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. ' s ,i Di>#> }t r;afra - G ?flrt t rn sf; ,u s t ;, " "u. . il)44 + 1, 1 r) i 1: l S i t. t' 1'v;>; TT Ot' t't jH ' +'1;1'YV A +i Lail H. ! ow lo f( tit I i-,, latr p " I orfu ' , /1" , li' - : ! .r (Ftii { t"', : ,j ,'1(,, ,,..1 li $ .!N1{({ fw" I " WILLIAMS & DAVIS, PrQ rietors.] Fa ijly-Papsr bevoted-to;Ssience - tAr ,, ui r lr4+ 'r tit .._.....__ rrs * I ' &.1 - -'I "o VOL 'W & Coi, W A Mom THE F AIl 1 E L D H11 ,113k 18 FUDI1.IsilED WKEKLY BY W I L L I A M S & 0 A V 1 8. a-rnia.-The HERALD is published Week y. In i Ie Town of Winsboro, at, $3.00 Avariably in advance. isg All Ir-isinI t 11dvortiseu ents to be x'.4 1) IN A > V.A NCE. Oteiiunry Nolioos 1id Tributes $1.00 per i quare. A"Little Mas.1 Episode. In the year of i .r Lord 1866, it became the good; tuno of the wri ter to settle dow in the beautiful city of Now Berne, after having re ceived an honorable discharge from the United States Army. In the month of June. while engaged in the multifarious duties of editing and publishing the Now Berne Dlaily Times, he was passing through Craven Street, when his attention was attracted by a tapping on the window of a jewelry store. We passed in and found a bummer of Slernma's army trying to put a set of silver Lodge jewels into our friend Charilcy. We started for the door to call a guard for the purpose of arresting the bummer, but the fellow inistrusting our object, picked up the jewels and began to skedaddle with his booty. We found that that game wouldn't work, and so we invited him into the back room, wl:ore we made a bargain with him, r a for the sum of $25, became the 1 ssessor of a beautiful set of Lodge I jewels. We immediately advertised the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and by public advertisement in the J'aily ''imest, the public, of our treasure. Soon every paper in North and South Carolina copied our ad vertisenent. Letters by the pouchful began to arrive, describing those jewels. We received some thirty letters fro n as many different Lodges whio had lost similar arti At lasp one came from Col. James H. Ilion, of Winnsbor~o, S. C., do scribing them to our satisfaction. We packed them up, gave them in charge of the Southern Express Company, who kindly undertook their charge free of eXpellRO, and away they went on their journey home. It the mean time we sickened, and sought for health in New Jetsoy. In the winter of 1866, we received a letter from Col. Rion, which had been forwarded to us, stating that the jewels were not his, but that tieyTiolnged to Flint Hill Lodge, had been identified, but the Lodge had not money to redeem them. We wrote him to the effect that they did not belong to us, but give them to the Lodge, and place the debt to the credit of Masonry. Time rolled on. In Nov. 1869, bro. Rion wrote to our worthy sue cossor in Now Borne, (Col. Geo. W. Nason, Jr.,) having mislaid our letter, that the money was ready for us. This letter was received by a clerk of our successor during his abs;ence, anud filed nway, where it rested until Aug. 1875i, when our successor, in looking over his old letters, found -it, andl mailed it to us from Rix ford, Florida. We received the old letter about the miidle~ of September last. *We immediately notified bro. Rtion, and six days from the receipt of his letter, (which had been fix years inI reaching us,) we recived a check upon New York, which was duly honoreod. It was but a small matter of itself, b)ut the curious circumstances which seemed to attend our efforts to p~lace the jowels in the hands of their lawful owners, and the fidelity of our southern brother, Col. James H. Rion, in nobly seconding our ef forts, have indelibly stamped that transaction upon01 our minds. It proved a pleasant duty to us. In our in torcouirse with sou themrn masons, we haveoever found them honorable and uiprigh t, scorning little things, and endeavoring to live up to their masonic profession. Though many of those wvith whom we exchanged the mason's salutation, have p~assed over tihe river, yet their memory is green in our hearts.