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IADVERTiING RATk&t THE HERALD T H E H E A Advertisements ies,'redgte .rtesfe$ ISper sqaone inch-fort erto, E~E~YWEDESAY OINI- ,column adfeitiseinents tenperet omiaik EFEP.Y WEDNESDAY MORNING, aa' atb At Ncwbery C. II, I _-_of respect, saie rates per square as ~ia. At Newberry C. .,advertisements. By Thos, P. & B. H. Greneker, perin*. Advertiseifients not marked with the sif' Editors and Propricrs- ber ofinsertions ill be keps in till forer. and charged acedfrdinl. ____,$_ E d *Specin contracts made with large adv- 6 Invariably in A drat;ce. --i-wt-h- -dd ti. n3oeat -I Th, paper is stopped at the expiration of dexpiration of sub- Vol. VII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1871. No. 37. acess-de Letter o n t h e Subject o f Schools. To the Editor of the Dail Union: Sma:-Your comment upon the omission of any allusion to the 60-uth Carolina University in my article on the neglected duty of educttilig the orpliains of the war. has attracted my attention. It would be impossible, in my judg ment, for the Survivors' Associa tion, if it adtipts the plan I have sugrsted, to give a Univer-'ity edulcation to more than three or four of the boys who may rise, through the local district schools, to the head of the thirty.two edl Ceated at. some central State sehool, such as Colonel Coward's., and I suggested the Virginia Uni versity, because there they will be able still further to distinguish themselves and honor the Survi vors' Association, by bearing off the pahn fiom over five hundred of' our Southern youth. At the South Carelina University, they might get an education, but would scarce ly have the same spur to ambition, or the same opportunity for dis tinction. Permit me to call your attention to the article I have sent you on -Graded High Schools in every town." I have devoted my who(e life to the work of education, and believe I know somewhat of its condition at present in South Car olina, and can speak with author iv upon the best method of pro m~oting it. Make the public schools at- the County seats splendid schools. Pay first-class teachers well to do so. Give a power of special taxation to the county towns fur the purpose, and en courage them to use the power by pleiging thrte dollars from the State Treasis'y for every two dol larb i-aised bY the county town. Give d free cholarship in the LniveII ity te competition to each one of the county high schools I suggest, ind I believe that iu a few years the standard of educa tion will 1ave risen considerably throu'ghouit the State, and the State University will once more begin to flurish as in former Vears. It %,-'ould please me to liv the attention of Republicans directed to tWis subject through your culumins, and I request the repubiicatin of the article I send yol, and if you deem it worth in serting, you can' publish this let ter L1so. Respectfully yours, BENJ. R STUART, ELitor of the Winsboro -News. GUADED HIGH SCHOOLS IN VERY TowS: We have again and tfgain pro tested against the futile .ttempt Vith ,ucth limited means, for twen tv years to come at least, to' estab 1is' .al ly good schools at &verv accessible point, and express~ed our convictiozt that the work of' pub lie education should begin in the coounty towns, and there only, and thence should the light irradiate into the surrounding country. The county towns should be called upon "to raise, by special tax upon their corporations, at least two fifths of the money necessary to cr'eet t wo good school houses and pay fair salaries to the teachers, and the State shouild pay out of' its treasury the other three-fifths of the money required. A special act of the Legislature is needed .on this subject. The advantages of' town-schools free to all, are, in part, set f'orth in the following ex tract from the August nzumber of' the Virginia Eiucatiounl Journal, page 391: Our Divine Lord required that the publication of his Gospel should begin at Jerusalemn. Why so ? Because it was the great cen trec of influence. A city set upon a hill cannot be hid, And so it is to some extent with all cities and towns, be they on hills or in val leys. They are co.aspicuous and influential. Every body sees or hears what is done in town. Hence, a good school at the cour-t house helps all the schools of the country ; and a mean school at the Court hotuse is either despised by -ieverybody, or it pr1opagates its meatnness all over the county. Set up a model school at the coun ty seat, an'd all the schools will be regulated by it, as the time pieces are by the town clock. It is admitted that this is not alwadys easy to be done, for towvn still it can be done ! Now, why are we sopoiietaitcnb