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SAG M, Superintendent. A. POPE, Gen. Pas. & Ticket Agent. POTTSVILLE, PA., April II.--? mnlig hant form of scarlet fever has broken out nt Crcflsona within a few days, ono family losing its children, consisting of four hoys and two of pnoihcr family who were in good health yesterday died this morning. The citizens called n meeting nnd to-duy all thc schools wcro closed. Tho liberal uso of disinfectants has boon orderer, nod great uneasiness is felt. Thc physicians seem unable to copo with tho disease, fiineo it terminiitcs fatally within tweniy four hours of tho nppcarunco of thc first Cyoopton. DENVER, April ll -George M. Chilcott, of Pueblo, was to-day appointed United States Senator to succeed Teller. WASHINGTON, PENN , April ll-Tim ?iving's bank cashier's account falls short $30,000 to $00,000. Grain speculation is given as tho couse. D. Wyatt Aiken ou 'Tree Trade." FouT MADISON, April 12, 1882. Mr. Aiken docs not wish to bo consid ered a "Free Trader." Ile is ouly desirous of putting himself on record us being op posed to protection, a distinction without u difference, und a careful roading of bis speech discloses tho fact that Ito is quite willing to put tito Arocricau laborer un n lovel with tho poorer paid laborers of lor I cign lands. ile bus mude u discovery tint j interest tho rioo growers of Souih Caro lina. No ono supposed that tho American rice growers wore getting rich, but ho says they uro. Ho stiys they make 51.07 too much on each ob?1 hundred pounds of rico they produce, und is in favor of reducing tho ts rt ff on imported rice that luuoh to bring them on n level with foreign com petitors; and who aro these foreigu rice growers with whom tho South Carolina rico planter is forocd to o un pete in tho Amciictiu market? Tho inhabitants of india, China, Hay pt, heathens all, content lo labor lor three cents per day, who never tarlo moat from ono years end to another, whoso climate permits them to live in thc rudest of shelters and whoso civilization demnnds atsolutcly no clothing nt all; they rear no churches, support uo schools, know nothing of tho wants und needs of modem civilis ilion and whose labor on our o*.n soil hus become such a powerful competitor that we have found it absolutely neoessnry to prevent tlieut from comi?.*? among us for tho next twenty years A duty of two und u half cents per pound, nus for yours been im - posed upon thc rice that thia cheap labor produces iu. order to give our own noe planter^ an opportunity to live. There is a w'.?e difference in the cost of a pound of rico, ii thfto is u difference in thc cost of labor from fi.e to seventy live cents per d iy. Mr. Aiken docs not for a moment take into consideration the people with whom our I lice planters are contending. If there was no oiffetencc in climate, in labor, in cost of production or transportation there would bc un need of u diffotCUtiul duty; to equal ize this difference, the government for years hus imposed a duty nt two and a half cents per pound und surely with this difference it) their favor they have not grown rioh und prosperous tis Mr. Aiken claims that every other protected interest has dono. Hice product iuu has uni increased in such gt cut proportions as it would have done if it had been seen that there was fortunes iu rice I planting, and yet this son of South Carolina sttuts up in Congress and saya that ho has discovered that the American ! rice planter OMI produce rice more than a '? cont per pound cheaper than he uow does j and uslts that that much be laVcn off (he duty in order to place thom on a level with I their heathen competitors in other l inds Well, the rice planter mi? y have a different opinion ahmit that, und if Mr. Aiken duct not think HO let him pince himself some* ! where within roach of their votes ! Let us bting this case a little closer hume. Lit us draw a parallel case that must ld ns can appreciate. Let us suppose thul we do not produce all