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flk ' T'E TO rOLITI(t 7 IoNALI Y, EDI)UC IIA)N ANDTO T"E UENELRAL INTEltE?I OF TilE UNH I Y By D P BRADLEY & Co. PICKENS, S,S- OL. X . NO 4. GiN .RAt 14EWS. AN Ohio capitalist wishes to start a rolling mill in Atlanta, Ga., and has been in correspondence with Mr. Nat. Haven, 'of that city, in regard to the matter. TttE cotton worm is reported in a ntnm 1 ber of places in Wilkinson county, Miss, and it is fenred will do the crop much damage. THmE inspector ht New York siozed 30,000 wateri'lons, shipped from Savan nah. Thy fruit was said to be rotten and ur;iit for use. T iml Coalburg Coal and Laku Compa ity, of Alalbaia, own 1.,000 acres coal lands. The company has alread, l(tt operations, aiid is getting out :i00 tons of coal a day, and will inerease the out plt as fast as polsile. 'Trll nilitary telegraph lines have been sold at Sau Antonio. Seven hundred and thirty-five miles of line were sold, realizing a tital amount of $71,44,50. The Erie Telephone Company was the principal purchaser. A NUMBR of citizens of Oxford, Miss., have engaged in the buuiis of buying and shipp ing eatilc. The cattle are shipped to Arklmias, 'l'exas and Missou ri. Tl (3 heisiness seems very prolitabtle, amil shllumld e11oira:;e stock raising. A (1ENTt.l(MAN living ini i)lnr n has patented a process for naking sugar and syrup from eansava, and, after ex perimenit. Wyritei; thait he hasg no d1ouh1 that cassava clitivation will, in a few years, bv the most proftl111)le enploy <nent if the people of that State. tIREAT exeitenent prevails in jmeuel Ark., over the discovery of a gtnl niiie a few miles west of that plm'e, which as says $10.23 in silver mund $11.03 in gold per ton. It is thought the ore extends all along the divide between Red an(1 WVhito rivers. It. erops out att Saledo, Grenblrier and near lBnck Horn. R. W. HIAR1i':ON, of Melrose, is the 'loney farmer O f lo("kingliham Co., Va. This veia' from 150 hives he will senere ia (rop of over 2,000 pounds (of honey, for wlich he will ge't about $1.0. This besides the increiise of his hees, which w%ill he fully ei,-hty hives, thus tlding to hbi ''working" cip)ital. Ai-rEl: sliooting at it eiglt or nine time1s, 'Mr. WN. Ht. ].ielmirdsonl finllyi killed with the ninth shot, a few days ago, :t milk-wIhite deer in the forests near ]ighee, Ala. '1hte negroes think that white deer are akin to witches, anid are )1'la ily delighted that on1e of then has I,(-ei lA low. Two more of them have bee('n seen recently in the forests of Wa18b'ng1tonl co,unts . AnOr-.1) Gainesville, Fin., the raising and shipping of the tur)ine squash aits b)ecomte ini1 inlustrV. .11 1inds a ready sale at, Boston, and is utsetd thlmostt (xth sively for unaking pies. lin shape it re semllIes a tirlbine wheel, whence it takes its nitimie. It has the col(ar c:f ia ptuwmpkinl and lcolks like It ke"rshitw, but is finer and has morit delicate flavor. The vinles h ear heavily, and conitinume 1hearin1g ntil ala uit the first of August. TIhe p4rices vary fronm $4.50 to S% per barrel. Tm-: four Wing damns att the "UpJper. Flats" of the Sava nnah river have been comlIeted. fThe (ffeet of these wo)rks uiOs the e'liiel is already lpercepOtible, unmd it is the oIpinlion of the engineers that there will he~ within a short time a dephth of twenlty-two feet o,f water itt this ploinit, an inacase of1 six feet. The e t.. struictionj of the wing dambhs at te "'Cabi b age TI.rees,"'ci or "Lower Flats," li s 1ben ('onnniioed, and it is 'xlpecte.d the work will 140 finiishied in two4 mn ths. CAP'ITAAlAN (l an.) Advoca(tp. The in1 growmgi (rop, part.~ iularly enttoni, which i 5Ishedd ing in Homie places4 andtt rust ing inl others. It is feared the little (ottont the rain leaven will be0 finished hv the (materpillaris, alt hmough this destructive insect ha~s no t. appeIared in this vicinity as yet. Caune is not lookinig as well as we would like to see it, thme (continuiedl rains 1beinug anyvth ing 1but favorabl 4e to its grow1th, while the grass ini 51me1 lai (ees 5 i alamt to teke compu1llete~ possessioni of the canie fields. A fnAIu.: miinig (nterprise oIf North vmrn Ahulaama is the Lady' l10nsley Miiing and Manufacturing Company. Its in 'orpjorators are c'hielly Menmphiis genitIe fimn, anid it is nlamed in honor of a Mm phIia latdy, who)( met ia tratgi deaith last year on a Nash ville street in at runaway ucccide'nt. These5 genit lemten with the as5sistanice o f atgent s, h ave quiietly beenu buiyinig lands alonig the pr1ojected BmirmAiham anid NorthIiwest erni railro ad until they are' now ini pessessioni of '75, 000) acres of the finest miineral lands in North Alabamia. -Miing opleriLis have atlready cohmlmencedt. LAS-r week in the niorthern piart of Henry counllity, Tennu. , while sm iO14 4y were in a mill pond3( belonging to Mmr H ays, t hey wvere making such at distuirb. aniee that IInys (lame out aid (ilom.l theim (ut (If the lpondS. A lboy named('( Ruif. McC( oniunell too4(k ai pistol from his lbrothier's p4ocket anid shot Hays, killing him imstantly. Both hoys st.artedl off oni a runt over the hills, and abolut a mile front the scenle of the iiiirderi Ruf. sud_1 den'ly stoppe ~d 443al fell (deadl. No nmarks or bruises were funda on his body. It is thought thliat his dentih occu'4 rred fromfl ftrighit and exhaustionm,the daiy 1be(inug very 'warm. (onouA seems1 to 14( pre-eilImo1t]y' thme pilace oif uniue exlerimeil 'fi uimpter Riepulicanm tells the story (If a young man down nlear' the river who was (41be marrtied (4n L cer'ita1in n(ighit. Fe hmad seen and loved the girl and( was8 to a'ushmful to do( the - cour1tinmg so it hnad to be done b y p4roxy. Th2le (lay hmad arrivedl the ginests assembledd, the license pr1o euiretd, the par'on1 (4n hand and tue brie reedy, buit the youthful groomi did n,t turni up. TheIi friend who had done13 the cohurt.ing went11 out, and., after looking aroundrl found honi siting (41 i..:-.. in 110rie trough. On nleking hiiit t"y \v kh did nott go to the h()1i13 to b)' ltinnri-i J he satid' "t)h, I e'n't go titr atild tihald iofore flieht folk.), '' "Ob y0t, you en; everybldy in 111m it lnarried but y->ur girl. Utime on." "Ol't her to coin oWt doorr and we'll nlal1"V iiltMl tihe shed, but let tho ol lolks stay in the house." The friend went back, got the girl and parson out without exciting tautp)icion, and they were mlarriel. 1'he co inlpn.y Waited two or three hotuis, aldt, 1) b1eing invited to tIp}))t+r, \vere introduced to the hride and groom. They becamet so indignant that. all left without partaking of the sipper. TlEnr is a god (1v-,tl of complaint along the line of the Mobile and Ohio 1'ilroad in Alabama about the de)redn tions committed on the laind1* helongitig to the road. Mr. tminei, President of the Dannuer Land and Lunber Company ltmys he found lnmdreds of people depre dating on the lands, esp1ecially in the w.y of getting turpentie and usin. The p1eo1)le who do the aettal work of cutting the tinber belong to a 111ss of poor and ignorant men, who are encouraged by men of means an(] reSpeahibility. ''For iustaneo, p)'t"ions of t'ans have built tlr)entine stilll at p)oilts tnear the 11ds which were the property of the railroad compnly---landls w\"hieh are now in our posses*iol-1nd would thent give out that they would huy crude turpentine w\-hen b 1rouglt to them. They wouhl it the sn11111 tule furnish these ml O l1rs with provisions, totols, ete., shlow( 1hem1 the railroad lands, and induce thelm to work on them and brillg the pr"oduce to Ihel.' T'lhose woit) have 1been engaged ill these tralsaetionls are to be proselen ted, an1d a copnluly 1111 l enl organized for the puri" >se o)f induclling plarties to move their mills there from the East anld West and tsaw up the tiinher. EDITOlIA I. NO'l'ES. 1'T is claimed that '.10 per cent of the 10,001 felons )ardoned by the evor dul r"ing c"or"onatiOn1 week h1mw found their way 'Iac'l; to prison again, and a'e ready' for another coronation. 'Tu11 jury ill the case of Treasurer Polk brought ill a verdict of guilty of embnez zlement, fi\ing the penllty lit inprisoll mneutt. in the pellite'lltiarv for 20 years, aid illplsing at fine to the full umtount of the embehZZlem1enlt. Ax argunttt, used in England against the elfran11chisemrent of womnu is the 1oIwer it would th row into the hands of the clergy. "The vaat mahfijor"ity of their weaker sisters," it is urged, "wionhl un doub tedly have recurs"e to their palntorsi, not only for gho st.ly cinun("l and advice, bunt for p)olitic"al p rineip les. " '11: sup1reme court of .11diana h;1ts de cided, in reviewing the l roceeditg;t in a nuirlder t'ase, that, the 'r"e fact if a m1an having read ne\"sp1a1111" acolnlts of a erimue, and having anl op inionl ther"efrom, bult mne whicb eould1 be reinloved h v the ev''idence, does not render him incomp e tent to serve 1on jurVies. ur.nII is satid to be0 anl unlolIlly large numblller (If younlg inten Ilnlong the mtemn 1h018 elect oif the forty-eight congress, electedl tol conbgress since'i ti' he wlpt Ilt of tihe federal conmsti tut ion wasohn111 Rani doh, of Virginima. H is tello w-cit izetns, their repIresentativ'e to) con)1gress at thte ijuivenle age of 22 yeanrs. A Mother's Dlesperate Act. IB EILLvS 1HER1 TwO ollr,IDItS AND IIERS8ELF. .Te details (If an insane woman's ter ribIle crime are given in an.1 Ohim papler: A farmer named Robert J. McMillan cam111 to Ohio several weeks ago with his family, consistinlg (of a wife anld two smlall ch ildren, from GI arlal, \Varrenm colunlty, Pa., and settled in them townt of Lindenville, in Ashtabulla county. His wife, a w<>mtan about forty yeaurs of age, lhas been in failing hmealthl for some time pasit, and wvithm the last week has beent tho victim (of s1)ells of inlsanity, whichi aLt time1(s111 has 8assimed violent fornils HoverIal tinmes alte has1 Iiade desperaO1to aittempts to take her own life, but w1's IullMuecessfuil. Sheo ha<l1 'ieli ini b etter hieailth thtan usual for the 11ast few dalys, and1( Mondiay morning McfMi1llan left thl twvo children in her ebalrge and1( at arIted toI work in the ne1ighboilrhlood. It was niot long after his departure thtat his~ wife beenme suddenmly insan e, and while the oldest chlild1, a gi of eight yearts, wals ini the front roomn tile w~oman11 picked1 11y1her baby b oty, a ged( two years, and jsiimg (lit mIo thle yard proere:ded to all thi well on the Ipr mises, and11 