Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

ADVERTISING RATES. T1HE HE (i I L R A Lof ik PULI5~1) -and 75 cents for each subsequent isertion. ~7 on above. . EVERWEDNESDAY MOINING - Noticesoe meetings,obituaeiand triimaj ~ ~ ~ '..-*of respect, same rates per squiare as ordinaiy ~v..- - - aI advertisemen ts. - ~[ ~~-ASpecial Notices in Local colun 16 oer ts Advertisements ot-markeif with the nun tI44K - berof inserious will be kept 'ebris forbid, ---and charged aeconlingly. -&uw andProprietor. sp w a e 'rer ns-81o9 Per. nn A amil ompanion' Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agrculture, Markgts, &c Invariably in Advance. - fc7~ The paper is stopped at the expiratIon of DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. time for which it fs'iia. 7The mark denotesVexpration of Sub ol. XIV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1878. No. 7. TERMS CASH. scription. Dry Goods and .Wotons. THERE IS A. TIDE iN THE AFFAIRS OYI MEN, Which, if taken at the Flood LEASTO FRTUNE. NOW. IS TaAT TIM AND THE TIDE - -ISAT . C'F COLUMBIA, S. C., Who is'seJAng his entire stock of DRY GOODS AND .AT PRICES The ladies are included in thi 40tation and-are- assured that they will find the flood a pledsant lpro6taT obe. Jan. 16, - WPatches, ceks,. Jewelry. IVIyTCHESIND, JE 1ELAV At the New Store on Hotel Lot. -have now on iiand:a large and elegant assortment of WITH~ES, M~UCKS,.JEWELRY Silvetland Plated*Ware, - VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS, SPW'PACLBS-AND SPECTACLE CASES, WEDDING AND BIRHDAY PRESENTS. IN ENDLESS T.ARMET. All orders by. mail-prpmpy attend.d to. Watchmaking and Repairing Done Cheaply .nd with Dispatch. Call and examine my'stock and prices. EDUARD SCHOLTZ. No.21, 47-tf. Farmer's Your Attention! The-Arabian Sugar Cane was brought to America.duing the,World's Fair~ atNienna; in 1874. -I.-will yield :douibIe that of any othier.quality ever grown. in this country. The stalks grow on average of 12 to 14 feet high, and from.A 4to 51inches incr cumference,. The syrup miade from it is:oIf the very finest quality. Also a good.:qual ity..of sugar ecanade from it. We have sent this seed to every:Statezin theemions, and returns from it are highly satiefactory-. Agents are wMnted- to canivass in every Coun;y.and take orders for th)ese and other seeds A' samep'le peikage of the ARaI-AS SoGaR GANE .SaD ..containinlg enough to plant 1-S of an acre, and speeial terms-to agents, with my Seed Gatalogue for 18788 will be sent to. any -address on receipt of Fifty Cents. Instructions, for planting and cultivating are printed, onevery package. W. S.- TIPTON, Seedsmnan, Cleveland, Tennessee. The Baden Wfiite Flour Corn. Thbis Corn 'grows on Stalks averagin~ from 8 to. 10 feet. in hlight-the. body of the stalk being a little heavier than the medium. .The average length of the ears is nmeO n' cihes ; the, gvins;pum1p' an d of common size; perfe'tly white and flinty. It is har dy-not requiring as much work as most of qualities. The root . grows, straighit dowd in the jfrou nd, and conteguently drought eff'ects it -very -tittle. - The -yield is doule than of any other variety: ever raised in America I 'ill produd6e on niedrihin good corn land one hundred -buihels per acre.A~ This Corn is--from de ~to three weeks earlier than any. other variety, and growl from 4 to 14 large size ears on every stalk. The average number of .good size ears is six. A fine 'quality of Flour cap be made from it. When ground it produ~ces a flour analagous both in appearance.and taste to flour made from the b4st white wheat. Agents ate "a:nted in every County~ to can vass and take orden for this~corn. A sami pie stalk with from 5 to S large sized ears on it will be furnished every agent. A sample package containing about 1,000 grains with spiciaI terms to agents for it and other. seeds~ will be sent to any address on receipt of-$.00. Order before the sea son is too far advanced. - ela*d eimesee NQOTICE. The following .POPULAR GUA OS are for sale by N. MIARTIN & CO. The Atlantic Phosphate. Ti" Afd"Phoesphiate. The Bradley's Dissoired Bone. Call and ennmine befo~re bur9.