-Newo Jersey Courier. An interesting fact is mentioned by the Cincinnati Gazettc iln Con ndctioni with the loss and estimation of, fractional currency as ascertained from tihe Treasury Department figures. It is well known that the Government is really the gainer by a large amount by tile disappearance of smiall notes and currency, but the figures regarding the .three and, lve cent issues of fractional currency, when it is remembered how many of them are required to make a dollar, are particularly interesting., Thme issue of these notes by the ;Govern ment ceased in April, .1869, at which time there had been issued *602,000 of the, denomination of thlree ,conte, and $5,700,000 of the fivecentseries, and although over six years hiavo o ipsed thore are still outstanding . 2, 000 in three cent notes ancd over A1,870.000 of the tio c-ent 'un. Jehu Kelly, the Tammany Dicta tors Sketched. NuwYonR, October 19 ,T-Just nQw John Kelly is the be inir of one hlfof the daily newspapers. of New York, and .the white idol of the other half. He is accused -of lleing a public plunderer on the one hand, and defended as a pure and singlo minded man on the other. The reason for this onslaught and de fence is that he is the undoubted dictator of the Tammy Democracy, and therefore the salient mark fer the shafts of those who are striving to break down the power of Tamma ny Hall in the present political con test. In answer to the public craving for some information concerning the private history of this remarkable man-for he who rose from an hum ble lot to reign chief of the ruling faction of the Democracy of the metropolis must. be a remarkable man-one of the daily papers pub lishes a racy sketch of him. We learn from this that he is a New Yorker (instead, as has been sup posed an Irishman,) by birth ; that he was born in poverty, and made himself modestly well off by legiti mate business, and not by politics ; that he has held but few offices, and none of late years ; (he was once a member of Congress,) and that he is now engaged solely in the business of running the local Democratic party, for which -ho expects and wants no office and will take no pay. Kelly is a lonely man. His wifeand children are all dead,, but lie lives in the modest house in Lexington avenue, where they once lived, sur rounded by the mementoes of their lives. He sits in his back parlor and receives the world. Visitors are not required to be announced by card ; all can see him in turn, as long as the hours of the daily reception last. To be the dictator of politics in Now York means that the man must give audience daily to hundred of people with various axes to grind. John Kelly is a man, bulky in form with a big face, whose lower part is covered with characteristic bushy moustache and whiskers. One of the best things said of him is that he is paying the expenses of the education of five young men, of them being in Europe, and studying for the ministry. Of course, this pic ture of the Boss is not \accepted as accurate by his opponents. Accord ing to the Herald and Sun he is as wicked as Twccd. and his natural successor.. So the local fight is cen tering on the character of John Kelly; and by the result lie will con tinue to reign in greater power than ever, or fall nevermore to rise. ewc C. Courier. I I A New Application ofGunCottcn. The telegraph recently gave us a brief account of an explosion in a "cellulloid" factory in Newark, N. J. Most of our readers, perhaps, never heard of "celluloid" before, and of course have no idea what sort of a manufactory was blown up in Newark. "Celluloid" is a newly dis covered substance manufactured from several ingredients, chief aniong Ihem gun cotton and cam phlor, which possesses a high value on account of its close resemblance to coral, ivory, tortoise shell, amber or~ malachite, according to p refer ence. Not only is it susceptible of the richest and most delicate color ing, but is very light and at the same time very tough, and in these respects superior to any known sub stance now in use for a great variety of purposes. The coral imitations are so perfect that expert jewelers fail to detect its real character with out close inspcctiou. The principal seat of its manufacture is Nowyrk, though companies are springing u~p in other parts of the country. It i9 largely used in the manufacture of jewelry and fancy goods, and though not easily broken, is highly inflam mable and ignites instantly, it is said, when placed in contact with firc. Advices from Washington state that the p~reliminary motions have been made toward the carrying out of the law for the reorganization of the Treasury Department, pased last Winter, which contained a pro vise that after January 1 next the appointments shall be so arranged as to be equally distributed between the several States, Territories, and the Distiict of