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T IE GOLD OF HOPE.
Bright shines 'be sun, but briRhter after rain;
The clouds that darken make the sky
more clear;
So rest is sweeter when it follows pain,
Aud the sad parting makes our friends
more dear.
'Tis well it should be thus; Our Fstbor
knows
The things that work together for our
good;
We draw a sweetness from our bitter woes- |
We would not have all sunshine if we
could,
The davs, with all their beauty and their
light,
Come from the dark, and into dark re
turn;
Day speaks of earth, but heaven shines
through the night,
Where in the blue a thousand star-fires
barn.
So runs the law, the law of recompense,
That binds our life on earth and heaven
in one; 1
Faith cannot live when all is sight and sense,
But Faith cdn live and sing when these
are gone.
We grieve and murmur for we can but see
The single taread that flies in silence by;
When if we only saw the things to be, C
Our lips would breathe a song, not sigh.
Wait, then, my soul, and edge the darkening
cloud 4
With the bright gold that hope can always
lend;
And if to-day thou art with sorrow bowed,
Wait till to-morrow, and thy grief shall
end.
And when we reach the limit of our days, C
Beyond the reach of shadows and of night, 1
Then shall our every look and voice be
praise
To Him who shines, our everlasting light. I
ORIGIN AND TREATMENT OF
DIPHTHERIA.
in view of the continued preva
lence of this fatal malady, and of
the fact that many of our readers
in neighborhoods where it prevails
are not within easy reach of a
physician, we. extract from the
New Yo ik Commercial Advertiser
a somewhat extended but yet con
densed and clear description of
the disease and its proper treat.
ment. It is altogether the most
satisfactory thing we have seen
upon the subject. It would do
no harm to hand it to the family
physician who may not be familiar
with the disease :
The word diphtheria, or diph
theritis, etymnologically means no
thing more than inflammation of a
membrane, and was invented by
LBretonnieau to express that gen
eral class of disease. The pro
gress of medical science like all
others, is towards absolute accu-'
racy of definition; 'Diphtheria'
has accordingly, within the last
few years, been set apart as a
sign of a specific membrape dis
ease.
Tb;s disease, though in manty
re~.spects resembling croup, anid, in
certain others, quinsy, is dis
tinguishable trom both by certain
.well- marked c-haracteristics. Like
croup, it is accompanied by the
formation of a false membrane in
the windpipe, which, if left to it
self accumulates till the air passage
is closed, and death ensues. But
the false membrane, stimulated to
excess by high febrile condition.
of the tissue ; whbile, on the other
band, diphtneria is scarcely ever
febrile in its pathology, and its
pseudo-membrane is the result of
a sloughing off rather than an ex
udation of the mucous coating
Cronp belongs to the inflammato
ry type of diseases; diphtheria,
save in exceptional cases, does not.
In diphtheria, the breath is
characterized by a peculiar, and
some times almost intolerable fetor.
The lymphatie discharges o ru
are seldom acrid. The discharges
from the nose and mouth of a
diphtheretic patient ichorous and
excoriating to the highest degree.
Croup is not particularly pros
trating to the general strength of
the person attacked by it. Diph
theria is invariably accompanied
7 by extreme debility, and a loss of
muscular as well as nervous tone,
which often continues for months
.after the immediately dangerous
symptoms have been overcome.
'Finaliy, diphtheria is contagious;
croup is not.
It' will be seen from the details
that dipbhberia and quinsy have
)lance than diphthberia and croup. lk
:n certain cases this resemblance cot
R greatly increased by a com- I
)lication of the pseudo-nembran- tb
,ous symptom of diphtheria with the
nalignant inflammation of the bra
,onsils. Still, the pseudo-mein ph<
>raneous symptom = of course al wit
vays sufficient to cuittinguish it as
rom quinsy. he
It. is riot probable that diphtbo- oms
ia is a new disease. Tne izieu- mu
ifie accuracy of medical cerms I
ias made such rapid progress du cot
iing the last half century, thit we
be practice frnquently find the fro
1-ta of diseases, as reported thir the
y years ago, unavailable throegh am
ra:gueoess for the purposes of an evi
ndicative experiencs. Neverthe yo
ess, from all that can be ascertain- fre
d on the subject, the identity of ria
liphtheria with the 'putrid sore ket
broat=' which made such fearful ov,
avages in Albany and other a.
