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t q ryA- L ' r1?Y I LT "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ VOl1. X VI, P I ENVS, S (J. ,frJIUSA API 21s87.N. W TImi U1ul.1Atai UJ w)l't. Reports Matdo to te 1e)tim(t ineit of Agil culture by i(K Sp ecil ('urr mii )r tlenlt. The Stato T)patrucnt of Agricltnre has received and tsbulated the April 1st reports of its speCal correploudents. Thoso rturns cover every county in the Stato tnd over ono-ludf the towuslips. Ali1:A IN wHEAT AN1) OATS. Estimates balsed upon these reports shoW that tho arca in wheat has been in creased three per cent, over the area of 1886. The condition is reported at 4 per cent. bettor than at the samo time last 3ear, but 5 per cent. below an aver ago crop. The area iti oats ShOWS a de creaso of 5 p.r cent. below last year. Condition 2 per ceut. better than in 1886, but 11 per ceut. below an averl c. It is estiatsed tlat 4' per cent. of the oat crop was sown in the fail, and seven ty four of the corresponldcits repr" I tlthe early sowing in better coullhit.iuon thi(n that sown in the spring, while o)t Itl dred and thirty-seven consid.I the - L'i crop the most promising. The correspoudents eiltilate Li at only 4 about 3 per cent., of the whes1 c;op L drilled, the balnce of the cro) biug broadcasted; and the ret,11 \with vt'erj fow exceptions, show that tie (ouditioln of the graint sown 1)rotdelst is oine bae't ter than the slall lroport ion ii et w i: drilled. It is es iited Itat 1 p er cent. of tho wheat crop wis winter illed, '1'hio conlition of hoare: tnd oihe work animals is reported ht ' per cent. below the aver:go of this sto onr1 th' year, duo entirely to the (1 iiaency of grain prodnccd by the eunial! erop t; of 1886. 'The contition of t I I' he:p and hogs is fully up to au ulv emoge. Live stock has suireed very t:lightly from discaro's of aly kind, the princil i complaint Leing (Ii 'U)o1', amon1:,)l:g be. but '-his doces nloct petr to I:;: be a i 'i , prevalent as in previou yei. A'f.t cases of glItder )lutvt) IJeen replori1 among hor'sse, 1)11 the sin'ld Oi the discaso has beent Ce eC!d b t teti of the )eplaitmiCit :'d ti...n the stock ii destreyin Lthe l) aiI d ai mals. 7.'he reports iatieliie tnt i!i ' i:l:e it' of farm supl)li s lturbsedI u ! nt h r less thian in li- ;, or\ ,o to 1( ' .al ItO failure of the crops of la.t -, lt ttea correspondentis 1epor't thit', 1,' ' ll mr arO tsing ever. (:t11t to lhte itt ii condition by ltlraticing thi t' mo- tt igid ecOnomly, ittd by a dtni :iion o crease the 1'.rca inL fod er'o . liarmu labor is abUniil,t, m. repot as5 in1Crealt ngl mt (;liieof"r. (i(, -nhuntirt' and1( (eghty-Iit) Ut thi', t. tt ittlh reply thlat ,la_ I ditferlt," id t a ( twelnty-cight c;rirt .. .....- t sicarelty of ilLba, i ' 'vworking ont to ,'t, 1 . I roatls. T1 ' l t ' i 't t ihe . .t1 h 11u1111 no 1>appre abt (i:'ct trn ihot (arna labor of the .A. 'tetm i:taI1'Ab t1't 1:: . 4. From Novemerr 1, 1 . to Ap2 it 1, 186, the sale. t1 c ,c l rt i , I in bonth attro.ilint inw t 1 m tonas; for the saie - . i ; aales ha ve ln en ii,t l t:-, St .:I: l decrele the pe,.t ,.:t a- a tons. The "t t. a 1: " low J 1--5, shl ow)'1, . years, ia sktily theisn i ! i a cu tla tioil of C lllt l td i h t. by 1 - i farmers of the itate. - The corritsl'onden"it:: rl'"itl tia1 ab1ot 5 per cent. of hi- y' to(elit enL 1 'a in the lm1 n1s of liam tOil- on t t.e I i I April. 