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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellainy, News, Agriculture, Markets, & Vol. X- WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1874. No. 31 18 PUnLHtED :Y:YWED:1NE:SDAY MORtNING, At Newberry C. I.,L BY THOS. P. GRNFIHKER, lIlit',r a ttel Proprietor. A. 03.50 per 4AWnIM,9 invariably In Advance. rt;/ The paer ld stopped at the expirution of 11ue orUe which it is 1aid. r,: The Hi mark denotes expiration of sub itelptlou. NEtCEL TO iETSY ANDI ARE Amil when I went in the house the table was t set lor me Av gouot a supper's I ever saw, or can want to see; And I cranined the agreement down lay I pocket as well as I could 1 And foil to eating iny vietuals, which some liow didn't tastegoVd. And Betsy, she pretended to look about the louso, lint she watched miy side coat pocket as a cut would watch a mouse; Andi then she went to foolin' a little with her ettp, And intently reading a newspaper, a'holdin' C it wrong side up. And when I'd done my supper I drawed the & agreement out, And give it to her without a word, for she I knowed what 'twas about, And then I hummed a little tune, but now and then a note Was bu'ated by some animal that hopped up i in my throat. Then Betsy she got her specs fron of the a mlantle-shelf, N And read tle article over quite softly to her self; Itead it by little and little, for her eyes ij get- 1) tng old, And lawyer's writin' ain't no print, especia1 ly when It's cold. t And after she'd read a little, she give my arI a touch And kindly said she was afraid I was 'lowin' -I her too much; But when sihe was through she went for mo, tier fiace a'streamnin' with tears, And kissed me For the first time in over twen ty years I A don't kno ivwhat you'll think, sir-I didn't come to etiquire nlut I picked tip that agreement and stuffed it b in the fire; . And told her we'd hury the hatchet along side of the cow; And we struck an agreetent never to have g another row. r And I told her in the future [ wouldn't vipeak cross or rash fi If half the crockery in the house w,as broken all to smatlsh, And site said. In regard to heaven, we'd try and learn Its worth MBy starting a branch establishment and run' t ning it here on earth. And so we sat a'talkina' three-quarters of tihe nIgh t, And opened our hearts to each other until they btoth grew light; r' And the days wvhen I was wishina' her away from so many tmen WVas nothinig to that evenimng I courted her over ngailt. WI LL CAuLI-'TON. I, THE HANGED MAN. -0- t BY ALEX. DUMAS. C --0o1 1 halvt oLiy to state that, at the moment who.' the tale 1 anm about to tell commnenc, it is nooni, that the month is May, t.hat the roadc on which we are emnterinlg is bound 'ed to the right by heath an(l broom, to the left by the sea, attl( you know at once what I do not tell you-namely, that tihe broom is green, th at the sea is hlustering, E that tihe sky is blue, that the sun .is hot, and that the road is dusty. I have only to add, that~ this iamo roadl, whieh winds along the coast of Brittany, gcan ltrom La Petorio to La Piroche; that, 1a - Piroche is a village I have noveo' seen, but whichl must be just like severy eot' village; thmat we are 1fairly afloat in the fifteenth con tmry-, in 1418 ; and that two men, ~ne older than the other, one the father and the other the son, both poaans,are jogging along the roQtd, mnounted on ponies, which .trot at apace autffciently agreeable, 'considering Usay are only ponies Lbestrodden by peasants. "Shall we get there jn time ?" Utked the son. * "Yes; it wvon't in ko place be,. fore two o'clock," angwlor'ed the lather, "and it is only a Quartor past noon, by the sun." * 'It is what I am very curfous *t0 see." - "I have no doubt you are," "And so he is to be hlangodl inr the armor lie stole ?" "And he was caught as ho was Making away wvith it?" "'es: you can compr'ohond that * Uhe arn-or was not to be carried off Without making a horrible clank and rattling; It had no0 inclination a to ldete its lawful master." BIesides, it was made of iron." "The people in thle chateau were awakened by the noise they board." "Ahd they arrested the follow ?" "Not immediately ; they wore int a right at first." "Naturally enough; it is always tbq Qa*o at first with people who V ato robbed when they find them seNes.Iin the presence of r'obbors bt otherwise there wvould be no ad- b ontag9 in being a robber," "But aikaid of whom ?" m -. ~ ~Ofa ghost. This wvretched p thIt. of nbtiotim6 str'ength, held as -the l'mor in front of him 9 euch hi ihoilevel of theoldst 'f te said be o gigaintic proportions in the orridor along which ho passed. kdd to that, a harsh noise which lie cunning rascal mad, bohind lim, and you. can flancy what it orror the valots woro in. Un ortunaitely for him, they