laces a quarter of a century ago, lax
eems very probable. That mal- car
6dy was characterized by marked wb
yphoid symptoms; and this indi- evt
ation. has its counterpart in the cac
xtreme prostration of diphtheria. it
f we recollect rightly, not a single ble
ase of the old putrid sore throat val
vhich received the then univer- Ion
a[ depleting treatment of calomel ula
od blood-letting, ever recovered I
rom the disease. At the present me
lay nobody in his senses would in
bink of'letting blocd or giving fial
xbaustive medicines for diphthe. wb
-ia. pet
The treatment of the disease roc
roposes to itself two ends: I po
1st. To evoke and sustain all to
be natural and vital forces of the car
atient, as
2d. To rid the air passages of tb.e sc
alse membrane.
For the attainment of the first reI
ind, nutritious, digestible food, hei
>eing, the most natural, is, of roc
onrse, also the best means. cot
;trong beef-tea combines all the thi
nost desirable elements for such o'
)urpose. It should be given from pr
he earliest stages of the disease i ho
tnd - when, as sometimes happens, fr
,he fauces become closed by the cot
liseaso, or the parts become too for
)inful to admit of swallowing, it m
s still to be given in the form of viC
ina injections. Brandy, in judi- bei
:ious bands, is another stimulus in
)f the highest. value in diphtheria. ke;
[ron, in various forms, has been
idministered with great success. m
Perhaps its ncst efficient form, as
etermined by late experience, is en
he sesquioxide. its effect seems an
o be two?old-sustaining the gen. Cui
iraI strength of the patient, and ly
wsistiug the tendency of the mu- pe:
~ons membrane to throw off and tiC
~ject the diphtheritic slough.
For the at,tainment of the sec or:
>nd end, innumerable methods aft
ave been~ proposed, and some of co
hem have been very successful. pIt
)casionally the use of the ses- tic
juioide above mentioned has been on
Eecessful, in Co-operation witb an
Lhe forces of nature, to produce- tiC
the ejection of the membrane as a
E'ast as it accumulated-, and before th
t was indurated sufficiently to W~
xclde all air from .tbe lungs. ria
Sometimes it b.as been found pos. fa<
ible to detach and pull out the
membrane by means of a hook- fo:
sd or forcep shaped instr-ument, da
though this operation has been pe
known to result in dangerous su
hemorrhage. But by far the most sti
successful treatment for relieving re
the diphtheritic patient of the th
false membrane, is that recently tel
discovered by'Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, th
of this city. His method is one sti
of those admirable attainments of to
the highest class of inventive at
genius, which, from their extreme fel
simplicity and obviousness, awa. de
ken in every mind the remark, fo:
'Why, I might have thought of cb
that myself!' Yet nobody ever sk
does think of it till the inventive in
genius happens to show him the rn
way. u
The method of Dr. Sayre was If
the result of the following obser. all
vation. He notied that if the of
discharged dip.hberia was ex- re
petorated upon any dry or warm fr
substance-sneb as the side of a 0
stove, for instance-it became a iI
tough pellicle, like a shred of gold.
beater's skin. But if the expecto- as
ration fell iLto a vessel containing s
ordinary thin lymph or mu
s. <
t now occurred to Dr. Sayre i
,t if, from the first stages of
formation of the false mnem- I
ne, a bot and bumid atnos- <
)re could be kept in contact r
h it, it would remain as soluble
n the last-mentioned case, and e
easily ejected through the
e and mouth, like common
coils.
everal means of procuring this
tact suggest thbmselves. The
1-known plan of inhalation
rt tbe spout of a tea-kettle, 'and
ordinary v.por-batb, are'
ong these. But the former is
deutly impracticable with those
ing cbildren who are tbe most
guent suffsrers from diphthe-j
They cannot be made to
,p their mouths in the-posituon 1
ir the narrow steam surface of 1
fettle. The vapor bath is re
ing to the generai system, and
not be thought of in a case
ich, like diphtberia, requires
ry tonic and stimulant that
be made available. Moreover,
would be m4pifestly impossi
to continuo the patient in a
or bath through a period as
g as the membrane is accum
ting.
