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The Beaufort jggi Republican. - ^4 y independent family newspaper, devoted to POLrncs, literature, and general intelligence, our motto is?truth without fear. YOL. ITT. NO. 4. BEAUFORT, S, C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1872. {|^?,pcEo5? 5 ^^___________^II I?????? ' ^^^^ Prayers. ; fa A mother prayed at the eventide, j y With her child upon her breast; j a The Angels came to her darkened room, a, And waited her behest. t< "And God," she asked, " Thou Glorious, ^ O, give my darling fame? ^ Among the noblest of his land ft To win the noblest name. h V "And may there be some spirit near tl My fervent with to bear." C1 But the donbtful Angels silent stood, d Nor moved to waft her prayer. ci "And G< A." 8h?> prayed, "Tl^u Infinite, a C, give my darling power? y The night of soul that sways a host As the fierce wind swavs a shower. u b "And may there be some spirit near, Ji My soul's high wish to bear." E But the wondering Angels silent stood, Nor moved to waft her prayer. Q a "And God," who art All-Beauliful, 1: 0, make my darling fair, d That he may Ptill from life draw love, b T.ifo'u ps#ph(w rare. n " So every heart shall be a harp n Beneath his touch to sound." si But the shuddering Angels sileut stood. ? And drooped their wings around. 1 I " But if," she prayed, " Thou Merciful. ei He mav not grasp at tame, j 0 grant him strength to face serene j ? A cold world's cruel blame. | ^ "And if be shrink from earthly power, 1 Nor aim to sway the time. a Gird thou bis soul to cope with sin, a A conqueror sublime. c "And if he sometimes fail to strike a Each heart to Love's sweet tone, e' 0, may he tune to seraph height * The ransic'of his own. " Now may there Ire some spirit near, w Mv humb'e wish to bear." Tho Angels rose, on rushing wings, P In haste to waft her prayer. ^ TOM AND I. n ft Tom wap my brother, and be was a boy ! ai To my ears, that tells the whole story ; but ir for the satisfaction of those happier and less P experienced than myself, for the enlighten- j ment, in particular, of that friend who raain^ tains the superiority of masculine to feminine g juveniles. I shall give a biief sketch of the 1T tribulations of my childhood. ^ T don't suppose Tern was much worse than ff most healthy, active boys, and I know he wasn't a bit better. He was a terrible little n tyrant, but tyranny is inherent in tbi? raascu- w line character, I believe. Some one says, tl " The boy is father to the man.*' I don't believe it. I won't believe it. If T did. I !?' fc would make up my mind, once and forever, ^ to be an oid maid to the end of my days. But then, there's John ? never mind about 01 that ! I don't suppose John could have hern like other boys ; though that's just what q, Marion Seward thinks of our Tom now. lc Tom and I were provokingly near of an r( age. and to make matters worse, I was the j] older : not much over a year, to be sure, but of course T felt a little natural superiority m on that ground, which made Tom's tyranny Pj r]1 the harder to bear. You see. in the very w nature of things, my rights must have been w trampled upon at an early age. When ] had ui arrived at the maturity of fourteen months. I cc was forced to vacate the cradle, and my ft mother's arms and breast were opened to re- fi] ceive the invader while I was consignee! to ni I the tender mercies r.f a frowzy-headed nurse- P< girl, who consoled me with sugar until my y< stomach, if not my temper, was permanently of soured. Of course I do not remember all at this, but subsequent investigation has taught w me the precise state of affairs at the early I period of which I write. They tell me my in father was disappointed because I was nr,t a hi boy. and I have never qnite recovered from or the feeling of humiliation with which I first w beard of it. A remorseful consciousness of F* having committed an irreparable blunder has T< haunted oie ever since. a Well. Tom and I grew in stature, and our ni noife increased. It has always been an un- w solved problem t<? me wbv I was invariably el eorn|>elIed to yield everything to Tom, because he was the younger, and why I never receiv- |)1 ed any of the corresponding privileges that ti are usually accorded to the elder, because there was so little difference in our ages that the most we shared equally. The onlv solu- ^ tion T ever found was in the faet so constant- . ly set l>efore me that " Tom was a bov." 13 T well remember a game of checkers played ti by Tom and I on mv tenth birthday Tom <r would be nine in a few monihs. and we were dolefully ignorant of arithmetic, having E spent most of our valuable time in the pursuit /\f ritoficnrp hrith in the wluvil.rnfim nnH etce. ? |/!VWWIV| V..VV. ... X 1W I I whore. Tom nv?dc a careless move, which | ' gave me an opportunity to juftap three of his bl men. I improved ti eagerly. That a girl }ll should rain such an advantage over hirn was _. V>o much for Tom's temper, so he roared out. " That nint't fair.' fi "Yes. it is," I replied ? "don't you re- w memt>er you did it yesterday ?" " Don't rare if I did, 'ta?nt fair, and you P s. shan't do it." was the reply, with a hateful at emphasis on the term " you." M "But. Tom." I urged mildly, trying hard to retain mv dignity. "Iam two years the oldest, and I ought to know." fc " No you ain't two years the oldest." was ^ the response " Ain't I ten ?" 