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opt TnnmwTt a mnDV
stood full in my path, and quught wo by the
arm.
?JiuUor said ho, 'Youro J??t in/ time ;
you are wnhtc^tb^*?roadi t0'Vi?'ft "
TV ?-"*?^tnu 'voice of a'ruffian.,
|V man. "1 stood quite still,':yid strove to.show
him hy niy tiutuner th.it I Was ablo to. protect
myself.
, \*>Vhat the deuce am I wanted at the cross
froad* for?" said I,''Unless, I choose, it will
he a very hard tnattor to get ine there V
i_^> Hrtut instead of producing ? pistol and de
manding my money or my Jife, the man an
swered iu an altered tone.
"lieg pardon, I made a mistake.. I thought
It icas my brother, and I wanted to frighten
him. Bad night sir,"
"Vcry.V said ft
?*Yuu dou't know the time, sir?" he asked.
1,It was seven when I left the traiu at
h-X euid. mi -
Thank yo, sir," said the man. "Good
Bight."
"Good night," said I.
If his object had been robbery, probably he
: had decided from my rough appearutico that 1
was too poor a unu to be worth the trouble.
But after all, I thought probably he spoke the
truth. A man may have such a voice without
being a highway man, no doubt. Bo I went
homeward, and soon found myself under shelt
er, and partaking, of a warm aud savory sup
Mj mother was there and uiy brother Ben.
Jlcn was a great strapping fellow, who could
beat any other boy of his age for miles around
?f it came to wrestling or boxing, apd as good
humorcd n b?y as' evqr lived ; .a boy always to
?mother and I, though he had exercised his'
-.right to vote already iu oifc- Presidential elec
tion. ,\Vhon supper was over, and wc had
?hatted for an hour,' wc wont up stairs togethor.
*The moment Ben's head touched the pillow,
he always went to sleep. That night, I fol
lowed his example. Butt did not sleep don<
without a dream?a dream in which I f?[lt
rough grip upon my arm, und was arouse
jk cry in my cars.
?"Wako up! You aro wanted at tho
roads."
. . It was so real, so talpable, that wh
started broad awake, I actually believed
aomu one wus in the room ; tho man wh
tended robbery or violence. But when
Arisen, and lit my lamp, tho room was ot
except myself and Ben, who lay snorin
his pillow.
I went to tho door; it was locked. I
to the window^ tho crush of rain ag. ni
pains wus all I heard. I evon weut uoro
passage to my mother's room. She was a
there had been no unusual sound, sh
aure.
Only' a dream born of my mcotinG the
*trange man in tho road, I felt, had awa fatted
lite. 1 weut to bed and fell asleep tjrgain.
Again X was awakened by the samo words,
: tthis time shrieked in my car by au unearthly
woioe.
" Wake up, wuke up. You aro wanted nt
the crose'xqadV' ;
I wus on my feet once uioic, und caught
Ben's hnnd au he came over towards my bed.
""What ails you ?" ..ho cried.
"Nothing/' said I. "Did you hear a voice ?"
"Yours," said Bou, "yelling woke mo up;
you fairly frightened me."
"Hen," said I, "wait till I light a lamp; I
heard another veicc; Must be some ouo in
the horn j or outside."
So 1 again lit a lamp, but we searched in
vaiu.
"Nightmare," said 13., vhon I told hiiii my
story. f
"Ben," said I, "what is there at tho cross
roads;
"A house," said B. Ho hud lived in the
neighborhood a long while, and I not long.
"One little house, beside two oat trees
and a fence. An old man lives there?a rich
man, nnd a bit of a miser, they say. Iiis
grand daughter keeps house for him."
"Beu, that fellow may have meant harm to
them. 1 may be wanted at tho cross roads."
"Brother," said Ben, "goto sleep. , You
had a nightmare/' aud Ben plunged in bc
tweeu the bluukets, and wus snoring again.
I also, iu ten minutes, slept as soundly. us
before, but the awakening soon came again.
I opcued my eyes, to see a girl standing at
the tout of my bed. A girl in whites robes,
with goldeu hair all about her shoulders, who
wrung her hands and cried : "Oh, wake up,
you are wanted at the cross roads."