'T's arauiutaL to ul> .at ,0';u bates. Filnit, g.iaden 0110 go c ,1 ii (, a ealrly, aIt ftelo dat of t .r al , to furn.uish anl e(i-in-i of the :aliat, 1 damage hdIlieta. favorabule all exhiita as- clnidi he il K 0 still thaere are1 SOnwl fad-b;I e2 abwd- ii ' thema fthat shoul~d entcon ogl L hi ifame The condition of botth w'wat :-d1 oats i.s highler than atd thel 11mo time lait year. A smllolr 1'pofotio of the. crop~l 11 winter killed Iihanl in .t880. II -Ir- ad1 other work Ilianinl 11. ar in-i eond it ill for farm work. Tihere has been1 11( i1 crease inl te amotunt (If food)l miplies plmilSed, notith~ilst anin~itg i:i,t yeiar's short croplI, and( thereit lass benI a1 (i crease ina teamountat of (ommtaerei:dt fr - tilizers' purebl:od Cin val ino of ii ab $300,001(0. WVtih v-ery fewl excet dionsl' thle reports to the .l)ep:arnfla t use f a1 eh<tierfu charl'l.ace, 111d thi lta 1 holi s ail de L I termLIiat11ioa moang the~ ianoa to .e se(rvo sne te; ti- his yar wia I hey. ih ~ win with fIaorble It is aI 11 . co m a noat ion tn I am. p eraturLe of t hae ait andt he a;i. is a rF the dilferenat vaiti ha of hann-- ad I. deni seeds. Many1 farmem I... .I corn or cot tn unil, in b - -- a thio soil is "or ''Ian toi~ ; a a thet seedOC. '.1:hat iih a-i a--' 4 ~gulidot laly be taiIly b; n -; hi a diary and1( obi..erto ihi trnow that cornu, n'a' outi,1; Csed will gear ie anid (e U ian tcfeperaro of fthe soi~lat. e i~ pilalnmg,,hUiL be l p ~ warthiil for thla gerinaa .a tionadl'I L' of tihl parIeubir see nt, --i; spriing oli.a:ato I; thailmer o l I of whlat it w>!l be t hr-e0 ot fou thlereafter. The( comll(llai,ti ofI p)hlLll mafy be alt ichll at thae tim; of ph tatI and1. be all wrong; at. i-lo hllmo maa nating. .t in ih Joag (cai(olr , <lmres abloiu t ao. or. tfourt L la comle ny1, tand; Cubo (li511 11e 111 all that conhl bdIe deftsirted fora. t:ver. I t; after pllating the0 seetI lad the-ta ta coldorrumil. Ji smlaore inlj:lIo~rb that the latter half of the1( perliod of I run1- Ia) should Ibo moro favorable, thlll fil li halif. Tho co)rreCtt rulo0 i to i da 0 cording to time-the (lay of thel 111nt11 -havwi-g regardl othorwmevza only to >r-ojl er dngron or drynesn tes i .h.l. shouhl bo in good condition for work ing, The time should be determined b eXperiene of past years. Tho writer hi several times plauted Corn whenl tlu ground was frozen early in the morning and secured a perfect stand of vigorout plants. In Dakota and other extreme Northern scetions, wheat, corn and veg etables are planted in May, as soon a the ground Ihas thawed to a depth :utlicient to permit of plowing and har rowing, the soil having been deeply broken the preceding fall; and it often occurs that the seeds so plantod ie up and growing while the deep 11ubsoil is still hard frozen to the depth of many inches. '%'ltto Clover A iii wg .t eibt e . Some of the readers of the Southern Cmniittvator may 11v(e dliscoverd('( that there is nothing in the shape of natuil growth so (estrUctive to the Strawberry 1hit as white Clover. It is nmuch more raalinut On111t) years tian otliers, buit it iS iiways the great )estiferous obstacle to the growth and culture of this de hicious berry. This may not be the case im of her strawb1termy regions, but in our :ection of central Virginia, it is especial ly so. This clover, like all others, is a iLp-rooted growth. It crowds, hugs and ,"tarves tim stnwbcrry plants to a ruin oils extCLt. Clover roots as well as it ra1wb)l'rry rout.s, grow iii m1(1 Wi nte r wea I r. 