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The Beaufort Tribune. VOL. IT.?NO. 39. BEAUFORT, S. C., AUGUST 16, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM. A Spanish Poem. a c Oh ! let the eoal its elnmber break, < Aroaee its sonses and awake, v To see how soon t Life, with its glory, glides away, And the stern footsteps of decay 1' Come stealing on. a And while we eye the rolling tide, * Down which our flowing minntos glide Away so fast, c Lot us the present hoar employ, And deem each future dream of Joy p Already past. Let no vain hope deceive the mind? ^ No happier let us hrpe to find To-morrow than to-day ; O.ir goldon dreams of yore were bright; a Like them, the prceent shall delight? Like them, decay. Our livos, like hasting streams, must be, P That into one ingalflng sea *E Are doomed to fall? ( Tho sea of death. whn?# mil "" j ?- vw ava? vu ^ O'er king mid kingdom, crown and throne, ^ And swallow all. g Al.ke the river's lordly tide, si A'iko the 1 umblo riv'let'e glide To that Bad wave ; 1 Death lovels property and pride. And rich and poor eh ep aide by b do 61 Within the grave. Our birth is but the starting place, li Life iu the running of the rue, An 1 death the goal : ^ There all tbore glittering toys are brought ; ~r The path alone, of all uueought, ? Ib found of a>l. g Say, then, how poor and little worth h Are all thoao glittering toys of earth A] That lure ub here ? li Dreams of a bleep that death must break, Alas ! before it bile us wake, 11 Ye disappear ! P te hi THE SUGAR PARTY. Ill S; Sugar parties, in tho town of O., have fa jrotn urne immemorial been accounted an famous affairs, no quiltings, merry m&k- w iugs, or " bees" of any description tt being able to approach them in popularity. w The Nelbies, senior, gavo a party to st all the fathers and mothers of families in si the town of C., at the time of the ai earliest "run" of sap, last season; and a couple of weeks later, when another gi grand thaw sent the transparent blood w of the maple circulating through torpid ir trunks au(F limbs, the Nelbies, junior, ei with the permission of the "old peo- tn pie," made preparations and sent out ai invitations for their sugar party, which al everybody anticipated would be a grand si affair. pi Certainly, Eliva Nelby and her brothers, Samuel and Nicholas, spared no as " pains or expense " to meet the antici- cr pations of the public. Sam had per- b< sonally attended to the boiling of the cc sap, in its later stages, and used his ut- lo most skill and care in keeping it free B from impnrities, and in reducing it to bi syrup of the proper consistency, with- as out scorching. Then Eliva herself had iz scoured the bright copper kettle in or which this delectable preparation was os to be placed over the sngar making slow fire in the kitchen, in time to have it fu " feather" as soon as the guests should vi do roauy lor tne grand sweetening. ftf Meanwhile, Nicholas had busied him- ti< self in filling a large tub with the purest ar. snow which could be found in the woods, L and in hollow places, protected from the ti< sun; and ho had deposited the cooling c. treasure in the shed, covering it with bi cakes of ice, brought from a dismal a; ravine on the northerly side of Eellogg's tb mount. fit Moreover, the plotting Eliva, anx- b< ious to have the old folks ont of the S! way, had planned an engagement for tb them at a married people's sugar party, tb over the river; and now everything was bj arranged exact y as she desired. co And Eliva was very happy, until about three o'clock on the important d< day. About tbat time an incident oc- cr curred which threw her into the utmost e> confusion. Eliva wished the sugar party in had never been thought of. ro To explain the reason of this: Eliva al Nelby was a young lady of lofty pride, tb Not only did she account herself the di belle of the town of O., but, having di twico or three times visited relatives re- pi siding in Philadelphia, she had become fa ambitious of fashionable manners, and of prided herself on her knowledge of the L; beau monde. Her proper sphere, she lil felt convinced, was accomplished soci- fr ety; but believing in the necessity o{ tu imitating the Romans in their own domains, she tolerated country people, and tu condescended to patronize the simplio- E ity of their manners when in their midst, tb And Eliva could enjoy herself with T her rural friends exceedingly well, too ; n< and slio anticipated as much pleasure as G anvbodv from tho proposed sucar narfcv. si Bat at just three o'clock?how inex- fc pressibly provoking?the arrival of an unexpected visitor produood the effect di at which I have already hinted. 