.This time I starte 1 out of bed, bathed in a
cold persporutiou. I trembled like a leaf. 1
had no doubt that I had received supernatural
warning.
"Beu," I cried, "Ben, for tho third time I
have becu told that I am wanted at the cross
roads, and I am going."
Aud I began to dress myself as speedily as
possible, listening the wdiile to the storm rag
ing wilder und wilder thau ut any other period
rdncc its commencement.
Ben icmouetruted with me in vain. At lust
he ulso began to huddle on his clothes.
"If you huve gone mad, I must go with you
and tako euro of you/' ho said,
VlJut tfuncy another ; iran, goiug out in a^
n>%rmn^VrWiiiVH; to ttitf'^fea?" rottus,' becauso a
nightmare'caused him to do so, and what you
think.of him?"
I saiiTiiothiug. All I could have answered
would have been :
"I am compelled to go j I must go. * I-dare
not refuse, whatever may be thought of mo ?"
In ten minutes we.were splashing.through
the mud aud rain along the road. It was
perfectly dark; now and then a blaziug red
star in the distance told us that a lamp was
beaming through the ruiu in some cottage
window,' but otherwise' we would-' not''have
becu conscious of ,our proximity to any habita
tion whatever. At last, neariug the spot
whot'O tho road from S-crosses tho road to
V-,wo wcro indeed in as solitary n place
as can be imagined.
The house, which abutted on tho very angle'
of the roads, called ' in familiar parlance the
Cross lload, was tbo only one for some dis
tance iu either direction, aud certainly on
such u uiglit we were not "likely to meet many
travelers.
All was quiet as the grave. We stood quite
still. In a moment., B. broke out in one of
his wildest laughs.
"Well," be said, "how now?"?Will you go
homo now aud have another nightmare'!"
But hardly had the. words escaped his lips,
when a shriek broke on the air und a womuu's
voice, plainly comiug from tho interior of the
cottage, cried: "Help! help! help!"
"Ben," said I, "we are wanted at the cross
roads," and then understanding each other,
without moro words we made nur way to the
window, through which a light shone. A mus
lin eurtuin draped the panes, but through it
we saw an awful sight.
An old man lay on the floor, and over him
bent a ruthian, clutching his throat, and hold
wcro wanted at the cross roads."
The old man was not a miser, but ho bad
saved somo few thousand dollars ior his old
ago, aud living more plainly then ho need have
done, -hud given riso to the rumor, and so
brought' the burglars to the cross roads in the
hope of booty.
The gill, a beautiful creature of scvcutcen(
j was his grand-daughter, uud as nd story is
I acdcptiblo " to the lady reader without a'flavor
of romance, I will tell thctu, that she bceamo
iu after. years, not my wife, but the'wife,of
my darling brother Ben.
Three Bravo Hon. ?,
'; twjidntdo *-5..j-.j1 ??.-.m iti ? i<! ... ja! !'.:? ,\cb J
Pretty Barbara FcrroB: would' not ? uiarry.;
IIcr mother was in consternation.
'?Why tiro you so stubborn, Bnrbrira?"
she asked, "you havo plenty of lovers, T
know."
VBut thoy do not suit mo," said Barbara,
cooly. tying back hor curls boforo tho mirror:
''Why not?" .' |
"I want, when I marry, a man who. is bravo,
equal to auy emergency. If I give up my
liberty, I -waut to. bo taken caro of." o.
"Silly child! 'what is the'matter with big
Barney, the blacksmith ?
"Jlc is big, but I.never iearnod that he .was
brave.":i ? ? >?*". Ii v " ' ' '? ';'?. ii
"And you never hoard that ho was not.
What is tho matter with Earnest, the gun
smith ?"
?'He's as placid as goat's milk."
"That is no sign that ho is a coward. There
is little Fritz, tho tanner : he is quarrelsome
enough for you, surely V1.
"ilo is no biggor than a bantam cock. It
is little he could do if the house was set upon
?by robbers."
"It's not always strength that, wins a. fight
my girl. It takes brains as well as brawn;?
Come, now, Barbaraj give these young fellows
a fair trial." / j
Barbara turned her face before the mirror,
letting down one raven tress and looping up
another. . .
"I will, mother," said she at last.
That, evening, Earnest, thoguusmith knock
ed early at-the'door.