tuc cotton that wc I uso und the cotton wo consumo is produced in China, India, or Hgypt, that it is of in ferior quality, produced t y cheaper labor and can be landed un our slimes cheaper (han we con produoe il at homo, The home product cost ten cents per pound; the for ei>in coBt devon. Congress comes to our re lief nod equalizes thc difference bj impos ing a duty on thc foreign arl icio of three cents per pound. With this difference we live moderately well, iu rude but comforta ble houses, willi most of lim necessities und some of thc comforts of life. Wc build some churches, support some schools i and give our children a moderate education and have some slight prospcols for tho fu- i lure, when suddenly this man, whom our votes have honored, whom wc have select- j cd to look after, deli nd and support our interests ut the national capital, ris?? ill his pince in Congress and says that he hus dis covered i hat his constituents hy ealing two meals a day, Blooping in thc shuck pen, go ?og barefooted through the week and wear ing paper collars on Sunday, that they can produce cotton one >. ti cl n half cents per j.ound cheaper than they now do and asks that one half of the duty bc taken off so (hat wc will be compelled (o sell our cotton at eight and a half cents per pound. The most of us could appriciato a case like that, and this is precisely what Mr. Aiken pro poses to do for thc rice plunters. It is what he might proposo to do for tho cotton planter if a similar casu existed, and broth* ron, docs it not como willi bad grano from the people of ono end of tho State to send a mau to Congress thut deliberately proposes legislation that would ruin thc other end of thc State? Lot us think about it und re port nt tho next meeting-or election. I believe that a protective tariff lins made tho American nation great, rich and power ful; thut without ?two would today stund in about tho relation to Huropo that South Caroliuu docs to tho North and West; that wo would have been n purely agricultural people; that wo would havo had no great manufacturing establishments, no diversified industries, no ?reut oities, no groat weall li -all these would hnvo been beyond tho son. Tho South would havo produced thc cotton, tho West thc bacon, wheat and corn that would have supplied theso manufacturing cities that Would huve stood on lOnglish soil -but wiser moo than Mr Aiken steered i tho ship of Stute, and wiser legislation than I ho proposes has prevailed, and ns a cotise- i quetioc of sueli a policy groat industries I havo sprung up in every direction, towns i und cition have been built, groat wealth accumulate ! und from tho weakest and most I insignificant of notions wo havo in forty 1 years taken a front rank with tho nations of this o ?rill, und nu mun in ull this broad land can raise Iiis luitid lindsay that Lo has boco injured thereby. South Carolina or tho South has not shared in the wonderful prosperity tint hus i built up and enriched tho ba?nuoo of tito I nation. It is not entirely lier fault. Tho ! system of slavery forbid diversified indus . tries; it could practico only tho rudest forms of agriculture; it could dig and delve, it could not spin and weuve, und so these Slates wore loft behind in thc race for w ?Uli und power; but slavery his ?ung sinco disappeared. Wc h ive forgiven-we have almost forgotten it, and it behooves us to demand our share of this wonderful prosperUy, that makes us tho envy of thc world. Mow can wc obtain it? By increasing thc cot ton crop and buying inure largely of tho North und Wesir1 Never. A purely agricultural people uro never rich. They build no towns or cities, grout colleges, schools or churches. A farm is nu isolated piece of hind on which u few people re sido. An agricultural State is an aggre gate of these. Look nt them from iiic Po tomac lo the Rio Grande-at Mexico, bra zil, Buenos Ayres and thou compare them in any or all things with tho, manufacturing Stiiies of Mass&ohusoUa, New York, Penn sylvania or Ohio, I hive no*, the heart to drury any comparison. It is sufficient to ?now that llic.se States arc filled with great manufacturing industries, factories for tho production of almost every article that civilization demands, great towns iud cities, schools and churches and then hus capital to spur? to build and own our railroads und furnish us supplies to tho value of value of a cuttoii crop wc have not yet planted. (low eau wu duplicit? these industries on Carolina soil!' What sys: cm shall wc adapt? What policy pursue? Whit leg islation onnei? 