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" ~i 11.1'UIF;1)'' Tt (L,IF' ;, 11Ult.tl, IY, RlUM; 191O AND) TO TJE VENEI{ 1, IN'1'LIIESI O 01 'Ii (OU t jr~~. By D. F. RALY&0.PICK IENS, S. C, ,THURS.DAY, JUNE 21, 1..3 V . XI_. No BRDEY&C. l '0EN * Texas bluegrass seed is being tried in West Tennessee. ' In tie aLbne of lime this grass, it is thought,,wiJl thrive best in that section. The largest sheep ranche in the world is the one at Diniillent- and Webb coun ties, Texas, whore 300,000 head of sheep are pastured pn 300)00 acces of land. The queen's hepith is e ently a sub jeet of grave fear i England. HTer e's order is said to 1)e of 'a*drrt'at natftre, an I the probabilitfies arAttha she *ill be a bedidddi invilI. The State CapitWJ of Tezas vill prol )ly :)e built of flire granite instead of lim:stone. It is e'aimed that tlis will make it the best Stcite-hose on the co tinont. Six thousand halby alligators are sold in Florida evory yeari1, ta le punt of ivory, mnher of ukgb "d qrantity rt oil obtainod from the Jq merphs of the saurian fariitfp6. si ci'et to enti tle them to a high piece amng th$ pro ducts of the S ato.. Englishluen aroe iting control of ec ii siderable hind in 4 nerica. In Texas 811,000 acres have jtt l:een purehased by Mr. Wihalloy, M. P. ; an English syn dieate han 1,300,000 acres of I ottron land in Mississippi, and another eimpia ny 2,000,000 acren in 1lorida. About a year ago half a dozen colored men, of St. Bernard parish, Ln., orgll i zed a mutual benevolent nasociation. Now the association nunbers f'tv. and they hatvo aceumlliulateld a fund and begun the erection of A s:-aool-house for indi gent chilren of their race. A few days ago Inoxvile finished work on her water system at a c< st of $150,000 The two reservoirs wore har"dly filled with water when the lcttoml) of (oe <1op ped out. N(:1 (( n (s 1:( 1v f thit the < th. Pr is inl the samlue c<.nditit in, the water having suddenly disatpleued iitb ttufatl (:mable depthls. Savannlah News: Joe ir'.wn's ine( 1me is Said to be $1,00) a day. Of this am11onilt he gets $500 ia day fr(.m tle Dade county coal mines. Therei it( n doubt that lie is inking money faster than any Aoer Southern man. his for tunle is now estim:ited at. $2,000,000. The Senator's s;"it deiii' the sOft liii 1)oachmlelt. An industrious limz-sa:w in New Or leans ran against an obstr"uction in a log through which it was passing the other (lay, hut livid its teimper aid 01 soon eit its enemy in two. When the flank dropp 1led oft the worknlen found that the siw had hiseted an eight inch si1hericatl shell, doblltless ia relic of the watr. The exte rior wound had healed entirely, l';avin no trace of the passnge of the shell to its resting place. The New York Herald makes a calcu litioii frem the trailic a11d passengers that crossed the great bridge to andi( from New York on Saturday, from which it appears thit, deducting 40 pe cent for sighit-seere, the receilpts fo r 11)11 will aiver aige $2,500 ('eh day, or si,300,000 aya Deducting initerest at ( per cent on the outlay of $15,000,000, tlh' cost of the b ridlge, theire woukil( reminii a sinkingr fund toward paying thaot deb,t, $400,000) a Scar. Th le aigricultural lo(rers o,f Mississip pi, 340,000) ini round munberslOi, embllracinlg mien, womeni aid chiildreni, inludinig chilren from) ten yea1rs oIf age upi to menu and1( women of tluneeor I, manage to wring from the beso <(11 iiiother (earth the mlagnifi'enit aggregi o (f SO13,701,844 peri annonlli, or' neaorly 118 to (every 1man1, soil and1( galthein'lg its tfruit,l. The moneyi0 valihue of the farmsn in that State in 1 88t0 wasH $93,844,815, aga inst $81 ,710E,5,70 iln 1870, which shiows a whiolesomie increase in value. " Of the live fi(ld generalis (of the confied ('rate atimliy, J. E. ,Johnistn andiiih lOeanre gard surivive. (Geneiral ,Johnistonl is the general ageint of a promiinent New Yoi k garid is the adjfltant genleral (If the staite of IL(od.j1ina-where lie ho22s crea1ted the uneist hediy oif muili,tia for its inmnhii s in America. Hie ill also( one of thle conunis.. Si(iOers for the liqulidationi of (one4 of the old1 Louisiana state baInks, be,sides which he has2 (other imnportanlt buinessl'5 (conn120. tions. There weore twenity-one l ieu ten alit genieralhs imn the conife'derate armyll fromi tha t to last., and( (If these0 all were from the United Stutes a(rmyl but lfour, viz.: R3ic'haurd 'Ta2ylor, N. B. ForesCt, WVade Hamp1i1toni and1 ,JoIhn 13. (b,rdon.ii Of them the' followving mime livinag: I). i. Hill, who is iln Nor~thi Carlolinaz; Stephen(2 Lee, Eairly, Buxckner, Whieeler and1 A. P'. Stewart, hleaides the two no(t from2 th ld ( United Stamte's arm11y m11entioned1121 aboe. (huntaivis WV. SmIithI is the20 ran1king maljori general living, andt is tate conna1221issilel. tini live's ini Natchiez. and22 is ai railr2oad4 p -esidenit. 