- "You scut for mo Barbara ?" he said going
to the girl, who stood upen the hearth, coquet-,
tishly warming ouo pretty foot and then the
other. ' ' ? ? i. u \
"Yes. Earnest," sho replied. "I've been
thinking of what .you Baid tho other ^i^htV
"HtfieTryu^uT^^
"Well Barbara.",;, I
Earnest spoke, quietly, but his dark blue
c}*cs 'flashed, and he lookod at her iutcntly.
"I want to test you."
"How?"
'?I want to sCe if you dare do a very disa
greeable thing."
"What.is it!"
"There is an old coffin up stairs. It smells
of mold. ' They say Rcdmoud, the murderer,
was buried in it; but the devil cumo for his
body and left the coffin empty at. the cud ol' a
week; and it was finally taken from tho tomb.
It is up stairs ii^ the;r^m'hi^graA<lMreJ die?!
iilj and they say grendsirc docs- not: rest" eacy
iu his grave for sohio reason, though that 1
know uothing .about. Bare ,'you mako thai
cpuiu your bed to-night ?" ? ^
Earnest laughed.'
"Is that all ? I will that, and sleep sound
ly. Why, pretty one, did you think I* had
weak nerves?"
"Your nerves will have good proof if you
undertake it. llemomber, no ouo sleeps in
that wing of the house."
"I shall sleep tho soundor. I will send a
lad ,to{ show you the chamber.. .M you stay un
til morning," said imperious Miss BaVbara,
with, a nod of her pretty head, "I will; marry
you."
! "You vow it?"
- Earnest turned straightway and followed
the lad in waiting through dim rooms and
passages, up cchoingstairs, along narrow, damp
ways, whore rats scatter beforo thorn, to :i low.
chamber. The boy looked pale and scared,
add evidently wanted to hurry away ; but
Earnest made him wait until he took a survey
of the room by the aid of his lamp. It
was very hirge and full of recesses, with high
windows in them, which were barred across.
Ho remembered that old Graudsire r'crros had
boon insane* for several years before his death,
so that this precaution had heed necessary for
the safety of himself and others. In the cen
tre bf the 'room stOdll a coffin; beside it was
placed a chair. Tho room was otherwise per
fectly empty. .
Earnest strotched himself in tho coffin.
"Be kind enough to tell Miss Barbara that
it's a very good tit." bo said.
, The boy went out and Bhut the door, leav
ing tho young gunsmith alouo in thedurk.
.Meanwhile, Barbara was talking with tho
big blaokstuith iu tho keeping-room.
"Barney," said sho, pulling hor hands away
from his grasp when ho would have kissed
her, "I've a test to put to you before I givo
you any answer. There ia a corpse lying iu
tho uutonantcd wing of tho houso. If you
dare sit with it there all night, and let
nothing drive you from your post; yod ill not
ask inc to marry you again iu vain."
"You will give mo a light and a bottlo of
wino, and a book to toad ?"
. "Nothing I"'
"AreUhcse alb the. couditinnsywu tcou,i5oflqr'|
mo,'?a>bara'!" ?..?;? ..*.{?. -.m'.mh .-.,.??! ..;
'.'All;'. And if yodlgctfr/ightoDcd,you need
never look me iii tho fooo ngoim'!- i. ./ !
"I'll:tuko them, thoui"!? i ii:rv I- j nr
So Barney was conducted to hiu postby^ tlie i
dnd^.whjbiifcd been instructed iu I th? secret,
nnd:vwhosO ' UlYoluhtary; ?b?it?m at, Eardest'?!
'placid'fabd as it lay, in tho coffin waai intorprer |
ted?h^l3aruoy lo bd -natural awc r.of^i* corpse-. |
Ho took his neat, and the boy left hituvoloue
witli^iquarknoas^tho rayS and tho coffin, j -;
Souu aftor, young Fritz, thctaauer, arrived,
flattered and hopeful,, froni the fact :that Bar-r
bara-had sent for him. j , ? < r. -. oelc-I*' ' j rfj
"f^ve ydu changed your mind, ? > Barbara V
he USkcd. ^ .;.! >.i tr? ", '1. ? 10 ? I I
"tyo", and I shall not until I knowthat you
can db.a really bravo thing.'': "-'?"?
