forward on the "i rug. I could not have stirred then had yc they opened the door and saw me there. "lie has found out this earl}1 that lu? so has made a mistake, has he?" I thought yc bitterly, when my brain stopped whirling A so 1 could think. "It was only to please his mother that he had asked me to become his wife! And to think he should reveal his disappointment to that I tii horrid old Griffith tirst ! Oh, it was too I st huuiiliatimr." | w I resolved to release him at once, but | di again I listened, having a dim hope. I ci suppose, that perhaps my ears had de- j pi ceived me. I tl] "If it suits mv mother " began I Jack. i a? "That's not. the thing," interrupted | Griffith. "You never would be suited, j lo She lacks expression and " j cl "Yes, I know?naturalness?I know yr the faults?for I'm better acquainted ; d( with Birdie than you are, Griffith." "To be su e," assented Griffith, j ot "Mouth too large: eyes very vacant, I pf I've noticed. I advise you to <jive it up." | in "I'll take your advice," said Jack. I tli emphatically, and then I rusbed to my :il room. nc So through "Griffith's advice," which of Jack seemed so ready to take, my brief w little romance was to be shattered. "Well, ni 1 would never stay and let him see my i T1 heart break, too; for 1 felt sure I never ! sii could live through this trouble, so dear I in i had Jack in the role of lover become to j me in a few short hours. cc And so some way?and now it seems I ar like a vague dream to me?I found my- m o l-it*>r vnnrlprimr nimlesslv ! Ill down a strange street, not knowing or j in (raring where my steps tended. Some 1 be I workmen obstructed the sidewalk and I ! nl was obliged to cross the street. cc I 1 remember of stepping down and ad- d< vancing a few steps, of hearing hoarse di shouts of warning, fee ling a sudden shock, is j and then all was blank. w j When I returned to consciousness I was ' hi in a strauge room, everything was strange ! T1 to me. I ai ""Where am I?" I asked, although I ! fa could see no one. " What has happened?'' {lo ' You are with friends," said a low i at ; voice ?oar me, and turning my eyes, they a ; fell on a sweet-faced lady not yet old, al- g< i though her hair was nearly white, sitting sb i near me. j tli ' How came I here?" I demanded, in a i ar ! week, startled voice. ! m After a brief consultation with the I woman, evidently the nurse, the lady de- cc cided to explain the situation. pi " You are weak, but I trust to your j id good sense to remain calm while I tell you J er j why you are here. About a month ago st ! you were crossing the street and my hus- b< band and 1 accidentally ran against and hi 1 severely injured you. There was nothing oi ' about you to identify you, so we brought pi 1 you home." cc I "And this is a month ago; has no one 1 w ; been here? Did you advertise?" "No," replied the lady. "It was re- i m I ported in the police news, I believe as ' in my husband had to pay a large nne lor .\ ! liis carelessness, but I never thought of ni | advertising for your friends. I sup- T posed they would go to the station and so | then be directed here, if you had any in w I the city." "I have none," I said bitterly. "I hi j was only a foundling, living upon char- vc j ity all mv life. " : p.r I was reckless, I did not think how j in i unnecessary it was to speak of ray own ' w \ history to a stranger. A whole month I had lain there and no one had called. j And my pale, thin hands showed how : a near to death's door I had been. As I lay j d< I looking at my wasted lingers I noticed ; ac my ring was gone. j in Hastily I inquired where it was- My ar j new-found acquaintance blushed and j ar then said: j W ' "Will you allow my husband to talk tli | with you a few moments? He has your I m ' cameo." . j sp In a few moments a tall, handsome bl I gentleman accompanied her into the ra room. j tli | "Years ago." he began, after apolo-1 su i gizing for being the cause of my illness, j dt , and congratulating me upon my recov- lis ' cry, "I had a pair of cameos carved in I tr ! this city. They were unlike anything ! w i overseen here. I had them set in a pair I ta ' of earrings for ray wife. One night our to house was robbed by a trusted servant; j lo I the cameos were taken along with other , m ; valuables." ! ro "Was anything else taken ?" I asked, j of ! sitting upright, forgetting for a moment i <>l i my weak state. 1 bi The gentleman strove to control his j el emotion, but his wife was silently weep- I gi ! ing near the window. cc j " Yes, our only child," he replied, j bj > brokenly. " Now will you tell me how i sji you came by this cameo, for it is the ' tli same ? I to-day took it to the person w . who carved it for me so long ago, and Ik; i ui recognized it at once, although it had j dc been reset." j w t " Was it seventeen years ago that your to ' child was stolen ?" I asked, eagerly. ' ]>< i "Yes. What do you know of it ?" he ; tli questioned hoarsely. 1 tli "I know that I am your child then." i of : After I had told the story, so often re- j lis peatcd to me by my mother Kaynou they \ tli were perfectly satisfied that I belonged i in to them, and their joy beggars descrip- ' ev tion. i p.; Their story was that my father had tli 1 given his wife a necklace of diamonds, j wi and seeing how pleased her baby was j fr< with it she had shaken the stones before \ aji its eyes, and at last, in a spirit of fun, ! M ; clasped it about the child's neck. But' she did not understand the fastening, and as her husband was away from home | and she could not get the short chain ar over the child's head, she was obliged to ! ar let the nurse put the infant to sleep with in the glittering ornament about its neck, j gt ! -> i t? r?? I fir I>111 |I1U>UU lUW iv^l IliU j nurse's capacity, so she had taken baby j nc 1 quietly out to a neighboring jeweler and in j had the necklace unfastened. The theory we, my new-found parents in and I, formed was, that becoming fright- se | encd at her own exploit and not daring w ' to try to replace the baby?I never can ' vc realize that that baby was myself?lest j rn j she be discovered, she concluded toaban-: M j don it entirely. i A ) "Now, where do these people live who th j have cared so kindly for you? I must see g< them," said my mother. : tr Reluctantly I gave the address. Jack ui came straight to me after my mother told ti? her errand, and he looked so old, and *1 worn, and haggard tint for a moment I | w 1 was lost in pity for him. j m ! Then I remembered the indelicate re- tli marks he had made to Miles Griffith, and w in trying to be frigidly cool I only sue- i at j ceeded in crying weakly. ! in I "Oh, Jack! .lack!'' 1 sobbed, unable to f? t be anything but mv own impetuous self, ty I "why did you teach me to love you only j sr to tire of me soon?" h< "Tire ! llow ? What do you mean, ] tli ! dear V he asked, taking my hand anx- ? I lOUSiy as 11 ne i caret i i whs iiui t|ime j;i- j >? j tional. And then as I grew calmer I ha<l ( I to confess how J had descended to the ; ! contemptible business of eavesdropping I and what I had heard. j "It was my birthday. Jack. Don't you [ pi | remember you had (iritlith up in the stu- I tr ; dio. And you told him yon had made a ; c:i . great mistake in engaging yourself tome, ! ei I and?and he advised you to trive it up, j p; I and you said you'd follow his advice.*' J ix For three minutes Jack stared at me, | tl ! and then he, with difficulty repressing an 1 ol ! inclination to laugh, said : j g( "My darling, how could you believe l hi ! it? Now listen. As you know, my forte ! T ; is landscapes. Well, I thought I'd make hi | one more trial at portraits, so while I rc lately I have been entertaining you and ! a mother so politely in the studio I was ! w slyly taking'sittings.' You know your hi ' birthday, or the day we celebrate as I ac yours, and mother's fall on the same day; ' e\ j so, as she had often expressed a wish to j have your portrait painted, and think- j ing that you would like her's, I painted ] your counterfeits as best I could, and ti then before I showed them I sent for I id Griffith, the fail est critic in the club. He ! tc ' I* .. I toui me canumiy mai ii>Ji|miinni. j>?jhivi t 1 was a dead failure, and advised me tc never to allow the public to see my at- I tempts. The criticism you heard were of your picture. Not you. Are you sat- " tied?