)r. Sayre finally adopted this,
thod : Having put the patient
a tightly-shut room, he bad a
-iron heated to as near the 1
ite Ihept as possible. He sus
ided it over-a pail in the sick. 1
m, and kept the attendants;
iring water on it till it ceased
evaporate every drop that
ne in contact with it. As soon
the iron was cooled down to
b a degree that any surplus of
for remained unevaporized, he
laced it with one freshly
ted. He thus kept the
m as full of steam as was
isistent with comfortable brea
ng, and at a temperature
80 degrees Fahrenheit. This
>cess was continued for several
irs, during which not only the
shly-sloughed membrane was
)stantly being expelled in liquid
m through the nose and
utb, but the membrane pre
usly indurated in the trachea
ame soluble, and was ejected
like manner. Meanwhile, he
t up the strength of the pa
nt by the above referred to
ans ofbeef-tea andt brgndy.
he result of this treatment was
,ire expulsion of the slough:
I, eventually, the complete
*e of a case which bad previous
been abandoned as too des
ate for even the dernier opera.
n of trachiotomy.
[Jndoubtedl.y the means of evap
bti for this purpose will here
er e simplified by the dis
ery of the method. He has
,ns at present under considera
n by whbich the process may go
independently of the laborious
sometimes unreliiable co-Opera
n of atiendan ts. Still, it is now
fixed fact that we have made
Sgreat and conclusive step to
,rds a certain cure of diphthe
.Also, that we owe that fixed
:t to Dr. Sayre.
The utmost eare of the patient
-weeks after the immediately
gerous symptoms bave disap
ared is necessary to prevent a
eidence into the diphtherin
ste. Even where there is no
turn of the sloughing tendency,
general prostration of the sys
is usually so extreme, that
B most nourishing tonics and
mulant treatment are called for
ward off naturally supervening
sack of typhoid, or low, nervous
rer, rapid decline, or chronic
bility. There is, perhaps, no
-m of disease known to the
ildren's practitioner in which
ilful hygiene and home treat
nt is more imperatively de
nded to follow up and perpet
.e the results at medicai effort.
posibe, the greatest care~ must
so be taken during the period
fetid discharges to separate the
maining children of a family
;m the diseased one ; for, as we
ve above observed, ibis stage of
e disease is quite infectious.
We notice that diphtheria is
ain beginning to mauifest itself
an epidemic in some of the rn
A disnntrt nf' New York p ad tho
ieighboring States. The means
f care indicated may be of still
nore use in a' city like ours,
vhere life is closely packed-in
ection and death so easy. But
f these latter evils there is no
eed. Cure is now measurably
implif6ed - prevention simpler
till.
A STRANGE MARRIAGE
SCENE,
I Will Not" instead of "I Will" in an E
glieh Church.
From the Liverpool Courier, June 23.
A certain dean of Chester was'
ailed upon to perform the wed.
ling cei enuuial of'a poir uf bappy
overs. The position of both par
ies was of the highest rank, and
be guests who were bidden to
be church were of the most fash
onable and exalted. The day ar
ived, and with it the hour. The
difice was packed, and all was in
eadiness. The dean, expectant,
Lwaited the coming of the bride,
and the groom, with his best man,
was in the vestry. The hour pass
d, and still the bride did not
irrive. After a long dolay she
Irove up to the church door, and
vith her bridesmaids swept up
be large middle aisle tow ards the
ltar. In the meantime the groom
dvanced to meet her, and receiv
ng her half way, escorted her to
he dean. After the opening words
t exhortation the dean turned to
he Man and asked him the usual
luostion-whether be would have
he woman for his wedded wife,
zc., to wbich he answered,'I will.'