I .VWihafrshall it bo ? . 1-swear to satify.you/
Barbara."' a is :?? *'?.:?')'
"ijavo a proposal to make . youi My plan
I roquirds skill taa well as courage." ?'..'?<'.?
"Tfrll wo!'!,
MVclh; in this house is a man watching by
a coiftsjBo..^ lie has sworn not to leave his post,
untilmiQjrumg. If you can mako him do it, I
HhalllbC'satjjjfied. that you aro ns.smart -,und ns
. bravqji3.1 require a husband to. be, ; . !
'.vWhy;i nothing is ao.oasy 1" exclaimed.Fritz^
''I cfn . scare bim away. Furnish inc with a
sheet! aha^UWdtlic rooiu,.uud.go to your rest.,
Baibtua. You shall lind mc at the post in the
mortify.". _
Barbara did as required, and saw the tannor
step' ylj^biy' away' to his task. :Tt was thon'
ncarl? tWlve o'clock, and she sought, her owiV
cham^?rj iq'uickly. '
?Barney j was sitting at hia vigil, aud, so far,'
[ all h id :;been well. The, night seemed very
long,\for Jic bad no means of counting the
time. *At times a thrill went through him,
for it deemed as1 if he'could hear low, suppress
ed bioathiug hot far away; but he persuaded
hiuis<|[f ,$yyMt was tjio wind, blowing through
the' i |evices of the old houso.. Still, it was
veryffbiioly, and not at all cheerful. , t \
^'c'iucc in the 'coffin "gleamed whjter
IF n famine Were upon them and tbcy'fcuiclled
derid flesh, '"Tho thought made him shudder.
He got up and walked about,btit something
made a. slight noise, .as if,soiucbydy ,was ;boi
hind liirn, aud,he put his chair with jta buck
ngain.st the wall, and sat dowu again.. Ho
had been hard at work all day, and.at last^ in
spite of every thing, he grew sleepy.- Finally
he nb.lded aud snored.'"
Suddenly it seemed as if somebody' had
touched him. . He awoke - with ? aratdrt, and
'saw inobody-near, though in tho centre.of the
room stood a whito figuro. .zknu^ vTo } oi
r^': Cprsq. you.,, get,qut.of tjiis !''^c. .exclaimed
iu. a. fright, usiiig^-tho Gjnst word^ that came to
Iii? t?ogttd. i in . ; *''''
rTho figure held up its right arm and .slowly
approached, him. Ho started to Iiis feet. Thti
:i*:nf ?vl.tui n;i'lln>" if - l.-v 'id; )n<??VJ
spectre came nearer, n#liror, pressing him into
the corner.
'?The d?d take you !" crieBBurncy. in his
extremity. \tU
Involuntarily ho stopped ? back j still the
figuro advanced, coiniug nearer and nearer,
and extending both anus, as if to take him'id'
a ghastly embrace. 'The hair, started, up on
Barney's head; he grew desperate, and junt as
the gleaming amis would have touched him,
lie ' fell upon the ghost liko a whirlwind,
tearing off the sheet, thumping, pounding,
beating and kiekiug, more and 'more enraged
at the' re.s'sttlncc he met; which'told him tjie
truth. ''- w>i JW* n- ,iA- J'":': { .^rf.
As the reader khows/ he was big,' and
Fritz; was little; and while he was pumineling
tho : little tanner unmercifully, und Fritz was
trying in vain to get a lunge at BurnTy's
stomach, to take the wind out of him, both
plunging and kicking like horses, they were
petrified by hearing a voted cry :
'?'fake one of your size, Big Barney !"
Looking around they saw the corpse sitting
up in Iiis coffin*. This was too dutch. They
released each other and sprang for the door.
They never know how they got out; but they
ran home in hot haste, punting.like stags.
It was Barbara herself who came aud opened
the door upon Karncst the next morning.
'?It's very early; one inoro little nap," said
he turning over in the cofliu,
Sq she married him; and though she sent
Kritz and Barney invitations to the wedding,
they did not appear. If they discovered tho
trick, they kopt> the knowledge tb thoVnsolves,
aud never willingly faced1 Barbara's laughing
eyes again: ' !< ' | -: M'tt ? M i
A box eoiitaiuiug ?l()(t,ODU, which had'
been taken from the vaults rifth?'S?fe Deposit,
Cdnipany Was s'tolen from ii real cstitto agent's
nlfico in New ' York on Wednesday. The thief
was pursued, but not caught.
