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Williams & Davis, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industrv and Literature. [Terms---$3.00 uer Annum, In Advanor VOL, IX.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4 1874. [NO. 22. Tillil FAIRFIELD HERALD IS PU Ii.ISill:) w-i1K.Y BlY WIHRIAums, & ,- AMV0i. Ter ~ ~ I ms T1 : ieu 1~ np'0 ish ell W eek inl thle To~w nt W inbor3, it 1I3.00 in t ftril/h/j inl ad41vante. rjyf Ul raInslien. adtverliseiintis to be p Ild ilk ad41via ice. Obi uary Notiems anl Tribites $1 00 per K l uare. Tli Public Prinling. iho Republican Prinitiig Coumpany consists of the clerks of the twt) .1ouses and certain membiers of tlhe L1egi is lat u reC. We w hre own by a person once coniected with businles)sS I list. of Senatorsi w ho had received dividvnlds in a c Certain year. There Were UIie tie othem, find they werie elharged witdi stiai va a ryi nIg flom $1,500 to $5,0)00 eavh. These sums we m1 pa i( n t evera I wa s. Ole bought a ptir F hIorses.i and gave an ol'er il hecolip~nyfol. tlle :1111,1111 ilother orevred Ilaw books lrott New vch and14 paid for thei with , drait, kill t e e linpail:, som to.,h cahtd oit went.( WC be;iuve -enitt a. . i .1 1 t Ve 1 sh r, I - 1 'o-pl t . . --tY (II, i '.* I - t e i 6 a .iii . V j m l y e, t iiiat s TiI ICVO Ii tlI - :I i) C - I t'I.- f.o ;th d lt i .t % , :. d 1.e v. , a \\'e hiv mit.r d itrI I i ev . J. . Iiomip-on, E q.-Sir Yours of the 17th is receivel. The pucb!ie .1 ~~pri nig of lowl'a e.st last yea r '$12 1. 068, whiit ilitlies the CoAst. of pubs1 hIsigI, the L ws iII dl 1fie p -r of thlt "a wh ib exp 1 . 6. 1Ii been s:taed by~ abIohi. lt ens:iui. TrnI Ier ' u owau. J.,G ThIIompI Is oniI, [i:q.-The tsuml pai-l for p1ublic Prii'i 'g iII the year 1872w),%a .$89.766 :;0ini b p ia pri ntintg of two reVpon, 2,.5 3iJJ *llr that. of the bol v i n:tton . d $10,UOO for the h)o4 ( rit'iclture. t'h As. lI;Nu',IT, Airtor. i-NNI.v.\ N A. J. G. Thoimpson, lE-q.-D-_ar Sir: The total amioiluit inid fotr the public 6 ~~plintinv )I the( State ofPn~lai fur 1872, was $7:3,377 7-1. R. .\. M.kcmav, State Tleurer. d Il . 11 G.Th i son, - e r Sirl: vi e elo.e, a cop (it i x surgevi.or's re-port which --hows the co.st tit publise priitiglt fil ofhiio, in I U18 72, to lbe 162)'923 83. .Is.ti. W 11 i.If, pr'iitinig in thisc tuonr St es i, 63.i7, 335i 95. This is actually les' thani Carin't in 1 87.. The~ aggregate popuplation: of the-e focur Nutes 1s 482,701, whe the poi uiton of S u.th it (..oliintat 7(I5,(j 6 ; s thtat weO pay for' publie piriintng in thit propo tin ofI twelveI t to onei. I.iTne proa~iches' us5 lai ptopubitiont timan othier Stattes. .Let tts comitpare hter pitsinitng amo110unit paid by' the Stato of Mary lanid for' pitblie piinug fotr the year L C~ompt. ofI TIr eas. So that SatthI taot iia pay., tent 7.000t gre'ater~i. i'venu hiere Ittanter .rln, with ;tappuhu om of 78(0,. by stuenI ti cop ar ns as1 Itheeta ) I li~e~ eniutra, ty is timde app et. \\ couendis-u thies - it: . tm Treacts. break up) tuis r1ing. \VhIt we no'k of Itiui is to givei uts V t i ouceris upon which lie paid out over' two nwledhe llf the Islums without woman recetl Iy entered ai phiototgria phi te salooni in M an'nehiusett s, to iask, does it take to. get IL p)hotograph after 8,835 gratnges with 602,655 mnembora. ['Toro wore 974 of thioso gratiges or GanZized d:::-iig November. WASIIINGToN. January 23.-A dis. ptu having arisen in Texas between ox-Governor Colio as to who the mail addressed to the State officers should be delivered, the Postniaster. General directs that mail matters ad dressed to the "Governor of Texas," be delivered to Coke, and that ad dressed to "Governor Davis," or "E. J. Davi-, Governor," bo delivered to the latter. \Vt NUroN, Taii t'ury 24.-Unless the 'residetit changes his mind, he will send a message to Congress, Mon day, on Louisiana affairs. Ile will plead Congress5ional inaction was tacit endoismtent of Attorney-Gene ral Williams' tactics toward that Statc. The proposed election bill provides that it shall be conducted by a Congressional commission-two ll vpreseltatives and one Senator. If' Dlmoorats can be brought to sup. ,ort this measure, its passage is cor tain ; but all of them are loth to re new reconstruction. It may be stated that t he Democrats are disposcd to hide themselves behind the constitu tional provision about securing to e.Ca State a republican form of go. veriment. The best opinion is that (Io e will be i newv election, and that there will he a new election, and that .1 udge Durell will riot be im .AsHINGT"N, elanuary 2-I.