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Alter over Forty Years' trial it. is still re es'ivitijj the. most, umpialilied testimonials h its virtues from persons of the highest, eharae ter and responsibilit v, imminent plivsiean commend it, as the. most EFFECTUAL SPECIFC For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Armed w'tli this AN'l'l 1)() I'F. all elimales an rliaii jc.s of water and food may be. faced will out fear. Asa Kcinedy in Si At.a mors Fi \Ki:s, lloWKI. (aiWl'I.Ai.N IS, Li-STI.KoSN Ks: ,1 af.\ixat'ska, IT HAS NO EQUAL. It is the ( heapest and Best Family Medtcitt in tbe World 1 M A N f V.W'Tt' ftKI) ON I. V Itv 5. SS. %i<;EjS:V cV MAC*/>*, (; A an I F111 LA t)K Ll'li I I'riee, $1.00. .Sold by Ml I >ruy;?i.st. ULB LGKQON DOGK GUI. Imperially d?,vi . ned for I lie use * ?l l!< M( < it: j' i a il .tilt' till' //>/. |i sse-.sinj.' tilO in't ingle nieili. iu.al prope: ties v\ Jiic.lt lielos To an (>l'l and fiim < 1 lit. hc'i.-pe 'i^jdih* to females. Cood for /v/t/u (ts. 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Only two dollars and a lialf a ye ADDIfKsS, ? Tc-Iay rrSnticg & Publishing Or. ' 788 8(maoiH St., Ph1\tifo\phU ;?. i 1 Prnndway. N. V. i School St., llos - / ! ilu, lib A 117 K. Madij?<-n St. (. Liai^o. h>;.v i ' iT*.. lha - W ,VK..' rfT-^TWC -r?. JVM ?*l?l * " 1 '? II iTTOT j _L Jlv_/.JL . j vol. c,. con I !;?> liost Fellow in tile WurltL i I ought to vtpologi/.e for bringing in ' an ol?1 acfjuaint anco with such a flour| ish: lor all ol' you know the Major, ami have very likely, helped or been J 1 m*1 |kml by him. ^ ??ii may sec him any day just, now on l>roudwav. Ilo always walks as though a crowd ot I?t ??{>!o wore waiting tor him just at the end ol the block, liis clothes, however, thin or patched, sit on hint well and guantily; a broad-brimmed it?11 hat shades his while hair and 1 moustache, and ruddy, beaming face* hat he is perpet ually jerking it oil* with an eager, gallant, flourish. It is amazing, the number ol women thai man knows! Von may have met this Ins!, fellow in the world in any part ol i this country; though he belongs less ? ] to New Kugland than t o the South and West. Yet he has a keen sympathy for Concord mysticism and hardihood p i- ol thought; lie. even went there one.e to found a community who were to ? live on potatoes and fruit, and to ; dress in grass linen; hut since he grew s fat ami scant ol breath, he pooh-poohs V11111* ( e ri?:t f I ' ri im i 1 I xlii?i u mm,! lui il,ii,u not like tin; spare diet of .Massachusetts. He can put his linger for you , J on the two or three restaurants where a porter-house, steak can he properly broiled, and has a m:o otic, intelligence with their cooks. llis keen palate ami eye (or horseflesh art due, I sup0 I l pose, to the liberal dash of Irish blood j in his veins. lie is not a kinsman ol j the high-seasoned (..-alil'ornia hero win v . dirks, drinks, and dies hcroicall) through our recent litera'uic; thougl I i ? his grandlalhor may have been sucl j a one. The Major is hampered tinted down 1 jy to a n life, an 1 by at I , . i early marriage. | llis congenar, the good follow win ag I did not marry eariv, became a loo! . j liant young fellow on tin; t.own. < >!