1 urged w " Ye8*' o.. 'C ' And vou eight ? " Yes." " Well, triumphantly, " don't eight from hi ten leave two ?" " You ain't two years the oldest anyway, and vou shan't jump me," persisted Tom. w " T shall ask mother." I cried, certain that v< my statement must l>e upheld in that quarter. , and caring much more for the superior age 1 than the checkers. I opened the :.itchen hi door and rushed ont. " Mother !" 1 cried, Mother, ain't I two years older than Tom ?" Now. I made this a;?peal at a very nnfortu- Sf nate time. Bridget had left the day before tl in a rngc occasioned by Tom having wound u np a long U<t of j>ersecutions hy chasing her with a caterpillar. Mocner was therefore ' unusnally burdened with work, and at this U particular moment she was bending over the stove, in all the heat and hurry of baking dav. frying doughnuts. I suppose the hot v lard spattered on to her hands as she fished after the brown cakes. I have since had cer- j * tain experiences of my own in frying dough- i n< nuts that lead me to regard my mother's impatience on this occasion with creat chariy J- tv. She did not answer my question, and to tl attract her attention I gently pulled the I tf skirt of her dress, repeating, " Mother. . mother, ain't I two years older than Tom ?" i " No, she ain't, is she. mother ? She j o thinks 'cause it's her birthday she can cheat j ]e ire. and do all sorts of things,"roared Tom r | from the other room. ^ Intent on gaining my point. I twitched n mother's dress again, repeating, " Ain't I mother f Ma. ain't I ?" Mother turned upon me suddenly, her c .ce flusbed'with heat and vexation. "Helen je said, " you are the plague of my life ou are always quarreling with Tom. 0 )urse you are not two years the oldest; yoi :t as if you were uot half as old. Now go u] ) the nursery and don't come down till ive you leave." A bitter sense of injustice rankled in m; reast as I turned away and walked slowl; om the kitchen to the room where Tom sat aving it all his own way with the checkers i'hen he saw me he cried out in maliciou riumph, " Good for you ! Pays you fo heating ! Now vou won't get any ho oughnuts, and; I'll eat all the turnovers !' That was too much. I turned around am ried out passionately : " Tom, you're ai wful, wicked, story-telling liar ! I hat ou, and I wish you were dead ! I do !" I was horror-stricken the moment I ha< ttered these words, but before I could ge reath to retract what I had said, Tom rushe< lto the kitchen, crying " Mother, mother [elen says I'm a liar and she'll kill me !" Of course I was marched up stairs doubl nick,mother's hand pinching my arm awfull 11 the way. and rem lined a nursery prisoner :ving on bread and water for the rest of th ay. besides being set to learn a hvmn oi rotherly love. I never hear that hymn nor dthout a vision of the nursery that hot sura ler day, myself sitting in the window witl iy hymn-book, watching Tom, who ha< tationed himself under a cherry tree opposit nd sat munching my birthday turn-over ivoring me with occasioned observations re arding the high state of felicity he wa njoying compared with my miserable condi ion. I fully made up my mind that after oon that I would never go to Heaven, never ' I had to love Tom. I persevered in thi ('termination until I had gone to bed am he light was put out. Then I had sue! wful visions of eternal punishment that ras willing to accept salvation on any terrm nd screamed for mother, begging when sh ime to see Torn and ask forgiveness I wa llowed the privilege (?) and humbly entreat d the little monster to pardon me, which h :?(/-? rirt nn /vendition tha rauuusiy wuocui^u w v?v, ? " wouldn't never do so no more." romised, in fear and trembling, and Ton as commended for his magnanmity. This is a specimen of our daily life and ex erience. If I urged my superior age ii jquesting a privilege, I was told that mad 0 difference. I was very little older. If w uarreled ( which I regret to say was the cas lost of the time), I was told that it was m; lult; I was the oldest, and ought to h shamed to tease my little brother so. Tom' ivariable plea, when a doubtful case wa ending at the bar of mother's judgment wag Well, she teased me and that general!; h! to a decision in his favor. Sometimes, it is true, Tom committed sucl laring atrocities that cverybodv said lie wa 1 fault. Then mother would say, " Fo lame, Helen to be so impatient ! Tom isi oy. and you must put up with his littl i" Its." " A boy !" I would exclaim, with tears ii iy eves ; don't