*' si "Perfectly," I answered, feeling as if now I could get well and strong at once, hi "But my poor birthday was all spoiled," I sighed. "To-day is your birthday, my dear," c( interrupted my new mother brightly, w entering the room with Mother Raynor, it ind if the other wns spoiled ask wnat ! >u will and you may have it." "I'll take Jack," I said, gayly. And } I did, "for better or for worse," a j ;ar from my eighteenth birthday.?M. . Coc. Made-Up Men. A reporter was engaged in conversa- | on with the proprietor of a Marketrcet corset-factory a few days ago, hen a dapper-looking and stylishly cssed young man, well known in soety, entered, and, addressing the pro ietor, wanted to know if " those j lings ' he liad ordered were ready. " You mean the corset and pads ?" ked tlie proprietor. " Yes," timidly replied the dandy, j okin^ suspiciously at the reporter. A erk was called and took charge of the | mug man, who secured the tilings and jparted. "Yes, that young man, and many hers of his class wear corsets and ids," said the proprietor, in answer to terrogatories. "You must not think iat artificial make-ups are confined one to women," lie said. "You may )t believe it, but I can name upward ' a hundred society men in this city ho wear corsets, and even a greater imbcr than that who pad their legs, lie latter custom has only been in vogue nee the tight-littiug pantaloons came to style." "No. the custom is not original. It mcs from abroad where roues, dandies id court-followers who are getting old ako up to a greater extent than the ost slender and homely ballet-dancer the country. After a man gets to be 'tween fortv and fiftv Years of aire his tdominal region expands and he bonnes corpulent. To avoid this he or;rs nn appliance, which, although it ffers somewhat from the female corset, virtually a corset, ana ebnenes the earcr's adipose tissues up so as to maKe s form almost as perfect as an Apollo, lien by the judicious use of a few pads id some paint and powder, aided by lse teeth and hair-dye, the aged beau oks many years younger and frisks >out a ball-room with a step as light as youth of twenty. Army officers, as a 'lieral thing, are very proud of their lape, and if nature has been unkind to icm they wear corsets and pad. There e a dozen or more of Uncle Sam's brassounted dandies who deal with me. "Actors, too, are good customers. Of >urse, many of them only wear these apiances on the stage to carry out their ea of a character, but I could nameseval who wear them both on and olf the age. There is one in particular, amemjrofan Eastern combination, who thinks i is just too sweet for anything. Lots : the girls thinks so, too. lie travels -incipafly on his shape, but if the girls >uld but know how he is made up they ould be astonished and disgusted. " Of course, there isa prejudice against en wearing corsets," continued the aker, ' but in some cases it is a silly one. ow, take it in the case of large, heavy en; then it is an absolute necessity, bey bccomc so fat that unless they wear rvw.fkJrwr to Krnr-o tlif.ir linrlins fhp.V """ ""e v" ?j ould grow entirely out of proportion." A corpulcnt gentleman who wanted to ive n brace made interrupted the conization, and the reporter took his detrture, pondering over his discovery that en wore corsets.?Si it FrancUeo Chronic. A Procession of Sun-Spots. Everybody who watched the sun with telescope last summer must have won red at the great belt of spots lying ross the southern part of the disk durg last half of July. Several of the spots id groups were of extraordinary size, id their arrangement was very singular, hen the belt extended completely acros9 " ?ttnn oiiuKIa nf Anrt i imn U Mill, Illd'U WI13 vifliuiv; uv Uii^, uiuv ost every characteristic form that sunots preseut. There was the yawning aek chasm with sharply defined yet gged edges, vast enough to swallow up e whole earth, with room to spare, and rrounded by a regular penumbral bor r as evenly shaded as an artist could tve made it; there was the double or iple spot whose black centers, though idely separated from one another, were ngled, as it were, in one twisted and rn veil of penumbra, or connected by ng, shadowy bands; there was the onstrous spot of grotesque form surunded by a crowd of smaller spots ' even more fantastic shape, and envel>ed in a broad, irregular penumbra as zurre and wonderful as the mighty sunlasius inclosed in it; there was the eat spot, often of singular outline, acimpanied outside its shadowy borders one or more swarms of minute black iccks pitting the white photosphere in ie most extraordinary fashion; there as the huge group, visible even to the lassisted eye, and consisting of half a >zen or more large spots intermingled ith smaller ones whose number seemed defy counting, and enveloped in a wumbral cloak of becoming amplitude; ere. near the edges of the disk, were e crinkling lines and heaped-up masses facula1, the mountainous hvdrogenimes which marked the places where ie intensest solar action was going onshort, there was a panorama in which eiy variety of sun-spot seemed to be | issing in a gigantic procession across e disk. And what a procession it us!?long enough, nearly, to reach r>m the earth to the moon and hack pun three times!?Popular Science, onthly. Christmas Revels. The modern Christmas parties, which e generally timed while the little folks e home for their holidays, arc, accordg to an English paper, a relic of the eat public festivities which used to be Id by the sovereigns and the great >bles, and of the great charity festivals stituted by the church. The blessing of the yule logs was an lportant ceremony, and after the solemn rvifKO lisifl lienn i ii-rfrirmed lhf> holirliiVK. Inch lasted till twelfth-night, were (letted to music and merry-making. A ler of the Revels, called the Lord of isrulc in England, in Scotland, the hbot of Unreason, was appointed, and ,e maddest freaks his imagination sug sted were carried out; in some counics the mummers or maskers came in ibidden, and went through their fantasc performances; in others there were iccial dances, and in all the great titers masques and entertainments by imics and clowns, the forerunners of ic modern pantomime, were given, on hich much money w:?s lavishly spent, id to which the poorer class were often vitcd. Everwhercit was a time ofproision, and, to some extent, of prodigali. Christmas boxes, which now mean nail donations of money, were originally )xes in which money was saved toward it* expenses of Christmas, and they were as many references in the earlier poets stify?broken open on the day after liristmas?hence the modern custom. How to Train a Boy. The modern prejudice against corporal jnishment does not seem to have peneated to India. A magistrate of the intonment'of Secunderabad recently re ivyd the following petition from a ireut: ''I most humbly and respectfully i" tii liritifr tn voiir Wind nntii'i' r> *'4 v,(- " > | iat my son, aged about fifteen, instead going to school, joins bad company, )es to the tank to catch fish, and loses j is time vainly wandering here and there, he schoolmaster warned him and flogged in several times; he never comes to. I quest your honor to permit me to have > chain for one of his legs, with a log of nod attached to the same, in order that j may feel ashamed, and leave his bad finns. for which act of irracc he shall or pray." The Shade He Wanted. A Boston paper says that a consumpvc man, knowing that his life; was raplly drawing to a close, called his wife i him and said: "Madeline, you know that I am about > die; shall you ever think of me when am gone?"' ' "Oh, yes, darling," sobbed his wife. I never can forget you, and I will ever e that your grave is kept green." "Yes, my dear. I know you will; but I ive one lust request." "What is it, darling?" "Do not keep it that vulgar, low-down, immon green, like Simpson's grave, hich is so distasteful to the eye. Keep a rich, delicate olive green." FARM. GARDEN ANI) HOUSEHOLD. < I Cn.ro of PfiAtiircv. t The pasture is almost always the most neglected part of the farm, and partly ( for the rpason that, however much is done j to it, the land will still not be so produc- < tive as in some other crop. If manure is t applied it makes weeds grow, with little ? chance for getting them out. If there is increased growth of grass one-half the , grain is wasted by the trampling of cattle { and horses. Stiil, it will often pay to , top-dress a pasture, especially a year or j, more before it is to be plowed, so that | j l.rt ?,nnM hn id*11 u'lirknil t.hrniKrh i ^ I?AU lliuiliuv *?? * ?.v.* " W...-?-0? J the soil.?Cultivator. Potato Seed* I selected five smooth potatoes of good size, says a New Hampshire correspondent of the American Cultivator, and cut them into three or four pieces. I then selected some about the size of a walnut. Tr.ese were taken from my pile of pota- I toes intended for the hogs. I planted j one row with the cut potatoes and the next row with small whole ones, and so on, until I had planted ten rows, five of each. I treated them as nearly alike as I could, and felt sure that the cut pota- { toes would yield the best crop. But at i digging time, to my surprise, l Jounu i nearly one-fifth more of marketable pota- J ( toes in the rows planted with the small i < whole potatoes than in those planted c with the pieces of large potatoes. 