< in j ladies shook their heads when hi cheeks grew red and his hps thick a | Ihit the girls liked his bright eyes, ;rn< a queer pathetic laugh he had at times | an 1 when (alter a year or two, o which we need not lalk now,) the out raged world refused longer t,o give hin room. they lowered him, ileal am ml ! silent, by :v grating rope, out ol sigh v> forever into the pebbles ami the clay the momor}' ol him was kept longo alive than th.tt ol hotter men. Hi pious, steady-going brothers mouruo< q lor hi in seeictly as they will never d "| I lor eaeli other. Our comrade, the Major, {ever} j body's comrade, I might say,) soldor j touches liquor and more rarely gam x t &'1 '"S 's l,)0 l?nd of his wile an children for that, lie is perpetual] j on the verge of making a gigantic foi lune for them. Ho thinks, and it i '* true, that he would HieraPy give hi j blood, drop hy dro*), it it would 111:1k . : thi'in any happier. Whether the . | have enough t<? eat or not in the mear j while, depends wholly on what mono comes to them from outside. It isi !l <Mirwtiiki I 1 ,. | in 1 1I1 i>ci,iliwi i> t liu l " " i'"j ^ the wife of one of these genial whoh ! ponied fellows, the very ring of whos voices inspires all who hear it. wit courage an d enthusiasm, whalevc she may have been before marring* always becomes afterwards sallow r _ to skin, dogmatic as to religion, n.i row and scrimped in h&r opinions s in her petticoats. She is instant i - season and out of season in all maniu of small and severe virtues, striving } for life and death?the loving, sou Iff tempered creature!?to fill up soin* hody\ empty measure of duty. SI >ur is ant to condemn any amusemci |Y?- simply because her husband ente he into it with headlong /est: she snif critically at all bis friends, and tun her back downright Jon the whole the rosebud gat den of girls anion Si/' whom he wanders delighted, thong Kij he be throe-score, buzzing and sippin uti sweets like and ancient bee. Impa tod tial lookers-on may say that she h; a,'? not lost a whit <>f her rights; that t.l isl,. man's daily life, work-planning, thinl M,s ing, dreaming, is a great and har< 1 n 18 I 1 t * lai>; I burning llame, which must liaVo fin be it friendship, nirtation, travel c aniDKcmcnt. Now every wile is aj j to think h^f own stock of burning in , j un ial rpiilo Hulbcientibr any well-co t ' <iiwone<l man. History tells us of ot ton | oi our friend's clan, a poet, whom ti j the line world delighted to dandle at J t+mjmmommmmn rrw 1i I III? I * rs - #r?vr -r r=? > i $ % / A;Il X ^\ 7i 1 nrloyx '7 :\VA VBOIU). S. C., tt.\ humor. London draw in grooms ami Parisian saloons worn open tor liiin to llntlcr through, and titled and untitled ilaiin's rrowdril about him quite willing t hat he should make love to any lips that wciv near. \ ?'1? IiVc*? the lost, ho had his Bossy in hor neglected eotla^e, growing jealous and sharpr.osod into an u-dv lit11o shadow, whieii ! faded out ol his lite at hot. 'Another ' ol them, an author, we rail all remem| ber, who drew the tears and laughter I of the world at will over the history and graves of people who novor lived lust in his brain. It was only jesterd iv In* went posting over land and son. tediously gusty in his breathless energv, acting, reading to packed audiences, plunging into all kinds ol mad excitement, pouring down lupioi like water, demanding unlimited flattery; I all needful as fuel-?fuel. And there j was the inevitable wile in the background, waiting lor him to take all his I sustenance of life through the circle o! j that ring she wore. Could anything, argued he, he more p?yehologtraily 1 impossible? iJul \he wives of good | fellows seldom studs psvchology; and <nu; wonders, after all, with what tuel I . j they are to keej) tin ir own poor little lires burning? The Major, too has written both i < books and poems. Their rhetoric, ami ! ; white heat of emotion were verv pop ' i ular for a while. Whatever he doe* ! is popular; clapping ot hands follow: 1 him all through life. There are thou f saiuls of pe< pie who speak of him will > greats fill tears i:i their eyes. I,tick rithey will t? 11 you, went :i;?:ii*??>L liin i I oven in his ! onevolencv, bin be ahvay i j mi'iinl v. < II! id.me was the Workup Men's 1 Iniiii' a village wlli'dl 1 c lilit i ' ?, . i | out in ti.i' su 1?;*1 of Ni'iv A oik, am tint'* which so many mill men put thei > learnings. To be sui .