1* That visitor was her cousin Lawrence, di from the city?her rich, handsome, ac- b< oomplished, desirable oousin, who had hi come to spend a week with his ooantry B relatives in sngar time t tc At any other time Eliva would have ai been delighted with the high honor el which she had so long desired in vain, ai At no other time conld she have been ro b utterly dismayed I Although, after she A had hiistily changed her dress to meet g him, the yonng gentleman greeted her la with easy familiarity, she thought it was h only bocanse he happened to be partial fi to her; and firmly believing him to be h the slave to etiqnette that she so much tl dmired, she shuddered at the thought ?f his disgust should he witness the 'vulgarity" of the countr? people, with rhom she would be obliged to associate bat night 1 After Lawrenoe had been introduced oto the " best room," Eliva, all flushed ud flurried with exoitement, poured her urbnleut fears into the stupid ear of tho toical Sam. "What will he say?when the folks ome?" she exclaimed. "Say, 'how d'ye do,' of course," reilied the unfeeling Samuel. "But?everything will appear odd to im ! He will think ho is amongbarbaians ! He will be disgusted with them, nd us, too, for associating with them." " What'll he be disgusted for? Just s if our kind of folks ain't as good as is, any day 1" " But you don't understand 1" whisered tho perplexed young lady. "He 1 nsnd to c. nd onnintir ond 0 " '-'-J ?UD JUUU(J :>lks here are so rude and uncouth "? "If you call living and hearty rude ad uncouth,' he'll find us up and strivagl" exclaimed Sam. "We'll have as ood a timo as he can read about, or my keep aro all goats." " How can you talk bo I" demanded 'diva, passionately. "Lawrence will jink it insultiDg to- introduce him into ncli rude company ; and he will leave s in the morning in disgust." " Lot him! if he's a stuck-up chap ko that I" muttered the oruel Samuel. It's my opinion this ain't any place >r him. He'll spot his shiny boots. !ut if be wouldn't liko to see the folks," am added, pitying Eliva's distress, why he needn't, you know. Let him > to bed. I say, Cousin Lawrence," o cried, as the young man made his ppearance?" we'ro going to have a ttle sort of a dig hero to-night "? " A sugar party," said Eliva, blushig at the " vulgarity" of her brother's braso ; "a sugar party, for the onterlinment of some boys and girls that we avo to be civil to?living in the same >wn"? " Good hearted, jolly fellows, and ice girls as you can flndl" added amuel. " But perhaps you wouldn't mcy visitii g with them. 'Liva was lying you ain't used to such, and it euld be kind o' letting yourself down > niako one of our party." " Oil 1 I am sure Cousin Lawrance ould laugli at our country?friends," simmered Eliva, crimson with oonfuon. " Their manners are so odd?they e so rude"? " I beg that you will make no apoloies," interrupted the young man, who hi iuu luuuu ui u gi'Diiemau in iiib ieoligs not to be pained by his fair cousin's ubarrassment. " Nothing will please .?better than to meet these people ; id I assure you I shall be able to make 1 allowance for what may appear to me ngular in their manners. A sugar irty ! I shall be delighted " This frauk declaration should have resured Eliva. On the oontrary, it in- i eased her perplexity. She feared that r city cousin would rank her with her Kintry associates, and charitably over>k the simplicity of her manners, nt she could think* of no alternative it to get through with the odious pariy . i-oon as possible, assuming a putroning air toward her old friends, in der not to lower herself in her cousin's timation. m When Eliva s mmil was in this consed state, Helen Snow, who hod preously promised to come over in the ternoon and assist her in her preparaons for the party, made her appearice, tripping along the dooryard path, iwrence enjoyed a glimpse of the rusts beauty?for such she was?and felt msiderably hurt that Eliva did not iug her at once into the sitting-room ul introduce her. But Eliva, who anight a formal introduction of her 1 1A i.^ Hill - *T 1 " ? - 1 i<] UUU.11U bU llblilt) HOlt'Il onow would I i absurd, did nothing of the sort. ] >o kept Helen in the kitchen; and al- i tough the latter had occasion to pass 1 rough the sitting-room, her friend ^rooiy deigned to notioe her in her ] main's presence. I said Lawrence felt hurt. No won- j >r. Picture to yourself a plump little | i-nture with a charming figure, azure i cs of orystnl clearness, fair hair, fall- < g in curls around her neok, cheeks 1 sy red, and lips of tempting ripeness; i t.o imagino these charms adorned by e most simple and tasteful style of j ess, without a single jewel except a j minutive gold pin that fastened a < vtty neok ribbon?and you have a iut idea of the exhilarating freshness 