I Icdow he's a boy ' Yoi light as well tell me I was blind if my eye ere put out! I wish there were no sucl lings as boys !" Then mother would look at me in such i opeless way that I would relent and ask he rgiveness ; and the next day, or perhap mt afternoon, the scene would be repealed I know I was to blame in all this. A w'?mai light to be a very saint to get along with i :>y from eight to twenty ; it is her duty t< 5 a saint, and I was very far from it?i uick-tempered, impulsive girl, with astrorif >ve of justice and an inborn scutiment ? .'hellion against tyranny. I could ihultiplv instances innumerable t< lustrate the injustice practiced all througl iy childhood, and in a different form througl iy girlhood, bv both my parents ; and yet.1 ireuts. He is now a steady, well-to-d< :n sure they meant to be perfectly just, I as only because 'lom was a " boy !" Hi as a great source of anxiety to my parent nti 1 He was twenty-two. ne spetii iuuucv mtracted debts, and acted pretty ranch ai le " Prodigal Son" in the Rible did ; am nally, after almost raining father, and run ing away to sea, he came back humble ant jnitent, and was joyfJly received by hii >ung man of twenty-five, the joy and prid< : my father and mother, admired and sough ter in society, and a general favorite every here, with me as well as the rest. And yet must confess I have a sort of44 fellow feel igs" for the elder brother in the parabh ;fore alluded to Not that I would dotraci le grain from my brother's prosperity ; bu hen I realize myself to be a plain, comnioi :rson of twenty-six, so decidedly second tc jra in the hearts of our parents, I sigt little, and think the "fatted calf, does loot ore tempting than the 44 all that I have.1 hieh was the just reward of duty to th< der son. However, there is John, and I shan't com ain so long as he thinks me the most beau ful. lovely and accomplished womeu. Josephine and Napoleon,?An inter iting book lately published in Eng ant 44 Ladv Clementine Davies' Recollec ons of Society in France and England.' e quote from it a picture of the firs inpire : 441 myself saw Josephine two year* pfore the time when she unexpected!} reathed the lust sigh of her troubled ul eventful life. She was then ai [almaison, whither I was taken by im ltlier. Though no longer young, sh( as pre-eminently graceful, and liei liant though not a tall figure showed t( Ivantage in a white dress magnificently nbroidered in bright colors that assort 1 with her dark hair, wore low 011 he: uehead, and with the fine eves of deej lolet hue by which her expressive fac< as illuminated. * * * Josepliin* >ved Napoleon better than she lovec erself. Childless by her marriage witl im, (though the mother of a son ant .uighter by her first less happy nnior ith the Vicomte de Beauharnais,) sh< iluntarily consented to her divorce frorr im for the sake of his dynasty. Sh< ad survived the dishonor, if so it may ? called, in her own life; she had de end( d the steps of the throne on whirl ic emperor had seated her beside him it she could not survive his downfall, id she died when the sentence of exih > Elba was passed upon him. Had to Lf.avf.?Prince Napoleon t nt is wife, the Princess Clethilde, being ii aris, th.- Government gave them officii! ntice that tho^ should not be permittee - a r/vtl /\l I?*?Ar\AA A 1 r? c } I rr?iuc uu nir ^un u? riautr. p^aiuo lis Prince Napoleon emphatically pro >sted, saving he would only leave >rce. and the Princess told the officer f the law plumply that she would no ave Paris but between two gendarmes 'pon a peremptory order of the Govern lent, however, he was compelled to go Thirtv-two thousand seed were one Lord Timothy Dexter. ; I An advertisement in the Boston newsT . I j papers announcing the sale at auction of of P the Dexter propert}' in Newburyport se< 1 brings to mind numerous stories current th: (r in that city respecting the eccentric in- bli T dividual who flourished there in the lat- th ' ter part of the last century under the ca s self-assumed title of Lord Timothy Dex- ju: r ter. This was the fortunate merchant lei t ? who, with brains either so scant or dis- ey 3 ordered that he was continually making m< himself an object of derision, still blun- ha dered into what in those days was con- no 3 sidered a stupendous fortune. It was bl< Lord Dexter who, on consulting a wag- Cr ! gish acquaintance as to a profitable way ue of investing certain moneys, was ad- he v vised to ship a cargo of warming pans to he the West Indies, and availed himself of ju e the advice, to the great mirth of all who he v heard of the transaction. The cream of co i- the joke, however, was that the warming an pans found sale to the sugar manufac- be e tures for ladles, and Dexter realized a cai '? great profit on the venture. A 6hip* ut ' ment of red wollen nightcaps to the - cost of Guinea, suggested as a joke, ag turned out a most fortunate speculation. s Somebody wishing to humbug the old ar< 3 