Columbia, accorditiy to population. To obtain the inifor malitioni necessary to give eif'ect to this provision, a circular contabling a list of questions to be answeredhaus just been distributed among Tressau ry officials, each being reqtiried to state hbil)egal reidence, deoi of p poinitnient, &c. Then disti-ibutibs of the circtilar, ive are .told, hasfpro duced great cneteniitiori ainong officials froni tidsa he(tios 'Midfh arc fot flg h repi&dntedThVe ~ct f(stlietts ai i Dh itI of Columbia, each of which has a v'ery largely disproportionate num ber of officials in the Deartment STONE WALL JACKSQN. HONORS TO THE BRiAV--ORA4D 3B1WE MON OF THE UNVEILIlfo OF Thi HERO'S STATUE--ELOQUENT AD DREs$Es o uov. REMPERX AND 'bU RIoCnoH p ., October 2.-Thui day has been made memorable..i the annals of Richmond and leni additional lustre to the proud ianic of Virginia by tie tribute of iti people to the. pqnmory.of its gallai warrior, patriot and Christian -sol dier, .Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson on the occasion. of the 'formal in auguratgon of the statue by Foley presented to Virginia by a niunbo of English gentlemen. The impos ing pageant an.Viihteresting ceromo nics combined to make th grandesi demonstration ever witnessed in this city. The attractions of th< State Fair and this extraordinary event have brought 'together pdo. plo from every direction within the borders of the State as well as frorr sympathizing communities beyond This fact was evidenced on 'all sides by tho crowded condition of the streets, the holiday appearanet of the city, the many thousands - of spectators along the line of march, and the' general enthusidaem thai prevailed. Decorations of every description were to be soon in every direction, embracing evergreens iii every conceivable shape, festooningi of the national colors, appropriate inseriptions, banners and flags of many nations, the Federal and Eng lish colors predominating, By ari early hour the principal streets be gan to present an animated appear ance, the crowds augmenting steadi. lyuntil the procession moved, b3 which time the side-walks along the route of march were crowded wlth surging iassen, and every available place where a view conid be had was filled with eager ' spectators. The procession occupied one hour and-a half in passing a given point, mov lug rapidf' aia wa edmposed of all the city military, infantry, 'an'd artilery; visiting companies fron Norfolk, Petersburg, Charlottes ville, Staunton, Williamsburg, and North Carolina, the corps of cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, with their battery, the cadets of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Blacksburg, Va., surviv ing members of the many commands of the late war, including those of the famous Stonewall brigade, the Catholic societies of Richmond, the students of Richmond Colloge, sing ing societies, etc., besides a long cortege of carriages and other vehicles, containing many distin guished persons. Gen. Jos. . Johnson was chief marshal, and Gen. Harry Heth his prindipal as sistant. Notwithstanding Gen. Heth's letter, the colored organiza tiona decided not turn out, althougi it was believed they would up tc the last moment. Arn ived at the capitol, the procession was massed in the vicinity of the veiled statue and platform, from. which the oration was to be delivered. After prayer by Bishop Doggett, of the M. E. Church South, Gov. Kempem made an introductory address,' iT which he spoke in most feeling terms of the (occasion and in culog3 of Jackson. In one of his reforenchl to this tribute to the .momory of great man, he said :"Let it enduri as a perpetual expression of thai world-wvide sympathy with tri greatness which prompted so noble a gift from Grea~t B~ritain\ to Vir ghmia, and let its preservation' attest the gratitude of the commonwealth to those great hearted gentlemen o: England who originate4 and pro cured it as a tribute to the memor' of her son." He concluded by in troducing Rev. M. D. Hoge, of, th< Presbyterian Church, as the oratoi of the day. Dr.. loge, after sr eloquent exordium, in which he a] luded to the hallowved muemnoric suggested by' the occasion, 'ijnd the inspiihg sd6ee ' befoi'e- him, dis cnssed what he considered thi-et elements of the secret of Jackson' power and ihiluence : First, in thi fact that he was theo incarnation o: tlhose heroic qualftieA whidhi fit thei) possessor to lead and compiani men, and'W*hich, therefore, al" attmaet the