'Tis n gravo problem that thc times and nil cu mst alices bids us con sider. Our fathers solved it for tho nation. They said to tho loreign manufacturer os Canuto said to tho w ives, "thus far thou j shalt como and no farther " Can wo say tTint to our friends in thc North and West? They are our own people; so in a large sct)8o the lOnglish n?Cj yet they havo been barred ont of the American market, or belter still have brought their capital, too's and work men und set them up in Amor loan soil. Wu havo transferred froui EiglLli to American soil within the list twenty years tWO hundred millions of capital. Let us consider what might be d ine to build up or ?minee such industries to (iud a pleasant and profitable home among ns. Ci'. J. G K15 ION IC. [Henry Watterson in Augusta Chioniclc] MAJOR JONES' COURTSHIP lt was doubtless tho publication of Prof. Longstreet's ''Georgia Scenes,'' in 1840, which suggested a continuous story upon tho Haine sligo of action, ?ind in 1842 ..Major ?Iones' Courtship'1 appeared. Tho author of this homely, natural mid timus inti fi et ion, .Mr W. T. Thompson, an editor in Savannah,, is sti|l alive, [u 18-18'? ho followed his first production with "Major Join s' Sketches of Travel " which po.sSess j a value us eon tem pora neons pictures beyond i und above tin ir humor, abundant ns that I is. The ''Courtship," howovor, is a novel, miginally meant as u travestie, to which time has lent a sort of pathos, lt is n graphic poi I rn it ure of the interior life of thc South. Rough and ready ns thc farce is, it is never vulgar Its charmers ure I few, simple und virtuous. lt deals with j clean loni'spun. lt mirries thc mind buck to tho old brick church, tho innocent pic? nie, thc rural Fourth nf July celebrations and I hu Christmas frolic Joseph Jones, only son of thc widow Jones, living ticur tho village of laneville, ill Georgia, isa well-to-do young firmer Ile is iii love with M ry Stallins, daughter of tho widow Stallins, a nour neighbor. Joseph lins grown up on tho plantation, on honest, u Heel ion a te, moral young tuan; Mary has gone off to a boarding school and conies home a belle. Thc adventures ure bounded on thc ono side hy thc barn yard, mid on thu other side by tho hearthstone. Over all a pair nf rugged roof trees cast their kindly shade 1 ho story runs ulong like ii brook, without effort or concealment. There is no villian in tho riece-only n wutiKLbc wit, called Cousin Pete, who is iuirodticcd us u tease The tribulations of tho lovers aro very ulight; but lhere is throughout thc narrative a ii ultu ilue> which, being nowhere Strained f r is really captivating. As un example, I cinnot forbear quoting thc ouhniu ?li tho courtship. You will understand that our hero had had many troubles mid trials bringing himself to thc point of popping thc question; that, although ho is almost ?uro of his tweethcurt, he cannot muster courage enough to make n direct proposal; Hint everybody is in thc seorct and approves tho mutch. How tho deed was finally done he. Khali tell himself: "Christmas como, I pit. on inv ne suit on' sliuvcd my fue i-> - . U sinoothiti' iron an' skipped iver Stalliiisc. As soon us I went into thc parlor, where they was sittiu' around the lire, Miss Cai'lino and Miss Ke&iah both laughed I'ilO out. ...Thar, now,' siz they,'I k no wed it would bc Joseph.' '"What Ima 1 done, Miss CnrTioo,' i saya I. "'You oomo under sister's chicken bone,' i says