done ? Chiefly because there is money in it, and townDs-people are keen about money-as they ought to be. Then keep them looking at it, and they will gradultally see that if they want to educate their children, this is the cheapest way to do it ; f they want a decent, orderly community, without hav ing to keep up an expensivo police, this is the wvay to hmave it.; if they want their laboring population honest and thrifty, tlas is the way~ to have them so; if they want * peop)le to come and buy lots, bui!d Loie;and set capital afloa:, this ;s the surest way to get them all ! The towns-people may be slow in seeig all this, but the more they are nadie to think about it, the sooner they will mce it ; and it they should be very slow in see ing the point, their vision will be brightened by another sight. They will sc rival towns, which have good schools. getting ahead of them in population and wealth -and by this time they will wish they Iad been a little quicker ii thir movements. This ha all haj) pened over ILl over, aid he tihat W.Ltebes the progreSs of events w Ill see it 1l! happtn in irgiii .. Then as to practical pr-aeeding. let tle mliler'intendent an1d trus. toes go squarehy before the town and council and ask them for what is iceded to have schools which will be a credit tothe town, and which will ofler much advan tages that there will be no need fbr any other schools. Brutal Murder of a Boy. On Saturday of last week, while at school near Gainsville, 1issis sippi. two boys, aged 14 and 16 Years, sons of clharles Reyre and Thomas Bradford, engaged in a friendly boxing match, in which young Re3 rC was worsted, whero. upon his elder brother, ed 16 yearsA,p)roposed to take his lilaec as contestant. The second battle had not progressed very fiar before both boys becam excited, and fought in downright earnest, the result being the def'eat of' Reyre. Maddened by his beating he went imm1ediately h1ome, and in t*ormli:ig his father of the event. was accompIn)anied by him to the school, which entering. old Reyre instantiLv attacked the boy Brad ford hy~severely bi-ating and kick Ig him. The teacher of the school being an aged man, and able to do nothing to prevent the onslaught, Bradford's older broth er (a eripple), aged 18, approache,l Revre, saying, "you hadn't ought to beat and kick my brother in that savage man-ner; it' he has done anything wrong get a switch and chastise him'." No sooner haI ho said this than Reyre pulled out a knitC, and drawing it across the boy's abdomen, inflicted a fear ful gash, from wlhieh the bowels protuiided. As soon as he was cut the crip p!ed boy started flr a neighboI's house, about fifty yards distant. closely pursued by leyre who Ilunged at him with his knife as lie Ira. Tlie vounlme of the Brad f'ords immnediate!v pulled out a knife to attack Rey-re, whq Rey're's soi caught himli, and the boys soon engaged in a struggle, in which, being worsted, young Reyre yelled lustily. whereupon his father, desisting from1 pursuit I of' thoy he li had caught, turned Iupon his son's assailant, and grasping a heavy knotted stick beat Br'adford over the head so tnmercifully that lie soon fell senseless to the& ground, large pieces of scalp having been cut away by the knotted weapon. After leaving the boy for dead lie agrain~ started in chase of the cr'ip p)le, and finding him standinzg in side of the neighbor's yard hold ing his bow'els in his hand, said te him. "I have tixed y'ou ; you may teil your father', and if' he isn't satisfied Il fix him in the same way." The mnurder'er' then es' caped, and is supposed to be still lurking in the swamps in the neighborhood. The boy who was cut lingered until Sunday, when he died. His brother is in a crit ical condition, and it is thought wvill not recover. The Glovernoi of' the State has been notified ol this terrible crimne, and w;ill offer a reward for the perpetrator'. A BILLE As IS A BELLE-In conclusion. let mc giv'e you ano ther incident of the life of a Lon~ Bi'anch belle. I was strolling througrh the bar'-r'oom of' the (Con' tinental IIotel last evening, when a horse galloped up to the dooi and a young lady' Sprang from the saddle unaided. She u as diressed in full riding habit, and when her groom came up, she gave him di. roetions as to what farie the horse should get, for all the world .ke a turf master who had been br'ought up among horses all his life time. The gr'oom had no sooner gone than she deliberately walked up to the bar. in eomupany with a gen tleman, who met her at the door, and calk'd for a glass of bottled ae, and, what is mnore, she stood at the. counter until she had drain ed the last dro~p out. and until the gentleman, whoi didn't di'in k, had