admiriation, kindle i imagination and arouse the enthu siasm of the people. Second, i Iwas the' grealtness whAiich ciomes wvi~h out bbing aotght fordites own' sake the unconsolousareathese whmicll re. stilts from self saorificeand stiprea devotion to duty. Third, the:purita and eletatioh of hIs& eha'ater, ep servant~if the Most High God. Dr floge eloquently"&nd ably illnAtitei and enfor'eed these points by Ahrik Iing incidents 'in the life of the greA' Chrigtain.' In his conchuision, hi c'hltig', and said -thWt a s'ldiqi' ~ dlr rad oetradea 'of dt~Wbe I alJe6fdesikbedtra tbtjhei p arole and to the union #f thes American States, but at thie sam tima that Union can only comma -thei rha t gy a' 'it 'st~a a B rctftl'eta 1 thequalg I 44Mi iwchiisett N ad-' New Nork.,,He ebnludedbysumonigg & s i4itfS of thezherassat my . past, .whose bro x for rms ,t eye on Caphal ill, to otk of disden ail 3>ari-i 'col" MA gq ii ake'of the Vresehtfnr : -cIt1Wd from'Jackson's ;Iord u eame 1D2 hallQpwed leg 9.:. r 9 was fre9tgently .u errute ' -, thusiastic applaaO. A't ih 1M1 words of the orator died a*ay, tthe veiling of ther tnonument .'asL 0nsi. denly ,ithdrawn, ae4, the thundering cieep of , ti the iring of muskt yy, d otiig of, ceamOiI, the bron e' B5tf-e Jackson greeted thed ga bf the :as sembled thousands. - At this poit, Gen. Page,.of.No rfok,jinr0 uce4 to' the crowd Gen. Jackson s on c phild a little girl of thirltea ,%hb ''as, receivd vith* deLafening ua tein tinuod che6rs. The ceremone , were concluded by the :singing ,9f Luther's grand authern, "A estle of strength is our fiord" by the Gesang Verein of Virginia, the: Richeiond Jhilhrmoni&' Association and other amateur singoro.0 umber-, ing nearly one hundged ift' Imale voices accompanied. by th combined bandy that We'r i n' the procession. The 'citftd'ni*htt is brilliantly illuminated:anid there: i, a gorgeous display Qf flre-works on Capitol squa e. A Frontier' 'Frolile THE FIGHT OF A sPANISIH cQaK AND A TEXAN COW-PUNCHER OVER A CAhI0-'IRR Just us5eve were going to press last week'we received the nowe9f a fata* ciutting and stabbing affroy that oe cursed at Bosler's ranch on the North Platte. The parties engaged were a Teoan herder and "a S$aniard, w ho also came up the trail this year. 4'here had been ,bad blood between thlem, forone aim , bu qwing to he interfen'e of frleu s, tli6 two cow-punchers" had been ke pt from doing each other injury. he fatal meeting was in camp where the Spaniard was temporarily engaged as cook, and was over the fire pro -parin a meal when his enemy came upon im with evil in his eye, and strong yearning for blood in his heart. The Texan saluted the Spaniard with "You black s-n of a b--h of a co w-puncher, I've got you now, and I'll let some of It out of you," and rushed at the Spaniard with a camp butcher knife. The Spaniard defended himself with a .p ying pan which he was using in cooking flipjacks. The first' pass made by the Texan was parried handsomely, and in return the Spaniard rave Mr. Texan a wipe on the jaw 'w. .a the bottom of the pan, and the hot grease went into the Texan's face, burning him considera bly and raising his fury to a red heat. Now the conflict raged furiously, the Texan striking and slashing with his knife, and the Spaniard parrying the blows and getting in a slap with his pn wheneyer he could. For a time th fight progressed without any particular advantage being gained by either party. The cook hugged the camp-fire, and endeavored to keep hsassailant at on the op osite side of the fire from himse f, by which stratagem he succeeded in :keeping his enemy from closing' in upon him with his knife. But, un fortunately, the -Spaniard made a misstep and fell across the lire, which placed him at the mercy of his heartless enemy. He was no sooner 'down than .the fatal knife was plunged cledr to'the hilt, again and again. Es soon as' the Texan had 'done the bloody work, he mounted his horse and fled, leaving hie victim' to roast in the lire, and has notV been seeqn since, except by a party* of herdei-a further ip the rivoit, where thei mi-idorer' stopped and got some thing to eat. :'He boasted to them nyhat he lh done,. and narrated in particular how they had spar'redl at each other over the fire, aid'-how he finally '9mcnhed" his man and -left 1him to ro~st in the fire lke a 'Ieias yamn. The fleeing cow.,puncher semdto have-no regrets, but rather .enjoyed the recollection of what he had done. I'A 'shirt time after thme bloody scened dbmple of the'herders belong igk to othe coutib cae in for.thezr, dimmer, ed;.wer g reatly ggvesi at *nng tamir)csp roastmn in the 1. After takg1d i oit of the oie o f other dtie~ld to Sidnef ~and 'notified the: sheriff of the )toitu * delIieration bbtht In 'w fd i &ddording td the abwe' fgotea L'~~ha mvta N~Akin .1 ybft~bobc . r,"Wiof 4h er'd te 3 in the coat tail pocket,ha macinn would sell more rapidly..hNorrie 1 towg. Hrald. TA 54'M9 x6R WAitio 0 r, A ii o J Tha i a irway carriag on 'inciucii alil bti t. 