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. . . . ? -. - w- -- a -00 DEVO'ED T, POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO THE qBNERAL INTEREST OF TIE COUNTRY. By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1882 VOL XI NO 23 easef .aewhoenn gi iwasnd will be sown tp 'Georgia the presen A$'y fomer period. stink traders are bringinj 041r0ade back from A tlanta rathe n eselace them at, the low price -7,~ There arefifteen prisoners tn the Vir 466penitentiary for life, one for fifty, oUr years one for thirty-eight, and tw( The arthae (N. 0.) Gazette say, hat twenty poends of old pure goU have been taken from the Cugle mine in the post two weoekr. . Oltines of Alabama pay taxes or 0$06,000 worth of farming tools and me chanical Implements, and on gunp, pi& tland airks, valued at #854,000. The Silver Valley mine in Davidsor tounty NTiar., employs about 80 hand, anud produces abou t five tons of concen frated ore daily, which is valued at$500 per ton. The Southern fourth of Alabama is Covered with forests of Jong leaved pine, mixed in the northern part with much bard wood. A comparative narrow belt of pine runs nearly acroms the State be tween latitude o2 deg. and 33 deg. Chattanooga Times: The Roane ron Company is now securing an order of steel blooms from England. They are arriving in car-load lots every day. Thisorder will amount to about $53,000, eduty on wih will be $22,000. During the year just 'passed 322,9 ons of coal ere mined in the State of Alabam. A few years ago the output could have been expressed in ciphers. TIs industry has progressed more rap, idly than any other within the borders of the State. A Rome, a., main is preparing unique directory. It will contain the nse , stblom from e rund.Tt e y b ne, youivng ain car-ora wot ehar dny'e erhy tor wil amount oou $53,000, ad thedet monh, alnd hi wie2,0a0d0. yeas ofad seen mnith Staler couldy hae benxrssed ug chaoog Tisnduy hout progrsas morere idey than reidany othe witie th borer fi t e Seveaerlne.Te gA W est , ita is supsdt reprih unie dirtory. It ilcnaih neridyl, athrbutteo milsnfro arvess woan aroiscoeraedo wander yongld in Ge or.iSh whoshasken har own by knme perso and irwaseson pond -tyato hea amoofrench0 woman pwrd .lihah beenaadonked 102 yhusand Thre on, anud hit wifeak awod o02 Earlsh and seve sinethsmas Wae theen wanderesig in the future withingeir msohroohe are taedoo tyls.bi fA tolnta seva. yeonsutonger. Ahey exandst, i. Stes supo ed, to ro op-t thcouy nforme fte.eal a iet OnHariday laos abomuda ten mile from Alany, chike, duckstprgd, etc.,ted hal nstyard, oand waks discoiveed andner ines in thes ome Shter was aen chaesi gof th idrsovnas, and s sonon th sherne aoutrnc anoher, whme "Oad Ben. abatoned bycome morbnd. he wahot raneinsarcl from Eu.59la T4her woay, bul not fispcaks in evrdyo ensht, ad ever sine hrinta priate bees waring i the wd. livingboat murshreom andut oa day adoniht' tlnae, inluga ndtin berth. Al exatsdare H.ephensc kemcrow op-an icly inreed ofhly the aicabi oit thaleH comows frpamsngery t day ow ino hideardbuy tuaikets ivl an ite seamnteseoeatr as theeidoue s nd tiona retr take afrs. Heo rey cetl losin bol ht a tan h rat agen thtseven yearsol and he now "Odreck," appatadnceom ue morowun. Trvelein it Fo igrexenblae lik~ e hotels rangte inopic Untim $3he' toe $ erdaced buthar scss inayery reguperty Bntrayed grh in privat whesfo incolo and appa.anceamoat fresebt pinaplefAfor a dacndnrh' travincludine fre and bhetnk Thsu boaks are aperace nred nohe grond cgsruey nitl int the tabias thi gtrdeIda tore rtrntckt o.h steme, aer dvicutis. aln the rehur tickesee aFre o nlyh ein Wkno sftevhomlyro andquey a0 footionaee maneigwih the palettiie ast npries apearae of a ll hugel trowthe ineapple, whsn tuft ofgrein, bladeh lie aes het ithe topeak wnilh the aue( frmbace , deep exencme layte dfte wich bing~o and forbearing, co the resembleviegeso the pieplm tra re ta g Bte lre ahstohedun atthe ing fir, minneth ofa, speech ofthe makes itsappare next e romd gradu ofll y ex eargt, h op th1 treepontheBrtuste yo Tee wAsided.a te fonateoante in ao tife ofia Igpsti dliesngitl howevertolthi hpal ls s privi d lege aste me TOPICS OF TEE DAY. T*n price of istoves promises to go up. Tin new Garfield postage stamp will be ssfed in a few days. NiAoAnA FAaS is trying