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9 4 -r-?---!-^-^-rr-?^I!..IIMI^;:,I",-:!:VI ^'L>,i?^f*L?? """T''"., ..Tf,1,^^u'.?^^.^^^ BY HOYT & CO.- ANDERSON. 8. C., .TjgW|t8DAY.f 1^^- tfttlC ' -?.;;yek-flH^?e.:ip., than als ?ecnthi. Liberal deductloBi mad? IQ. eiste vf tea et -i ore etibrtrib?re. Vents Fte equate tar iocaeqaeat Ioa< rt i om len tlt^u lt? ree tavoiAfc?. Ha advert leitaente cous tod tis? ' ''r"b?raT?oaTtraeU will be nada wttb tho? wUhln. toed^rtUnipf tbf?e,>rfx?i twelve caonUie. Ad rertl?trsby eeoVact tnturt be cenfl'aod to tb* tat laeJwawBalliil ef th? Brat or lndlvUual contra? mattera of indlTUnaTlatereat, will be charged Cor tud death?, end BO* Ice? of a relhrion* character, ara reipcctfuIlT ?ol Iel tefl, e^pctlt^ ly parted pe***? Hc?lnur^ncc8 cf ^. ^voi.tl^er^ The *6l6ii}ftoi^8r^lbriilt WM .very agreeably surprised at ita regular 'meeting on^r&ji ?May/Wb, bjr roy .cciving rt valuable piper forwarded through tbe medium of Julius Korain, .one oi it* members, written by Colonel Zeltner, of Hoboken, N. JV,'an octogc ?ftffffl- i\V\ fil*"*0^1 frif!n(i *od CPE*z panton of Thaddeus Kosciuuko, the brave who fought BOwnobH ' .IHertitaof thia country at nhe ^e?|^|$|^gton, and afterward thc well-known hero of Poland. Inasmuch as that paper relates Home interesting reminiscence* s?d?me inen toe J by one who ia perhaps the sole surviving eve-witneaa or the laet moment? contained in tbe encyclopedias, it will have general interest. While being read before tbe society a solemn silence and awe waa produced, and deep emotion: pervaded all prosent? Indeed, it runs something ?ike a voies from another world, vplqncl Zeltnec'a .relation is as follow? .* -JT 7* t\\jKjT7i T ri" ir "f although I was only a youth when he lived id my father's house in Solp^hura, Switzerland. He had the front f&m?ttl tho ?? corot floor aud.^1 occupied a rear, room. 'h^ij^JlUo^dJ^D iugano';< ; in thc district afterward known as tbe Canton Tesain, of which my father was Gav?awt?ajMl afterward jvav promoted to < the* <JbWnoh?hlpwnfte'tn'?rC e-ttenBlve canton of Sulothurn, whose capital city has tho carne name. Soon after my father's installment in Solothuru he was sent to Paris as Envoy Extraordinary of thc Swiss ConfeJeratton. In tbe bouse of bis brother, thc Swiss Minister Flcr.i- , potcntiary. nW'' father met Kosciusko, who had beeb living several years with myuqclc-_ My father and Kosciusko were soon strongly'attached'to each other, Ko8ciuBkf>rWJa?rthen-in feeble health and desirous* br %eekTng' a 4etiretr, peaceful home, wherein he might bass the rem?ro?' 1 der of bis life. >> Often he expressed -ta desire to live in my father's house, und ns frequently my father gave him" a cor dial invitation.-My~??tber-was-anxious to obtain a likeness of Kosciusko, but' thc lattejr d|cli?e?i <to permit kmc to bo mnder sayirig that'he MsA aufcrse to it, and had al ways, been resolved that none should ever exist. Hearing that Eggen scbwiller, thc celebrated, sculptor of bis time, a nativo of Switzerland, was in Paris, ?uv1 father vi?it?d hvs&? ' They ar ranged that my father should tako Kosci usko to the theatre,'and that Eggen schw?ler, seated in the adjoining nos, should make a drawing of Kosciusko in the course of the performance. In this way a very good portrait was obtained. Soon it happened that Kosciusko, in company with my father, risked the stu dioof thc sculptor. There Kosciusko's eye fell upon three marble busts of himself. Very excited, he wielded bis heavy cane and, shivered .twa ol them. Before the third'the imploring sculptor threw him self, promising solemnly not to duplicate it. Turning to my lather, Kosciusko said : "Accept this bust, dear friend, as a proof -of-siy. unlimited-esteem. To you alone I make an exception to a rule that I hove b ;v K n ?o boen'Induced to de P&OTJIA.KI'I l?Tf the only faithful oue bf Kosciusko that existe, i8 presently in possession of Colonel Zeltner, at Ho boken ; bcaideo, he possesses nome other relics of the Polish patriot, as for inst??c? some wearing apparel, two Damascus razors and a campaigning mirror. With those ruzot J; and before that glass, Kosci usko shaved during Poland's terrible struggle, under bis leadership, with Rus sia,. I *,.. r ,| * * In tbe battle of Maciejowice, fought on the 10th of October, 1794, Kosciusko was severely wounded and captured by the Russians, and the Poles were unfor tunately dc fest-rd. Kosciusko ss?d his. rid-de-enmp, the well-known poet, Nicm cewiez, were hurried to St. Petersburg ami thrown in prison. When Paul 1. as cended the throne,; ma'dc. vacant by tho Empress Catherine's neath, he liberated Kosciusko and Niemcewiez, and goner ouely restored tb?ir Swords. At" buer of a considerable sum of money was refused by both. Kosciusko was conveyed in an imperial Russian ship to England and wa? there informed by the Emperor Paul's financial agent that tho money tendered to him by the Emperor in Rua sia was at liisdisposal. Kosciusko again declined it politely. But twenty yean Inter, some years after Kosciusko's inti macy with the Governor cf Solcthsrrn, the Emperor Alexander I, the uncle of tiic now reigning Emperor of Russia, Paul I, son and successor, visiting Paris at the time of Napoleon I's downfall, called on Kosciusko and said : "General, do not insult my father's memory by longer refusing bis gift. In return for your ucceptauce of it, I will grant any favor that you mayi oak..'? Kosciusko, having accc'pted th? money, amounting to nearly 200,000 francs, asked ?hat the family of{ftl0er^igl3 $9 Afajd?dfer its hoapil^ty^ ?pjTSirn. \?hile a povcrty stricksn'exile. Thc Emperor summoned his -private-.?ecretary-and- commanded bini ?S- bcve.au .catate in Poland, vio.ld ( As soon as Kosciusko, was thus en riched, continu?s Coloner Zeltner, he communicated to my father, hisjdesire to pass the remaining'part of Mir"existence urSelolhurn; bur resideuce. ' My father, Srepared. .pur bj^t JtW? rooms' for him. kosciusko s?fl?red inurb frbii. several old wounds, and^vi^d^yT^^W8 obliged to anoint his bddyi*wlth tm Wt?ntal prepa ration, and apply artificial beat to his extremities. Yet he contrived to instruct bur gtxl-daughtcrr my sister Thaddea, theniAbout fourteen year? of age, in tLei . languages and mathematics. In the lat t^department of education he was'psr '?Kalarly efficient.? He lived quietly anrf ?^1;:^ ni.r?^ *?KMK Z v/cluck ?i? i the morning and'retiring nt 10 o'clock; j received few visitors, other than those in need of pecinteRTOf^ncc. Tbe greater part of hw .Income waa spent m charity, add tn 1817,< wh>> j the t crop? fnijedf.thfe principal M\ deposit In Lori don wW^Avll^drriwh urfrm.He wa?' *c?u?tomed to ride out on ungentle horse lP*Wopr^;whone?er a pobr peraon ap proached,' ?nd would nut,move on until the alms bad be^^f?^ One day I f^^*f!**li?f^??l*,t0 Kosciusko foi -r v.wri b'eo bjrihe kingof rieamont,to ? .sick, ?ntl needy minister of the gbspeb On tht* ret?rjn,,.way the horse was rccog .med from afar by thowe .that habitually received money,,from hi? master, and they ran taJroocivedt. 