Cbe question being in turned ask
id of the woman, to the astonish
nent and amazement of all she
listiuctly said, looking the groom
n the face, 'I will not!' The
iext instant she said, in a low
roice, 'Mr. Dean, no one can more
-egret the words I have just ut
;ered than myself, and if you will
dismiss the congregation and take
ne into your vestry-room I will
pologize, and at the same time
'ully and satisfactorily explain
vhat may saem to be my strange
,onduct.'
The dean, seeing that she was
n earnest, in a few words dis
nissed the bewildered congrega
,ion and directed the bridegroom.
.. await him. The co-,regation
aving departed. and the lady and
lean being together, she said :'1
annot tell you bow badily I feel.
[ had loved my tiance truly and
evotedly, anid had looked for
yard to a life of perfect happiness
tnd joy. This morning, as you
snow, I was late at my marriage
eremony, but it was not through
ny fault of mine. I arrived as
soon sa I could. instead of re
:eiving looks of love and words of
tall happiness from my future
Lusband, he paralyzed my beating
beart by saying, when he met me
balf- way up the aisle, 'Curse you!i
if you expect to begin life this
way, by keeping me waiting for
ou, you will find out after you
are my wife i.' My decision was in
tantly made. I have been told
that, sooner than suffer un
appiness through my own ac
tions, it were better to renounce
even at the altar a -union that
would bring misery and grief
thereafter. Had I turned back he
wouj4 have followed me; there
would have been a scene, and he
miight have persuaded me to re.
turn and marry him. It also
might have looked like temper
and I had fully time during your
few words af prayer to make-up
my mind. I know that I have
disappointed friends, my family,
bt no one more than myself. Do
not ask me to reconsider his late
action. Inform my would-have'
been husband of my determina
tion and let me go.' Tbe dean,
seeing she was resolved, could
not but approve, a d gently led
her through the church back to
her anxious parentLs-not as a
smiling wife, but as a woman
whose present is shattered and
whose future is blighted.
It is ruinous misjudgment, too
contemptible to be acted upon.
that the end of poetry is publica
tion.
Poverty pinches, but not half
FOR THS HERALD.
LETTER FROM COLORADO.
Special Correspondence.
PUEBLO, COL., Oct. 5. 1882.
They say out bere that 'a man
can make lots of money in the
sheep business, but be's just got
to have sand.' This is undoubted.
ly a correct statement of the case.
The business is profitable a hen
managed with care,. judgment and
industry, but it en!ails a life of
solitude to a great extent and one
full of vicissitudes. A man should
have a proper appreciation of
these thingM and an understand
ing of the business before going
into it. They tell of a 'bigh
toned' Englishman who came here
a few years ago with $50,000 and
went away owing $2Q,QQ. le
was always blasting this bloody
country, you know, and lived
high. In the la'gaage of an
old-timer 'blamed if he cared what
ie paid for anything. Offer him
a horse worth 840 and charge him
$150 and he'd give you a check.
He didn't care what he paid for
his sheep. Had 2,500 of them, and
you used to see thirty or forty in
glishmen loafing on him. You
bet he didn't have the trouble
of selling them sheep. Sberiff did
it for him.' Of course such a man
co'nld not succeed in raising
sheep. But as an off set to this,
and to illustrate the real character
of the business, here is another
Instance given me by an old her.
der. Said be: I wanted a mac
to herd ebeep, and I met one
coming out of Pueblo who saic
be would like to work for me.
Look here, said 1, '1 won't pay
yQ any wages, but I'll give you
250 lambs which you must herc
as part of the flock.' He agreec
to tbat and worked for me three
years and a half, until he had tc
go away and be married, and ther
I bought him out. The wool had
paid all expenses and be hat
$2,250 coming to bim in cash.'