after k iss ng and emb racinlg lbhe child threw him into the wvell, which is forty-five feet deep and1( !onltaints tenl feet of water. Thte chIildl sanuk in131111ditely antd was drownIed. The womnan then returned to liihe house and1 tking the little girl bmy i111and led 11er tot the well anid puIsheid her into tihe open'ing. A nelightbor, whol was1 watching her' queor action, hurried intt o lhe yard and endeavored to rescue the girl, btut was un Isnecess(8ful. Int the lmeanItime Mrs*. Me' .'d im returned to house18 anld swalbm sUilleveral ounces oft b iedbuig pison1). Sin waso int aL dying "4nd(itionu whmen founid ands hier recoIvery in impossiblle. BEPORE yoR criticise a nei ghtbr to. keeping a dog, ermaide.r how ~ifl1 cult it ito loe 0110 whIen you want to get rid .1 DEAEA 0P f4'JkEi. ' Ib R-A- ()e " i dr'eam of the'e b When evehning shadows on the streamlet play; I Whot softly fades tho golden light of da4; w Whbn thb sWet inobb gli'd'es slowly on her way Then, love, I dream of thee. la " I dream of thee IiI With anxious longing and with timid fear; Yet with sweet pain in every '.tarting tear; cl Thou couldat not be hidti loved, tidr le less (ear. il 'Fht, li e, I dream of thee." Si A LESSON IN LOVE-MAKING. t '4 "I must ik Y+otts Mish tilted, 'or , an1 eCkplanation of this strange affair," i said Judge Bryant. "The letter here k referred to was probably received and it answered during my temporary absence y from home three months agd. Yott gave a me an neUatto 1e)ort of all other letters | received and answered; but with regard | to tihe one from Mr. Fahnestock, and1 41 .which must have been of a very singular character, nothing was said to me. Why c, are you silent ?" he dontitlued, with some severity, as the girl sat with her eyes ;, bent upon the floor, and her cheeks suf- fi fused with a painf ul flush. "Have you I no answer to make, nir do you desire me k to take for- granted that you have be trayed a trust in which you have hit"h erto been so faithful, and have placed me in this awkward and embarrassing position ?" "I have, Judge Bryant, coiunite Iywhat now seems to ilm a very serious mistake," said Mildred, in a tremulous I tone. "I never before imagined that it was possible for me to (1o anything so it terly foolish and inptiudent. I would have given it year's salary to have got e the letter out of the post-oflice an hour oa after it. was sent there. I did not con sult Mrs. Bryant, but wrote and dis- v patched the letter on the impulse of the mo,(ment. Some spirit of misch icf see1tned ft 'o take pohsessioln e'f te, and would not let me go Until the unwise act was com mtitted. "'Did you preserve Mr. Fahnestock's '"tter ?' asked the judg.'. . "Yes, sir. I have it among tny pri rm(te papers.' "And a copy of the answer you sent ain in my name ?" continued the judge, a .ternly. ''And which, from the way he tl refers to it, you must have known I It would on no necottnt have written ?" 1 "I have the phonographic notes of my reply," said Mildred, again dropping her Ie eyes to the floor, and looking as if she "f would be glad to sink through it. ''Well, well,'' said the judge, smiling. I 'There is something of the 'little la'chet' principle albout. you after all. Will you show me the letter, and then read your answer ?" "If I must," said Mildred. "But it will be a relief to me if you will allow '' me to copy my notes. and excuse my m presence w'hile you are reading them.'" 3 ''Very well," said the judge, gazing f rather more leniently at the pretty cul- alc prit.. it Mildred bowed and withdrew from A the room, and half an hour later re- I turned, placing in the judge's hands two papers, the first of which he opened and ii read as follows: "BRAVERI DAM, COLO. ?l "Mr DEAR JUDn(l BRYANT;-I have . t)ee9lhere about ten years, as you will r,emmber, tluring which tine I have se'ver found leisure or opportunity to return to the States.. The few hundred dollars I brought with me enabled me to locate and retain some valuable tracts of land, the titles to which are noW eon. tirned in mne. I have now about seven " thoausand acres, grazing and wheat lands. A surveyed railroad, which will soon he Ia ini process of construction, erosses partt of my property, making a valuable addi-t tin to it. I have abiouit tw.enty emi..i grant famlilies 011 myl placte, and1( inve ' heen sending large 1numier4.1s of cattle to Topeka; altogether, my affaiirs are in a very pr'osper'ous con<hliion. I have a ' nlice lit tle hious , wel bI~iut , andI comn-t fortably furnishedl. "'A very agreeable picture, you may,t say; and yet aifter aIll, my life is not a |4 happy on .'lhs,my dear jodge, i' ty| thirty-fifth bithay an mceert ; ing it by wvritinlg this let ter' to you. liut whlat I have already told you is of muchel I less importance to me than wihat I am" about to menltionl; and, as an old and true friend, you will know ho0w to appre eia te my feelings. The1 plin truth is, I want a wife. My life lwre is lonely anld 2 desolate. To-he-siure. thiere are alny inlmblher of men anli womenl arounid me, inl the capacity of tenants and employees; bult there is nt one amon41g t hem whom F (canl look upo(n1 as$ a compI11anion1 and1 'riend14 I am cram ped ill here, to leave andI go East, even for a short trip. seemls scatrelhy plossile; anid if I should1( do so, where 1i to 1(ook for a wife ? My old( . fr'indshlips are all broken upi, and I haveb kept 111 1no corresponldene with anyn la -y since I came here. lBut y'ou anId your' wife have an extensive circle of n10 1<:intances. 