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Hi t ~ ' ," , w iil 5b R________eutiurL. DEVOTED TO YOLIrIC.4, zORAL1TY, EDUCATION &ND TO TOE GENER %L INTEREST OF TUE COUNTKY. By D. F. BRADLEY & Co, PICKENS, S. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,1883. VOL. XII. NO. _ iNW8 GLEANIVGs.. The new directory of Savannah, Gq., gves that city a population of over 40, 000. The Nashville Street Railway Com . pany havo reduced fa1e to two and one half cents per trip. All deadly weapons found on prison era in Memphis are thrown into the river by the officers. Savannah, Ga, has coritracted to have the city lighted by electricity, at an annual cost of $18,000. There were 466 more liquor salons in Georgia in 1881 than in 1882. 'There are still 2,517 saloons in the State. The census report shows that the mar ufacture of clothing is the greatest of all Industries-of course next to politics. A farmer living near Maplesville, Ala. has practically demonstrated the fact that fine rice can be grown in Alabama. The Hoosac tunnel has cost Massa ohusetts some $21,000,000, and costs the people of this commonwealth $2,000 for interest every blessed day of their lives. R. J. Redding, Assistant Commis sioner of Agriculture of Georgia rays the farmers of that State are in a better condition than they have been for ten years. Nashville American : A fruit distiller in Warren county has, lately, from 100 bushels of fruit made 112 gallons of proof spirits. This is said to be some thing unprecedented. Montgomery Advertiser : The receipt) o' cottoc at this >ifn.t are 25,662 bales ahead of this date last year, ani they are about 12,000 greater than our entire receipts from September 1, 1881, up to the first of September this year. New Orleans Times-Democrat: One million standarci dollars were Friday transferred from the vaults of the Sub Treasury, in the custom house, to the United States Mint. One of the large wagons of the Southern Express Com pany was used, and, although large loads were taken, it required something over - half a dozen trips by the wagon to make the transfer. Wilmington (N. C) Star, 3 th : Yes. terday there were forty-six large vesels in port, of which seventeen Norwegian barques, three British barques, six Ger man barques, one Swedish barque, and three Danish barques, one Italian and one Danish brig ; one British and eleven American schooners, and two steamships. This does not include small coasting schooners, river steanmers, tugs, lighters, etc. The total immigration to the United States for 1882, at all ports, was about 785,00u. This estimate is based on cus. tom house official returns for all months excep)Lng December, and the arrivals in . +at month are placed at 8),000. The total immigration at all p)orts for 1881 was a little over 719,000, showing an in, crease of abou t 16,000 in thec past year The countries from which the immi grants came, and the number contribut ed by a.ach, were as fellows: Ger.nanv, 282,00; England and WVales, 81,000 ; -Irelandl, 80,000( ; Scot land, 170,000O; Swe. den, 95,000 ; Nor way, 27,000 ; Canad a. 89,000 ; all other countries, 1 60,000. The New York Telegram, in an article on crimes, crcdits Virginma with forty three murders last year, TeXxas thirty one, Arkansas twenty-four, Tennessee twenty-e, North Carolina nineteen, Georgia si,xteen, Mississippi fifteen, Ala bama eight, Louisiana and South Caroli na seven each and Florida three. 01 the legal executions Georgia had eleven, South Carolina nine, Louisiana seven, North Carolina six, Tennecssee andI Tex as four each ; Arkansas, Virginia and Mississippi three each and Alabamna and Florida one each. Judge Lynch exe cuted five persons in Alabam, four in Louisiana, four in South Carolina, two each in Florida, Texas and Mississij,pi and one in Virginia. Suiides were re ported as follows: Arkansas six, North Carolina five, Alabama, Georgia aitd Virginia four each and Louisiana and Mississippi three each. These statistics do not cover one fifth part of the crime, but even at the greatest figure there was no more in the South than was enacted East and North. The Moon and the Weather. A great many people believe the moon has more or less to do with the weather, and, they watch the changes of that luminary and from It judge of what the weather is to bo. Some persons believe if the moon change: at certain times the weather for the next seven days, or until the moon changes again, will be so and so. For instance, if the moon's change takes place hetween the hours of twelve andl two o'clock in the morning, then the next seven days will be good~ weather and so on throughout,pho various hours of the day and night. I have for some time been In the habit of keening a daily reoard of the weather, and a's I had juist heard it predicted that the seven clays, beginning with the 12th of October and ending with the 19th, would be mild weather because the moon had changed about o,ne