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Cltaondelrd ti heowat I olaim sto thus nttested; nese ond eau ,or wh.n youta ha t st dur money a but we invested, tove you aways for your wea avowe A SPRING CLEANING. For a whole week Number two Bred gar Vias, Camberwell Now Road, had been turned "upside down and inside out," as poor Mr. Clayton dWclared, "till there was no rest for the sole of one's foot," and each morning as he started to catch his train at Kenning ton Chtrh with his son, he vowed that never again would he undergo the agonies of "a spring lean., But the afternoon of the last day at length ar rived, and Mrs. Clayton and Wini fred, her daughter with their one servant, were busy as bees putting the finishing touches to the household ar rangements, though it must be said that Winnie, who had just finished her last term at boarding-school, and who was hot yet fairly doesticated, was a more ornamental than useful element. However, she had not been idle, and at last all was fnished and rather tir ed and flushed with her exertions, Winni went upstairs after a somewhat makeshift dinner with the best inten tions possible of clearing out the closet in her room. If it had been a linen-closet, or a china-closet, or a preserve closet, or anything but the closet it was, there is no telling what Winnie might have as complished. But those four rows of dresses, hanging smoothly down from their re spectivo pegs, proved fatal. They were dresses of her ante-boarding school period, and she had had hardly a glimpse of them for two years or 4 more. Trying them on came next, in the natural course of affairs. It was an amusing process. They were woefully out of style, most of them buttoned behind, none of them reached below n tops of her shoes; but It was very absorbing, and she could hardly believe her ears when she heard her mother calling to her up the stairs to come down to tea. She was arrayed at that moment In a white spotted muslin, which she re membered to have worn for the first time on her fourteenth birthday. It had a sash which tied in an impos ing bow behind; it had a row of white pearl buttons down the back; and it was several inches shorter than--sund posing there had been anybody to o serve-would have been strictly desir able. Winnie giggled. A sudden idea had struck her. She pulled out her hair pins hastily, braided her hair in a long tapt and tied it with a blue ribbon; she had discovered a string of coral beads in her drawer-she had worn it at the age of six-and put it on; and then she giggled again delightedly, and went downstairs. Her little plan was,-to a certain ex spednt, his nsu inces osshsukee anHerdingtherloe calml hfro wat pxai oandipated;e ey,there down ah yonga hmshed,ha-eontrtngevay se nie kold he would do;ther grthed thanohrweiseted the expctve chuckl shAa xtd Butnoth bld ruhede her i Fr erw acn pae Treaghs nthin tos hs doneSe ad heaf-waelmy acosteroom; theyi wer halldsokiglut hyes, thereciap tatunlghta whiom she had edertaeen bfor. - idmmn a o ob Uned erself,dare aircieraces glane ateworge, hoase stefngahis grapifn thi outh,is atd thevuncted apm pearancelo as e liied sokirts would Bullow tebodruhdt e facy inrentd, Tom braeth Yoamei gssthe saiGgh fro bhncd befor herrnd eybeuseesup onThre wasrenothisgt sie dn. h was hadf-wistedross chai room; from hieref als osiber- ithea pedipn Te yongh whac smied ateday. for a ild ~ momentowas noe bean in theugtonf.gtueyugni s Sheflu*tchd na firiedy h.rt Toad herself,dare a couglac at George,h wabe fing a i apkin~t fellowhsmt, and advanci'o e as ma-y his tiaid neighbr, limtd .hkrts we-l h"Mys fvrenTo Badhe . o'ved ad m e a k ofuua thi,hne Myi toae, siGere afroma beringi sntehiue ahs deidef rty Ihatwiseits char good fr rom 4 oey aent plae" he sad enidently oyunma smqie pterall. o y9 o tshoohe began an thden swroishg toroung the 'o WinnL vam ed somethblue inbbdn blyyGlieog a ioltt whieskirt Yfolwand unwle eto e ayo wa oranlshhmstdg e ohasd andltwas d unusal thn he sai toi4ilsa htineetn he wa deciedly retty probably he woui i... - more peculiar. , She had rushed upstairs and, into her own room, looked the door, thrown herself on the bed, and commenced what the girls at school call a "good cry." If heo had been old, or ugly, or disa greeable-if he had been anything but the soft-voiced distractingly good-.oo k lug fellow he --was-she could have borne it with fortitude. Why had George brought him at that dreadful time? Why had she hit upon this particular day for that idiotic performance? Why was he not rod haired or cross-eyed, or--something' t She would not have minded it in the least in that case. There was a tap at the door, and she heard George's voice, not yet quite composed, begging her to lot him