0. WV. Field anld L,. b. Lo max are iln Florida, and1 both ore ini thel emplloy (If the United States c.orps of onI gineern. Ma'madluuke Johnson1 is in St. Loulin and is wealdthyv. Williami Prestoni liven in kentc'ky an21 i ha a fortun222 lhe iniheriited. Hlumes liven iln Memplllin, Trenni. Wirf Adams1i is an2 aIgenlt for Mim Sissippi, anf I liven ini Jacksoni. Frank Armstrong lives ini St. Lois, ando in con nae'ted with the (Goulld system (of ra Iihomins in the s muthwiest. Churichill won (Gover nor,of Arkansas, and liven at h1ittle llock. Cox initt was governor (If (Georgial, and( is United States 50enaitor-Cle(t from that122 state. Colnton hasi returned from Egypt, and is living somewhere in Virginia. 1Di blrell is a member o~f Congress fromi Tenm nessee0. Ly< n, who co2manded (one (If Forest'ndiviions awvhile, liven in Eddy-. yille, Ky. I (do not knlow what Mackall, who was0 a bIrigadhier-genera2l and chief oIf General Bragg's staff, in doinlg, but i h).. lieve he livea in Georgia. McGowan in a member of the supreme oourt of South Carolina. Miles, WV. R., is a cotton.. nlaning mainato cin thm vi... .i,i 011 lawyer in New York, an,d mirab ilo 'dietn. I heir that le is ani eIthuIIIiati, advocate of (aoverncr 13. F. BItler for the presidenc"v. Ripley, "Ohl 1tip,'' as he was cailled, is in London, the agent of aln amerietu rifle company, and 1ody is there with him, John G. Walker is in Mexico, n.d is getting rich in silver mti nintg, and Holmnes is is partner. Wil Hiam C. Wic'kltm is i 1)romlinent railroad mtall and rel)ublicaln in Virginia. Of the three Lees who were genleral8, Clist is, who waNs Mr. I )avis' chief of stalf, iF tie p)residenit oif the Washingtoni and Lee (ollege inl Virginia; Willin 1Ienrv Fitzimngh Lee, generally called "Rtunty," is r, planter and is pr( sperotts on t a file e,state. Fitzhughi Lee, it cousin1 of the others, and a famlot-:s cavalry ofieer, owns I the "ltravenwoo'd" estate, v1n the Pot(imae al,but fifty mIlles below Washingt(n, vhere he is living like a fine Virginia planter of the olden time. Robetrt Lee, the iTeneral's yotungest sn1, whO) served in the rnkl(s it Ireater pm t t of the war, livs (I the Jamite"s river and owns t a handsome estate there. L"nl;nstreet lives ait (inuesville, Georgia, ande is Zlnit"d tates nmrishil. (eneral la;rly p ratice's law lit Ly ntbl ttr;,. ,irut(nnt4h<lneral, A. P. Stewart is president of tho IJuiver sitv (f Misi:issippui, at Oxford, :nl l .ieu lenanit-Genreratl is pr"isidlent (f an~ther 1lisissipi i institttion of learning. ]. If. mil Patterson Andersont are dead. General U. Frank ('heathatt is tin' super intending c"otmmishi(oner of the TIennessee penlitetti:try. (eiteral Bate is governor of TvInnttssee, ando W. II. or "Red,"' J:(ksoin, one of Forest's divisioI comis mt:aders, is livin.g neair Nashville 'n a itnanific(nt p lantation. (General Whete lea, who c"'Inttainded ill of (eneral John (ton's catvalry, is at planter ,n north Ala bam)a. Gene"ral Lawton, the qlutartetr tnster-general of the ctonfederay, is a I(leinir Imelnl'eme of the Savaina hl, (GIor 'ial, 1ur, and (eneral (organs, the confetd rate chief of ordntance, died in Aln.lbatta the other daty. Cockrell, the r"anking 1on1fede."aI general froml Missouri, is at United St ates senator. AMERICAN FABLES. ,Ingratitute-The Muckl't ihop,-Theo Fnrmner tund the lox. SOMP SPEOI1ENs OF INOnATITUDE.-A Burgl,tr who had risen to file Head of his Profession one lay called upon ia Lawyer and said: "I have come to demand the Prot, c tion of the Law." "You shall have it, my Friend-feo five dolms ." "Last night a man named Jones, liv ing on Seventeenth street, bhot at me'" contimued the burglir. "And what were you doinlg?" "I was about, to crawl into one of hisi Windows to lackc up his Silver an1 take it down to the Safe Deposit Conp:ny's vaults for safety." "Truly, such Ingratitude must be Re biked arnl Piunished," said the Lawyer. "We will have hit Arrested f(rthwsith, and t'ieugh lie may Defend his S:lv - against Burglars he cannot Defend his Greenbacks against the Law." TimF BUCKEr SoP.--A simule-n inded Peasant who had heard a _ri at deal about lueket Shops, entered (ne of theim one day anmd asked: "'What will it cost me to get a buick et?" ''Five dltlars is our lowest F'igurie" was the replly. .1Thte Peasantt handed over his cash anid was told to watch the T1icker and I th man whlo chalked on the lackbotard. le wtchled until weary of the Ocitpa tion, and then said: "'I guess I'll take my Bucket and( jog alonig home, as it is about timec to feed the Pigs." "Why, sir," replied the owner (of t he Cooper Shop, "the Bot tom dlroppted out of your Bucket half an hour ago.'' "'Then I will take the hoops homute to slhow my Wife that I speculated and lost.." "'Base ingrate I'" shtouted the proprie tor, ''in it ntot cnough that you have inot had1( your ptockets picked and( your heatd mansied with a club ? A fler having lput its to thte trouble of taikintg yourit itn iey you would now squeal! Go( henciie' Conmc here nto more ! H ereafter get yourself robbed on the( ntighwvay or buty Muting Stocks I'" T H FAniMEui AND) TTm Fox. -A Farmer having missed ai tmhber (of his fine, fat Fowls, plaed( htiimself to watch for thet D eprecatorU, and ere loing lie had thle Pleasuret ocif Sendiing a bltlet ito a Fox. 