01an you not dlirec t 1m14 I t4o someI one0 who would forego 'onivenl tionaIl formalities, and conlsenlt to ('(ome4 (lit and1 mee'ft me at the nlearest railroad 4tation, whlera.wo would he4 married if I dheemed he(r a suit aile per-sonl ? Ot hier wiVse T would( pay her expense5s back. It "I .he a pleoiaant trlip, nd( her ohbject inll eenml i need b101le known to 1101o buit onr1 selves. P'les let mne know if y'ou cand thmklI of anly desirable young lady who14 i would consent to aln arrangemenit of thlis sort, and1 I will send( you a cheque 5u1lt int to4 cove'r any incid(enmtal expese she4 mIay imulr mn coing. ''Very truly youirs, -'EDaAR .FAHNE(sTOoK. . There wvas a lannor-ous twVinklle iln thle judg.''s eye as lie laid down the letter, and1( thieni took up1 thie copy of Mildred1'. replly: "'Mu. FAHINE5TOK:-I have yours (ot 11".' I,thi instiat, and can only say tlln it illus.trates to an1 extraor'dinlary d'egee tile demiorahiziog effiets oIf long and ex ('lusive aIssociatioln with tIle lower or'der., oIf hum11anlit.y. I am gbl to hear oIf yonil prosIperity, but regret to Sen thatt you4i haive forlgot tEln 01' ouitgro vIn tile g'sond I4lSens and1 r'fefoment of earlier yea's, atnd do' n.ot app)lear to have the slightest ' applreciationu of what is due to the lady' whom you woiuld desire to make your wife. i you 11ad a thous1and( dollars at stake, or a lot of cattle to inspect before buying I venltuml to say yo u ul A i >n way Id come East, and refinain ng enough to attent to that business; it the selection and wooing of a tvife, ^ing a tatter of mino- itqipurittnoe; fbu oild fain delegsate Il i t1hput*: "''There are any niimoer of woi-lv (lies to whom, under proper coinlitions, would gladly introduco you, and I have' SdIoubt you might find li rttifactive >mpn)ion. Btitt tna3 lady Wil) is fit to iter inltl de biartat,+ elailoi hta an tnitivo perception of' the deaistc co,it deration and gallantry du6 . .1er sex, hieli would lead her to repel witL seorn, not a'soliteo abtliorrences the sugges "1 of tt iig olit to fueet it ttttigel-, to . Itklitl at iud lisjeetld likc a bale of iodls sent on nj>probatioil, id roturned not dteeied satisfactory. I do not now any lady whose feelings I would sult, by it liroposition of that sort. int!e that stetits to be the extent of your )preciation iif 1he necessaty and indis en1lsab)le premliinaries of marriage, I ottil suggest that. you remain a bache >r, and continue to cultivate the ae unintanent of ti& ias by Whcin you are rroituded, "I would ho pleased to hear from you t regard to any matter of lhusines or iindship; but j"on Will ollie tlt hv Over again alluding to the subject of th'e ter now before me. "Yours truly, " A. F. BnYAN'r, per AI." While tho judge is reading this cautiec )istle, We will thtow in a few explana >ry remiarks concerning the parties here Iroduced. Edgar Fahnestoek had been for many ears a frie:.d of Jittdge tlrynnt, who iew and esteemed his father. He was fine-looking man, had been well edu ited, and, for a time, studied law; but, I the death of his father and second arriage of his mother, he had taken s little patrimony and struck oil' to the 'est, where lie had been very success I. Absorbed in his efforts to aceumu te a fortune, and isolated from the lvantages of metropolitan life, he had emed, for a time, to forget or lose ght of some of the social amenities and epuirements of life in its more refined i cuturetd phases. Mildred Allen had been employed for veral years by Judge Bryant as %In nanuensis, having fitted herself fo) at position by.nequtiring a tho)rongh )owledge of phionographiy, after leavintg hool. She was now about twent v. ree years of age, of a resolute. inle 1ilent disposition, and yet gay and iull life, and with a keen sense of hunior. 'ing an orphan, she resided in the dgt's ftunily mnd, having found her oroughly reliable, lie had intrusted her itli oieniig his letters. and in some ses even answering them on her own slponsihility. The letter in question had been thus ened and read by Mildred, and, in a oment of womanly pif it the lack of ntinent displayetj I ihe p)ropOsitioen, rther stimulated b)y the imlmise of ia ep, lurking miselief, inherent and reditary in the mind of every woman, e had felt like giving the writer what c had termed a lesson in I))ve-making, pposiing that it vould efleetually end e ma:ter. Buit the effect prodclied was exactly >iosite to the one she hid expected. Mr. Fah nestoek hail replied it once, 4 reseiitiment, however, being ehiefly io to the fact tlatt the reply to a letter Iiicl he had intended to ie strietly ce n lential had been seni through an namiensis, who nust, therefore have town its conitenits. 