It is needless to say that ther(
is no royal road to success anc
wealth in the sheep business, of
any other calling,'in Colorado
any more than there is in every
part of the world. Tnere is nc
hope for it without economy anc
industry and strict personal atten
tion, and even with all these the
fates sometimes decree failure
But as a rule a man who knowi
what he is about may invest fron
$5,000 to $25,000 in sheep an<
realize a return of twenty-five pei
cent per annuum. Comparing thiu
with the profits, of cattle raising
it will be found that the lattei
promise larger, though more tar
dy, returns, but the advantage
on the side of sheep are smgllel
requirements in the way of capita
and the ready returns of casi
from the yearly crop of wool
Some old timers assert that thei
can run a flock of 5,000 sheep
year in' and year out, at an ave
rage cost of fifty cents per head
For such as thiey-a'nd there are
many of them--the above estimat<
of profit would need to be ma
terially cbanged. Your old-time:
has lived twenty years, perhaps
in this part of the country. H<
is deeply attached to the soil an<
knows no other home. He has
spent years in the mountains prou
pecting and while he may like asof
bed and a tight roof, and a goo<
dinner as well as his neighbor
there have been epochs in his ifi
when any one of them would be
no nearer his reach than the joy
of a Mahommedan paradise, ani
'he counteth none of these thing
dear' when his mind is set on thi
accomplishment of any object
When this man takes up the basi
ness of sheep-raising he is in dea'
earnest. He knows nothine
thinks of nothing, but sheep ; live
among them, studies and master
every detail of their managemnent
and in,stitateM a rigid economy
He will have good sheep. goot
corrals, and probably good shedi
but be will care little for the coir
forts of his cabin. One of tb
most successful sheep men in thi
region began by living in a cay
near Colorado Springs. To lone
liness the old-timer has long ag
become a stranger.
The ideal shepherd may be er
countered here in every COneer
able variety, fall of entertain}n
and veracious narratives of bis
adventures and experiences. Suc
cessful old-timers enjoyin:g the
results of past labors and clad in
the sober garb of civilization, lay
down the law over their social
cigars; while youthful beginners,
with doubtful prospects, sport
hats with an enormous breadth
of brim, and seem to delight in
garments of dubious cut and tex
ture and extrgne antiquity, One
of two gentlemen from the East
visiting Colorado Springs and
calling on a iady of his acquain
tance there, apologized for the
absence of his companion whose
clothes suitable for the occasion
had been delayed by the ezp;.ess.
'Only bear that 1' she exclaimed,
delighted at this unusual respect
for civilized habits. 'Why, I have
been meeting the sons of dukes
and earls with their pantaloons
tucked in the boots.' But it may
be safely assumed that these
dukes and earls would not pre
sume to thus appear in their Own
country, and there is an unne
cessary display of barbarism in
doing it here, especially in Colo
rado Springs,- which is about as
civilized as any other county
town. There are some features
of the curious irruption into Col
orado of scions of the nobility and
aristocracy which are interest
ing and extremely amusing; but,
without attempting a homily on
the subject, it may be remarked
that sheep have no regard for
noble birth, and that Piccadilly
seems to furnish an inadequate
preparation for a successful ranch
man.
Life on the ranch is monotony
isself. After breakfast at day
light the bleating cock is started
over the range and the herder
with his dog and a canteen over
his shoulder follows after them.
All day long they feed. on the
short grass, going once to water,
and then towards evening they
are brought back to the corrals
where theg are confined at night,
Pay after day, week after week,
and month after month, this is
the regular round. When cold
weather comes, that dreaded ene
my of sheep raising-the - snow
storm-is likely to be encountered
any day. It comes with but little
warning, and the heavy flakes fall
thick and fast. The sheep hurried
ly huddle together and no earth
ly power can make them move.
The herder may have had time
to get them into a gulch or under
a bank, but failing in this there is
nothing to be done except to stay
with them, sometimes a day and
a night, and trust to getting them
home when the storm is over, it
is with the snow storm indeed,
that the dark side of the Colorado
sTepherds' lire is associated, and
the great tempest of 1878 left a
sorrowful record behind. The
snow was eleven f9et deep in the
corrals, and sheep .were dug out
alive after being buried two and
even three weeks. Their vitali
ty seems to be great and many
perish not from the pressure of
the snow but from suffocation
caused by others falling or crowd
ing upon them. It is asserted
that they will sometimes while
still buried work their way down
to the grass and feed thereon. But
~sheds, which are an innovation,
are now becoming plenty, and
besides the shepherd known that
Sby the doctrine of chances he need
not count on such a storm often
er than once in ten years.
SPOT.