fellow, told him one. day that news had sli (j come that all the whales were dying ofl. inj , Dexter went to work and bought up all CI e the whalebone he could get hold of, tli * fairly cornering the market, after which hi: e he unloaded at an immense profit. Hav- Dt t ing at last blundered into great wealth, he n he assumed the title of Lord Dexter, and lo.? spent a great deal of money in laying out lih * attractive grounds about his house, but I ruined the effects produced by skillful an e gardeners by setting up in every direc- wc e tion carved woodeu figures of the most e hideous description. Twenty-five years pl< r ago some of these figures were still to be Lr 8 seen on the grounds. Lord Dexter, be- of y coming ambitious of literary distinction, de published a book with the title of "A ^ Pickle for the Knowing Ones but be- ut r ?ng conscious of weakness in the matter wl R of punctuation, put all the commas, co semicolons and the like at the end of th n the book, telling his readers that they ar< ? might pepper and salt his production to of ! suit themselves. A few years before his br death he had a mock funeral, and after- th? 1 wards beat his wife because she did not as s exhibit sufficient grief over his fictitious coi * demise. Some time ago the house and Fa grounds once occupied by this strange Bi; 3 character came into the possession of a so< 1 wealthy citizen of Newburyport, who rie f has made the place one of the most beau- lai tiful residences in New England. foi to i , CO r The Hokse Epidemic in Canada.? ) At the present time, says a late member 1 of the Toronto Globe, three-fourths of * i , , . wa . the horses in this section of the coun- T 8 , j dll , try have been attacked to a greater or * less extent. The disease appears to be a ^ . catarrhal fever, of an epizootic nature, 1 Hie result of some atmospheric influence, * as is shown by its sudden appearance t over a large extent of country, attacking ^ - all kinds of horses, old aud young, in ^ ' /?* innnp tlia npq. . gWU WUIUHUII yjL in fSVSWX. .-.*W ) monitory symptoms are dnlness, a star- .. t ing coat, a watery discharge from the jpi j nose, speedily followed by a severe hack> ing cough ; the pulse is quickeued, and jjsj 1 the mouth hot, the nasal membranes are injected, and the ears and legs are [j0 ; unnaturally cold ; the discharge from ^ the nose increases, and becomes of a j greenish-yellow color ; the breathing is increased, and iu some cases becomes I labored and severe. When an affected is , animal is exposed to vitiating influences of any kind, as impure air, sudden chills, ] or overwork, the lungs and their coveriugs become effected, thereby producing ^ f alarming and more daugerous symptoms. Although this disease must necessarily j 1 prove a great loss and annoyance to the ^ community generally, we do not think ^ it is likely to be of a fatal character, t 1S? where ordinary care and rational treat- ^ ment are adopted. We have had an op- gaj portunitv of seeing hundreds ot cases ^ oin?o rmtViroalr wit.Vlont 11T1V fatal ^ mv. ..,.v , jol , r"nlt8- _____ ed Relieved.?An event is said to have cr< r lately occurred at Duxbury, Vt., which as > should act as a warning to those who ' drink water from brooks without looking 00 ? carefully into the vessels after dipping. *? 1 A resident of the place mentioned, named ^ 1 Charles Marshall, has, it appears, suc1 ceeded in ejecting a lizard from his i stomach which measures three and a ^ J half inches in length. For several years ,j i he has been a constant sufferer?as the 3 doctors supposed?from consumption ; r but, although many remedies were tried, ^ his case seemed utterly hopeless, flow- ^ i ever, since the lizard has come forth a w1 ; decided improvement has been noticed ; ^ , the appetite begins to be natural again, 3 and there is now, as we are assumed, a ^ ^ certainty of his speedy recovery. The \ j possible presence of a reptile in a man's U1 1 stomach, is not at any time an agreeable , I thing to speculate upon ; but it must be gjr I a source of infinite satisfaction to think ^ that such an uncomfortable companion has been dislodged. Mr. Marshall may, 7 therefore, be considered as among the s happiest men of the age. pr t pa The crowd who went out from San- so . Francisco with baskets and shovels to W| scoop up diamonds and i ubies in Arizona, ^ are rapidly returning, and their profane ? adjectives can be distinctly heard a considerable distance. b The Acquittal of Laura Fair. A Sail Francisco paper gives us some the incidents connected with the ei :ond trial of Laura Fair for murder in ro at city. It says that the jury assem- o) 2d amidst almost breathless silence in A ? ?