'Amnd so it was you who gave mue thin Fatal Wound ?'' gaspe'd thIe Fox as hto fell. ''But you were taking my Chickens," protes5ted( thet Fitrmer. "Thrlat is true, butt I was also muiramig a litter of Foxen for you to kill. VTo skin of one Fox is wortht fotir tiimen tIhe price oIf a Chicken, andt( I wais raisinig a1 Fatmi ly of flive. See what you htave lost by silayimng mo, andt Behiohd what bas Intgratituido htas repaiid my efforts to brimg you WVeal thIi "--D.ctroj( Frec Pres~,s. Wllithout a Counmtriy. A "mant withmout a couintry'' is about to appetar' befor'o a Frenicht Court for' the~ p)urpo(se of htaviing a couiitry assigned tot fathter was b ornm int Belgium at a timue whtein Belgiumi formeiid ak part of Frenchul territo ry. Ott thte groumd that he was not a Frencht titizen'i he wa.- recently ex pelled from Franuce for mntacing time local authiorit ies of a Frenc'h Commune, anid escorted to the Belgint frotntieir. His case wvas takein til in the IBelgitan Chttm hter and the Mintistry declared im toi he a citizen of France. Hie han thtemreforo returnettd to Frantce anid causied htimself to be3 arrested1 for violatinig the decree of expumlsiont, in order that hais nationatl ity may ha dnanate deaied. Shelling a Village. The shielling of an Alaskan village, of which so tragic an account was current n>m months ago, is described by Comdr. ferriman of the navy, who did it, as a wholly justifiablo proceeding. Ho says Iiat he is representd as wantonly burn mig the Indians' houses, bedding and vinter's food, aui turning their women d1(1 children to perish in the pitiless cold Af the Arctic night, simply becalus they tad made a vague threat to destroy property. The true hi ,tory, as he narrates it, is LS follows: A medicine man of the Iootsnoo rihe, 80 miles from Sitka,: was acciden ally killed while whaling with two vlito m1en, whereupon the tribo seized lie whites, dnumded 20') blankets as ansom, and fluidly waited to get a third vhiito man (as one of the two captured lad but one eye), intending then to put wo of them to death--one for the modi !ine man, and another for the death of it Indian while felling timber, some imo before. 1t seems that it is either a life for a ife, or a hundred blankets-that being he native valuation of an Indian, in heir current money. They also took )ossession of i Sleam11-launch and other nroperty to the value of several thousand lollars. Corndr. Merriman arrived at le seene on the day whose evening wottl havo seen the prisoners put to i-ati. lie rescued themul an(] immedi ite'ly dem81 ae of the Indiatus 410 blankets, told them if lhe did not receive the bl:akets he should burn the town, uid gave Ihem till the next day to con ply. They at first said they would, and hen, sending him only 81) 1blankels, and lhose stolen from the house of an absent -hief-they took their winter provisions, bedding and 1blanikets into the woods and lelied the officer. Vhereupou lie was as f;ood as his wvord, aid, though lie says ie spared a lmber of dwellings to shelter them, they were lelt undcr the illression that me mneant to (destro eC~ verthiing they bad, and lie "Wanted them to think so." IIe adds that "the propery-holers and nlissionaries agree with m11e, aiid I be ieve the lesson will last the' Iudiaus for 1 generI tioln, although they rebuilt their tonses in : imonitht." Ie gives the Alaskans a good en r::e. ter in the mi:nu, ai dr ehiir's that, if the rli>senlt l> hiblilit in of distilh-d li lltors ':-re extenltil to nalt liatluors, and whools est:al dis for the cliihilen, the Alae"ka 1ili:da1s woull lie a vallialble poa:titi1n, fr i tiI y are "at. all times w\il g t give :ni 'hinest dIV's work ior reasunah1ic payv,' :ln adtribnite nolt ;,s t ssel by any other tribe within my mnowledge." Going Into Exile. Capt. ThIomas Osb orne of the stean <hip which took Arabi Pasha and his .otlialmi"ns in exile to Ceylon, and ar ivel at Boll ay on J:nutiry 1C, has fur iished the follo\ wing necount of the voy ige: " We took Arabi Pasha and his issoc iatei and their families on board at Itez, antd sailed fromt that port on De enmhesr 27, botud for Colombl o. They were seasiek for the first two or three lays. nl after that they brighteiied up nul were always more or less cheerful. Eventit iilly, ini fact, they b ecamie as happy as if they were going to paradise.. "The dullest, of the lot was Arab i. T'lle exil d p arty went nishore in four ,lluads. Ini the Last onewas Arabli. On landing the people er\sncded round him. I should call it fIirly mobbhing one. oine kissed lim elothes5, some got down an their knees antd kisol his buots. The