pa id for it. This young lady' be. iongs~ to oine of the best paying parties stoppinig at the Brianeb, and is a lady', in the ordinary ae eeptance of the term. In the faec of' her bar-room ieat,what becomes of' the beauties who, they' say, hor rifled a foreignuer heret' the othet day by dr'inking punches out on the lamwn ? Are we rnot living ir the age' of pr'ogres~s ? ('Cr. .M Y. HLraid. A Cotton Revolution. In the year 1860 eighty-five p eent. of all tihe cottonl used in En land wai of American growth. but the rebellion put an eiid he virtual m1oiopoly long elnjo< our Soutliheri States, and, cvetnts have proved, began a cor plcte revolution. The Engli manufacturer-, deprived by ti w LI of t1eir Usual Supplies, Ca about flor ncv fields, and und t be Stimulus of absolite necessi. they have caused the lands of tl East to become abundantly fri fuh The increasing yield ol ti new cotton fields. and their br liant promise fur the future, a strikingv set forth in a work ju pulAisiet! inl M:inchester und tihe title of .-The Cutton Nupp Association : Its Origill and Pr gr.t." The author, 3ir. ls. Watts, is the sevretary of the A .O ition, and he has (rwn t facts of his inter, *cg nlarrati Fron the oLlilcial reords. The CL tol Suppiy Association wasorLa ized in 1867, fir the specific pi )ose Vi opening upl andUl develO ing, other so urces ot cotton sipp th ani the Southern States of Aml)L ea; but up to the time of our CiN war its operations were limited extent and comparatively barr in result, The IressuIr of t cotton Iamine in 18G1 lent ne viorO to its und,rtakings, and I dia became the theatre of Clab rate experimen8t. The result-, these experiments during a per; ot ten years are now givenl for t1 first time in a connected oifli form. In ISGO the sum paid to Ind for cotton was $17,500,000 ; but 1S64 it had increased to 8190,00( 0U0, and the averae annual mount remitted from England f< cotton during the past eight yea is staled It 8115,000,000-showit an ag increase in the val of th I ndian cotton trade, durir this period, of about Q750,100,00 This astonishing growth has be followed by a corresponding d velopment of the cotton-producit distriets of Turkey, Egypt ni Australia. Since 18G2 the pi cilinence of Egypt has been a n table fact in the history of cott< eulItuire. Mr. Watts writes th inl that year -cotton began be so much in favor that cet als were almost negvlected, and ti enormoius profits derived from i cultivation during the Amerie; warI led to the aballdoliment the ordinary eucc-esion of crops a result which the late Ticero Said Pacha, behelud with appi hension and alarm." The prese Khedive, however. has encourag the industry. aiid durin.,g his viz to London in 1867 gave mu attention to the selection-of cott< seed, and to the measures be caleinted to render the crops e cellenit and aibundant. Cotton et ture is now firmly established Egypt, anid the peole are alive its implor'tance. it is believed th; the fertile regions whichl are w~ teredl by the Nile will in timenI convert~ed into a vast cotton liel and that Inudia, prolific as it no is. will become a secondary .sour of suijpply. These facts indicate the char: ter oft the ebange which is grad ally' comiing to our soutuhel States-a change which will C prive the cotton fields of tbc fanicied advantages, and lead ti Iplanters to cultivate cerealsf home consumption. The alteri con)ditions of labor, the partitioi of 01(1 estates, the loss of fortun the necessity of giving larg areas of land to the cultivation corn and grain, are some of tl causes which must p)roduce mar ed changes in the South, and wvi the complete explosion of the fi lacy thait cotton is king, willecom a better system of agricultural d Ivelopment, a sounder financial I sins, anud the encouragement of' t] wvorkinug classes, whlo are the re rulers in a republic. Certain di tricts ini the South, fitted for I tIe else than the culturo of cotto wvill continue to furnish suppli for' the home and foreign demnain hut the extraordiiiary develo ments of ten years in other fiel, show that inl tihe granary, rath than in the cotton bale, the el iments of future prosperity w ex'ist.