~ Ja.t '30, 5-it. SILVEiR -AND- WiLD FOR THE LADIES. ERALD BOOK STORE. miscellaneous. VEGETINE HER OWN WORDS. BALTIMORE, MD., Feb. 13, 177. MR. II. R. STEVENs. Dear Sir-Since several years I have got a sore and vsi' paiftif foot. I had some physicians, but they couldn't cureme. Now I have heard of your VEGETINE from a lady who was sick for a long time, and became al1 well from your. VEETINE, and I went and bought me one bottle of your VEGETINE; and after I had used one bottle, the pains left me, and it began to heal. and then-I bought one other bottle, and so I take it yet. I thank God fbr this remedy and yourself; and wishing every sufferer may pay atten tion to it. Itis a blessing for health. .Bi1S. C.-KNABE, SS West Baltimoie Street. VEGETINE SAFE AND SURE. Mn.-H. R. STEVENS. ' In 1872'ydtirVEGETINE was- recommended to me. and, yielding to the persuasions of a friend, I consented to try it. At the time I. was suffering from general debility.and ner vous prostration, superinduced by over- 4 work and irregular habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative properties seem ed'to affect my debilitated system from the 1rst dose: and under its persistent use I rapidly recovered. gaining more than usual :health-and good feeling.-- -Since theri have not hesitaled -to. give. VaGsTiN& 93ny- -iost unqualified indorsement, as being.a safe, sure, and powerful agentin. promoting health and restoring the wasted system to new life and energy. VEGETINE is the only medioine I use; andas long as I live I never expect to find a better. Yours truly, W. H1. CLARK, 120 Monterey Street, Alleghany, Penn. VEGETINE THE BEST SPRING XEDIUNE. CHARLESTOWN. H. . ST'EVENS. Dear Sir-This is to certify that 1 have -sed your "Blood Preparation'? in ny dam ily iorAcasnthink.ta.thatfa rScro fula or Cankerous Humors or rheumatic affections it caniabe excelled; and as a blood purifier and spring medicine it is the -best tingq have everAe6d.aid I have used aluvost eerything. - Ican cheerfallprecom mend it to ansyone in ned'.Qf sucir a medi dine. Yours respectfully, MRS. A. A. DINSMORE, .. 19 Russell Street. WHAT IS NEE .Wx, Feb. 13, 1871. . I. STEVI &S, E sq. Dear Sir-About one year.since I found myself,1n a feele condition from general debility. VEGTINE was strongly recom "mehd'ed 't -r*e 'by' a friend-Who had been much benefited by its use. I p'oured the article.-and, after using several bottles, was restored to health, and discontinued its use. I feel quite coubdent that there.is no medi cine superior to it for those complaints, for which it is especially prepared, and would cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that they need-something to iestore them to perfect health. Respectfully yours, Firm of S. M. Pettengill & Co., - - 3 10 S#ate#t.fBoston. VEGETINE MAV OBAINED RTirEP-, SOUTH BERwICK, ME., Jan. 1 872. X..STEVEN;'SQsQ. -Dear Sir-I -have had 'dyspeisia i% its worst form for the last ten year-s, and have taken hundreds o f dollars' worth of medi cines wituqut o.btainin~g any relief. In Sep temberiast'I commeneed taking the VEGE TrINE, since which time my health has stead ily improved. My food digests well, and I have gained. fifteen,pounds of fish% Tliere are seversal othert inthis phicetkking VEGE TINE, and all have obtained relief. - eBwzs -r.l ''' . - -~ TI~MS'E.'MOORE, Overseer of Car-d-Rtoomn, -Portsmouth Co.'s Mils' .VE T INE E Prepared by; R~ . STI'VENS, fBoston, Ikss. YE6ET4NE IS SOL.D BY ALL. DRU6GISTS. -Feb. 6, 6-4t. NOW FR BARiANR For the Next Two Months we will Sell our Stocko '1IL OODS, HARDWARE, &C. Now is the Time to Buy. Jan. 2, 1-2n Are yQn thunking of going to Texas ? Do you want reliable information in regard to the-Lone Star State ? Sub scribe for the FORT WORTH DEM OCRAT. Brick Pomeroy, in his "Big Trip," says "it has the repu tation of being the most lively and industrious of all the papers in the State." Subscription price; 1 year, $2.00; six months, S1.00. Send 10 cents for sample copy with Texas supplement. Address, DEMOCRAT, Fort Worth, Texas. Jan. 30, 5-3m. COUGH, COLD, * Or Sore Throat, REQUIRES A@IMMEDIATE ATTENTIONI Acontiuanlce for any length of time, causes irritation of the Lungs, or somechronic Throat atetion. Neglect oftentizaes resnits in some incurable Lung disease. BROWN'S llRONs OHIAL TEOCHES have proved their efficacy,. by a test of many years, and will almost inva riably give immed.iate relief. .Obtain only. EROWN!