- a ? o mCk tvua n 0 court, roum. A3 lllO itnou iiaiuo m?o u lied, the Clerk anuouuced that all the w rors were present. Another deau si- a< ice fell upon the court room. Every tt e was upon the Judge. For a mo- C ?nt he sat with his head resting on his p nd, and then turning to the Clerk, he b dded and said something in an inaudi- g e tone. The Clerk nodded to Judge S irtis, who at once arose and lifted the d rvotis and terror-strickeD prisoner to d r feet, and placing his arm close around tl r waist, held her with her face to the lj ry. Judge Quint also stood up and o Id one of Mrp. Fair's hands. Both o unsel on the other side also got up d d faced the jury box. The spectators ii nt forward in breathless anxiety to o tcli every word that should now be n tered. Then the Clerk spoke: b "Gentlemen of the jury, have you n reed upon a verdict?" tl Mr. Byiugton, the foreman of the jury, fl ose and passed to the .Judge a folded ti p of paper. The Judge, without look- o g at it, passed it over his desk to the a erk below. The Clerk slowly opened tl e paper, and for several seconds kept e s eyes and brains busy with the words, b iring this little scene Mrs. Fair rested o r eyes on the floor. She seemed to have n d all physical power, and fairly hung tl :e a child in Judge Curtis's arms. I a The Clerk then read from the paper, fi ?i/1 Hio mnof Kr/DotViloaa tVipap j tl >rds: a We, the jurors in the case of the Peo- f< s, of the State of California against a tnra D. Fair, indicted for the murder a Alexander P. Crittenden, do find the k fendant not? n Before the word "guilty" could he tl terod a low, thrilling moan was heard h lich went through every heart in the ft urt room, and in another instant two ii in, white, chalk like wrists were clasped a >und Judge Curtis's neck, and a wealth a golden hair lay streaming on his u east. The little black figure lay in A e arms of the strong man as senseless p a corpse. The next instant all was e> nfnsion. The ladie3 rushed up to Mrs. a ,ir and tendered their assistance. A it the pipiner notes of the big bailiff tl jn restored order. Judge Curtis car- o id his lifeless burden to a settee and tl d her gently down. Water was called si r, and iu a moment she had returned g consciousness, but could not seem to mprehend the turn affairs had taken. Judge Curtis, who was now completely p manned, started with his charge to- j tl ,rd the door, but was called back by v, dge Reardon. n qomIati Tin-lrro Piiffia ]ai I - J iitttivtwu v u\4^v vu? tvi. (J 3 defendant remain till the verdict is tl jorded. t( Judge Curtis, who had reached the ^ te of the bar with his client, seated r on the long, continued bench next V] 3 railing. She seemed too weak to s( itain herself, even in a sitting posi- j n, and lay down again nearly at full b igth, her attorney still by her. a] l'lie Clerk?Gentlemen of the jury, ei ten to your verdict as it stands recordYou find the defendant at the bar q t guilty? So say you all? Each aud a] of you answer as your names are w led. o rhe regular formula was gone through <? th each man answering "not guilty" tc his name was called. t* Alter the ceremony of recording the j ^ n/lml nrn n GmcliA/1 Mi/> Tii/l/ro I LlllUL WOO 11111.^11111, 1/1HJ IKUI^U llitlilj Q| (charged the jury, thanking them for p, sir patience and cheerful acquiescence s( all the requirements, and then, turn-1 ^ * to Sheriff Adams, he said: Mr. I jr e rift, Mrs. Laura D. Fair, by a verdict fj. the jury, is no longer a prisoner. She j a therefore, discharged from your cus-; w ly." The Sheriff bowed, and then p luted Mrs. Fair, who smiled in a sickly r( iv. In a moment the Court wio ad- 0 lrned, and then a crowd soon gather- e] around the freed woman. Jurors jwded around her, and several of them, tl they took Mrs. Fair's hand, cried like u ildren. From all sides came warm ^ ngratulations, from lawyers and others Mr. Curtis and Judge Quint upon j eir success. s< High Value.?Drunken husbands are ^ metimes spoken of as worthless, but, ere is a Mrs. Granger in Cincinnati 10 appears to set a pretty high value f' i T~r i /? 1 11V * i " nors. tie nas nnisneo dissipation, ? dissipation having at the same time ished him, and now she sues six saloon ^ epers who were wont to supply him ^ th grog for SI0,000 each making SGO,0 as the actual damage which she ^ ffers from the loss of a drunken husnd. The court is to decide the justice ft] this estimate. d Catholicism in Prussia.?The Prusin tioverument has placed the " Old b itholic" faith legally on the same a ating as the other two recognized t< urches, by acknowledging the binding h rce of its ministers' acts. Infalliblist ^ iests are now required to enter on the g ri-h books births, marriages, ?fec., when g] lemnized by Old Catholic clergymen, aen they are requested to do so by ? em. ti Adelina Patti owns more diamonds <0 aiifjMM^^^BfcjilityinEurope^F A Wild Pigeon Boost in Maryland. Probably the largest pigeon roosl rer known in Maryland, says a Balti lore paper, is now existing on the farn F Mr. William Schley, near Oakland, ir llegauy County. The pigeons collecl ightly on a tract of ground coverec ith alder bushes, occupying about sii ires The pigeons first appeared aboul ;u days ago in countless flocks. Tht