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THREi- DOLLARS A YEAR,] ] FOt TIE DISSEMIN!TION .'F USEFUL INTELLIGECE. [INVARIABJY.IN ADVAO1. V0Lo. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1869. NO 22 T HHERALD EVRAY WEDNESDAY MORNING, AU-NeWberry 0. N., 11y T1OS. 1. & R. X. GENIRtR, URNS, 08 PER ANNUM, INCURUENCY Ol PROVISIONS. Payagenteq%aredgeuvarablyinadrnce. Mardiago Notices, Funeral Invitations, Obit marie, and Conmunieations subeerving private inte sste, as aharged as advertisemente. SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN & TRUST COMPANY, Anl6rinl Capital, Vivo Million Dollan. PlISENt LIKIT,- - - - - - $500,000. -0 THE 0FC10 OF TIS COMPANY IS NOW openrd at No. 19 Broad-street i8outh-Wastern nota Iflank) 1br the receipt of Deposits, Die 40 aper, Purchase and Sale of Rxe ,oha od the transaction of a General Dank% A Fwt,allwedon Depwits. upon terms es% tablished by the Board o Directors. TWIP t isoo a al Deposito for 0o y ad igto Court-will receiv Regf8try and Ara,b Books-sot as axent to say Cou 'pos and Dividends, and as Trustee in Railroad ortgages. DIRECTORS: w c nee otWn. O.e &coA 8 John -stonfi*M,90n1 Cr.W 0. ltA~t., hyue, of Robt ite & Co W.B ian. of W. B . Williams & Son K. Frost, of Frost & Ad gerJ.E.AdgerofJ. E. Adger & Co.; Hlenry 6din, of rd In atthieen & Co.; George L. Hoist, or Buist & Buist; C. -). Memminger, of eNommingar, Jervey, & Pinckney;'Ir. J. Kerr, ofV. J. Kerrt Co.; J. D. Aiken, of J. D. Aiken & Cot John Compeen. of Comupsen & Co- A. P. Caldwell, of R. &. A. P. Caldwell; W. it. Ry en,J. t e leman, 11. O'Neil, J. J. Gregg, 4j6a;1teLlIle, S. 0 For further intbrmation, a4,dre d GEO. 8 CAMERONr, President. rubs0. n WARING, Cashir. Charleston, 8 C., March 12,18G9. Mareh 24 12 Sm NEWBURRY FEMALE ACAYMY. REY. J. B. HILLHOUSE-PINoIPAL. Miss FA111i LEAVXLL, #4 A H, Assistants. "Ammis HIILLHOUSE,I MiR. F. Wzanan-Professor of Mu4ic. 6L. S. FaIn-Chairrian Board Trustees. Terms per quarter, of 21 months, payable to advance. Primary Department, Spelling. Read. in , Writing and First Lessons In - Arithmetic, English Grammar and In Geography, .$.... 5.00 English gprammar, Geography, Arith metic nd History, $...... 7.50 Latino Greek French, Logic.IhetorIe, Phyvical, kental and Moral Sol ences, . .... $1000 No Pupil will be charged at the same time with more than one of the preceding rates. Music, extra-625 per session of five months. Boarding. with the Principal and others, en reasonable terms. Thororygh instruction afforded in all the branches or a liberal education. March 10 10 tf. CottonPlantCookStove, WIrH Plain and Extension Iopi Please examide -and test this stove and you will find it all we represent it to be. For Economy in Fuel ; For Dhurability ; For Capacity in Baking, Boil ing mnd Briiling ; For Simplicity in Manage iment; For Cleanliness in Cooking ; For great power of Heat in .]alnrg and 'Boiling, with a very small Consumption of Fuel ; Foi~'Beauty of Design. For Smoothness of Castings and Elegance of Finish; The"Cotton Plant" 'STANDS UNEQUALLEDs AJ1BJPAMIEf, Clmbia, 8, 0,, Sole Agenlt for one half the State of S. C. Taft 7tf ~L28L HURD; with the Wheeler & Wilsen Manufac taring Comjnny. BJRIDGldPORT, OON. Isenable4'o 1eet -the most perfect flnished Macbines, and forward thoem to thomeywho may.*ant, at tie manufao tarWr'ilro free6%onmmissIons to the purch de'.' '4A- orders sent thro ih BIldrJ6brIt .?t~7' c eN ?anlog, w il receive proI,tJ The Wife's First LoVe Adele, hearing her husband's approaching footsteps, hastened to extinguish-the little taper that was burning on the table, and ad justing her colleretto and' coiffuro before the mirror, unlocked the door of the boudoir, and went forth to meet him with an unem barrassed air. 