'huiziberin asat, including ou stuffy Pullman > alages. ubteI le@g; o 'r4age fie is iggest vegpg murn apa' ot .pieB (gallin for pf ieti~ and cn . d xold ibi's. T 'er''beiig:no by wohch onddortor can pass orm' earriage to. painig9 ci tyaftr etp trin .g. onge ~ v~ay7th passengera find th 1'iselves l6oked m, "ind fi t'd olitinoa dieditskions,'i-obbe~kti t>uderagdrape-ate in, ordb* 'On the o ptsas si;s;rp, rprufiggdyne times at the rate of a mile a.magte, ih feiv stoppages, the noile opjpor idilties ha6 beon' seized upon tQ 'jrpetrate som'i of; th6 most fearful eriindktiown to the criminal palen o,..,Al cold be remedied hi "v nn e. mahni-o by runinling a cord,'as 1thithough the train and within Modth ofthelptssengers. But our portly frie4nd f " perAd,ious Albion qt yt 'by any mapner of mean" e to do anything a of sii le, * especially if the gar dM i had preceded him hi its '(ib. ' 0o, after a series of atrocious anbrdeks,,dohn was driven bv law pudpublic opii4on to suggesting a p9mled and lorthwithi inserted ani elect. cntichin'e'that coimunicated a ith flah of rriage- ,by, bmeans' of a 'ing inolosed in plato,glas. To get atJhje .ring,; 99 qpaut, break the sr , , To lreaS theo glass ahd ring atMe risk of cutting one's fingers i# swchl a' trild that several old- maids aid tiihid gentlemen have .submitted to outrages of the most aggravated sort rather than do so bold a thing as the remedy demands. Colonel Stackpole, of Kentucky, simplified the matter in a row with some thimble-ringers, by smashing the glass with a shot from his revolver. When he turned to his assailants, after .demongtkatipi, lie found they hat sneaked 'lirough the' win dow at the' risk of breaking their worthless necks. The worst part of the business is that the machine being seldom used, is seldom in order. Our inestima ble fellow-citizen 'and friend, Mr. Indigo Jones, of Milwaukee-a puffy, fussy, cupulent old gentleman -had the wife of his bosom taken with the colic, like t lie Irishman on sleep, she turns her attention to it and gives Jones a first class speci men. There was but one other passenger in the carriage, and he was chased from corner to corner by the agonized female sufferer, who doubled tip and expanded and lashed out and yelled with such violence that the poor stranger evidently thought his life in peril ; so when Jones smashed one glass the fright ed stranger smashed another, and they continued these demonstrations until all the signals had been pulled but not rung. But the train contin ued thundering on, and Mrs. Jones continued screaming. The passen gers in the next carriage, believing 1 a murder under way, smashed their; glasses without effect, and -then leaning out at the windows men women and children screamed andi gesticulated until every glass was broken in the train, and at last, when Mrs: Jones was in her ending gasp,. apparently, the conductor, or guard, as he is called, brought the express to a stop, and all the pri vate flasks of the train were poured into Mrs. Jones, and all the smel ling-bottles and camphor emptied over her, when she revived. The most amusing istance, however, that comes to us is of a nervous old gentleman of a night train, who feed the guard to give him a, carriage tp himself. Tis cost himi half a crown, a specimen of a shillings wvo-th. He might have seoured the place to himself by pay ing in a legitimate manner ; but this carries one from the shilling to the p ouna--from where one gets a good deal for-a very little to where orie pars extravagantly for almost nothing. The old gentleman had rolled into a coiner preparatory to a sleep, when a female wvas thrust in. I Of coursp, th~is made the elderly gentleman very indignant. It was a frandbleht transaction, in whiich lie lost half a crown. He growled and "'norted at the poor ~woman, who shr'unkt into an opposite corner. *Suddenly it strnek hinm thait this was a game set up og~ bisp," to e a p rap peculiar to ouri free land Hewas spized with a paiui.' 