1 Helen Snow. To a mind like that of ] iwrence Gray, suoli simple beauty is ; ce a volume of true poetry,- drawn | om the pure and cooling wells of nare. j Hut Lawrence was a man of infinite ] ct; and more than half suspecting j liva's moti ?es, he made his way iuto i io kitchen, to her unutterable dismay. < here sat Helen pariug apples for pies; ; it for the party, but for Lawrence ray?Eliva being anxious that there i iculd be something in the house " fit i ir him to cat." I The yonr.g man apologized; said he < id not like being alone; and wished to < b considered one of tho family. He i psircd to make himself useful too; and L'fore Elivu could realize the extent of is unheard of audacity, he was helping i [elen with tho apples 1 Then he began i > talk to the latter in the moat polite ! id agreeable manner; and Eliva was looked to hear her answer him plainly id unaffectedly as if he had been nocdy bnt a mere oonntry acquaintance, ud afterward, when Lawrenoe was ono to see the sugar bush with Niohois, his cousin took occasion to reprove er inexperienced friend for using snch reedom with a city gentleman, assuring er that ho would make fun of every ling she had said. Helon opened her bluo eyes. The: she shook her curls, smiling cheerfully " I don't beliove that," she said. " I he is a gentleman, he wouldn't make fm of anybody, that way, I am sure. Pel haps he thinks me simple?but I sup pose he will excuse it; for he know people in the country are different fron those in tho city." Eliva commiBscrated her unsuspcct ing friend, being thoroughly convince< that her cousin's only object in convers ing with lier was to amuse himself wit! her simplicity. Well, tho evening came; and so dit the invited guests; and likewiso tin greatest trial of pride Eliva had eve experienced. Larfrrenco having pre viously requested her to introduce bin to her friends, in order that ho migh be on familiar terms with them, sh< went through tho ceremony liko a mar tyr. How awkwardly the yonns: mei bowed aud shook hands ! How tin girls blushed at meeting, so unexpect odly, a Hue young gentleman from tin city ! What a horrid calico figure Jnn< Fairfield wore ; and what a gracelesi kuot was that into which her brother'i cravat was twisted I What clumsy booti Lizzie Wyman tramped about in?sin was so fearful of thoir soles I How small were the pretensions to fashioi displayed by any of their guests 1 Whai must Lawrence Gray think of all thes< things ? Eliva didn't know. Sho could only imagine. She shuddered to con template the scene. At one time sin had no idea she would have the fortitute to go through with it. She was afraid she might die ! But Lawrence seemed to like it. He talked with the young farmers about agricultural nft'.iirs until they had gained conHdeuce, Hnding that on certain sub jects they could teach him. He chatted with the girlp, and found out what books they had read aud what they liked; then passi g to gayer matters, jested about coming into the country to eettlo down among them. Besides, Lawrence was deeply concerned in the fate of the sugar. Every few minutes he would escape into the kitchen to see how it was getting along. Perhaps it was because Helen Snow was wutchpg the Hlowly boiling syrnp, the golden froth of which filled the shining copper kettlo; or it might have been the golden froth itself that culled him thither. I do not know which. He certainly talked gaylv with Helen: h?l at the same time lie tasted the luxurious liquid, by dropping a little from a ladle upon a pan of snow. Lawrence also was much interested in tbo experiment of ascertaining when the sugar was done sufficiently to grain. Helen taught it to him. It is this: Make a little hoop or bow of a splinter, or a straw which you may pluck from the broom, and plunge it into the boiling sugar in such a way as to have a heavy film adhere to it; then blow through the hoop, and if the dross of Bngar flies away, white and light like a feather?why the syrup has been over the fire long enough, and all you have to do is to cool it, and stir it to make it grain. Helen also explained to her new acquaintance that, as soon as the maple trees begin to bud, the sap becomes useless for sugar. You may boil it and boil it till you burn it up; but it will not grain. This appears to bo a provision of nature. At length the sugar " feathered then the keetle was removed from the Sire, and all things made ready for the feast. Nicholas' tub of snow was in demand. Basins and pans were filled; md the snow covered and deeply streakad with sugar which had been poured upon it, was passed around to the company. Boys and girls ate from the same Jishes, delighted; drawing the hard wax out of the snow and quarreling for it