-Go vernor leer h d a Iree disenislsion wohai tln- lident this lmorIling. (.n rtor Iliebert's impression is that the lPle,ideit does not desiro a new e lection in .Louisiana, and that he it s the pt wer of Coigress to in, trfe're after a "tte has been recon t.etel. It was still (he Presidents i'eniion to addre.s, a Ilnessage to Con. 1s u,01)1m Li 3uiatia alffairs on Mon day. Waito will qualify as Chief Just ice in two weveks. Gen. Phil. Sheridan is here. lie says if the border must be protected, the army mut be itie(ased. It. is phusibly reported that a bill has bten prepared affecting the judi eifl distiots, which will Iunscat all pre.esent )i:tr ict. ,Jndges. I was s;id, la'te in the day, that the ialna i i-111: hill has boon altered :o i:at, in-tead of having the eleetion umIluered tuider a ( :engremional com. IlliSmisi, it vial be maiiaged by a COilmisiona ippoii.t ed by the l'resi. ( h-ut . It is s u pos 1e(d this coninis siii will le Collposed ofl the military. 1ti. ier i i ul'clrl of .iislie. The v.amit of revelece for the Iw which is such a re.retable feature of' our soc ie t r, has bei again ex cmu 1.1ified by tell miutrder of a prisoner In l jell court. The story is a (leeply tragwl ona. A iani in Galveston, eli igoli wilh murder, was waiting the commecemlenIt of his trial, wheo the sonI of the oudtiered man ap pronohed iunprceived and shot him thlrou-h the head, kiiiing him in. at It ]y. Tile young man, Ito doubt, CcOsiderell hilsVIf a. here and fet that a sickly senutimentality would save him Iia from the gallows. If mur derers were treated in the sutmary mlanner they descive, and the law mado itself realIy espe cted, wI .should have less 1meloid ramiatic crime of this niature.-N. Y. Hlerald. Thie wife of one of the mns~mked haidit5 ini New Y ork called at thle priisonl to se:e her hu.,b~ an:1 the other daiy. 8lhe kissed him thirough the bar's, uad, after w ip inig a tear from her e ye, she hande im iil a b)ox of eigars, a large paper of chew ing tobace., antd sonmc clothing. She wore four sparkling dhiamurond rings, a pair of' superb diamnond ealrrings, and( anf eleg'ant sol id gold square barred pin, which nestled in a white laeo collar. She wore a black Bilk dress trimmed withi real lace, over which was a line blueo velvet cloak, aclso tri mmed with black lace. She was accomnpanied by a young girl a waitinig maid, wvhoim she cnlled Mary A nn, who cairried a liussian Ileathe l rt et ieinle and a camelsc~' hair shaiwI, belonging to hieri i r ess. A couple of l'hiladelphia mrisses gave a doll's ball the other evening. 1luvis ations, enigrave'd upon mniniature niote piaper, were senit to thirty or foit-y of' the mros. aristocraitio of the Quaker City dolls, and in every in stancee the invit ations wore nccepted. Tl'ie dolls presented themselves in full costum ue, and some were most I (xqulisite. Suipper was served at th< unusualI hour of eight o'clock. The service and food corresponded with the size of the gulests. CJhaimpagne in bottles about the size of one' linger, was placed in silver coolers o equal height. A fter supper thern was dancing, whlich was continued t< a late hlour, when the servanxtsilan nionnleed that it was time to go homie and the dolls, after some1 poutini conlcluded their dIissiplation. The railroad agent at Andersot has again ceased giving receipts fo: eotton as there is more on hand that ho can ship. On last Thursday, tw< hund red and forty bales were deliver ed at the depot, and there were thei 1.500 awaiting ahipnmnt Au indinuu Lcgond. The new Indian agency between Grand River and Port Rico, called Stauding Rock, derives its name from a large boulder standing out alone upon the prairie about three miles from the river. Theres is a otrange Indian superstitio,, connected with this rock, and the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal thus tolls it : "W made a visit to it a short time ago in Company with Major Palmer, tho agent at that agency, who told us the legend of the roda re garding it. Many years ago a power. ful band of Indians made that section their stamping grounds. The chief of the band deserted his old wife for a young squaw. This sogrieved the old Queen that she went back from the river and sat upon the ground and mournod for several days. Upon the ninth day of her grief she turned into this large boulder. The Indians at that agency all believe this story to this day, and worship the boulder as a God. The rock has boen decora ted with ribbons, pieces of red flannel and every high colored piece of cloth they have been able to get hold of since tiue out of mind. These deco rations are replaced as often as they become decaved or blown away by the winds. 