~S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, and do not take any of the worthless imitations thati imay be offerrd Dec. 5.,49-tin. S~~cttA. DRIFTfNG. BY MRS. S. H. C. r.m drifting out on the .sea of Time, Towards the shores of the Yet to Be, And my darling's gone beyond the tide, And is wahing to welcome me.. That dear, brigbt smile' can cheer no more, That laughis hushed beneath the sod; His life gone upwards-calmly.now His body sleeps-h is soul with God. Tread lightly on that sacred spot, Nor breathe one word unhallowed there. 'Tis mine-that little grtssy mound 'Tis all I ha.v left for love's:ond care. At twilight's mystic hour metfiinks, - His gentle spirit wanders here, And stops beside his cottage door, To guard the ones to him so dear. I seem to-hear-his noiseless step,. His angel wings are futtering nigh; He whispers,weep not, loved one, We'll meet in the sweet "By and By." A little while, my dariing one, Beyond 'that tide of the unknown sea, You'll beckon me on to the happy shore, While I'm drifting, drifting on to thee. TUE VN-EYED SERINT' -0 Do you see those pretty Cot tages on opposite sides of the common ? . How bright tleir win doA- are,-and, how prettily thg vines trail over then, A .year ago, one of them was the diriest and no4t .forlorn-looking.: place you can imaginC, and its miftress was the m4st.-untidy woman. She wa.sonce sitting -ather cot tage door,, with her arms felded, as if:she .were in. deep thought., though, :tq -look at her face, one would-.Qot bave su.pposed she was doing more than idly watching the swallows as they floated about in the hot, clear air. Her gowp was torn and shabby, her shoes down at the heels; the, little.-ctur tain in her casement, which had once been fresh and white, bad a great rent in it, and altogether s.e. lookedp4-peand-forlore. She sat some time, gazing across the common, whben all on a sudden she heaid a h't tle noise, like stitch: ing, near the ground. She looked doi and sitting on the border, under *a wall-flower, she saw the funiest little man possible with a blue coat, a yellow waistcoat and red boots; he had got a small shoe on his lap, and he was stitching away at:it with all his might. "Good morning, Mistress ?" said tbe little man. "A very fine day. Why rnay you be looking so earn' estly across the common ?" ~-I w as looking at my neigh bor's cottage," said the young woman. -"What, Tom the gardener's wife ? Little Polly, she used to be called ; and a very pretty cot-tage it is too! 'Looks thriving, doesn't "She was always lucky," said Bella (for that was the young wif.'s nae) "and her husband is always good to her." "They were both good husbands at first," interru~pted th.e little cbb bier, without stopping his work. "Reach me my awl, Mistress, will you, for you seem to' have nothing to do ; it lies close by your "Well, I can't say but they were both very good husbands at first," replied Bella, reaching him the awl, with a sigh ; "but mine has changed for. the worse, and hers for the better ; and then look how she thrives. OQnly to think of our both being married~ on the same day; an'd now I've ~nothing and she haa two pigs, and a-" "And a lot of flax," in terrupted the cobbler, "'That she spun in the winter. And a Sunday gown, as good green stuff as ever was seen, and to my knowledge a handsome silk handkerecbief fo'r-an aprons; and a red waistcoat for her good man, with three rows of blue glass but tons, and a flitch of bacon in the chimney, and a rope of onions." "0, she's a lucky woman!" ex claimed Bella. "Ay, and a tea tray, with a 'Daniel in the lion's den' upon it," continued the cobbler; ".and a fat baby in the cradle." "O, I'm sure I don't envy her foi- that last," said.Bella,.pettisbly. "TI'e little enouegb f'or myea'nd my husband, letting alono chil dren." "Why, Mistress, isn't your bu? band in work ?" asked the cob bier. "No, he's at the ale-house. "Why.. how's that ? ie used to be very sober. Can't he get work ?" "His last master wouldn't keep him because he was so shabby." "Hlumph," said the little man, "he's a groom, is he not? Well, as I was saying, your neighbor opposite thrives, but no wonder! Well, I've nothing to do with .otber people's secrets, but I could tell you, only I'm busy and must go." . "Could tell me what ?" cried the young wife. "0, good cobbler, don't go, for. I've nothing to. do; pray tell me, .why i'4 so wonder she should thrive.". Well," said he, "it's no busi ness of mine, you know, but as I said before, it's no wonder,eople thrive who have a servant-a hard working one, too-who is always helpjig them." "A servant !" repeated Bella; "my neighbor has a servant! no wonder then everything looks so neat about her; but I never saw this servant. I think you must be .nistaken ; besides, how.could she afford to pay her wages ?". "She ha. a sex.vaAt, _aay," re peated the cobbler; A. one-eyed servant-but she pays hex no w.ges, to my certain knowledge.; Well, good morning, Mistress.: I must_go." "Do stop one minute," ctied Bella urgently, "where- did she get this servant ?" "0, I don't know," said the cobbler, "servants are plentiful enoagh, an Polly uses hers well, I can.tell you?'