'The horse came ?and'*rtd 'Would1 not move further uritiF f '{iad'tak?n'at.m? money opt of pay purae^nd:???sn?d tho.needy. " I "fl^n^ /cad iil?i?d to Koaciuako. *w?ding tbev f^nverBatioM-LexicGu ' one day I enctatnteretl the assertion that when K^iud?^ellinm hia buwe, dc* _*ilC*^Lt ajiio, while tri ,dd?, country, ?*M><*rfiithe-We?, amlby hisuntired es?r HSa*J^4?to,<"l,^''C*i fersoua "ffAft I uawnt?c^en^^^^t I ^J^i'tb?tl?tabtfahmefltfrtft?b-al ffffr. H *r**nd ?f PolAod.) Throwing Lis lianas up to bia forebear! Kosciusko burtt put, 'This la Infamous, infamous! I z?ld nothing of the kind, for I knew that when I waa dead tbiie would be pa triota to fight for Poland." Again, in snotbcr volume of the same work, I *n*t 4hl? Rasage. "When Napol?on I. wan lr* Poland, on bia expedition against Russia ?n 1812, Koaciuako pubiiahed a proclama tion to thc Poliah people, appealing to them to rine in alliance with the Empe ror^ "That is ?atoe, terribly fabel? Kosciusko exclaimed, springing out of hit chair, ??*.h?.lio*t bard it ia to be thus niiarepiesected -to these that I bled for. Napoleon sent Fouche to me a.- !>rviUe, your uncle's country aeat near Pads) while he waa preparing for the campaign agsisst I??C?'?, UI aaa thai i should ac-' company bim. It was intimated that my Influence over tho Polte ?ks a?d}d by Napoleon! I naked Fouche wbat'Na poleen woulddo for Poland if I should ad vise thom to aid hi.v. Fouche replied I that his Bovereijn waa unaccustomed to making concessions, and eapecislly to, one.oi his own territory. I said then' that if Napoleon would do nothing for Poland I would do nothing for him. Saying, 'General, I hope that you -- Tnay-"never repent your ref?&al/ Pouche withdrew." I have contradicted on every occasion the generally current belief re garding the Authenticity of thb exclama tion; ?FiniB Polonia."? und the spurious proclamation to thc Polish-people, but they have .become historical. * * At about this period Count Karaolski, the wealthiest landholder of Pol **vd, caroo to* visit Kosciusko. The latter obtained a Sremise of a cadetship for mc in the .osao-PolUh army from the Count, and in three months I went to Cracow. Two months after my departure Kosciusko, having fallen from tria horse in ascending a mountain near the lake of- Geneva, contracted a fever of which bc died on the 15th of October, 1817. His body toss embalmed. The intestines were de Kiaitcd by my father beneath a lofty onurrcnt, inscribed, "Viscera Thaddei Kosciusko," in s village twenty minutes ride from Solothurn. ' This is a Mecca of Poles. The Emperor Alexander I. ap pointed Prince Anton Jnblonowski to escort Kosciusko's remains to the tomb of the kings' of PoUnd in Cracow. They were conveyed in a splendid carriage, especially constructed in Paris and depos ited between the sarcophagus of John Sobieski and Prince Pon in to wald. Kos ciusko willed one-half of his possessions, 98,000 franca, to my sister Theddea, mar ried to the Count Morosini, and the other to the poor of Solothurn. Near the be S'nning of the first Polish Revolution osciusko freed the serfs on bia patrimo nial estate and transferred the landa to bia sister, Mme. Estko. Colonel Zeltner, at present residing at Hoboken, Nev Jersey, the venerable relic of (bose bygone times, notwith standing his age (he is now over 81 yean? old) enjoys good health and is always in Rood spirits, only his sight bas become of rat*.' n Uti)? Cjllirhtiifl. Kia ia?Aia'trill and fresh colored, and bis bearing soldierly. Ho became a Major of Guards in the Ru?so-Poliah army before the memorable revolution of 1831. Then he joined the struggling Poles. Having distinguished himself iu all the principal battled, he waa on one occasion elevated on the field to the rank of Colonel, and adorned with the military golden cross-'1 Virtuti jflfc tory"-of Poland, the most exalted Polish decoration. After tho reverse of the Poliah army he took refuge with the rem??m? os pairibis, on Prussian terri tory. Soon after, haring determined to seek his fortune in America, he came di rectly to New York and settled perma nently in Hoboken, where, having lott his money by some vicissitudes, be beggan to teach music and languages, succeeding tolerably well, until six years ago, when his eyesight became impaired. .This exclamation put In the month of sL&?citt?ko, w?s evidently nj&au factored by tbc enemies of Poland for political reasons, aa it proved subsequently. I j SOMNAMBULISM EXTRAORDINARY.- - A family living in one of the large squares in the west end of Edinburg, Scotland, had . until lately one of their daughters in residence at Mornington Asylum as a private patient. While sit ting with the family the patient suddenly left the room, ana proceeded hurriedly up-stairs, entered her room, and locked the door. Her sister, who had followed her, and cooli not obtain entrance, fear ing tbat some accident would follow, ruahed out of thc honor and was horri fied to find her relative banging from the ledge of the window by ber hands. An alarm was raised, and a large crowd quick ly gathered. A futile attempt wa* made to force thc door of the room, and mean time Dr. Moxton got upon the ledge ol the window of the story beneath. Th? unfortunate ghi now managed to support her feet by Iii' hands, and thia to a greal extent relieved the strain on her arma She waa now thoroughly alive to herowi danger, and was clinging to the windor tn if for life. . She hung first by one h ant and then by the other for not less thai six or seres minutes. Some of the peo pie drew fruin the house a largo, quantity of bedding, in order to break the fall ? the poor girl, wttctf fef med by jibft SB< inevitable. Amid tenable pkc?frjrih ahe st last succumbed, nod as rai wi fill lng the doctor tilted her forward, an actioi only too necessary, as a prnWtir.w ??OTI thc-doorway stood in the way of the de scent, and would have sent tho unfortu nate girl either upon the iron spikes o into tho area below. As it was she fel opon her aide, sustaining no apparent in jury, aa abe presently walked up stairs. H YMN-SINO?NO.-Commodore Vaudei hilt was a sharp, clear, hird, busiues man, who made a great railroad conven ient, comfortable, ?fe, and euro for th public, which onght to be grateful fe what he did. He eang hymn? at th _i -*m . . But probably there war not ranch alni lng of hymns during the characterUtl transact ions of his life. "I am glad h liked the hymns," said Mr. Beecher ; "bi if he had sung them thirty year? ago, would havo made a great difference. S did not aing hymns as long as he con) gel about." The preacher drew a cop parino;* between thc deaths of the Con modore and of Mr. Bliss, the hymn-wr ter and preacher, who perished in tl terrible Ash tabula catastrophe. He sai indeed, that it was not fair io rom JIU the obscure sweet singer nf Israel wii the famsus railway king. But as aChri tian moralist he felt that he ought to ai how much grealer a work In the Wor the Hinger seemed-to have done. He did not ?lng hymns as long aa I could get about, lt ls true of very mai I more of u* than the Commodore. But i ?J pleasant to think of lbo*e who do; tb? men and women who, having no e for music, are yet singing hymns all t time ; of iive* that, posr and obscure si lonely, are a? sweet and inspiring as t loftiest hymns. "Bo a good man, r Hear,* ??ld Walter Scott to his son. as died. He did not say, bo famous, be \ etumful, be . ?Mwptcuowr be ri**/* . Sing hymiK too, HS** . J?