party were riv iill lwy iii eitrrlages to Slt. e I i i s(i t e l:i.isOiei. I.is!..:l..lws, On thle whitle, I doe I think iay of t him regrtett ed his lot. T1hity in ver exhibited anyv symp1tomis of fear, aini b elijeved a hippiy fiitiure to ie b eforeo themn." The MuIng rania. There was an ex-Governior a few years nce~i iho buisinjess fret<ptenfly cal lid him into some oft the inining r'gionas oft lie Wet. One '1:1y he was app ro:whedt bty a wealthy nteighboi who, dillidenitiv suiggestinig tha:t lie miut see oppotrt 1mi1 tis ftor e'xcelleniit iivestmnents, Iinal ly otitered hi m $50,000ft to be invested iii miuies. "DJo you knowv anything aibouit mines ?"' asked hiI~is fr-iendi. "Woubt you intfrust me with li50,000 to bie investedl ini railrit stoonls or somefl maln factuin i'ni teiprise, nee(ordinig to tity jilgnieint. ''Nt, I don't tink I wobil." "Thieln ~in Godi's nam;e, mani," sihotedt to ei tabl e Govrnorm, " whiy shonhIl vitu lind tly give away yourii money to1 be siunkh ini holes in the groundit of which ineiher yu inort I kniow ianyt hing ?"' A Maric(ade. On the aunniversary oif thle Partis Comu mune the inhabtitants of Stuittgart were supisedl b y a hiuge b ltood-red tlag hitisted on a tower in the mi<hllle of flit ft<two. If scenms that. tis flag remnaine<d lthee niitih iiiont, wheni the polhice sui itredtd ini iremoviing it. ThIe Soctialists, hiu at1(n11 everyttinugtii re nder th le re nmoval (if the revomluii nary btannier as dliflienult as piosisible. TIht tower gate wvas ftouni d to be biarrienuded, as well as the windows of the first story, and the piolice had to seale the tower bty ai high taadder and enter thlroughi thle winido ws of the Recondii fltoor. T1he flag b ore thle iscrip)tion1: "'Libe ry, EinjialitIy, Fra ttrnity,"t and1 "'In memiory oif thle Paris Communlne, 18th of Mar(ch, 1871." At the entr anice wa poi sted a laiard, "'H wuare oif dynamuite."' Abhou,t five pli n ils oft giunpowvder was found strewvn about at the inn~er gate. A rarwn'Psl totwel fell out oif a thiinh ivr w:indotw in a New .Jersey townt, t:i othlier day, and cracked a paviig stone i. ThI''etash was htear d two liltk a Iway, atnd a lit Itoe toy rani homune, with white 1ip s anad triblinli g limbts, to tell his itoIther that lht h.ul seent ''a negro manit timbh, ot ithe r Io it 'tnd explod1o hir head." * Western Stock Raising. 1 PICrURE DRAWN OF IT BY A PRACTICA WESTERN MAN. A western man who has had a length xlerionco in stock-raising, says thr he picture drawn of it by many nowt ?aper writers is altogether too flower3 tde says it is the height of folly for roung man to go vest with a few hur Ired dollars in money, invest in sheel nid then sit down expecting to be ric: n a few years. He concluded his lette is follows:-A young man starting fc he West to engage profitabl in stoolr raising should have at least $5,000. C 0orse he could start on less. Tw thousand dollars would buy him horse hid wagon, tix up his ranch, pay hi >rdiary expenses, and buy him 20 <hcep; but he would have to work ver iard, save all he could, and really ongli to have a partner to help do the wort IEven with $5,000 it would be slow wor ,or several years. 1 would advise a youn nan of limited means who wanted t o west to raise stock to get up a part >f three or four and " pool their issies [or a few years, till they could afford t bIranch off alone. At any rate, I thin i man ought to lure himself out to a stoc1 nan for a year before he invests. H will thus have a chance to learn th Ibusiness and can look around for a sil tible invest ment, and perhaps at the cin if a year he may not like the life an "onclutde to return. For the life is a hirt n'. full of expo siuie and disconfi'it o i:y hlive to do his own eooking tiln washing unless lie is fortunate eiouuh I tave a 'etter half to do it for him. 13t le will be his own master, sleep as i iever slept before, his cheeks will it 0issed so red tliit his mother would i <now hini from an Indian. le will hav u work hard, perhaps, day and nighl or which he will be well repaid by th nereased comfort of his flocks an tvls, and by their increase till the over a thousand hills. But. this talk c I man who liar no means going west nking cattle and sheep on shares, put og up a log house on the open prairie loing his own work, and ninkmg hi urtiune in a few years, is all inonsens t is a very risky business to say tlh 'ast, and careful managers will not giv ,tock on shares to anybody who is n eIll prepared to take care of them o 'icerning whom they know nothinp l'ie expenses of raising stock are mue eavier than supposed. The cost c ving is higher than it is lere; wage re lliigh, fencing is expensive, corral ini buildings take much time, labor an loney; but to one who is willing to worli 1ii1 wvants to get ahead, I say, "( Xt.A.," and see for yourself. 