Miss ICesitih, .oh' for my part 1 1 b'lenvo she knowed you was a comin' when die pot it over tho doro.' 1 ."No, I didn't-I didn't do no sioh [liing, now,' says Miss Mary, blushin' rod i j ike a summer roso. r "'No matter,' says Miss Cor'linc, 'you i belong to Joseph now, or thur's no charm in ch i ok en bones. "1 koo wed it wus a first-rate chanco to s .ry something, liut thc dear little critter looked so sorrowful an' kept Muslim' so, I couldn't say nothing r.ackly to tho pint, so j I jeal roached up and took down tho i chicken bone and put it it my pocket. .''What aro you u-gwino to do wi*'i tint olo chicken boue, Major Jotios?' says Miss M J ry. " 'I'm n gwiuo to koop it ns long os I ; live,' says L, 'as n Christmas present from tito handsomest girl in Georgy.' " 'Oh, Major,' says she, 'aiu't you ashamed of ycursclf?' "An* then up speaks Miss Keetah, au' says she: " 'Joseph, you ought to, give her a Christmas present to keep all her lifo " 'Ah,' Buys ole Miss Sta ll i ns, 'when I was a gul we used to hong up our stock ings-' "'Why, mother,' says all of 'cm ina breath, 'to say stockings before ?Mr. Jones!' " 'Highly, highly,' says tho olo lady, 'what monstrous 'finement,. I'd like to know what harm thero is in stockings. People is gillio so purlitc now-a-days they never calls nothintr by its tito name. When 1 was a girl L used to hang up my stocking and uk lots of presents.' "The girls kept on a langhin'. " 'Never mind,' taya Miss Mary, ut Inst, j 'Major's going to give mc a Christmas gift, i ain't you Majori" " 'You know I promised you one,' mys I. 'I've got it for you DOW; but it'll take a two bushel bag tu hold it.' " 'J?ut will you keep it us long as you liver" says 1. " 'I will,' says she. '''Now, you hear tint Miss Cir'linc,' says I. 'She says she will keep it as long as she lives.' " 'Yes,' says Miss Mary, more positive 'thal I will. J?ut what is it?' ..'Never mind,' says I, 'you hung ur. a hug big enough to hold it and you'll fine out when you sec it to morrow morning.' "Miss Car'lino winked ut Miss Kcsiah and then whispered to her-and then thc; both laughed rito out. They 'spicionei something. "'You'll bc sure to give it to me now i I haug up u bag'i" says Miss Mary, i " "And you will promise to keep US says I. ! "She blushed a lillie and studied s Hitit und they she says: " 'Wo'), L will, because I know yo wouldn't give mo nothing that wasn't wort keeping.' "They nil agreed that they would ban a bag in tho back porch to put Miss Mary present in, and about 0 o'clock L told 'ci good evening and went home. .'I sot up till midnight, and niter lin j was all gone to hod, I crop' softly in at tl I buck and thor, suro enough, was n gre big meal bag haugh)' to tho jice. It w ! monstrous unhandy to git into it, but ? wi 'tcrtniued not to back out. So I sot eon chairs on top of n bench and got hold of tl rope and let myself gently down into tl bug; but, just as 1 was giltin' in, tho bi swung roting tigiu thc chairs, nod don they came willi a terrible racket. IIo\ .sotnever, nobody did not wake up but o Miss SluHius' yard dog, and hero he con vi pi ti* an' tarin' liko ruth, and round un round he went smelling aol barking to lie out what was tho mutter. I sot down tho bag and didn't breathe louder'ti kitten for fear he'd lind mo out. Alter while bc stopped his 'firual burkitt'. Tl wind began to blow powerful cold omi tl old bag kept turning round and swingit so it made mc sen sick. I was afraid move less tho rope would break anti let i down, nu'thar 1 set, my teeth rattlin' li ibo ager. It 'pcarcd to mo it wonld nev como daylight, and I do believe if 1 badi loved Miss .Mary HO powerful I would hu fro/.o to death, for my hcuit was tho ou Bpot thal felt warm and it didn't beat mo nor two licks a minute;only wheo I tboug how she'd be'sprienl in tho momio' n then it went in a canter. Bunchy t cussed old ting como up on tho porch a degan Btnellin' and whiuin' 'bout the lr Then he began to howl as if he'd treed coon. 'How! wow! wow!' says bc, .