'Ahi my pretty hermit, said he, 'always in your boudoir I I was looking for you on the Common this fine day. Truly, my incoin parable, I shall begin to grow jeal ous of that crimson rocking-chair, whose arms encircle you so of ten., As Col. Preston (for that was the husband's name) playfully spoke thus, he drew his Adele af f6etionately towards him, but she complained of a slight, indisposi tion, averted her face, and with drew herself from his clasp, point ed his attention to some passing object in the street, and began to talc of thoir projected tour to the White Mountains. Adele was a young and lovely Now York belle, who, at the age of seventeen, had been introduced to Colonel Preston, a Bostonian of family and distinction. He be came deeply enamored of her beauty and simplicity. The offer of his hand was graciously accept ed, and he brought her in triumph to his mansion in Boston, where, not withstanding the little dissen sions that a difference of tastes and prejudices is apt to occasion, they lived in the very plentitude and perfection of conjugal con cord. They had been married about a year and a half, when the Colo nel fancied he observed an altera tion in his wife's habits and man ners. It appeared to him that his adored Adele was becoming less frank and confiding toward him ; she was reserved and ill at ease. There was an air of lyR tory in her proceedings. In fiet, it was evident that sho had some secret with which sho was scdu lously desirous heshould remain un acquainted. Ho was constantly in the habit of finding scraps of paper scattered about the floor, for the appearance of which she accounted in various unpatisfacto ry ways. He more than once sur prised her in whispered confer ence with old Karl, an old domes tic, who, having lived in her fith er's service since the period of Adele's infancy, had, on the event of her marriage, requested to be allowed to accompany his young mistress to Boston. On his ap proach, they would st:ddenly sep arate, and, as it seemed to him, in something of confusion. ie had also on one occasion boon exceed ingly perplexed and mortified, by overhearing two ladies in society, after extolling the undeniable beauty, and grace, and affability of Mrs. Preston, make an oxcep. tion to her prejudice, (tho 'partie ulars' did not reach his ear) which was immediately followed by an exclamation of 'My gracious I it can't be possible I What a boast I How disgusting!l' He was not quiite sure that the epithets were app)lied to his wife,but hemore than suspected they were. It was not long after, that, on entering her apartment unexpectedly, ho saw her rush towvard th,e open window and dash something to the ground. 'Bah, bah l Adele, wvhy surely I have entered a perfumer's shop, in mistake for my own home! Es sence (10 Millefleurs I Attar dui Rose!i What are all these scents you are scattering about the room ? You will1 suffocate me with your sweets. I have told you of my aversion to strong perfumes.' 'The susplcious husband having observed his wife, in one of her late meetings wvith the old sor' vant, confide a large purse of gold to his possession, hastily quited the room, full of vague apprehen sions and surmises, and fully re solved to take an early opportuni ty of satisfying himself in what ntanner his wife was in the habit of eploingthe intervals of his absnc fomhome, whc,owing to a pending lawsuit, hatl become of late very frequen t and protract od. Yet he loved and respected hpr too much to distress her' with open and direct inquiries on t:ho subject of hemr visible confusion. .Acordingly, on the day following, h~ took ccasion during breakfast isignify that he was engaged ojat on: busim)oss for the whole of tl e day, and should probably be d taIned until the ovrenin g of the norrow. ~Not Ion g after the usu al hour of dinner, h.made his ap pdarance; the old servant opened the morning I find you in the eve ning. Alwitys smoking I Is your mistress at home 1 'No sir, no.' 'No ? I think you are mistakon, Xarl. I am nearly positive that I saw her close the blifid of her boudoir this moment in a white dressing-gown. Is she alone ?' 'Yes, sir-alone sir I to be sure she's alone-at least, that is-I will tell her you are come, and 'I thank you, I can inform her myself.' 'Why, no ; that is-just if you pleame, sir, to allow me-maybe she might be engaged, or-' '1Engaged I how, what, with whom ?' 'Oh, with nobody, sir,.' 'Let me pass, old man ; what does this mean ?' 