-.Batimore American. California's latest euriosity is rooster with too sets &> legs, o: on his baick. When lhe is weal of standinmg in his natural po tion, it is gravely asserted,] turis somersault and walks< upside down, and when he tak a drink he imm~nediately turusov so as to swallow it the miore easil But it is in a free fight that shows to g.reatest advantage. F he is a teriblIe fighter, and, wvh thus diverting himnseif, looks li a revolving wheel, turning som< saults incessantly, and kicking every directio~n. Go a certauin occasion of an e:lipse Tirainia, a colored individuaul becal bighly elated. "Br::ss die Lord, die r ger's tiine lbab comne at, last, and n' A Prose Poem. 2r The following poem, fromn th, Sani Francisco Golden Era, is 110 - only Homeric in style, but con to plete in itsAf, for it ends with ' total annihilation of the combat is ants: - On a painc woodShed. in aile, b dark, where scattered moon bcamit ie shifting through a row of totter st ing chiimneys and awnings tori er aid drooping, fell, strode back an, -y forth, with stiff and tense drawi le muscles and peculiar tread, a cat. t- His name was Norval ; on you ic der neighboring shed his iathe: il caught the rat4 that caine in squad re from the street bev-1d Dupont st in search of fiod and strange ad er venture. ly Grim war he courted, and hi u- twisted tail and t4pinte uplheavin. Ie ill fat-tastie curves, and claws di s- tclded, and cars flatly pcsse( e against a head tlirownl back de c fiantIy told of impending strife. >'- ith eyes agrii and screechin; 1- lasts oi war, and steps as silen r- as the fialling dew, young Narva p)- CrTA aLon" the splintered edg ly and gazed a moment through th r- darkness down, with a tail awai il triumphantly. in Tlein, with an imprencation an ni a growl-)erhaps an oath in dircs ic ven-eance h issed-he -tairted back w and crooked in body like a lette: n- S, or rather like a U inverted o- stood in fierce expectancy. of 'T was well. V i t h eyeball id glaring, and ears aslant, and opel le mouth, in which two ro ivs of fang al stood forth in sharp and drea< conformity, slap up a post fron ia ont the dark below a head appeai i ed. A dreadful toesin of inferna a- strife young Norval uttered; then >r with a fice unblanched. and inous rs tache standing straight before hi Ig nose, and tail flung w%ildly to th 1c p breeze, stepped back it I cautious invitation to the foe. 0. A pproaching one another, an n with preparations dire, each ca e- surveyed the vantage of the field g Around they walk, with tails up d lifted and backs high in air, whit c- from their months, in accents hisr 0. ing with consuming rage, droppel mi brief but awful sentences of hate. at Twice round the roof they wen to in circle, each eye upon the foe in -e- tently bent, then sideways moviri ic as is wont with cats, gave one loil! ts drawn, territie, savage yeow, an Li buckled ill. of The fur fleir, A mist, rf hai - hung o'er the battle-tield; Itig1 Y, above the din of passing wagon e- rose the dreadful tumult of th, iit struggling cats. So glearned thci d eyes in frenzy, that to me, wh it saw the confliCEt froin the windov hlnear, naught else was pil,iIn bu > gory stars that moved in orbs et ;t eerIt1'. x-An hour they iuggled in tem l- pestouis fight, when fuint and faint tO er gre the squall of war. nntil al toudwas hushed. Thcin went at forth withI lanitern, and the fbi a- surveyed. Whatt saw I? bSix claws, one ear, of teeth perI d, haps a handful ; natught else, ex wcept a solitary tail. That tail wat eNals ; by aring 1 knew il The ear was-but we'll let it pase .c h alwill do without the ear. rn C.ttsr Y UNHAPPINEss.-Iarsi e- judgmient, rough words, smali bum ir frequent acts of selfishness and in sjustice, sometimes quite poison th or heart that promised to be healthy d and curse the start that promises as to be blessed. There arc fammilie o. that possess every earthly conm eir fort-health, money, and occupi of tion-but are miserab)le from th e jealousy and quarrelliug that prL kvails within them. There atr th married coup)les who live in dail: il. sorrow, rnot because they arei me waint, but because each thinks th e- other unkind, arbitrary, and in a. considerate. Young people somc~ e timios marry with their eyes shutl al and thus, instead of being wit is angels, as they fiolishly imnagin it they might be, they find out a: n, terward that they are only mec s and women, with the commoi d, work-a-day weaknesses and fault p-of their respectivo sex. This shar s love easily gets soured, and the er each reproaches the other for no ofulfilling the sentimental prospect ill with which they entered into th imarriage state. Take any of th relationships of life, and woe fin' that far the greaterx part of all ou a soo comes fr>m the same caust neGt any one to tell you honestl; I) what gives him the most annoy anco an d disquietude, and he wil .tell you they come from want c >kindness, sympathy, arid fellon ,feeling. He could tell you tha ethe w~ould bear other thing, if h l'only met with more consideratior support,,.and encouragement from the people with whom he has t ked .______ 7- Ar>.