m. His mirth disappeared before the woe-begone littI person who opened the door to him, and stood mopping her eyes. "Oh, well, now!" he began, com fortingly. "you don't mean to say you're broken up like this about a lit tie thing like that?" "A little thing!" cried Winnie, chok ingly "Oh, George! what-what will he think?" "Never mind what he'll think." said George, calmly. "It was a good joke. and that ought to be enough for That did not seem to console Win nie. She only sobbed into her hand kerchief the more wildly. "Why did you bring him?" she mur mured, in a heart-brocen way. "Wh didn't you bring somebody that wasn t so-so nice?" "Qh, well," he observed, trying to speak in an off-hand way, "don't wor ry about it! he's-ho's married!" The sobs ceased. But, strange to say, the face which lifted itself from the handkerohief was not exactly ra diant. It seemed disappointed. "Married!" Winnie repeated in an injured tone. "Good gracious!" said the bewilder ed young man. "Dou't that suit youP" "Don't be rude!" said his sister so verely. The sight of so much dignity, in combination with the coral necklace and the juvenile dress, was too much for George. Ho clung to the door in another paroxysm of mirth. "You've got to come down, you know," he gasped, wiping his eyes. "Put on something decent, and come down and paralyze him. What do you careP" Winnie wavered. After all. what did she care? He was married! Half an hour later, Tom Bradley, leaning against the piano in the draw ing-room, and listening to George's rendering of the latest popular air. was roused by the sound of a footstep on the unearpeted floor, and startled by the appearance of a graceful and extremely pretty young lady in a blue dress. He was astonished at the familiar smile she gave him; he was astonished at the way in which George whirled about on the piano-stool, and grinned, without introducing them; and then, as he looked more closely at the pretty apparition, he became aware of the startling truth. Winnie's composure, which had be- t run to desert her, returned in full I force, as the young man dropped his eyes and studied the bare floor in ' evident confusion. C She sank on the sofa calmly, ar ranged the folds of her dress becom- C ingly, and begged her brother, sweet ly to continue his song. "I'll let him know I don't care," she said to herself triumphantly. "Mar- i ried--the horrid thing!" "Are you as fond of music as of- ! dolls?" the troung man ventured, - breaking the silence at last. " Almost, " said Winnie, with a laugh. And the conversation, with this l small start drifted on gayly. It struck her, as they talked on, that Mr. Bradley, for a married man, was-well-not well-behaved. lie kept his eyes fixed on her in an admiring way; the tone of his remarks --half bantering, wholly complimenta ry-was highly improper under the circumstances. He had edged nearer and nearer to her, until there was no appreciable I space between them. Winnie felt that something must be done. She went to the piano hastily, and played a few meaningless notes with desperate speed. Mr. Bradley followed promptly, anda leaned over her with an air of pro-. found enjoyment. "Does Mrs. Bradley play?" saidr Winnie, frigidly. "Mrs. Bradley?" her companion re peated, smiling inquiringly, and lean lug rather lower. "Your wife ! " said Winnie, severe ly. ~"Oh, but I haven't one!" said the young man cheerfully. Winnie looked up at him quickly, and immediately looked down again. "I haven't one," Mr. Bradley re. peated softly; "but i've been thinking for the last twenty minutes that I'd I like one Immensely, if--" The recollection that sho had known Mr. Bradley barely an hour and a half caused Winnie to turn away from him hastily and commence a noisy polka. But when she got up to her room that night, at a rather late hour, and' sank on the edge of the bed, staring with unseeing eyes at the white mus lin, lying whore she had left it ina heap on the floor, the thou ghlt did run vaguely through her mind that per haps she had helped, or hindered, her mother for the last time. And Tom Bradley was of the same 1 opinion. W. S. Conant, an inmate of M' ' Con- I cord, H. 11,, Asylum, was made vie- c lently insane, it is believed, by remorse i beaanse he'deserted from the army in g the war'. is door recently wrote to I Preeldent Cleveland,- asking the man's U discharre, anid has' Just received it. Itt is thoujbt the neows will s.ve his life, The erase in Santa Barbara, Cal., is gtW En Hglish swalnut. -it is said that $our-ffiths of the fruit tree, will I 6 and alnut tree. planted Ia A BOO--KI-TA)N. La Annueal Oorau,tmy Among the Creel Indian.a.