'Nothing, sir, but if you would only now-do, sir, only just wait a moment, that I may toll my lady, sir; she will be so frightened --you will be so angry.' 'Angry, yes, I am angry at your unaccountable detentinn of ie.' The colonel's brain instantly took fire. Imagination mastered reason ; yes he adopted a reasona blo course, in resolutely shaking the old man from his hold and striding swiftly and silently along the range of roomis that led to his Adele's apartment. In a state of considerable excitementhe pushed open the boudoir door with vehe mence, but stood transfixed on the threshold at the spectacle that presented itself to his view. Ilis young and lovely wife was reclining listlessly in the large arm-chair, hot- foot resting on a low foot-stool, her elbow suppor ted by a small table at her side, while her delicate hand sustained an enormous chibouque, (Turkish pipe) from which she puffed clouds of fragrant incens I His astonishment moon relaxed into immoderate lanughter. 'So, so. my thir Mussulman, I have caught you at 1a8t--now the secret's out, und the mystery, like most other mysteries, ends in smoke. That, jesuitical old Karl, too, toconspire againstme. Truth, Adele, I don't know that I ever saw you look more gracefully charming-more femininely love ly. Nay, don't pout and blush and cry, and throw down that magnificent chibouque so disdain fully; I'll buy it of you, my pet ; will you sell it to me, oh I' and throwing his arms around her, he hid her tears of mortification in his bosom. 'And now my sweet wife,' re sumed Cononel Preston, as Adele, released herself from his length oned embrace, we will put away this toy, if you please. Custom here is everything. Now, the Boston ladies are not yet acens tomed -that is, it is not yet the fashion hero-in short, my love, the Boston ladies don't smoke ' WHAT IS AN OLD MAID ?-Nov or be afraid of becoming an "old maid," fair reader. An old maid is far more honorable than a heart less wife; and "single blessed ness" iks greatly superior, in point of happiness, to wvedded life with out wedded love. "Fall not in love, dear girls beware," says tihe song. But wve do not agree .with the said song on this question. On the contrary, we hold~ that it is a good thing to fall in love, if the loved objet be a wvorthy one. Fall in love wvith an honorable man is as proper as it is for an honorable man to fall in love with a virtuous and amiable woman; and what could bo a more grati fying spectacle, even to the angels in Heaven, than a sight so pure so ap)proaching in its devotion to the celestial ? No I fall in love as soon as you please, ladies, provided it be with a suitable person. Fall in love and then marry ; but never mar ry um less y'ou do love. That's the gret oit. Never marry mere ly fr " hoe,"or "a husband." Never degrade yourself by becom ing a party to such an alliance. 'Never sell yourself, body and soul, on terms so contemptible. Love dignities all thing ; it enables all conditions. With love, the mar riage-rito is truly a sacrament. Without it, the ceremony is a base fraud, and the act a human (dose cration. Marry for love, or not at 411. lBe tAn "old maid," if for tune throw not in your way tihe man of your heart.; and thoughI the witless may ane.:r and the .sotr may' laugh, you ill still have your reward- in an approv-. ing consci4nce and a comparative ly peacofill life. Bait. HomeConai. A aw-sWtCompanion A Wedding Race. Among the Huzanebs-a people of Asia-the following is the way weddings are managed: The suitors of the maiden, nine in number, appear in the field, all all unarmed, but mount'od on the best horses they can procure; while the bride, herself, on a boau. tiful Turkoman, horso, surrounded by her relations, anxiously sur veys the ground of lovers. The conditions of the bridal race are these. Tie maiden ;has a certain start given, which sbo avails horself to gain a sulticient distance from the crowd to enable her to manage her stood with freedom, so as to assist in his pursuit the suitor whom sho profers. On a signal from the father, all the horsemen gallop after