( out,' says 1, very low for fear they wot: hear mo 'Jiow! wow! wow!' says he ugi 'Begone! you 'bomioablo fool,' says I, a I felt all over in spots, for L 'lowed eve moment he'd nip mc, and what is worse, didn't know wlioro bouts he'd tako ho Ho went on but km'. Thou 1 tried coa ing. 'Come herc, Towser,' 0:13*8 I, 'I'm yt friend.' Then 1 whistled sorter Soft a persuading. It dono no good. Thar stood and kept up his otcniil whinin' a bark ill* all night. I couldn't tell when d Was breaking only hy thochiokons orowii mid I was ?gi ld to hear 'em to bo suro, I do believe if I had had to stay in tl bag ti hour longer I would ?1 died. ' Old Mrs Stalling came out first, an' soon as she saw thc big says she: " 'What 011 earth has Joseph gone n put in that bag for Mary? I'll lay il' ycarliu' or some live animal, elso Tow wouldn't bark KO.' "She went in to call tho girls, and I there shiverin' HI) I couldn't hardly ?pi if 1 tried to-but 1 didn't say nothii Bunchy they ali came running out. "'My Lord, what is ii'f" says Miss Mu " 'Oh, it's alive/ says Miss Kcsiah; seed it move.' "'Call Cato and mako him cut tho ro| ?aid Miss Car'iino, and let's sec what it Como hero Cato, and get this bug down. " 'Don't hurt it for tho world,' said M Mary. "Cuto untied tho ropo that was? round ion and let tho bag down easy on thc Hi indi tumbled out all cowicd with 01 neal from hoad to foot. "'Goodness grucioub!' soya Miss Mury, .if it ain't tho Major hisself.? 'Yes/ Bays ?, 'and you know you promised to keep my Christmas present as lon?; as you lived.' " I "Thc pills laughed themselves almost to . dooli], and woot to brushing off thu moni as fast ns tli o y eouM , savin' they was agwine to hang that bag out every Ohristmas till . they got husbands, too." Of course Major Jones married his | 8WOethoart, and, ns wo leam from his book of travels, published many years afterwards, the union was in overy respect a happy ono. A Romantic Courtship. Tho following true sketch from tho pen of Mrs. Mary M. Bryan in tho Sunni/ South, will bc interesting to many of our | readers, us ono of the parties to theromutice ? is well known in our uiidst: Four years ugo, in tho progressive young oily of Fort Worth, Tex is, n bot blooded ?South Carolinian got into an alter- I cation with a man, nod was so unfortunate ? as to wound him dangoioualy. There were ? circumstances which greatly mitig-itcd thc j guilt of thu deed, but thc excited citizens did not talco them into account. Tho young man was a stranger and appearances were strongly against him. Hu wua thrown into jail, with every prospect of being found guilty and sentenced to tho penitentiary. In his extremity, he sent for a rising young lawyer of tho place to visit him io bis eel', and entreated hun to take his ouse in hand. "I have no money to give you as a fcc," he said, "and I shall not apply to my father. He bitterly opposed my coming West. I shall not and to his troubles by letting him know my wretched situation. My home is Walhalla, South Carolina. I have a dear old lather ami mother, and I um their only sou I have a sister-as louder and Doblo a creature ns ever lived. Their heurts will be broken if I am sentenced to thu ignominious peuitcutiury. Will you take my cuse!*" The lawyer considered. Ile W3s young and ambitious. His foot was on thc ladder of his profession, and ho tn eu nt to mount higher; but this was a case that could bring him neither gold nor glory. There would bc no remuneration for his efforts, and do. feat was almost sure; moreover, to under take thc case might itiukc him unpopular in thc town.