1 1 have concluded that there is something < more for me .to learn about planting po- ( tatoes, and I intend next year to make a more complete test on a larger scale. < Heaves. , The heaves is nil affection of the lungs \ on/1 icirmnllv /if jllf. VinMrfc J1S Well. t through the lungs. It is a nervous disorder, which affects one of the principal < nerves of the body, the pneumogastrie, s which controls the digestive and breath- ] ing organs, so that the disorder may have j ( its seat in the stomach or in the lungs, or j both, or in the nervous system. It is ac- j ( coinpanied by violent action of the lungs. I, which causes a heaving of the flanks for ! j a short time and by spasms, or when the j' horse is worked hard or run quickly. The i j usual remedy is to relieve the stomach by I j feeding lightly with highly nutritious ;, food, to give no dry feed, and to keep ' the system open by proper medicine, j J Also, to relieve all pressure on the throat i ( or neck; provide ample ventilation in the j j stable, ana keep the air pure; and, further, j to give water only in small quantities and ] never soon after feeding.?New York !1 Times. ! _____ i To Keep Hog* Healthy. Keep your hogs in good, clean 1 fields; give them access to pure water, 1 even though you should be compelled ( to dig a well for that purpose?a good ( pump and plenty of suitable troughs, ( cleansed every week, will cost but little, j and will always prove a valuable outlay. . Provide, also, in the dry est part of the ] field, a good shelter both from sun and rain. A few rails properly arranged, 1 two or three feet from the ground, cov- J ered with a stack of straw or coarse j prairie grass, will be an attractive place for the entire drove. In troughs near by , their resting places, two or three times each week place a composition of salt, j j soda, red pepper and ginger. To four ! i parts of the first two articles add one ! part of the latter. Our common red I j pepper will do very well. They should, \ however, be well pulverized, and all '. the ingredients thoroughly mixed. Most ! 1 healthy animals will readily devour salt, i ! To obtain it they will also take the alkali and stimulent. The compound will not , injure bird, beast, fish or man. It is not offered as a patent remedy, but simply as a preventative of the injurious cflects J of foul gases and the pestiferous filth in which hogs have been allowed to 1 wallow. Continue their usual summer I' feed, whether clover, bran, meal or corn. ?Drovers' Journal. Pencil Culture. < The peach, says Mr. J. L. Lovett, re- ' i quires a warm, dry soil that is but mod- < erately rich in fertility, but as it is a | great feeder and draws heavily upon the i soil, especially of potash, nutriment j should, be furnished ill the form of pot- ] tish and bonedust. The trees may be planted fifteen or twenty feet apart eaeh ] way, according to the character of the < soil?the usual distance being sixteen or i eighteen feet. The best way to mark ; ] out the ground for planting is to fur- i row it with a one-liorse plow both ways ! 1 at the desired distance. In planting, be i < careful to cut oil all bruised or broken j i roots smoothly, and trim back all side , i branches to within a few inches of the 11 main stem?small ones to a whip?and , i cut back the main stem at* least one- j < third its length. The first two years < after planting beets, mangeis, sweet po- i toes, or other hoed crops may be grown j among the trees, after which time they ! I should be given the full use of the soil; ! 1 whether the space between the trees be j 1 devoted to hoed crops or not, the soil i i then and in after years should be kept j ] always as mellow and as free of weeds I ] throughout as a lield of corn, being care- j < ful never to disturb or injure the roots 11 while cultivating. A peach orchard ! ] should never be planted to grass or grain I 1 crons. as such are exceedingly clctri- j i mental to the trees. The peach is more j 1 generally neglected than other fruit, and ; 1 yet there is none that more liberally pays 1 for the necessary labor and expense, both 1 I in the superior yield of the fruit and by ; I maintaining vigor and fruitfulness. The ' ] trees should be examined carefully early j1 in the spring of each year for borers and 1 i grubs, which may be found in their trunks, just at or immediately beneath | the surface of the ground. As a pre- i ventive of the borer, place at the butt of ] each tree a shovelful of slacked lime or , several of coal ashes. Swcel or Sour C,'renin. A reliable foreign authority on dairy , matters gives the following opinion in | regard to this question: "First of all,! the cream must be taken from the milk 1 while it is perfectly sweet. Twelve 1 hours in summer and twenty-four in j i winter should be the maximum time j < which the milk should stand before the < cream is taken oil. Many people will say ( i ~ <??.f / /mm fhnroln* ' j mill a^iL'tii urai </i tuuiu uvum i.iiviv.v . lie left in the milk. Then I say, take a, ( second skimming, lint do not mix it with 1 the first. Chnrn both separately, and ] then judge for yourselves whether yon do 1 ( not get lirst-elass butter from one and ; i second or third class butter from the j ) other. Another important point is the 1 i skill of the skimmer. Only cream should f be taken of! the milk, and not a particle j 1 of skim milk with it, if you can avoid it. < Every drop of milk contains a certain t proportion of curd?that is to say, un- ' f made cheese; and this curd gives that rank flavor and strong taste which are characteristic of bad butter. Now, if we follow the cream, taken carefully off the milk after twelve or twenty-four > t hours' standing, according to the , temperature, let it be put into a perfectly t clean iar, well closed, and kept in a cool , place free from had smells. The cream ! taken oil the next day in the same man- j ner nwy be added to it, and so on, and , the small farmer need not churn more J than oncc or twice u week, and will make [ excellent butter if he takes care thus to j get his raw material?the cream?per- i fectly pure and sweet to begin with. J Many people will tell you that you ought ] to churn the cream while it is still sweet, j My opinion is contrary to that dictum, ' and I base it on my experience of the , dairy practice in foreign countries, es- j ( pecially Normandy and Denmark. In j Normandy most of the farms are very small, and butter is made oncc or twice a week, the cream being skimmed sweet j and afterward ripened, as I just described. ' In Denmark, on the other hand, the , dairy farms arc generally very large, say j from fifty to two or three hundred milk- } ing cows, yet even on those farms th* , sweet cream is carefully ripened before it is churned. Now, as Normandy sends i us the best fresh butter, and Denmark ! sends us the best keeping butter, it is quite obvious that up to the present point the process of manufacture is the sume V.?lU ????? T if. TVin I . J XI UVlil V/UOtO. JA'l UtVi AVI iIftl41C4lV> AC. 1UV ( ( crcara must be skimmed while it is per- j ^ fectly sweet; it must contain no skim | milk, and it must be ripened before it is churned." ( Kecipo* and Houweliold Hints. j J Pretty lambroquins for bedroom win-' i lows arc made of muslin with the edge ;rimmed with antique lace, or wide ;orchon is very pretty. A delicious dish for supper or for lessert is made by paring some tart ap)les, cut them in halves, take out the i *orc, and till the space with a little but- i t er and sugar; bake them on pic plates; ' ? serve hot. J, A good way to use the yolks of eggs ,vhen you have them left after making t ake with the whites, is to keep them in T i cool placc; in the morning beat them 11 veil, and dip slices of bread in them and j, ry brown. Stale bread may be used for J ^ ;his. A slifrhtlv damn cloth rubbed over a ! n lusty carpet brightens it wonderfully | c inrl gathers all the (lust. This is an ex- | jellent way to cleanse the floor of an in- j ralid's room, wliere noise and dust arc s )bjectionable. I If a lady has a book-rack or a table ? lie wishes to varnish, iirst put on a coat )f linseed oil and theti apply the shellac, c flic oil sinks into the pores of the wood p ind shows the grain. Pine, however, h ivill not absorb it. rj Often from the slices of mutton chop a f jood deal of fat is cut off and is thrown P iway; this should never be done. Put it in a frying pan and "try it out;" pour >fT the clear fat, and put it in a tin cup >r basin, and you have a nice little cakc ^ >f mutton tallow that can be usecl lor c nost of the bruises and hurts of the hildren. There is nothing more healing ii 'or chapped lips and hands. ? A delicious prune pudding is made by b stewing a pound of prunes till they are n loft, remove the stones, add sugar to . our taste, and the whites of three eggs jcatcn to u stiff froth. Make a puff ? >aste for the bottom of the pudding dish. \fter beating the eggs and prunes to-' g rot her till they are thoroughly mixed, v spread them on the crust. Bake for n lalf an hour, or until you are sure the ? rust is done. / A good dish for supper is made by si hopping cold roast meat of any kind, d ind seasoning it well with pepper and a ;alt Tlifin nut a laver of cold mashed . potato in the bottom of a pudding-dish; B :hen a layer of the chopped meat, with little lumps of butter over it; cover with rmother layer of potato, sprinkle pepper to ind salt, and put lumps of butter over v this. Bake for half an hour in a hot j, sven. The top should be brown, and n bavc a nice crust over it. J A reader asks for information as to the ^ cooking of winter squash so that it will r some to the table fairly dry. " We find h it difficult " she says, *' to get rid of the a water which reduces it to