went Id roused tihe Scigneur of La Pi oche, who cares it straw for no 1Ian, either living or dead, who iiiply, and wiLhliout any on's as iitanco, stopped the thief, and do vered him ill), bound hand and )ot, to his own propOi justice." "And his own propOr justico?" "Condoimned him to bo hanged, lad inl the arimior." "(Who0rofore that claiso in tho antolco ?" "Becauso the Seignour of La 'irocho is not only it bravo cap lin, but it man1111 of tonge and spirit, rho wants to obtain from this ist condemnation both an exam. to for others and a benefit for him.i a1. Weil, don't you know that rhatevor has touchod a hamged inn becomes a talismaii for its ossessor ? Th'lie Seigneur of La 'irocho, thorefore, ordered the rimiinal to be chad in his armoir, 11at ho might take it back aigailn fteri he was dead, and so have a lisman in our coning wars." "That's a very clover stroke." "'I fllouild think so, indeed 1" 1 "9 Let us push on, then ; for I artictilarly w nt to soc this poor -rotch ianged." . "Ve have plcnty oftimo, wo had otter not ovor-fattiguo oulr cattle. V 0 are not going to stop at La Pi. >)chio ; we have a i ood league to o beyond it, and thon wo m11ust, 3turn to La Poterio." "Yes; but ouir horses will have ve or six hours' rest, since we ar,1 ot coming back buforu the ovon Tho fathor and son continued ioir journey, chat'ing its they 'nt, and half an hour afterwiards icy reached La Pirocio. As the father had said, they ar. ived in time. There was atn immense con, Lurso of peoplo in the grand square 1 front of the chateau, for there le scaffold was orected. The two companiions got its near s possible to the scaffold, in order ' lose nothing of the evonts that rero about to take place; and ke overybody clso, they awaited be spectaclc, with the advantage f boing mountod on pony-back, ud of seeing bottor, With loss fia igue. Their stisponce wias not of' ng duration. At a quarter to two the gate of he chatoan was op)enod, and tho ondem nod man appoared, proecod. di by tho guards of' the Seignour' f' La Pirocho, and followed by hoe xecutionor. The thiof' was lad in the armor ho had stolen, udvas riding backwards on an ss without a saddlo. His visor own, and ho hung his head. His ands were tied behind his back; nd if you wish to know 0111 con iction respecting him, wvo doclar'o, vithout hesitation, that, judging y his manner and attitude, if not >y his face which could not ho eon, lie was very ill at eniso, anud vas occupied at that moment by ho most melancholy reflections. The hangman had just set his adder leaning against the gallows, mnd the chaplain of the Seignour' if' La Piroche, mounted on a plat ormn piurposety prepol)t'd, was road. ng the sentence. The condemned man did not tir'. They called out to him to get Al' his ass, and give himself' up1 to he hangman. Heo did niot budge an inch. We an understand his.hositattioin. 'rhen the hangman soii,od himn b h .owvs, lifted him off the as' back, anid . ot him down upl. ight on the ground. it'l Jur'ing the chlango of' a, , lie ebaplain finished reading to. Intence. "Have you any request to iake ?" lie inquired of' the patient. "Yes)" replhied the wretched an, in a sorrowful anid scarcely idiblo voice. "What is it?" "I r'equest my pardon 1" The Seigneur' of La Piroche rugged his shiouldors, and ord(er I the hangmant to (to his office. Tihat official porsonage pr'eparedl .mount the, ladder, leaning ~ainst the gi1bot, whichi imapas blo, with -out-stroechod arms, as about to teatr a soul out of a ring body, a nd he tried to make o criminal mn11)t before him. it the th1ing' was not easy. The hiangnaan, to make 1im ouuit the ladder, had recourse to oesamo tneans1 which he had em yoyd to snake him got off' the kU 4' ook him by the waist, set Il On~ the thir'd ,stave of the litd k', had thotpusheod 4im up hind. T1hor0. Was-1 no he,lp For it, ox. Cept to mount. Then tho exe:eutioner adroitly slipped roind the patient's neck the runing looso which oaii llonte thle 0nld o t Io rope, anldr gI. I ing him a Violent kick in tihe back, .,iont him swinging into opet: Aln immense clamor followed his oxpected denoulemedt, and a' shidder ran throlhlloit. tho crowd. r Of whatever Crime lie may be I guilty, a dying 1111111 is always, for instanllt, groater thanl thosO who come to soc him dic. ''he hantged man swung two 8 or three ininites at the end of' his ropo, Icieked, writhed, anl then rominled miotioliesm and sitily. 