o'clock In the morning, I took our,,almanae and note-book and *am pated results. Going back with its bo ginning of the year up to this time, I find the moon has changed thirty-eight times. Out of these at the time of day - of change the. weather changed seven teen times, while the other twenty-one timdes thei'e was flo change of weather at all. "Now, these weather prophets or moon believers, always antielp ate a change of weather when the moon changes. This rule does not hold good as it has failed more than half the time. I kept an account a year ago last summer at each of the mnoon's chianges, but as we had duch an unprecedented long 4aught 1.hardly considered it a fair test; but this year the weather has been ye hangeablo and I think the test TOPICS OF THE DAY. IT IS estimated that 20,000 buildinf in Philadelphia which ought to have fu escapes have not. NEARLY 2,000 deer have been shippe this winter, from one point on the Wi nonsin Central Railway. FOURTEEN miles of now building costing $20,000,000 is the constructih record of Chicago for 1882. It is a ma nificont showing. Tan Queen of England bought sever of the mules used in the Egyptian can paign to carry deer and game on the backs at Windsor and Balmoral. TirE largest insurance upon the life any one person in the United Sta tes held by one G. K. Anderson, of ' Titu Ville, Pa., and amounts to $315,000. GEo. W. CHILDS, proprietor of th Philadelphia Ledger, made his employ( happy on Christmas day by distributir $6,000 worth of presents among thea. EFFORTs are being made to establish wine cellar company in Warrenton, V, eSveral varieties of wine-making grap< grow to perfection in central Fauquie Dunnco the last year 20t drownc bodies have been found floating on th waters that surround Manhattan Islan( The ghastly aggregate for thirteen yea1 is 2,309. SARGENT and Stewart, two America artists in Paris, represent the Unite States in the International Society c Painters and Sculptors, founded by Br tien Lepage. THE Trustees of the old St. Patrick Cathedral in New York have decided I remove the bodies from its former gravc yard. There were about 25,000 inte: ients in it. THE South Carolina Legislature : credited with doing some excellent wor during its late Eossion. It sat but twor ty days, yet passed 181 important an much-needed acts. Tri n is a deficit in the city budg< of Baltimore of about $200,000 for th year. Either the rate of taxation, $1.3 per $100 must go up or the approprin tions come down. PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S Christmas tab hore a huge platter of roast beef, th choicest beef of Iowa's famous Crimsc Hord, sent to him with the complimon of the State by Senator Allison. IT Is said that the life of the pO Whittier is much disturbed by womei One wealthy widow actually propost td him, and other women have mad violent love to him without avail. OVER four hndred per cent. is t increase of cotton future speculation i New York since 1876. Then 8,000, 0G bales, were sold. In the year endin May, 1882, there wore 32,700,00 bah sold. THERE are 90,000,000 gallons whisky in bond in this country which, is calculated, will make 500,000,0( drinks. T1his is ninety drinks to evei man, woman and child in the Unit( States. CoNoRESS, it is thought, will make a propriations to purchase the Washain ton relies now in England and oflcr< for sale by distant connections of tI family who have lately becomeoemba rassed. Dn. CORvI8ANTr, who was a deyot, friend of Napoleon, and physician to t1 young Prince Imperial, has just died Paris. He never recoveredl, it is sai from the shock caused by young Na1i leon's death. SINoE 1875 there has been a most r markable decrease in crime in Now Yoa city. In that year the total cases a raignod was 84,399; convictions, 54,65 Last year the total cases was 69,135, ai the convictions, 45,309. )V. J. LASrrTON, the humorous jor naalist, formerly of the Steuhenvillo (C Iferald, but late of the Louisville Go ricr-Journa/, has taken editorial char1 theO Drummner a well-known humnoro paper of Cincinnati. Mr. Lampton ran among the best American hiunorists. A WAsurNoTON iirm ha& sued t1 A dams Express Company for $10,001 claiming that a diamond and emera butterfly broch, head ornament al ring setting, of this value, forwarded 1 them to a person in New York, on V 10th ult., never reached their destin tion. Tra Louisiana Lottery Company occupying the attention of a good mai people just now in Washington, both and out of Congress. It seems to1 preotty certain that a movement of son ind with regard to this company Is foot, but just what it is nobody ory t1 outside appecars to know. JUnos JAurSs OARLAND, of Lyne burg, Virginia, has recently retired fro the bench at the age of ninety-one. H: tory records but one instance before tk of a Judge reaching his ninetieth ye while yet performing the duties of V bench. That was Sir John Moore, a' Judge Garland exeedrs even him. - u . a. goen f h 'nIi lum on Ward's Island is to be investi zated. Of late a number of persons re l ave been brought before the courts and released as sane. Considering the crowded state of these public asylums, ( it is very surprising that it is possible to include in them any excepting those who are very positively insane. , AN Italian - vessel has just returned n from a scientific expedition to the South Pacific, and the voyagers havo settled the question of the former existence of a race of giants in Patagonia, reported l by Magellan. In wandering over Terra t del Fuego the travelers found human r craniums and bones of such an enormous size as to prove the existence of a raco > which has now disappeared, and thus at * test the veracity of Magellan. IN 1780 Congross adopted a resolution to erect at Annapolis, Md., a monument e to the memory of De Ktlb, but no money s was appropriated to carry out that reso g lution. During the last session of Con gress Senator Gorman introduced a res olution appropriating $10,000 for that purpose. It was called up last week, and passed the Senate with but one dis senting vote. Tius, 102 years after the original action the work is fairly on the way of speedy accomplishment. e Trz proceeds of the recent sale of ar. tieles accumulated in the dead-letter s office in Washington, aftero deducting expenses, amount to $4,407.67, which sum has been deposited in the Treasury n to the credit of the Postoflice Depart d ment. The prices realized were some_ if what below the average value of the i- articles sold. The amount realized from the sale of any parcel can be recovered by either the sender or person addressed 8 at any time within four years from the date of its registry in the dead-letter office. GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON, of Geor gia, came home recently from Europe k proud of his country. He said to a re L. porter: "It is enough to make an al American proud to ride through the streets of London, with its civilization of two thousand years, and see American 4 implements, American sewing-machines, s American tools, and American goods 7 displayed on every hand, and know that American watches are being sold in the stores, and American fields are feeding the English people, and American facto ries beginning to clotho them." a BoUQUET JoHNNY, a widely known a Philadelphia flower peddler, wasa Lang try victim. Whether his regard for the t beauty was a matter of sentiment or bus iness is conjectural ; but it is certain a that he decided to give her an immense e and costly bouquet in Philadelphia. le went to her hotel, sent up his card, and was met by a handsomo young woman, e to whom he handed the flowers with a neat speech. She accepted the gift very graciously, and he retired in a state of g wild delight, only to he plunged down to despair by learning that he had only seen Mrs. Langtry's maid. >f it STATISTICs compiled by the officials of 10 the United States Internal Revenue Do 'y partment show that in the year 1881 95, d 000,000 gallons of beer were consumed in the country, and 780,000,000 on the conti nient of Europe and in Great Britain and Ireland. The total value of this heer 1was $250,000,000. T.he United States stands third on the list of beer-drinking -countries, the average being about two and a half gallons for each inhabitant. Belgium stands fli'et on the list. Little al beer is consumed in Scotland and Tre ec land, whisky being the national beverage. in The English average ton gallons of bcer 1, per head per annum. A Thucal Schoohnaster. A few months ago the report ran the rounds of the press th.at the wealthy kDutchess of G3allivra had bestowed twvo r- splendid estates upon01 the Pope for use during his lifetime. Tihe story of the enorn ou inmereae of this old1 lady's riches is not generally known, and it is certainly a curious one. The late D)uko possessed a fortune of 300,000,000 francs, r- and an only son, During his father's .lifetime the heir declared his intention .- of renouneing the world. Inistead of Sfollowing the examples of the Kings and nobles of earlier ages when they were aseized with this passion andl ret iiing into is a cloister, the young iman, at the ago of twenty, crossed into the territory of IN ice, and applied for a situationi as a 10 village slchlnmastor. His father re garded it as a mere freak, and sent his 'son every year a stun of 300,0)00 francs. 