\ the ground \va i . , swampy: 1 i< the cedars 111ni 1?1 c*< 1 in 1 and the babies died of malaria by lb s seroic; bill how could ho foresee thai ' The poor fciioYv was ruined hnnsef b I it, as i \i rvbodv knows. llu used I j go about tor moths aIter wards wit i liis coat nut at elbows ami unblail uuud slums, although ho had deeon II elothoj at. Iioniu. No ball wiiv mens ' j lire tor him! lie drank even the cm ' j o( misery t? the dregs w ith gusto. > j .About that time he. was appoinlc f agent ol a building linn, his chief bus I , . . s | ness hemp; lo collect their rents, 'lit 1 j houses were let to a lot ol nooi dc\il: 0 whose monthly appeals tor mercy lot his heart, and brought tears to h | eyes. He used <o advance their rer a out ol his own pocket. lie lived, to< ' j on the strength of liis salary, in a lar<p (1 j liberal way, in J Jergen, filled the horn )' to ovoi flowing with all his own or h ' wife's needy kinsfolk. N\' 11i 11* he ha s a dollar he would share it. with frier. 1S or foe. 1 >11L Ids grocer's and butcher o bills were never paid; and t lie Y brought suit, mortgaged the lions i_ and finally sold it, "there being no lin y it," as be said, "to tbe. repacity an greed of such p"ople when they begi f | to hoard money." J lis wife gave music lessons, and s ic kept, them alive, until one day win h seeing a poor family in distress, 1 r sold the piano to relievo them. Siiu p, that, times have been rough. No is and then lie has had a windla r- through some of those oncer uves is their wits which men find place h>r in | a city, but which are unknown ou'.sii ir of it. A certain railroad compai is converted him to a belief in tin r- stock, and sent him out to sell slum B- lie lias gone to Albany to lobby, ai ic to Congress to engineer different men it urcR in which he had faith. There rs ' a certain force and magnetism abo rs the. enthusiastic old fellow, with 1 us high-bred manner, eager eyes and ge of nine voice, that carries e\ery body wi g him in bis projects, except., indec h bis wife, and children, No price \s<?u ig bring him to advocate any tueasu r- in wliicb be did not himself believ as Nobody could doubt liis keen Reuse ic honor, lie is handsomely paid (or I k- advocacy in a delicate way?by prt 1- ents usually, a few shares of stock, d, diamond ring for his wife. By the >r means, and a chronic antipathy to pa >t ing small bills, he kept his head abo a- water until a year or two ago. J n- had been so often mistaken that I le jugment began to rate below pi ill Corporations found that for him id support a cause was to damn it. 11 !"v~t : "* - ? ' l ii .www? m < .i i ip m in i NE' ?C lT'U K DA Y, M A y do. 1 rm%-% *nw ? nw >iu?nwwn Bn n? : old friends arc cordial when they nin against him ..ji th? street (lie never "m!;s il i, "r. ?!;? ir oflicos). urge liitn to come around i?? neltnonKio's ru* 11m l.otos I'lub to lunch, hut never give !?im anv commission?. His wile has rented a little truck farm in Jersey, jwhcie she :vml the chiluien barely manage to live, owing nobody a penny. I lis sons, as the sons of till good fellows are apt to be, are hard-work ng, just, sour uv.nrcil men. 1 lis daughters are mood r. morbid gills, who despise all onthnrunsin and favor, and pass their daws in drudging and thinking what i hey would have done had they beiMi so iucky as lo be men. Now and then eoiiies a letter front their latiier, j detailing a new vast, philanthropiee or < money-making reheine, in which lie means to gain renown or wealth for them never h.r himself. The old i nian enre.s loi little in the world outride of ids eiti Id ren. Tim leliors arc thrust into the dusty pigeon-hole, of I tile Kocntarv; nobody leads them to | the end. They arc bill