the fair one, and whichever first succeds in encircling her waist with his arm, no matter whethar disagrooable or to her choice, is entitled to claim her as his wife. After the usual delays incident upon such interesting occasions, the naiden quits the circle of her relations, and putting her steod into a hard gallop, darts into the open plain. When satisfied with her position, she turns round to the impatient youths, and stretch es out her arm toward them, as if to woo their approach. This is the moment for giving the signal to commence the chase, and each of the impatient youths, dashing his pointed heols into his coursors sides, darts liko the unhooded hawk in pursuit of the fugitive dovo. The savannah is generally extensive, say twelve miles long and three in width, and as the horsemen speed across the plain, the favored lover soon becomes ap parent by the efTorts of the maid en to avoid all others who might approach her. On a.aeptain-ocasion, after two hours' racing, the number of pur suors were reduced to four, who wcre altogother, and gradually gaining on the pursued ; will them is the favorite, but, alas I his horse suddenly fails in his as)ood, and. as she anxiously turns her head, She perceives with dismay the hapless position of hor lover. Each of the more fortunate lead cis, eager with anticipated tri umph, bending his head ipon his horses' mane, shouts at the top of his voice-"1 come, my Peri I I'm your loverl" But she, making a sudden turn, and lashing hr horse almost to fury, darts across their palth, and makes for that. part of the chummon (plain) where her lover was vainly ondeavoring to to goad on his weary steed. The three others instantly check their career, but in the hurry to turn back, two of the horses are dashed furiously agaiist each other, so that both steeds and riders roll over on the plain. TIhe maiden laughed, for she well knOw she could easi'ly elud the single ho.rseman, and flow to the point where her lover was. But her only pursuer was rarely mounted, and not so easily shakeni off. Making a last and dlesperate effort, he dlashedl alongside the maiden, and stretching out his arm, almost won t.he unw~illing prize; but she, bending her head to her horse's neck, cludeCd his gr'asp and wvheeled oft' again. Ero the dis coi 1ted horsem an could againi aip preach her, her lover's arm was ar'ound her waist, aind amidst the shouts of the spectators they turned toward the fort. AN AwFUL S'roRY.-There wvas an awful little girl who had an awful way of saying "awful" to everything. She lived in an awvful village, which was an awful dis tance from every other awful place. She went to an awful school, where she had an awvful teacher, who gave her awvful lessons out of awfu;l books. Eveiry (lay she wias so awvful hungry that she ate an awful amount offood, so that she look awfual healthy. Hier hat was awvful smali and her fect woroe awful large. She went to an awful church, and her ministorm was an awful preacher. Whllen she climbed awful hilla, and when she got awful tired she sat down under an awfuml tree to rest heorself. In summer she found the wveathem so awful hot, and in winter awful cold, When it didn't rain;, thorc was an awvful dIrought,.and wher the awful drought was over, thmere was an awful rain. So that thi; awful Girl was all the time in am awful state, and if' sh0 don't gel over sedying "awvful" ,alidut every. thmng, 'I 'am afraid she will, by and by, come to an aWfNl eod. A poor ,iddleraays does vIolins 1< onr faaHnup. A Real Hero-A Scene at Sea. Two wooks ago, on board an English steamor, a little ragged nine years' boy was discovered on the fourth day of the outside voy ago from Liverpool to Now York, and carried beforo the first mate, whose duty it was to deal with such cases. Whon questioned as to the object of his being stowed away, and who brought him on board, tho boy, who had a beautiful sunny face, and eyes that looked like the very mirrors of truth, ro. Plied that his stop-fither did it, >ocauso h0 could not atord to keep him. nor to pay his passage out to Halifax, whoore he had an aunt