<T < .omailiing ?tteri^W be aure itthj A good * " ' -... .HM t, ;< ...^--trrrr tte ntlattaa of a lies Tenter. ^ At finit ttic tongue of the tamer wai pretty closely tied touching mattera of his profession, but in doe ti^ -he,? ex panded into talk when he saw tho-genu ine enthusiasm of tb^k699vJtV all that ing bis psrOcuUr wo^r*ltt ?.?tpiM? pri fessions! secreta remained ?mtorttbe?. ? He thtfvtfit roen were bofu^to'bls, vd? cation, and there was no reaioting it. He had followed shows and hung around lion cages when he was a boy. Towart* man hood tho business had exercised such a < fascination that ho at last obtained em- [? nlnvinprtt wltb ? ta?ier, whom he ?bllotr- li ?rj.?bl??he W8s klBl^&y>iriaibia??I??>rf . aanguinury SW#A?LB d^cred bin. for the i time from the idea of'entering a cage, j but he continued bis work. A ,l"p i There were two kinds pf lions In the < menageries-those born and jrait?d in tho ii cages and those caught as.whelps wild in j Asia mid Africa. A few Aili grown were < caught in pits. The first time he enternd j a cage was in a amati ?hew fn a pr?vin? | cial town. The two lloma'whom he thenJ j encountered were old and aick, and bore < the scars of twenty year's whipping on i their bald hiles; besides, they weru born [ and^jt^f jipibfbiji?ft? brndmb i growled from force of habit, but there, i was not much danger ic them. Tfi<^ ? posier?, of course, announced, -tho brutes i as ?wo of tbeiwist ferooiouB. kings of the i forest.I. H etxtotl u?'?rt From these fae - pa**?d ; t? " eag?^bred ' lions in their prime, thence to ibo wild , animals, of which Hrutua wan one. Un- . til the tamer was ar le to work' with these ? lost, he was not considered to the rank of , real tamera. The sensation he experi- , enced the first time he entered' the- Cage \ of wild animals waa difficult to describo ; ( if waa an appreciation ofyp?ftnt-jkyyfc j coupled with courage, When he ' lssbed ] t from thc cr.pC his tights and spangled, j cloth felt as if they had j>-et come out of. ( the wash tub.., He was jteeled up to the ( point of bravery before .the brutes, but , ten minutes afterward a child could haye , knocked him over. The principal *-ecret of mcnogipg the < bruteB was not to bc' afraid of them, ? When the man showed fear he was lost, j The mastery was not acquired so much ( through violence of treatment, as an ab- ( solute sense of security in their presence. , Audacity and Belf-possession were noces- | sary every minute, every cccond ; a mo?. ment'p-1033 af equflibnum might prove, fatal. " . The buttery mode .of treatment about 1 which Bookmen wrote had no existence ! in fact among showmen. ' No man than- j ages his beasts with Madness. When J hu bi ates licked his face ia bis perform-? J ance it looked affection, but it was not: he was afraid: and wheu the animal ' went through this occulatory business he ! waa obliged to keep bin eye on him with all the concentration of his will, for there j waa something in the beaet's eyes showed *i_? i_lJ_?.:_ I_?I. ?i_ 1 tuai, un Ftnim nwuu uso uio KIHI LUIM I his tongue. There was an impression that a lion once tamed is tauted for good, aa a horse ' is broken to harness.'' This waa an error; the lion bad to be tamed every day anew: in order to keep him in subjection. Rounders asked him if he meant to cay 1 that all lions were vici?os. To which he ' answered negatively. There were good ' lions and bad lions, jost as there were ' good and bcd men. The' bad beasts, however, were more numerous I than the others, for it was their nature to kill to < provide for their husger. The book talk < about their generosity was not'trust- ? worthy ; the instinct of the beast was to | i_:ti i_j?._i_Wi.* _i_ ?III nuca i? ?rna uuugij, L'uu rvucu lia I stomach was full it was less dangerous. ! He had captured Brutus there when the i animal was two y irs old; he was then , ten, but always retained eociethi?g of bia < wild nature. He was aecup.t1 in a pit' ?s'ith hi? mother, thc mother %?S\?'? shot. In another menagerie in which he had , been employed hb principal performance , was "the happy family, in which he j brought together iu the same cage two ] lions, several wolves, a couple of beafti, a , sheept a small elephant with a menkey < on bis back. The ero*, -?ag feature of , this WP? th? introduction ? of the sheep's ] head into the lion'a mouth; which he held ? open by the upper lip with a strong grip.- ', The sovereignty of the lions was ccknowl- I edged by the other animals, who looked \ at them riih fear, geiiing as far away ' from them as the cage would permit. He ? had to pull each one into the cage hy force. Kc compelled the bear to stand with his nose in close Droximity to that ] of tho Hon ;" he' c?ll?u Sui?'wei kiss of [ friendship ; the bear had to be kicked and pushed ?rito position, looking at thc lion with terror; thallon did not deign to look at thc beor, but kept his eye on ; his master, who?. he obeyed under pro test. When the sheep was brought for ward, and its head was put between the ? liona jans, it was almost ia a swooning condition, and excited general pity. He v^-s *~ - ~??- ^i. _- ? E A?*>*a, ?. ...... .v. fi""-"- - - -^-7 ...^..v.., nra daily fear causing theta, soon to decline unto death. ?... The foregoing in substance, Was. a por tion of the talk with which Brinton grat ified himself as well aa bis listener, thc appreciative Roundel.-Albert Jthodet, in the Gallaxy for February. PROPORTION OF VOTERS TO POPULA- J TION.-A correspondent of tb?* Washing- j ton Union gives some very notable1 facts ' and figures concerning the vote of several Statcrf, cities and counties. "The popu lation of Ohio is estimated for . 1875 at 2,800,000;! vete at the ?atlbnale??ction 659,000; one to every four and. on?-; quarter of the population. I Michigan,! estimated population 1?3W,000( ?0te 910,000, one to every four acd onc ?Barter of the population. Take two 1 krnocratic Statte Connecticut's popu fation is estimated up to 187^ at 600,000; vote at thc national election" 121,000 ; one so every five ,-?o?. tue population. . Maryland's population 850,000, estimated np to 1375; vote at national election 168,000 ; one vote for evsry five and ora*- I quarter of the population. 'Next com pare two De-, ."?eratic cities with two Re publican. Now York, population 1,100, 000 ; vpto 171,000 ; ono vote to every nix and bnbrlftir of the poputttfoV* iBaliP more, population 850,000 ; voto 53,000 ; one vote for every six and'one-half of population. Philadelphia, population . 800,000 j vote 189,000; ort? Vote for? very ' S ve anti inrce-vj????v??s of popuistic.s, ' 8an Francisco, population 150,000 ; vot/ I 41,000;- .one. vote for every three NW *jf. ' ThM?M?gurfi l?