.'. "And what does she do for' her ?" "Do for her! Why, all sorts of things-A thin*-she's the cause oflher prosperity. To my know ledge% 'nev'e'rrefuscs to d o anything-k8eps 'Ionm's and Pol ly's clothbes in beautif'ul order, and thie baby 's." 1. "Dear nie !" said Bella, in an envious tone, and bolding ourtboth her bands, "Cwell, she is a lucky woman, and I always said so. She takes good care~ I shall never see bsr servant. W hat sort of a ser~ vant is sh.e ? And how came she to haife only one eye ?" "It runs in the family," replied the cobbler, stitching busily; "they are all so-one eye aiece ; yet they make a very good use of it, and Polly's servant has four cousins who are blind, stone blind ; no eye at 'all; and they come sometimes and help her, I've seen thom'in the cottage my self, and that's how Polly gets a good deal of her money. They work for hei', and sh'e takes whbat they maike to market, and buys all those handsome things." "Only tbink" s id3eolla almost ready to br iih vexation, "and I've not got a so6il to do anything for me; how hard it is !" And she took up her apron to wipe away her tears. The cobbler look attentively-at er. "Well, you areto be pitied cer.. tainly," he said; "and if I were. not in such.a hurry--" "0, do go on, pray. Were you going to say gou could help me? i've heard that ~your people are very fond of curds and w hey and fresh goose.berry syllabub. Now, if you would help me, trust me tha't there snould be the most beautiful curds and whey set every night for you on the hearth ; and nobody should ever' look when you went and -came." "Why, you see," said the cob ber, hesitatingly, "my. people are extremely particular about-in short, about-cieanlinesst Mistress; and your house is not what one would call very clean. No offense, Ii hope ?" Bella blushed deeply. "Well, but it should be always clean, if you would-every day of my life I would wash the floor and sand it, and the hearth should be white washed as white as snow, and the windows cleaned." "Well, said the cobbler, seeming to consider, "well then I should not wonder if I could meet with a one-eyed servant for you, like Yoni neighbor's; but it may be several days befuic I can; and mind, Mistress, I'm to have a dish of eurds." "Yes, and sonic whipped cream, too," replied Bella, full of joy. The cobbler then took up all his tools, wrapped then in his leaLher apron, walked behind the wall-flower, and disappeared. Bella was so delighted she could not sleel that night for joy. Her husband scarcely knew the house, she had made it so bright and clean, and by night she had washed the curtain, cleaned the win;do'w i-ubed the fli'e irons, sanded' fthe floor, and -got a great jug, of hawthorn in blossom on the hearth. The dxtm6rnhig"Bela keiit.a sbarp laokont, both f6r the tiny cobbler and: on her n-ighbor's house, to sed nihother she'could possibiy 'catch a glimpse of the oie-eyed servant. But 'o, Doth ing could she see but hde neigh bor, sitting in her rocking chair, with her baby on her knee, work iDg. At last, when she was quite tired out,- she heard the voice of the. cobbler outside. She -ran to the door.and cried out: "0, do, pray, come in,;sir; only look at my houzie "Really,"_said the cobbler, look ing arund. "1 declare. I should hardly have known. it-the .sun can shine brightly now through the clear glas; and wha a- sweet smell of hawthorn !" "Well, and my one-eyed ser Vat '7ac sked BcH.a- "you re mem1ber: I hope you understand that 1 -can't pay her any wages have you motvith one'that will come ?" 