'At the time of our visit it was trimmed in the most gorgeous trappings imnginable. Every por tion of it wats covered with ribbons, or rags or paint. Within a few inches of the sacred stone is a pail or water that is never allowed to be come empty ; for it is the belief of these ignorant people that the old gleen of their ancestors frequently ILsumeICS the folmi of a squLw and drinks the water. In former years shc dra nk iluch more than at present they ,ay, but this is easily explained. Then there was inore gaen there, which, in wavndering to the pail, drank the watcr. To disturb this bucket or any portion of the trim. minigsof the petrilied -quaw is con sider ed a great offence against the G reat Spirit" FI i. The ,omewhat famous house on Broadl River, known as Whitehall, wa. burned Friday evening,just ftor su1-down. Ge oneral Howard was in the house at the tine, and it was with silme dilliculty he was rescued. The fire was first discovered in t lie roof', an11d the lniling was cniiely de stiroVed. It is rte-poirtea that General Walington i te ;. -i slept in this inuim-ion. It was built in 1750. Port [|oY11l Comme-cial. Spain-Another Rteported Carlist Victo ry. A cable despatch froim Bayonne in for ns us that S:mtander and lortu galete surr tendcred linonditional ly to the Carlikts on the 22d invst. The entire Siegovia battalion, with a large qu'antity of war material, tell into the hands of the Carlists. If this re port turns out to be correct it wouild seem to imply that the Serrano gov ernneat mazy have some rough work to go tiough beforo it succeeds in putting down the Carlist insurrection. German I mnmigation to the South is a sub'ject seriously discussed and gencrally encouraged by the planters. On this question the Presidlent of the Chaurlestonm Immigration Society lhas made a very sensible suggestion. It i.; thait the planteras give lands to lhe imimigrant anud assiot him in his first endecavors at its cultivation. T[ho mnere giving of the landls is, per. haips, too sweeping a propotsition, but if part of tract is given) in fee f'or im provemnent of the whole during a tormi of years the result would be to enrich both the immigrants and the planter. There hns been a commotion in the lBrussels Academy of Science, oceIL sioned by doubts expressed by an eminent zoologist whether a human body swallowved by a whale, as was lhe ease with Jonah, would be in good condit ion three days afterward. Two of the professor5 resigned he cause thu neademiy refused to censureo the heretical avant. The Civ'il liigh ts liill11In Congress. The civil rights bill, which was re eommnitted to the committoe on the judiciary on motion of Genceral lint Ier some time. ago, is being matuied, ane tis be ready to report somec imthsweek. In the umeantimto Representatives Elliott .and Lynch (colored) have asked to he heard, and theo committee have notified them to appear on to-morrow. It was the opinion of certain members of the [tonse that the reoommittal of the bill was the end of it, but General Butler Intends to report it back and press it to a vote. The impression ii that the bill will pass by a large ma jority, probably amended so as to eliminate from it the foaturo which lprovideos for mixed schools.- Union. Herald. An unusual number of people ar< - carrying their hands in their pockets there being nothing in their pookoti to intorfaro with tho inuidnignnao NuInle v. loses. NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY NEAOL-E& Co.uMIrA, Janury 2414.