1 They stared a Few iiliitets lon ger at t,be suf erer, w s11080 gilded 8 almIlolr glittered ill the iilShinllo; 13 the spectators gradually forimed int.o groups, aid then wenit, their i Several Ways hrmmewards, dis4 Coursing oil the lat ovent. f * * * * * t The next morning, at break of (lay, at Couple of guards walked r OuLt of tle chateau of' la Pirocho 8 to tak down the body of 'thei Criminal, and to strip it of the ar- I MOr belog(ijnr to their lord ; but they founld what they were very far from expecting-amilely, Lhat h . the gallows anld tbe rope still re0- r m1aiined in their places, but that the hanged man vas nowhoro to bo seen.j Tht, two goiards rubbed their | 0os, ill (1011bt wliethC' they were C dreaming or not; bit such was the Fet. No body, aind, as a nat- s liral consequonc10 )e, 110 armllor. The Ilost ext raordinarv circum l stalice was, that the ropo was C leitlo: broken nor cut., but exact ly ini the st.ato in which it wias be- % fore receivinl.g tle Criminal. i The guards at once wont to ann1oulneo the news to the Sei(g near of La Pirochic. What had becomo of the dead r man ? For the coidemned thief t was certainly dlead the day before, I Its the whole population had be- c held with their eyes. Had ittiother thief takon advan, i tage of the night to obtain posses. t sion of the armor which covered i the body ? t Perhaps so ; but, while taking 8 tle armor, he would evidently t have left tile body, for which he I had no occasion. Had the friends or relatives of' I the sufferelr determinod to give t him Christian burial ? Th~le caso3 wa(s fari fromf impossi- I ble, except that the suiff'erer had nitiler fr'ienads 1nor relat.inan peopleO actinhg under religions mso t,ives would have ta'.en the body I and left, tbe armor. That suIpposition, thlerefor'e, was not, to be entertained. What, t,hon, woero they13 to supp)loso. The Seigmnur of' La Pir'choi waIs ini despair'. iIe was madit about his suit of' arimor. lie offered a 1reward (of teni golden cro0wnls to whioev-er w1ouild deliver up the cr'iminatl, attired as he walis ut, the time11 of hiis donilth. T hey searched the hiouse; no0 t.hiing was11 found. Nobody caime1 to claim tho i'ewar'd. A nmnth was Spent in fruitless The gallows still r'emalined inl its place, hu11milIiated, downcast, and1 dlespised. Nover'had agi bbotcom mfittedh so disgraceful a breach of con fidenco. The Seignour of La Piroche con ttinued to demand the restitution of hlis armorl0. Nothing camo of it, At last lie wvas doubtless on the the p)oint of mailking up1 his mfinid to this strange event, and tihe loss resulting from it, when one morn1'f ing, On aiwake:ing, 110 hoard( a great noise in tile square whlere the exeocution had takon place. Ie was going to inquire what '~the matter', whon his Ohap)lainl entLerou . ir," he said, "(10 you "Monselgn'' 'roned ?" kno1w what has haii,, --" direot ''No; but I will in1qulis "I can tell you. 1---" WV hat is it,, then ?" "Roh~ally I"' "The man who was hlangel-" "'Well ?"' "Is thiere." "Where in~ "On the gallows," "Ilasnging ?" "Yes, Monisoigneur."' "With his armor." "With your armor ?" "Exactly so ; because it bAlngs to me. And ho is dead ?" "Perfectly dead. Only "Only what ?" "had he spurs on yho1 pewh "Well, monseighenir,he has sp'irs on now; and instead oi'f wearing e .ho holme11t onl his head, he car 'ily 1id it att the I ,oot of tiho fallows, so as to be founid haiging 11)(1verled."1 "het us go and soe, Messiro ha11pilaill ; let uts go anid see ait met.." 'Tiei Seign1ur of La Pi ochto ran t th tsquare, whiich Wa-s crowd. id with inquisitivo spoetators. 'e lieck of tho hanged man was elatced int tie ruilninig noos, tite ody wis reailly at tho ond of tite opo, atind tihe armlllo w.vas rOily on he body. It waMSl prodigious. SO they hotilod, "1A miracll" 'He has reponted," said one, and its come back to re-liamg imself'." "l1 ii been here all the time," aid another., "otily we could not 00 him." "But why ias boi put onl spurs?" 11qutired at t.hird. "Dotibtiess because ho ias como comll ia distalo, nild was 1aiXiouts o got back quick." "F'or ity )art,, whothior fa or 0ar, I shoulild have iad nto occa ion whatever for spuis, becamtso I vould have taken good care to 0omain whero I was." And then they laughed, and hen titey looked at, the ugly ,ri mace on tho dead Imanl's Counlite. t3t1co. As for the Seigneur of Li )ir chte, his only1' thought was to mike sure thiat the thiefwas4 real. y dead, anI)d to tiko ropossession f his suit of artor. Th03y took down tie body an.td trippeld it, and tholl, whon Stri'p led, they huiig it II) again, atd ho crows set, 1o work wit b such ioct that it a couplo ofr days it vas stripped to the boit, in a voek it was like a tat',ordltalion, it aI fortitigit it iad the appear m11ce of a nothing-at-all. But, how had this hangod man m11ployed his Limo du-ring his iionth of absenco ? How was it hat having been hung, ho con. .rived to escapo, anld that having scaped ie robung ihimslf? Our two peasants, roturning komo by night(, and pissijg closu o the gibbot, hoard moans, gasp. ngs, ind sornothing like a prayer; hat they devoutly crossod thoml olves, atd asked what it could be; iat