11ismareck Savlig a Soldier. A good Bismnrck anecdote, showin lie prince to have been a good conirao fron his youth up, is the following: In 1838 he entered the Potsdam ilt talion of "Garde Jaeger" as a one ye, volunteer, and six months later at I reip-iest, lie was transferred to the "Sel oMl .Jacgers" at (reifswahl, in order I he able to profit by the lectures in tl: Agrieitltural School of Ellena. One c his Comirades in the battalion was young man, who at the present day st eomllutsi among the great landed propr etors of the province of Pomerania. 11 t.hen stood inl the tseond rank iunmed ately behind Bismarck. In spite stringent orders to the contrary, ti Jaegers persisted in freqienlly firing shot at the 1imimi'o'us storks on ti: meadows n ear ( ircit'swahld vhile out on mnarel, h'illiig or exercising;. One da on the mareh ione to the barracks, Bi nimarc' .iii-.mnan brought. dow n a hir wvtIh a buillet. Thie (lihcers, alth.oug main:ciig a good way ahiead, heard t1: report, saw thle stork fadling down, o dlered the battalion to halt anmd forthwit b egani to examine the guns. Everythii was as it should lie ini the first rail Thel cultpritI in thle seciond rank begani remblle all the more for his safety, inn mueh as his promiit ion to a lieutenanth wais at stalwi in case~ he shoul be fomj out. Th'is : I sima rek reaiz,'ed, and whi his friend was on the pinit of voliunbtu ly deniomiing hiimself in order to ele lhe re'st of t he men from an inu ist su pieii n, lhe wlhispered to hin: ''Look sini p !take your gun in yo left arm ; I'll thI.row you inc." No sooneiir said than dlone-so tiek1 in faict, thait the inspecting oflicer< not niot ice it., aind the case of the kill dtork reniuiined an unexpilaiined imyiti (kra mug iof beer that nighil Priva li sm reik dieclinted toi recei ve thle tlohi of hiis comliradeh for aii service "'whiich v not woirth tnlkinig iibouit." To t.hii (1 lhe twuo aire pleaisanlt neighbors a swVorn friends. An Anthor's OlTee. In Dr)esdin, Juil ian Hawthiornie, thler thor, is credited with tie followiing< Idplit: lIe had(1 bcen diijveni from the sit walk maniy anid many a timse by the (b imaii otflcers, till finally omie day comi iver tie Ilhi oin one of tihe bridges wii out a friend, lie vowed that the nc (irmiino oilhier lhe imet shouiild at lei i him i hil f of thei sidewalk. HIe so2 met one, iiid iieither being~ willing tigi wa', tiey walkedh dir'cI ly~ inito oner othier. HTawlhirnie idi not budige, nil er wio1hl the (iiir;mn ; they glared each othear fur a tiew mioiieiits wh. li*i iimriio drhis~ li sword ail iatteiiip lio strike lhawthmorine with the that. oif t hhll. in ai t wiinkinig lIawthor iknocked thie illieer ill wni, tiook his sw<v itway firom h.iim, buriik it acrtos: his ki iil' thIiriw it into thle 1Elh.o. Thew ( rare oif haiving~ ltost his swo rdl was hieaped withouiit fine. ir piniishimeint. (''r Tm'ii Wa?n.:..- -Wvhen the l\j'ut the right of way in to thle City N'ewv Y(o a proivisioni wiis in.serted ini thle frainci oliging the compianiy to iremove its pi iiid to put its wires uindergriiuiid biei March 1 , 188:8. ThIis was miot donei, b y theI (oiler of thle Mhayor', atlI thle wi of tile coin iy at the sou thernm limits, fifty-.ighit in number, were aiid police were stationed there to I vent the comupany fromn putting them again. AMERICAN FABLES. L uarntltnde-The Tiueke"t hnop-The Rrmer and h111 Fox. 05C St'ii(Mi'N.rs OF INInATI'rum..--A Y Iurglar w\"ho hlad risen to the Head of his >rofes:ion o (lay called u1po)n a & Lawyer and said: "I have com to demand tho Prott c ton of the Law." "You shall have it, my Friend-fo , flvo dollarm." 1 "Last night a man named Jones, liv r ing on Seventeentlh street., shot at me " r continued the burglar. "And what were you doing ?" i ''I wals about to crawl into one of his o Windows to pack up his Silver anl take s it down to the Safe Dt posit Coipal 's s vaults for safety." 0 "Truly, such Ingratitude muist he Re y luiked and Pulli.hed," said the Law-er. t "We will have him Arrested fortlwith, 1and t'ho'igh he may Defeind his Silver k against Burglars he cannot )efend his g Greenbacks against the Law." Trma BU11KET Siroi.--A nimple-minided y Peasant who had heard a grcat deal about Bucket Shops, entered one of r them one day and asked: k "What will it cost me to get a bucket. ?" "Five dollars is our lowest Figure." wis the reply. t' The Pensant handed over his cash and was told to watch the Ticker and the t ruan who chalked on the I ilacki oard. Sie llowatcd until weary of the Oceula. tion, and then said: - "I guess TIl ta1ke mlink1rt atnl jonl d1 Along home, as it is about time to feod 0 the Pigs." It "W ly, sir," rep li'l thae I+ww1r 1' of 111," o Cooper Shop, "the lBottom drulIpcl out 0 of your Bucket half anu lr ago." t "Theu I will take the hoops home to o show my Wife that I sIecilated and o "Bane ingrate !" shoited the proprie tor, "is it not enough tIat vout inve I.t Y had your pockets picked1: uid yeour helad mash(ed with a cliub'. After i1:1ilmv pui us to the trolble of ta%ill.r y''or nii,1uiv YOU wou'lill Io-W (1ineal ! ( h> h.ene ' Come here no mo!r ! liere:lfter at yo.mself roled on I he h igh way or buy Mining Stocks! ' 'tr. FAumI:nl AND TullFox.