-Tho peon niary difficulties between Moses an Neaglo, it seems, have finally bee adjusted at the exase of his one Excelleney, I. K. Scott. Who Noagle was in Charleston on No Year's day, at the time of the gran parade, for the purposo of oollectin his against the Governor at the point c the pistol, Gen. Gurney ciame to th rescue of his friend Frank, an agreed to indemnify Neaglo for al losses he might incur on account c his endorsements for toos. Th matter so rested until Wediesda lasit, when Neagle, diasatisfied witi the delay and the uncertainty of th arrangement, sought G urney, whor ho found in the company of oen Dennis. Ho told themi he was tiroi of being let in doubt, and that th mattecr D1UST nr. A)JUSI'ED A' ONCH. As he wais under bonds to keep th pea :e, he said he could not well adop violent measures to enforce hi rights. ]Xut he hald a friond, one o the ofileer; of the United State army at this post, who would carry A CAn-r. TO MOSEs inviting him to Georgia. If Mose re~fise to gn, s tys Neagle, as I kmom he will, I shall post him as a coward a thief and a li in overy city, towi and village in the State. The dire ful intelligence was swiftly conveye to the Governor by Dennis. G urne; was sent for, and ordered forthwiti to t.ake such steps as would appems the wrath of the NAUGITY NEAGLE. Leaving the Executive office, Den nis met the unsuspecting Seett, i, inimned intelv the idea flashed acros hi:4 inii:d, "cott's the man to sav utS;' li a soft and sednecive ton he whispered to him : )o yot kncow that Bald win (tihe Treasurer o lRichl.and) is to be removed to-mor rov, an1d that. your brother-iin-law Water man, has been fixed upon h Mosews to till tlit vacX-i1y I Scott C pi essed his surprise, anid, secretl delighte(l asked the rcason. DENNIS TiHEN REVEALED 1he fact. that BaIdwin had beenl askem to a1 m ame Nengle's etd orsement o th.: $,10,000 note, and I ad refused Siat lie Governor was very muci inweeined, and had determined to re move him. Soon after this, (>urne alproacled Scott and asked him I he would I willing to go on th note wil him (Guarnley) to reliev AItses. Gurney showed Scott at order from the Governor on li contingenat fuid for $13,000 to cove the paymient of tle note, and assurex Lim that tle enldorseniuut was ONLY A 'MATTER OF FORM. Scott took the huait ; caided oin thi Governor ; exel anged pleiges o amity, and went h1ome1 to assii5 Waterman in preparig his bou upon the assurance of his Exceilene that Waterman's name should b sent into thea Senate t he next da3 Long before a licialI hou rs on TVhur? day, W atei an m was coolinlg hiis heel ini the anteroom of lie Excutiv ollice, in eager expectationi of thu appointment WamIii WAS To niE MADE. .\oses would not see himu. Y estcm day Seatt went with Watermaan hey gent in their cardls. T1hoy sa Senators and I Upresenitative yoif al colors and1( opinions pass in ; h their t urn never camne. Lt nowy bega to dawn nmponl Scott that ho was sold arnd with his diaphragm black wit eholer, ho stalked out of the ant, room andl immdialtely riotifieud tli banks that his endiorsement had be obtained through false pretences, art he would not hold haimuself Iliablo ft t he note..-CUorrespondece of thec Net and Courier*. Ho0w the Immigrants are Varing. Surely the turning point in th fortunus or maisfortunes of our Stat has been reacbed, when every wee behmolds htuad reds ohfsturdy Euiropeam lanudintg upon thle wharves of Chaarlea tori, bent onm makinig for themiselve and children a hoimaa anid livelihoo within the sunny and hospit ahl borders of South Carolinaa. Th'iei weloomo imm nigrants remn ain but a fe hours in aor city ; they go, und<~l the kind auspices of that ad mirmabi Gerinan society, wvhoso zeal an eflicienacy are beyond uall praise, hioimes alreadly provided for themi ier tile districts, where their willin and steady toil aro sure to be speed ly rewarded with comfort and compt tence.-Newvs and Courier.. Some of the northern andl wester rivers are higher than they -ha1 been known in the last twentyth~ years. By a rise in the Buffalo riv< athe damage to property ini the li of' Buffa~o alone, 18 estimated $1,0O0,000. Several dwellings' At farms along tha Ohin ata innb4aj A Iletivy Fog. New Yorkers have no longer an reason to hunble themselves befut a Loidon fog i the veil of mi: which has hung over them during th past few days dispelled all doubts v to their equality in this respect wvit the English ietropolis. Artificia illuminat ion3no matter how powerft has merely served to render the darl ness visible, and the laws of aoustih have been ut at naught by the dent and addying vapor. On Thursday nigi whistles sounded on all sides and ft bells tolled inoessantly, with a du and ufled olaug. The streets wei left in utter darkness, and one had t fcel his way very cautiously to tivoi 3 falling into a cellar or colliding wit anl ash-box or lamp-post. A gent< men Un4l two, ladies wero returning i a cariage from the Americus hal and the driver lost control of hi hiortes, and owing to the inky darb ness of the miorning the vehicle an, its occupants were precipitated dow a bank. 