-WeC sincerely regret to anfnoun< mthe death,. yesterday morning, ofd eldest son of our young friend, Job Caldwell, from diphtheria; and also tl n :serious illness of another child from ti same terrible disease. The father is al sent at the North, and cannot be con muc~tdw-h.-ColumDbia Phreniix. Romance of Real Life. A correspondent of the Cincin t nati Coinmerciai writes from New - castle, Kentucky: I write lbis t letter in the house of an old lady - who is a niece of that Rebec!a Bryan, who became the wifte of Daniel Boone, a n d concerningi whose eyes (the young hunte- is said to have mistaken them for i those of a deer,) the pretty back I woods romance is told. The lady i-3 herself also a widow of one of Daniel Boone's own nephews, her - second husband, who assited in bringing the great hunter back to I Kentucky. She was born in one of the chief old pioneer stations, (her grand-fatber's,) near Lexing ton, and, although she is in her eighty-first year, she is active in body, busying her-self with her flowers and garden, clear-sighted I and alert in spirit, Recently sl! - heard that one of her middle-aged son1s, absent over twenty years in California, and presumed dead for L more than half that time, was yet 1 alive, and her joy was great. 1Ie, too, had supposed his mother to be long (lead. The old lady has a romance con nected with her second niarriage. I It is as follows: When her mother was a young lady, Colonel William Boone, the nephew of Daniel men tioned above, was very m11uch in love with her, and asked her on one occasion to marry him. She told him she was engaged to Mor gan Bryan, and that they were to 3 be married in a few days. Colo I nel Boone went away and mar I ried another young woman. Af- I - terward he, with his wife, visited the young couple when their first 1 child (now in her fifth score of years) wras but a few day- old, and seeing the baby, Le hiughed and i Sai0 to her mother: --Now, 3Milly, as you wouldn't have mie yourself, I you'll give me the girl for my see ond wife, won't you?" Whethei I any jesting promise was made I t am not infirmied ; but the baby . grew up, and at twenty-seven she - was married, had seven children, becamc a widow after nine years, and remained one fJr a long time, I when, Colonel Boone's first wife having (lied some years previous t ly, she really became, in her own - middle life, the wife of her mo ther's early lover, who had claimed her in her ci-radle. The good old lady is accustomed, in relating this to her sons and nieces, to r speak of it as "one of the most re niarkable things that ever happen s ed." I thinl- so, too ; and it is a ti-rc e tc'ry. >4apanese. t DaiT h etideicc accummu - lates that not only are the Japan ese a people intelligent beyond all other nations of the East, but that -a settled pur-poso pr-evails in Ja I pan to cater into the ranks of the I civilized peoples. Shmould they . continue in aequiring the arts and ternig of enlightened nations as - hyhave (lone for the past f'ew - years, their accomplishment of a high standard of edneation will be .only a question of time. One of .the prinmcip)al means to secure this result ad~opted by the Japanese Gevernment, is to send many of its most p)romising y-outh to this tcountry and to Europe to be edu-. -cated, so that on thecir i-eturn to Stheir owvn land they may become -the teachers of their fellow-coun trymen. The latest delegationi of this kind is now in New York, -having recently arrived under the -charge of Prince Sehemnidzo Ju Sgad, overland from San F'aneisco, -(direct from~ Japan. T1his person 2 'ago is said to speak English fluent Sl and to 1be perfectly well acquaint Sed with American affairs and the a uae of civilized lifei. The en -tire party of' young men with him I some of whom are destined to enter American colleges, while others will go to E uropean insti t utions of learning-dress in the garb of civilization, anid mnanife-st a ceaiseless desire to fatmiliarize 1 themselves with the customs of I our people. UnlIke China, which Sstill clings to her barbar-ous and Sexclusive traditions, shaying mn tcold blood those who would Chris s! tianize and instruet her popula Stion. Jaa wvelcomes civilization, L anid senuds forth missions to learn the wayixs of educated nations, and r to givo' to her p)eople that solid -know~ledge in practical matters w hich, united to the nate inge nuity of the Japanese, will make her pirosp3rous and pow~erful. -A BRoUDmmA.A B:;i.i.E.