'lis cli ve r and all I bielnial wreet, nml galt:;s1 lay b te weeded out to tivauta ge in w\ilter \1lhen the g'ound is n1ot,1 fmuzen, but it is to. ious work. Now what it; tho remted ? Ji itd-weed iug is 1lat'Jst imtpracticiablt; it mnay be gouged iltd tornl a1wuy, but its long, tongh roots often remain to come again 1(und the work is tiresome and will not pay. The best remedy, however, for :"nutll l(,ts or for garden culture is to plait iu hill:, twa plants iii ia hill, hills Ii'al> diitance } art. hi, cultivator Ctii li:i('c th1em11 in this pos;I io , and li onl y I ite Clover, but 1bilue grass ud ati other liests Call 10 erI'Ldicated1 i? (h)l noimp ti"ove (lSe, 1a Id I berries . I, he lrer and of hed t'r gUality. i .wick, Va. I ) da r y-;; 'ta' ill ay y? I )Oes ally liing but cottull-growing paty? 1Jrkss the iian (it. ) h mllluatl ito, and 1.1ten adds: dCt uv see: ;huee the 1irat day of Janua y, 1t-387, Mr. W'. J. Northern has sold 71:1 puestls of Jersey ltter mld founr lttumr u i' IifIteeon(t1131) dot i r wt'\or'th u!:itt!. n, \ l t omie man! w\ho h]ll ti ' i v )'r LL l- it('y clttl of thi, liln n. - th t o)ttoiglroinjilg u'- s u t gul tut'. e t ione . - - " t li. i t i a l :a u it ht t "i C i i e ('to t ji d .; d t. ,ai t6hl L i I t ut it l ine . hn ht. it (Ol n i ku . of N ar. eti de\p'- et 1 , g it noi :l I lhay \ e' U lc at ii, ies with ite ig li ii l.:(a 'it 1 t li lo . heI tty] o r iIvo lluion. lclot ''T'ittt 1' il( . u1 m . 'St (u 'L the } ill t n ( neill iriua c ist i ar :It te o t il, th o ll-amls l':' :l 1_ I: a (di imma 1 t, f'' ( yu g i '1 u:, :"(t i : lo 1tr men00 , il 1h ii i .t!I I t i it: Hity ('!Jh l 'it, tlit-v n.1 i ii p. Th :hmch m.i,l, ((\\ i ? L' t ~i 4 l IIl, 'itg tl d oirl qu 'ar I c (!n1', :., id Oi (uto not 'Conla, we i tii 1a iCri." r I ii., no cmitlallud for el opte to gIto t get t the Gopei)cl; the Culitinand is to carr'y the Gio:,pe(l to the1 aI(o1)ie-."('(1 w -t ' i to n 1orld," thet . m"tn eveor. shele. c,bu yo.li re goelp towasigive nmet ,t haW erpiselysi, j y ug * ' ntfl wicke t place."11 ' I hat1 f(inde V :m arr-;edI tht tol 11ok ai room.l u pt buinV't itle th fr'.ngi, u \n 1h lor uind1w1 openh foril sela air, hel hediiloI w: , waknd bylte rough sweartth tsi-i nroitl. arit'nd tsthe idessing-, wtI1 lt-w to the do, 'Wand 1 aiid "Oh men,r lam'a po for se dfinished,n t ateroe fin thes hnilsl to prolng myi lite, whileo are goig touriv, mnt n111 wickedAI ma sajuid, andWhey goin ti oni are;~t ttiistIave thcat nwery Th tman(I trembled, and faid "lI willh knc idownil,' t the it man hat wears.to I ll idy itha ll illa til yo atitreer. in ae days sheC took alde lttcainet '>rn hire ia till, openedt thtie iIdotr md ind ws an t e r ug me gth-t id bega to sig Whtafredw have1 I Jesit. l eforei l l li ad fiiliedtI Inli iItt wile sho had at church, anl alling the atu tg khr ha ee woht aebeto e u o h tp l wo a.-r aesi'eriefo e u 1h Went A 1L.:NK 01 It I.i.leNs. Tho Fabullooc"t WenHhlt e,f thet (;tl: of i ranii ---ilit orienIti SktiLh of a St upend otl, i hllltci I lInt,.t(tIOn. A few eV('lning; ago, sava the ijiones Satvador, l attended a niuOSt iuteresting ree'h)lin1 ii the lari1Fan WorldL-a recep tion where few foreigners are ever ad. mitted. It was given by M. Magt in, governor of the Bank of France, on the occasion of the eighty-seventh amhiver sary of the institution. )uring the eve-. ning I gathere(l 1m110)1 infiormnatlon, ant, as it. has never been unblishtl, un Americau friends may litt a few notes of value. After many trial:; ain.1t11iircs, the great B:mk of Ftranhce wa l'orn \tith th1e nine.tectnth Ceilturv. o tit b'eil fling its Capilta was :1,( i.1,1I ) ) francs, repracnteI by ;(t, uhalrts of 1,1)ti1) franes eacih, it(ld it., ,) re 1 h1(t(lrs Were Natpoeoi .l i.)t1r: C, jUClCn B11npr.lt, 1Ioit('lso tie Beauh tna is, Canilla-t-, I)uroo and others le:'., ntoted. It teml Iorar"y home Wis tue 1I of tellniai, in the Place des V'ietoires. lit 1Hi7 its capital was iucr(aseid to 1ti2,5ii',0Ui francs. Many special laws lve be 'n en0tacted givin:g )rivile('-s to tli,; innk tint il I)ecenlhier 1, 1;Iu, pI ivile "e ' re nowable after that date. 'Tie huiltdi'g occupied by the Bank of Fra.o at th: present time his great itportaniu'. 