'T'he driver etcaped unhur but the occupants of the carriage Wer severely injured. The ferry boa Hudson City ran her prow over th forciock of the Newark, carried awa her guard chains, demolished th r guard rails, and smashed in the en of tie of smoking-oabin. The passet gets were thrown into the wildef alarm, the darkne:s preventing ther fromti seeing the extent of the dunau ad iagnifying Cie danger. Alon the lines of thi various railroads me were stationed to give warning of th approachting trains, and no freigh - trains wore allowed to run. A bol I thief taking ndvantage of the dark ness spranig Upon an old lady, enatet k ed her pocketbook, and diiappeare in the gloom. A case is reported o a gentleman, who, in crossing one o the streets, caine into collision with wagon, was knocked down arid ru over, the driver and he being unabi i t distinguish each other in tihe foj -Weshingtn 0I s. The President, after consultatip with tie Cabinet, has decided not t send in the message on touisian matters, viich he had partly conelt ded to tend, and it is 1oW very doub . ful if lie will, at any tine, oonside that there is any requirement for hit to do so. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, ho applied to the President in behalf ( I tic Grant Parish, Louisiana, prisor I ers, who were arrested last fall by th ; Utilted States iarshal and have bec i kept incarcerated since without - t rial. lie at-ked that they be allo cd a speedy trial or relieved on ba f until the United States Courts wer 3 ready. Tte President promptl agre, d to call the attorney-general attention to the matter to-day, an Senator Gordon hopes for good r< r suits: Among the bills introduced is on penioning soldiers and widows of th Mexical war ; one pensioning tl widow of -James L. Orr, of Sou( 3 arolina ; one for the survey of f ship canal from hake Michigan to th t MI ississippi, near Cairo ; one for r< I ioving ill troops from the Souther V States to the border for frontier prc a teetion.; oneo for furnishing arrmy rr -tionts to the destitute people of th 'Southwest. The Virginia elctio Sease was resumed. e T'he Senato Commnittee on Educi 3 tion arid Labor nre engaged on a hil for the establishmnent of a Nation: University in this city1 of which til Smithsonian linstitute, antd t thor se entiflo dopartmuents of the Govotn mnent, West Point, and Annapol v Acatdemies, tire to form constituol Iparts, Ileathi of lIr. Livingsionie. In ttolligence has recently reaohe L otidont of the death of br. Livin 0 stonec, the renowynod African exp~lore In PTe circumsttances attending hi a death arc noct yet known, but the i r formation is thatt he. died faithful "' his self-imposed talk of exploring tl unknrowvn world of Africa. .Whti engagedl in his exploi-ations in tI interior of Afrent lie was ,eiz'ed dii dysentery, of which ho died in a she e timteb o By some the report of his domii: k is niot credited. Caso of Infaniilde, On the morning of theo 21st3 I a head and neck of a dead negro inful e was found in this town, on the I e of R1. J. WIthers, known as il r "burnt lot." Infor mation of the fa e being furnished the sheriff,a jury di inquest waa- inpanolled, and Vi 0 mtatter investigated by acting o'oron n W. B. Williamts. Thet investlgatic g occupied a (lay and a half, and r sultedin . ommitting to jail 8yt -Ann Starr,.as, mot~ber of the dci infant, and Mary Ann 8tarr ax Jerry Smarr, all of, whom are charg< n with comploity in proubing ar oe and causing the det of the ohild~ e Yo'kville E'nrjuret. y The City Conoil of Yeddo, Ja , t has paissed an .ordinance direelinj d udhIldton to be labited - ith-t~ L. pnnrnta'naman and eouo? Tic Asscssints. y The Sumter Watchman has ma&( o an estimato of tho assessed value pei t aer3 of the land in the various coun e ties of the State, outside of the in. s corporated towns and villages, bass( h upon the report of the Comptroller Li General, The igures are as followsi I Abbeville, $4 62 