nobody replied, but that the noans continuod, appoaring to ono from tho body that was 1aging overhead. They then 00k tite laddor, which the hang nanl iad loft at the foot of the ~ibbet, sot it againsat thosido of thto ~allows, and the son mounting ats eur as whero the crimrintai hung, aid to himo, "Is it you who are niak ing theso comp)laintsL, lmy) 1poor ellow." dL his str'ength, answvered, "Yes." fYoular still liive, thton ?"' "Yes." "1)o) you repentt of y'our crimno ?'' "Yes." "Thton I will sot about ulntyinig jou; and, as thle gospel commnantd 5 ts to sutccor thoso wh Io suffer, andl vhto even canlso its to sutffer, [ will mICCOr' yelu and1 retSoro yout to life), hbat it may lead( you unto good. ILeaven prefot's a soul whiich tre. >ents of its sins to a body whiich txpiates them.'' The fathetr and1 son then untfas. oenod tile dying nman, and comnpro. leonded how it haijppened that 110 itill sur'vived. The rope, instead f Compressing the nteck of' the Lhiof, pressed the bottom of thto helmet in such1 wViso that tile pa tient was suspended, but not strmangled, andi that, catching with his hteadl at a sort of ledge or r'est. ing placo0 withtin tho holmet, ho had managed to breathe and1( koop life existintg up to the moment when outr two comnpantions passed by. The latter liberated him, and transported hum to thtoir owni htomo, wheroto ho was handed over to the nursing of the ImOther and 1101 maiden daughter. But 110 whio has stolen wviii steal again. In the peasant's htouse there "iro only two thtings to steal: tiemoney hto had brought "oterie did not be ,o L , "1oso two things ong to h1im1. .'.. ~. vor'o his horse and hi dugher fair hairod girl of' sixteen ,vears uf age. The ox-hung criminal deter InOio to steal both ; for ihe coveted .ho horse and was smitten with a passion for hlis daughter. One night, therefore, heo sad(dled the horse, put on spurs in order to travel more quickly, and seized the girl as sho was fast asleop, to carry her off behind him. Bst tho, girl woke up, and id The father and'son .eameq4hg rescue, Trhe thief grled to'SOa4po, bu t t *ae tb~ late. The daeghter 'old theom of the violent attempl 4, 't that had boon mado ; and her fa. thor and her brother se0ing cloar ly that no real repentance was to be oxpected from such a man, re SOlved to tako justico into their Own hallds, but moro offectuially than the Soignour of La Piroo had dono. Thoy fatstoned the scoundrol to tle horso which he had saddlod himself, conductod him to tho square of La Pirocho, and hung him exactly whore he was iutng beforo ; but they took Care to com1ovO his holmot and lay it, on the ground, to make sure that he should not oscapo this timo, and they quiotly returrod homo. As to the Seigueur of La Pirocho, t Sinlce he was in 1)080SSiOnl of' a sure and cor-tain talisman, ho joy fully sot out for tIto wars, whero he was the very first to got knock. ed on the head. - ti C (isrel[tmteolls. THIE BANKIRUT.Ji Lr W. AN OUTI.INE OF Till VHANIES IN C TIIE on11liNAL ACT. The bill rueenitly passed by Con. griss aiiding th bankrupt law of 1867, aid signed by the presi. dlent on tho 23d iltimo, provid(-s that the court maY inl its discrc. I tionl, oil Sufficient caulso showni, and upon 110t00 and iearing, di. rctI th receiver 01 tssignleO to I take posKession of the proporty < and carry on the busines of the f debtor, 0or any part, 11nder t1ho di- I rection of' til court1, Whol th in- I torest, of the estitLc, as well as ofr tihe creditors, will be promoted thereby for it piriod not exceeding nine months. Tile cour-t must,, I however, be satisfied that a major. ity in valuo of the croditors ap provo beflore making such ainl or der. Section 1 of tile act is also aeionded by adding a provision . ali lowill tile cout". to direct, that any of the legal assets or debts of the baikilrupt, as contra-distinguished from equitable demands, shall, whon not ouoooding Give luldrod dollars be collected ill the Stato< ootrts having jurisdiction. Con. i current jurisdiction is given the i circuit courts with district courts ; of any distiret of all cases brought i by the assigneo, and persons claim. ing an advorso intorst or owing any debt to bankrupt, or vice ver sa, THE SELLING OF PROPERTY AND RE POars nY TiHE ASSIGNEE. Unless otherwise ordorod by tile court, tile assignee is to soll the bantkrutpt's pr1oper'ty, roal or' porsonal, at public auction, the not.ices of' public sales to ho pub. liShed onico a week for three cont secultivoe wooks in a newspaper or nlewspapor's designated by the judlge. Tiho court, on application of aniy pat.y in inltoroest, shlall hlave Coml)eIto 1 supervisory p) oe of' tile stales, inluiding the powecr to sot I thleml aside and order a rosalo, so as to realizo the largest, sum. ['Tho court may also order tany) r'eal