who was well ofr, and to whoso house ho wtas going. The mate did not believe the story in spite of the winmnig faco and truthful accents of the boy. Hie had seen too much of stow-aways to be easily deceived by them, he said ; and it was his firm convic tion that the boy had been brought on board and provided with food by the sailors. The little follow was very roughly handled in con sequence. Day by day lie was questioned and requestioned, but always With the samo result. lie did not know a sailor on board, and his father alone had secrotod him, and given him .the food which he ate. At last the mate, wearied by the boy's persistence in the same story, and perhaps a little anx ious to incuipato the sailors, seized him one day by the collar, and, dragging him to the fore, told him that unless ho confessed the truth in ton minutes from that time hoe would hang him to the yard arm. He then made him sit down uinder it on the deck. All around him were the passen gels and sailors of' the mid-day watch, and in front ot him stood the inexorable mato, with his chronometer in his hand, and the other offlooro of the ship by his Side. It was the finlost sight, said our informant, that wo had ever behold-to see thoe pale, prold, sorrowful faeo of that111, 10bl hoy, his head erect, hi-s beautiful eyes bright t hi' o u g h t h e tears that sufused them. W lien eight m inlutes had fled the -mate told him lie had-btu, too minutes to live. and advised him to speak the tI'th and save his life ; but he replied, with the litimost simlipllici ty and sincerity, by asking the mate if lie might rIpay. The mato said nothing, but nod (led his head, and turnedi as pale as a ghost and shook with tromb bling like a reed with the wind. And there, all eyes turned on him, this brave and noble little follow, this pool' wiaif, whom society. owned not, and whose own sop. fatlier could not earo for him there he IC11elI, with Clasped h111ds and eyes 1upralsed to leavel, while lie repeated audibly the Lor(d's Prayer, and prayed the de4-ar lorLd Jesus to take him home to Ifeiv on. Our in formnant adds t hat there then oeenrr'ied a scene as ot Pconte cost. Sobs broke from strong, hardrc hearts as the imio spn for'ward( to the boy and1( clalspedh him to his bosom, and kissed him and blessed himi, anid told hi m how sincerely lie now believ'ed his story, anid how glad lie was t hat he had beeni briave eniouigh to face death and be willing to sac r'ifice his life for the truth of his -owvn wor'd.-New Y'ork Sun. PUR1iTAN J.RAYINo.--Chioptanks had his wiife arr'ested for assaulting him wvit,h a fire-shovel wvhihe at, his dlevot ions. It, wa,s an aggarnIvatedl ease. But Mr's. Chioptaniiks asked th he heard, and( she said t hat little Chopy "didn't, (lare give lher' any sars in his tulk ; but lie abused her' in his pirayeirs, arid on thmis occasion he wvas on his knees, wit hi a cr'owd about the (door1, gathered( t here by his 'holler'in' zund a enllinm' en the Lord to for'give this black. hearted woman ; nmake heri tell thme trummth, 0, Lo rd ,' lie hohllored, 'and( make her quiit galddin' about. and lyi n' to the neighbors,' and I could n't stand it, and juist took him a swipe with the flat of the shovel, andl I'll (10 it again." Ini reply to a young wr'iter who wishes to know "which magazine will give me the highest position quickest," the Petersburg Exprecss advises "a p)owdorl magazine, if you contribute a fiery aricle." Charlotto Thomson, the actress, will gathor the cr'op on beor cotton p)lantationi in Alabama, an)d then go to San Francisco to fulfill a professional engagement. We don't liko School Boardis-took a pre,judice agin' 'eum when wo were pad dline nine. The Influenco of Pretty Wo men in Washington. The Washington correspondew of the Chicago Ropublican, a Rad ical sheet, writes as follows: But ju4t as long as women. are weak and men are powerf\il, somc of' t.h evils of the department will never be remedied. It is so mubc more comfortable to a jaded man, worn out in the arduous duties as head of a burcau, to see a fresh, young, pretty fitcod woman at an adjoining