slops." There ? is but one way to bring squash to table p in perfection, and that is the way of a v certain old lady who was famous in her e lay for her natural art in cooking. She 2Ut up, peeled and boiled ihe squash in ? suited water. "When done?this must be t] tested with a fork?she first put the pieces o in a colander, mashing and squeezing a with a spoon to get out all the water that might be extracted that way. Then she ^ put the squash into a clean cloth, of texL 1. llw, niru uuuiau cuuu^n iu i\uuj/ it& n*v >w^nu- i ^ l)le and let out the water. She twisted I 0 up the cloth, so manipulating it with ! n nands and spoon that she got the squash I J1 :lrv enough to suit her. Then she rc- | stored the squash to the tire in a poree- | <> Iain-lined sauce-pan, and dressed it with w [wpper, salt and a liberal quantity of the e< tjest butter. Thus prepared, squash j M tastes and looks deliriously, and it is only j p in this fashion that it can be made to do j R *o. Of course it takes a good deal of the ti vegetable to make a reasonable dishful, | ei for the water, which usually, under the j j* tiands of tin; average cook, makes more ! {J :han half of the dish, is almost completely j a extracted. It is amusing to sec cooks j ni :aking half a dozen slices of squash to T nake a dish for a tableful of people.? Xeic York Tribune. tl ? - - ? A Starry Niglit in California. ? I have never seen such u night. It j J ?eemed to throw calumny in the teeth ol j J1 ill the painters that ever dabbled in i starlight. The sky itself was of a ruddy, i powerful, nameless, changing color, dark jnd glossy like a serpent's back. The j itars, by innumerable millions, stuck c boldly forth like lamps. The milky tl kvay was bright, like a moonlit cloud; c' lialf heaven seemed milky way. The greater luminaries shone each more learly than a winter's moon ; their jr light was dyed in every sort of color, 1! red like fire, blue like steel, green like the tracks of sunset; and so o: sharply did each stand forth in P its own luster, that there was a! ao appearance of that flat, star-spangled ti ireh we know so well in pictures, but ill the bottom of heaven was one chaos si i : ? 1 1.. n yi fumesuiJL^ luuuiiai ira?a ihum-uuhj j - )f stnrs. Against this the hills and i j' rugged tree-tops stood out redly dark. U1 As we continued to advance the lesser lights and milky ways first grew pale and fl :hen vanished; the countless hosts of v Ilea veil dwindled in number by successive Millions; those that still shone had tern- { pered their exceeding brightness and tf fallen back into their customary wistful distance; and the sky declined from its tj tirst bewildering splendor into the ap- c< pearance of a common night. Slowly tl this change proceeded, and still their was 01 10 sign of any cause. Then a whiteness * like mist was thrown over the spurs of x he mountain. Yet awhile, and as we U :urned a corner a great leap of silver P: ight and net of forest shadows fell across j? lie road and upon our wandering wagon- a ful; and swimming low among the trees, lj ive beheld a strange, misshapen, waning 1-1/ -1 t 1 1. inoon nun uuuu on iier ouck. "Where are ye when the moon appears?" as the old poet sang, half taunt- ? ng, to the stars, bout upon a courtly purpose. ' As the sunlight round the dim earth's mid- 11 night tower of shadow pours, Streaming past the dim, wide portals, Viewless to the eyes of mortals, rill it florxls the moon's pale islet on tho v morning's golden shores." 8 So sings r. Trowbridge, with a no- fc >lc inspiration. And so had the sun- ei ight Hooded that j)ale islet of the moon; md her lit face put out, one alter an)thcr, that galaxy of stars. The wonder t| jf the drive was over; but by some nice g( onjunction of clearness in the air and it shadow in the. vallev where we trav- oi l-.l T,?,7 ???? tnr. littli. wlilln tw H mive display of the midnight heavens. It was gone, but it had been; nor shall I jver again behold the stars with the same ni nind. lie who has seen the sea comnoved with a great lmrricnne thinks of ni t very differently from him who has P' seen it only in a calm. The difference ^ jctwcen a calm and a hurricane is not w greatly more striking than that between ol he ordinary face of night and the splendor that shone upon us in that drive. ? Century. el A Freak of Nature. pi "Do you want any freaks?'' inquired ? in athletic stranger, with rumpled ni clothes, which didn't /it him quite quick ?' snough. The person whom he addressed ivas the proprietor of a dime museum. 4) ''Yes, we are in the market for freaks, si nit I don't see anything peculiar about la rour personal appearance. What's your I" leforniitv?" Ob, I'm a sure enough freak,*' replied ^ he man. U " Well, what is the peculiarity?" I) "The peculiarity! Do you see those (,j lands?" TJ " Ves." " Well, I'm the only man in the world N ,vho has played base ball for nine succcs- R live years without getting a crooked ^ it tie finger."?Texan Si/timjn. 1 ^ | in A Lost Oppo. 'unity. The Troy Times says time as two spednens of that new variety of animal t| wpularlv known as the dude were pur- w iiiing their conspicuous yet harmless way C dong the streets of Troy, two represen- " atives of the farming districts spied a] hem. The grangers halted and surveyed g he curiosities with surprise and incrcas- al ng interest, hut a look of disappointnent overspread their honest counte- jj lonces as one of the ruralists said to the >ther: "Gosh! What things we sec vhen wc don't have no gun!" Jj ,m a Dealers in sauerkraut all over the i' ountry agree in the solemn announce- u nent that the native American is be- P :oming fond of the national dish of Gcr- -J nany. * p: NEWS or IIIE WEEK. d Eastern and Middle States. v A firk broke out in the u, per part of the JJ few York Masonic Temple, one of tt he finest buil lings in tlio cit}', sprea 1 u tmong the various lodge rooms, and b?fore q fc could be subdued damage to the extent o:' ' w ,bout $20'),000 was inflicted. a Three colored children, nged respec'ively oi hreo years, two years and eight months, tl cere burned to death in a New York tene- fi Tfint, The ocean steamer A'a^ka ran into a pilot a; oat near Nt w Yorlc, t utting it in two and 1' inking all on board. tl S. M. Me venue kg & Co., Now York, nanul'acturers 01' silks, failed, with liabilities A stlnjaUd at $.'}():),OIK i. By an explosion in a mine at Stamburj, ni 'onn., William Hann was instantly kille I B .nd six other miners seriously hurt. On the pi ame day two minors at 'Mount Carmel, ei 'enn., were fatally burnetf by the explosion F f a keg of powder into which a spark had tl alien. A As no jury competent to s-rve rould bo ii btained in Uniontown, Penn., to partiei- si iatein the ease of James Nutt, 011 trial for JUing JJUKL'S, Ills lamt'in SIU) CI. il < uai^u ? f veuue to Allegheny county was ordered, 'he jurors called at Uniontown a'l had w ormed opinions. Senator Voorheas ap- g eared for Nutt. tt? Typhoid anl malarial fevors have beon r revailing among tlie students of Yale col- B jge, Now Haven, to an unusual extent. Skating casualties aro now in order. Two oys were drowned the other day at Span- ft er, Mass. it Four more schooners l>elonging to the fish- a ag fleet of (Gloucester, Ma-s., have been dded to the list of vessels lost during the reent eale. The whole number of men on fi oaivl" these four vessels was fifty, which tl lakes tho fotnl number thus far lost in the ol ite gale Oft'. h A man in Brooklyn was sentenced to prison he other day for the thirteenth time for wife ieating. Five of the United States life-saving crew 1 1 tations at Long Branch, N. J., report that chile fishing they saw a sea serpent " fully inety or 10:) feet long and thirty feet wide,' " nd even then they did not s;e its entire 5ngth! Their captain thought the matter b; uportant enough to report to the general jperintendenc at Washington, with the ad- K itional information that the monster was Iso seen from tho station. 1(I The Pike County bank, of Pittsfleld, 111., d< as failed with large liabilities. South and West. | L Flames which broke out in the Farwell I tt lock,the largest business building in Chicago, j b; fere only prevented from spreading through- te ut the entire structure by the fact that i t i gi roken by heavy fire walls running through The fire was confined to Nos. ltW and 170 ^ larket street, the three lower stories of which a ere occupied by a firm of notion dealers, nd the four upper stories by a firm of fur- . iers. In the upper floor seventy-five girls ad a narrow escape from a terrible death, 11 but two making their way with difficulty ut of the windows into the adjoining build- b( jg; the two mentioned?Kitty Hilgert and fa Vance* Fairweather?iell to the ground and m ere" instantly killed. The pecuniary loss is stimated at ?200,000. Four burglars who had robbed a safe at 5l Tew Washington, Ohio, were pursued by n ody of "00 men. During the pursuit two of he burglars were shot and killed, a third was A aptured, and one of the pursuers was fatally nd anotUer badly wounded. Great excitemenc followed the reported iscovery of u valuable silver mine near ?I loyd, AY is. The grand jury at Danville, Va.. charged 111 rith the investigation of the circumstances U) f the recent riot, after a session of tivo days sported that they had no presentments to r< lake, and submitte 1 a paper in which they ^ lid the blam for tho riot upon the negr?