of tender love ami dehe-utc iaueicH. The Majoi has j the sensitiveness of a woman. ^ et he take s a keen delight in dodging the ! ( r< di t ors, board;ng house keepers, <\ > , ; to whom he owes money, lie understands honor, but not honesty. Ibit there are natures so com; I rue led ar f J lo find room Kn the coarser virtues; ; oik* need not 1?m> 1< in :i 1 > 1L v?I ??l<{ i )rcs don lor tin* (pialitioR ol :in iron pot. Tlic Major is an old 111:111 now, well ni^li hixiy-livc; but. bin l/lood flows as j holly, his brain is as full of subtle, lar ? reaching plans, and lie is just, as sui t1 j of success in tliani, as w hen he was twenty. Ji iir i 1 eels you this after t noon, lie will almost compel you to ?u 1 j in as partner, and he as y.ealous in out , ol them a< he. You will find a eertaii , j originality iu the idea?a sound sub i stratum of common sense; init whei i he conies *0 put it into practice, it. Mil j fail. Men wite. one tithe of the Major' 1 mental power or business tact ar famous and v< :?11 tiy. With none o Ins Ljenerosily or affection, they ar j surrounded by a loving woman am h I children, lie is unknown, jioor am vW?>ry I Some ol 111 e thousand ships lie ha . sciil out with such vigorous cheer Iroin shore ni;iy couk! hack even yet 0 I brini>ii?.r tlu* liouswre which he ha '' ' lacked so Uukjj, and jjjivc liini, lor a brii r pace, his on 11 fooling in the world. I j they should not, doubtless, lite old uia will bear himself oallanily t.o the lasl ' \\ hen ( Id :i;;e, or disease, or his crcd I* itors nress linn unite to the wall, h | will iiii'l soon* ?]uiut corner in wide d j io 'lie, where Susan and the ehildie j. will never bo hurt by seeing how hui gry he is, or how alone. i O I . > 1'crimps-m those wider lives beyon S the collin ami grave-stone, tiie i ig! e work may be waiting lor lliis pel j?? 1 is ually hopebil, perpetually deleate . ohl creature, and some use be lound i hist lor the large, clear-burning Hi ' which never warmed unybody her L'> At, all events, the Major ;il the he it* hour will be perhctly sure t hat sue is j is the cas. lie will, in )ikeliiioo< , confidently cross the. dark river lull i (IS i i I Home promtMin^ new plan, to lie va (' J ried out on t he other side, and I 's ' ready to take ohl "Death coididential! v 1 by the elbow, and persuade him to g (, in us part tier of Ins success in it. fcrihjur\s Jifollifi/, JWay J\'o. id The rutin r of Forty-One ('hihiren. John I lapner, of Heading I*a., < Inin l0 . to he the lather of forty-one childri n i ^'3' ^"'W1 wives. The Heading -?'0/7 U! I K:lV*: r.0 j lie was born in 1815, and twenl; fire years alterwards?1 b 40?he ma \V 0 t 0 t y \ ried his first wife in (tcrmany. Tin "j I lived happily together lor eight yoai of when she died. During that tin in I they were blessed with seventeen eh I I dren; hence at. the age of ihirty-thr j .Mr. llspner lound himself the lath *y j of quite an extensive family. The 1 '"'jtle ones came on earth as follow s. | Two pairs of twins, four sets of trr ,,j i lets, hoc one at single birth - so\ mitei | in ali. I he (hihiren of this mania1 IS") . are now all dead. Mr. I lapner t ls | maini'd a widowei but a short tin id j for in less than a year alterwards lis married another fair datigbiei ot (J( (). | iiiany, lie was made the loppy lath . j ot another child in the month of i'Y M rnary, 1840. On Christmas folio wit 'w in tin* same year another was bo hi ! unto him. Then they were blessi re Willi I Wilis live tH?>CS 111 SllceCKSK ,(i and subsequently three inure childr at single birth were born unto the making tiiteen in all. ll'.s second w >,M and himself' lived together ni ;s- ytars, and then she died. By t ^ j two marriages Mr. Ilapner, at l 1 fee <>1 n>rlv-two, had become ilio 'at 'SO , *11 er ol t hirty-two children, ol whomoi y* two are now living. Twenty yen ye j ago jM r. Ilepner and his second \v le ! came to tins country. He was libit | nine years of age. Three years alt his wih' died.