to get the contemplated World's Fair. Louxsvmr is shortly tomake an ef fort to found an art gallery. GENBRAJ HANOocE has purchased a large tract of land in Minnesota. IT smums Mr. Gladstone is- still some what down on the Land League. WuNAT in Southern Illinois Is reported in an unusually flattering oondition. Tma organization of a Produce- Ex change is being urged in Cincinnati. Dw Sullivan ever tackle the fighting editor of a first-class newspaper ? Well I QUREN VIoToIA, by the advice of her physician, goes incognifa to Mentone in March. THE wilderness in which the crew of De Long's boat are held, is eighty miles in extent. LORD GnANvmzz has taken grounds in favor of preserving the Clayton-BRul wer treaty. AN EXCHANGE says that Oscar Wilde is like Balaam's ass because he was made "too utter." TaE Insurgents in Yemen, Arabia, have proclaimed a descendant of the Prophet of Caliph. - IT sumzs that the widow of General Ouster has no pension. She paints plaques foi a living. JUDGEs Cox and Burnet, of Cincin nati, after fifteen years' service, have re tired from the District Court. THEWisconsin Legislature has adopted resolutions calling on Congress to eradicate Mormonism by legislation. ow IT is safe to refuse silver dollars bear ing the date of 1843. A dangerous counterfeit of that date is in circulation. Tam weeding out of incompetent clerks in the Treasury Department has caused another rush of office-seekers to Washington. A Co~or In the Mississippi Peniten tiary was killed by one of the guards, and the Court has awarded his wife $1, 400 damages. A v~ccirNE farm, capable of turning out 8l,000 points daily, has been es tablished near Chicago, and is doing a thrifty business. THE fact seems to be just published that Cincinnati came out something like eleven thousand dollars behind with her Exposition of 1881. A NUMBER of State Legislatures have passed resolutions calling up Congress to do something toward the obliteration of polygamy in Utah. IT is estimated that more than $1, 000,000 is spent annually in New York Ifor cut fiowers. As to how much is spent on the poor no estimate has yet been given., _ _ _ __ _ _ _ A woMAN~ who died in Paris recently, at the advanced age ot one hundred and two years, had lived a widow eighty years. She had no man to pester the life out of her. REOVENTIY a pack of wolves entered a church at Uvarre, Spain, and refused to quit it until they had killed three and seriously wounded five of the congregation. WauN a man is senteneed tohang at St. Louis, the man gets In a hurry about it and hangs himself with his bed blanket. This save. the Sheriff a great deal of trouble. TEE retirement of Gambetta from offi cial life and assumption of the duties of an editor is looked upon by tih, Albany Journal as promotion-increasing the size of his audience. Bgrwaux the 1st of March and the 1st of July next the commission of over 850 postmasters will expire-many in large cities. They are appointed for periods of four and eight years. Manvwm, the man with fiteen wives, made an ineffectual attempt to escape from the Virginia penitentiary a few days ago. He perhaps had heard of an other woman who who wanted to get married. Tan Dorsey combination--J. W. Dor sey, Li. W. Vail, John M. Miner, J. B. Sanderson, R. 0. Rendell and Thos. 3. Brady-charge with a conspiracy to de fraud the Government, have been In dicted by the Grsad Jury. A ia*~ foma ~ Mma mssionary 29~t~U ~ lI OSAs WaLD has come out with a statement. It Is this: " Tho newspapers of America are perfectly outrageous." Correct. He farther says: "The mda and women of America are splendid." Correct again. The men and women are not to blame for the newspapers. Its the nasty little type. AT ONE time Mr. Bradlaugh refused to take the oath of office in the English House of Commons because, he said, the oath would be meaningless to him. Now that he has signified a willingness to take the oath, in order to retain his seat, the House has refused by a strong majority to permit him t. do so, Tau assessed value of real and per. sonal property in New York City is $2, 00 ,000,000. This does not include $55, 000,000 worth of church property, $50, 000,000 worthof school and library prop. erty, and $15,000,000 worth of real estate owned by the United States, nor does it include the reputed wealth of many