-Its Use. A Muscogee, I. T., correspondent @1 he New Orlenns Tires-Dsmocrai rrites: The Creek Indians of the hickory hround towni or neighbrhzood hield heir annual "boo -ke-tan" last week. Chis is commonly called "busk," and $ the occasion when all of the Indians if a certain section,uudter a local ehief, nout for the purpose of takinsg their "possan". or black drink. The ground a selected by the town chief near some unuing streatu, and at brush shed is onstructod in the foru of a cross, one nd to the north, one to the south and he others to the east and west. The hiof occupies the west end and his ubordinate officers the ends to the other points of the compass. After verything is got in readiness, a comn nittee is appointed to go out and bring n four round logs about four feet long, which are placed with ceremony in the senier of the arbor, the outer ends ointing to the four cardinal points, mt all touching together in the con or. Fire is produced by friction, which is hen placed in the center of this cross. t is estimated with a slow tire these ogs will last four days,the usual length >f the busk. After the black drink is nade the women, who are fasting, lance around the fire, and from 12 $clock to the middle of the afternoon a;e draughts of 1ie medicine, which a a powerful emetio, and also wash heir faces, hands, and feet with it. Vhen the women all get through the non join them and they DANCE ALL NIGHT, he women wearing terrapin she0lls illed with gravel, and tied together with buckskin thongs, fastened to their ogs or ankles, which rattle and aid in ceeping time in the dance. They sing heir peculiar songs, interspersed with rolls by the men, and it is wonderful he amount of labor that is endured luring these exercises. The women ire tastefully and brilliantly dressed tud decorated with their finest clothes, ibbons, and ornaments. The next day he men go through pretty much the awe ceremonies, and take their med cine. After this, on the third day, the wo non bring in the children, who are nade to drink. They are washed in t, scratched on the arms and legs with scratcher of many points,so the med nine can the sooner penetrate. These cratches are usually made of gartish eeth, or in the absence of those they are made by sticking numerous pins hrough a feather. After each class et through with their duties of drink ng and dancing they are permitted to ,o to the stream and batho, when they ,an return to the camp and partake of ood and prepare for the dance at ight. During all these ceremonies the vomen and children occupy one camp md the men the other. On the fourth day the ashes are al ,leaned up,aud each participant sprink es somo. of it on himself. THE FIRE IS RENEWED, nd then begins the final dance. The non all come in with sticks,in the end. if which are inserted four white feath" re. With these they keep time in all orts of motion during the dance. Al: his is the ceremony that has to be one through with before any of the now bers are allowed to eat green corn, nd is, properly speaking, the "green. orn dance." In some towns of old standing these eremonios are kept up eight days with uch formality and strictness. In ookabatcha town there now exist rass plamtos that have been handed own fromu one generation to another, robably for hundreds of years. They rc now in possession of old Captain ookabatcha llajo, one of the finest Doking old Indians I have yet met,and said to be one of the best men broughout the Territory. These meet ugs are not altogether for the purpose I taking mnedaomue, but are productive >f much ga od. Tholi chiefs of those clans ake occasion to call together all the roung men and explain to them ths aws of the country, and exhort then o be obedient to these laws, to main. ain friendship among themselves arnd aeighbors, and all return thanks foi he blessing of the past year, and ash he Great Spirit to continue them fo: he year to come. The Lightning Ticket Seller, Ijarnum used to carry round with im his famous "Lightning Changer," ,n individual whose mechanism was s ide-show in itself. The man sold the fty-eont admission tickets. Ho would eceive the coin, make change and de. Ivor the tickets to half a dozen persons t a time. The rapidity of his hands ras so great that their movement, ould not be analyzed. It seemed to hie dazed observer as if ho did nothing unt make a continual "scooph;g uovemont ef the money into the wagen ehind him; but with all his swiftness eo never made an error in change. ho struggling, fighting crowds would warm about him, thrusting in theih alves and fending off the press about liem. Men would cling so tightly tc oin that he would have to bring hih 1st down "bang" upon the lingers tt vronch it out. There is a story related of him that man once shoved in a pile of pennie. o him for a ticket. "You don't comet that," said the 