1 t is an irreLulaLr uadribttbral buiilinig. smtrromu dd by I hv il 1:n ( .ix ld(. 1', i'f, (lnilge:, do la \ iiit r e I d:i' et I1.I ziWell. ''he pibl i h'' nti e r(:liit1 (( inl the 11.111k, 11111 to 11 rit 171 i c t'olnluh.' e great prttlitti1n lvin'e ' i tatl.(n It reader private as weIl 1s p1l>ie prop('rtV safe. 'Th'e lire brig:al(, (om'osd o' firemen Who 011c bloieid to the r';i ment of Paris, lis apartm('nts in tjwo building; under one roof are placed It. i11mmense reservoirs, t1d si'xt' armorie conltain1 lan1Ces r(:miy to Ithr('\w j(ts uf wit'r. Ai-i(e froml the firm' in a,t | w7at( milen ae t'11mploy d. t 1 }it(t Ia \ riliCt , o(et il to-d. v by il)t. Bank of Fance', wa': built i I;,' al tr the de'si,na of F i leti:l 3l1nisml. 'the bi ing11; is ;=--n(rally he' ,wn 1in1?t- ti . n1t'a, 4of 1lot. I tl, TI'1;1(>>: t, {, i i)'n m ' l t l,l'u 1 i, li I 1 i i > I li . 1''.'ii 4 waC I l lo11 i'i t> 1 : 1 l , s:'. : ')on of L i X( 1 \. Iand \bnt. ( -' p:m. Th> i ) ne e I'.>itii((n,*,:I, . I the 0s of t' i t d.. ' ' T I 'l n ( ( l'Iihl t l cm lyt 1 i i n; 11en ho liedl in 17)3, tlbehui)!t a delarliled naiona7) l p.1opi:y v , ad I': . the nattiena p( 1rinting; h11os v,ti inl alled . Jn 1' t h ' !i r !h , di,( l 1i1tlu ', h e ' i , t -. i- . - bll' n ' rt ' Ii lt i .v ti ; ii' th. ih' , ,t fralit , b ti:.' 1 ' . i', w:.t in te iio'p rli n . m m riLl l-, 1 aI ia, . P i . l:' r '1 tradi i 1 It i I i ' il Cl;ii , 4 tiC., il ,, 1 i aulnt anlid i( lnt he 'i t ai'tt; ithtki i aai n,i Il hl t t '.1 , ri n rfthe lIreiu hii is wlLoiali', d to t,lllI 'iiit 111. I ;1 i lt L, ,I 1! ,t ": .':.' me.ii iJl te lbeinin b.,n il i I (3 bhiek, lout this (lr 1i too ai hi b t. grap d111 . lu JM' ,lu1. a ( ,' i,l They ire all bIllie \'w it t lii ex p , l. a the note o re .U) franll ', ti'r t; ' i I whlichl waS r't'd. N'\:v''r mi re 'I h:m '1' (lIt n ings oif(1 this ntt n )1 :t 1 e, ' C t (:t llu;e ther ae ist 1ive 1 )1 til h i pies t . The ie-,',; pt itt t :Ia .. .i nut,s are tii I' 17-an1 i of i t 1 1 I. l;,t')'t'ii(',t(l1 '111 , II .113 111( the (' bi h ' i 1. :' : . Ii C' , that lt' iO lltii> :is owt:. ('.Vi a' . ,, Inott l); :C(7 thl" r'.h 11 'l w ,"n t st . .1', (')C.'; tif tn I te tini, 1i1 i: 1 ;:, .', in Iil the 7iC ti r i tli fl th Il . (: 1 , i 4 3r 1,blt tle on1 it. Tht rl1t' ILL t1 .: - Ivr'l'e that wor'kin1g11t'n .il ,ti~t uklh, oven1 a clipping of imtper. A(:1r tach it1r1'ression, WO111mn e110 1'mplo yed 1 count and recount the ippers an1 d phwe 11it in im g of t 1,00. h1 3 o1'. lui n 1 than, two ym tin, ii ih. ad o il alogth r1 ill'ib, , l a ItnI I:le t tour of 1111fne and2 131, many flt orliie theyuIb i 01re 1h1,e I now1 they115 ar reltlhice oi; euemou cy1 ,lindersl Il reciv the1nah I torV34333jl11iillee of theLcylin er clsdn l nla.d A Wi:s'i1'N TER1ROR. 'T'he0 Story tit 11. \f'W t(at,i lliglwsst"utln alid at i'fUritabtt Lion. (I' t 0 i lt(" i( ncglt News ) An almu:-inig sory comes to us Iroml the fur Vest. I' a long time an out law, naueld l c Ft1(10ho e Terror, had been the (courgo4o th ioluum1tuin districts of Idaho, attul lit t muontl he waylaid aid 1)rucitd('(1 to rot oui. Bivcns, a wealthy genth'n1;1u1 h'lo wats traveling through thio '1'titor)y (11 1Itninin busine',s. Whil1e thlO t'u Wr.e thulll ('Ia lhI (ti d -- the one in rib1:i a111( tlo ' llor1' in being roldd --tt'y :utudei1Iy bectimo a(wire of the apprI)1.on"1 Of It m11unt.0in lil , 1)n( of th. itt .ti ity, er'ee 1m1teri that in hi . liy \\ . ' t t h l)'f.a w S i tme I "tky _iIu tttsini i on I" 1.i t(rch ionw1t dtiattg d,(r')pI),:d h,is booty m110 51kitt .