A Boston house lately recoivcu a dispatch
from Calcutta iu less than twenty-lbur hours.
ThVee horse tlilev^, two white aiidi ono
l l .ek. were lately hnn^ 'i'n flraySon* c'?urttf,
TcAus.
General Lee as College (President.'
i
"^Hero'lt^lllbe ifrplhob to roleto'that on my |
returd iftoxn I'L'oxtagtonj-? a gqutlcniaii ? in the
conch-expressed tho1 ifear that ? Gerioral 1 Lee's
?IrUiflnoSff 6f'hoaVt, ? hhd 'his'-desire, to enlarge
the'college* might, perhaps, Wake*'hint too len
ient/and 'possibly, lower, the scholastic stand
ard.:? To'qvd?t Ins fears; Itold him whsit had
boon told me a'few days before by aolorgytnan
1 Residing iu Loxmgton.
t'Gerfettd Loo's office," said he, "is no sm
cfeurdP' -tlm work taxes'to'the utmost his pow
erful constitution. 1 He registers in his mind
hbi onl^tbe fiico but the name "of.oabh of the]
four hundred and ten students. Nor dB'that
all. lie cart tell you the standing of'each
student In the several branqbes which ho stu
dies, arid any neglect of duty is promptly pun
ished." . ' ' : . '
!S i'Tuuishcdl" I exclaimed;
f Ycsj" 8aidhe, "in General Lee's own way.
"How is thnt&' I impaired.?
"Woll, -hot long sinco'a<!yo?ng friend of |
miuo, whojis in:.tho college,.epufesscd. to iuo
tha^hc, had j b<icur as. . he.. expressed .^hauled
up"?that is, he had received a ,mcssago, to the'
effect that the President desired to sec him! in
?iiis'b'm?o.-'- H 1 ? *A?" \
1 '??id'General Lee* lecture you 1" :v'"'; 4i<1
^?^??iudbed*' ? " 1,1 ? ',H "...
????^idrh?'fecolu^ynu^' ' v ^ ? -'"-i ; \S\
"Scold! I only wish Tie had. ITc talked*, to1
Otto so kindly thai he nearly bro^e my hcar^
and ydtt doti'l! catch mciti; there again, 'I tclj,
you:." * '?? ? ' " v ? ? ?
''That' is "General Lee's way."' not'likcJ
Stonewall Jackson's, hut quite as effectual in j
college aW 'wk'fl' fracksori"? in tho army. If|W'eJ
add to' this personal supervision of each i?
dividual stddcutj the labor of correspondence
? (a 'grVat1 deal'of . which' cannot bo taken off lib*
h a nds) an cT oHicr dulftes, We may undorst?ud
frotinds^of'tfic^npfira a few** month's ago,'of the
Gerier&r^ ftflfog health] should haW credence.
'He' 'li?s rniplovcd very'much'of late, B?tdoo?
not ?p'resont th'dtirohtistl?ppearaneb to which
uiir'cyes'wefe'nbe^ J
. . .-. tfl - <,;?:!?>^?tf^ r- d ^ -l t-:<r>b;'* gri*j |j
j ?ai ?mm rj>"m n.?;????> ???* 1' >hlw .?? :??;?:??>?.?-. ?
fl, ^^j^^^;^R^i^^'|^e/o4^rjB seVcn1
reasons why,farmers are, healthier .than;(pro-'
tcssional.mmi^yiz;?,^ ..... ,: rl .? .
Iw in^Hr%?Hii?8f9x!Pn^ .^yclppe. all m'
leading mujielos pf thc^qtly.? . , 1 I ??
??l to^fttbS^cv,fy^ountj o(,oxygcu.