--A F"ar'mer e 1ia\vmig m11issed a mimi ber of his tinle, fial t 1o\wls, placed hiliself to watch for the r Deprecator, iad (re lon'- hte halu he Pleaslre of He ';'ig : bullet into a Fox. I ''And Si it was y'oul who gav" me this i Fatal Wound ?" gasedii't the Fox as lie Sfei. s "But you were taking my Chickens," 1 p rotested the Firm'er. Th'Ilat is trite, but I was also nurisinlfg L a litter of Fo xes for y"ou to kill. The ski of onle F'x is wortlh four Ijim-s Ib price of a Chicken, antud I w;as raisin . Fanily of live. See whi:at you have he by shiying mte, anld .- h liild \ wlt1 1base Ingraititutde has repaid illy (lerts tI g :_ing youlWealth 1"--)ac,roi/ h5ree Prd( A Iaytian Duke. it M. Toassaint-LTgorille, a full-b lo*ked negro, onc lho " u)I de la (ratnd-Terre," e and financial agent in France of the )f Emperor SulouI(lue, has just died ill a Paris. lie was successful in securing a considerable loan for the black Casar, by promising to pty the most incredible pecrcentag;e--ac(ordinig to o account, if even going so far as 2,000 per cent. le e also hought up1) an enomiouis 1ianItity of a old military unliforni of till European e nationalities, second-hand generals' hats, and other adornments, for the decora . tiont of Sonloinue's soldierS, generals, d anl itlicer. of state. H.I did n forget Ih to1 pirIcure, also(, ai consideral le quan t ity' o (f .Frenchl 1braiily. SoulompmI( wasl so1. i delighited with th Ie suIccess of hiis agent iithat lie sient word to) hiim thmt lhe luid gelevaltedi hi m to the d ignli ty oif a Dunke'. TI'his miadle tile nmt a bit t for IFrench1 wit, iandt ruined his credit. TJhien Soui supp.ilies , ai, fanIcyinig thatl hiis:ag nt was growmng carelecss, 1n' diginaied imi moa M\an(guas, then1 to a ('lint, next toi ai Baroni, af!teirward tol a maIr' ('hvalier. tha(1it emnatofarstti di stilV in l(ciitin also( lost faith ini his imi-ial mnastir, y ad belgian tocarry~ in is huishIas oni is a dethrionied,an idtl'i,hesm monilils. HeI h1:11 i, ninaged I to bil up for iiiumself a proety (If sonit- ht,tt(t( fraiie', ti)Ion thle iriterest (If whmieh he livel with comi3foIrt anda great self-comphrIIecJcy to d extremo old aige. Preserve the Forests, u. One oif the enlcouiraginhg signs of tho x. times is thle fact that1( the SulithI is wak. he- ing tup to the value oIf its iUniber lands. -. "The lumber iinterests (If the UnlitIed rig Staten, and1( in fact of the whio le wori," hi- says T/'m AbuI//he'rnlfth L /rnmn, "halivi 'xt assumnedI such impjort ant propho(rt(ilns iat that it is dueW to tihe(eiole that our SLate r)n (Goveo 'nmenit ('achi ~est iabli a steries (of ve suriveys and( invest igationIls, wit Ii a ViewI mn- of determninug tie exact amountrt of thir ih- forest wealth, anid thiat ini tiue tIe ge at eral Glovernmnt, thrioughi its properi d lie plartUlnent, Ithoril pubiilishi ini statistir.! ed form the result of each State'sI timberll he resouircs. nie " While this ant hen t ic repori t wouhtii ho I >rd (If great vrdamI to) conunerCI', I n he risence le (of tile boe2tanmists iad thelir asiSrtants! is. in every porltion (of thle States and er i so ritories would arousei8 the peole to Ii in- sense of the weailth continedli ini their .no forest possess8ion s, 11111 l woihdl pirhaps stimuliate themi to ai miorIe(ecnicaljhl ni 5 oIf the t irmblr, and Ii nake thr moraiJllle enrl fail abou)tt preserviliag it ; at any iv i ,tllm ml limber, its extenit, vairiety mid valuie, ishioulid be made knaown 'at as eiarly a ik, date a.s possible.'' Ise b-s - + Tim J7r first thinig a city marn (loea when hi le beconies rieb is tlo b uy ia farm, mm1 C ito tIle coiumtry anad baikkrupit hint It iy trying to ratise enouliI to keepi hiia fromi i, starving. A rich coIunttrynomla, oni the ac oIlier hand, buys a bIrownl stonei fronrt ini UP tile city anid bieomies interestedl ini il (31s with a like result.-JSad~-e/nhina NeuN No Chance To Shoot. One Suttnay afternoon, at a hotel in Alhbna, we were talking about how grat diaappoinlitents sonwtvtiues soured a 1in, whe'n a ealt;l > who had been chew ing pliu; tolaeco al by himself over by the widow tturned aroutnd and said: "(entlelmenl, you've hit it plumb cCU ter I Up to four years ago I was a man who allts wore a grin on his face, and I'd divide my last cltaw with a stranger. Folks now call nme nuau and igly, and I kin hardly get a man to drinlc with mo." "Then you have suflered a great disap. poin mtent?" I ultert"ied. "i lu:ve, stranger--I have. Ten years ago at mal in this very town clean'd mne ,ut on it moI ggo, sfoldi mi' (,lt on an ex "eut ilam, inil eli nckled at mu when I took the dirt rian for Tcnncssee. I orter have shift him, 1:! :;oelhow I didn't do it, itand1 arter I got to 'Ienncsseo thiigs he gai