'It took shage in his loaning from the '*wi'derw and gazing hiurriedly aboute him! betweeni. intervals, in ,whpu ho trie4 to; isu,ipgdate. tins age fmale. by growling, snbitng and rowigg" "t hof. 'Th'o *aged femidte an old maid, 'dook a tst'fe. 1She feltthat cher hour ha ,oome. the worst. SThe old gntlnman m-asped h1s oan, Hy gs ip ,4o ub whether t break the glass and pull the signa or repel boardere jin case she assau ted l~6' The. uiome sped slowlj on. Tb gid en man, hi a state boi . - in o 'fnzyv, rosy up. Th rema start:&it>o her feet. Qui lightning.the agod masculine son Fhe ieoad of is scane through th lpss, i pd ed ghe ring. To hii iazoneb t he eas-d the jinglin of'glahs; aid turning round, saw th renale' ;enemy gdoing through th sime progess with the htndle .of a1 timbrella. Having aceomplishei fhis, fiip, Ohe incontinently fainte< in th9 seat. The train sped on, pay png no heed to the signals. A igh ,sort of flash of common sense )roke in on the brain of the gentl< an. He approached the enemy Rie lifted her head and poured som in down her throat. Slowly sh revived. "Am I lost ?" she murmured. "No, madam he responded ; "yoi re like me, a damned old fool." "Man, I defy you 1" she suddenl; tried, starting up. "Don't be more of a fool than yoi ,an help," he said, and then, after rmuse, he added s "Fortunately th signals won't work-they never dc We have not stopped the train, bu we have succeeded in doing consid 3rable damage to the property of thi 3ompany, for which, if discovered we shall have to pay. Now, madam it the next station lot us got ou uietly and take places in other part )f his train." tis they did with that impunit vhich accompanies age. They es saped, and for weoks after the bes letectives of England were bus vorking up a mysterious case of vic once that never was explained. - Don Piatt in the Wash. Capital. Inv ocenceomd Obstinacy. T*.ie other evening a Detroit joke Slipped a little pink love letter int the pocket of a staid old eitizn a they were riding on the street" er IOf course, the old citizen's wif nado a dive for his overcoat pocket is she passed through the hall, an when she had digested the love le ber she determined to commit sui aide. While going up stairs afte tier bonnet she got mad and change her mind. Walking into the rooj where he sat before a cheerful fir( the exclaimed : "Love you better than your owi ife, eh 1" "Who--what ?" he inquired. "And she wants to know how tha [aldheaded wife of yours gets along shi !" "I really-I can't - -." "And she wants $50 to buy her get of furs, does she t" "Why, Mary-why, what are yoi talking about ?" "Oh! it's come out-I've got th iroofs I" she shouted, making a das or his hair. The worthy man has sworn th nost solemn oaths to his innocence >ffered to let her employ a detectiv ;o shadow him ; accounted for ever aour of his absence during the las rear', and furnished fifty theories i1 :egard to the letter, and yet th vife coldly remarks that she is stay ng there solely on the children' iccount.--1etroit Fr',ee Fre. A Her'oineo by Mistake. One dark night, not long ago, mrglar entered a private residene n Broad. On ascending on light of stairs he observed a ligh n a chambeor, and while deliberating vhat to do, a large woman suddenli lescended upon him, seized him b' ~he throat, pushed him dowi :,brough the hall, and forced hir nito the street before he had tim o think. "Heroic Repulse of Burglar by a Woman" was the wat he story wvas told the next day But wvhen friends called and coil gratulated her 'upon her couragE ihe exclaimed : "Good gracious [ didn't know it was a burglar I .1 [ had, I should havo beeni frightene ~o death. .I thought it was mn musband come home dirunk, and vas determined lhe shouldn't sta' n the house 'in that condition." Tse.vington Gazette. THE ROc.-This was a inonstrou iird which was said to inhabit al sland in thme Chinese Sea. In th 'Arabian Nights," Sinbad, the sailom inas a great deal to say about thiu strange creatui'e, whose size atni strengtht were so great that it couh< inarry one elephant in its beak anm mother in eAch of its talons.: ic ures genlera'lly represent it in thi imy ; and the elephaknts look a neek as kittens, sailing through th mir in this unplhasant style Th bhree were probably devoured in the sourse of the day. A Roe egg wa said to be like an endrmouus whit Iodne, and as firm as a mountain. St. Nico4. 