(' Satt it t 'e a; mih'y IS hll V t could; a.; b>u ilil oth1ter mn , lie dilin' st p to 1ick up lis propl(rty-le fotllowCtl I;iachi up the0 tr(O withl ma1rkedI a]at'rity. T1'I. 1i(r00 liui, ittumting; his tltil ialvagely, lit'ith ; hi de ilcous long (s anid rolling its t:tt.v eyeb: l ll0Sugtl tively, looked up tt th lw'o inenl iui the tree atnll p)replred ,' ,"Iave ;;'ou a piktol?"' asked .Boaich theO )l Iivens, the tr'aveler, ''hut ill 1;1 , it l 1 ear a knife fourteen iuchc < " '' (,'' i1 ,;t t he [l t' er'(l'Or, "rlup.. 1" 'tt( ( Ia the li into that var t i t( u r (uit for u5." Si(ltVO tit blif e in the i2n. ad >!vena, '"atld if ho falls with w t 1,1 tt ion Lmt\ ( I. from you? -U, I :1a theukifc anld let you shoot te ('Li t, r with, yum- ph,itol.' ".11)i' jupp ing Iit) shoot him1,"' 'it I a ' Ihit p )roteetioin have'o I i "'o' oknite when lmy pistol is tlilft i . t :: i ' tlt iii 'it was clmiing upl) the "1 ..t ' 1: t.:It u idlity. ]It, cemed' ,t :rtw I ho ' t. t ( ry Wiay Li' lie a( t d : (' toot by\' +t, 0 e om oa opo ''('til t " (l'1:1 d''i111 l0s kIt C11)1'U t i e , 11 i h t miV I nt will eitt b t),) t," . 1'itr. i i to th i: \iou 1stah it'? ] I'im -a.it t;ity ralo, T ;'l'' s, 'aid I ac i " 1 got withi range - H.i , y at it. : i i 'e.ni. r, b ( dI d : his knife cititl 1i Ie :i )1 it t e to t't' ;,'I lt i it iia o ll' I h~iat the m agof strsleast.ii ' l' h tii t ' I tl tiltl t , '.ch'i'!I of S Itt t't.l 1 och and1(1 i t cit e the Irf. ey 1,1?li i '10 (Ily thto ti'y counld c I t dt . l a:t w a \VL;ilt t ( h , i f ,. t ti It 1. I S1 "1'~LI l OW ilt'ypt I u 1 ' '.1lit, li ' 1 t5 i- t ' I l .'. ' i ;t(8 i .. ' t l i 1) 'lii. it u I t. li 'it('"t ,"r i,t' ntt,'1'Iti"o .. c ' a.r ,t (ai -i .; .Id ( t ltIt i .its the i : " ' i i ' . n u i ' . 1 L . ; . , 1 1 i t t .t i , l 1 1 5 l i Ii .~i 't1 i' [t to . it a' l: , ' hu iI (.! : 0 1 an I Itir,I, I t tit- h lm t -mt, H . l'iti ; ottthtimii a I toi i 1l . t hi t i i ':< l ia t:i i i , br t e 1n1U - t'xIlited, I tnt ai -tittedl t,) 1IVadl any iit'u ' lonl witll 1.h' la )orcr5 1( , t ri" tti(item intl) <ilt: rti int in Ih tll shlop ill taIti,liId u 5$.ty r or meaIl OUIt (.liE fT CAPTAIN. I;emni L en(cs of (aneral Lee from Gon ttral Long'4 Rook. (Frmu) the New York 8un ) WXe are told that only twicodunring the biograhIer's prolonged iutinaay with Leo was tlbitter seen to loso his tor )(!r, and intt one of theso lapses fronm self-control ocourred at Sharpsburg. ''Lee,'' it seems, ''was riding along a little in the rear of the line when hc ctmo across a roldier who had stolen and killed a pig, whieh he was surreptitious ly conveyii to his (utarters. Positive orders having been given ugainst pillage of every kind in Maryland, this flagraub iisregard of his couulandS threw the (beuertl iito a hot ilmssion. Tlouglh usua(ll greatly disinelined to capital pun ishiint, he d:terlin(l to niak. an ex .unple of this skulking pilfkr. r, awl ol1 roil I! 1( n Illn to b)e arrested1 atndl taken ba.ck to Jaekson, with directions to have i11 shot.'' Tho Puritan (Ieiral, to whom hi'ripituratl preceden1tsW(rt) quite as finiliar as they had b>e1n to (iroim wt'll's oilicers, ''could not quite see the u ility of the culprit's execution, when 111-n W'ei:Iretl y scarce, and it struck hIni that. it woukl answer the pmrpose ltuitu as well to put the follow int the frlllt, ranks of the army at the most tlreaten('d pln!t.'' lie accordingly Sactel hlim as )avid is r'porttd to have so rvedI the h(1isinuid of Iathsheb)a, "tclaciL h4'4m wrt'e his ch:iet : )eing h11,i Vats ex'ellen11t. Tu t& 1k) , though I'ondl (t ('lf l ihlt 'tine P?ik, waI Iot want iug it courage, and biiaved gallantly. le rudIie 1m(ed his credit 1by his )ravery, coeing through the heat of the light l(uIst'nthecd, aud thIi us tIough lile lost Ihis Iig, le many be said to lhtvo saved his h,aconi." T.'hea uthor appropriately conclhices thI' eb ipt(r assiled to (;(ttyslnrg, V"here the :4tar of the Confederacy's itiU4 Ite: I&i'sd intl irre'iarable eclipse, , it it Ih folowuing a1nU(iecdote, which rests t,nly On 11'4wslpap(r mt1itlhorit , blut winch ( is inr I twi tleims w(rlthy of :h 1 1 c o 1 e'tin l' , bin'ctu e it is so 1 ' o 't, l'i". n itih his Iown tt obsei t ' - ,4 t l0- l 11 ct ntal iii L y (m05It' ite :1 tituile to1wrd It ul' ' t4 'it ' 1 44 r:(1 " i m, W nIo lia nt t n i p'r 'i:, I 1i45 11.l( ( (II IhI battle 441 ( .ul ,:1 lit,' i nho , itt: .1 41 was in lit ;I " t . It(\ .ll', ;t l an 144444 (it ,tl(lurr(dt thit tlhich lrgely I 1 d 14 'h.4 i t l 1s' houtihieni ico t,t : . ;1 )I t 1 1 "i tli g-t utIi 'i l .' l 't I!e' (t ilt i nI'' I *44. 4 t 141 I h. 'tlitIt t tl' of t hi 1 i414tji 'tti t1 141 Inll : It ,l ,n,ti, It4".;1ISV ( ' hll ' i i I4 1 1 . t , . ', t 11 44 ''tlitl iel' t4 ', 'i 1, , It l t . I't't 1('tt I4.I'5 tij"l . 4 It it IIt.; ' 2 t . 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The great I sso. which Cuvier tautti;ht tho world was, that niany raeCu of atni mautl were entirely extinct, and tIlut nittii's chauin of c'xistenco had not onC but niiy niSsiig links. From his rCCOgnlitioni of that fact the sCienc of ialweolltology liay be ltd to (lute. Bit, the cardivor.us atiture of the mastodon was too fasionating i.u absurdity to ho So easily killed, and it contitued to :t;t year at intervalIs. As late as . 't5 we find a New 'nglaud Inllical professot w'ritint'. ts if iI were an unittestionable f,wt. Thnu' giant thanoy Ltit red( :tiill lu:nger, itl (\ven yet ('annut hic cunsid.. ret ttn'tirt'ly extinc(t mua0ng theo un ltearned_t. Tim dIictutn thatt th(' :uper'i'ti tio fs t oUt it a bl ut. the :cint' e t,f I,ree< dling algei rIce'iveu ampll, (c01n:tn tion in the iiiiito u f ('I this stljct. Nut longlt'r aigt JSt .n ii1a1mStU(don bkle.. ton was c i itesd in New Orleanis as that of a gi:ui'. h'lii e'nititu was tade of raW iiidle, ihiitstic wsoldea ttit t ere fittcl in tli jitws, all iticiig pt wer restorl al ter the luniani i ul and flt' whole raistd upo,0n I lte hind0 legs. jt certainly convey(ed ihe iotoIII 0f "a hileous, diabolic tl iatit,'' itil was no doubtit responutsile for1 matny 1ihtnt.rts. As i SItd1 cowniiiiltitary n111 the st.ate of I i' miid tical pr'ofe :mi(nt i the suutlt' -l'it at t he tine, it iuay be ;adied II tt tIie xliibitur was peWrfcetly Ithoncat in Ii is be lit'f, auid It sutlport his faith he hadi a truik Ill oi physiciau'1:'i certificates that these were hlunan b0Its. In 181) '1)". r.t"el, it erm1uan char latantt, cr'cated ai grcat senlisati(oni Iy al lOuncing the di:"cuvri'y of the' leviatl hau of Job1, which he all d the Mi:ouriiun from the State wvht te it was fuitl. It tulrnedt out, howeve"tr, to b,c nothiinlt111 it malStodlon1 pr,r() ter0u ly mLutltt ii. Koch had atldtd an extra dzit i or norc joints to the bitclbone tuid rilsi to th' (hist, ttirnil tle isk; u ut\\,i l into :t Stmi- cir e, an"tl ('unvertcd tiwi :tniiml InIto antitautic nolu'i,t t whlith ! :1'n.r' itself to fit s l' iman l s l, ju t c s.: SilLpe(t I anlt att I t pt Ijli f it l H ' beredi on the Isttilt of the wavti;. ;,t the Siberian, lie ft"uil Iiittlc: iI i. et1 1 lirmatioiis of his vivs int the lokt m Jot, that rIfge If leI:t( m)ttt'-i tuakers. 1'uci t0t.tlk his l( ub;..it t, L.olidon, wheire' it wasi' pm:eht'i i d byI thl+ Iltitiyh 111seuu, and1 rCnv'iiertdti it a maitsto(don by PrIrofsor ()w i, i\lt, m'C iecogidt d its lii uitu il'. i.i i i'il-'.s N .\ ' it) i : t : l .\ t. 1h' .