'T1 he receipt of tIat letter was the flrst Iinmtionl J idge Iryant ha<1t of the nding of the form)er one; for Mildred d felt too deely1v chagriied at her ouighiess awd il.pruiidenit aet to irefer it, more-i (sn-iially ias she (lid not ippose it wouihil ever h e nieessitry to do [Inving thIished the lotters, the judg. iiedi a bill on his dlesk, and in afw iimites Nhidred eiiterid, tryiing to con. ol the toripidat ion that poisse'ssiid her. "WVell, Milred, I have read both let. rs,"' saidl thin jun dge, tin!ig to looi k iave, lint with imich less suecss thIs me, for hiis own sense of humiior hadii eni keenly oucheid. ''A iid what is my sentencee, Hir?"'askedI um culprit. "DJo youi wishx miy servicesI a longer?" "'Nit such services as you have now [in rend(erinig," wais the ulightly sair istic reply. "But, as this is your ti rst 'lense, I am disposeid to bie lenient. o expilanationi must, however, I. Iered to Mr. IFahniistoick, and Ilmn tuthi is always the best. iapoiliogy.'" "O)h, ,J uge Bryaiit'!" exclatimed Mil red, with linciIreaising triepiidation. "'Y1 i di nta expuise my identity in this uin 'ituniala tuir! What do you expect "I will niit iisk youx to reveahl your are u itteni a goodi maniy let teri uni' iy icitationii, you may now take down i * l'. PAiusNs-rio(t. I5q.: Si r -,Tuiig ryanit has shiiin mieil yoor letter tii hiim. I Isw<rl to one reiiceiv<d il om him, as i siipiisiid, buit whlichl was writ ten lby owhi4i. .I imn simpjly his aimau id ac4ted oni my iiwii respo1sibiit.y, r whlilh Ii no1w feel I owe( you aii apol Sin whait ami I toi sign ?"' asked Mil red, look ing up withI in creasing con. ,uimply~ sign 'Autmannuenisis,'" siid the Ax youir hianidwritiing is rathei mii and iol for a1 lady, he- will lie ap)t I bink lthe u riter is a gentlemnti."' "Aiid I ami aufraiid you ought to addJ !.t miy 'onducit wais hioldl for a lady,' "Ohl, weill," said the judgi, "'we will I i Isty anty moie oii thatl headlI just no4w. rii tihis btergo andi tll ius oiwn story. he letter wats printly dV~ispatc'hed, i'l iI a few daiys thi judigie was ini ri i1.t of aniothier cinniunlientioni firom tIe lilng. miani, wtihi cauisedl hiimi to laugh m - hleaitily thin ver - I v )iJconiii," l-'ahnuestock begin, I have, or I t hinik I have, madiie' a <hs .l y since wr i i tilng my(scond litter t< ii, 'whichl lhis servedl to present thii iatter in a imch less ohbjectainabhit liht. Y our answer, however, is -n. irely satisfaetory, excep1t lin one pomilt. i,hen I riciivd th Ii it<r it wicli I 'i ,i. .- , tinak iof the poissibiility ot tbeing anrtten by a lady, But, when at college I hadtcl soitto skill fi detteeting handlwriting, atnd having been bxanininig tha letter inore carefullV,, I rtI satisfiecl Tih that ydui' ainanuensis Is a lady, rind I i usped, a 'otung laly. i suspect; mnore over, from the lililant freshness of thie I elpistle, that the lady is still 'in triaiden the meditation. fancy free.' and furthermore, ftW I he very ole wit oin I wollt select flar . is. wife. I hatbe resolved, tt Any rtte, to esctI 0o1ne ddwn itiad mahe her aitalle, co tnd, if correct in my lattet cofijeetnra. CI to make a practicalVapplication Of the CII lesson in love-making which s11e so prt kindl. sent fne. But if she should be init married-*itieli i feel vety iutwilling to pns Ruppose-I will endeavor td profit by stii her counsels in addressing some young; th laudy to whom she may be willing to tai diaeet me. I Would, hUetPr, be bettet tlu" Pleased to be informed at once upolt ailt thut, to m11e, most important point. Il sit the lady is uunmarried, please telegraplth ftin the one word, 'silgle,' and as soon1 as I t w receive it I will start for the Eatst, (ilu "Very truly and thankfully, tiht "EDoAU FAl1NEsroeK." Oil After indulging In it second hearty kii laugh, Judge Bryant suinlinoied Mildred, ent iad without a word placed ftle letter in .ii ier hands, She read it through in si- to tilnce, then looked up with glowing an -hcelks.. eot 'teally, Judge, the matter appears to 1il he growing worso insteaid of better. " she c+r fatltered, "I feel as if I had comlpro- I mised myself dreatdftilly. I had not the Wil remotest idea, in writing that letter, of thi doing anything that would evenl lolaok inl like ofTring mysr/f as a candidate for <ti moatrimoniti otio'," til, "It was, to-he-satre, a very iniselliev- t li+ itns trick," said the judge, who, b eingl iaut something of a matel-maker, began f, ga1 enjoy the situationl imenusely. "1r I. ill Fahnestock is a very worthy gentleinan, stal and 1 do not believe you could have , e" better husban id. He co1"unlitted a blun gal dtr, to-he-sure, in his attempt at love- sid mauaking, and you answered1 him, per- at 11ps, somewhat as 1 would have done. 1imi But you comllittel another lumder in Ar Iting so on your own responsibility, and ann tot showing me or Mr-s. Iryatnt, the let- fi' ter. So you are at pair itf culprits. At ill events, you are ifn a r.;lpe now, and ali I do not see ally way -:,f it except. to h>i let. Mr. Fahlnestiiek c'01::t atnd see yon." h ai It was with teelings ttf min"gledtlui- i "sit' aind elarra.ssnnaat I hot Mildirid 1ilt Ivaited the coinling of her i n:tior, b6-iml lau obliged, meaunwhile, t(o stulanit Itt conisi,1 Ye ile good-iatured raillery fr~tn tte juy 1il and his wife, who declared it their i1pio t ion that she laad designs upon that ymiw; w m11ani from the first, and congratatt . to taer upon her prospective isuccess. oI A few weeks had lpassed, when a rias tih: was heard one afternootl at the door 'i h the judge's residence, and a few mimte:. 