'X"AH's right," replied the little nian nodding, "I've got her witb "Got her with you " replied Bella, lookirig ro and ; I see no.. body." "ILook, here. she is;"' said the cobbler, holding up something in his hand. - Would you believe it? The one-eyed servant was nothing. but .a2iellIe. - FOR THE BERALD. BROADBRIM'S NEW YORK LETTER. No. 55. Wpnderful Cases of Domestie Tnsanity-To Marry a Rich Widow Adjudged an Evi denn~e of Xadness-Rockland County EoianceBrooklyn xperiences -The Rising Generation--Hot Times in the Churches. I recollect reading a story once, witten by a gentleman .named Shakspere, of an old~ fellow by the name of Lear, who lived somewhere down East.' M~r. "Lear, according to all accounts, was a highly re spectable man, largely engaged in politics and real -estate, and had secumulated considerable money, he having 'been in business for liim self several years. Mrs. Lear had died some time before the* opening of the story, from an attack of neasles or whooping-cough, or something of that sort, leaving three daughters. His youngest daughter fell. -in love with a fellow she met at a-picnic, but the old man couldn't see it in that light-he had another fellow all :cut and dried, and he wanted the girl to marry him. She swore shed be teeto tally chawed up if she would, and the old man said he'd be- if she shouldn't, and the final result was that he turned her out of the house ; the other two daughters, having a most disintrested eye on the old man's property, told him that he had just done what he ought to do, and that the next best thing to joining a spiritual circle was to di vide his property between them. This struck the old man as a bril liant idea, and he acted on it at once ; he gave them his boots and his clothes and his meerschaum pipe, and, in short, everything he had ; after he had given them all, then the ungrateful wretches want ed the rest, and when the old man r.euse the kicked him into the street. It was raining at the time, and he had neither India-rubbers, mackintosh, nor even a cotton um brella. Ha! ha ! think of -that. I merely cite this story to show your readers that I am posted in ancient history;. besides, we have a num ber of just such cases going on in New York to-day. It is dangerous now for an old man to own prop erty or money. - -Broadbrim feels secure however, fpr his.property I consists of one estate in the Isle of Skye, and another in joy eye; the titles being unsettled, mpyheirs are. not expected to.profittherby. At the present time four uits are pending in our courts where the children- o, rich people e :trying to,adjudge them. lunaticq and to have them sent to. a mad-house on the following grounds:. ,r. Lord, who married the widow qieks, se cured one. of the most beautiful women in America, with an annual income of thirty thousand dollars. All the old chaps about town look upon it as one of the cleverest and most creditable conquests that they ever heard of in their lives, and the Ancient Mariner's Club, an associa tion of oi mc t respectable iLi-V zens. who have-passed the age of sixty, have, resolved 'o vote him a gold .medal to commemorate the glorious event. A beautiful widow and thirty thousand dollars ! Whew! at the.risk of being condemned as a lunatic,. I don't. think, she would have had to ask me twice. Well, to -return to my muttons. Mr. Lord is 83; he creditably managed an estate for many years worth over a million of dollars. - His chil dren made it so uncomfortable for him that he sought a congenial companion. As I have said, he se cured the most beautiful woman in America, in every was his equal, if not his superior, and now pro ceedings are .being taken in our courts to- adjudge the old -gentle,:: man a lunatic.; his family is arrayed against him, sons. and- daughters; pursue him,- court officers and tip staffs watch the house in which he is- supposed ,to be concealed, as if he were a ,murderer or a thief, and all because he.. has disappointed .his heirs, and did what . Commodore' Vanderbilt did .at.almost. the. ame age, with. this difference, that. 3rs Lord is beautifa~l and rich, and Mrs. Vanderbilt was not. If they can catch the old man and find a jury vile enough to do it they wil-l put him in a mad-house. So- tell all the old fellows up your way to keep. out: of the way of the rich widows. Another case occurred, equally infamous, in the neighboring Coun ty of Rock;land. A gentleman there had been married forty years-his children all were men and women, most of theni married and with fami lies ;he was a man-who had occupied mnany positions of high public trust one whose honor.and infiegrity had never been questioned-but his health was too good,.he was livitig too long.