\ It e i1 rnt i I ;t it--, i'~ -" t a ,tti o-,t, . , - \ 11 in n : ~i -'i wtut ,. (i t u:1li t >h 1"tt \ 1 tt : tu i ) A Fourth l t 1n iii '..i i;t. mOt,blily along \ntli+t i i, n : . ' F'i fty-nIInthI st15('1, 1tte utilt tl ,, r.u ttn itS ( 'liru:ti .. is 1u , ,li t of i .1'ii.; (. li:ilessi.'a ly a hit i ibut1w\ ld l mla<lc uni':l11l;ill' I tc ht t IIx h i,n witlh eiv"y. ltake it tilff' T4ke it a.:' T tli I t t t, ;t di' , i- tl 1 l t nili l ii ali u ,; H : , i i tIl' 1)11111 1 . :lb at . , r ( it Iti 'It. iP (oe( if tlhi :t- 'tir tt o l:a. ili ti1: t a Iis f1 s \ .i ~ th kIn t n., the prety .tr t s I i t. b , p ti 4h-. tr a liit. I a a lit i:. . ;n, ' . "a h t. o I it t iit3 ,e ;tiil ttitlit.i I+ :.i t tlt; i)it'tt i' 'lt'I'I: ji, . :t t. 't t lawer wth 'o\1 15tha -it 1 i t1 he to :L \v'('ir \lt 0 Itllii:;1 ili c1, i t I i (, Pottr building onit t1 wt ho P)tt culit omf t.rl as well as galasitry, iitckdtl o111 thetl il)lch and putit in a ai'r bo:tiIle wIch thef addei caid gint:ti har pojt'-t. Mehanwhilii th' isItihol y p: 'nget dlui wuttin-y could It to sot h illowtt iittna i o lech: dh you havi mlit, niti t ki tho;y 4-ho d intIholir. titbre n !".ilwi wha., t d.tjli i T he (r :sbi t dili lih:< tolo i il'' , li nim Ever,ty aneiinl yonir ithmyht l 6.~ to waing Int ir hlt h o illii hell hei m I,. Ibit,lhe hiwye faul boJ)thtt ino io linaa fting the a,:s oe of [tthem' waso 0ripled nts. xiee t I;to conce tier ein brass ilent II l lt tri ii thetSevenho iRegriiiet, ightas. j, ought to be at any particular moment if on time; but as. trains frequently an generally get late the train of Inferior class must have its movement expedited by some extraneous cause or it. may be delayed for hours awaiting a train that may have boon wrecked or has been kept back for some other of many Thon the duties of the train are of importance. He will give an order to the delayed telegraph directing it not to go beb a certain lace which he thinks It reach without difficulty, and ho dij4 the opposing train to proceed to same place Id thero peas the train and in that manner the train,s enabled to pass each other without any delay to either. His great responsibi,i' consits in that he may have a dozen t other trains in his charge at the some time and in directing one train to go beyond its usual place to meet another-, he may neglect to give an order to the seconl train andi in such an event a col lision would probably ensue, much prop erty be destroyed and probably lives be lost. It will ceadily be seen that the slight est mistako of a trail disl?atcher might cause serious results; and in this respect his responsibility is probably . greater than that of any other individual under - whose charge the public are placed.. A pilot on a vessel may loso his reckoning, but the fact Soo11 becomes apparent o others, and his capacity for mischief Is thereby lessened; other railway em ployes may neglect their duties, and rush headlong into danger, but th associates generally realize the situation before any unfortunate results ensue; but the slightest behest of a train die patchier must be obeyed without ques tion; even though to do so would jeopardize the lives of thoso receiving the orders-though of course until an accident. results the train men are ig o rant of the fact that they have been ven wrong dlircCtions1. instances of oversight of dispatchers are extremely rare--much loss than of neglect of conduetois and engineers-to alere to the orders given to them-and while they perform their onerous duties almost entirely unknown to the people whoso lives they have in their control, and therefore never receive the mood of praise due them, travelers ought at least he made acaluaintel with their duties and the important part they play in the rapid and safe movemnent of passengers. V uA TS .'5 I.