1ftij3. *^|?yirijfu.o1*1 nJJ.vl,dri^ks,afc comuiouly less
1 mWh^Jj Wj t>r,.mvro eiuiplc. ;0(1 **
^.dtM^Thuy, do; noj^ .ovorwqik f-bqu;. brain as
lauel^ 'ndjplyqus prqfessioqal mpn. do,,
5. Thej take their sleep, commonly.during
the huurs-uf. dwfcues:*, .aud. du net try to turn
..uighldutb day. 'V1: A i <? ? . ???? IT
n WbV They ; aro' not. 80 ainbitioua, and ; not
.wear themselves out suo rapidly in tho fierce
coutest of rivalry. ??
?7. Their pleasures are. simple and lose cx
huubtiug. rI( larfj j ?
a?ia,? ..1 tr-,""1 mm '. nh?.'
1 ndFom BALB-r*-Ar Gtiol) Hit.-?The:i4*Grand
ArmyV ? 0rg-.1ui7.ution at rEvrijufvillc, Indiana,
having -been??beaten 'OuV-of-all countenance at
tho 'fcci'Ut ^clcctiotl', the WmrTr'r of that place
winds up tho concern by advertising its effects
for sale'in-tlfc mllowing terms
Two 'thousand army blaukots, (of best black
cambric)/ ? . ,i: 4. .
Two HtbuSiina knapsacks.
Two thousand1 paper belts.
Two thousand pasteboard oartridgo boxes.
Two thousand til) rifles-(extra bead). -
Two thousand pairt of pants (wouudcu in
the seat).
Two thousand coats (buttons all over 'em).
T\VO thousand pairs of shoes (solcless from
"tramp, tramp, tramp," about the streets).
Two thousand copies of "Wo'll hang Jeff.
Davis on a Sour Apple tree, &c."
Two thousand "Down with tho Traitors,
Up with the Stars' (very cheap), and other
,pa_raphci nafia*Telonging to tho effects of the
late Hpyal Urtui? Army of the Itepublie. ! ?
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".Mother," said a little follqw, tho; other
night, 'fis thorv, ?ny . harm . in breaking, egg
shells/", tjiil
V'Uortainly.npt, my dear j | but whyMdoiyou
ask?" ? .;, .,? ^*",..?. wl
"Cause 1 dropped the basket, ju.-l HOW, alid
see what ahicRs-I'tn in iwithrthe yolkfeT' i sl
1 'A, 'tOrribio avalanche 1 of rocks recently dc
curve.d,: near ' thd '"Notch House, "on Mount
Manstiold, Whito Mountains. Ono rook weigh
ing tnofoTlrinii^n6 Imudro^diis fell, crashing
its''way over'and chrougti the forest a thousand
feet! of ilidre,1 cutting the trees ofl'likc'pipcstcms,
fill It) finhll>""j(f'dgcd! wtthin' ten rods of the
''TTouSo'1"'' 1 1 "^ ^, ,<:' vili- r- -j.. i -
jt.-d .1 Iii?? r? Htd ? ? >? ? H
t/.'l VA'A IX 7.0 iT^TTV.II D/atlAaJ!
Durant, Wisconsin, ls: called the' onion city
Texas is again plagued with grasshoppers.
Velvet coats are cowing into fashidnv'
Kentucky has 'raised a twonty-3?0 Mil
b.ecV.. fciS v / I .*Mvn
.Texas..p I f._Hr.v.**!?
........- ( ' ? ?"*?? 5' ........(??!?? I- i '*t**|fJI
... Prentice is writing lovo songs to be Ml to
music.' '^-r1 .W?ia*l*
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Some weathek'-trlsc; P00^6 P*0^^^ f *T***
i wip tc.r,.'. 1'.;'..'.V.V.V.. V.'.V.V.V. iiiioT'
Kansas has discovered a petrified crocodile
12G feet long*i .1-. ' ?. Jttot w*jj
A Swedish Professor. makes brandy out of
rchidcer moss. ... ? >>0-'&'v?^
Ten Hrocck has been largely importing
more racing Btock. . ;?,,,;.
Eight New York Theatres mado 8125,844
during last August. '
Her Madagascorian 'Majesty has suppressed
idol worship. 4 f(?^rilTT
...... J1?8J1. l?i Ji?llliiJtl
V lctor lingo is very melancholy since the
Grau has introduoed the English ha If ftp*
systpm^Npw Yknk.ittT no iieW 11*6
Chicago is boasting of the great success of
its oveuiog school? ! .; .!?? vjbiiidDobatf
t Minnesota wants: another 8 90,000: fcndg*
across the Mississippi. " ^etlwoA
?i t ? ; ."TTKmIV *l
I Paris supports 300 female printers
female proofreaders.' ? ' ?'