'Lightning Changer," glancing at the tilo and showering out tickets to ojtheu and. "Take that away, will you?" shout d .The ch&e gor, sending tbe ple in a cattered shower among -the crowd; 'thero's only forty-nine cents in that >ilel"-Ingleside. Among the flints of chalk formation occasionally found one that emits a lear musical sound when struck with nother fint. A Frenchman has just ucceeded in making a "piano" from has. musical stones. The flints are uspended by wires above a soiunding toard, and are played by two other tints. The stones of the piano num, tsr twenty-six, forming two chromaatis otaves, and were collected with musk latient labor, during a period of thirty ears. There seems to be no relation etween the sizes of the stones -and heir tunes. Prof eestonal Jokere, Among the frequenters of a well known Parisian restaurant was a oor tain methodical personage, who dined there every day, and always at the same table, which the proprietor, with a due regard for so regular a customer, especially; reserved for him. Once, however, by some mistake of the waiter, he found on arriving his usual place already occupied by a strangr; and, inwardly fretting at tbe. disap pointment, entered into oonversatlon with the mistress of the establishment, who presided at the eounter. and awaited the intruder's departure as patiently as he could. The -latter seemed in no ?urry, for, after consult ing the bill of fare, he ordered anoth er dish and a fresh bottle of wine, see ing which the habitue, who would. rather have gone without his dinner than taken any place but his own, re solved at all hazards to got rid of the unwelcome guest, and addressing the dame du comptosr in a low tone, in quired it she knew who the individual at his table was. "Not in the least," she replied; "this is the first time he has been here-" "And ought to be the last," he sig nificantly remarked. "if you knew as I do." "Why, who is hot" "The executioner of Versailles!" "Mon Dieu!' exclaimed the terrified dame du comptoir; and, calling her husband, imparted to him the informa tion she had just received. "Make out his bill," he said, and counter-order what he has asked for. He must not stay here, or we shall lose every customer we have." Wheretipon, armed with the docu ment in question, he presently crossed the room to where the stranger was sitting, and inq Ired if he were satis fled with his dinner. "Pretty well," was the answer, "but the service might be quicker. Why don't they bring what I ordered?" - "Monsieur,' replied the tratteur, as suming an air of importance, "I am compelled to say that your presence here is undesirable; and that I must request you to leave my house as soon as possible, and on no account to set foot in it again." "What on earth do you mean?" asked his astonished guest. "You must be perfectly aware," continued the other, "that your being soon here is most prejudieiJ to me, and-" "Speak plainly, man!" impatiently interrupted the stranger. "I insist on being told what you imagine me to be." "Parbleul1 you know as well as I do. The executioner of Versailles!" "Ah! and pray who is your authori ty for this?" "That gentleman," replied the pro prietor of the restaurant, pointing to the habitue at the counter, who was beginning to feel uneasy as to the re sult of his "joke." a "Indeod!" said the stranger, raising his voice so as to be distinctly heard by every one present; "that gentleman has informed you that I am the execu tioner of Versailles. Well, he ought to know, for two years ago it was my painful duty to brand him!" With these words, uttered in a tone of complete indifference, he left the amount of reckoning on the table, leaving the other mystitier to dine as he might.-Temple Bar. An Anecdote of the Barefoot Ac. tresx. I heard rather an amusing story the other day about Miss Estelle Clayton. who has just sailed for a short trip abroad. A talented clergyman of New York was dining at the house of one of the most devout and one of the wealthiest ladies of his congregation. Ho seemed to take great pleasure in entertaining the handsome young lady who sat next to him, and was evident ly much Impressed with her charms of face and her conversational powers. The amusement question came up at the dinner, and the young clergyman 'mounted a favorite hobby, and began to speak with warmth and feelin~g about the Immorality of the stage. He had commitied himself beyond re dem ption before he noticed that his re mark was received with some degree of coolness by the company, but the face of his neighbor only wore an amusing smile. "Do you often go to the theatre?" she inquired. "No, indeed," was the energetic re ply, "it is enough for me to see the posters on the fences, and the photo