We can no more have back old
times by gathering the same peo
Spie in the same place than we
could have back a dead friend by
Sseating his skeleton in his accus
tomed place.
Words of praise, indeed, are al
jmost as necessary to warn a child
into genial life as acts of kindness
and affection. Judicious praise is to
Schildren what the sun is to flow
Sers.
Recreation is not being idle,
obut easing the weakened part by
change of business.
rTbe man who never excites envy
gnever excites admiration.
TSE PENSION ROLLS. 2
Nearly $570,000,000 PaiA Sine 1861 to
472,776 Penmies. Thi
g
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-The an
neal report of W. W. Dudley, Com
missioner of Pensions, shows that at P0
the close of the fiscal year ended Jtne oth
30, 1882,285,695 pensioners had been Po
classifed, as follows; Army invalids, wa
178,138; army widows, wuinor chil- bei
dreu, and dependent relatives, 76,448 ma
navy invalids, 2.361; navy widows. da;
minor children, and dependent rela- wh
tives, 1.953 ; survivors of the war of Te
1812, 7,134, and.widowe of those who P0
served in. that war, 24,861. The Te
names of 27,664 uew peusiouers were 3
added to the rolls during the year, c'P
and the names of 649 whose pensions inj
had previously been dropped were m
restored, making-an aggregate in- P'
crease to h_-roff 28,313. The de
names of J11446>-peusioners were tig
dropped afr the rolls for various ne
causes, ling s'et_ierease for the
year of 14,867 pensioners. At the .
close of the year the pension paid to i
each pensioner averaged $102.70, and he
the aggregate. annual value of the
roll was $29,341,10i.62. in
The report says: 'The annual pay- ka
ment of pensions exceeds the annual
value by several millions of dollars- u
that is to say, the total amount paid th
for pensions during the year, exclu- p
sive of the arrears due in such pen.. c
sions as were allowed prior to Jan. 25, i
1879, was $53,924,566.20, the diffe- et]
rence between this sum and the an
nual value being the arrears due in of
new pensions computed from the date
of discharge in the case of an invalid se
soldier, and from the death of the s
soldier where pension was allowed to ha
the widowor others.' th
The amount paid during the year
upon first payments to new pensioners h
was $26,421,669. This amount was
paid to 27,703 pensioners. The num
ber of pension claims filed and allow
ed since 1861 was 837,861, and the
total number allowed 472,776. The
aggregate disbursements were $560,.- I
641,324.75. Included in this amount
is the sum of $25,234,232.85 paid to
pensioners for and on account of ser
vice rendered during the war of 1812. AT
There are 290,966 claims for pensions
now pending, and 75,268 on the re
jected files of the office. There were
a,
75,067 claims filed during the last
fiscal year.
Gen. Hood's Orphans. an
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How the Chndren of the GaUant Texan are bi
being Carea for.
A Texas paper gives the following
information as to the children of the
late Gen. Hood;: The eldest, twinU
girls of 12 years of age, are being ed
ucated by John A. Morris .in Han
over, Germany. John Bell, the oldest ~
boy, 10 years old, has been adopted '
by Mr. and Mrs. Russell, of Missis- PE
sippi. Duncan Norbert, aged 9 years, '
is now at school near Saratoga, N. Y., re
where his expenses are defrayed by ~
Miss Furniss, a wealthy smaiden lady
of New York, with whom he spends al
his vacations at her summer home in3
Lenox, Massaohusetts. Lilian and *
Marian, twin girls of 8 years are the "
adopted children of Mr.. and Mrs *
Thatcher Adams, of New York City, *~
anid Odile and Ida, aged 6 years, also
twins, have been taken by Mr. and o
Mrs. McGee, of Woodville, Miss.
Oswald, a boy of nearly 5 years, has
been adopted by Mr. and Mrs.
Harney, of New York, who last T
summer took the child to viit
all of its father's relatives in Ken- f
rucky, and who are devotedly at
tached to their young charge. Anna
Geitrude, the youngest, after having
been taken by Mrs. Josepha, of
Georgia, died two years since from
teething, aged 1 year. All those i
who have adopted these children are i
themselves childless, save only Mr.
and Mrs. Morris, and thus the little
boys and girls have the undivided ai
love and devotion of their new parents.