desik, rather than one with all the sweet juices of life squeezed out of' her, whether by ago or misfortune, it matters not which. Thi first one is the oil of the machinery of overy day life; t-h latter is the adhesivo gum which needs cleaising away. W omen who look with longing eyes to an active life in the Departmeits at Wishinl gtol, had botter consult tiheir inmirors first., unloss Secretary Boutwell makes new laws to meet individual cases. It is true, a few "crones" may be found in the base ment of' the building, but as you ascend into the upper realms of the castle, new visions of' beauty greet the eye until the Spectator is lost in a dazzling (ream of' on (1hainmeniti as gloriolts in its bowil dermnit as a Turkish harem. In Iany cases these Ianldsomlle youig women belong to W1asigllto fini lies. h'lley hiave good homnies, with the com forts of' life, wit hout pav ing foi them. This enables them io spend their wages in the adorn ment of their persons. Thieso are girls w1hoso lives Mrs. Swisshelm so bitterly deplored. These are the women who practice the Gro cian heid, and wlho dot our ave lilues of' a brilliant, afternoon as t-he buttorflies do the clover heath. Petted darlings at tho Treasury, no wonder they are spared thoui duties if' they have a headache, o a new dress to make. No soldier's widow or starving daughter of thi Republii 01114 drivo them fron their warm nests, for the reasor "talit a thing of' beauty is a jo3 fbrover." Gen. Selnck says I has tried in vain to get a plico foi a young girl who had two broth. ors killed in the army, and whc lost tier fithlier also inl tile army. There are other beautifi women there, the mention of whose names is enough to bring the blushi to every honest, woman's cheek moe public nian's prett,y play thing, and yet fir such as those the widows and daughters of' our noblo soldiers Inlust stand aside anid sing the 'song of' tbo sirt' or. nnot'her quite its Rad. Has the stil of' allot her.' dny :1rison ? With tr-embling ihrm and bowed head we shall Wfait 11( sCO. ",It, has," somebody says, "heen difl Covered thit fish ennl h t ma1e( dend rntk h i -1'brdY, pced in rtran aid sent on n it-n days J111m11ney withioni nny ot her (Inotinge alin that I hich their lilrn1i si''. When re,tored t t1h wator I'tey sier il a few% hours and al( fall rigIlt nt in." A giaiit has bought a farm near Al Ie is even andl at biC feet high, and we'ighIs 0614 jountds. It t is a inalive o Jeruisalemi, e' nme to this ('oun trly ltin< yeC'ars ago, fland specaks twe'niy l'ngags. T1her e is a man in Chicngo whlo pos sesses so remiiarkabule a memilory that hao is emp ,loye'd by3 thle viarionts benaevoteiit so cietieis 10) "rlemteimbert the poor.'' "Gl eithnetss i anextC to godlins;' iandc this is thle reasona, myvhu litldeirs. li byti yo re tplt inthe itub 111on Sattiiday nIight . beforIlet eig taken to citureb or Stuidiiy mullrmang. A medical studeInt ays he has~ notert biteen able1 to dhiscove'(r thtbone of conten. tion1, nni detiresil to know'.s whaether it ii not sitmit'u atntn thle jnw bonae. 'VTere is a movemel'ntt til the Ohio Leg. ixha ture to reiuedy the alarmaiiig evil u celibneicy, by5 aI hiw mtanking it criinaitl t< remfain single after the ag"e of twenity A paper ''down East" tmakes this cor rection: it ouir parntgrapih yes5terdaIi con1crinulg thi rteen minrister's wh o has baeen synn tke'd in in fancry, tfor spanfked Returns froim A hlbevihlle and Untion 1n0 dienate te eat iroI D)emaaiti iticket for C2ounaaty olliceris w as elected. In Dlar. lingi on atau Fa irlield the Republicsar notminee 'sier succ essf'ut. It is expectedt that the p)resent season at Ningara will bie ai very plrotsperOus ande hirillinnt onie, tandl ptrepar-.tions ha vs b.en mado anecordiagly at tho hotls and by the storekeepesrs. L~arge nuitberis of immaigrnnts, ptartic ularly Swiss, are pouring into Grunady County, Tennessee. Thie Swiss aire ec lirag ninny romantic cottages In the vi cinity of thte colony lands. A numbaer of' influential gentlemer in Now York have organir.ed a lan< company, uindier a North Unrolina charter with a capital