1 later Mildred, seated in her room, wit h rei criluson checks and a beating heart., re- (1'. ceived a summons to come down to the I parlor. With tremibling steps sh 1a ileyed, and, entering the apartment, fil found the judge conversing with a tall, hli latlldsolmei man, with the hold, free air tll of Western life pervading his manner. -11 An tber. iu 1 From the Builder. ''he eomma1ionest inlpure kinls of aaalber ha aIe tasel to uakea varnisha, aid tie dI(i- th miaiil for the lila ie v.l11ahtile kanls, w\hieh aci tre emtploy-ed for necklaeis, pipe tnt,tuth- sa piet"e5, and othear latn1ctses. is si lIh ts to) mtiake itn tlabetr whw11)4' a souilre of" great si; watielth. 'l'he lirgest I1anr>se:a a amber or it'sisits Ire fountd l the ; l;lti" shores \1 if Northe:astern l'ruassiIa. ''e'e alcoat it "ighty ttons a ya'ier Iare at p"-sit t: lug up, an11d theI supp1 lly appears rac- -tnt lially inexhatstilI-. Stilli. the begin- Is Iling of the centu"r it is eAtl1u1lated thait et iver , ,00t0tt taons f imve, bIen poduced I there, amial if flhe produiciitionl, asM smieai li Slauit peiodtaa, cannott, it ix icalculhatedI, have~i r.a the saiille-st heads upl to bloicks aof lnaly th Ioiisl inl weaight. Th'e largest1 piiili v i-va-a disco ve'reda weigl- thairate a-aa aai a Is hailf poundsiaI, and ix nlow ini thei Hii'ni ii Miaaer-al ('ablineat in 1a-arliaa. Aaaiuber~ aisb meniit ioned byv liiamer, wtho spieaks af it ifil tax baeinig esa-teemedi'a of esi al valu wt ~ ith ta h gaibl. It is the' fiossil rasia pniei byai inai uphwairds aif six kindas of coiferjtous trel s IiiS 4 itf ire' hisari t 3ine. Twi iof theisie faa-is, till if whlich immaen-aa foraeasts coa vrd iraItlm So proved-a toa bii nly riebaiedi to the exist- uti ing. Weymoaauthl painei aiai thei lalr aia-ir .i aa-e-. Wailhi thai w'od oiil f th Itrelaes ro t taed to tawayi thai resian whai-hb i-xaadal traiia themai fossil niahear. Theii risian aiazied iiit of thi art stiema af theii tari-i as well as aoit af athela- lf rooi ts, mal was ala-llositedl a-va-auially ian ali iaummenlsa qjauantitih s in thei soil. Ina siomei "I a it w t i- iicils aoi fla- amberl iaa hits o i ftaw tat wood iand baar ik iif thai trei-as tare I featal is: iambeiddiid,l tand throuiagh thais luiky ai-i- lii )aa ex!~amining thit wood wal ith thai maiacro- hii iuiipe it is tat onice tlapilarn that thei tr-e-as lil wi-rl, tax int inuted-al bolve, cloaselyv ralthdi w< i tml ur aimod-rn 'yoniferae, 1bult were*t noit a-i hls alutelyI' idenlaical with an i oV f thi ix- tat Sting speiaeas. A gesx i a fthe whle reh- wa' -I ii no coveredaa lay thai itastearn parit lit hil aanbera-produatiaing ftre-es. Th'le ituluastr Wv ' ,f tlamber- digginag in one ofi very grait hi mporaatance-a fill Prusslita, tandi if ix e;,li-a- ta aed thatt thae mnlha- adistric-t of that -aunaatry still conlltain at 1 qattity' whliah, ,t tal aiveragie cosat of five shaillinags paar pam iaai, is waorth >aa lass thanai .L25t),- 'A "'I'r is remarkale," says the Norris- It to)wn /J/crad, "' how rapidly some neOws- ii papear mien atccuinulate wealthI. Ma-. .Jay Tj ( 'onhll has beeni a nkewsp)Lae protaprietori i i,nly a fewv years, alnd is nowi~ aboult to te -aetiroe with a fortune of $l100,000,000. ia ITo e-videntdly colnduceted buasineiss onl a w eash basis, aand r-fua-id faa give $500 li worath of aidvertisemeint faor 860( andl take :,a Iis pay in liver and hunag renotavators."' h C'aAul.v, TrnE thiree-yar->ihl oIf thea .iaanihihl, staiod :an tatha-ative tam ita ter - t- idh ooka-r. on wvhile gr~iaihat was p ar a poitttes fair dinnaear. P'resenttly she mlea sign of disc-ontinuaing fh workll I wha sintgle poItatii lift lIpealedl tand ununa ihied. Thela liftt' fallow raleaed~ i!to the panil, took it in his chubbay hianad, al turlillig lais lIriglit eyes in an ap pelinear~ glance to grandmaa's face, ex chlimed-a: "'1Take 'im c'oes off and give 'im haff too.' - tl (1A1M11N(: liY TIIE SEA. TIlet'r'" lIngnilint I.nir nlI ,ng lranch", atndl .mine of 1IlK ('onilnstant,. CI irax- N1,. 1cfc r"(" I wt'1t to b"edl I drl'oIId1 ilto I'eninlvli1' chihl -11u1s(', within ia rods oft' the West 1a11 ilotel, which ' he It''(st ;und omp leteht gambhlilig tblilnnent lin this contry,N. write a1 H; reaI4(nidentt It. Iug [iranttcIi to the Il eiIIuniti Enteuirer. It wasl originally e unll erllainl's e(inge, 1li the plresent p riet(1r, Phil lI)fly, (if 1'hilalpl hia, !I (l" ia !1rg(' itthtlition11 t11 it <11ring the tl t spring. il t1 t1ert is o1,w at gtiiilinig p1 e1( loll 1 11 otlung e"tPinl (l(lnii1 inlg with c( 1111iil hlibllin~g, n1 hib is 1 11111b1ie 1e, 11t11 inl1 semlli-hi-tel. ouvii enter" 41 Sughih at gait' tillllr" he:uttifl' lam1pi+, 1, seeing nobodi(y, wa;Ilk -igh t up1 the( l(^ ofI thitl h1Irg( ilut" ("ittage, attul 1 fncing y)ti it s"iglt" stan; eigitrs I1re -uly-ti\'e i'nits, butit of 4h. v\ert best dlity. Then yt I pa;1ss 1to tho' right It -14i14 a r11 t (1f 11r1inkin -room - 1 44, 14n4d s('(' -> younr ef1t 1114' etu-g1lias and(l si4)n l-p. l) Is o1 the e('HtaaI1n1111t, a111 pa'tinigf a4I it rhtin yom et)lme right int4 flit' alle d e b I'. It is re'10l yt 1a'ullllil 1o1, hardlyI be, mallh4d1 utside' of a pa:tla'. '111t14c WIW) (1etlg a1t1 al1114 11 11(r 1'11 (" t moeeted( by at lI.g cortrritlr, thc' whole Iit(l andl varIis;hedl ill the Hamne gel I stylo. fuagnlific'en11t chtandleliei 411l exeHSiVe h light, give the sp leno 'r (if dlay to I room ln. The ('1nret Hees1H to 1e made((' wVI1Ves (of (111k rid, 1411e1 is of the liinest. tity. Inl the (rridlor Ire' mtost 1p1-111) 1i clhairs 1 11141 vliais of silk, Iandel in ilnic"h(s andu atleoVus are large birdsM I nq1111tie iin1 maru"shi emb1)lem11s. The ubliniig 4 411 go 11i n as uietly as if i- irobltlemtil in ('g1i''etry aI b111('ing t ved(1 by ft(ur or five difieretl cla$seH, t 1h armudil its tal1'. 