millionaires. Further, it is only 60 per cent- of the actual value of the property assessed. New York is no one-horse place. A SAN FRANcIsco correspondent writes to the Baltimore Sun: "Coal oil is now so plenty from tha wells of Los Angeles that the market is overstocked, and we want nomore from Pennsylvania. The market priee in Los Angeles has fallen from fifty cents to eighteen cents a gal lon. It is advertised in five-gallon cans at that price. The oil belts of California, from present indications alone, may be' counted the richest in the world. IT smEMm now to be a question whether the Senate has the right to originate a funding bill. The Committee on Ways and Means have referred the proposition to a sub-committee. Should the matter be decided in the negative, it is said the Committee on Ways and Means will pro ceed to frame a new funding bill, and ig nore entirely the Sherman bill, which has already passed the Senate. SINoE the statement has been pub lished that Dr. Mary Walker received the appointment of clerk to the special Congressional Committee on Woman Buffrage, Senator Lapham, of New York, the Chairman of the committee is having the life pestered out of hini by woman sufragists. He avers that he has no rest, and to add to it his mails are burdened with all manner of effasions from the tender sex. Ii ALLr that is said against the China men Is true, they are Indeed a filthy race. A paragraph on the rounds con tains the following information : " An habitue of an opium den in Virginia City, Nevada, discovered that the pil low lie was using was the dead body of a man coverca by a quilt. The Coroner found it to be a Chinese body that had been dead for two or three days. The keeper of the place said he came in o00 the railroad, sick." Two men now prominent candidates for the possession of several tons of Government money are Captain Eada and Mr. Corbin. Captain Eads think. that an appropriation of $50,000,000 would be about right with which to build the ship railroad across the Isth mus of Panama, the money to be placed at the disposition of Eads himself, and Mr. Corbin has got it into his head that by a similar appropriation, placed at his disposal, lie would be enabled to run ships across the ocean in six days. There seems to be a power in money in large quantities about which we know little or nothing. THE following from Robert Boiiner, of the New York Lecdger, will starlt a new boom in story writing : "'A man who looked like a perfect idiot came into my office one summer afternoon about ten years ago, end told me ho had a story which he wished to sell to me for publi cation in my paper. At first I thought it would not be worth while to spend my time to even look at the story, for it seemed to me that such an idiotic- look ing fellow could not writo anything that would be fit to print. He pleaded so hard, however, to have me just look at his story that I finally consented to take the manuscript and submit iL to one of my editors. The editor read it, and it proved to be one of the best stories ever brought into my office." To WHITrN' THE HANDs.-RUb with vinegar or lemon jpice. Glycerine and rose water, equal parts, is also good, but pure glycerine hurts the skin and red dens it. B~orax and oatmeal putt in the water will also whiten the hands. In order to preserve the hands soft and white, the~y should always be washed in warm water, with fine soap, and care fully dried with a moderately coarse towel, being well rubbed every tinie to insure a brisk circulation, than which nothing can be more effectual in pro moting a transparent and soft sur face. BaraoNphOtog1'phy, acording to a paper read by Mr. W. B. Woodbur be fore the Balloon SocIety of Great Brtain, has not yet ~rvdof mutch practieca value, thhe hope Is connanr thy entertained hat before long It will be' osi to obtain from blon bird' ie wof theoa ne.I re~sse in the whiaha dMabe Tan the 11 DOO8 GRARUMVH on All th world over I wander, in lands that I never An the etemna y sesld~zg for the signs and m oa God. Westvacros the ooean, and northward oyont Do thyall stand Iaft as ever, and what do the Uaknow Here in this mystical India the deities bover and swarm Like the wild bees beard In the tree top., or the gusts of a gathering storm; In the air men hear their voices, their feet on the