--Sir Wmacan t Gibb told the B3riti:h Associanloni at its C late meeting of an enormus woman, Carolina IIleenan, now exhibiting in Lon don, aged 22 years, weighing 360) pounds, o feet around the body, 2& inches round the arm, and S feet & inches across the shoulders. Still, it appears that this Slarge lady is not so much fat ais muscular, and, unlike moat fa~ peCople shis-ale a re&~tuain great physical exercise. She it n atso."handsomve and pleasing," and "high. e lv in telligent,'' not in the least "'drowsy," enor is her face "fat anmd greasy." Miss Ilcenan is expected to grow greater as > shie grows older ; but she is bii enough 1- fer our money now, so that we conjure Mr BTrmmo nage hr at one. A'Beautiful Christian. One of the sweetest, prettiest incidlents of our watering-place life is enacted dafly at the Claren (on. While the thoughtless wa terinr-p!ace throng sways in and Out of the great dining-room, and the endless elatter of teniues ad cutlery seem to drown every holy thought, a venerable silver-haired old gentleman walks slowly in at the head of his Christian family, and takes his teat at the table. Instantly the laughing faces of t table full ot diners assume a reve rential look. The knives and forks rest silently on the table, and thc .1.autiful silver frosted Christian, with clasped hands, iodestlv murmurs a prayer of thanks-a sweet bieedict4on to God I The scene lasts but a mo ment, but all day long that hal lowed prayer of the Christ-child seems to float i; the air, guiding, protectitg, and e rating the thoughtless a ri my of wayward souls. I could not find out who this brave old Christian was ; but last night. his name cAme all at once. A lovely woman, ivith heri beatifiul childrei, arose early firon her seat at the Conigress Hall hop. to Ietilrnl to the Clarendon. "Why do you go so early, Mrs. Clark ?" asked a fashionable lady friend. "Oh,. you will laugh at me if I tell you-now really, my dear, won't you ?" "No. unless vou make me, re plied her friend. And then she leaned forward and whigpered: "Well, my dear. you know I stop at the Clarendon. My room is next to that dear. good old mali's, and he does pray so beanti fully every night that I kneel doWn by his door with the childi en to hear him, and then I go to bed so happy, for I know nothing can happen to us when we.are so icar him !" Wiping the tear from her eye, the friend said, "Let Ine go with you!" and iight in the middle of' the lanciers theso, warm-souled women, with their children, walk ed to the Ciarendon to sit in the next room arid hear the evening flamily prayer of good old Richard SuNdam. of west 39th street. I have since learned that Mr. Suvdam has educated three minis ters, and started a great many poor but worthy young men in businless. le is very wealthy, but sprends only one-third of his income, devoting the rest to chari ts. 'fhe i.cndon Cheniiit and Ujri gist, iin a Very 1pprop1iate notice of Dr. Forcher's '-lesources of the Southern Fields a n d Forest, take ocension to say the following true words about the Southern States: -"If t he Southern United States aire not the garden otf the word, it is rat her the fault o'f those who are' r'esponsile f>r' the'ir cul tiva i.ion and developmenit than for any natural i nferior'ity to any other hm!td on the face of' the earth. it occurs to ntf rdinds that this is the home of' the chief prodiucts whieb eivilizatioii domids. Cotton,- su gal' and tobacco are p)roduicts of such immensity as to dwarf' those which other' lands bring forth and yet these are not a'll: Vast quan tities of' wheat and rice are ex ported, and a luxuriant but uncul tivated vegetation besides testified to the i mmense resources which are forthcoming. These Southern States comprehend an ai'ea of' ter iitory' equalin g that of' G'ent lit air, F'ranice and Germany. Water ed by the grandest rivers, and rich in every variety of soil, with nmil lions of acres of' dismal swamp yet enreelaimed, t.heire is a future for this dis'iet w hich will make it a terriitoiry to which all the woi'ld will tur-n for- its vegetable sup plies.'" Rmmsm. ME COcaI Tun:Men.-T1he New york correspondent or the Wash ington Patrio,t writes: Strange scenes soimetimies occur in hospitals, but the crowning accomiplish ment really took place yesterday, at the Park llospital. A laborer was brought in suffering homn delirium tremens, and in a few momnts after his arrivail died. lki heart ceased to beat, respiration wa suspended, and his body became cold. But two of the hospital physicians deter mined to biring ba':k the fleeting spirit, and co'nmenced the work in good ear nest. One blew his own breath in the( mnan's nolse, and the other adinisitered~ what is known as "percussion treat mnent," Th'le clock pointed tenl minutes, and the labor was telling severely upon these disciples ol Galen. But they woulud nout yield, andI when hifteen minutes had4 elapsed, 'a gatsp from what had beena lifeless corpse repaid them ; then he act ually breathed, his heart palpitated, and lo! tihe dead caime back to life. The gen tlemnen who so kindly