|l#0rK^Klf 1 < plainly indicate the reason of Hayeifcar- 1 rying California^ *v must likewise/??re-; < membered that ?acre are a largo ?umber. I of Chinese in Francisco wbo/do not 1 vote and ar'S?braced in her pcpu?t?ios i 01 150,00* . f~ . J c| -rue.*ibany Argue, quoting/'these sta- 1 tt8t; * nt ,er>gfh, indicates thit a strong ? ??&SS?-? ! which w-rt for him. It may fae tbat the j ^fSP?^Ii^iAV* *?P of getting .nil* more rne?n ?hun the Ti?mocrac?. i,"t &SwSS? *****diven ?B ; i .i K,j mitm-Wi ,r,f. i ll ni MUK .tn . Rea awl Mxs*er* at th? Black Hin?, j ' Yestooa^anerno^n, Mira thcf-Vifgittft (Nevada) ?Mroaic?e, t hip o tnt* v7as\viaH?d by Harry Williams, an old-?ouu|fwker, who has for some montbs.past been trying bhVluek at tbe Black HiliV wl(k ftpod re sults. Mr. WiUlams ls A1 keeb oWerVe? of evcnts;i and doc?: not' require rto-bs pumped to bc ,}pdu<ffld< I? Uli wbalh? ? "Ml'ittliti afeb?t D?adwofed;>Mr. Wll lia|Mit^'.'d?; a hiv -di auilcrsO ulm*-) }. ? "Di^wppd.niay.bci.?OiMidqred^pi^iy ?,000 IhhnMitUla. - W course, ifs tbe Rentr?t camp, where td!'th? gambling,' Sgbting and i bttsino? ? U dead. Bvery* ' thi?g iotit)*? sr?#Mj ,;W?h vubjbt^nd. : Jay. -lhere bf no regularity abunt auyri thing. A man opens ? place of busing m? rdtdte? Iota of money ; then be get? the pidapsbtlhg fewr^atart^-rbYitho gul rbes and ?bou up hi? shebang, .When a \ [dagois closed up Urneaiu thattb?owu??, is out digging, Tuts been killed in a fight, or la off tra ?.s^fe?. W? havnnj?'mltnic1-' ?pal gov?rnrr?cb( at Ml/ t??ryWin thinks lie'a msyqr dfibe'toVbr'EY?r^oHlCe in f ;w,hlfe:the'>t>oy^ BMP up r?solutions, ete./lind decide t<f nWrp?rntetfce'toWd and have1 a'BoardoT \rdt?rrbtt? -.. bUt ?ti the1 ?nd"df Hie 'weeli! apboff* fcbbw* -'rrhat ha,V "lifecomo'of th? res?ldt?e?i?'i?r'.tllo ArdermeH. . W^start? i?w city, government ?very ' t?n> weeks' ind* bust ?qe" every week-^-lf;there Ia my. ? ' h??&tjf ?n?xrr ttiE THEATRE ?" "Yea, w??vo got a'.little theatre there, lot nearly as well Ht'ed up as your cock pit. . The orchestra cHa?re are made of it?kea driven itito tho ground,, with n .or.nd picea , ol board about the mc of irour hand nailed ;on. top. ...Admission, ?2.50;. reserved scats, $>v .They," run.,?? iQrt ol'variety show, and- "J mg j io. toe okes and fc*".g'c busine&s aa broaq. aa po? ilble. Tb? can-can was duneed for sumo ime until the boya got tired of it and hey s?id : 'Give us somesingin', or we'll dean out tho place. We wan,* something ?lcvatin',' and the manager bad to import i female sentimental vocalist, at big ex pense, to appease thc patron*. Sho sung, Sweet 8pirit Hear toy Prayer,' '(insider lie Lillie-.-.,' and other high-toned music, ind' I thought that the boys would go :razy with delight. But they got tired >f it in about a week. Fanny Garnison ?vas thc singer. I believe-/she used to bc ii ere." . "MANY SALOONS THERE ?" "Saloons all over the place, end whis key fout bite a drink. They put two bar rels up on end, nail a board aereas for a .'ar, and deal it put. A miner who wanta io treat pours some gold dust on the bar rel head and says, 'Set 'em up.' They inver weigh the dust. Sometimes a man won't put down enough dust, but they lever ssy a word; and if he's a little :ij.ht and pours out ten or fifteen dollars' ! worth, they never mention tit.; They save three faro banks running all the ivhilc. They don't use chock* for the boys; when*they won a pile of checks they threw them all over the place, and some were too drunk to bandlo 'em. So,, the check* got played out. Now a man Eats a little gold dust in,a dollar grcen ack and it goes for two dollars. Ten dollars'> worth of dust in ; a ten dollar greenback goes for twenty dollars, and so on. They never weigh dust at all, but guess the amount." . "HAVE YOU A DAILY PAPER?" : "Yea, sometimes it's daily, and then when the compositors cet drunk it don't como out for several'days. If a mau santa gun wadding he goes and pays four bits for a paper, whenever they start a new city government they print a lot of ordinances; then there's* a grand rush for the paper. Sometimes it. comes aut twice a week and sometimes twice a day." '? '. "MUCH eJHOOTlSd?" " "Ob, yea ; the boys are all good on the ihoot.'. Every man carries about fourteen pounds' of the fi-carms hitched to his belt, ?nd they never pass my words. , The fel low that gets his guo out first is the best man, ana they lug oft" thc . other fellow's body. Our grave-y'afd is a big institu tion, and a growing one. Sometimes, however, the pince is right quiet. I've known times when a ma?, waa tv t killed for twenty-four hours. Then .perhaps they'd lay out five 'or six a day. When a man gets toe bandy with bis ehootin' ?rqns and kills fivo or six. thoy think be isn't safe, and pop him over to rid the place of him.. They don't ti4 hun for wbttt "Ho haa done, but for what he's iin b!c todo. ? Suppose thai tue.average, deaths amount io about 100 a month; but the Indians kill some." - m ,-? A Pious DIPLOMAT:-Some few* dava ' ago, ssyB the Wheeling, West Virginia, i Leader, a minister fVoin one of th/neigh bering tow bs came to Wheeling on a i short visit. Ho[' nub' out calling .pretty ! late ono night and upon retuning borne j b*ws? middenly met in a lonely part of the city by a highway mab, Wio thrust a ' Eietol at th? 'clergyman 'atd demanded : is "money or bis Jlf?." The tplnister waa stariiid, but his pres- j euee of midd did Mot' fdfcake him, and he thus addrcSscd. *co^d-!^;>h!of ip the most solemn and aveling tone : ,. ' j "My good man, you/ahall bfive every . cent X posaess. I'givj/iVy?u. '' '.vilHngly, *j but I b?pe; you-frillnisten tn me for*?B j moment.*' / . ' The preacher tb/n fell, td work and . went over 'ia whole'sermon, and In the j moat' melting terna beseeched .bim to . forsake his preaybt^mode of mak?r?g a j living. The fetal? twinkled above in un- j dimmed glory,/*"! tbasad'winds whirled around tho adacetit corn?r? It wus '?n impressive ocasi?n; and ific ?lient influ-' 2 enees of tilgV,' in corij?rtction' ^v?th the eloquent an/aweetly modulated tones of ^ the nrc???iB, chuscd'th'?'r?wber td'soften' , and ?row ?ott?nt; ; ' : ' " ' . The p-Ather^avy thl?/abd watching ' an oppocune moment, exclaimed, "My friend, /ou have ?d?nc ftf?. .a Orrong, though/ou shall linvo my mriney. But .? get dum or? your knees and sat forgive- 1 Bew'v'y?urrihs.'.,;'*,!!! ?' * . * Th/ penitent to??T" ?ht down 'aft bis ! kne^'atid' whew h? had completely no - I h?vpd. tho preacher kicked him in tho ntnnach, and rafi up stfett Uko ? narrow < /A SI?N^AV?OI?/; S CHDnch.-There' 1 ytmrM^u!^- uT^"?!!!!^]^ *i>?<?jj!?uf' l! hat a young lady rorabef? of the' choir ! s?came so anxious to examine a certain exasperatingly pretty, bonnet in a pew jack udder the organ luff, that she lost ?