lrtying on lly inl. Dty and night I cubdl heal a voiVe saying: '(lo btck n111d inlku ol Brown,' and I lost 1le-s;h and cam11e powerful near going into a decInif.' "Yes ?' "o Well, thait vo,i'e kaept talking and I kept waitin;g, 111tt in al:th-1 three years I lollered my rifle aid Iurned my steps this way, my mind fully 1m11d' 1p to shoot,Ilhl Brown onl light. .IIe had at l,ffeh o' landcl ott. west oI' here, al used to riclo out, ever.y d;av. I made for Ihat :11>1f, ea:lkll:tin~ to hiflf himn is he dr' e 11l to f' fte. N body" : Iul sneen me and noil 'dy wotl kntw Who did the " s, tme olte answered as ho utado "\'W"ll, f ;ot. fixed and waited, and I wsas f'eeling real good for the first timne in tihn'e years lvhen i heard hoofs and hooked oult for t he ol man. It, wasn't liitn. True as yotu sot there the old skit flint luud gone 1111d died o11y a week he tb-, giming m#'' a tramp of 2(H) niles to say ' howdy ?' tof his ee ior'! (b-ntle nten, I cani't de:u'rib e rayr fe,lirgs ! Just thIk1:c of oune' hite In pal yint\'i 1'1: lit Iriek ont:another ! It'tas ws't:"' than1 :\r k"Insawss swal'uul n11111 wa1rnwtd ,ver for in-xl s':1s:40f. I wcs took witi shikes ;1'1 r1hills a1nd it eontgh, mal l-re i amn sour, ero :;, ulnlish, ugly and realizring I11a1t I do,n't staind no more.4 s;how of gt,ing 1.) Il1av1"n whet I life Ilh:iii that limr' dog does of swai lowing a p ostilier with lult any prelitninary chtwin'!"- M. QUAD. About Bibulous Congressmen. A Washington correspondent says: I1 asked a bartfender as to the prevalence of drinkcing in Washington. He replied: "Most of the Congressmen and ienator;s dri1k, though t.hcro are a great many mort: total ab1staliners now tltn formerly. 'I'he So'thern mebl ers drink inore than the Northlern rs, and they always tike whisky, while you1r Norllerl n men now and thten indulge in heer. Nearly every ;c'Hnator from the South drinks, and I have to carry one who buyls h is lilnors here every now and tlien to his1 1 room. iH comm11ences drinking intending to Iake only ia little, 1 1ff he likes tho tatste of tfe li<Iors so well ihat. he ,.nn't stop, and the rtesuflt is he gets hno"!zy mid has (t be lfided off to his rool. The Foreign Ministers as a rule drink, but they sel dom comne It the 1mr. "Weo hove somne celritons drinker:s a1tnng the mnth'rs (if the pr"eselt Ilon:se," cent imie d thw harteinder. "A me1inber from SoulIt ('rolina takes on ln aver:tge 111btt ffrty drinks per <:iy. lIe fills his glass ti the bifmil evcry tihne and tills the brteiner his sight is hiad iud ie can't tell ho1w ltcl isin the gl:-' till it gets too fill. Like all the ( h411111 ern1 ult"nmlber:s he always dr"inks whiskv anid lie takesI it strai':ighi. A membli ri p''lit if whiskyi~. fo hti uualdra. gus s ittl'e 'i w ove ithl1i,lan, it sy t he, 'It) nike ai rinkhyu fIor thefIf geic. IIeaon I 1h'ind ibi'isevera tis a wiay a iti repeat;iii'lIt it ingrthe'eveni." fl si "Aftfy others if als filod ii( ol2 l "Yeis, riep'ond,:iI 1f fthe'I:'l dri ilr a i n ' e t on:'a "Ihat i to seei'h alu Ttin-ak, andf teiway ne fCongressine) ItnkeilS dr inks ithei1i lyll and tsnk t htnil ioy ih ink1) twy art b ig peenemaks me who tinkf alth'wmn'rei lv wtih im, fnri oi1 t o ' tti if, tilns I)Il frind arei in thes arfimg. I wil1com in, knos h V wi l'ltnhn lt' nwsvec ad ait A #Oes Ie 4f' Tewn Axeuey in 4e . ; Sate ad the Manner la which It to Run. : [From the Bath Independent.) It is a prevalent opinion among idany that the city agency is a place whore our respectable citizens obtain thnir rul Tis is a fact, inasmuch as nobo4y who ib known to abuse liquor is allowed td obtain any from the agent. Upon the counter of the small shop in Musio Hall - block are two books, in one of whloi goes down the name of every porson who purchases liquors, with the amount paid,... the quantity of liquor purchased, the kind, etc. These boot are open to in spection by all. Behind the counter are casks of rum, whisky, etc., and the heads are covered with small bottles filled or empty. It is a picture, in fact of an old-fashioned barroom, and dilIere only in the restriction imposed. Any individual known to the pgent as an abuner of liquor never gets a drop. Hard cases now and then drop in and argue with a vehemence only known to thirst, but in vain. Mr. Tarbox is up to most of the dodges. In order to obtainl liuor it is not necessary to obtain in all cases a physician's certificate. If a man is known favorably he may obtain his spirits without the additional cost of a physician's prescription. It is interest mg to turn over the pages of the register of names and notice the frequency with which certain parties, most eminently tenperato and respected obtain their supplies. A large number purchase once or twice each week, anotler class uso only half a pint in two weeks, presum ably, as they state, for medicinal or cookigg purposes. The nales of the pemortnas which recur frequently ire thoso of