%I)OUisI'I'NT. "'la 'athrtit- .lpin I of One ot Alexander II. hti-plaenti N Old Ser ants. I1 'iii the A tian ia Counstitution.) The following rather pathetic epistle was among those recently received by (uverinor (iordon1: lloN. Jons B. (ionnox-D)oar Sir: Pardon me for taking the privilege of writing to yoih to ask a favor of you. About two mouths ago I was discharged as a messenger in the Interior Depart mcnt, on a false report, and the Hon. Van II. Manning and an ex-member of Congress from the State of Mississippi instructed me to write to you, knowing tlat you was a iersonal friend of my former master, llon. Alexander H. Stephens, and ask you vould you be hind enough to write to the lion. Henry lIarris, 'Jhird Assistant Postmaster General, at Washington, ). C., in my bnhhli'. \l r. ( kordon1, I was always faith ail in aihiuing my duties as a mes ,!gs'r, and ot adl the monleys, stamps anl otlier valinbles that I handled or lmssed through my hands of the depart n1a ut, miay (i'Illoy(rs will say to-day that they never al the least suspicion of my honesty. Furthermoro i was true to my old master. I was faithful. I served him well, and lie said when ho put me ia the department, upon this ho felt bound to serve me somec too. I was in (Generiil Tloombse's brigade during the wiar anid servedl there faithful as a ser vant. I have crawled up on my knees amd b:inds, over a mite, to carry my frienid' somnethuing to (at that was in the ohie(1- if thieiir sectioni of the country netver' forgot may inaral ritual. I know whoi miy bet friendis are. Mr. Stephens said thait it are the duty of those that *. were (levated to high, lofty position to look uphoni tIhe liuuniblo andl poor with the eye of pity for this reason I appeal to your sympathy, your charity and to your generosity ats the Governor of the decar old State thmat give me birth to look upong my humble and dleprived eon ition1)2 with pity. I beg of you, sir, with all the humllblenless crowning the net of at servanit to write to Mr. Harris at the carliest daite as your conveniences will allowv you ini my behlalf, I remie h sir, your most humble and ohbedieint .ervnt, .Li1li1(E IjAFAvETrrE. lIMoodsy l(000 i:l i)o.o invcn, April 11.-A bloody riot oc eurr'ed here to-night between rival Swed ish, Pol Iish and Hil ugarian colonies, aft 3 1th aid JIlake st-re As, which resulted in the fatal shooting of live men and the serious wotund(ing oft several others. I t grew ouIt of a christening festivity. When the christening party had eaten and drunik they wvent out upon the side walk and iade war upon the inhabitants of a nteighibori g house. Others in the "'ighbonrhood( became iuvolved and the npo ar beconoi great. It reunliredl ai letachlmnent of a dozen iu,iie, uarmed wIth Winchiestors, to quell the disturbance. T1hree or four police first mado(1 their appearance, when the rio>ters pos5tp)oned thei- contention and a ~ned fores against the common enemy. I hey could not stand against the rifles however, and about thirty weore lodged ithe calaboose and some in the hospi Sbutt one or two of the prisoners can qpeaki Entglish. 'They are all aged, hrit-y and1( spattered with blood, and have ihe appearance of belonging to the low. Itypeof humanity. Malny of them a rrvedl in D(ouver only a wveek ago, direct rmt Jiunlgaria, Poland, Bohemia and thmer parits of Europe. A .New Way to Pay Old Debt. Shaktespeatre tells how thIs can be acco 'lishted In one of his immnortal plays; bu , debtsq to nature must be paidl on demand unless days of grace be obtined through>~. the utse of Dr. Pierce's "Golden MedIS. Di scovery." It Is not a "cure all" but n valuable for sore throat, bronchitis, agh - nuh, catarrhm, consumnptioni and all -disa~ ot the puhnonary and other organs, oaus4 l)y scrofuLla or "bad b)lood." he ileers, swellIngs and tumors are it .onderful alterativo action. ~