playfully. Some, however, took their mgar iu saucers, and cooled it by stirring to make it graiD. The kitchen was tho scene of this "sugaring off;" and tpo most periect Happiness prevailed. With one exception. Eliva did not like to eee Lawrenoo drawing wax with Ho'.en, in a corner by themselves. Having tried in vain to separate them, she gave up in despair, and was only miserable. Yet she would not acknowledge, aven to herself, that Helen was anything but a silly goose, and that Lawrence was not "making fun " of her. Was it possible that her oousin enjoyed himself as well as he pretended to ? Was it genuine good nature which saused him to appear so highly amused, when Jane Fairfield And Lizzie Wyman became engaged in a sweet combat, and Fought each other with ropes of wax ? Eliva felt more like crying with vexation I At length, after a few games had been played, and the company had danced a little to Edward Jones' playing on the Qute; after the guests had feasted on sugar, and exhausted all the iuventions A mirth, the party broko up and the young people began to tAke their leave. Eliva was congratulating herself with the reflection that it was all over; and that Lawrenoe would never see one of the "vulgar, odious company" again, when, to her infinite astonishmout and vexation, her cousin whispered in her 41.**4 a a. 11- ? mi umb lio unu uu^ageu to win a. 11 mo with Helen i How blind is pride 1 Eliva saw in this arrangement only the vanity of Helen, and the mischievous natnreof her cousin! She would not believe he had anv better motive than to amuse himself with the effect of his flattery I And although she was a little astonished that he did not "make fun" of her on his return, she would not ohange. Even on the following day, when Lawreuoe called on Miss Snow, Eliva silently accused him of malioe. How could she think of anything else as long as it was her settled conviction that, could he forget that she ever associated with suoh a people, he won hi adore her ; and he ' hopo that she should some day becom " Mrs. Lawrence Gray, and occnpy hi J1 house in the city! Bnt disenchantment came. It wa ' during the following autumn. Lawrence 8 having visited G. during the summer, wa Q at his unclo's house again. Eliva wa ilatteriDg herself that she was "cei '* tain of him." * "Coz," said he, sitting down by he side, "I've some thonghts of cha giu| 1 my way of living. I think I hav lived the dreary life of a bachelor Ion) * enough." 9 Eliva cast down her eyes discreetly. r " I hope you will make a good choioe, * she murmured. 1 "I think I have." ' Lawronce looked her full in tho faoe 9 She turned away modestly. " Ever since I have known aoythini 1 of the world," he continued, " I hav 9 believed that the man is less liable to b " deceived, who takes his wife from i 3 pnnnfrr hnmo fKon Vio 3 city born anil bred." 3 "Oh! Perhaps you are right I' 3 sighed Eliva. 3 "And I have chosen accordingly. 3 have come here for a wifo "? 7 " Here !" exclaimed Eliza, affectini 3 to be surprised. ^ " Yes?here, to the town of C.; and 3 have chosen?Helen Snow 1" ' Had her cousin declared an intentioi to select a consort from a tribe of Ea 8 quimnux, Eliva could scoroely have beei more surprised. So utterly unablo wa ' she to realize the startling truth, that i is generally thought she never beiievei 3 her cousin to be iu earnest until his mar ' riago with Helen actually took place, i ' short time ago; and oven now, iu her in " ability to undoratand how such thing 1 can be, she more than half believes tha 1 there was some sort of enchantmen 1 used on the night of her last?her fata 1 ?but never-to-be-forgotten sugar party Condition of the Jews. Iu the conrse of an articlo upoi 1 the coudition of the Jews in Eaeten Europe, the Republiquc Rrancaisi ' quotes some interesting statistics as t< 1 their nninbers both there and in othei ' countries. From these statistics it ap 1 pears that Jerusalem does not contaii 1 more than eight or nine thousand, ani 1 that the Jews are rather more numeroui 1 in North Africa than they are in Judea 1 There aro scarcely any Jews in Italy o 1 Spain, and in Greet Britain thev do no form more than one in a thousand o the inhabitants. In France they are ii ' the proportion of fonr to one thousant of the whole population, but this com ' paratively high proportion is due to th< fact that the Jews are very numerous ir the departments on the German frontier, tho Bas Rhin alone containing 20,935. ; In the annexed provinces of Alsace-Lor raine the Jews numbered 40,928 out ol a total population of a million and ti half, while in Switzerland there are onlj 7,087 Jews to a total population of more than 2,500,000. Germany, including tho Polish provinces and