1(d The1 young man accep)ted it, but refused 1(i to spondl it uponl hiimself, sending tho >ywholo to Paris, with a request that it should bie ex penaded anonymously upon tihe poor of tihe Frenh capital, while lhe himsdf existed entirely upon theo income which he earned as a schoohuaster. Th'le is secret of tihe aristrocratic origin andl brilliant p)rosp)ects of the village peda 7goguio couild noet he0 kept, aund after ho mU had been at work for three years the >o French Minister of Education sent him oe a nomination as "'Of1icer (10 l'Academie." Meanwhil' 'me father (lied, and the cc 10 (cntriec5 ,oolmna'ter hadl become the IDuke of Gallivra, and the rightful pos. sessor'of enormous riches. He do a.. termfined, however, to adhlere to his vow m of renunciation, lHe wrote a p)olite letter to the F"rench minister, declining the "' honor which had been offered him, saying isthat his threeyears' service was too mean rto be compensated withm such a dignity. irIho~ young Duke is 6iiil contented teachl id ing the ehildron of the peasants in his Nice village, and never interferes withl his mother, regarding himself dead to world in whioh he OnenO lived-Imla4 Phosphorescent Beetles. The beetles (elater) are the most re splendent forms of the South. Over seventy distinct species of them aro known from Chili to the Southern States of Nort America. They have two yol low phosphorescent spots upon the back, and two others hidden under the wing cases, which are only visible when the insect flies. We have frequontly read by their light; allowing the insect to cling t3 the finger, and passing it along the page, aspot two incnes in diameter would berendered luminous by the dor sal lights. The sight produced by these tropical fire-flies is often extremely maonificent, and has been aptly do scribed by Southey: " Sorrowing we behold rho night aomo on; but soon did night dils More wonders than it veiled; innunerous tribes From the wood cover swarmed, and darkness mado Their ebeautles visible; one while they stroamed A bright blue radiance upon flowers which closed Their gorgous colors from the eye of (lay; Now, motionloss and dark, oluded search, Solt'-shrouded; and anon, starring the sky, Roso like a shower of fire." Now a red glare dashes by, followed by an intermittent blaze of rich orange yellow, while in the foliage all about the brilliant green light of the photuris appears, dying away a mimic revolving light. At times these att~-et others of golden hues, and a bevy of flashing in candescent bodies circle about cach other for a moment, and then dart away like flaming meteors to illumine the gloom beyond. One, the pyro phorus, emits, when at liberty, a rich, ruddy glow, and again a yellowish orange, but in captivity it seems dif fused with a pale, green glow. These are the insects the early Spanish in vaders took for the lights of an im mense army as they advanced upon the ancient capital of Mexico. At this time they were used by the natives at night. numbcrs of them being tied to the feet. Soutthey refers to this in the poem already quoted. When Coatel was guiing Madoc through the cavern, "he b ckt'ne,, and 'escendedi, antl trew out Front tinelen'h her vest i eaice, or nit it rAther inight e calleitl, so tine Ihe wigs Which knit it, where, contilned, two fire-iiies save Their Inater." In parts of the South to this (lay they are in common use as a decoration b'y the ladies; and among the peasantry of Italy and Groece a gala toilet would not seem complete without a diadem of flashing fire-ilies that gleans and scin tillates like a veritable halo about their heads. As evening falls these maids of the sun follow the gleaming insects, and bedeck one another with living gems that only Nature can produce. Upon one occasion Don Domingo Conde, of ('olombia, appeared upon the evening promenade with an enormous live beetle as a catch to his Panama hat, which in turn was ornamented with a loop of blazing fire-flies; and in his palace cages of silver wire I "lfig, imprisoning myriads of the glca.n.ug inscets. Charles F. IJoldcr, in Iarv r's IMau(azine. Hosiery. Black stockings are most in favor at present, in wool, cotton and silk alike; they are worn both for the street and for full evening dress, with either slip pers or high shoes, and are liked as well for children as for ladies; terra-cotta shades are next in favor, but theo colors are not so well brought out in w: 01 stockings as in those of silk or thread. La lies who re-luire great warmth, and those whose feet are never moistened by perspiration, like the line, soft, French cash.mcre stockings. Those of solid color. with very narrow clocks at the sides, are most used. and are chosen in black, cardinal, wine, blue, clive anl plum colors, with reference to the dress wvith which they arc worn. It is poor economy to buy the lowv-price-l roughly woven wool htosiery that falls into a great hole as sooni as a thread breaks. lleavy black Ifalb)riggan hose with wvhite soles are usedl by those to whose flesh wool is irritating, anti the similar white half-footed stocking is shown in dark cardinal, b)ronlze and cadlet blue shades. L,adies whlo wear silk stockings all the year choose those of raw silk woven in ribs for street, wear in the winter; black anti re(d are lire fer'red, butt eve-y shade is shown to match suits. Lightecr qualitie.s of ribbed silk hose in black an' I in colors are prieferred to wear in the house with slippers. Some of thie