? ! ,v:i;. osK .iueil _-i;J.b-!:r|tri<>
?, The campaign artillery of the FrencS <
^iis^ny^ftjeap^r.p.r. . ,,]{
,:A snake's skeleton with 982 joints, ha*;J>eea
?^WH.%H?Wu^i5.:ii.;;iu.-.r: hrAlcfl
[. Persccutipn.pf.the Jews is j again, report*!
from Galatz, Moldavia.
;. French,,pfro^estjiats ;??mbuf, I.Svv.OuO, **
cluBiye of thoBoJp Algiers..
Alderman- James I?aureuce-ir the wewi^
elected! ]^ll^WfiMiU|
, ^An. Asaocjatod^^^
j'' Bulwcr enjoys the roputxtioa. off being tho
homeliest man in Parliamenthtu h->uut)tmO< ?
Ilonston, Texas'', expects1 to b? tho gTMt
> - r-til ... // ?d? b?? :i'j?-d ucmib
: ( 5t. is, said .velocipedes, bag^CRt dovin the re
!.?pipte..p,f.tiioP9ruomioibttjos.ir^!,i.J?s: trw
rti New York: is boasting of two Russist* tiebl*.
bleilien resident Ahorc iiicogi':"^-?do??n?*i
' Tn lSGG there'werJ^d^rUi??
Wtp ..nL.uduw -.1 -riv o'r-.jr.'jii of sines
bite in Madras Presidency, 1 Z
v:i..i][ | ..:r i-vpT?b m:?J) JiigMo't
? i Three men from the wrecked, steamer J. C.
Wearing have arrived at Quebec, >O?, i?A
- Train' arc running 325 miles Cast of 8acra.
I men to on the Cent ral Pacific Railroad.
The Treasury ^^^no^^^%^^^9^ll
five years amounts toS96.G92f , "' J .?. .
pqtoiw;? . ;L .ljT-i7-'l'.;.;drb J?>u ind
A late Quarterly Beview estimates tho pop*
: ulatibu of tho world at 1^50^200^000? o
". There are -three hundred and sixty 8?%Ufi9
nowsp' apdrB in the United Stitos!?'ai " ?^
. T^het.JSe^j.Yprk ?nloMf^^jgiio.'cttb1* h&
bought Jeromes private theatre.^ '
Napoleon wants a now National IIjUM^ b?t
Prauce wuu't sing a .byum toi^?m-T . (I ,.,i
It is reported that.Senor OleoBSga Will bo
appointed Spanish minister to France/
h Fuyettc county, '^y^^oa^'i O^J^^ imm
"perfectly formed feet oa the sftite leg? V.
Tho Chicago Fust says 1 tho ?? Wickedest
Mau" iu that city is a newspaper man. ;
A young lady recently flogged!' ? '?im" who
insulted her in a Now York street car.
...j
The tailors of New York have received oa
advance of ten per cent, on their ^yagea.
Fifty negro and mulatto families are among
tho wealthy '?first oircles" of POritjUildiM
An old bachelor su'ggcsts that births bs pub~
,v:' ; i, >i ::????-/ n57tLoy*n iJMn y*un*&
lished under thp head ot "now n^us^e.^^
A Woman's Suffrage Convention is to be
held at Boston about tho middle of November.
: tfi jj ?? ft I . .? ??rid'// .i-?lut ?
Cpuuois.eurs say August Belm opt gWcs too
host dinners in Now York. ?
A life of. Fresident Johnson, it is said is be
ing written by Mrs. Ann.S. Stephens.
1 Fifty dollars was paid1 for a: single oeat OS
tho Kellogg ConoOrt in'N?W York. ?
? ' ' ' : '
Beechcr porauaded $1000 out of his congre
gation for the African Church South, last
Sunday week.
:" Bruxton Bragg was? in CineinOati recent!y
inspecting the water works, with a view to so
troiiriClttg impvove'miMits in those of NcW Of,
lonuH, hv6r which >to ptesidcs.'{