per acre average - Aiken, $2 83 ; Anderson, $5 07 s Barnwell. $3 75; Beaufort. $3 10 e Chester, $7 34; Charleston, $3 27 it Chesterfield, $1 70; Colioton, $1 77 g Clarendon, $3 54, Darlington, $4 47 I .Ndgefleld, $4 01; Marion, A5 04; New e berry, $7 21; Spartanburg, $3 80 o Sumter, $4 88; York 44 92. In thi: d connection the Watchman suggest: b that the Board of Equalization havi not given that attention to their du a ties which the greLt importance oi l, the subject demands. The Board s should have its regular meetings wE - required by law, and time be taker I for a careful examination of the i returns of valuation and assessmen , as they come from the several coun e ties, that all inequalities may be fair t ly adjusted. Boston has discovered that itt e greatest troublo is its modesty and want of self-confidence. A vetoran observer thinks that v good many men are valiant in ad. vance, who would not be in the ad. vance where v.ilor was nessarv. The Methodist .1E iscopal Churel of the United States. during the paal year, is said to have gained in mone $4,000,000, an in membership 5, 000. At the municipal election held if] iKnoxville on Saturday, P ter Straul: Conservative, was elected mayor with twele Conservative aldermen out of sixteen. At Bloomington, III., the ehildren of the miners are tiken down intc ithe shaft of a mine when attacked with whooping cough, and in a sbori time are entirely well. If any body is disposed to think that our encyclopedias are too large, it May console himl to kno w that tle r national encyclopedia of China con. sists of 100)000 volumes. s In Tennessee, forty-three men whc were drawn on a jury were released ecause they had young babies at c hiome. The judge indignantly ad. journed the courc until the baby sea son is over. 1 Who dares spit tobacco juice or n this ear floor I asked a brly pas y senger on a Mobile train. "I dare,' answered a slender youth. "I did d it." "You're just'the chap I'm looking for ; give nie a chaw." A great grandson of Benedict * Arnold died at Great Mossington, 0 sngland, on November 27th at the a oge of eighteen. l-e' was the eldesi 1son of the Rev. Edward Galdwin and a Lady Charlot Arnold,, The eXtensive cotton factory of n Murray-Brothere, on Haw -River, in , Ala mance County, was burned Thurs. damy. rThe fire was aoidental. Thc e factory was valued at $50,000. Nc ns insurance on it. .- From the first of September to th< .1 present date nearly nine thousant 1 bales of cotton have been shippe( e from the town of Rock lill. Th~er< i. are forty now houses in contemplatioi *. of building in Rock Hill during thb is present year, itA Frenchman professes to have dis covered, by experiment on himself that coffee taken upon anR empt; stoma'ch renders the mind abnormallh clear and the temper unnaturall d bad. r. 'Tho directors of the Cheraw ani Is Chester Railroad propose to petitio:i 1the Legislatur& to pass an act author, ~o ing the Countion of Chester, Lancas tO ter and Chesterfield to issue bonds t< he said road to the amount of $250,000 to bearing six per cent, interest, redeem h5 able in thirty years. rt ---- - . . ---- -- Aa old gentleman who was in th< ;o habit of prefixing '1 say,' to ever; sentenec to which he gave utterance having heard that his mnan-servan mimieked him, thus addresso d t~ ill-behaved domestic 'when he m4e I him :.I say, John, they pif-ifat ye tsay that I say '1 say ?'nid if I d ,t say 'I say,' I say t t is no reaso in why you should ay 'I say,' 1 sa~ at John.' / e We arf% willing to believe that )V Ca'lfo':Dla miner, fond of whiske~ n took ta drink by mistake of (luickif . ve 5; but we are not willing to be La li7ve in the aneoompasnying stato d ktnent that "the miner lhas been kep d i busy over since breathing on pane of glass to convert them into mir irors." The death of Dr. Livingstone, it now reported took place in June lasi mn, lie had been travelitg over a partial all ly submerged country, an dafte dir wading four days through water Wa -' eM*l kh1laa=: of ierhiah he AlaA. Kerosue tamps--lhow to Prev Cit lx This is tile season when ncarly every puper we take up relates somec hori ble casualty from tho explosion of L kerosene lamp, or the like, and wo men and children are either killed outright or terriblyburned andsea red for life. A simple knowledde of the infla'nmable nature of the finuid would probably put an end