--Mr. llapner, not des u' i ing to live in a strange land en tin t0 alone, selecicd a third wile in 1^68. Lis i 1 hey arc still living very happily, t % V 9 $ ?. * ft [87*!. N<>. -J-J. pother, and linni'ir 11?< sixiccii years ol their 11?a?*iiI 11I'e lime 1-11i 1 < 11<*n have bet 11 born unto t hem, curb b\- simjlo bin It, maktu** t'orlhv-onp in nil. !hs third wib' was a w idow with one child I \vikmi tlu'V mariied. llence torlv-twoj ehiMreu have ealled him 'lather.' < M lie tbird set. ot ehi 1 d ren only . three are living in a 1', together w ilh ibe exlrsi one bc!oio_ in?4 l(| his j ihird wile." a minsi itvc a iiceilote. In the rally davs of the , ol Indiana, the capital was t oroihnt, and the annual session ot ihe (lei,rial Assemhlv usnallv hrnn-.djt toifther :n wild a set o 1 w:ro as could be teiind j in th?' .Slate, who iiad to rely upon ! their own rcsourct - lor umuscmejii, tor there were tin:; lew theatres, eoiij certs o i shows. j The lovers o! inn-ehud' hal eslah; lished a i>">rJc into j which '.hex would eiuic" Mich :e> were a litt le tureen, and take them through a variety ot ridiculous veieinonies, t ? the infinite amusement ot.ihe crowd. ( )ll one ol thi'M: occasions, il briny; ; understood thai a u'O'id matured, ath! let ic V o ii 11 o man, about hall a simpleton, was to i<" initial'd, the room ,| was erow dial, .iud-'e (ii.'.ss, ii' b. inp; a eharaet er in which hn w as partietij la rl v i nappy, ) had consent < a 1 in act the i role ol the de \ il; and ' o make I ho ser; vices more uupiessixc, had put on a talse (are and paper rap, surmounted j WltH IliH'll^, niMl Willi SOIHO CI; III!.-. Ill this hands, i>!:i< * <! himscll behind a I ' i screen. A'icr taking tiie can lidate through ' j a vai lei y <d cm emoiin s l.v v. as brought : . to :i stain! in tun- ihe screen, and t^1 <! I thai lie had ! hen to conlcss all th?' > I crimes lie had committed in his w hole - [lite. Tim candidate cuidesHod some i I trivtal olleiiscs, ami declared that he could rccc.nlhe.I no mure. At this Iht i (Judge came out from his hiding place 1 i groaned and shook his chains. Tin j I riu hlcncd candidate re I if cd Hoiiunot liei s i smal1 mailers, ami d? clared that h< e ' had disclor-od all the crimes he hac I ! ever commit led. At tin the groan: e of the jtrelended i! Imeaine lurious I ; t lie chains i title.I, -and lie shook hi I j hurt s in the tare o! tin tcrriiied can tlidale, who Mailed hack in alarm s i c :ied on: s| i%J/<>/</ on Mr, / >')/ if T mutt. t<i 1, 1 '/on, /11id />" /'/ttn?/ / to!</< (I (f-rusx n'll s j <i (atiiifc, oj'dmo.f /M * ?>1 ( i I .A tia;>tk! i Famii.y hint i.ic. ? \\ i) | i.t tr a oo.itI >t orv of a man wdm wen [, j t.? i In- f i out i-r to see a Irtend. I'll j lanil!) eosislcd ol I he husband and hi ?. | t wo grown sons. The good old hub 1, ! was the only one of the family \vh i, j did not i akc some of the "Oh, he joy j j lul." Silling by J he fire a fe .v minutes ,the old man lipped him a wink, an (] | t he visitor I olio wed him out. Si op pin if ! iiv a tree, lie took out a long-iiccke< I. | Ix-f t.le, n iiiHi king: (j i "i have to keep it hid, for the me it i may get to drinking, :i?*?I the ol (. ! woman would raise tin* deue.o." l>t | Soon Tom, the elder Hon, asked tli l,( ! visitor out to see the colt, and, lakin I, j liiiii behind lIk*. ban., pulled out a ihisl 1^ remarking: ,t "I liavc to keep this hid, for the ol c- mail w ill get. drunk, and the deuce to pay," and they both took a cliiu v and returned. <, Soon I lob stepped on the visitor toe and walked oil", the visitor follv i11of. As they reached t lit: pig-pei iWo drew out a good-.uzed holt! remarking: 'don know the oil man and To 1S will get drunk, and 1 have to hit i. t In*." The visitor concluded lie eoul i not dunk confidentially with the who family, and Started lor home. V" ('onkisoa i ion nv Tax a i ios. ? 