>es, nd commended the white participants, who lo used their firearms in defence of their lives, Jn fhicii were in imminent danger, and by their Durage and pluck in standing up against In ich odds save 1 the lives of hundreds of pe.i- p, lo in this e;ty. Is arguing a question regarding the ad- jMli&sibility of certain testimony in n case on rial at rrescott, Arizona, Attonn-y-Gen- jc ral Churchill and District-Attorney Kuch ecame greatly excited and finally came to lows. While the officers were endeavoring '' ) restore order McAtee, the defendant, <irew w knife, mshe 1 upon a man nam -,1 Moore, 3'* eed seventy, ana inflicted a fatal wound, nen turning on C. "VV. Beach, lato editor of la ic Prescott Miner, and son in-law of Kel>ey, tl ie plaintiff, stabbed him in the neck. Ho w leti made a rush for the court reporter and te as about to plunge his knife into him when a Ir. Beach drew a revolver, sending a hall irough MCAtee s spmai cniumn. iuouiu nun ^ fcAtee were fatally and Beach seriously in- t irod. jri Three colored children were burned to a: eath in Columbia county, Oa., during their tl arents' absence. ni The Rev. Mr. Robinson, pastor of the lethodist church at Popin. Wis., and C H. pi bnans, principal of the High school, broka al irough the ice on Lake Pepin and were m rowneil. <'< The Virginia legislature organized by tho |J lection of the Democratic oil leers noinin- J' ted in caucus. A resolution was introduced tn 1 the Senate asking United States Senator fahono to resign. | tc nnnv/uitimi ?f tVin Pnrmni1 onnffrftK I f the United States, hell in Louisville, the resident. Major Thotnas J. Hudson, of *>' aninr, Miss., made an address urging the 1,1 ppointment of the commissioner of ngricul- f! are as a mamber of the President's cabinet. Near Anderson, Ind.. John J. Johnson was lot by Coleman Hawkins and dangerously 'ounded. After the shooting Hawkins re- -{J lrned home and shot himself, dying instant * r. Both were wealthy farmers. The trouble r< rose about a dit?h between their farms. Very heavy rains at Dallas, Texas, caused .J oods which destroyed pVoperty of great nine. !! Nine persons were injured?two or three itally?by an explosion in a rendering esiblishment at the Chicago stock yards. A St. Louis dispatch states that "promi- T PTit parties In Texas will soon begin a suit in ol je court of claims, at Washington, to re- V )ver the value of slaves emancipated during tt le late war. The action will be based chiefly ai a certain clauses of tho State constitution si hich were approved an I indorsed by A on gross at the time of the annexation of exas, and which, it is claimed, make tho w nited States government liable for slave c, roperty. The plaintiir in the case was a js rong and very pronounced Union man dur- Cl ig the war, and the promised action is in- ,.] orsed and will be pushed by some of the be.-t a iwyers of Texas." 11 Washington; a, Dl'Rinc; November the public debt was do- In reased The cash in the United tu tates treasury on the 1st amounted to >>t flS4,7GiV>l:!.*l. hi The payments made from the treasury dur- ',l ie: November, were as follows: On account I'1 > wo,. v( C Civil nnu IlllS'Ulluiiruiis, , , 2,485,544: Navy,SI.SUO.VTO; Interior, Indians, j ,.j ><.' {,l.VJ; Interior, liensions, >=li,0:?l, 100; total, ' 22,554,57:?. | al The National board of health exDonded t|, )7,during the past fiscal year, and a-ks k|, >r an appropriate 11 of No 7, i 00 for the plus- j W) at jvar. , The interior dei artmcnt has received wor.l i ev lat five lodges of Sitting Hull's forces from ! \* le Briti.-h provinces.nuinl>ering in all thirty- j t.n ireo person*, have surrender d in time to p| et into comfortable winter quarters. ' ,,j Genhkal St.orr.M. of New York, in behalf tli f Fit/. John Porter, has introduced in the M louse all the papers and records in his case, fo The s dieitor of tho treasury will make an J'? Iverse report on the application of Mrs. ay tary A. Miller, or New Orleans, for a license s a ir.aster of a steamboat. J1'1 The secretary of tho treasury has trans- ^ litted to Congress I he estimates of appro- | i liotions re iuired for the fiscal year, ending . ? .4.:.:.t ii ! in; lino mi, iw.1. 1110 amoiuib ?una vu ivi nil j f cpensos of tho government is |' hifh is ^ less than the aggregate j f appropriations for tho present fiscal . :nr, and &?7,l5l,x57 loss than the < mi called for in tho estimates sub- r~ littcd lust year. The ap- J" ropriations for tho present fiscal year, inuaing deficiencies and iniscel'nneous, aggre- ve ited .f'.'iO"),I4s."isr: tho estimates on which lose appropriations wore based calling for il(l,2-li, PW. Tho estimates just submitted j re divided as follmvw: Civil establishment. | Foreign intercourse, .?l,".ii!i,i (I!; ilitary establishment. *i7.i:iii,lVi: Naval es- w' Lblisliment 747, 151: Indian affairs, ?*.i(i,K|0; pensions. I,?!l)0,il()0: Public works, in IT,70 1,2! 4; Postalservice, ?',V.l"?s,ll I: Miscoi- j an neons, l'or.untient annual ap- j ropriations. * l."?, 147,c?:?V. | ?jj Prksidkxt Aktjii/k sent these nominations j a.l > the Sena to: Walter IJ. (Iresham, of Indi- vn in, to lie postmaster-general, vice T. O. kii owe, deceased; Seth Lodyanl I'helps, of the istriet of Columbia, to lie envoy oxtraoi'inarvand mini-tor plenipotentiary to Peru, pf( ice Ja nes H. Partridge resigned: William ? r. Thomas, Jr., of .Mai no. to j minister resident to Swe.toi and .... -Ti.hu f. Stevens, rosisneI: I icliaril (Jibbs, formerly minister to Peru, I j"' i be minister resident ami consul-general to ,1 olivia, vie George Manoy, resigned: John f, [. Laug.sto.u of the Disiriet of Columbia, * , jw minister resident ami consul-general to ^S ayti, to by a!s > charge d'alFaire.s to San w omii'g'>, in accordance with the act of Conress approved February 1.SS3; Samuel wi I. Ferguson of Mississippi, to be a member of Y le commission for the improvement of the T1 [ississippi river, vice James B. Fads, resigned: '11 harles Lyman, of Connecticut, to be chief w: catniner of the civil service commission. u' mong a large number of consuls anointed Ci re tliesp; Max Polachett, of Illinois, at hent; George F. Lincoln, of Connect cut. Hi ; Aix I.a Chapelle; James T. Du Bois, of pr ennsylvania, at Leipsie; Walter K. How- of rd, of Vermont, at Toronto: Frank c. le aughwont, of New York, at Naples: David br f. Dunn, of Indiana, at Valparaiso. St From tho report of Mr. Albert Williams, ?1' r., geologist of tho I'nit ed Stalo-s geologill survey, it upjienrs that the to1 til value of ie metallic products of tho United Ktat< s in w iSU was {>,751',001. The total va'ue of tli ? { nrmlnntj sllell flS On 11, i Hi on-nxi'iuiui; iihiktimi ....... etroleum, lime, bui:ding stone, talt, etc.. ?i ras $?20,100,400, making a gjan.l t< fa' vC j -v 145,012,410 as the value of all the miiieiaVj rt roduced in the United States ls#t year. ' fie i ?& ' - ' '3&?u?&*A ie<ki Foreign i Patrick O'Donnkll's short trial in Lonon for the murder of Carey, ended in a erilict of guilty, the jury not accepting tho ri?oner's olen that ho had shot the informer i Keif defence. After the judge had senjnced O'Donnell t) death tli? prisoner held i> his hand and shouted: " Three cheers fc lil Ireland! Good-bye. United States! To-ith the British and tho British Crown! It iij plot made up by the Crown!'' The prisner shouting, cursing and struggling, was len forcibly removal by the police amid fear il confusion and slamming of doors. Hicks Pacha, commander of theEgy ptian rmy. recently cut to pieces by tho False rophet's followers, was killed by a lance mist. A rising lias occurred in Darfour, Central .frica, atid among the Bedouins of Nubia. A Paris dispatch savs it is sumi-officially unounced that Englan 1, Germany, America, Russia and France will participate in a joint rotection of their subjects an:l their inherits in China in the event of war between ranee and China. The object is to protect le lives and property of Europeans and .merit ans in the ewnt of the recurrence of ici 'ents similar to tho Canton troublo last lmmor. Texxysox, the poet, will probably soon bo lade a British peer. While tho government steamer Newfleld 'as towing a new ship, near Digby, Nova cotia. the hawser parted and the latter ves;1 drovo ashoro to the westward of Point 'rim light. On board of her were Captain rown, of tho Newfleld. and nineothere, only vo of whom were saved. The Exchange bank of Montreal has been ireed into liuuidation bv the dishonesty of s pr"Sclent, Gliomas Craig, who ateconded. statement submitted shows assets $3,500, JO and liabilities 750,000. A Vienna cable dispatch says that a frightil tragedy has caused the greatest sensation iere. Felix von Kuh, sixteen years old, son t the railway director, Ritter von Kuh, and is elder brother loved Fraulein Thorsch, augliter of a well-known banker, who aiect i July last, leaving 15,000,000 florins. Felix lot himself with a revolver and died mmeiately. Canada's population has increased by em;ration during the present year a little more ian 100,000. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed y a fire in Constantinople. Baron von Manteuffel. governor of AI' ice-Lorraine, has annulled a resolution adop a oy cue district met 01 upper -iusuutj, mwing the use of the French language in its jbates. Kioters in Canton, China, destroyed the lapel there that was built at the expense of itive Christians, nnd would have attacked 10 foreigners if they had not been d ispersed \ soldiers. Foreigners at Canton are pro* cted by several American and F.uropeac jnboats, beside the viceroy's boats. The total number of houses destroyed by ie fire in Constantinople was (500, including Greek church and four Jewish synagogues. Moody and Sankey, the evangelists, have ;en holding largely-attended services ?in tepney and other English towns. The Belgian palace of the legislative cham r at Brussels nas been burned down. The mous library, filled with rare books and any important documents, was consumed. The Prince of Wales has been re-elected and master of the grand lodge of Free asons of England. IFSICAL .AND DRAMATIC, Herr Rubenstein* calls his new comic >era "Among Roblwrs.'' Ma'.ta has one of the finest opera-houses , the world, and its orchestra is said to be lsurj assed. M. Talazac and M. Valero, tenors of fine pute in Paris, have been engaged by Mr. apleson to sing in America next year. Mrs. Zelda Seguin* anticipates cutting ose from opera, and will next season devote r time aad talents to musical comedy. Wm. J. Scaxlan, the Irish comedian, has ade over $25,U0U by his songs, the most KMlar of which just now is "Peek-a-boo." Mit. Terriss, Irving's leading man, does a level best in every part he ulays to make good impression. * He is to be" Wallack's ading man next season. Edwin Booth has given 82,000 toward the ind for the family of the late Doctor Ewer, ho, when a San Francisco editor many ars aso, befriended tre celebrated actor. Lotta is preparing to play in the French nguage in one of the Paris theatres during lo winter. Siic first appears in ''Bob, hich, like all her plays, has been trauslad into French. She has just paid $3,000 for new piece. The three coaches for the use of Adeline atti and troupe are nearly completed at roy, N. Y. The woodwork is <. f African rowth. Two of then"i the "I>a Somnambula" .d '"La Traviata,'' cost i'J-SOO'J each, and m third, exclusively for Fatti, will be lined alter her, ami will cost $40,00 >. The Xestor of all German musicians is obably Hut Hief, a former town musician i tlio watering place, Elsler, who lias this onth celebrato.l his one hundredth birthf. His sons and grandsons have inherited ic Ui>te for music, and together with them, le old man may now and then still be seen iking part in the town orchestra. The New York Chorus society has decided > give orchestra! as well as choral works at s concerts this season. At the first concert, 1 December 1!?, at Stein way hall, the proramrao will consist of scenes from Schulaim's "Faust" for chorus and orchestra iicl Wagner's " Tanerhauser " March and ethoven's .Second Symphony for the orirxetrfl A prominent society girl in Havana has >peared as Atnina in "Komnarobula" at the aeon tiieatre, supported by amateurs, ami ?[>cated at the principal theatre of Matanf?. The net result of the two j)erformauces said to have been upward of ?13,000, hich was devote 1 to charity. The young rima donna is said to be phenomenally pure, modest, and unaffected." Two masters of song ami music are pre iring for an American tournee, under the jspices of Director Pollini, of Hamburg, lie one is Anton Rubinstein, who has been I'ered .*00,000 marks for 150 concerts in the nited States. The second is W inkelinann, le heroic tenor of the Vienna Court opera, id first exponent of "Parsifal," who is to ng in the principal American cities between ,pril 1 and August 1, 1XS4. Ok the two American singers wlio have on such fauie in Paris, an Inter-Ocean irrespomlent writes that "Miss Van Zandt a lively, laughing, capricious child, deli itely pretty as a shepherdess in Dresden ii?a, singing, as Patti does, by the erace of ixl, gay anil gifted and winsome, atid withal 10 best business won an in the world of leatrtK Miss Nevada (Wixomi is a sweet id s.-rious young artiste, whose passion is ;r art, who studies indefatigably, and seems i live less for the applause and gold of the ago than for the reilization of her own gh ideals. She has beautiful blus eyes, i rge, soft ami expressive. In society she j esents the aspect of a modest, retiring 1 nintf girl, shrinking from the notice excited ' her renown. Moth young ladies >*o simply and quietly without any attempt ; , ostentation or display, and lx>th are good, i odest, virtuous girls, against whom, despite i e trials and temptations of a theatrical life, i inik r has never lieen able to breathe a ! ur.l.'' The most unique dramatic company that j er appeared in this coun.ry arrived in New i 1. ,??* rt Utnnhnrcr cfaumwhin If, 1 nm iwcuHj un iv .. , nsists of a Lilliputian trou[>o that has j nyed with much succe-s in Germany, Bel- j uni and London. There are nine persons in e company, and one of the tallest is Miss ' i'tna Mignon, twenty-one years old, who is I rty-six inches in height, and who takes the i leof the leading old woman. The other j tors are Anton liiebler, a-jed nineteen, the [ diking gentle ran, one-half of an inch orter than Miss Mignon; Richard I)orn, renty-two years old, forty-six inches high, ch'uwter delineator; Selina (Joerner, onty-one 3 ears old, fortv-one inches, leudg juvenile"; Johann Wolff, forty years old, rty-two inches, first comedian; Ignatz I oW, thirty years old. thirty-six inches, sec- j id comedian; Keinhold Fischer, aged twen- j -one, who gives character sketches; Miss :1a Mahr, eighteen years old, t'or.y inches , height, soubrette, and Franz Kbert. aged j enty, thirty inches in height, the first ju- ; niie. PROMINENT PEOPLE, i Mkkciier.?rtev." Ifenry "Wan I lieecuer j II lecture in Englnnd next year. Holmes.?Dr. < iliwr Wendell Holmes is I almost daily receipt of little gifts, his j tograph being considered a return token. | ItcsKiN'.?John IUtskin. the eminent Eng- j ish art. critic, is u slightly built man. with j mirablo |H>\vers o(j conversation, a soft ! ice. a pleasant smile, a modest manner and I nd bltif eyes. Low.?Mayor I/nv, of Brooklyn, has added t ,',0'I to his former gift of ?5,000 to his bjrth- > ice, Salem. Muss, the interest of which | ,:ount is to bo expended in aiding worthy ys of that city through college. English.?Ex-Governor James E. Eng- j h is the riche-t man in New Haven, Conn., ving $0,000,000. which he made himself. ' ) started on a farm in Hethlehejn, learned e carpenter's trade, followeil it a couple of ars and went into the lumber business, in liich he i.s still interested. Timien.?It is said that Samuel J. Tilden : ill pass the winter months on his yacht, the iisemite. The trip wiil be strictly social, j le guests are to take the train to New leans to ioin the yacht there, whence tney ill steam to Havana. From Havana thoy ill proceed to visit the other attractive iban ports. KiX(}.?Tho oldest ex-Senator is the J n. John 1'. King, of Georgia, who was a ominent Democratic politician in the time Jackson, and who is now in excellent ialth at the ajro of eighty-four. Ho was irn April IVJ'.i, was elected I'nited States j nator to fill an unexpired term in I cted to a full term in 1&14, but resigned in j :S7. McJIaster.?While Professor Monaster ' ;h traveling Inst summer the first 150 paj;es Volume J I. of his * History of the People of e United States" w?;re stolen from his v'hel. Being unable to recover the manu- ! ript, and having no other copy, he had to write the whole amount stolen, which nas 'layed the appearance of Volume II i' ' *! - j Ti__I_ LATER NEWS, Among the articles displayed at the New York Art Loan exhibition in aid of the Bartholdi stntue are three violins, belonging to one gentlemen und worth $ti0,000. A palace car attached to an express train was discovered on Are near Castleton, N. Y., and the passengers were compelled to make n lincfv r.rif1. in ihnir nio-lif plnflitui thrrvifpli the flames and smoke. Two of the passengers were severely if not fatally injured. F< chtee.n business places, comprising the greater part of Willianiston, N. C., together with the postofflce, telegraph office, and a steamer lea led with "iTiO bales of cotton. ^ have been destroyed by fire. V it;ila Nrs broke up a gang of horso , thieves operating in Northern Nebraska and Southern Dakota by hanging several of tlieni. | James M. Underwood was hange<l at ] Dardanelles Arkansas, for the murder of < j Robert J. Tendergrass. He admitted his j i guilt, b; t declared he was impelled to tho ; | crim by the wife of his victim. Emili: Welte (liberal), now vice-presi dent, has been elected president of Switz;r; land, and Dr. K. Schenck (radical), m:nis ter of the intorior, lias been chosen vicepresident. The damage caused by the burning of a j art of the legislative iwlace in Brussels is placed at $'il,Sr0,00i). Colliery men and boys in Yorkshire. England, to the number of 14,000, have gone on a strike. A Haytiax insurgent vessel whipped a government steamer ami two gunboats. A ni'EL with swords was fought at Rome l>etween Rignor Nicitera, ex-minister of the j interior, and Kignor Lovito, first secretary of j the ministry of the interior, in consequence of 1 an insult given by the former to the latter When both of the combatants hafl been wounded the seconds endeavored to stop further lighting. Signor Lovito, however, rushed forward and seized Signor Nicotera'a sab3r, cutting his own left hand and inflict- < ing with the same weapon a terrible wound upon Signor Nicotera, who died almost instantlj'. . The Wnrfnrd familv. consisting of hus band, wife, their infant daughter and two nephews, were all drowned by the capsizing 1 of their beat near St. John's, N. F. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS, j Senate* At 12 o'clock the Senate of the forty-eighth ] United States Congress was called to order by the pre-ident pro tempore, Senator Ed- ; munds, of Vermont, and prayer was offered by Rev. J. J. Bullock, chaplain. The gal- , j leries were well filled with spectators, and many of the desks of Senators were decor- ( | ated with flowers. The new senators are: 1 Pike, of New Hampshire; Kenna, of West , Virginia; Gibson, of Louisiana; Colquette, of Georgia; Wilson, of Iowa; Riddleberger, , of Virginia; Sabine, of Minnesota; Palmer, of Michigan; Cullom, of Illinois; Manuersou, , I of Nebraska: Dolph, of Oregon; bowen, or , Colorado. The customary resolutions notifying the House of Representatives and the , President that the Senate is ready for bust- , ness, wire agreed to, and a resolution was adopted1 that 12 o'clock b3 the hour of meet- j ing till further notice. After the new mem- ( bers had been sworn in a recess was taken until 1 :?0 p. m., and at that hour the recess was further extended to 3 p. m. At 8 p. m., ( the House not being in readiness for tho President's message, the Senate adjourned. . Mr. Sherman introduced a bill to provide for the issue of circulation to national bank- j ! innr namtiotinno ft nl'mvu hi 11-5 to ba issued I I?f, UT^VIUW.V.U,, . for HO per cent, of the market value of bonds instead of the faca value. Senator Blair introduced a bill to establish a bureau of statistics of labor an 115 reduce the hours of labor of workmen in the employ of the United States t) eight hours a day. A. postal -telegraph bill was introduced by .Senator Edmunds. It provides that the .secretary of state, the secretary of war and the postmaster-general. as a board, shall have built four trunk lines of postal-telegraph, con- 1 net ting the northeastern, the northwestern, the western, southwestern and the southern parts of the United States with Washington. The rates shall be established by the secretaiy of suite, secretary of the treasury and j the Postmaster-General Individuals or corI poration; will not be prohibited from | opera; Lng telegraph lines. Mr. Edmunds I introduced a bill to provide security for j the protection of the colored citizens ' against inhuman, wicked and unholy distinctions.*' Also a bill against polygamy. Mr. Logan intro luc d a bill to appropriate i I $*>0,001),<J0<> for the education of all children j living in the United States. Senator Slater introduced a bill to repeal the Northern Pa| eiflc land gi ants. Sherman and Bayard were appointed to inform the President that both houses were oreanized. The Presdent's message was read and at 4.03 th.'Senate adjourned. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, offered a joint resolution proposing the following amendment to the constitutio:: "Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to protect citizens of the United states in the exer- | I ?.wl ,\f fViAiV rncrhfa nHvilpCfli. i VISB III1U cu^Y I'.ciiir w? v?v.. ? ,, j and immunities, a id to assure to them the j equal protection of the laws." Mr. Hoar ] I reintroduced his bill for the performance | of the dut:es of the office of President in caSc i I of the removal of bo:h President and vicej president. It provides that the successor shall aot until a President shall b? elected. Bills vrere introduced to reorganize the legislative power of Utah: to relieve ships from compulsory j ilot fees: to repeal internal revenue laws; to aballsh the internal revenue bureau; to give eighty acres of public land tj every honorably discharge.! United States I soldier or sailor who served in the late war j for any period of service less than one year, ! 1-0 acres to those who serve*! between one | j and two years, and 10) acres for j over two " years of service....A joint resolution was offered by Mr. Blair I proposing a natioral constitutional amendJ inent, prohibiting the manufacture or sale of I distilled alcoholic intoxicating liquors i except for medicinal, mechanical, chenrii cal, and scientific purposes or for use in I the arts in any of the .States or Territories, ami " the importation of i ! such liquors, fwr.'pt for the purj^s-'s named. J t j The bill provides that should the amendment i . I not ba ratified t)y three-fourths of the States j | on or before lh-j last day of December, 18:0, I j j the prohibition it proposes shall take effect ! ' as an act of Congress at the expiration of I 1 ten veal's. j j I Bills were introduced to establish a United j ' States mint at New York city; to forfeit j 1 certain public lands granted to the Oregon 1 Central Railroad company; to repeal the [ 1 pre-emption and tinibnr culture laws and to ! j amend the homestead law; to i rovide for the , rouM ruction oi uir jim jiiiiiu iiuu free sliip canal; todefin.- the jurisdiction of j J the circuit and district courts of the United ( c States Resolutions were introduced by f Mr. Butler to provide an amendment to the I Fifteenth amendment to the constitution, inserting the word "nativity," so as to make 1 tho article read: "The right of citizens of \ the United States to vote shall n it lie denied n or abridged by the United States or by | ? any State on account of nativity, race, color or previous coudition | c of servitude." By Mr. I.aphan:?A joint | t resolution proposing an amendment to the I c constitution giving women the ritrht of suf- I s frage. By Mr. Morgan?Proposing au I ' amendment to the constitution by which the j President shall have power to disapprove ( 1 any item of appropriations for rivers or har- : |i Ijoi*s while approving other items. j Kouwt o Long before the hour of noon the galleries .. of the lb,use of Representatives were tilled ' with spectators t > witness the opening sccnes a of the forty-eighth Congress. The new up- " holsteringof the desks of members, the bright f colors of the < arjieting of the Chamber, an I j tin- baskets of tlowers which were distributed here and there throughout the hall served a to enliven the scene, while on the Hoor, <' jKilitical feelings t>eing laid aside for the d time, frien lly greetings and merry con- s vcrsation were the order of the day. | ' At !'. m. Mr. CJeddes. chairman of the I Demo -ratic < aunts. nominated Mr. Carlisle, i [ of Kentucky, for Speaker. Mr. Cannon, j 1'j chairman ?-f the Republican caucus, nominatcd ev-Si eaker Keifer. Mr. Lyman nomi- I . nated Mr. K< binson, of Mas aehusetts. The ! voto resulted as follows: Carlisle, i ' 11'J : Keifer, 11- : Robinson, 2 ; I scattering, Mr. Carlisle was dec'-Ared \ elected and Messrs. Randell an I Keifer were . - - - ilj'l" M4IIC? I a IS Minn I VIA.- - WVS V<'uuuv,v mui cv ?uv chair. After being sworn in by Mr. Kellev. ' b ho thanked the members, and said that lie f d would strive to be just and impartial. The j f( oath was administered to the members, and | after some discussion over the right to adminisler it to Mr. Manning, of Mississippi, the J' House adjourned. i o The contesteil elct tiou cases of Messrs. ' ,.( Manning and Chalmers, of Mississippi, were j. referred to the coinmittee on elections. The ! contested <asos ..f S. It. 1'eters, of Kansas, i r< and S. N. Wood were similarly referred.... The following officers were electeil: For I (| clerk, J. B. Clark, of Missouri; for sergeantat-arms, .John P. Leedom, of Ohio: for doorkeeper, J. G. Winter- n smith, of Texas: for postmaster, Lycur- b gus Unlton. of Indiana: for chaplain, Rev. jj T>r. John S. Lindsay, of District of Colum- | ,! bin Messrs. Cur.in, of Pennsylvania; : Blackburn, of Kentucky, and Hiscock, of | New Vorlc. were appointed to inform the 0 President that the House is organized.... Af- tl ter dis. ussion on the contests! election claims | of Mayo and Garrison, of Virginia, to a seat, i the President's message was received and H rca'l. y The resolution of Mr. Tucker, referring to ! 