exerted themselves for the patieint were U)rs. Niehols and Vandewater, Comix r D Br4.i Thuri-ng the delivery of Butler's speech at Spring field several spoons enclosed hn an envelope were puassed up to bim. The general tore open the er.velope, saw the coriner of on~e of the spoons amid the joke at the same timie and hastily slipping the package into his pocket, proceeded Woman's Wrongs. The Tribune seenh. to be bebet Set with coiplaints fron women )f the way they are ogled and in sulted in public places. by ien of various ages; either when follow ig lawful calliugs; sach as solict rrg advertisenients for newspa pefs, or when simply Passing to ind fro in the street5 or in public ,ouvevances. On6 won-an asks im patiently whether "they must be ,condemnCd to pats through the streets with thei' C3es Cfst down, 'instead of the free gaze which ibelong8 t' American women ?" At the bottom of all this trouble s undoubtLdlv the desire which a argd tnumber of women fell, not >nly to engage in all the occu pations in whieb men engage, but a ti ndtuial consequence of this, Lo be freed from all the conven Aional restraints which immemo rial usage has imposed on femluale <peecll and behavior. These re 5traints have all been put in force ander the influence of the theory that there is such athing as sexual passion. which powerfully influ Mnees the conduct both of men and women, but particuiarly of men, and which, therefore, in the interest of purity, imposes on One sex a certain guardedness of man aer when in the presence of the )ther sex, whether in the pa-lo1, workshol, or street. One of the beautiful discove:ies (t the new school of social philosophers is, however, as we have repeatedly pointed out, that there is no such thing as a natural sexual passion ; that the feeling which passes by that name is simply a bad habit, ionewhat like smoking aud drink ing, which inon can drop if they [ease, and which, for the con venienec of women, they ought to .Jrop, to a- to cnable the two sexes to stand towards each other on an 3xactly equal fboting, and without :ther dangers than such as result rrom quarrelsomeness and cupid itv. Women could then stare at Inybody they pleased in the street, as they have a natural right to do. and go about with men just As if hey were men. Tho working o)f the new doctrine into practice is, of course, attended with incon. venience ; but it is making its wia. Before lon, man wiff gaze at woman with the same emotions with which he gazes'at a land scape or a field of wheat ; while woman will look on man as she looks on a grain elevator or a locomotive.- The Nation. A Beautiful Incident. Thc f1c'Nwno beautiful etary ib worthy to' be faid uig N thd enyo rv of every one : A poor Arab traveling in the desert met with a spring of clear, sweet, sparkling water. Used is lie was only to brackish wvells, such water as this appearred to his sim pIe unnd worthy ot a monarch, and filling his leat hern bottle from the sprmng, he determined to go and present it to tIhe ea4ph him self. The. poor man tra'veled a long wvay before lie reached the pres enee of his sovereign and laid his htumble offering at his feet. The caliph did not despise the little gift, brought to him with so much trouble. .lie ordered some of the water to he poured into a cup, drank it, and thanking the Arab with a smile, ordered him to be presented with a reward. The courtiers around pressed forward, eager to taste the wonderful wa. ter ; but to the sur-p.se of all, the caliph forbade themn to touch a single drop. After the poor Arab had geitted the r-oyal presence with a light and joyful heart, the caliph turned to his cou rtiere and t.hus explained his conduct :"TJurinig the travels of the Atr ab," said he, "the water in his Ieathern bottie became im pure and distasteful. But it wvas an offering of love and as such I have received it with pleasure. But I well knew that had I sutfered anotl.or to partake of it, he would riot have concealed his disgust; and therefore 1 forbade you to touen] the draught, lest the heart of the poo man sho-ul-d havc been wounded." The act of this caliph was worthy of a Christian gentleman, Read the story over again, thinl; about it, and try to remember it when some one, simplernminded than yon are, exposes his igno ronce while to do you a service. If you laugh and make sport as the courtiers would have done, you yourself to be neither a gentleman nor a christian. The truly great are kind to the humblest. It is the mean man who treats the low. ly with con tempt. "lMMuiN AP.E PIZEN"-A few weebs ago Mrs. A:sn Poley and Mrs. Mxry Garvy, two elderly ladies of West Six ueenth s'.rtet, New York, had a hostik encounter, in which Mrs. Foley got