graphf in the sho p windows. Why. only two days a go I saw the picture of an actreas who appears on the stage absolutely barefoot. For my part, I am not surprised at the low social standing of theatrical people, and I do not wonder that they are never seen in the houses of respectable people." A chill.seemed to fall upon the com pany, but the youing lady's face wore an amusing smile. "Let us talk of something elie," said the hostess, and by that dime the young clergyman realy felt that he had put his foot in it. The party broke up, and as he was walking home in company with anoth er of thle guests, he asked, "What was the name ef that young lady who sat next to me at table? I did not catch "Miss Estelle Clayton," was the re "Estelle Clay t<m," replied the young divine, "It seams to me I have heard that naise >ef>re. Who Is she?" -'She's tIle ,actress who appears on the stage barefoot;.her mother is an old friend of .our hostess to-night." A silence follow4d.--FM adelphae The most recent voleanio eruption In the United States wau thr, whc ha!? filled Feather Laeke,: Norterns Call fornia, in or about ite year 1860% This locality has lately been visited by the eminent plutonist, C. K. Duitsa, who says that the lava shee poured out Was over 100 feet thick and soVers a spae about 1 by Si n'Ite,s in'extqut, in the center , of, wi.len a .oImi4er eene4.00 feet high covers the .rent. . 1* lava sheet is rough and jagged lkt t.en treme. he sys, but eews as yet ae trace of withering. For a space of 400 to 600 yards from the eons the troes were all killed. WHIPPING A MAD BULL. plrmor Post's Sueoessfhl Eight With Bid Valuable B.ast. Abram Post, of Elderville, Pa., owne a blooded bull, which has long beer an object of terror to all employed or the farm, owing to its fierce and ag gresslve disposition. This bull had al. ways been under the control of ita owus wlap declared that, so long a any one stood up boldly against the animal, no fear of Its attacking him peed be qntertained. He urged thii upon i,be hired help, but ho never could employ. any man who would not pu himsslf in a safe place as soon as the bull assumed a belligerent attitude, and Post'.rwife froquently aiepoaled to him to hoto the animal klled, believino thati sooner or later,. it would robe against the authority of her husband, and attack him. ihe boast was toc valuable an animal to be sacrificed, and Post, ridiculing the idea that, the bull could master him, refused to part with it. On Thursday evening Post had fin. ished milking a cow in the barnyard, and was returning to the house when be noticed that the bull, which was in the y;rd, shook his head savagely as he passed by it, and had an unusually vicious look in its eyes. Post passed on, paying no attention to the animal, He had gone only a short distane when he heard a quick stop behind him and a low bellowing which he knew was nado by the bull. He turn ed quickly and saw the animal bearinp down upon him. He grasped the bul with one hand by the horns hoping t< prevent it from goring him, and the next instant he was tossed in the air, He fell on the bull's head and neck, and was tgssed the second time, thii time being thrown to the opposite sid( of the barnyard fence. He was badl3 bruised and his clothing was torn b3 rough handling he had received, bul believing that if he allowed the bull tc remain master of the field its usefulnes: would be gone and its killing a neces, sity, Post determined to assume the of fensive himself and use every effort t< conquer the savage animal. He is e large and muscular man, and, arminf himself with a heavy club, he jumpet over the fence and advanced boldl3 upon the bull, which was pawing the ground and bellowing furiously. Th< moment it saw Post in the yard ii plunged at him with horns lowered, Post met the bull with a terrific blov with the club across the forehead. Thi heavy wood was broken to pieces, bu the blow had no effect upon the anima except to increase its fury. The bul pressed upon the farmer, who jumpec aside and caught it by one horn an one ear, and endeavored to keep it head turned away. He was throw1 from side to side and his hold broken The bull caught him on his horns an once more tossed him in the air, thi time throwing him over the fence int an adjoining tield. The maddened an imal charged against the fence and e deavored to knock down the barrio between it and the object of its rage. Still the farmer was undismayed and, entering his barn, he armed him self with a leavy three-tined pitchforl and returned once more to the barn yard. The bull rushed again to th attack. Post stood his ground an thrust the sharp tines of the fork itc the bull's nose, supposing that th acute pain caused by the stabbin would force