rook. are seen, Tet we all say, " Whence is the message, and what may the wonders mean I" A million shrines stand open, and ever the censor swings As they bow to mythical symbols or the figures of ancient beings; And the inoense rises over, and rises the endless cry Of those who are heavy laden and of cowards loth to die, For the destiny drives us together, like deer in a pass of hills ; Above us is' the sky, and around u the sound of shot that kills; Pushed by a power we see not, and struck by a hand unknown, We pray to the trees for shelter, and press our lips to a stone. gere are the tombs of my kinfolk, the first of an an olent name, Chiefs who were slain on the war field, and women who died In fame. They are gods, the"e Kings of the foretime, they aro spirits who guide our race Ever I watch and worship; they sit with a marble face. And the myrid Idols around me, and the legion of muttering priests, The revels and riots unholy, the dark unspeakable feasts What have they wrung from the silence? Hath even a whisper come Of the secret-whence or whither? Alas! the gods are dumb. Shall I list the words of the English, who come from the upermloitsea "The secre, hath It been told you, and what to your message to me?" It is naught but the world-wide story, how the earth and the heavens began How the gods are glad and hungry, and the Deity once was a man. I had thought, "Perchance in the cities, where the rulers of India dwell, Whose orders flash from the far land, who girdle the earth wIth a spell, They have fathomed the depth we float on, or measa ured the unknown main." Sadly they turn from the venture, and say that they quest In vain. Is life then a dream and delusion, and where shall the dreamer awake? Is the world seen like shadows on water, and what if the mirmor break? Shall it pass as a camp that is struck, as a tent that is gathered and gone From the sands that were lamplit at eve, and at morping are level and lone? Is there naught In the heavens above, whence the hail ad levin are hurled, But the wind that is swept round us by the rush of the rolling world? The wind that shall scatter my ashes and bear me to silence and slee With the dirge, and h sounds of lamenting, and voIces of women who weep? THE INVISIBLE GIRL. Having decided to finish the year in Italy, I looked around me for a dwelling to be had on reasonable terms. I found what I wanted in the ancient city of Lucca, one of the loveliest spots on the peninsula. The house wa quite new, and in every way desirable, while the tent asked for it was absurdly low. I q~uestioned the agent in regard to this circumstance. Having my money safe, he could afford to be truthful. " There is nothing against the house itself, but the gr'ounds have the repu tation of being haunted. Strange sounds are said to be heard near that ledge of rock in the park yonder. We Italians are superstitious, signor," he added, with a bow, -" but I p resume to an Amerioan a ghost is no objection." "So little," Ireplied, laughing, " that I am obliged to you for the opportunity of making the acquaintance of this one." Such superstitions are common in Italy, and the agent's story made very little impression upon me. During a tour of inspection around the premises I came upon the rock in question. It consisted of two walls of granite, perhaps twenty feet in height, meeting at an oblique angle, covered over their greater extent with wild vines. It struck me ae an exceedingly beauti ful nook, and appropriate for my hours of out-door loungmng. On the following morning, provided with a book and a cigar, I went thither, and disposed myself comfortably in the shade of an olive. I had become ab sorbed in the volume,when I was startled by the sound of a voice near me. It was evidently that of a womani, wonderfully soft and sweet, and was singing one of the ballads of the country. I could dis tinguish the words as perfectly as if spoken at arm's length from me. I started up in amazement. I had no visitors, and my only servant wasl an old man. Nevertheless, I made a thorough exploration of the neighborhood, and satisfied m elf that there was no one in the grounds. The only public road was half a mile distant. The nearest dwell ing was directly opposite, across a level p lain-in sght, but far out of ear-shlot. In a word I could make noting~r