They are each and every one fine t
children, handsome, intelligent and
full of character, and there is reason
to hope that they will do honor to
their blcod and make fine men and ac
women. d<
- * .re
The world is apt to coo in your ear
like a dove when you are rich, but if
you happen to be poor itkiks like a
imule.
There is a gift that is almost a te
blow, there is a kind word that is
inuuifience ; so much is there in the
way wa.40 things i
Il
MATRIMONIAL ASSOCIA.
TIONS.
PUob0EW Depert ient about to Iav !.t
ate them to See f they areFraudtlint.
WASHINOON. October 13,-Re
-ts have been received at the poet
ce department from the chief
ital clerk on the Chattanooga Rail
y, to the effect that the mails are
ng overcrowded with circulars
iled by various matrimonial, birth- "
r and mutual benefit associations, -r
ich are located in the State of
anessee. The postal clerk also re
its that the attorney-general for
onessee has instructed the grand'
ies of the State to indict the prin
als of these organizations for carry
on a fraudulent business The
tter has been referred to Chief r
icial Agent Parker of the poetoffice
artment, who will make an inves
ation as.to the legality of the busi
'oo TEoo, Too Too.-Man that
married to woman is of many days
I full of trouble. In the morning
draws bis salary, and in the even- ;*
behold it is all gone. It is a tale
it is told, it vanisheth, and no oce
oweth whither it goeth. He riseth
clothed in the chilly garments of
night and seeketh the somnolent
regoric wherewith to heal the col
:y bowels of his offspring. He
itateth the horse or ox, and draw- -
i the chariot of his posterity. He
andeth his shekels in the purchase
fioe linen and purple, to cover the
som of his family, yet he himself is
mn at the gates of the city with ona -
spender. He -'ometh forth as ? ~
wer, and is cut down. There is
pe of a tree when it is cut down
at the tender roots thereof will
rout again, but man goeth to his
me, and what is he then ? Yea, he ..r
altogether wretched.
LiKz ME. BEcHE-'I often
es the street to avoid meeting a
In,' says Mr. Beecher, 'not because
have anything against him, but,
nply because I do not feel like
eaking to him. I suppose all-men
D this way.' Yes, nearly all men
e that way, Mr. Beecher, and we
R glad you mentioned this subjeet,
rit gives us a chance to agree with
great man. We sometimes cross a
est and climb a fence to avoid
seting a man, not because we have
ything against him, but because he
s something against us-a little
il, Mr. Beecher.
( Arkamsas Traveler.
THE WEIGH'r or OUR ConmS.
sited States gold dollars (258
ains) about 271k weigh one pound
oirdupois. Of silver ccias, the
w silver dollar ('Bussards')-4121
ains-17 weigh almost exactly one
und. The 'halves,' 'quarters' and
Lines' are proportionately lighter and
gjuire 18 141-2 of them to make a -
und avoirdupois. Of 'nickels,' the
cent pieces weigh 77.16 grains, or
ot 90 to the pound. The 'nicke?
-cent pieces weigh 30 grains, or 238
the pound. The small copper
nts weigh 48 grains, ornbout446
the pound, or about 9 to tbl
.nce.
'I do,' said a young man at a Col
ado wedding, when the minister
ked if anybody knew any reason
Ey the couple should not be united.
ie objector explained that the brida
4 promised to marry him ; but that
is not considered a sufficient reason
r stopping the ceremony, which was
ucluded amid the tittering of the
semiblage.
The excuse that an Iowa young
an makes for having engaged to
arry two young girls is that, know
g the fickleness or the sex, he
pposed that one of the other would
t him, and he wanted to be sure of
wife. But neither proved untrue,
d, on his choosing between them,
e rejected one brings asuit for dai:-,.
Instantaneous photography hes
hieved anothet triumph. The Lon
in Times says that Dr. Caudese has
cently proved the practicability of
sotographing landscapes from the
indo#of a train moving ataa tlof
reu fifty miles anbhour. Wonde.
lly distinct views have been ob
The only really bitter team are
maae which are shed in sltd~