of a quarter of a millhion o dollars. A young lady of' Staunton, Virginint keeps a list of her oale nceqnnintan'ees ir a pocket dairy and calls It hier devotiona him book. The Paciflo Railwa-yi There Is a Union Pacific and a Contral Paciflc, and a tni on.. cifie Eastern Division, and .a Northern Pacific, and a South western Pacific, an Alantio and Pacific, a Central branch of the Union Pacific, a Southern Pacific, and an International Pacific. The Union Pacific comineneo att Omaha and runs westward. The Contral Pacific runs from Cali. fofnia eastward. These, joint. ly, are what are usually known athe Pacific Railroad.--The Union Pacific Eastern Division runs ftom Wyandotto, Kansas,. westward through Topeka and along the Smoky Hill route. Its western Lerniinus will probably be Denver, at which place it will connect with a branch of the Union Paciflo. It is alio proposed to diverge a branch in Western Kansas; to run south. westerly to Guyamus, on the Gulf of California, in Sonora, Mexico, passing through Santa Fe. The Northern Pacific is the route proposed to connect Lake Superior with the Pacific via Port. land, Oregon and Puget Sound. The Southwestern Pacific and the Atlantic and Pacific form a con tinuts line from St. Louis south westerly through the Indian Ter ritory, New Mexico, Arizona and Calif'ornia to Francisco. The Central Braiich of the Union Pacific, toconnect Atchison, Kansas, with the Union Pacifle, at or near Fort Kearney. The Southern Pacific has proposed to run from Little Rock, Arkansasi through Northern Texas, to the sontheast corner of Now Mexico; thence westerly, through Southern Arizona, to Fort Yuna, the south eastern cornerofCalifornia: thence to San Francisco. The International Pacificis proc posed on an almost direct lino from Cairo, Ill., through Arkansas and Texas to Rio Grande City i thenco via Monteroy, Saltillo and and Zacatecas, to San Bias, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. From this road, branches :are proposed from Rio Grando CIty and Montereyj to moot at Viotoria, and runs thence to tho -City of Mexibo. [Colton's Jounal of Geograghy, Thero is a sign in West Broad way, New York, announcing a "1ausage factory, by Augustus Mollso." Mississippi has had a hail stort in which fell hailstones, according to tho local papora, the sito of a man's head. Bishop Colonso, unwilling that either Oxford or Cambridge shall have tho exclusive honor of edu cating his sons, sends one tot each. The Methodist Bishop Kingsley' is about to start on an Episcopal missionary tour around the world the first over mado. "A tax on bachelors thirty yearn old and upward is proposed in Paris." A tax on old rnaids "thirty years old and upward"' Iwouldn't yield much roevenuco. The Edgefield Advertiser has an orgi nal con~u ndrunm, b)y a little boy of' that town, "Why is Judge ZephI Plat t like neccessity ? Answer-~ Because he knows no law." Chicago is trying to excel fra cveryth ing. 11or latest "chamn pion" is a four' million dollar bank rupt. An exchnnge sa . "What are alf tho yoeng muen in our country doing P Tfhere are none, anywhere, learning trade's." They are all playing ball, or hearnuing to ride on velocipedes. A n agent of a St. Louis Immigrant Im porting house is at Sehma, A Ia., making contracts with planters for Chinese la borers. Tfhirteen divorces were granted in lloampdenu County, Man., last week. The paurlies nre all "natives and to the muannecr born." In Illinnia a farmer set fire to the gras en his prai' ie land the other day and bu,rned up his two children who were out at play. Strakoach has engaged Alboni to sing in Rossini'a Mass, for two months in th'e fall. le pays her $80,000. Brigham Young has just reached thr9e score and ten by taking his seventiefh wife. Passengers have arrived in St. Louis, from San Francisco in six days passagis from the latter city. Burke County, Georgia, has been vlsi. ted with a severe shock of earthquake, which caused considerable alarm. A- wasto of raw materIal-two young ladies kissing each other. -So says olle "Devil I" A self-maid man--Dr. )(lss Na-. rv Walker.