estat.e of' tibo bankrupt, or p)art of it to bo sold for ono-fourthl cashl anld tile residuod withlin eighteeon mlon)ths, iaLt evoa per ceint., ill sulch inlstlmenllts 1as the court, may di recct, to be se)cured by mortgage or lien upon01 tile prioperty. Every assignee shtall keep a regniar tac countt of aill mlon)eys received aind oxp)ondeld by imf to wich over'y cr-editor shall1 have free aiccess. If tho assigneo fails or noegiects to wvell and faithfulhly dischargo is duities in) thoe sale or dlisposition) of' l'proerty, it is tile (lity' of tile court to remove him, and he shall forfeit all emolumenlts inl conn)ctionl with the salo. if an assignee utfairly or wrongfully disposos of property in his charge, or agrees to do so, h10 shall, up~on proof, be removed anld forfoit all f'ees anId other compensation for all soervices itn Connection withl tihe estato, and utpon coniVction be liable to a fine of' not mloreC thlan $100,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or bothl. Any peo r s o n conspiring withl the assignee for a similar pur~pose shlall, upon conviction, be liable to a like punishment. Tile assignee to r'eport int detail to tihe cou rt once0 in thrtoe montLes, and at all othor times when ordered by' the court, and also to report in deta . whenever any settlement of his acco'infts is made. Upon such settlement; ho must file in court an affidavit deilaring wheth er bo has orhasnot,reoeived,diretly or indirectly, any interest, benefit, or advatage fronde use or depos. it of fubde is his keeping and may tbq egrh@ lyuo'h same subject, and If i e wilfuJly swears ein 11ot pegorIin his re' 4jad, dugob tonIot og bq nunished b$'tnorlsonment dt less ,han ono yoar nor more than five rears. ImOINNINI or PROUEEDINWs IN Vol. UNTARY BANKRUPTcY. hoctionl 0lovOU of' the original mt, rulating to the beginning of wocoodings in voluntary bankr ipt y, is so aionded ts to provido hat the noticos ordired by tho Iourt sAll be publishe d in ntot nore than two newspapers, to be olected by the marshal. Bua t V0heover tle creditor are so nu norous as to make any notico un or the laNw, by nail or otherwiso, groat and disproportionate ex 101)80, tho Coirt may order such otice to be given by publication o all creditors whoso sums do not xceed $50. Section twenty is mended so 11 to prevent aty sot. ff to be made in debts or crediis i cases of' compuilsory bank ru ptcy Tter the act of' bankruptey upon r inl respot to thie adjudiction hall be mado. A creditor, by prov nIg his debt or claim, de Ot Vaiive his righit, of' action or siit ailnst tile bankrIClupt w1n011 a dis harge has been refused or procood ligs determined without d dik hargo. In all Causes or trials In ier the act the alleged bankrut, T any party thereto ar compo ent witlesses. In cases of compulsory or invol. intary bankruptcy, tle provisionlfs if' the law requiring the pay. nont of' any proportion of' thei mankrupt's debts, or the assont >r aiy portion of' his crediLtors, as condition of his dischargo from lis debts, do not apply ; ir other vise entitled to it, Io may receivo k discharge 11s if' he had paid the per :ietir'e. No dischargo in cases of' .olunitary bankruptcy shall bo nade if the debtor's assota aro not iqual to thirty per cen t. of tho prov >d claims against his estate, with mt the assent of' 1oe-fourt,h of' his areditors in number and one-third n value. The fifty per cent. pro 7isiol) in the Originilal act is repeal d. The two periods of' fou aind Iix mont,hs mentioned in Section 15, under the head of "Proferen 31 na ( fraiomj --nAA6 o ?.AVa%%,- n ,larod void," proscribod as the Jim ta of cortain reclaiming and void ng plOcCssos, aro reduced to two nonths and four moniths respet. voly, but this not to tako effect or- two inonths after the pasage f' the act. Tiho samio section is urther amondod by the pOrson procuring any part of the propor 'y, who must know that tho at ~achment, payment, &c., is muado n fraud of the bankrupt law be oro theO samo1 can ho declared void. NTothiirg in tho section shall invalE (late any loan of actual value, or ho Fccur1ity ther'etofor'e, made in ni good f'aith up~on a socurity taken n good faith at the timo of the mnaking of tho loan. INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY. ForIty (lays, inIstoad of' fourteen, uro allowed to elapse bofore a bank, >ankor, broker, mer'chanit, trader, nan ufacterel or aiiy othier person, who fails to pay his commericial paper' is liable to be thr'own inIto bankru'tptcy'. TLhe assent, of' one routh in i numbn er anid one-th ir(d i value of' the creditors in rec Juir'od to throw a debtor in)to biankr'uptcy. Th'lis provision re atos back to Doeecmber 1, 1873. Phio per1iods relatinig to aIrrest rod imnprisonmecnt in the same section (39) ar'e also changod from soven to