%i nm^^r^M^Vm o, spmcirp/iplf . lown upon tho utviusneptiiiir, congrega tion. The . minister had only reached 'typth)yk"|Wh5? he was ?bocked by adisr. solving v\cw of ?triped stock mgr; .and the rnillinnalre.Uriderneath bad juit: sele?tod' sis uiall^sn uilu1 Alf lbs braCrS-i;1 when a t>f a pilcidrirer.? / When thatdlm.oleHre? iwty thc clnirch waa fnondi tn b? empt/,-. SRd-sioco-then the fiock bftvs m*^?:!y? trrr Mi?V-, -mi BLSOkW BBB > Jaine?.-Gtordorf! Bennett. -Proprietor of ttnV New TTorlf Herald, fought i 'd?o! 1 ?st week j?? ttdVretff^ 5>^ru.,^?y,',wV ! W? .?owjajded. bira. May voa eUgftfyjwounded, and thehonor of bo?h'gcr?i?einen .wartfbftridftttly satis* fifed,-. Bt?iVrlirtt?; lbjr 'hM J gwb ' cbtifarfbri? had acted.lao?ySl^Vjiu^\Aliiy?s pUter and deaerscd the thrashing,.. It would ecent then tbBt tSin w??indfait of May ha* but l?ded'j? &f Wtara^tf&y: ?*.dV1 This called code of honor. Tho objection s. , to it way bo bricdy stated- thus : "First, ?It ?san ttnccrt?lp'tt-?^b'rjf .righting wrong. Ic'illed or wounded ar> ^te',Aggre^aor, In fact, the chance? ar? against thd innocent rrtan. "For the1 professed duelist and the sltpe'rt with deadly weapons' ore more apt to b*'offensive' thari Oth^r person?; They rive lTrMlte,aeceYWln> challenge and se hict'tbe'weap'onB' wIthMWhieh they are oiost fafniliir arid toen kill lofe maim those they have 'wonWnrj*' provoked. .'' 8econd, The duel settle* nothing. Stipp?ss A de pots IJ Iti seme mean ot- 'wicked action v.id chargca him with it. Is B made tem ?uiily, became he'kills A or kills him i?df T ' 'is th?1oftVned against morality or leechey cheeked-'or encourhged by the iuel i? tb? .caB^'sunooScd?'1'Would A have Spoked bf it, if li? had known that tie did it at the risk "of 'his Hfet There liave^beon duelists the South, who ivtre licensed f urBanS/the"1terror of com* rnunltiee and eren Stete?. We could readily name half ? doten notable caaes, familiar-to all drt*1 readers. People let ihestJ' monsters do almost what they pleased ; for'&eddling- with them was leath. Third, Tile-duel is no test of :ourage./> Every,military man knows (hat iuelinte, as A genernl rule,, aro net -ia 3 rave in battle as. other/men. Tho rea son of this is obvious. Thc duelist trusts n his skill, his tact and address. . On thc jattl?Seld, these advantages are taken iwny and he is just like other men. Elenco the things in which he, trusted i?ing removed, his confidence and cour ige go with them. Let a man babitiual* IV carry a deadly weapon, he Will be cow ardly when he does not have it with him. 3o a duelist may have the average cour ige of mankind, but ?he advantages that be bas over other men on thc dueling Seid will make cowardly in the battle field. Tho greatest warrior of modern times, tlie let Nopolcon, understood .the lemoraliring influence of the duel, upon the courage of his of?ccrc, and he pun ished it with death. So did Frederick the Great and so docs thc Emperor Wil liam. If these great warriors had be lieved that the duel imparted a higher tense of honor and chivalry, they would liave encouraged it instead of repressing it. Every soldier knows that old field bullies.and court house bullies were, as a general nile, cowardly on the battlefield. The philosophy of it bas just been given. In fist and skull encounters, they had su p?rior strength or superior skill. Losing those advantages in nattle, they become more easily frightened than other men. Precisely -so with the duelist, when Elaced where his skill and address avail tin nothing, the loss of these advantages puts him below th? average.scale ia cour age. Our attention was first called to this at Contreras, in Mexico, where a Captain who had killed three men in duels took , to bia heels at the first fire, ?'i? a' grey-hoUnd could scarc?ly have caught him. It is our deliberate opinion that a nation of duelists will become n nation of cowards. Fourth, The ced we have seen, gives birth to a .class of bullies who are little better than assas sin?, aiid in some, cases have been killed like mad-d?gs to be got rid of. A few years ago, one of tim class was shot in a most 'cowardly manner in Bichtnottd. Vs., but'the, jury acquitted the murderer after a few 'momenta' deliberation, and the au dience cheered their.^verdict. The tree must be'judged by its fruits; a;, system that begot? ruffian-! and assassins must be s vicious systeml .Fifth. Dueling is ex ?ressly forbidden by tho law of God. he command , VTuo? shalt not kill," prohibits th? taking bf the life of another in a. duel, ami equally prohibits us from exposihg'o?r ?wu lives in that way. No casuistry can make that right which God has pronouncer! to 1*0 wrong, .Fa. VOR?.--If you want Aa bo happy, never r.-k a favor.. ..Give aa many as you iaii.?nd if any ;nfo,;freely offered, it is. lot ncccceary, ?o bc too proud to take them; but.never-esk,for or stead wailing for ??iy.-.. Wb?c.v?r asked a favor, flt tho right time? uTo be refused is.a wofnl itab to one's pride. - It is even woree to m ve a favr gran ted . hesitatingly, We i.. suppose that out of a hundred who I , petition'tor the least thing, if it be even in hour qf. time-ninety-nine wish, with burning checks and aching hearts, that ,h cy liad not dp ns ~o. Donft asks favo???' )f your nearest friends. Do everything !br yourself, until.you drop, and .then if iny one. picka.ypu.up, let it be.because of lia fret-, cljoice, not from: any- groan- you j Uter. i But while.you hbiur?i bo ? soldier. Sat your own crust rather thau feast on mother's dainty.meals ;- drink cold water aiher fhun anothcr'a, wine. The world, s full of.people.asking favors, and people ire. tired of granting them. Love of ten lernesssb?uld never be put aside,, when ts full hands ere stretched towards you; jut so few love, so few aro tender, that a ?yor asked is apt to be a cruel millstone iround your,neck, even ,-f you gain the hing.you.v/unt by the asking. Aa you mst your bread on the water, and it re urns, so will tho favor you ask, if unwill tigly granted, come back tc you when /ou leant expect or desiie. Favors con ?sded on solicitation are never repaid, riiey aro mprciiqostly in the ?nd than an J vcr duo inaurcr'H bill. MATRIMONY AHD FABT YO?KO MEX. -Tbs^pasUirW a church inf one bf our large cities -kald n?t: |oiig ago>t.* "I have 3?Jciated' at(40tw'edding?!*mco I dame ber?, aud io every'case,-Tdve' ohP,'-! felt that the bride waa running nh awful rink. Young men of bad habits and fast len iencies nevar marry ?irla of their own iort/huitdciiinnd a wiro above suspicion. 3o par?,' Hwoot women, kiqit from tho cnticb of -evil through ibo y**rb <?Mheir rirtb^tVid, give thOm^Mvfw,'with all their ..li. jU^^J! . . j ?J J ke?p?rig of mer?''who,' in tbilr assOclatlont have-learned WuVider-r=!dH fill '?lint be lohg to thorn? ' and then!flnd notinie for repentent* In tho sad after years.' . There is W ono way-out Of thia thiU'I-civn'soei arid1 thai is for y on-the yonng women of the oonntry-A? require, in rnooeistlon in' fnar!iaa,#.*? tDSIMty frtpfpiiriiy,- .J^rie^' for Sobriety,'and honor for honor. There fa-n?-rtfejM>wJ?hy? the ybung'nien 'of th I* CWflHllah!*lh'iSd> SbUld riot b?1 lnAt-AiT4||C tnotM hS'f?'young v/Wirt??, hud if thc lo*.:? ofyo^i?ioe*e*y ?ind Irtv?