'T'here 11e two o 11t of 1o111'ttt' t ing ((n ait o1IposHite 1v ei of t1he 1o1; IIU'o is blein1g 11ea'Ilt Al 11144e, and11 suomle oith'r gamne not, hell lttid'114'11 ti( iH in at fouIrti 'oiner. nund tlc' tablle"r art, plenltifill ehairs, I itt eah table are' t1hee or f4' ll 11r) Hi((lmts -worlking the g:lut'. 1 I'he chief interest is coneitrated'( liut llr. W\'icrish(oiflir, the eeleb rated1 .ker 21441 Willi-stneet ei'railtr1, h11o 4 beh11t11' flu1irst ranitk f1r seve41' l ye'ar"ts i (I' i ll t1 i H;t,t'i1'ilou try4aag io s a d st'( g 14. lit" cm111e here from ( lermanituy, au(1 a11t (o11untenanlce s:tmewt"hatt aristoc"ratie, I HIr(w. - ,%(t 4li fre him Ire stacked p1) 'l If ivory 4hips, 1t whlite one rep1 entill 1'I11un the g '1y ones five, tel, rtnty 411r 111o'e 14111l11 each. 14e seems phay inl 1 lcertaili t,ysteunantit- w:7tv lne the linies of the ro(ul'ette figulres r'atherv tin upon0 lheH1p1t org roup. lIe is here 14s ve4 ry'',' n li 1t, I 11441 t1411, 141441 wtingII 1<>s(4 ahlit. *1,0(). Strilige is the niik mllay seeun to yoIi, 1 11aVe 11 tlht 111at this (it"cupar, tion is a relief to m1ind ifler tlw day's 1111 I hPr in thleeily, 4 t as c11ibi1ren 1t 21t of 1scho ol and1 we to tlheir ttoyH. To a man 1 of that 1 Ill it $1,(1111) glilning ill the evenling is i 4ut the 41414ae 214, at ielny.ate poker t mle inl prtivatc 1faunilil"H. UI roulette ((nie unm turn-us the hall a11 111 Mml att each side i(f himn pa;ys the( E: Iyers or ra-lcks up1) th1' chipls for. the F nkll. I 1uppse tlut on the light of f :3t 1 .July there w'er' thirtly to fifty c rsons at ti4' ihnt' hIyiiig ill this c Dhaily is 21 b;lrge 144244, s1h(1Ving the r 114s ill tim e. 14e is a111(ut fIrtc-eis1hl. fifty yiars((hl. Ilis pa:lr4ner, (Chirh-s 1 alsh, ((I New '1,rk, is ill the neig;hburr (I f,''. IlI'ty: huis wl hite ha(ir an keen f ze1 1e, mind is u1- t h le besl ps4te14 -ii al6(lit N14w Y(rk; on; ev"rythling. I < I1 41r. W\'lsh aIll, til- 1en' 11talgel, -1 -.'i'e sai 1h t-re wld b1111h 1' we4known1 jew4lry store142411 lll ill false' 11:141 av have in-r' cent, in4 41 r<11det 4te,44 4ia r4444' forn14' 444 er21''4 cent.4n f41144, atog 1 -11 xs re so qit.kly coxn ~t)lo. The' halis ich,' 124 1prom 't assistants'4 $44414 wll pay' 'iI ch4eek 14s 114444slt b i inu4f$ II42) no144 :141 ir theJl but441 $h-4',i' $2 on- 14' 1414 l 1 "14ow much11$ di l thisaditon I 'hd14y say1~ ti ost 11144,'014('41.4 lieie Iit 4h'e ('nn i In-r produced111 such114'I 441. ni14l do44 1it1 well.x 1"Y)24, se, said Ih', 4ight, 44141 a444 veyihdIiJ ih-4unes ier A-e a night row <buirk mA fiorid-o 41e of14 thi ki41- was nded nial thao itr 4411 lfin 2 us ~.I isf 4'Intrelil e< fnmr 41I he'1 1144om14(lated. wi thfi' any1 ployh. Its, or1he an ha24(XtliC4l a 12( game uprxat fii 4' ls ond hrty, lIard i up tos 24 minors,'1' hpop characters, Vor kpro 40sinarls from4 komin in." lIn t 44 ''m opig t e afe containing14 af 4for-44 neuth 1 a441 goy as kerfec asu nthoug i r(l(heen' nhile ori.ginall4(11y 14or1 the~ lck. 44. illan walm 44( cnitd,' alis pr8xof 40rs k ut of curie444(4it hoged im to 11 them how ag h eo the oy. "oth-o bo rie t ho key. C41lran wamit,was ('m8 t c rr 44i i.4t lyoueanr $7whenO( J a oin thomer b ril. Onofuha ' WIT AND WISDO. A TIN PAN carelessly hung on bed.. om door is said to be the best burglar [arm yet invented, with the single ex. aption of a colicky baby. A oAss is on record where a barber and is victim were both happy. The for ier talked on without interruption and to latter was deaf.-7bledo American. " PosroNxo on account of the other," as the timid city man said hen he didn't go through a sheep pas ire with a belligerent ram holding the rt.-Drummer. IT is asserted that Vassar girls have -sorted to anti-fat to prevent obesity, id have thus become Vassar lean. The retch who created this joke is beyond to reach of the authorities. HEAnD IN THE suburbs: " Are you go. g to keep your brickyard running this Maon ?" " No, I think I'll put a bay indlow in the kiln and advertise for immer boarders." So:rit of the Eastern papers are dis ssing the important question whether dudh+" is pronounced in one or two ylables. Out West it is generally pro omnced darn fool.