to nearlv all the accidents. First, no lat miS should never be filled after dark hr the light of a candle. Always do this work after the breakfast dilh! are put away, and then not only 1i'1 them, but wash the chimney,, for if they are dim and smoky, you ennuos expect tohave a bright light. Tak0 the chimney in one hand and breuth r through it, then draw a large whi. - of paper up and down it, and all t ho blur will be removed. If the chim. i ney is blackened with lamp siioke, turn warmish water through the tul o and then wipo out with paper in th same style as before. If the laipi are glass, and they become eloud( with a deposit from the kerosmu, take lime water that is milky wihL ithe lime and shake it up in the lamp. Do this with two different washinv;4, and all the deposit will be removed. A little chloride of lime, dissolved in warm water, and left in a lamp or can which has held kerosene, wi!l dooeorizo it very soon. Liamaps mnu. be filled every morning. This is an imperative duty for 'every housekeep. er to perform, for as the oil burni down in the lamp, there is created a. highly inflammable gas, which gath. era imperceptible over the surface, and as fast as to oil is consumed, this gas increases, so when the oil is nearly out of the lamp, the slightes jar of the table will set the gas oi fire ; an explosion follows intanstane ously, anid a bombshell would not be more destructive, for its torches are deathly. But if the oil is burned only half way down in your lamps the gas is not of sufficient power t. do any injury ; therefore let me beg of you never to defer the operation o f lamp-tilling to another day, but sot yourself that it is done. The office of justice of the United States Supreme Court has been Ocew. pied by only six persons during th.t eighty-six years of the existeneo !f he court. Of these, tbree were a p pointed by President Washington, one by the elder Adams, one by Jackson, and oue by Lincoln. Gen. cral Grant has the naming of the seventh. Tile appointees of Wash. ington were Jay, in 1787, who serve1. eight years, Rutledge four years, aml Ellsworti. five years, Adams appoint ed Marshall, who held the office thir. ty-five years. Taney, the choice of Jackson, served twenty-eight year:, and Chase, tile appointee of Lincoln, adorned the office nine years. The following table will show the age of each chief justice respectively at t he time of his appointment and at his death : Jay 44 5'2 Rutledge 57 61 Elisworth 44 49 Marshall 46 1 Taney 59 87 -Chase 56 (;5 \Vaite 58 - Clerking inh a dry goods store isnm't so bad a business it you canI be at thet head. A Boston paper~ says that (one of Claflin's $8,000 clerks began JTan uary 1, 1874, in Boston, at *3,0(0. One of Stewart's old $3,000 eerk a dohbis er.is salary in a Boston hiouse thsya.A bid by a New York house with a $20,000 salary for a - loatk~buyer in a Boston house. could n't touch him. An old Boston dry goods e employee has just gone abroad as a , buyer for a New York house at $35, 000 a year andl expenses. A New York firm late day trying to tenmpt: a Boston cotton goods salesmn into I its employ at a salary of' $15.u00. 1 A worsted goods clerk in New Y ork -at $7,000, is anxious to get back i'e - the fold and his old employers ini > Boston for $6,200 a year. A Paris physician relhates the p,r'. tienlars of a curious ease he hau under his charge. It is that of a young gmrl4 eighteen years of age who is afihieted with what is termed nycehn. topia, tharthj to say, she loses tl-o ftrfult y of sight in daylight and re covers it in dat'kness. Although her eyes do not present any special mn'r. bid 6haracter, she is forced to keep 3 her eyelids closed during tihe diy, ' and to cover her head with a thici veil. On the otherS hand, when i ho shutters of a room are hermetie'!!v fastened she reads and writes per fool a ly inE tihe deepest darness. She feels > no pain beyond a slight lassitude 'when the solar light-strikes her visual " organs. t The Greensboro Newv North State 5 tells of a lady in Randolph eounty, -who, (luring lher girlhood, was engi' ged to be married to a man, and thee d ay appointed for tho wed ding. The a man proved faithless and inartica t. another anothler woman. Bust 10. contly, after a lapse of forty your's, r his wire having died, he roenewed his a courtship of his old lova, was dul Iforlan- and they nae mwlari'at