the animal to turn bac and make it more cautious. In this h was mistaken. The animal rushed on and was forcing him against the fence where he would have been crushed t< death in a moment- 'To prevent this Post threw himself forward, and. the bull's head being loweJred t.' thi ground, jumped astride the animal's neck. A few plunges by the bull th.reu himt from that postion,. and he fell or the ground closo by. lFortunately he retained his hold upon theo fork, and, rising quickly to his feet, lhe thrust the tines again and again in to the amimal'. aide and neck. The 'lood spurted from every wound made by the fork, and the bull bellowed witu paina and redoubled its efl'orts to catch thu farm en Its horns, but his desperate situ tion had nerved him to greater activ ity, and the beast failed in all its efforts. Post continued his assaults with the pitchfork as he jumped from side tc side to avoid the charges of the bul. until both sides of the animal were dripping blood from neck to flanks. The busll continued the contest for a few minutes, and then turned and ran to the other side of the barnyard, bel kiwing with pain. Post did not move away for seme time, and then went to his house. Hei was coveredl with blood, almost naked, anci dripping wiLlh perspiration. He washed himself, rested a moment, and then, against the earneat protest of hii wife, went back to the barnyard. Hei found the bull standing in one corner of the yard. Post walked briskly up to the animal, and it cowed at his ap. p roach and stood trembling in fear. The beast was completely mastered, and walked sulienly into the barn at Post's comamand. On the farmer's re turn to the house he found that his own injuries were greater than he had supposed, and he is now confined to his bed under a doctor's care. Mr. A. B. Frost, who is one of the best known and most popular artists on the staff of Harper & Birothers,mnar ried a few years ago one of the dlaugh ters of the late More Phillips, of Phil a delphia. Mr. Frost was a young and struggling artist, and Mr. Phillips had no amibitlona for that sort of a son-in law, and wholly disapproved his daughter's choice. He proved a severe and implacable parent, but about a y ear since relented and sent his son-. law a check for a large amount, repro. senting the arrears of his dlaughter's allowance, which he had stopped. It was returned to him by the next mal with a degree of resentful repudiation and energetic indignation that filled him with amazement, and arought a comnp lete revulsion in his feelings to. ward the plucky and independent art. jut who had imarrledl his daughter. Mr. Phillips made generous reparation of his. earlier judgment, and there is said to be no 4anger that Mr. A. B. Frost's zeal as an artist or his ambition for eminence in his profession will be clouded by the 640,000 a year which will fall to his share from his father-in law's estate, IndIan Relit., A further examination of Mr. Rich mond's relic collection, writes a Can ajoharle, N. Y., oorrespondet of the Albany Journal, showed hanging over the door a fine card of arrows, spears, knives, and scrapers, from the banks of the Congaree river, North Carolina. In form and material they are quite like many heretofore described. They are arranged in the form of the symbol of the holy trini,y. On the casing of the door, covering almost the entire space to the floor, hang grooved axes; they are of various sines and material, nearly all in a good state of preserva lion. Many States and territories are represented, one of the most perfect being from the cliff dwellings of Ari zona. It is symmetrical in form, has a good cutting edge, so made from grinding down from both sides, with a deep groove running entirely around it. In size it is about six inches long by three wide. Another, about the same size, is from Kansas, and I note a very large one from Michigan, unus ual in form and not worked to as sharp an edge as those spoken of above. Instead of being grooved it is so formed by depression on the sides that it could easily be hold in place by a withe. The material resembles granite. In size it is ten inches long by four in breadth. Some are thick, heavy, and seemingly clumsy, while others are so small as to give an idea that they were intended for ornaments rather than use. Many of them are made with the sides alike, while several have one side square, that is they are straivht down from the head of the ax to tio blade. Others have a groove down one side. The object of making them in this manner is that a wed g may be insert. ed for the purpose of tightening the withe. The manner of holding the ax that was made with rounded sides, or, as before stated, with sides alike, was to insert the ax in a split