- His .sons dragged him into.court, accused him of a most shameful offense, and asked the court to adjudge him a lunatic, that they . might have charge of and divide the estate. The father wished a continuance of the case, and 'the sons urged a peremptory trial and condemnation, and un moved by the old man's teai's-tears wrung from him by this cruel per s'ectiotir-they tried to force the issue, till driven with hisses from the court. In Brooklyn a case is pending between an old lady and her daugh ters. The old lady's. husband died some years ago, leaving a for tune of one hundred thousand dollars. She had two daughters who were miarried, and who desired an immediate division of the estate. It was a partnership business, and could not be divided atence with out involving serious loss. Both the daughters had abatidoned their husbands and had returned to the homestead to live off of the mother. Quarrels ensued ; and at last they. have dragged the old lady into court, and want her adjudged a lunatic-not that she has ever done anything, but she will not divide the -estate, of which she is ex ecutress, till it can be done without loss. Last week another case was tried of an old lady who was sued by the wife of her son. She wanted the old lady to be sent tothe lunatic asylum, and on the case being tried, one of the most important wit nesses, *fio, by the way, was a cousin of the* plaintiff, swore, as an evidence of the old woman's idiocy, that one day when she Went there to lunch that she&had nothing but codfish cakes and piekles, that there was no mince pie, and she could not swear positively if there was any molasses cake or not. We are nota reverential: people neither parents, nor government, nor God himself seem to have any re-rentiEclaimonthe rising gen ration. They treat nothing with Hhe respect which is its'due. Boys of ten, twelve or fifteen years of age will sit in a street car "or a ferry-boat chewing their tobacco while women stand with' children in their arms almost ready to faint. [ do not think, in an experience of years, that I can recall the fact of a boy ever offering his seat in any public conveyance to a person older than himself; for this their mothers are undoubtedly to blame, and it is this lack=of paternal-and national reverenre wbhichiso shock ing to foreigners visiting our shores. It is this characteristic' which is in strumental in affording Ius the shameful 7exhibitions -of the past week of four 'disting&ished families endeavoring to shat up' their pa rents in a mad house because they were unfortunate enough to have a There io a& row in the temperance 6a-p Dr Crosby, wh has 4dne some noble work in his;time,:lias taken his friends cnite-:by sirprise by preaching a sermon in which he delared that a little wite is good for the stomach's 'ake. 'Brother Mundey, who has been a regular Boanerges in' the ranka of the cold, water army, is about being,hurled frow,his exalted posifion, some of his opponents uikindly - hinting that Croton water was not the only fluid that moistened his clay. These divisions in the cold water camp have 'sadly iipaired the efficiency of the force which Brother Murphy calls thc army of the Lord. Inst'ead of thinking "of water, lhowever, we are' now~ *aetively refienting on fire, and I trust I may be perniitted to say it without being aceused of irreverence, it is fire all along the line, and getting rather hot. Bro ther Talmage gave us a roaster last week, none of your milk-and water sermons, but one of the good old fashioned discot'rses' wherein he called things by' their hard old Saxon -names. Hell was hell, fire was fire,; sulphur was sulphur, and Talmage was Talmage.' 'When I see so much of cruelty and wick edness and crime, so much of op pression and cheating and villainy, I could almost hope that Dr. Tal mage's version was the true one, though I don't care about taking up permanent lodgings there my. self- The peace news' has had a very depressing effect-. upon the grain mar-ket. and holders of heavy stocks are sure to go to the wall The steady decline of gold, which dropped to one and a'half, repre sents a shrinkage of values of hun dreds of millions of dollars- The wind that inflated our balloon in 1864 is gradually being let out, mortgages are being foreclosed, everybody is trying to sell real es tate, and nobody has money to buy, or, if they have, they feel abun dantly able to 'keep it. 