out of it. I observed that when I left my orig inal position under the olive the voice became instantly silent. It was only within the circumference of a circle of about two yards in diameter that it was audible at all. It appeared to Proceed from the angle between the two walls of rock. The minutest examination failed to reve.al anything but the bare rock. Yet it was out of this bare rock that the voice issued. I returned to my former station in downright bewilderment. The agent's story occurred to me, but even now I attached no weight to it. I am a prac tical man, and was firmly convinced that there must be some rational explanation of the mystery, if I could b)ut discover it. The voice was certainly that of a young girl. But where was she? Was thie old fable of the wood-nymph a truth after all? Had I discovered a drya& em bosomed in the rock? I smiled ts'n-, fulIe even as these fancies ran through my head. For more than half an hour the sing ing continued. Then it ceased, and, though I waited patiently for its re' newal, I heard no more of it that day. When I returned to the house I made no mention of the matter, resolving to keep it to m~yself until I had solved the The ettmorning 0 an early hour I tetarned to the - After a tedious kterral the'a agi.I on mUad hough3I It Iheard a deep sligh and then in a slow, thoughtful tone the voice said: "Oh, how lonesome it is I Am I to pass mT 'whole life in this most dreary plee? There was no answer. Evidently the person was merely soliloquizing. Could she hear me if I a ke, as I heard her? supposing her to be a living being at all I determined to hazard the experi ment. " Who is it that is speaking?" I asked. For some moments there was no re ply, then in a low, frightened whisper the voice said: "What was it ? I heard a voice. "Yes " I answered, "you heard mine. [ spoke to you." "Who are you?" asked the voice, tremulously. "Are you a spirit ? " "I am a living man," I returned. " Can you not see me?" "No," answered the voice, "I can only hear you. Oh, where are you? Pray do not frighten mea Come out of your lace of concealment and let me see you. " Indeed, I don't wish to alarm you, I replied. "I am not hidden. I am standing directly in front of the spot whence your voice seems to come." "You are invisible," was the trem bling answer. " Your voice comes to me out of the air. Holy Vigin I you must be a spirit. What have I done to de serve this ?" ".Have no fear of me, I entreat you," I said earnestly. " It is as much of a mystery to me as it is to you. I hear you speak but you are likewise invisible." " Are you a real living being ?" asked the voice doubtfally. " Then why do I not see you? Come to me. I will sit here. I will not fly" " Tell me where foam to come," I said. " Here in my garden, in the arbor.' There is no arbor here," I returned, "only a solid rook out of which you seem to be speaking." "Saints protect me," answered the voice. "It is too awful. I dare not stay here longer. Spirit or man, fare well." " But you will come again," I plead ed. "Let me hear you speak once more. Will you not be here at the same hour ?" " I dare not-but yet your voice sounds as if you would do me no harm. Yes, I will come." Then there was utter silence, the mys terious speaker had gone. I returned home in a state of stupid wonder, ques tioning myself if I had lost my senses, and if the whole occurrence was not a delusion. I was faithful to my appoint ment with the voice on the following morning, however. I had waited but a few moments, when the soft, trembling accents broke the silence, saying: "I am here." "And I, too," I answered; "J_ am grateful to you for coming." "I have not slept the whole night," said the voice, " I was so terrified. Am I doing wrong to come ?" " Are you still afraid of me ?" " Not exactly, but it is so strange." " Will you tell me your naue ?" "I don't know-L~enore. What is yours ?" " George," I answered, imitating her example, and giving my first name only. "Shall we be friends, Lcnore ?" "Oh, yes," answered the voice with a silvery peal of laughter. Evidently its owner was getting over her fears. " Don't be off'ended, George. It is so strange--two people who cannot see each other and perhaps never will, making friends." "I will solve the mystery yet, Le nore," I answered, " and find out