in a sinall growing tree, allowing it to remain there until the wood had closed tightly around the groove. Another method was to insert a strong withe in the groove, letting it follow around the ax, bringing the ends together, when they were firmly lashed by means of doer sinews or thongs of buckskin. Grooved axes were extensively used' in deadening forest trees and bruising the outer fibor near the roots, so that fires kindled around them might the more readily eat into tao trunks and insure their early fall, also removing the charred surface from time to time, thus affording fresh fuel for the flames. Often the head of the ax is splintered or bruised, which indicates that they were used as clubs or wedges for split.. ting wood, in the latter case the edge being placed and held in position by the wooden handle. The ax was driv en into the wood by blows struck upon its head by some other object of wood - or stone. In parts of this country the grooved r ax is found in goodly numbers, either in graves, upon the sites of old villages or in oultivated fields. In this imme ' diato section I do not think any have been found; neither do I think that . New York has over furnished many. To my knowledge I do not now think of but two. They are also very rare in Europe; in fact but one or two are known to have been found there. What makes this seem singular is that so many objects are found in all parts of the world that aro similar in shape to those found at great distances from each other. Axes more than anything else scem to differ in form in different countries. While this country had plenty of grooved axes, Europo had none, and the perforated ax found there is not, known here. In almost everything ele used by primitive muan, the world over, a similarity in form of objects existed, for instance, arrow and spear heads, colts, gouges, bone awls, beads, pottery, mortars, pecstles, chris els, etc. Grat's Cigar stumnps. General Granit, when President, uised to walk out every evening for a smoke. Just, at dusk lie would conmo out of the nort,h gate of the WVhite House alone, with a cigar in lis mouth, his head bent doewn just a little, and his left hand behind him holding a cane. That was his favorito attitude, and the strik ing figure was familiar to every body. The hackmen on the streets would take off their hats as lie wenit b)y and lie al ways returned their saluites. Hio would walk down past the TIreasury Decpart ment, down F"iftoenth to the avenue; thence p)ast Willard's, paist the Nation al Theater, anmd up Tihirtoonthi toward New York avenue. All the necwsboys, bootblacks, and street arabs genmerally, I knew him and would follow him in his walk, waiting for him to throw his ci gar stminps away. There was alwnys a scramible after his stumps, either b)e cause they were better than those or dinarily found or b)ecause lie had smok. 1 ed them, aind thoere was some digiy att.ached to smoakinig after him. iThy I urchin who got the stump wouldl p)ut it t between hi.s 'lips and1 stand with hist back up against the dooer poest of the National "peanmut gallery, 'with hiis I thumbs in tIhe armholies of his vest, I and puff' awayr with a dlignity that was3 the envy of al his admiring associates. One day the General turned to two lit tle urchins wvho had boeon following him for several squares, watching his cigar very eagerly, and asked themn what lie couldl do for themi. "Plcesh, mishter," one of them re p lied, snatching his ragged cap oilf and holding it with both hands In front of him, while his companion got closo be hind; "pleeshm, mishiter, we only wants a smoke what time President hiash had." Tho General smiled good-humnoredly, and takiing an expensive cigar from his pockt-the only one he had left-he cut it in two and gave each of them half. ''he two little rascals ran off with their hearts in their throats, and for many weeks were held In awe and reverence .. by the whole of urcbindom.-Washing- ( fon Star. Thue deepest sta s4oundinZgs known ~ wore madeo in the Paceific, vhiore the a line reached down 4,675 fathoms, and off the east coast of Japan 4,600 faths oms. Thus it seems that the greatest , heights of mountains and the greatest b Idepths of the ocean correspond very t4 asty. - MYets of Interest, Gathred ?wdM -War between Bnr i d a$4 Indian Governmetet Bas benf declared. J : -The Indians in New MeztIoo 4. again raiding ranches and inurderi the whites. -A latd rent collector named MyeTh was shot last Wednesday in Kilbegg county Westmeath, Ireland. While attempting to repair an fro ' bridge near &lthsburg, Il., a portiow of the work fell, killing and wounding a dozen men. -All the gambling houses in Cin cinnati were raided Mohdaf:nlgbt and several evagon loads fmen were