^be the ptleethev am fWwtd *is$?f -fbr^ricej- they will n?i pay ff.'i I lidr.di With sadncas that not all our yourig wsrneh are- capable't>> .YJl,i?i high" s^KdaTff f<ifv themselvet/ or ? ot new,, hut I buiibrfe''there are ?encuga'tarne.-?, I thoughtful girl* in ?he Society of oar ooun1. "Muiust lins tho crossest babies, ?lia alway* lind. Dear ?ie I. wo katalin pasee Rt All." , - -'Why, Anne, whaW tte'm?tt?r with the present' baby? "Does' it^avd the* colic?" . iiov art?Wu i .. . . ;!?qlle? XakQuHililqkjkirtltV aoth. lng but' colic, "na for colds , it's, always stuned ?p tr fincold, and cab hardly get it? breftlb. fltfange there ekutild'beancir difference i?--babies |: your.1? is. eo.good^i Mrs. h. j really, nott, ? believe I've never heard ll cry yet aa much J>.I I run tl?re. ' DdeenH'it1 ever haya tad cbtje., dace adftt, ?byhoiv, towdfd ita bedtime ?'No.-?ntie, If haV'hov?r' had Vhtyl calla *bai1 frjieil'of the colic; or Indeed, any kind ora'eow^ -Iris just tho beat llttlo boy in alHh0l.t6wn." ' V' "Arid T jVouoVr-ke'ddes not kick rind' cry all Ih? tint?, th? Way you' keep Hin) svrapped up ; a pretty thick shawl alw?vs r?uhd him,, beside1' the lUtle double ; blanket over'hi? lower limbs. Don't wnnt bi BiPPther him, do yod V'.' "No fear of that, Anne, wi th his little Tace, banda and arma always out, arid' lu notion, too.' tnost of the, tlmy.', ,,rlis Jresscs are always high-necked'lind l?tig deeved of course. ' Your mother' keeps ter baby wann, doean't'sho?" ' "'';' ' " "Yea, plenty warm she thinks, but we lever wrap lt up like you do. Let me iee-yea, lier little frocks arc all abort sleeved, nnd her only wrap i? n single bree cornered piece of narine!, em broidered stithe of course;' and when tho diildreh come h?rVlfe from school they >kk her up with their cold' hands and an her round.'-to their notion, and have lice times,'only thc little thing keeps up such a yelling, and m\says she nevOr jeta a good night's rest any,mofe."1 '"And she docs not descrvo it for such cruelty to he'r pcor little helpless babe." "Why. Mrs.' ?/.t* bow'cari you talk sb 7 Ma is a devoted mother and a very ans ons one, too, for abe lost several children vitb cronp and other,"tb?ngt*, ,but you chow children will die sometimes." "Yes,, very m?my dl? just for want of ironer caro. Anne-." "Well, I know ma loves her children, ind Mrs. L., you should 8oo bow lovely the dresses baby, the last frock abe mado s lull of tucki; and ruffles and--." "Bother the tucka and ruffles and cruel ?hort sleevea that ruin a child's health ind temper. Tell her to wrap a warra, toft shawl round the little suffering bubo; lometbing extra over tho lower limb? ; ind warm the wee; rosy fe?trf?ver?l times i day, if they are tho least cool, and then [ believe her babe will be good, healthy ind happy aa my own. My only sonder a that any child can survive such treat nent, and bow is it, Anne, that you arc io bright and healthy?" "Ma taya ? am tho beat of thc flock as 0 health, and I've heard ber tell of a good grandam, who was living during my babyhood, who loved mo and loijdledund ..radled and wrapped me up and took ipecial charge of me, much to thc amuse ment of tho rest of the family,'who laughed at the long sleeves ana warm wraps, and feared it would all make me jo very tender and sickly." "Well, Anue, you may thank that good grandma for your fine constitution and rosy cheeks ; she certainly enve you an excellent start ic the world. Strange tbat your mother did not learn a little wisdom from such an example." "Do you really think, Mrs. L., that babies should be so wrapped up ; you know tbat they don't look half so pretty, and that long sleeves and warm things make auch a difference?" "Yea, they make every; difference ; warmth ia life, and cold ia death to them ; und I. do hoi i ?ve very many babies' liv** sro sacrificed on the altar of a mother's vanity. Anne, you aro old .enough to iee 'a good deal to the comfort of your baby Bister, and let me eu*'-cat you to talk it all over with your mother, and join with her in trying to make the poor little helpless thing more comfortable, rea, entirely comfortable, and great will oe your reward.-Nellie; ta Gcrmantcrwn Telegraphy ..a ?nijfa >U J TUE FntsT. PRAYER IN CONGRESS. In Thatcher's Milildry Journal, under late of December, 1777, ia found a note containing the identical first prayer in Cougr<sss, made by the Rev, Jacob Duche, 1 gentleman of.great eloquence. Here it'?, an histdrlcaicb'riosity : "O, Lord, our Heavenly Father, high ind mighty King of kings, and Lord of [ords, who dost from thy throne behold ill tuc dwellers, on ciutn? and reignest ..itli power su'prct?? ana uncontrolled iver all the kingdoms, 'empires,* arid gov jrnraents, lo?lo down in mercy, we be seech Thee, on these American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of ipprcasion, and thrown themselves on Thy '?radotw pmtcctisn. desiring to be lenceforth dopendent only on Thee, they nive appealed for the rfghtcousne&a of heir cause ; tc Thee do they look up for hat countenance ' and aupport which Thou alone can'st give : take them, there fore, Heavenly Father, ur.der Thy nur-j ?bring care ; give them wisdom in coun cil, and valor in the field; defeat thal malicious des&c?of car cruel advert*; r?es ;:convit?c?lb?'m of the unrighteous ncaa of their cause; and if they still m rain t io their. Mil gu in "ry purpose, O, let tbs yo.ico of Thine own unerring jus tice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them <to'drep the"weapimk'of war from their unnerved bands in the day of battle I Be .Thou present, O God pf wisdom, a;ttl iirect the council*! of this ..honorable as tembl?; enable them to acttlo'things on the best and -HIreit foundation, that thc icene of blood niay speedily close, that arder, harmony and peace may bo effec tually restored,'and truth and justice, re ligion and piety, prevail and flourish imong Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies nnd the , vigor of their minds; shower down on them, and the millions.Woy' herc represent, such tem-' pere! b.i<^.M&?'??.Thou, ?esi**,expedient for them in this world,, ??d 'prpwr? tfaeui with everlasting, glory'-'in tho world'to some. We ask .'au these1' thibci in the nniri? ?n'd through', tlio merita of Jesus Christ, Thy ?Sein, ourStitiour. Amen, WlIAf IS A l?XJISTERfcD _ rite editor of the ?nln,* ?^lTJouf/ial fa nottnVatfer' of ColilmbuL itH?' tho foll?w |^1p hi, t?considered; Thc' flUest?o?'?sVcry often ' nMfcfefl, What is '^^am^^^J^Bj^j^ d4 Registered ?A-vU:i *uu any. oireer r xhe dinerencc is, that a Registered J??tter does ' ?bt gp' In tho mail proper, lt passes .from hand tb' hand, outside thc mail) pouches,'every person/'^brough (vyhoso'-'hshda lt 'passes being repairer!1 tp'sign; A* 'receipl'fo*; it on receiving li,'aila Aecuro:a Receipt for ii ori ' ?awing' it over to thc next In' tranait. ho !per-?oii* holding tho last receipt is thus alwssW&lp toTdiowtvhd'la decount ablc for tablt?s. The l o^npnHibUUy rc*sta~ npon tile ituiti Whojhak'Mgb?d'? "receipt' way to send money.Jbiby Money Order." Where il docs not 'go K a "Money Order office, it-should ?jways'bc1 ? fn'd* Re? ietcr paeks'gui Mopey hugh* ' ri W fo bo sent iii an.ordittiiry f?ier tiftdc^ ftny'df* tHtyA fy ..? /JJ ..