twenty days. If' it ap p)ear's that the number amid amount )f' creditors have niot potit,ioned that tho debtor he adjudged a bankr'upt, theo court shall grant a recasonable time, not mor'e than tweonty days in cases horotof'oro bogun, and ten days in those be gun herenfter, within wvhich other erod(itors8 may join. If' the requi ito nutmber (1008 not then appear' the case is to bo dismissed. If lhe is abjudged a bankrupt thle as. signoe may recover the money or' prioper'ty friaudulon tly paid, con veyedl, or sold,prIovidinug the p)I'orso r'eceiving the same know a fraud of' the act was intended ; such peir soin, although a creditor, shall miot, in actual casos of' fraud, be allowed to prove for' more than a moiety of' his debt. This limitation is to ap)ply to voluntary ba~nk ruptcy also. The petition of' creditors under31 this section may be suffi ciently verified by the oaths of the first nive signers, or their at torneys If they do not reside in the district. Those whose debts do not exceed $250 are not to be reckoned in computing thle num ber anid amount of creditors; If' there be none whose debts exceed $250, or If such fall to sign the pe tition oreditors having debts of a a less amount shall be reckoned. When the court hearp the allega tion sof the petitioner and debtor, it nafhyn -thb alentin of Sb..iibt ten days, for the trial of the faets ot for1th in the petition. Proceed ings may be diseontinued whenov er a debtor piys thoso secured debts which woro the ground of' thowing" himl) illto bankru ptey, or whenlever, witi te (onsent of ti Uourt, he antid i majority of the vreditors Sha 1C ask for a discontil uaince of the proceedinigs. Tle jurisdiction, &c., vested in tihe United States Distriet Court is Ill io vested in tiho District. Courts nstead of' tle 8upreme Courts of' the Territories, a11 formliel3f, s1 b. oct to the geieral superintolid. mnco and jurisdiction confeurred 1pon circuit Courts by Hectionl I ). COMPoSITION WIl CREDITORs. A composition may bo offected with creditors without regard to ro.cedinlg in bankruptcy, by a voto 01'a mliolitV il 11umbeMMr and broo-fourths inl vailuo of' tle credit )>r8, Who l shall adopt a resolution m thatt effet at i lleetin.g duly allIed oil (te notice, of such cred tors as may be presuit Or rep.re ionLed by proxy. Such resolution, with the a btor's statement of' his Issets lb, debts, shall be presenlt .d to the courts and recorded. 'lie creditors may add to or may valry the iprovisions of' tbe coml positiol in the same manuer, and the composition shiliall be bindimng an all non-agrooing creditors but,L hall 11t1 plrodjuIdico the rights of ni) not namid in the dobtor's itateient. If* 1 o g a I ditneultics proveint t,h composition being procoodod Wi witihout injustice, Lte court maly sot it atsidlo, andl thle debtor shall bo procceded with Ias a hankrulp. The fees and expeisem aro reducod ono-hall' utii the judges of the Supi11mo Courl sh1lall establish a pormationt reduction antid simpliy procedingii. No reg istar or clerk of' court, or their partne)rV', or aly ono having any intorest with oithor in any fee 01o01 amoments ill bll Ic rupty',shall be of'counsel, Solicitor orat,ornoy, either in or out of' coutL,, in any suit or matt.or pending bankruptcy in any cirouit or district court of his district, or inl anl] appol ther from. Nor shall they be oxocil,or, ad I inistrator, guardianl, etc., of' anly estate within the jurisdicLion of cithor court, or ill any foes aris from such trusts. Provision is also made for annu aIl reports by district marshals, and noaries public are authorized to tako such proof' of debts against the estate of' a bankcrupt. GooD AND) BAID PAP'ERs.--It is a said sightI for one who) longs for' a naitiona's highest, prIospor'ity, to 800 the youth of it flocking to the unews stands and1( to the count,ry post ofiiees, so cager for' thle illuas trated ne0wsjppers of the day. The inlstant, 01n is securaod, the lad oar young muan walks away; eagerly devouring the cont,inued story always full of' tho wildest sensaLion)ai read ing, if' not toach ing the most dlebasing morals. Vii lians of' overy dye are hold upj as hea'oes, and youang minids are fireod to imitate their deeds. Thatii is tile way ourx thieves anId mur'der. el's are mnado. That is the way so man~y boys aare made perfectly worthless for' any praactical pur pose in life. Youa can know the boy who devours such1 litearatur'e by his slouching gait anad absent manners; by his crossness when called away from his enchanting, visionar'y wor'ld, and obliged to take part in tihe r'eal. Boys, if' you ever wish to be successfu and h1oored menOl iln the wor'ld, sh un such reading. If' an agent urges you to subscr'ibo for' such a trashy p)apor, tell him once for' all, "no." Ask if boghas somo1 good