the thumb of Mrs. G irvy between her teeti and bit it badly. Suppuration ensued from the bite, and Mrs. Garvy died al Bellevue Hospital yesterday. A war. rant was issued for the acrest of the hom. eia1 bit e Who Can Drink Modeiately ? A moderate drinker always tell me: -I can give it up when I please." So you ah; Brt whe. you say so, you don't "vdfase." It depends iore ~h thh; feipera ment than strength of mind wheti - er, if a man drinks, he becomes : drunkard. You take a cold, phleg matie mat; and he is not likely to become a drunkidd. o rddy b' good man, a good father, a goo<i hwband, a good Christian, for aught I know, but he 'is n warm-hearted, fI&pulsivo, -uick and generous. His hand falls on yours cold and clammy. Give him drink, add lie feels "very comfur-rarable." Give irv a Nt t!e more, and he feels "feif comfur-rurable." Give him ano ther, and he will go to bed "very com-fur-rur rurab}e -" and he will get up next mofnifig llig, -very comfur-rur-rurabfW'." fou can't got him beyond the point of t'eeling "very comfur-rur-rurable." It may affect his vital organs in the end, but there is rro' *vi-dene f his intemperance. Take the other extreme, for I am dealing in ex treme eases. Take a young man, nervo'is Iu of fire, fui} of poetry, and full of musif-R ydfing inan wbo can sing a sbng or tell a story, noble-hcarted, air always ripe for sorrie itiscliief. Give that man a drink, and what is its ef. fiet ? Ilie feels it in every fibre of his system. It weakens the power of his will-slightly. It warps his jud.;ment-slighiy. It stiry u lates his mental powers tV ftndue activity-%lightly. That Man is a changed man-slightly. As he keeps on drinking, and mingles in the outef cirele ofth* world, every circle becomes narrower, narrower; tnrrower. 12e savs I ffl give it up when it is injuringr me. IL is filse.! false !- When'you find that it is injuring you, then is the time you cannot give it up; you are like the soldier who called ottobrie comrades with?n' th'e ra*nPrtti "I've gt a prisoner." "Bring hiin in," said they. "He won't come," said he. "Tnen come in without him." said they. "He won't let me," said he. You thint yda knoy and can guard against the danger. You are like ther pilot.who said he know every rock in the ebannel. IIe steered clear of tbyt1( fof it while, but fi thaly ship struck "That's one of 'em, 'ltin, said he.-John Gough. Tough Beefsteaki The Nati-ck (Massaelfusetts) Bulletin is responsibl for the folz lowing. Squire N., d well knowii bar' rister of Belknap county, Now Hampshire, having occasio'n td transact some business at the Os sipec court, found a few days s. his disposal, which hie determi'ued so pen intro'rtim- in and moiun: artist friend, hewandered set eral miles into the conttf. INight came down, and the spf: men concluded to spend the6 ni'g at a farm house; if perision could be obtained, inad fe'ttrn'rIry next morning to the vilta'ge: A cheery-faiced old l-idy grantcd per mission to remain under her roof that night. Now, as it das ne cessary that our legal fricnd hiould be at court at eight next day; the good dame arose early and' pre pared breakfast by the lighlt of a tallow candle. The angl'ers werd Iseated at the table in a (dark cor ner of tho lkitcheni, while the old lady wvas egdgad over a sizdin frying pa on the stove:' "IIow's this steak, T., tough, eh?f' asked the lawyer, .sotto ro'ce: "'Don't know, why ?" ".By Jove; I can't chewv the stufF!" edn'thiied he: Wiping the sweat fro-m Nis f&re head, he made another effort to' to rastiente the mou-th'ful, then shouted, "My good woman, wit) you be kind enough' td' see wbf this steak is so very tough 71' Trhe pleasant-faced old lady spe p)eared with her ea'ndle, wiped the~ moisture from her sp'ec'tacles; and looked at the plate, dropped the tanhow candle into the lawyer'% lap, and shouted with horror. "Great State of New IHamyshire I'vee|ried myz holder !" T he Mon tgonrery Adreri.r says that one of the otr'ooly ail," who came to that city last Saurday t.e save the country, bought a paper': box of lucifer match&s Uefdre l'uv ing, whieb he safely deposited in his vest pocket. But on the roat home his benzine so comnpletely conquered himt that lie soughta dense shade and fell asleep. 11'. slept until pitch darkness sot ins when, hapnening :.o runl over ou his side, he' ignited his whofe ho of lucifers, which, burning throug the box and clothing, aroused hine from t be slumbers to a serse of' tIhe inky darkness by whieW he was Isurrounded. He felt the tire, in haled the burn ing sulp'hur, drew a hasty conclusion and expressed it as f'ollo,vs : "Dere, now~ ! 'For4 God, jes w:bat I 'spected. In bel Ian' a roastin.' Dat comes o&' i brring dem am Radicals'"