emllinently temperatu per'sons, Who prove by their lives that they prope'rly use liquor. Alderman Elliott, who han charge of the agency, purchases only t lie best liquors from tihe State agency. Mr. Elliott. informed our serilbe Ihat I' per. sonally had never touched a drop of liquor of any kind in his life, atnd vet Mr. Elliott has obtained for the ltath al;eny in spite of this failing, the best of liptors, ats Agent Turbox says. )utrintg the past few years the licquors have givent riti r satisfaetion. In stock are the following litnor-, with prices by the 1y:illot and pint I iun. $2.51) p ot gl.; :i ts per Pitit. \Whisk:y, $4, $5 anti .5.50 per gal.; 50, 60 atu' 71) Ms., per pint. Gin, 14 per gal.; -O e'tt. ,er Imnt.. Brandy, $6 antil -8 peir gal.; 80 ets. at'l .1 ier pott. Alcohol, $8 por gin.; 40 etS. per pint. California wines, $2.50 io'r gal.; 410 et. per pint. Imported wines, *b and $6 per gal.; 70 and 80 ets, per pinit. Jamaica rum, $li per gar. P'orter, $2.75 per rioz. pints ; 25 eta. per pint. I'orter, $4.5f0 per doz. quarts. i:as;'s ale, the sa te as piorter. ('herry b raly.l Al per pint. iport lager, i 1.25 per doz. pints ; two bot. 1tYs for 25 ets Among the wines are madeira, old I ort, and sherry, for use entirely in sicknlens. The value of the stock on itaid varite from 800 to $1,000, atd no insuratnee is pt upon either it or the atgency. 'lite prices are llaceld at ahout 25 pe. cent. above the ncttal cost of the liittu't whien placed in the ageney, and tho ilesig'l is to sell at a cost which sahall sitmp ly cover expenses. Last year a few hinwired dollars were cleared, and this was covered into the city treasutry. 1i. year it will be the sane, owin g to in crease in population, and next. year titmr will he pro)hnly a scaling down of priess. The agentt's salary is $$550. (Out. of this lie has to pay the rent of the agilner, which at present is 850; fuel andti light cost $50) miore, so thatl it leaves the agent $150. Take from this liuse renit $1 Of). atid it dosn't, leave a very maiignifihenlt salary. CJertainly not e<ttalI tto lie i ncm'at oIf thle rest of thle litquor agenits iniI town. Mr. Tarbiox tells tis that mantiy ftuiny tine'identts occuri. High- toitedi ladies, fi 'r inistuantte, will .'ome ini for li<pior andit 1beg nitt tto have thieii onmes pt in that hitrid book d. Bit teir imaines gt dhown juis-t tht samet( if t hey get t leir ttnie'. harve to lbring an trrtrtlm ith Ile'is let' mien of their towni ini (trder to obtain2 their liquor. D)r. F. 1T. hloswoirth, ill a lecture on "(Cotlds andh Thliir Contist e<inces'," b eftore fte YtounI g Menlli's (Chr ist iani Assoition), ,of Ne York City, said: '% gltetiledtIohs, if we' ermbl trace to lhir utltinmate resutlt , have betin ri' 51pongsiblte fo,r a far grettr ltss tof lit - ii' ha:s beeni catused lby aiii of Im tirribile itavi di cimttd conltt tietts, carrt,id ter r tt itd dismiay th rouighl t whle t~ateos ;:l hiave' e died ftrthi the aetive t.ympa Thiiis may seemi a somnewh~at at tlin g out weigh in its conilsetquO'eesl nihmrtnihity 'If thIoses terrile visit at itos beforet whlich I lie Ibravtst heart iinconisctiusly sl imtdd I; anid yet 1. bielieve it is nto overdraw p5 I Il-t ture, tno exaggeration. One iiegl'ce t'ohl f tltlm'vs upo n alithler, each trecenrrmtg w ith inc'reasedl frteueny, thle 'irts iln vt lvedl itpprttichinug niearer to thi' it.d itm;Iw: itself itmniifest. ft does ntt strike its vi'timis with tie siuddeni bltow of the with nio1 ltss certidni tim ini time Cat:.so tan in thle othetr. I do ntot cmo heforo yo u as lin ahirmiist, inor do I initend t o dra w ani texaggeriated p)ictutre, yet t hat it is a trIue (tnio I think cannoitt lhe qtues ji ined. Th at we sutrvive'( iu co ltiml miore tve-r rnin ttaitn our health, is no(t an ex tatel dithicuti t matter. It depenids in a large part onl ctaliniCilff cmmo 5ons in mitt ttrs of pe(rsonial htygiene. Perhaps ill ths n'(ono015 is so impoprtanit as thme proper regulation of the clothing.'' " Dhine Novels." IperniciousI storiets of thle ''dimeC ntvel" t'la I(contiu to tdo their miisebtitvous 'tikI, sayts ann exchiantge. The ittest re 1.1h vi'imn wast a New Ljotilonl htty, ;'td ftteenti, wh'lo shot himself dulrinlg re:lilig dime nitvt'ls. Partints who hear of anth eiists 1and1 fear for thleir owii boys Imilly wvish that stomei tone woul1lhl kill riwh that ,.tst btoys rtitd whveni they can natter in the leaot, fo tr isasl niol ne It' imei nolvtl is gtood reading malltter' I it is no(t prosy ; thtere is plenity of it in t market, andt fathers who do not, see that thitir boys are wvell furnished with it htave only themselves to blame if the younltgsters are coimpllhed toi finid their owin literature for want of a pateriial suppljtly. \VIIIPPING.-Tn some of the factories in Toron.to, Caniada, youniig girls are whipped for disobiedience ando nt'glet oif work, and ai society of ladies hans becil formuod for their nrotenlion.