wvhat yuare. Would you be glad to see me in miy proper person ?" " Yes," was the reply, " I should like to see you." " And I would give a great deal to see you, Lenore. You must be ver y beau tiful if your face is like your voice." "Oh, hush I" was the agitaltedl answer. " It is not right to speak thus." "Why not? Do you know, Lenore, that if this goes on I shall be falling in love with you, though I never see you." "You are very audacious," was the reply. "If you were really here, betfore me, I should punish you for it. As it is I am going now." " But y'ou will come again to-morrow, Lenore ?' "If you will p~romise to be more dis creet, Qeorge, yes." As may be imagined, Ii did not fail to keep my engagement with my invisible friend. For many consecutive days these strange meetings continued. As absurd as it may seem, the voice was beginning to make a powerful impression upon me. I felt in its soft tones the manifestation of a sweet, refined woma~n's soul. True,.I had made no progress toward unraveling the mystery. Nevertheless, I was confident that through sonme inex plicable dispensation of Providence I had been permitted to hold communion with a real, living, lovely woman, from an unknown distance. She had not yet told me more than her first name, an~d I did not p~ress her for more as yet. Her only answer to my question as to where she was was "In the garden." She did not seem capable of grasping the fact that I was riot invisibly near her. She aemied content with matters as they stood, and for the present I could do, no more. I made no one my confidant au to my daily occupation; first, because I knew that I should be regarded as a madman upon my mere statement of the facts, and next, because I shrank from having an auditor at my mysterious conferences. Will it be believed? I was in love with the invisible girl--in love with a voice! Absurd, of course, but I am not the first man who has fallen in love with a wom an's vc.ice. Besides, I was confident that it was only a matter of time before I should see the girl in person. One day toward the end of summer wet luul iee talking an usual, and I haA said: " My stay in Italy is nearly over, Lenore." " Ah," was the guick reply, "you wi aaeme, George. ~ ~ .~i you wish me to sy." " How een I helit, Gerwhethe you go owpya s"e -- a isee y swered. "Ours has been a strange ex. perience. Without knowing eaoh other as people ordinarily do, we , have yet been close friends. You are more to me than any friend, for I love you, Le. nore." There was a quick, suppressed cry, no other reply. " Be truthful, Lenore. Tell use your [leart. If you love me, trust to me to discover your whereabouts and come to you. If you do not, say it, and I will spare you the pain of meeting me, and let us never speak again." There was a pause, then she tremu lously said ; "I have never seen you but my heart tells me to trust yoi. i know you are good and noble, and I am willing to leave my fate in your hands. Yes, George, I love you." Even as she said the words she ut tered a nry of alarm. Then agruffman's voice spoke: " Go to your room, Lenore. As to this villain with whom you have been holding these secret meetings, we shall soon fnd him and punish him as he deserves. Search for the rascal, Anto nio, and bring him to me." There was a quick trampling of feet mud the sound of crushing shrubbery, as if the men were breaking through it. Irhen another man's voice spoke : " He has disippeared, your ~ Excel lence." " Very well, we shall find him yet. He annot escape me. This is a fine piece f business, surely-the daughter of Dount Villani holding secret meetings with some common vagabond. Lenore shall take the veil." " Yes," I cried, " the bridal veil, Oount. I shall pay my respects in per son to-day." Then, leaving them to get over their astonishment as best they might, I re turned to the house in lugh spirits. The name, Count Villani, had given me the clew to the whereabouts of Lenore. The dwelling of which I have spoken as sit uated across the plain and opposite the rock was the residence of Count Villani I had met the old gentleman in the city and formed a speaking acquaintance with him. As neither of us had men tioned our private affairs, I had no means of connecting his daughter with my invisible girl. That afternoon I presented myself