subslantial paper that will give valuable knowledge--that will nmake you better arid wisor. If' ho h1as, invoat your money in it, arid youa will find of' all the in vest,ments of the year, this is the best paying. What wold you 11,hink of' the fa'mor whxo should go out in thle mor'ning anld sow his meadows with ox-oyedl daisy and wild par'sley ? Th'ley are both very pretty flower's,and beautifully diversify tile mnonot.onouas meadow land. But 1 have yet to 800 a far' mor pleased with thxem. Now thira influence is not hlalf' so per nicious as that of these sensation al papers on thle mind of your children. You may, by great car'e, root out these mischief-m,ak ing weeds, but the injur'y bad lit. eratur'e leaves is life-long. It Is like a mniracle if the reader is not utterly wreoked by It. Choose wa rily your children's reading, and wheon you have found a really good paper stick to-it, as a fast friend, (Country Gentlemap. fp0jf 'NcaiInr''~ .4vo 1ond his folhu)w.inotc. "GOING RIEH PIRETTIE'ST." TOM POTTs, THE EN0lasi ENGINEER, TELLs Hlow is LOCoMOTI VE JUMP El) A U AP. Tom 'otts, a well known 1oco motive engineer in England and the States, is the solf-accredited hoo of' the following wonderful story of succossful daring. I will narrato it as nearly as I Can in liq own words. I have heard him toll it ollen: "WeO11, gentleoun, I say you'll think it's a lie, but I can't hel) that; you have asked me to toll it, and all I can say is, it' you'd boon in lmly place you'd have scoon it. "I had been driving the Witch for about t3even months, and a swOOt thing she was. I nover Was never half' so fond of an Oniline as I was of b)n. Sho Wis the kind of machilne a mnu11 ouly gets once inl at lifetime. "Sle mnado her steam quick, was easy onl fiuel, started off lively, and wNoit like a 1dcr. 14or cylinders % co 16-inch, her stroke 22, and her drivers 7 fOct 6. and she was as kind to handle as a baby. ,To se bor run oi with a heavy load, light and gay, was enough to shame tile Juno, Ven1us and leon, and other 18-inch m1acllines. "Sho never wanted fixing up. Venus was always going in and out of tile hop to be titivated, and if thoro's any thing I don't like i's Ia engilo thatl all th0 time vantu to be titivatod. Silo was always ready and willing for work. Whby, bless y oul sh was only washed out for lie sake of clean. himss-sho didn't need it a bit. "Sio was the tidiost thing I over soon-seened as t b o u g h dirt wouldn't stick to her. "Woll, what I am111 going to toll came ofl' years ago, beforo I left the old coultry, ald it wats 0110 of the best railroads-single track thon, though it's got threo now, and four ill some spots. "Well, the Witch and I were put on the mail, on1 of' tile fastest *41'61ad ftha%S Ivornm ;Ilrn U%,.S, in them days. "Tile enginecr was fined a shil ling for overy mlilnit,o 110 lost. lie dared not go slow for fog, unless he wanted to lose his day's pay. lie had to keop going right along, anid sou things before he got ill sight of 'cin. " eWO woro running north One (dari wintry day, anid wr making our best streaks. I should ireckon we wor'o goin~g about fif'ty miles an hour. "I was Baying to myself; 'sheo's goinlg bor1 prettiest,' when we suid dontly shot ahead, as if we had been fired oult of' a cannion. "I knew what that meant. We had broke loose, we hadn't a car be hlind us. The coupling had brokcen between tile tenidor and the first coachl. "How we flow; to be sure I I whistled the guard to break up the trainl. Ilow we boulnded along I "I could make out no objects alongside; we seemed to go fatster anId faster, we mulst have got as fasRt as 01 ono hundred miles an hour. "It wais a straight p)iece of track for 801m1 miles. I did net shut off' steam! directly we br'oko, for 1 dlidnl't wvant the train to runit into us wVhlich might happen it they did not heal'rme whistle for breaks. "It was lucky I kept 1101 going, for just as I had had about enloughl such flying, a manl startedl out about six hundred yards before us, holdinIg a red flag. "Therle was nothing in the way, so I knolw somolting must be wrong with the track. "You might, as well have tried to step a whirlwind as the Witch inl that distance, HIer epood was frightful. "There wasn't much time to thinkc, and as we could not, stop, thle faster' we woent tihe better; so I gave what steam more there was. Sh1e seemed to have some 'go' in reseorv, 1for we shot. past thle red flag like a flash. "I. saw men standing hlorror "'Bill,' I said, 'quick I Get on the coke and see whbat's ahead.' "lie lookced and went deadly palo1, tottered, and fell back in a lainIt. "By thils time I could see plain enough what was wrong. "There was a gap in the track where a bridge hlad gono down. "You can't imagine my feelings just then. Going to death-deathb, swift and terrible, at about two miles a minute-getting nearer', nearer I I thought of my wife and child-nearer I An instant more bhe awem y'I.itlle wq ,*bld yoi be ,ove 'tE e- 1e at Advertisements Inserte4 at the rate of $1.00 per aquare-one inch-for first insertion and 76c. lar each subsequent Insertion, Double column advertisements tenper cent on above, Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes ofrespect, same rates per square s ordInary advertiseten is. Special notices in local.column 26 conts per line, Advertisements not marked wilb the uum, ber of Insertloris will be kept in till forbid and charged accordIugly. Special contracts made withlarge advet tsers, with liberal deductions oi atove rates. 