1 he committee on elections the papers in the Virginia contested election case of Gnrrison j against Mayo, with instructions to that com- | mittee to <!ecirle uj>on the prima facie ri^ht . to the S'.af, was referre 1 to the < oimnittee on J1 elections, when appointed, with instructions II to report on the legal <|uestion involved j h Mr. .Jones submitted the customary re-olu- j, tions announcing the death of Thomas H. Herndon, or' Alabama, and out of respect to the memory of the deceased representative the house adjourned. b ? ???? RUSSIAN PRISON HORRORS,J| What Nihilist Piisoners Suffer at ' M St. Petersburg. Men and Women Rotting to Death? Torments by Rats. Tlio Paris correspondent of the London l lines iorwnrus a swmu iciicr, wu^u itm VyMM written in blood, by a Nihilist confined la ,y&j the Trouble'.skoi bastion at St. Pet3W burg. It describes the harrowing treat" gaB ment received by the prisoners, and says their food is often moldy, and some, times putrid : that dysentery and scurry < are prevalent, and that the doctor is afraid to touch the patients. Few medicines are prescribed. and when ordered they aregener- % '/.J#illy c )iintermanded. The prisoners rot away md exhale the odors of dead bodies before life is extinct. The number of those who go mad in consequence of their sufferings is dauy increasing. Alad men are strapped down anil whipped with the knout by the keepers, ;-}gH Fierce yells resound throughout the night. 2j Many prisoners have committed suicide. Iti's said that one woman was assaulted < and then i>oisoned, but no inquiries into the ill air was instituted by the authorities, fiats ' vgl ire the worst enemies of the prison era. A won an with a bab.% was obliged to be con- . stantly on the watch and to tight night and ^?j| lay t?? prevent the rat; from devouring ber jhi'ld. The use of combs and soap is forbidin.. rto micnniiN naroainllv tha woman. whoso hair is allowed to grow, are literally v3H| devoured by vermin. The jailers are only kind to those having J money. Prisoners who refuse to reply to '^Kk uestions are tortured, and oases of the viola* '.jflM tion of women are frequent. Tlie writer especially appeals to the dvfl- , <e$j ir.ed world in behalf of' the women m the '..wSa prison, whose situation, he says, is far worn than that of the men. The Times says these allegations demand ":#3 serious investigation. -v THE NAVY DEPABTMENf. Annual Report of the Secretary of tM Secretary Chandler's annual report wa* . . 'jgB ot made public until some days after th?apr &cBM pearance of the other department reports* : He says in this report that the three newttee* . war vessels now Duilding will be comptatsd ibout January 1,1H85. The Chicago will haw -v&lfl 10 superior in the world in the combination at if speed, endurance and armament. In the ." Boston and Atlanta speed and endurance liave been given full development, walk their fighting power has been increased by jaB placing the battery in a central superstroohiirA rvn tho endr Horlr onH A 'V/aH brig rig, leaving the extremities ctear for fore and aft fire. The dispatch boat Dolphin will be completed about ' $3 August 1, 1884. The cost of completing the monitors Puritan, Amphitrite, Terror and ygS Monadnoch is estimated at #3,538,882. 11m " ''vjeH secretary recommends their completion, an ' they will provide floating harbor defences ''J$S sutl.c'ent for present purposes, and may ju?- ' Via? fcify us in further postponing the construction * of expensive broadside armored ships. The secretary says that the present condi* ~ tion of our navy makes it necessary that .' * the work of reconstruction should be can- . tinued as rapidly as a due regard for econDmy will admit. The advisory board recommends the construction of seven additional anarmored steel cruisers, three to conform ' to the types represented by the Chicago, the Boston, and the Dolphin. Of the other four, two to be heavily armed cruising gunboats, and two smaller. The secretary agrees with the board in con- ' $38 iemning anv policy looking to the present . 3raf construction of cruisers that shall rival in meed the fastest transatlantic steamer*. .-gat l'hese fast ocean steamers comprise less than .' >ne hundredth part of the ocean steam tonnage, and in the event of a war most of them would be withdrawn from their ordinary Haifa pursuits. A war vessel matching them in HPffiS sj)eed would cost at least 14,000,000. ^jasgjfl On August 1, 1833, there were 602 offioera Bgrafl at sea ana 808 on shore, and many of the Iat- Hp ter of every* grade are not tit.tel or likely to fBtSBsi be ordered to the command :f vessels or any other important duty, though they may Byr^l manage to work througn examinations for promotion. The secretary thinks Congress should be requested not to restore to the navy |By3B officers who have been dismissed for failure SB t o pass examinations. THE COUNTRY'S BUSINESS, IM The Total Export! and Imports?De> fl "sB cadcncc of American Sb'pplDf. -'ffipjj From advance sheets of the forthcoming 9 .jSSg report of tho New York Chamber of Com- Sag merce for the year ending June 30, 1883, the B3g|a foreign business of the country for the year is shown to have been $1,007,330,040. an in-M^ggS crease over last year of $40,258,840. ThaawiSiB division is as follows: + Export?, including coin, bullion, and re- ' exDorts $886,859,78# fl 19 Imports, including coin and bullion 751,(70,303 H^ra Excess of exports $103,960^430 Cotton still maintains its supremacy among B? the exports, with a total value of $347,828,- HreS* 721, againct t208,O4Q,8.*iO for breadstuffs ana W w 1101,064,774 for provisions. Petroleum Kl and other oils appear to th* value of "SS 144.470,433, and tobacco 919,488^066. is the leading article of import*, wM S0t5,541; woolen mannfactoren coiixicf >o%~8 with #43,830,202. lu metals, tin rank, with #23,805,469; iron and iroe ducts come next, with #22,5.59,875. CtaaMBaM-, jfft of which o8^.447,810 pounds were brought in. S JB shows a value of #12,050,513, and tea at CjSh #17,302,849. The business of the port of New WKxM York was #392,438,988, a decrease from the Rgjffij preceding year of #15,597,477. , jcm The statistics afford melancholy evidenoe I ^<?2 of the decadence of American' snipping, as jfl^S the total of this business transacted by fl, American vessels, in imports, is #149,959,32(J; l^;yg? in exports, #111.571,450; total, #361,530,770. Foreign vessels brought imports of #572,905,061, and exports of #717,811,883, making a 1--^^ total of #1,390,217,844. The railroads, canala, Mffjas and other domstic linos of transportation carried during the year: Exports, #28,805,024: imports, #20,776,402; total, #55,581,426, j 'v#js Strolling- Players in New York. The cast side avenues in New York Mum ibound in pictures?effects in grouping, g ostumc, character?which would stu% I ^ - lie pencil Ul U VJiU^iUJUl UI UlUUVVUf The elements are largely Teutonic, HgJ | / vl jraic and Italian. For blocks one Vtfill S lear nothing hut outlandish snatchcsVof mknown tongues?patois, Italian anVj , crnianic; gibberish and linguistic toy- .45 rids not set down in the books. The^re J s a childish sincerity and interest flh Bgg inuscments that take to the sidewaUcs. flgH There is a perambulating band of mfasi- ^B3| ians who have planted their stancLa beore a thrifty-looking bier halle. /They ? , i*ear military caps. Seven is their rtiystic lumber, and the instruments are brass vith a flute and clarionet. They exccute &SsM uarches, waltzes, hits of volksleider and ffjj >ld world national melodies with accuray, dash and correct intonation. With he listeners it is a senous occasion. The usual dray or cart draws up to the curb- , tone and comes to a standstill. Every I imnow witmn ear-snot is raised and irescnts a characteristic tableau. The loliceman forgets the witchery of his - ^ l?b and pays the tribute of his pensive ttention. Out of cellar-ways peer groups f dusky bakers, and Aesthetic cobblers ml tinkers. The spirit of Orpheus is ^ broad as of old and the gleaming brass f the concentric minstrels for the minute ocuses the eyes and silent admiration of lie neighborhood, which unconditionIly surrenders itself to this improvised oncert. Finally a ipiest for nickels and limes breaks the spell. The audience ratters and the "specters" with their ustniments seek the hospitality of the Vjjj foresaid bicrhalle. They appear to have uuiliar rounds, art vxpected, are enter- r lined by the publicans, and ho jg ivoritcs with the people. ? "rihunc. fl ?rr?"t 1 Knorgouc itosponsiv The following story may not L true M ut it is a humorous illustration oi anger of waking up a man, suddenlyr^V^<^ rom a nap: In a large edifice of the Church of ?y; inland, the sleepy clerk, a somewhat Id. and not over-intelligent man, sat dirt ly beneath the high pulpit of the recjr, and responded the amens to his t . ading, as was his custom. Now, the clerk very often fell asleep ''? uotoi'ixi nnrl tlin rcrtrtP-1JI ented the plan of dropping a^eafunoticed by the congregation? upon his aid pate with the mutual understanding liat this was to be the signal for an 'Amen " This worked fairly for a while, when ^ ne day the rector in his gestures knocked lie whole box of peas over the pulpit A' Vicod . on/I In, lin!n? J) poll Mil; Liu I rv ^ 4iv?x? , UUM WV1UK 1 nind asleep, jumped up wildly ana el led: J Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!'' f John Boyle O'Reilly writes very pret. g ly of "The Songs that are Xot Bung.'' 1 certainly is an inspiring subject. John J as evidently peeped into the -waste- 1 askec of a newspaper.?New Tori; World. A St. Ignace, (Mich.) editor took a Jj ear for subscription. m