1 Fairfield eounty, South Carolina, It 'V 1)00 a re res ol I md, besides a ounrhi ' ol to W n lot s a ud ma ii V other d wel I in < 10 are ndvei tised for sale for ta xes. Th il" | is equal to 100 farms ol of ,'><) aer j t at h which v\ ill coine under the she yi* ill's hammerin only one county. V ll* i 'he K ing Commit lee deelar" that la s: | at ion is not excessive, and the msjn P" ty of lite Judiciary Committee ol tl L'" Utilise ol liepresent at i \ as think th -'e J t|;q eoinlition of South C arolina do J not need investigation. ie, J\ eir.fi ami < 'out n r. r- Tiiio Uanokic or Si:i>.vtivf.s.?T cr I'o/mlur S'cienc.e M .-n' h! >j gives tl h- i warning on the important matter ig using sedatives (or lit lie <?inn: () rn of the great danger: attending the u ud of various sedatives employed m t -n, nursery is thai Llity lend to produ mi the opium halm, i'liese quack niei m, i ciona owe Uieir sootlrmg 1111 I <juit*tii ile 1 ellecls (o the action ol opium, and t no ! infant is by them given a morbid a Im j petite for narcotic stimulant*. T be -oilering lor aale ut such mrMnii ii- : should lie prohibited, as tending ilv the physical and moral deteriorati us i of t he race. In India mothers give ile ! their int.mis sagat: pillb coutuinii y- opium, and the result, is a langn ,er sensual race of hopohas debaue.hei ir- In the Tinted States the poisono |y : dose is administered under atioth ? i name; but the e<>usc<jiicticoa will pi , t- i bably be the tuuio. , i>Mii it, . ?r? ?. wr*. 'rn^mmrnmm aim Mirrasr: *u:.vr* IliV i ?? ?' Ht >1.' "' j.1 Hij* :ii?* I??i first )iii I Mi.. v?-ii<s ('>i f-.vli m! I?*< *:' f'lu 111? i will ;i VJII ?r", \\ h*'ti'T In In h\i?>i* ot 'livplii . 1 v |A*; I' Hk an inch v\ ill Im* fli.Hi ml lot *s i tj i?i? . Mar i.?_ < ri? >i i i I>i*alli- tiiid Kilt.? ::?! notliiM 1V'?*. Ohiinines *.| iiiii' s in i > I ; ov''i ??' * hihh* 1111 u* I nt "i111 i-41 i r ?? <i<?*11 'in i in?tio?>s ol *;< i ' "*. A III"'! 111 ilninii I tviii titii* t?* t'. I , \\ In?>?* ?' I V? I' i !'? I s iir?> 11 ! I |ii i li'iliii f ll.ti c iimpM t. <H 11.riv *? Su| a iii i* ami a ^iri a > ri.' iidh ried,?:?ihI w 111 -li is o| course, iih|?m>v . . ble? thul, ai I In* Mini* o| the Ii\ Horn d contract, the mail w .* t lin I \ h > \ years ?>I<1 :ii?<I im; *? ir 1 li \ w hicn ^ makes i in- man sr\cn limes a< obi t 'ue tiirh llieY live li't'cl I'i'i 11111 11 J* slie is ti'lceii, liie m mi l?ei'-o forlviise? tins makes ike man tlna-i limes as old; 11 iey sliil live, sl.e is tl.niy veais obi? this innk' S I iie man si\' v, only I vv lee as nlil; anil m \v, Us we liavelit lime In win k it ?',: * I *??iur one \s ill Im* \ <>'i li I lo t el 1 us Im w I on*; llie v will 11a \ . I ? live to make the tfirl an oM as tie) 1 man? M I'. *kal on, \v IIOIII lliv i)? ino iiifs d 1 Connecticut will unci i mie-i m (>s {Senator next Tuesday, w i^ born iu j ( 'oil licet it'll!, bill as soon as i.e bee: e j ot a ;e lie removed to Snirh ( 'aioliie , | wliele lie became Ml Mlitent billow er ot John < alhniiii. Alter a i< v n i i' r,.,,. \ \ I * ^ I VMMvMvV' III 'Will II \ .IMMlll i, f j return ?1 to his State, ;i III I Dogan I i. < * i |>i*ui:tii <k (?l law. 'il i. Katon i-* a true I I?lii?* Ihunocrnt, tried in the tire and never lolilui Willll ill'/. . I ' 111 /I f 11 ( (Hi $f t tnf. (I) i > j ('i)MIM I HOII V 1*11 L*? A'l ION'.??(io\Clllor Ihv <>' Ne\y York !?;?*< signed tlm l?ill whi< h compels parents ami ?