to the Count, and, after amazing him with my story, which a few tests convinced him was true, formally proposed for hi daughter's hand. As my wealth and social position were well known, he offered no objections and his daughter was sent for. As she entered. the room, I saw that my idea of her had been less than true. I had never seen so lovely a woman, nor one who so perfectly embodied my high est conception of grace and beauty. Her dark eyes, still wet with tears, met mine inquiringly. " Lnore," said I, " I have come as I promised." " George," she cried, with a radiant smile, "is it you? " -"Are you disappointed?" I asked, "am I what you expected ?" " You could not be more," she an swered naively, "you are no loss." "Now that we meet as solid and ma terial beings," I continued, " r you willing to ratify the contract we made when we were only voices, Lenore ? Your father gives us permission." It may be supposed that I received a satisfactory answer, when the good natured Count fouad it discreet to turn away his eyes during my reception of it. As to the strange circumstance which was the nmeans of uniting us, a series of tests revealed a remarkable acoustic property in the rock, by which persons standing in certain positions with refer ence to it were able to hear each other with ease, mo~re than a quarter of a mile apart. It is a very matter-of-fact solu ion of the mystery, but Lenore and I are none the less grateful for the good offices of the rock.. A Beggar Woman With a History. An old beggar woman, long known at Courbevole and the environsa of Paris on that side, died recently in a state of com plete penury. On her arms were found several tattoo marks, andl among them wore the names of Marie Birou and of Petit, lovingly interwined together. These names soon suggested the recol lection of a strange episode long passed almost into oblivion, and threw an un expected light upon the real name and character of the old woman. It is re corded in the annals of the French Newgate that in 1847 a man named Birou died under suspicious circum stances, and the wife, together with a man named Petit, were tried for having poisoned himn, and convicted of murder. The male convict was executed in due course, but the woman was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and was in the jail of St. Lazare when, in the month of February, 1848. the revolution broke out. On the 24th of that month the mob broke Into the prison and let out the prisoners, and among them the woman Birou. From then she has led a checkerel life, being at one time em ployed as a servant in a house of busi ness rat Montmatre. Here, however, the atmosphereof crime continued still to sur round her, for the man by whom she was employed had a bro1ther who was also condemned to capital punishment, and suffered death by the guillotine at Versailles. This incident caused the brother to break up his establishment and turn Marie Birou out upon the World again. She managed, however, still to elude the pursuit of the detec tives, and obtained an appointment at Courdevole, where, after she was too old to work, she oontinued to exist pdoin oipally upon the oharity of her neighbors, until death at last revealed the secret of her identity by disoovering the tattoo marks on her arms.-Parsan. As A general tWme I amapogedto hanging, but wb..de it shaL~ found to be noes 'for the premvtionl of society, there a oore reasoIW yo should bot do 1%tt that y uld notniakan 'Spid gal. You can la h* Toa tthe single shirt. Is an old probabl at thebenn~I A Youxe oognomen o her lover, b sonnet, he made a "sardine." " WIrm," maid a at Sookey when she a weedy stubbleelL you ain't got wings, a burred of pausage, a. Povmnr is the mothet editor is proverty T is the mother of rest,''b very well acquaintod on this terrestrial sphere Tiu ge4tleman who cold from pressing his -pet snowy brow, reoofs ed while basking in the s other fair damsel.-b JOHN ha4a " "Aof th g ---- He lent young In mith i The "p wento but not Smit' Anger wen of' ith It A N'wYour L who was tra in Ohio gave a baby ier Idwatoh:to' pla with and the bIt dow and crie for more.. .they cant swallow in that State must be over a foot in width.--Detroit .