handsomest silk st ockings have op)en-wvorkedl clocks twvo inches wide up each side; ethers, of the lightest bloc or pink or black plain silk, have rose buds or stars embroideredi all ovey' the instep andl an kles; still mioreC costlyV than these are thte French lace sto:k ingt% with open silk-work like latee forming the entire stocking, and embrtoidory on tihe sidles or instep; most costly of all are ihose with Chtant illy laco set in ott the instepl of pink, blute, or (artdinal silk. The only stripeid stocking~s are those that have thle ribbed strtipe lengtht wise, with a plain contrastint,tip b)etween. W\heni black stockmntr are niot uisedl with even.ing tress the stock ing mnatches the' (01 >rof the dIress, or of somtethting promlbaictt in its triiiinuitgt. lHibbed stockings wear be~st for' chiil: dlren, and shape t hemnsolves properly to the chil's growing feet anti legrs. Black ribbed cotton, or rib)bedl wool,"or raw silk stockings ate the fashion of the moment for children to wvear wvith dress es of any color; those wvith white feet that are not ribbed are liked by a >nme, bitt the ribbed legs are preferre'd by al; tihe wool stockinzs wvith cottoni feet, andt the e wvith dlouIbled knees, heels and toes, wear best, and need not be clumtisy if the quality is good. Dark cardi,:dl, terra cotta, bronze and the dleepest blue are the col'ored hose wor'n to mat chi children's dresses. White silk stock ings in the long lace -like patternIs are chosen for brides. -HIarpe's B azar'. - -ho finny OCcupants of a large aquaritmti at Llmira, N. Y., becamet itt volved int a fight a few (lays ago, andt ini splahin at:out upset a p)ile of rotcXs th a t had sto di iln the water. tne rock ?ell against the glass side and br'oke it, and( the three hutndred gallons of wvater and alithe fishes were diischargedm unon t he Iloor. -Brass bedsteads that were entirely unknown in Amerlea a few years ago are ranidivy gainine infam The Law of Mistakes. The source of almost every law-suit is to be found In mistakes. 'These are of two kinds: mistakes of fact, and mis takes of law. Experience has provoeL that the ablest men sometimes make blunders, and the law has decided that a real mistake of fact in an important part of a contract will excuse the party mistaken from performing his part of the agreement. For instance: a man made a contract with one ice company and refused to deal with another. When the hilt was presented ho found that the latter com pany had supplied his ico. He refused to pay the bill, and it was decided that the mistake freed him from liability. A horse was sold by a trader ant, paid for on the spot. While the trade was going on the horse died. The buor brought suit for the money paid, and it was decided it should be paid back, since both parties had made a mistake of fact, in supposing the horse to be alive when the trade was onded. If a farmor intending to sell hay sells oats by mistake instead, he may refuse to deliver the oats on that ground. It sometimes happens that a bill is paid by mistake with counterfoit bank notes. In such a case the payment is void and the recoipt taken is worthiess. A mistake in the quality of the thing bargained for is no ground for break ing an agreement. i a man buys a cheap thing, with the idea that it'will serve his purpose as well as a more ee pensive article, he can not, because he was mistaken, send it back and recover the money paid. A mistake of law is no ground for re fusing to carry out a contract. This rule is founded on the old maxi in, I Ig norance of the law doth lot excn'e.' And every man is supposed to know the law of the land ho lives in. Suppose a debtor gives his note, p romisig to pay a sum:i of nmoney with lawful interest, thinking that the legal rate is six per cent. If ten por cent. is the legal rate, his ignorance of the fact will not excuse him from paying the ten per cent. n ahenl well-known legal words are used in a contract, with a mlistak,en idea of their meaning, they are binding, in their legal sense, upon the person u:simltr t helm. ' If land is deeded to a man and to his heirs, he receives the estate abeolutely, although both parties intended that he should only have the estate during his own life. Some mistakes of law put an end to agreements on the ground that they are rather mistakes of fact than of law. An executor of a will pays money to a per son whom he thinks is an heir. If the supposed heir he an impostor, the mone, can be recovered. If, under a compli cated will, a person buys rights which are his already, he may get back what he paid for them. Mistakes of law in civil cases only cost money; but mistakes of the crimi nal law havo more serious effects, in the loss of respectability and reputat ion. Here the plea of ignorance of the law will not be accepted. A criminal nmust. sttfTr the penalty of his deed, though he thought it lawful when he commit ted it. Formerly an outlaw might be slain by