/u:u-i diaus ol i'Iiililroil i>etwi.'oii flu* ages of j * 'ight an I lilteeh years to givo I limn in j \\ school or at home at least lourtevsu ] wefk-* i cot la r insi ruction everv vcar .in r< a ling, writing, aril h met in, l'.u/lisli gramn.ar and gt ography. It prohibits the employment ot children I within the ages named at any lal>or during Iki' time when the district, schools are opened, and school otln cis aic givnn authority to set that il is entoiuvd. The I Jew Kohl, lii/crs I!, of ('hica/o, has not an exalted opin on ol tin* Chicago pr? sbyleiv. He said in his . sermon, la?t Sunday, that ordinary t j ('hri.ii i.ins, had ilic, hecn present at ' I he hiiriiin/ ol Servelus, Would have ' I extinguished the tlaines with their I tears, Ini, had the prcshytcry of Chis eago heen theie, thev would have , tjuielly i nrned ilirir hae.ks, solemnly ^ h divided their eoat-L ids, and wanned tliemsel vcm. I > ~ m m A Hare of f'ygmics, 7 due is not surprise I at the 'OKeiiv-. mmit ol I >i. Sell WeiiiIurth on h.u'rin/ 'hat a fiinall colony ot' the-n ^ ilwnrls were hehl in bondage near ? ' t lie mval residence ol King Mun/.a. <l j For several days lie was unsuccessful * in his attempts to see tiiese men in ) miniat me - the .Pygmies having an ? idea that the st ran/ers would <x*itainly eat them, kept out ol sight. Hut, s' i one inorn.il.g there wit' a grent. shout*' ing in tin; camp, and S diweinf urt U g 11 "i ro od t h 11 \!i>l i t t it i m i >i 1 I )i r? i 1111' I /. t 1 hi.,- trading caravan, had surprised f one of the PygmioH in attendance " upon the King, and was conv?\yii, j him, in spite of a st i euuous rosistnnv-,i Ion the part of the It* tic man, straight ? I to tin- camp. Sch weir.furth hurried ?' forward t.i meet the stranga visitor, a airl there was the little creature, I perched u|??>r. Mohammed's right | shouhler, nervously hugging his hea l, '(s i ami casting glances ol alarm in every I oimcln n. lie. v\as eated in a chair, ami his !earci\s pacified hy means Oi s various presents ami some good things lo eat. Dr. Sehwemturth drew his "> 1 portrait, ami l?y means ot an interpiel'? I ler succeeded in gaining much valua| l ie inhumation respecting his 111 ! t r i Do and their country. The name ot ! his nation was Akka, and he asserted i that they inhabit la?ge disti icts lying j southerns. of the Moiihutto country, j A portion ot them are suhject to the 1 AJonbutlo kim, u ho, desirous ot hi'* i 11;ir.< in'4 the splendor ot bis court \>v '* i the addition ot any available natural 1 i curiosities, had < ' > m j?< 11 < < i several taniV j dies ot the Pygmies to sotllo in the s vicinity. "Pin lirst of the Akka v'il**' i luges, In said was tour Hays' journey 1 from ihe residence ot Mil r/i, on t!in 1 1 ! lurid; <n side ot the river N ilobc, oms v" ; ot vbe great tributaries ot t he W'elb.; 1 that tlie nation was divided into mnu l( seperate kingdc nie, and -the tnli.im.,' j ants ?vui\y brave ami warlike. Tne c* 1 I'y/ii'j 14rew less timid wiien tie found thai the white strangers fed liiu: .ia; stead ol devouring bun. ami was tea I 0 ly prevailed upon to perform an Akka win dance, in whieh be showed mar lis . . . <(l velous agility, his leaps and attitudes being aoeompanu d b\ such grote?pi? varieties ?Jf expression tli it the .peel tI tors held their sides tor laughing. jj J The A b hew lie <(>. t.) ret t uordes the following remarkable teitj lu> .John t'owan, seventy years old, wa? ( It'll i>y I Ue (JrecnviUe '.mkI ( oiiin. n.v llt, train at New Market tiie other d iy.. l(^ < He art out on t??ol and act unli v owttook it .v Niuffy-Six?making teat )n miles in an hour. ,a ug j Oliver <3|?tioV Magazine s i.l, United StHten huve Heveoty-t? BABBITT, sand mil?s of telegraph. .ngtou St., N'. Y. us ' nation has hall as maiius' lA-tJt icr i thirty-one thousand, tr ? i t?m t^tUro 'ih lb. ,Ha??? prulaU N