'Never was seen such sacrifices in dry goods, and never was exhibited such a' self sacrificing desire on' the part of our females to wear them, and to wear as much as possible of them; not able to carry their dimity on their backs, they now parade the streets with both hands full, and carry a load that would stagger a porter when they would ahniost faint at the idea of carrying home a pair of stockings or' a hoop-skirt. This is something which no fellow can find out, be he never so much of a vic tim. The weather is more seasonable -blue noses and red ears are now in vogue-the heart of the small boy rejoices in the frosty air, and the skates which have been lying in rusty inactivity are one:e more called into requisition. I tried it only a short time after the first cold and sallied out upon the ice. I thought .1 would just 'cat a few pigeon wings, mark out the a4,ha bet in capitas, give them a sktch of the-American-eage and wind up with e pluribus unum. Mee strap. ping on my skais- I rose Majes tically to my feet, and just as I was about to start the ice-rode up and bit ie-n the back of thAhead in a manner that coniienedn e an earth quake had taken plae6.7Iliad seen the effect 6f earthquakes-in'outh America, and did' n6t -We abIout pursuing the subject any further. A phrenologist could have die. covered, a new bump-for abbut six weeks after. Talk abo#f.seing Venus at noonday, - am wilng to make affidavit that '-saw-at Iast ;one hundred and fifty sta a good deag bigger than Venus-in tact theyi- were the largest I ever>law in mylife. No great falamity' or crime has marred thequet of the week. Perhaps we are-gettingbet ter; at; least I hope so,.-MAttost that we may so behv&is rselves as to -make us kqxita sifdifferent whether Dr. TalIiage :of - Nixon Farrar is in the right. 'urtruly,._V ' Youra*l, ,d ' BROADBRTKM DEATH FiCOff NOINE5. A literary getremiamEcnee re marked in' aj40oW6%pedh,'hat it would '4e- air tiprovemetWu}on the*eman boy tif we tigidhut our -&ears a& easily as weca-hat our eyes. If a sightdisplease-us, we hav:e but. to-drb#;-,a!r- eyelids, sodv e ,rao' elieved: Btv"*bave no reme4y againt piosy peeches or tho itring of guis, or t Ie shriek of a whistle, except to reimoveour selves from the vieinity -of the sound. .The jocose remark received a pathetic illustration in the case of John Leech., - the - artist; whose - sketches made the London'Punch the delight of its -readers. His nerves' were in such a state'of ten sion that he became:the tortired 'victim of organ grinders and rail way whistles. He workedrin1the attic of hig house, but ev-en there the din of streetr'bands annoyed bima His 'sufferings from noises becanme so" pginfu[lthatone of the pr'opri'etors ofIthe .Punck took him into the.. country to stay la week or- more; Leech- tpromised ;bimn self :much -pleasure in: .ei%g :far away from.the noise' of the organ grinders, railway whistIlwand the firing of guns. Birt the morning after his arri val the host was surprised to find the ai tist ready to depart. "I 'can not stay any longe' here," he said. '-The- noise drives-me frantic." :"What noise ?" "The ':gardener awhetting -his scythe. It goes through my ears .' like a 'cork-screw." Leech died not long after. He may be said, according to the.state of a friend, "to have died of the hideous ,noises, the horrible brass bands, and barrel organs of Lon don, which jarred upon his-shat tored nerves," There's plenty of ivory yet on our.round ball. Africa is the land of ivory "temples," or idol inclo suros, where the cOmmonest uten sils for domestic use are made of ivory. The people do not seem to. -omprehend' why people should take the trouble to -pay for it when it is so plentiful in each village. Annually, for the last decade, there has been paid to the British government by the Bank. of Eng land. a .sum slightly in exoess of $17,500,000, representing the un claimed dividends .on sonsole. In other words, $580,000,000 of the English national debt will never have to be redsemed. *Forty-seven members of the for ty-seventh Congress are natives of Pennsylvania. Of this number, Messrs. Blaine, Wallace, Cameron, Mitchell, McMillan and Pa,tterson are senators. New York has for ty-nine representatives in Con gress. Refinea sugars are cheaper now than ever before in thbis country. However little we have to do, let.us do that little well.