anybody; luit If a private perion shoulI now kill an outlaw, with the idea that he had a right to do so, it would be pun ishable as murder. An old law book gives a curiotui in stance of the plea of ignorance. Sir John Johnstone, a Scotchman, was tried for stealing and marrying one( Mary Wharton, an heiress, 'to tho great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great displaragement, of the said Mary, and to the utter sorrow and af 1lietion of her friends." When he was found guilty and sentenced, he ask ed, with surp)rise, if it was a hanging mat ter'. lHe was told that it was, and he wans sentenced and "executedl on a gib bet, he fore his ladyv's door in (reat Q ueenl St r'eet."' Happily the days of harsh andI cruel lawvs are pJast, anid penalties are now impjosedl to reform the olenders rathier than to avenge the oihenso. --yotg Compan ion. Ntilsance of Titles. I road with interest the other day, in a leading provincial paper, that ''His Excellency, the Right Hon. J. R. Low ell, the American Minister, is staying at the Royal Hotel, in Whitby." It is true that Mr. Lowell was in: Whitby, but why call hinm ''Right Honorable?" The mistake is analogous to that which the American is wont to make in dealing with Fughish titles ; prefixing, for ex ample, "'Hon." to the name of a political no*ab)iIity. An 'English writer seldom speaks of an Arkansas Senator as the 'lHon." John Smith, because "HIoniora ble" in England is never a political title. It is applied b)y courtesy to the soni or daughter of a Peer supl)posinig the son or daughter has no higher courtcsy title. '"Right IJonorable,"' whlich I su pposo does not exist in America, is, in a sense, a political designation. Membershuip of t3 e Privy Council confers it. Member ship of P arliament does not. Mr. Biright is the Right Hion. Jolhn1Brigh t heeau :: lie is a Privy Coutncilor, not at all lbe cause he sits for Birminghaem itt the House of Commons. 'lTho onmly distinec tion appertainiing to him in tlie latter capacity is the right to eflix the magic letters '1. P. to his namte. His proper address is ''The Right Honi. John Iright, M. Pi." If heo woro ntot in the 1Privy Council it would he, "'John Bi right, Esq., M.P." "RJight Hbonoralo," moreover, is an ppelaionto hih Persassuch havo a claim, but it is going out of u150, andl needl not he' takeni ito accont m for piractical lpurposes.- -Lowlon Cor. New York Tr',ibn'. -The Pope has ordered a collection to be made from the publdic and the so et archives of the Vatican of all the dliplomatie relations and ether doon.. ments concerning theo first 14ep arat.ion of England from the Church of lRome, antd everything relating to that "'schism" from that time to thme p)resent. It is ho-. lieved that certain impt ortant documents may be found, calcnlated to facilitate those negotiations for the resumption oif diplomatie initorcouirse which were ii tiated two years ago, hut have hitherto failed to overome tho djficulIes itt th way. --1as any onb found b Waterways. - --Question in Natural toes a optamount to? --Aminadab says the balance o s generally some two ounces shor -Said a loving wife to her - hug "Do you know, my dear, that butter' )rnaments are very fashioffabld i Perhaps so," he gruffly replied, "b :a4 ,rub Is the great desideratum." .. -The verdict of the Coroner's jurysnt ['unbridge Wells on the death of a hild was: "The child was suffocatgd,, out there is no evidence to show that he suffocation was before or after oath." -"Julia, my little cherub, when does our sister Emma return?" Julia: "I on't know." "Didn't she say any lina before she went away?" Julia: She sa:d, if ou came to see her, that [ie'd be gon till doomsday." -"What impudence!", exclaimed Irs. Shoddy. "Here is a man applying y letter for a situation as coaobman, -h f!gna !"mAlf 'Your obedient ser ant,' and I have not even t.hought of iring him yet-'-Philadelphia ews. -Where a chap gets ahead of old. ather Time is when bo dreams. He in dream of going to England ahd )oling around for a year and returning ome again in ten seconds. It also Ives expenses.-Detroit Free Press. -Mr. J. J. II. Gregory says that an ere of land may contain six tons of ,orms. So it may; but, if Mr. Gregory ver tried to dig a box of bait on ten Iinutes' notice of an invitation to go shing in a dry time he knows it don t. -Lowell Courier. -An old darky said to his wife at the ircus: "Look ahere, Suse, yer jest got make up yer mind; ef yor gwine to ike do shoes yer can't go to de circus, n' of yor is gwine to do circus yer can't et de shoes." Just about this tim-s he band struck up a lively air, and use told the old man she would go arefooted a while longer. - She was ound to see do circus. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. -The new Governor of Colorado Is )nly about thirty years old. -Senator Bayard is ranked by George 1. Sala as the best story-teller in *-e %ountry. --Milton received $25 for his "Para liso Lost," and Tennyson $5,000 for his 'Promise of May." -Mr. Bill Nye, of the Laramie Boom. rang, speaks of Elder Cannon as a four ly l'ater-familins. --Mie.' Nilsson, speaking of Oscar Vilde to a Chicago reporter, s'id: "lie ugrht to have been taken by the ear mnd iaken to the boat and driven out of his country." -)avy Green. of Ballard County, y., an eight-year old boy, without edu at ion, er.n do pencil sketching worthy )t an obl artist, and can copy, true to iffe, anything he once sees. -In the opinion of the Philadelphia Press Mrs. Lan rtry could have "got into" her critics in the most cruel way [>y saying: "llow much money did you fellows earn while I was making *62, 300. -It is now said that Governor Cleve. land is a direct lineal descendant of .enry Sewell, q., wh , in the days of Q.ueen Elizabeth, was several times chosen mayor of Coventry. --Mis. Charlotte Carpenter, who be camoe the wvife of Walter Scott, wrote before marriage that she did not ap prove of reflecting, and bade adieu to all thoughts, for she meant to have a good time. -A mong the honors to be conferred umponi Sir Garnect Wolseloy will, it is an nouincedl, be tho placing of his name on ho list of olicers eligible for appoint.. ment as Colonel of one of the regiments >ft Household Cavalry. --The Len don correspondent of the \1anclhester ("uardian says that Herbert spencer looks well, but protests that his >ronze.d look is only a temporary conse iuence of tho sea voeyago, and that he eels in reality the reverse of benefited >y his trip. -Thelm prospective Mrs. Cleveland, vho is exp)ected to preside over the ox 3eutive mansion at Albany, is Miss May Ihirlingamei, a lady residing near Utica. yhe G overnor elect has been about six year s making up his mind to it, but the liusto is saidl to have been poppe)d at -- Sergeant Ballantine, though a cele >rated and elotquent sp:eakor,lis rather w~kward in manner and has an odd vav of atterinig his phrases like a law er' dictating an implortant brief to an umlli(nanuess. lie has spoken six houirs day in court for three succeeding days vithbout notes, but says that lie is afraid :0 adldress an American audience. -Dr):. D)avid P'arsons, the old-time pastor of the church in Amherst, was iotedt for his eccntrieities, and, among )ther vanaries, used to have a p late set it his ta>le for a favorite cat. One day, vbile askinmg a blessing at the mornting neal, lie was taken wvith a fit of cough ng, and1 before the paroxysm was over ho cat mewed. As soon as the par on could speak he turned to the cat md( 6xclaimTed: "Shut up! I can got ilong wvithout your help." and then truck in where he had left off and fin shed the blessimr. Heroism liot Obsolete. Tales of heroism at sea never lose their charm for landemen. The last one la found in the 8t. Jamese Gazette. A pan senger on board the Orient line steam ship Liguria, on her voyage from Si mon's B3ay to Melbourne, gives, in a pri vato letter, the following account ofI an act of bravery and devotion on the part of one of the officers and several of the crow of the ship : " While the sea was tremendlously high a sailor fell overboard. There was no chance of his recovery. T1ho ship was stopped as soon as possible, but after the iirst minute ho was never seen again. Nevertheless in five minutcs a boat was launched, with out tho orders of the captain, who cried when ho heard it. 'There go ten more men.' It was an awful time while the boat was out. The ofllcer in charge said that twice he gave up all hope of ever getting back a:gain. After about ,au hour, dulrinig which we were turning, h)acking, and sto)pping, rolling fearfuhy all the timo, we anid the boat got near to) each othier again. Ultimately, she reached the side of the ship, and amid the groatest excitement the men were hauled up one after the other with ropes, biut the captain said he would have no lives lost in trying to save the boat, which was immediately smashed by a blow from the rudder." -I. New Orlea man broke two legs with one kiek. One belonged to a cbair, and the other was part of hisa o' W anatomy. During his convalesOOene his amiable wife p laced the amaaIpt chair where he could eaily seo It, Th#J, (Ypmrqmm adur,r FOREIGN GOSSIP. t -A church in Bavaria $ccommodat n 1,000 people has been almost entire yluilt of paper-mache, which can be 8 ipplied at a cost little above that of plaster. It can be made to imitate the finest marble, as it takes a polish supe rior to slate. -The earliest money struck In Ire land was in the latter part of the tenth :ontury, in the reign of the IIiberno Danish Sihtric III., King of Dublin, a contemporary of A.thelred I., sole c monarch of Saxon England, whose coins f were inited by the Dublin King. -Tlhe Bermondsey Vcstry in England has decided that a tradesman who had sold a cat as a rabbit should be exon crated from all blame, because the est, one of a parcel of genuine rabbits im- e ported from