-(I v( TOI?t?l w -t' At Dray,ton,.oo or#. ?spcnsioq,-an ani mated ?todjHWti, ?c?k -^ace^J^w?cn Stephenson arid Dr. Buckland on oue'of bia favorite theories as id'tll? foVn/ation of ooah" iBut the result- was, tfeftt"0rv Buckland, - a much greater -p.Mtei' i of toriguc-fcnce t^at Stepheflsoi- ;f#nTWte silenced him. Next morning before1 breakfast, while lao waa w?lldf% tn tho ?rounds deeply pondering, Sir':W*nirim ^lUit.jcamc.up. and .asked bim what he was thinkingn&outj, f^ir William I am thinking Over that argument I had with ?Jueklnrid'lttst night? '1 knW? arri right,and illaVif Lhnd rtheiodnimaiid'of wordl he has,.,I'd hM|p;theate^i,Wm.''? "Let rae know all about it," said Sir Wliiiam, "and I will srjd'iVhat'I cando , for you." The two sat dow ninan' arbor, vfb?q. the astute lawyer, made? himself thoroughly acquainted wjth the pointe of the case j entering Into it with all, the zeal of an advocate abolit to plead tho interests of < bis client.- After he''had mastered tho subject,- .?jr, William. rose. up,, rubbing his nanda .with, ^leei^aod said, "Now I am ready for him.," Sir Robert Poei was mnde acquainted with the plot, and adroitly introduced tho sub ject of the controversy lifter dinner. ,Tbev The result KM timi in tho argument which followed thc man of science was overcome by the' mah of lhw; and Sir W illiam Follet bad nt all pointe tho mao1 tory over Dr. Buckland., . . '^Whatdoyou say, Mr. ?Stephenson?". n"ked Sir Robert, laughing.' "Why," said he, "I only say this, tlinf of all nie pdwers, sbove arid- under tho earth, there seems tn me. to be no power so great as the gift of gab,!'. One day. nt dinner,, during the sain? Visit, a scientific lady asked him .tt?? question, ''Mr. Stephenson, -what do you confider the most powerful force in na ture?" ''Oh I" said he, in a gallant spirit, "l will soon answer that question ; it is the eye of a woman for tho man who loves her; for if a woman look with affection on a young man, and ho should go to tbc utterino-it end?? o( tho earth, the,recollec tion of that look will bring him back; there is no other force in nature thin" could do that." One Sunday when tho party bad Just ! returned from church, they were standing I together on thc terrace near thc hall, ana ' observed in thc distanco a railway train flashing along, throwing behind it a long j line of white steam. "Now, Buckland, I said Mr. Stephenson, "I have a poser for you. Can you tell me what is the power that is driving thnt train ?" "Well," said tho other, "I suppose it is one of your big engines." "But what drives the eugine?" "Oh, very likely a Newcastle driver." "What do you say to the light of the sun?" "How can that be?" asked the Doctor. "It is nothing else," said the engineer ; "it ia the light bottled up in the earth for tens of thousands of years-light, ab sorbed by plant? and vegetables, being necessary tur tue conucns?tion of carbon during tho process of their growth, if it bo not carbon in another form-ana now after being burled in the earth for long ages in fields of coal, that latent light ii again brought forth and liberated, made to work, as in that locomotive for great human purposes." The idea was certainly a most striking and original one; like a flash' of light, il illuminated in an instant an entire field of science.-IAfe of George Stephenton. Woman's Loro Above AU. A young woman, with ababo nt hei breast came into a city police station auc asked for a lodging. She was thin and poof, and the frozen snow bung in massa about the skirt of her dress, i < "I walked.in from the country," sb; said, when the usual question was asked fc?r: "my husband cam? in io look foi wo* V. As he did not come back I road? up my mind that he fell io with some, ol his old cronies. So I came to dook foi bim. Mother offered to keep me, but J know that she hasn't'more than she need! for herself. I have walked' ten 'mile) since breakfast. Can I stay until day light 1" The officer eo>d abe could.. Ai oil Ct wau nawa?ncr t \\ rnn fri? tti& r.*\*~?Ar.? mt* i .-o " r>- --i --- - . caught Bight of a man standing boh i tit the bars. He waa unshaven and'hag gani, and his red eyes told tho cause id his being there. "Why, Jim I" '. , . . Tua man gie need up. H? bruah ed hil hand across Ts is-dyes, looked lather again and.it is. to bia credit that bis voico ire in bled ?heu.?** mi?d:. "How came,you ben Martha?" "Oh. Jim 1" and the goo?'wife1 begs.! to sob ; **? ?Sa ?ff??u oi ibis lind cami after yd?... I knew you wouldn't go u do it of your own accord ; brit. ib.O?i? oro nies, Jim-them cronies I I knew wha it would como to." I "Yes," and tho young fellow's eye filled with tears ; "I know it'a so, but never know it so well before. But if get out ol' this, I'll give you my word it' the last time, It's trie last time!-am Jon know I never have promised you tba afore." The mothar leaned^ against the ban sud let tmf team flow fora monacnt. then straightened up and went direct t. the cTerirV5 "How mtr?? does he owo*r sbaasktffl. ,>'..' :>].- :.}.<!? "Three dollars and I forty cents.": The woman took from her. pocket., solitary five-dollar bill and paid -tho''firi without d mu'fnlur. The doorVas/ontmcc tho young man pa-wed ont, and in <a m< mani waa marching down the street wit hist babe in one arm and, hia wifo.clo?c t his side. TH? MINISTER'S WIFE.-Under tb above caption tho London Baptist Magi tins had tho following bit-.'of pleossi satire : !The minister's wifo ought to be stde< tod b> ? cxjuiuinico of tho cb?rcn;'"<8l should be wamnted^ncver* tn havtihtai ache or neuralgia j .she should have nbrti of wire und sinews ..of iron; ?ho.shoul never bc tired nor'sleepy, and should 1 'everybody'sV chetfrf?l' ttrndge \ sb'?r ?^ot?l be cheerful, intellectual, pions fthfrtf? inestic; aho should .bo able, to keestfv husband'a house, doitf hUatockias^ulal his shirts, oook: h ts di oner? light J bt? ir "and .&tpy;hb) aejriu^s.ahedmo?ld.kM MPitUo rtyle of SK lady on tho vf age* of day i?bc^,,efld:b?.alwaya;ati Je&nro f 'good works,' and: ready to, receive mon ingycarisiiSUOtsbould beiseeretaryiio lt Band ef Hope, the Dorcas. ?oeitty, tel thcHome Mission ; ohe abouldcondu Bible t}|ajaea and na otho ra' meeting should make clothing for tho poor ai gruel foy the sick; and fiuaj?r(Bhoj,hon bepleased with everybody end agery thin andj never,desire any reward beyond. il t^?tafaction ot-bavjug done-heir, own du landour people'? I>K.".;.:.I/; ? j . I 1!^ '..i i: ?*!..i.lj.mju -rr ! . The iiait is a ;>eautifi>ltirhanieitt women, but it kira Ul <*sy* been adhpot poiut which oc?of ?oat.becomes it. V ;sirount,re?K l**ir ?a,bf no?meaya tho m< Sreferable ; but it? the tiraeiof Elirabc fbUnd ardent nd mi rc rH. *audwas lVhibn. - Mary oJ??btla^ tfi?ugiVa ;had d?quisito balr-of ber fiwif; ws*? ;i fr?P^v?CJwr^|H fm raAr^girjBdkj a Jb^?ii??te W^BV Exctuici?, Ais?siitrs?cr? end otb?? fiiuclirl** neoMe?