&ee Pea. YOUNG man, look not upon (he '6rA sociable oyster stew whei it is red with pepper; because-at the last it sting eth like an adder and biteth a hole your pocket-book to a odnsiderab amount. Williamportk Table. SAID the sailor to his sweetheart: "I know that ladies care little about nauti. cal matters, but if you had your choice of a ship, what kind of a one would you prefer?" She cast down her 'eyes, blushed and whispered: "A little smack." TaE latest marvel of science is instan taneous photoraphy. By the aid of this process it is possible to otain a iotuhre of yourself and girl in the act o being thrown over a stone wall by a runaway horse. This picture can be. placed on the mantlepiece In a maroon velvet frame as a warning to young men t6 never let go the reins with both hands. -- New Haven Register. SHE wanted to test his affgetion, so,. picking up the rovolver and putting her eye to the muzzle, she said, mnnocently,. "I wonder if it's loaded." "Oh, don',~ he exclaimed, with manifest agitation. ' It satisfied her that he loved her and she asked, indifferently!i "vWhy not ?", " Because," he answered, " I've got house rent to pay next month and a funeral would embarrass me."-Broo4yn Eagle. A NEW boarder at the Occidentalgae at his plate, the other morning, and then said : " Is there a reliabl physician stopping in this house ?" " es, sir," said the water. ' Good surgeons, too, eh ?" "Believe so, sir." "Then just 1"'i if he is in his room before I startin an this breakfast. I had a brother choked to death on a steak like that once, aoid I am bound to take all the necessary pire cautions. "-San Francisco Post. Mercenary Wars. Capital, already red with crime, has added another sin to her bloody list. It is perceived, sinice the battles have been fought and made their slaughter, that the French war in Tunis was caused by the French money sharks, who desired to extend their financial operations. The "Credit Foncier " of France which may answer to our " Oredit MohJ4r" is responsible for the Tunis war. Govern ments ought to be above these soulless oorporations and ~able to resist their elshaggressions. The industrious Italian went into North Africa, and. be gan to construct railroads. The French capitalists became possessed with the ' idea that they would speculate in these shadow representations of wealth. They 4 invested. They became entangled in the net, and hence the war. French capital appealed to French arms for protection. France answered the appeal affirmatively and went to war. A more mercenary campaign was never waged,I under the banners of a civilized nation. Heaven knows that wars, under whatever auspices, are cruel, barbarous and brutal to the last degree. Theyrees the man and develop the brute. Te smother the good in humanity, and throw to the surface the evils of the race. Ferocity takes the place of fo'me, ~ and savagely usurp. the, place of bravery. As General Sherman said, "In whatever light we look at it, war is'hell." One of the great works of civilization yet to be accomplished, is to disarm the world. To go to work to gratify ambition. isa a ~~ terrible sin ; sto take up arms to use in anger is weak, as well as wicked: but to go to war for pudrfor mercenj ends, is to be unpatbydeprav The men who sent thQ "rnty agatnat Tunis were the money sharks of Patil Government has the right to follow her' citizens and demand that they be pro tected, but have they not arightflret t asoortain the character, of te .capit'' under which they intend to go to war? Nations should not be plunged idto war to gratify the pokets of men who projeet Panama canal, Tehuantepee. ship rail way enterprises, nor for those who speculate in railway stocks in the north of Africa. The sidaemanshlp of the-' world will be larger and wiser when: It refuses to be influenced unduly by these~ corporations, whose rights should. be settled without involving the oouiatty in war. The money and blood of the peo ple should not be put up for the benefit of the people who organize in corp~ora' tions. What patriot cares to ladoIwn his life for a soulless coprtOThe mercenary wars, and th otheri too, should come to an end.-ndfn4ajU Herald. Buonar-ruarLrSWBD sitisti@cw that the consumption of tob o France has largely and steadily during the present ceuitU the amount derivedbyt* this one article was 8 In 1858 the amount -o 000,000 francs, while , given it was SIS,54, ~ . represnt. anavrg