umberland News says : The inflockiuj igeons gradually settled down upon th< ushee, until they were bent to tin round by the weight of the birds till more pigeons came flying in frou istant points, and continued to setth own upon the already living mass, unti le whole five or six acres were complete r covered. So great was the numbei f birds that they were piled upon eacl ther in places from one to two feet ii epth. The pigeons continued flocking 1 and settling upon and among cacl ther from about 4 o'clock in the after oon until nightfall, when at last the^ ecame still, and prepared for thei ight's rest. With the early dftwn o lie morning flock after flock arose an( ew away in all directions, which depar ires were continued until about ! 'clock, when the place was deserted nd not a living bird to be seen during lie remainder of tho day, until towarc vening, when they again began flocking ack to the same roosts, and the scene f the evening before were again wit essed. All this has occurred daily fo be past ten days. It is estimated tha 11 the flocks of pigeons for perhap fty or sixty miles around thus gather a bis one spot each evening during thei nnual migratory visit to the immens< !>rest regions of the Alleghany Mount ins in quest of the heavy mass of acorn bounding there. This is the only roos nown this season in this or any of tin eighboring counties, and is, perhaps be only one within a circle of severa unclred miles. It is a well-establishei ict that these birds have but one roost ig place within a very largo territory nd in their transit to warmer latitudes nd during their stoppage by the way so one place only as a roost at night .t this wonderful roost, on Ool. Schley' lace, thousands and thousands of pig ons have been nightly captured by mei nd boys, with guus, clubs and bags ifter nightfall a person can go amorn le birds and scoop them into the moutl f a bag. It is needless to add tha aousands of them have been wantonb bot, and allowed to remain upon tin ronnd. where thev died. A Marseilles Bull Fight.?It ap ears by the Semaphore of Marseille! lat bull fights have recently come int( ogue in that famous seaport, and hav< aturally aroused great curiosity. Thos< f the inhabitants who participated ii lis amusement one day are not likelj > forget the entertainment in a hurry /hen a young and ' game" bull of grea issing power was brought out with t iew of its proceeding into the circus imething occurred to give the animal i istaste for the arena where he was tc e worried to make a Marseilles display ad with a bound he plunged into tin aormous pen of people, who wer< lassed together like clusters of bees f course, a most frightful panic ensued ad matters would have been ten time; orse than they were had not a youtl f eighteen, as agile as heroic, actually taken the bull by the horns" andcluuf ) him until the showmen, who seemec > have behaved very ill, came and goi it enraged brute away. The conduci f the circus people irritated the rowdiei art of the ocowd, who proceeded to dc ;rious damage, smashed windows in le neighborhood, and, by way of sooth lg the nerves of those already suffering om the proceedings of the bull, openec stall where six others were confined, hich went careering down the street, ive were at length killed and the sixtl ?covered by its keeper. The directoi f the circus had to reimburse the own rs of surrounding property for th< araage done to it. It will be well il lis incident serves to throw a dampei pon the introduction of this cruel anc arbaric pastime into France. 1 Which.?The time of a man's death ii unetimes made a matter of particular in irest to his surviving friends. The bod} f one Samuel Jones was found in tin oods at Wentworth, Me., some month: 50, and not long previous to that tim< * 1? j _xi e. 11 is omy son naa men. ?? neuier iaiue r son died first is unknown, but on tha uestion depends the disposition of th< roperty. If the son survived tbe fathei e was liis heir and the property woulc o now to /lis heir, a certain half brother f the son died first the father's brother' ad sisters would inherit. Two faniiliei re much interested in the date of Jones ecease. Cheap Living.? Figures furnisher y a correspondent on the Nile says that slave costs $80 to buy, or $4 a month > hire; average price of an Abvssiniac orse, $15 ; average price of a horse, Arab,) $100; camel, $12; dromedary 40 ; donkey, $5 ; donkey to ride, (40 lieep, $1 ; cow, $5 ; to buy a hous< African style,) $500 ; the ground of th< ountry, $1 (two acres); an elephant'i ask (the average,) $100 ; for 100 poundi f gum, first quality, $10; for 10< Billing*' word* or wisaom. t It iz a grate art to kno how tew lister This seems to be about the way it i 1 (lid : When we are yung, we run int i difikultys, and when we git old, we fa t into them. I Love seems tew hav this eflekt, i i makes a yung man sober, and lyi ol t man gay. i Love iz a lighted kandle, aud coquet ? fly around it. just