Alsace-Lorraine, contains no more than 512,16C Jews, while in Anstria they" numbei 1,376,000, or 3.8 per cent, of the whole population. Nearly a third of the Austrian Jews inhabit the province ol Galicia, where they form nearly an eighth of the whole population, and whore aj. the rate of increase observed during tho last twenty years they will eventually be in an absolute majority. Tho 63,000,000 inhabitants of Russian Europe comprise 1,820,100 Jews, who, until the recent decree authorizing them to reside in any part of the empire, were confined to certain districts in Southern Russia, to Gourland and the onoienl provinces of Poland. More than 1,600,000 of the Russian Jews reside in the Polish provinces, and as the inhabitant of those provinces number but 12,113,AOS 11 * uou, tuoy iurm more uiau eleven per cent, of the whole population, oatnumbering the Poles, properly so-called, by nearly half a million. The Jews are still more numerous proportionally in the kingdom of Poland itself, there be783,000, or thirteen per oent., in a total population of 5,706,000. In 1867, Hamburg contained 13,457 Jows out of a total population of 806,507 ; Berlin 27,565, out of 699,981, and St. Petersburg only 2,612, out of 539,128; while iu Warsaw there were 72,776 Jews in a totul population of 222,906. Their numbers have increaced since, and they now represent 35.9 per cent, of the whole population. What Blackbirdi Do. One day last season, as the barley in my fields was ripening, the blackbirds begun to gather about it, and my farmer begun to auathematize them as thieves and robbers, feeding upon what they did not sow. ' Why, they come," said he, 4'in clouds from Naushon, and all about us." Notwithstanding, I told him I was satisfied that they did more good than harm, and that they wc.re weloomo to their share. The harvest begun, and as the mowers reached thp middle of the flold they found the stalks of the grain were very much stripped and cut up by tun army worm, vvnen iuo uariey was down they begun to march out of the field in a compact stream through the barwav iuto the next ono, and hero wo saw clearly what the blackbirds were after. They pounced upon them and devoured them by thousands, very materially lessening their numbers. The worms were so numerous that they could not destroy them all, but they ma terially lessened them and their power of mi-chief. A.11 honor, theu, to tho blackbirds, whioh are usually counted mischievous, and are destroyed by farmers like vermin. These army worms returned after an interval of eight or ten i years. r TI1E FUNNY SIDE. e a K Story of n Ladr who wu Present at the ? 5 Train Robbery la Missouri. '? Concerning the Missouri Pacific ex- y H press robbery. Miss Peabody, an ex- jE f Jersey City lady, and now teaching a, school nt Denver City, who was on the captured train, gave the following interr esting statejnont to the Jefferson City 88 Tribune reporter : r* 0 " After leaving Otterville," said Miss ? ? Peabody, " I was dozing in a reclining chair?probably fast falling asleep. w ? Suddenly the train was brought to a ?1 halt, and a moment later a man rushed w hurriedly throngh the car. I believe n< ho was the express messenger. Some '* one asked what was the matter. The ol train is being robbed, that's what's the to ^ matter,' he hurriedly replied, and kept bi 6 on. Then all was commotion and con- sc 0 fusion. Tnolnilintr mraolf ?"iro ft throe tallies in the car. I confess that I j B was terribly frightened and thought I w ? slionld faint, but "?and Miss x'eabody laughed at the remembrance?"I saw a . tliat there was no one handy to catch or a caro for a persoD in a faint, and concluded to omit this part of the pro- . ^ gramme. Meanwhile shots were being j. tired on the outside, and we could hear ! numbers of men cursing and swearing. ? I suppose the shots were fired for the 1 pnrposo of intimidation. I believe our car was next to the smoking car. Di1 rectly the car door was thrown open, $2 a and in stalked two of the robbers. The OC ; leader put his hand on the shoulder of h( a brakeman aud said : 1 Hero, I want you,' aud hnstlcd him out. We thought ft they wore going to shoot him, but, I suppose now, they wanted him to iden- it ? tify the express messenger. It was raro re fun?I mean it is amusing to look back tfa ? at it now, nothing funny in it then?to nc 1 see the passengers concealing their valu- it ' ables. Hero you would ree a man with his boots off, cramming his greenbacks << in his socks ; several?Mr. Marshall, of ^ Fulton, among the rest?tossed their ^ 1 cash, watches, etc., into a coalbox; ^ 1 others were up on the backs of seats hunting holes for their pocketbooks. 