'If f'ou wielfto enijoy cotistitutior la liberty, don't wear a pull-baec ilroas. Nigh Wat6r. An Englishman who travels fbr a OIbicago hou~e,* got a cinder in his, e eye while looking out of the car window not lont since, and by the e time he reached I urlington his k optic was in-a dreadfully inammed t condition. He went straight to a drug store that had been, struckby s the freshet, d where _ateam-en f gipe end l cleet brigade were tryhg 3 to empty.a celasr. "Young fello*,' 3 the t -avlersafd to 'the lerk, "hi i want ha-bottle hof'h'eye,water, .yo,u I know." "R igh'war, hey f" roared I the indignant proprietor who. wqs trying to. ligure up his loss, Mait b high water, do ye ?" And he collared the astQnisaed traveler and chuckqd - him down the cellar steps into fogr feet of muddy water, remarking that 3 he guessed that would :teach hih1 3 this was not the time or the place to come around with .wfeeling jokes about high water.-..urlington i Hawk Eye. At Baltimore, recently, in the United States District Court, a m'an t was convicted of sending postal a cards containing scurrilous language 3 through the post office, and he was fined $200 and costs. Perhaps the t most noticeable thing about this - case is the reminder which it furnish es us of the rareness of the offense. , Before the postal cards were es tablished it was feared that one of t the chief objections to them would 3 be that they offered facilities for circulating anonymous slanders by r exposing them to being read in the post office itself and by the carriers. t As a matter of experience the abase 7 has not been nearly as great as had - been feared ; and the occasional - prosecution -.i punishment of the cases in whi e offense occurs will tend to make.'it cease almost entirely. Independently of the in trinsic wrong involved, it would, of r course, be a great outrage. to serious ly injure a device which has proved a so great a convenience and economy. ? A case of interest to photographers . a has just been brought before a I Brooklyn Court. A. young woman went to a photographic gallery to have her portrait taken. Seventeen r attempts were made and' the seven - I teen portraits were successively, re z jected as unsatisfactory. Then the , photographer got mad, went to the Court and brought suit for the. cost of taking seventeen portraits. The defense set up is that he engaged to produce a satisfactory likeness and I did not do it. The. photographers , and the photographed th~toughout the country will be interested in the of the suit. Chicago Tribune : ,ittle Cora i Fisher, of Rutherfoft 'Park, New Jersey, was bitten" by a dog last o Juno. Her lip, where the wound a was inflicted, was washed and dress ed, but not cauterized. A few days 3 ago the child went into convulsion on hearing the sound of ' purping 3 water, and in three hours died in awful agony. And yet there are t people who grumble because a policeman ocoasionally poisona a a stray dog. PUTTING ON Auis IN KF.NTUCKY.--. It was at Wickliffe's Stroud City Hotel, a traveler came down stairs before breakfast, and asked for a pitcher of wvater, with which to per form his ablutions. The landlord looked at him and said, "Look hyar, stranger, wve don't want none of your Soney airs around hyar. Pitcher of water, be d-d. Thar's a branch rdown thlere behind the house, go there and wash.-Owensbirg MAonaf 'tor. r "What kind of peaches ave hose?" 3 asked a gentleman of a fruit -vender i on the street on Saturday. "Them's ,r Enloch Arden peaches, sir," vwas the .resp~onse. "Nevek' heard of that - kinde before. Good, are :they V" , "Splendid, sir." "Why do you call I themn Enoch Arden peaches, my f young fellow ?" "'Cause they are I waiting for a sale." He bought rv some, and passed on musing. A gentleman in Washington on fa miliar terms with the Pr'ddident, in the cottrse of a conversation tihe other day said : "Mar~k my words, Gen Grant will, by .some nieans or other, before the end of next spring, ~ be before the country as a 1fresiden tial candidate on a hard mneney * non-sectarian school platform,aV , , the republican convention will comnpelled to take him up." * A negro appeared at the door of, the executive manson at Washing-~ ton, the other day, and prolaimed that President was his father. As he was armed with a. BBeven-shooter, ho was hot .adithitted to the great Sfather's presence,. ut was escorted to the lunatic asyjunr Clarkj Ed4nondson, btother of the negro recently hanged at Fayette -ville, Georgia- for rape, committed k the samre oiflenee, the other day, and was hung on the sazno scaffold.,