az a miller doz, ti i by-and-by they dive into it, and the i what a burnt coquet, and miller we ha^ It ain't bekauze lovers are so sensiti i that they quarrel so often, it iz bekauz * t^ere iz so mutch phun in making up. 1 I don't kno but a Prude may possibl - fall in love, but if they ever do, the r don't kno it. i About the last thing a man duz te i korrekt hiz faults iz tew quit them. ? I should jist az soon expekt tew see i monkey fall in love as to see a dandy. The wimmin ought tew ketch all thei f phellows who part their hair in the mi( r die, and clap a red flannel petty-coat o f them. * The chief end of woman, now dazi * seems tew be to wear new silk clothe: ^ and the chief end ov man seems to be t * pay for them. I About all that this far famed Philost 1 nhii Vnn im ir. tpw suffer nain. an f'J ?> ? A ? ? ? not own it, and it seems to hav reache s the hight of its ambishun when it courl sorrow, for the sake of being a martyr. Pure ignoranse, after all, iz the be! ' alloy for vanity, for a vain phool is quil harmless. It iz better to be grater than our coi dishuu in life, than tew have our cor dishun appear too grate for us. There iz nothing that a man kan d that should cut him off from pity, tl fakt that he iz human should always ei title him to commiserashun. Prudes hoard their virtews, the sam az mizera do their money, more for tli sake ov counting them, than for use. If yu seek wisdum, mi yang fiienr studdy men, and things, if yu desir laming, studdy dikshunarys. I think opportunitys are made full c often az they happen. I have often had grave doubts, whic waz ov the most importance, the bust! of men or the hurry of pissmires. It iz a grate deal easier tew look upo thoze who are below us with pitty, tha tew look upon thoze who are above u without envy. Good common sense iz az helthy a onions, we often see thoze who are go^( simply bekause they hain't got sens enuff to be bad, aud thoze who are bar just bekause they hain't got sense enu tew be good. The man who don't kno himself iz poor judge ov the ofher phellow. Envy iz sntch a constant companyui I that if we find no one abuv us to envj > we will envy thoze below us. Whoever iz a sedate old man at 2( t will be apt tew be a frivilons yung on * at GO. > Th a re iz no servitude in life so o[. II pressive az tew be obliged tew flatte > thoze whom we don't respekt enuff t ? praze. i Wit, without sense, iz like a razo i without a handle. We mingle in sosiety, not so mntc ? tew meet others az tew eskape ourselfs. 5 i A Strange Disease.?Intense radii r tion of heat in the great desert of Sahar r produces extraordinary effects on insect 1 as well as animals and men. When t caravan starts out to traverse that wid t waste of desolation, flies follow on i r prodigious multitudes, attracted, n > doubt, by odor from camels, but the i soon drop dead by the intensified heal . Fleas burrowing in hair, straw, or sack; r are killed ofl rapidly. But the mos; sir 1 gular of all is the malady to which me , j arc incident after being exposed a shoi . i time to burning sands and a vertical-su i j on that arid and life-forsaken region. 1 r j is called ragle?a kind of brain fevei - lhe stricken traveler is delighted ; amused, and made extensively happy b f exhibitions of fantastic forms. He see r midges, palm trees, groups of tent' I shady mountaius, spaikliug cascades and misty forms dancing delightful! before his entranced vision. From a s that can be gathered upon the subject i - appears that a certain condition of ul j mosphere wholly free from moisture 3 with intense solar heat, produces effect 31 on tho brain very similar to hasheesh j Both exalt the nervous system, and speed r; ily destroy all desire to exist, deprive t of that unnatural excitation of thebraic 3 r Technical Measures.?For the bent I 6t of our readers, we give a table o measures for their practical use, ; j ^ firkin of butter equals 56 pounds ; i 3 sack of coals,' 224 pounds ; A truss o * straw, 36 pounds ; A stave of hemp, 3! pounds ; A sack of flour, 280 pounds j A quintal, 100 pounds ; A piggot o steel, 120 pounds; A truss of hay, pounds ; A bash, 80 bushels ; A kilder kin, 18 gallons ; A barrel, 36 gallons A hogshead, 54 gallons ; A pincheon 84 gallons ; English prices current oftei ' speak of the price per quarter; to re ' duce this to barrels, multiply the pric ^ by seven and divide by twelve, and i 5 will give the price, at the same rate b 3 the barrel. Thus : if wheat is quote ; at fifty-six shillings a quarter, multipl 8 fifty-six by seven, and divide by twelv< DL O HMWi l? Relative Beauty.?A pretty cousin, z The mourning color of the Turks is blue. ? It is said flowers are to be cheap thia U winter. A miser is far more for getting than it forgiving. j The season is taking its leaves with much a dew. Vanderbilt's income is twelve thousand 3 dollars a dav. 11 What ship does a literary private mn vade? Authorship. r- Carpets though bought by the yard ff are worn by the foot. ;e Perfume-bottles to be worn at the bolt, have been introduced. y Miss Nilsson received ?2J0 a night at Drury Line Theatre. ^ u Doctor, is tight lacing injurious V* " Of corset is, Madam." w A social glass to which the ladies are addicted. ?A mirror. a Though a pawnbroker's is crowded, it is always a loansome place. 