- Ile had determined to bc prudent; so he thanked thc prisoner for his confidence in him, and declined to take thc case. But after he had left thc -jail, thc words ho had heard in thc cell, came to him with a persistent and pathetic appeal-"An only son, with doting old patents and u de voted Histor, whose hearts would bc broken if the shadow of tho shameful penitentiary should blight my life." Ho went back to thc cell mid said to thc prisoner, "I will take your case." Ill news flies fast, particularly in these days wlicu thc press nod tho telegraph give it wings. Thc terriblo tidings of theil son's impending doom readied thc far home among the hills of Walhalla, and brought woe to tho fond hearts there. Thc parent! f'mnd out who would defend their son, anti wrote to his counsel, the young daughtci being their amanuensis. lier letter wa1 so eloquent with feeling tint it roused tlx young lawyer to a deep interest in the ease Ho wrote, feeling ns though he were speak ing, face to face, with that sorrowing tim hearted sister, and tried to soothe and re? assure, promising to do his best at tho com ing trial. He kept his word; but thc (?di was too strong for him to stein; thc casi went against him, and tho young Carolin ian was scutcuccd ti tho penitentiary for i term of yours. His counsel conveyed tin sid news to his friends as quickly aa possi ble; then cume a passionate appeal from tin sister. Ho must not give it up-bc mus tako thc ciso to another tribunal. WiU liuL'iy, but with little hope, ho reviewet tho ooodupt of thc ouse, and found in it i lbw that ?uve him ground to appeal agains thu decision. Ho oarricd tho case to tho Suprcux Court, lt was sometime before ho couk obtain a hearing there, and in this tryin; iotorrognutn, ho hal opportunity to admin tho deep devotion, tho clear setiso, th hopeful eoorgy of tho prisoner's sister. Ai hour before tho c>so was called, he receivei Doo of these letters-so a throb with cmo lioo and earnestness that it inspired him lind ho made the best spoOoh of his life drawing tears fruin the ey es of thc jury am the court. Th" prisoner wu9 acquitted! Ho wa hardly more ri joined ut his freedom thu ivas his counsel, whose first thoughts wer >f tho sister and parents who waited the is mo in ugooizod suspenso, and whoso fir.< iot was to send the mossago that hrotiir,li relief. Then oamo tho outpouring o hanks from tho old parents tliroiigll th girlish interpreter, accompanied by th >riyer thut ho would send Ins picture. Tho va nt ed to see the face of their son's bene actor. The picture Wis smt and appondc vis o ,r "quest that he might hayo th irivilogo of possessing theso in bianco of hi air correspondent., who, though unseen, h ion 1 d not think of aa ii stranger Hi fish wis complied with, tho little sum ii ot uro of n sweet womanly fioo wis rc ad ved, and with it >i frank modest lette iver her own sign aturo. Then of course li mist write to OX press his thanks, and ii cuso of the honor she did him in beg?in tim to bo her brother's friend und ndvisei Thus tho correspondence did not end wit he case, but OOUtinuud, und grew moro in iinatc, until tho two gained dooper iusigl tito oaoh other's ohnraOtors than fuco I noe Communication would havn given. Fro ids iutercourso of soul, blossomed a fool ng tendcror than pity or friendship. Bi ho young lawyer had his way to mat in o crowdod profession. Ile must do it by li nd work and close attention to boni ness. He could not spure time or monoy to visit thc Indy of his love; his energies must bo bent towards makiug a homo for bor, ia which ho hoped she would preside, ss queen of his heart nnd his hearth. Years went by. Thc young lady had suitors who pressed their claims, but her heart had been given to thc generous de fender of her btolhor. It was in vaia that friends and relatives shook their heads in credulously, and called her a dreamer to fancy that this distant uevcr sccu lover would keep tho faith plighted in euoh a ro mantic fashion. She held lo hor belief in his honor, and cheered bim with totters fall of trust und affection. It was arranged at lust that they should meet, and tho scene of this lirst mectirg was tu bo Atlanta during thc Imposition. Ho carno at tho appointed time, full of expectation, and ut onco ooni suited the post office, expecting to rccoivo a letter, containing tho address of tho friend with whom she was to stay. Hut no letter