taken to the police station. - The Hon. A. A. Mc1ay, Judge of the sixth circuit judiciary dist at of North Carolina, died at his t1e In Ulinton on Thursday mornin$: g , -Mr. Wm. Jones, who lives Venezuela 2,700 miles away, came Virginia and voted at Richmond an tunscratched Democratic ticket. --The Eliza, a vessel now loading it Quebec, is declared by the Toronto Globe to have seen a century and a half active service, and to. be yet a taunch and handsome craft. - There has been an alarming in rease in the number of suicides in Berlin within the past several months. L ases are reported daily, and some lays they number as high as ten. --The will of the late Gen. George B. McClellan was filed with the Pro iate Court last week. It gives his )roperty to his wife, and after her ieatlh equally to his son and daughter, -All the public schoolsofSavannah, are cro,vded to excess, and with. n the past. few days otto hundred and liI7y applicants have been refused ad nissioti For want ofroom in theschools. -Mrs. Martha Wilkerson, of Greens boro, N. C., andt her won had a disa Cresetent abot the widow marrying a ilred man. The next norning tother itti sont were fouid dead from pistol bullets. No clue. -The Rewv. John Wides, colored, of P'ittshurg, Pa., is suing several persons of that. town for conspiracy with other personts in Alabama, (where Knox mtiade himsif obnoxious as a preaoher), to injure his reputation. -The Empire Plaster mills, Nos., 21 and 23 Bethune street, New York a six-story brick building, was burned on Wednesday, and the walls fell in, the firemen and neighboring houses having a very narrow escape. -At Montreal last week five men were painting the ceiling of a drill' shed when the scaffolding gave way and two of the men were killed in stantly, a third died shortly after, and the two others are not expected to live. -The wife of Wilhelm Freund, a German farmer in Henry county, Onio, gave birth to five healthy chil dren recently. She is thirty-six years of ago and luring her married life of niteteen yeurs has given birth to twenty-one children. -A citizen of Andersonville, Ga., in 1882 caught a very small opossum, imarked it uu let it go. A few days tgc' he caught the saue opossum with. in two humded vards of where he nanght him three vears ago, and he now weighs eight pounds. -An Ottwta dispatch says that. the leath senutence p'assed on those recent y conlvicted ot murder in connection with the Northwest rebellion, will be :ommut1ite(l ini severa'l cases, biut will be :arried inuto ef'ect with the remainder >n the (late fixed, the 27th inst. -Secretary Endicott has sent in structions toi military commanders who we stationied in the neighborhood in vhich uprisinigs against the Chinese wre apt to occur' to have their troops ni readinecss to enforce the provisions >f the P',esident's pr*oclamation issued -Capt. M. 0. McGuyer, of Cincin iati, who camne to Tennessee .with ieorge 11. Thomas Post, 0. A. It7 vas drowned in the Tennessee River, iear Coulterville, while out duck munnting anid while trying to save the ite of a colored boy who was with uim whent the boat capsized. -The apple crop this year ini the state of New York, as well as in sev ,ral of theo New E'gland States was he largest yield aver known. The rtuit is of excellenit quality. The aver go p)rice is abora $1.35 a barrel. Out f this hats to come the price of the arrel, leavinig the net price of the rutit ablout $1 a barrel. -The closing of the bars on election lay in Massachusetts worked like a harms everywhere. Ins Boston the >Olice authorities were astonished. Juring October I he number of 'runks' iefore the police court, averaged for y-two daily. On the morning after heo election it was found that only even arrests for drunkenness had >con mnadec-a smaller number than tad been presented for at least seven ears. -Near Kissimmeo, Fia., last week, a lentleman riding along in a buggy moticed a large hawk pounce down upon and fix his talons in the body of black snake. The snake imdiate y coiled itself around the hawk's nock, mud the contest of 1ife and death began. After watching them for some timne, he gentleman got out, threw them nto his buggy and then drove to a icighbor's several miles distant. The :ontestants each still retained the grip ,n the other, though both were yet ilve. They were thens dispatched. A True BiU Wound. EDGEFIELD,November 12.-Evening. -The grand jnry has just come info fourt with tirue bills against thirty-one f the persons charged with the mtwr or of O. T. Culbreath. No bill w' >und in the cases of W. H. Ham~mon4 nd Wyatt.8S. Se'gler. No RIOr. AUaUSTA, Novemnber12-ep rere cnrrent here to-day of rIdts a loodshed in Edgefield, bnti they-ps have been untrue. Ati 6g Pk m.g !as qt.