-Burlingten Hawk yc. " Yr., us was in hero night before nt. le just come in and registered on to towel and went west." This was a olite way of saying a railroad man had >m1o in and washed his face. A lo(KFOnD, Ala., girl gets up in her cep and goes out in her hack yard and tops wood. According to a local paper ir father regrets her somnambulism, ut he nlways leaves the ax handy. DON'' YoU think I have a good face >r the stage?" asked a lady with histri Ite aspirations. " I don't know about to stage," replied her gallant compan mn, " but you have a lovely face for a uss." IF AT.L the force expended in thiscoun iy by city sportsmen in bagging a sin le duck were properly applied to a hoe andle, it would put a forty acre patch i excellent condition. But it would not e sport, you know. " I doN'T like to have my husband hew tobacco," remarked a young mar ied lady, "lbut I put up with it., for the ti foil is just too handy for anything it doing up my front crimps."-Colum uia Mpcctator. " Turmu," EXcr,A1nD Mrs. Nikelpla t e, vho alTects the antique, ''there is a vaso hat is very od I" "I can see that by he dust on it," was the innocent reply f Mrs. Plainly, as she drew an arabesque pith her finger on the vase. WIEN WE WEnE ton years old we used think, while gazing in the window of candy-store, how much we would like Swo rk in such a place. Now we are Teceted with a similar feeling while gaz ig in the window of a bank. CONCILIATION.-Ono of the aets of con iliation which it is said will mark the omling coronation of the Czar will he an diet granting complete toleration to tho )hld lelievers, as the dissenters from the stillislcd Church are called. T:Acnn : " Wit Y, how at upid you ;.ro n b," sure I Can't multiply 88 by 24. I'll mger that Charles can do it in less than ( time.'' Pupil: " I shouldn't be sur ritsed. They say that fools multiply cry rapidly now-a-days. "- Univcrsily 're.a . A Rogue and Ills Captors. Some of the city dletectives entertain ed express thie belief that the bogus 'Lord Ashburton," lately arrested in 4.Y. city for passing forged Bank of Lou Ion circular notes, was pardloned out of he California State Prison through the niluenice of piersons who wish hiim to 'work" a similar scheme on a large cale. 'This would senm an incredible uggestioni if it wvere unot for the fact that romn the timle thle fellow tled from N. Y. ity after robbing Kilpatrick, the jow 11er, lie was repeatedly used for such mtrposes by the We'stern detectives whio apltuired him. At St. Louis they madle im give up everyt hiing valuable ho had, mt ret urnevd h im t he lhogus circular notes mdl gave himt tickets to D)envor. They ollo'wed himi there, anid when ho had randlulenitly ob tainied- $5,000 from one >f thle baniks in that. city, re-arrested him, unsde hiim surrender the~ goodi greenblacks, 11nd hurried him oil' to San Francisco with the had money. At~ that pilac lhe deposmited $20,000 of m'renlar inoties as mairgiin ini a stock oper Lt ion, anid the detect vis waited forsome1( tie for him to real iz/e on t his invest niei, intenidinmg tom grahl all again. But ofore lhe coulld11, binin a Set tlemient the >aink ofliers were apprised of his charatc er andu they retaiiined his stock na ecurity. lie was iarrestedt and sent to >risonm for five years, and the dletectives Fere thus foiled. Hie was pardoned ftAr four y ears and catmo directly to few York, where lhe was arrested, bit uIs he<;ni again quiietlhy released, ntobody *ppearm'ig to prosecute hint. rThe sus >ieionls of the dieteetives may be idle, mt it is well entough for the banks to be carned against the fellow-Ne'w York A Costly Canal. While Mr. De TJ('5seps is gradually re lueimg, ont papemr, the prosp)ective cost if the. P ananma Coonil, greatly to the comn ort oif thle stockholers, the Colombian ['reaLsury D)epartmntit inotities the conm >any that, it iitust pay the cost of main ainiig 2,000 or 3,000 Colombhian troops in the Isthmtus, so as to keep order. L'he Minister of the Treasury estimates hat the expeiise will bo about half a nillion a year, or seven million in the otuirteent years granmt ed for comp~letinig the 'oiitract; aitd possibily, he adds, the cost may reach ten or ilve millions. It is certinily true that conist ant andti fierce rioiting hiet.w(een the~ Jamaaican and1 Car thiagi nian lab oretrs hias been reptorted along the line oif the canal, during which a score of the former have perished. The empiloyees go armed; and as there is plen ty of liquor in circulation, and a force of eight thousand meni to conitrol, iclud intg odds and ends fronm all p)arts of the worlid, there is iio doubht that the Govern menit has a diflienit task. Still, even before the ennmal was started, the Istn inus was niot the most tranquil part of the repuldic, and the stockholders must no(w lock rather ruerily at the prospect of substantiaelly suippoitinig the standing armiy of Colombliat for the ntext twelve or fourteen years. Un iperhiaps they should thiniik themselves fortuntato that some reasont is mnot foundii for their shoulder ing also the uiaval eixpenses0 of Colombia. Tim D)oo Smow.-Theo New York Dog Show~ was one of the most successful af rirs, oif the kind ever given. '"A fine lot if doigs with less trash than ever be. lore," said the jutdge. The most he wilerinig competition was in bird dogs, thiere bewig nto less than 149 English set kier, 56 Gordon setters, 97 Irish setters, iitd 112 pointers. Thte display of St. Berntards and mu utiffs was large and fine na wna also the pnns