4POI PAIAr"Wf Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. "She jumped that gap like a stag, and i hat's more, she, struck the ritils all right on the' other side and kept right along, just as if she had not noticed the gap. "I stirred Bill up and with both of uS at the brako, we mannaged to stop the Witch. "She was on a tear that day, but I never dreamed she'd jump that gap-that's a fact." ALMOST SUNDOWN.-When in college a yaoung student, who sub sequently becaie a missionary, deemed himself ill-treated by a fol low-student, and in consequence got very angry. To the surprise and grief of his brethren, he gave somewhat froo expressi.on to his feelings. No one ventured to ro buke him, or to remonstrate with him, while he was uttering things very little adapted to promote the edification of tho hoaror. Towards the closo f the day, a judicious friend was passing his room. Pausing before the open door, lhe said in a significant tonc, "It is almost sundown." The re proof, so kindly and delicately ad ministered, was fult by his erring brother. The divine command ment, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath," was called to re membrance. The perturbation of passion was exchanged for that of consciolls guilt. It ib our to duty arouse the con scienco to a porception of wrong doing, and to a sense of guilt. To do this successfully, and so as to secure beneficial results, requires w isdom. Wisdom soldom prompts the (liroct and stern rebuke. It never assumes the attitudes of a prosecuting attorney ; it never al lows the rebukor to assume an air of superiority. In the example given abovo, the rebuke was indi roct, and by means of an allusion to a p)assago of Scriptnre. There is nothing comparable to Scripture in power to convince of wrong do ing, and yet much depends on the skill with which it is applied. When bluntly or boisterously pre sented, it is more likely to repel a"'.~ 1i1161,LU vuuVinuu. IIAUnIM's FA'rAL HLIPPoDIOME. --Mrs. Charlos Davis, one of the lady riders in the races at Bar. nm's ILippodr'omo, Nowv York, who was injured in the hurdle race on Friday night, died on Monday. On the night of the ac cident, she wvas riding at full speed, andl her horse, "Spot"-an .English thorough bred--gathered himself' too quickly to leap one.of the hur dles, and striking it wvKh his fore foot, turned a complete somersault. His rider came in contact with the hurdle and fractured her eel. lar-bone, also sustaining internal injturios of a serious nature. She h ad been suffering previously from a weakness of the lungs, and the shock occasioned by the acci. dont produced constant and vio lent hemorrhages, which caused her death. The death of Mrs. Da vis makces the fourth iatal accident at the hippodrome during the past month, not to speak of the brokeni bones and broken heads of other performers. B a r n u mn seems to look with indiff'erence upon this human slaughtering business, judging from the fact. that he makes no attempt to aban don the dangerous sports of his colossal establishment. Upwards of twenty years ago, Franconi'sa Paris IIipplodrome exhibited in New Yorkc with a career some what a akin to that of Barnum's, until the authorities interposed to modify the character of the per formances. Let the action be re peated. A YCAsE OFl HIVING BEEs. -A p in Louisiana recently took a notion for a bath in an in viting stream, wv h 1 c h flowed through a field he was engaged in plowing, and divesting himself of his clothes for the purpose, hung his unmentionabies, upon the limb of a lonst troe hard by. HIe had luxuriated for some half an hour, and swam backs to his starting point, when ho percolved a bevy of young damsels approaching, with their flower baskcets. Ho seam pared up the bank anid into his breechos, but alatail unhappy fellow not soon enough. They were oc cupiedi. A .small colony of bees were in possession. He reporte that he gQt home, but.herv, hetknows not. 'MThhrikde~o ~an'...knows he hal 5od--a agn'p4bogirls Jauglh od. .His &awedin his pan. taloona a numbe enod bee some angty one d 6t half of a very sor out