11 A new styloof card-receiver has a vase attached for holding flowers. n Some people at a crowded evening party had bellc3 on their toes. A promising yonug man is all very 0' well; better ha/e a paying one. 3' When may a chair be said to dislike a ~ A TTTI -i. )L 1 L! o person : u uen it can t ueiu mm. Ex-Empress Eugenie's beautiful hair is > beginning to show threads of silver, d Good temper is like a sunny day. j shedding brightness on everything. |.g "Going out with the tide"?accompanying the bridal party out of church. The fashionable inhabitants of Murray " Hill have returned to their city abodes. ^ Mrs. Laura D. Fair's mother attempted suicide by poison, at San Francisco. What quadrupeds are admitted to balls, i- operas, and dinner parties? White kid*. Vice stings us even in our pleasures, lo but virtue consoles us,even in our pains. ie An Alabama lady has worked a silk i- quilt for the State fair, with 20,000 piecea in it. * ie The new style of dressing the hair on the top of the head is called the " Jose16 phinc." A sarcastic lady says the only thing b which keeps Lent is her best silk um e brella. Book-keepers are said to be like chikIZ ens because they have to scrateh for a living. , Why is the early grass like a penknife? Because the spring brings out the blades. vVhat belongs to yourself and is used n by everybody moro than yourself ?? n Your name. , Why is the coupling chain of a locomotive like love? Because it is a tender attachment. z Crows and blackbirds are the bravest creatures that tly; they never show the ie white feather. 1, Young ladies who lace themselves tightg ly, when dressing for dini^r evidently prefer grace before meat. The sailors at Milwaukee, Wis., struck ,l lor $4 a day, and refused to ship until theii terms were conceded, b Sunday is the strongest day, because r, all the rest are week days; yet, if it is IUC suou^esi, WllJ n uiicu uiuacu* ) There are 22,500 ragpickers in Paris ' who gather up every night, according to e statistics, 50,000 baskets full of rags and ^ thrown away garments and br ots. Mayor Medill, of Chicago, lias issued r a proclamation io the police authorities o directing them to enforce the law forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. John Tigie, wife and infant, with two other rnen and a boy, left Litchfield,El.. " on the Toledo anil Wabas i Railroad, on a hand car for their homes. They were run into by a passenger train, and Tigie ' wife, and child were killed. The miners of South Wales having s demanded an increase of wages, the coal masters, on the contrary, insist upon a il decrease of the wages already being e paid, and having resolved to close their u mines until the-men accede to their 0 ! terms. Mattie Howe, who was indicted for * murder in the first degree for killing her new born child, was found guilty in s, Poughkeepsie. N. Y.,of manslaughter in i- the fourth degree and sentenced to one n year's imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary. Tortoises boll jewelry, dark, and in sets, n made very plain, are crreatly in demand by /..kiAnnk'tn rPlin,r Ifp <>eta hi V J43UIUIia<JI(. IU IU0* i uvj Ml v vvmw..v.v?. f. with exquisitely cut monograms, whnh I are cut out of shell, and placed on each article of the set. The engraving of the J mcnngrams make these sets quite expcns sivo, imported shell jewelry is generally mounted with colored stones. This style ? is well suited to young ladies. y| A Singular Case of Detection ?The ' lawyer's monologue in the play of "Lady Aklley's Secret," which vividly describes ' ; the gradual closing-in of a web of cir8 cnmstantial evidence, is recalled by the '* curious story of the detection of the murderer of Professor Pauormo in Brooklyn. A patched tape-line was the clue? ' nothincr more. A "sneak thief," in whose pocket the tape was found, questioned by a shrewd police officer, reveals his connection with a New York gang of silver-thieves ; stolen property is recov^ ered ; men are arrested on the charge of I stealing it; one of the thieves is described " as the murderer of Panorma ; the truth ' comes out, little by little ; and the scoundrel who dealt the fatal blow, arrested in a receiver's house for robbery, is held to answer to the charge of murder. ' Great credit is^ie to Captain Farry and ' his men, whose ingenious disguises and II untiriDg patience during a search which ' lasted for weeks have brought the peril petrator of an infamous deed to the bar y of justice. If the man O'Brien be cou^ victed aid executed?and the case seemi y to be perfectly clear?the Panormo mnr0 der will take its place among the record*