Ostend, was bought and in sold in good faith as a specimen of the latter aniial. The purchaser had taken - a fancy to that particular rabbit, but atterward took it back, whereupon the c vender took it to )r. Dixon (the local t medical oflicor) for examination. It was t then found to be a cat. -The Advanced Republicans of k France, who already have civil marriages s and civil funerals, are now teginning to t practice civil baptisms. A fortnight I ago, at a village in the Indre-et-Loire, thu Mayor otliciated, and pouring some white wine on the child's head, pro nounced t ie words: "Pierre Victor, I baptize thee in the name of liberty, equality, fraternity. Vivo la Repub liqluol -In New Zealand they co-operate for medica. attendance. A correspondent of the Lancet says "A systemi exists of getting up clubs which contain nine tenths of the population, and are sub. scribed to by men who would blush to do so in England ; well-to-do people, who would be shocked over here at the thought of attending a dispensary. The doctor's fee per annum for a member varies from $4 to $5. This includes medicines and attendance." lie earn estly advises young doctors to stay at home. -In 1736 there died in the Fleet Prison, London, a person-named Yard ley, who had been contined for ten years for a debt of $500, which, with the ob stinacy of the defendant in itardell vs. Pickwick, he refused to pay. In his room were found securities worth $25, 000, and he had a real estate income of $3,500 a year. Prisoners with means could have every comfort, and it was the place of all others for good stories and good fellowship. -In recognition of his distinguished services in Egypt, the German Emperor has sent to the I)uke of Connaught the Order pour lc Mcrilc, founded by Fred erick the Great, and the highest mili tary decoration in the gift of the Prus sian Crown. This is the same order as the Emperor conferred upon his victo rious son, the Crown Prince, on meet ing him on the field of Koniggratz. The l)uko of Connaught, by his marriage with a lauighter of Prince Frederick Charles, the stormer of )appel and the capturer of Metz, may now be regarded as a member of the royal family of Prussia. -The municipality of Paris have de cided t' erect in prominent placos posts for signaling to the police oflicers in case of an afarm of fire or other mishap. The system is the most complete of the kir.d yet, devised. In a box at the to) of the post eight buttons will be fixed, and directions will be given as to their use. Thus on pulling No. 1 a sinal meatninlg "fire" will be transmitted aI'ong a telegraphic wire. No. '2 will signify a great fire ; No. 3, ani accident; No. 4, a riot; No. 5, a robbery; No. 6, aecrinme with violence; No. 7, a suicido, andl No. 8, a great catastrop)he. A policenian will const antly lbe stationed near by to give verbal instructionis to the put.blio in ca,e of need. A n Aritli metihcal 'uriosit y. To fin th le day oif thet week for any date wvit hin thle first thirt y ccitulriest of the Christiani era: F'roim the mnnhor i indicating the year drop aill to thle left of tfhe ttons. To t his result add ifs fourthI parit. (rerdless oif aniy riinai nderi) , thle diay of thie mtonithI, index of thle month I, ioni index o thIle centuriv. D)ivido thme snm by 7, and tihe reimaindler vill to lie dlay o~f t ho week, counitinig Sundaliy I. Alonday 2, ITuesday and Wddy -I, Thuriisd ay 5, Friday 6, adSaturday 0. ...n..ary.......:i \n.. ...~.I ~iIIeptinbr ... .1 F... r.. ary..... .o . ........0<t tote .... ....r..h.... ........liv......2 Novr,icb'. .Aprii.........: Augn .... leeinber. . . .. Fotr l,enpyear Ihe indtlices for- dJaniary and hc-brur noiubl111 eaclmhe b 011n less t han in ithe abore t able: -r.. ni. or I N Iitm t- n' CP.tNTmuF,8E . j---- i ,x ton'1 , 1. 2. i J.- for 0, 12, 15, l';, 21, 25. r t- l i l- or :C., .4 T) find th index of thie century for any giveon ye ar, Iind ini thle t able thle in 1nber o drtopped frotm thle year, and its intdex w'ill be thme ilde x ret<iuired. lueiried upon whad.t day of the w~cek tteI lith:tion I (1 of Jludepenid:neo w~as signied. Juily *i, 177th: A dd it tourrih pat........................... 19 Ar.t (the day t'rtii mionth................. da odox ofr th mem.t lb.................... da index of thes century................... Bumn-:- '11( 14 and 5 remaining, or T1hmisday, answer. -ThIle dresses of LolIIa Paulina, the rival of Aggripina, wvere valued at.4:?, 764,480, nlot incluinig her j(twetl5, which cost as much more. It has slipped 011r mlenmory whethe1r NIliss Pautzlina was the daughter of a plumber or ani editor, but 01ur imlpresioni is thait site wvas.--Norristown IIerald. - -TLhe pigeon that. i. Thurlow Weed was so fond of, and constantly p)ottO(d until lie became too ill to permlit its presence in the sick chamber, grew very disconsolato) after it's master's death. Mr. Seward said1 the bird oould hardly be gnieted. IL aeems to b wareoQfits loss