> y ?trap? sro fora lated to r?pay thc poataf# ^Sr^ ?re not ??IvonilW? tor tb? Tteve?ad s?MbWi**?: ?tflffflinUlltf??*." and alte?(Kkc. drafto ?Sa?* Ottlar?, Ac, ?boula >. ?ade parable to the truer Anderson, S.C. itiMiio?tiiOi Hill iihiiiii?i.iiV? i > lin -I ,,-r------.-? iiow ii- Feet* to be Drowning. i was" crossing a bridge over a ?ide but shallop stream, ic a ionejy place, and ac cidentally fell ofF. When I say shallow, ? mein for such a wide body of water. I ?saw nobody near me and could not swim a stroke, iii kner hon deep the water j waa, and gave myself pp tor lost. The quickness af tho. flenses when sudden ?de&tti seems Jijipcridfiig bas frequently 'tech noted, but still, without eapef?chce, no one can-realize>it. .it is as if one's ?whole life were eprpnd out in n panorama 'before bim, every portion of which'was ! visible,*! PMpf, /jEve?$ nji?iuyv/i?toil of ?things fong'forgotten?, and which when i?t they on the tn> sud bold .outline'; I -remembered, for instance, 'gamea of marbles played when I was a boy, and a futile nttcmj I once made to ?transmute it "commoncy , into a "white alfey4' by roasting it 'in tho Arc. I re membered how ilia maible bumed in thc InnAMltinn .....1 linttf. *- % t%f 1* ?s*?l,rtlX ?.I - ~ .... -V .., . ...<>, .. ,-.V<.~. W. ....... and cut the cheek of thc boy who had be guiled mc into tU? experiment, nnd"tbe satisfaction Inexperienced ut the retribu tive justice. It seemed na if everything I had ever dupe, suffered, or thought, was presented to my memory at a ningle nash. Then I struck the water, when a sound, which I have oinc? learned to' liken to the roar cf'Niagara, burst on my cars and stunned me .with ito overwhelming vol mne. I remembered a brief instant of struggling and clutching, and then a sense of sinking-sinking-sinking-un til I had reached a depth of thousauds of fathoms. I neither suffered pa tu nor felt alarmed, but had a vague feeling of being irresistibly borne to sonic catastrophe, thc climax to which would be terrible. Suddenly I found myself possessed of the power of floating or wafting roy KC li along ny mere violition. With a delicious feel ing of languid indolence I suffered my self to float about-not in the water, but in the air-skimming over the surface of thc ground in whatever direction I chose, hither and thither, as a wayward fancy led. I was conscious/that , it was a new power, and I exulted in its possession and reasoned on ito mittlre. I found th nt my body wits as light as the air in which it moved, and imagined that a thistle down would feel as I did,' if possessed of consciousness. Then I was in tho water again, and everything around me had a roseate hue, which speedily changed to . 5reer, then to violet, and finally to utter arkneas, and then all was blank. As I subsequently learned, some men in a akiff haifa mile away had seen me fall into tho water and hurried to my aa? fiistance, hut I had disappeared long be fore they reached the spot. Many min utes elapsed beforo they found me, ?nd full half au hour afterward before '.ho physicians, who bad been summoned, arrived. They pronounced me dead, and that they made any attempt to reauscitate me was due solely to the persistence of an intimate friend of mine whr> had accom panied them. C?RIO?B HISTORY OF A STATE.-The territory now known aa the State of Wis consin waa claimed by France on tho ground of discovery by its missionaries and teachers in 1690, who governed it until they ceded it to great Britain. It was held by the Britinh nation until 1782, whom she'ceded all ber possessions north east of the Ohio to the United States. Wisconsin was then thrown under the Territorial Government of Ohio hy th? ordinance of 1787. On the 4th of 'July, 1800. the Indian Territory was organized, and it was attached to that Territory until April 18th, 1818, when Illinois became a State. It waa then attached to tbs Ter ritory of Wisconsin, July 4, 1886; so that Wisconsin was governed by the King of France ninety-three years; the King of Great Britain twenty years ; by tba S-r-t-j of V?rgluls ?r.b year ; by tue Territory of Ohio sixteen years, by thc Indian Territory niuo years ; by Illinois Territory nine years, and by Michigan Territory eighteen years. She continued a Territory of the United States nearly twelve years, when, on the 13th of March, 1848, shs became the thirtieth State Of the Am?rican Union: -j-j?,---. m i . WHEN AND HOW TO EAT FRUIT. When fruit does barm it ia because it is eaten at improper times, iu improper ?[uantities, or beforo it is ripened' and fit or the human stomach. A distinguished physician has said that if his patients would make a practice pf eating a couple .of good oranges before breakfast', ^rein February to usss, i?ns prset-c? TVOUIU oo gone. The principle- evil ia that We do not eat enough of fruit ;: . that wo ininre tits Seer qualities with su?ar ; that ws drown them in cream. . We need the medical action of the pure fruit acids in our system, and their cooling, corrective influence.-Medical Journal. - Dishonesty ie forsaking permanent for temporary adrastages. - God sends his rain' in gentle drops, else flowers, would be beaten to piecca. - - Over.' 3t000,000, cigars aro daily burilcd iu ??1?5 wu u vi gr. ' JSO SH??rauCtv - When you ses two men arru in arm you may bo sure thaton??f them is sober. ' . - "I say, Sambo," said one Virginia darkey to another, "can you anawcr this conimderfrum ; s'posia' I gib ybu a bot tle ob whisky coiked-ahut with' a cork, how would you get do whisky .out with out pullia' do cork or break!n'S tho bot tle "I gibs dat up." "Why, push do ! cork i?." n - The sum total of railway lines through the principal countries of tho world now reaches a distance nearly four teen times the circumference of the globe, or one and a hnlf tirnea n journey to tho moon. Gi thia totai tUOj USi***V; gates' .Unes extend 76,686 mile? : Great lit stain's, At homo and throtlgh'ber foreign do-, main,'06,101 ; RuRshva, in Europe abd Asia, 84,9141<;-those bf France, 80,779; 'and of the German Empire, 18,809. k*The postage stamp wt^ introduced in London January 10,18_by Rowtond Hill, ia connection, with cheap postage, The ,next nation to introduce it waa France, nine year* after. Germany be gab toils* the stamp In 1850. and was the first to Introdnco the postal card. In ion uitim iMiiuiti ?Canum iv net, rcveuno from its.Foat .Offices of thirteen millions of dollars, while tho United States, in the same tim; lost about twonty-four millions. .; - J. II. Rankle, . formerly Solicitor of the Columbia Circuit, shot hims*'/ through tho head lo Finows saloma, in thc city ol Columbia, on last Thursday night. The act, was committed entirely without warning, arid immediately after conver ging with some friend* whd were ?n tho saloon. Mr. Rnhkle wert a. native of Ohio, about thirty years of age,* and has beena resident, of this State for ciabt ?eanC * He was h brother in-law bf Judge loge: -The,bull r?%?d turottau bia temple*;'the pistol bcvui? huid Against Ula hi^e); &t& ho lived only a minutes rai^r^^g^ho*Sbt, Tvmpyary^