rewarded his frequent application. There was a misunderstanding. The little lady believed she had given him tho ad dress in thc last letter ho received from her before bc left Texas. Hut she had neg lected to endoso the card, or it Iud drop ped out of her letter. Djys pissed, and each, unknown to tho other, wulkcd thc crowded streets of tho city a prey to disippoiottncnt and distrust. At last carno a glenn of hope in the shapo of a lino in tho society oolumn of tho Constitution, saying that Miss Julia J. was mopping with friends on--street. Tho young Texan reid it, seized his hat and hurried to tho residence named in the para graph. Tho servant who answered tho ring, said that the young lady was about leaving fer home; she wis getting ready and would go on thc train within nn hour. Hut he must sec her, ho insisted, and ho sent up his name with an urgent request that sho would grant him a five minutes interview. Sho enuc down, at that, wear ing n traveling dress. She bowed and touched his hand formally nt first, but when he grasped her little hand in both his and loikcd into her face with frank eyes fui! of tenderness, distrust vanished, and she did not shrink from tho clasping arms and tho kiss which scaled tho long bc trot hal by letter. Thc lady's departure was postponed; tho exposition, which had seemed a dull affair, took on new glories, und demanded a pro longed stay, that its wonders might bo ex amined. When al last thc lover went back fo his Western homo, it was with tho anders standing that ho would visit Walhalla at tho lirst budding of spring, and claim his bride. That ho kept his word is attested by fi bridal oard lying by mo as I write, whereupon tho names of Hy ron G.Johnson ?nd Julia M. John-oo arc daintily blended, ?ti their way to their homo in Fort Worth, thc wedded pair stopped a few days in our city lo visit relatives and I heard from their own lips this romantic story of their courtship. Geographical. "On wlr.t side of tho mop do you look for thc North?" "On the cold side, of course." " A bat is thc North pole?" "A place where Uah and fools h'to tho year "round." "What ure meridian circles?" "The marka left on thc ?co by a now beginner on skates. Try it once and bo jonvinced." "What arc parallels of latitude?" "Compromising with olTiciul embezzlers. Henty of latitude and heaps of parallels in his country." "Whit does thc term climate signify?" "About fourteen different sortsof weather nixed leget he?* ault ladled out io quantities o snit " "How tinny zones arc lhere?'' "Dead loads. You cant throw a brick >at without knocking ono over. They aro mutually tame this year." . How is the year divided?" "Into four seasons, called spring, summer, all und winter. You can have thc whole, nur of 'cm at once by sending your ad Iress on a postal curd." "Why is tho climate hot in tho torrid ono?" "Built that way to spite plumbers and co dealers." "How many degrees could you travel Vest of any given meridian?" "Up to 180, if tho free pass held out." "Winch is the highest olliec iu tho Jnited States." "Hotel clerkship at Saratoga in July." Detroit Free Press. Tho Km perot1 William, on his eighty fib birthday just passed, mado somo erimia remarks concerning himself. Ho ecognized thc fact that any ono who had cached his ci j? h ty sixth year was far eynod tho ordinary range of lifo, and opel that if Hod granted him moro days' ill ho wotfld not outlive himself. A mg* lifo was" only to' bo wished for whon' ocompanicd with strength; but, nevcrtiie >88, trusting in Hod, ho entered s now eur. The Bmprcss Augusta give her usband a table nnd set of chairs painted '?th flowers by her own hand; while their llildrcn celebrated thc occasion by gifts of ronzes, porcelain und flowers. WASHINGTON, April ll-Tho oold snap (tended nil ovci thu North yost Or day from .clawarc to Iowa und Michigan Snow' ll in Michigan mid Iowa three-quarters of 1 inch deep mid formed nt Rome plaocs in .el i ware. Considerable anxiety is lek loi ie fruit crop.