3 Wherever anything could be concealed, r something was sure to find its way. "The conductor, exoited and nervous, j hurriedly passed through and told all . who had valuables to taKe care of them. . 3 The most ludicrous inoident I can now recall was when a sanctimonious looking J individual, evidently scared almost ont ti< : of his wits, broke forth with the old $4 familiar song: I'm going home to die a . j no more.' His quavering, doleful voice 20 1 echoed through the car with lugubrious be effect. Some of the male passengers tic 5 wore ungallant enough to interrupt him 1 with the remark that he had better be trc getting his money out of the way in- wj stead ol starting a camp meeting. Hav- ^ " ing finished the hymn, he arose and gave jjj, [ in his experience. He stated that he tri 1 had been a follower of the Lord for ever ho so many years?that he was a true and mj 1 consistent member of the church?that > he had never wronged a fellow being, ' but that if he was doomed to be murdered he wanted his remains forwarded . to his family in New York, and to write . 1 them that he bad died trne to the faith " | and in the hope of a glorious resurrectiou. The tumult outside continued. ' ' We could distinctly hear them pounding Ea( away at the Adams Express safe, and their coarse oaths and imprecations at re< 1 being delayed. Occasionally shots were m( fired. The leader of the robbers, a tall, 1 fine looking man, accompanied by one ?c 1 of his comrades, passed through the a 1 1 car. 4 You need not be hiding your JBJ 1 money,' said the leader, 4 we do not in- T1 J tend to disturb you.' He wore a red ' handkerchief over his faoe, with holes hif out for his eyes and mouth. Below the Pu 1 handkerchief appeared bis beard?very 1 loug, but probably false. His companion to was a smaller and a rougher looking to man. His mask was simply a white handkerchief tied over the lower portion of his face. The upper part was ' plainly visible. He remarked that we must consider them an awful set of rep- f0i robates. ??> il/i " Tho inqniry for arms showed three Sit pistols in oar car. One of these was lQl owned by a lady. Throughout the whole Fo affair she remained perfectly cool and wa collected, and refused to accommodate a ja t gentleman with the loan of her pistol. in< When Rome ono said this was the work < \ of the James boys, she laughingly re- we marked that her name was James, but the she hoped none of hor relatives were en- kn< gaged in suoh disreputable business. Qf The newsboy bad a pistol and made his fa way to the front platform. Looking np j}u the bluff, he descried the figure of a man and tired. In an instaut the shot hei was returned. The ball passed between in, the plucky newsboy and a gentleman to who wus aiso on the platform, and both ocu of them sought shelter without cere- Th mony. Thinking that the robbers might not fire U? i ough tho windows, I got off the He chair and took a position on the floor, org The sanctimonious New Yorker, who was aj] g ii..g away to dio no more, thinking, the doubtless, that I was engaged in prayer, ter soitiy approached and asked if I was ter props r od to die? I was not in a humor the to enlighten him upon the subjeot. We th? were detained about an hour, when the Ofl robber-1, having accomplished their pur- tin po?e, gave ua permission to prooeed. gh It was one of the episodes of my life Mi I shall never forget." toi wo A curious incident happened at the ne' representation of the drama "Fate," am in Liverpool, recently. A lady in the aft dress circlo was seen to watch the play at with iutense interest, and at the point caj when ono of the fomale characters gives thi the " villain " hush money, that he may inj not reveal her identity, the lady cried thi out; "It's a lie ; she gave him nothing." tin Facts and Fancies. Sixty-two thousand buffalo robes will o sent East from Benton, Montana, lis falL A horse oommitted suicide in lake illage, N. H., the other day, by drownig himself. He was siok, sad became aepondent. A correspondent of the Chicago Times ljs that the strut of a corporal in the gular army is grander than the stride f a general of volunteers. A man was knocked down by a robber hile walking with a woman on the edge f a precipioe near Cincinnati, and the oman ptkshed the robber over the bank, sarly killing himA Georgia man offers to pay a reward ' $500 for information whioh will lead > the conviction of an individual who roke np the engagement between himlf and his sweetheart. Clergyman to Tommy?" What shall give yon for a present!" Tommy, ho respects the cloth, also truth, nn sitatiugly : I?I think I should like testament, and I know I should like popgun 1" Professor of mathematics (illustrating freshman that the sides of a prism are ) surface, not its oontents)?" When a ilor makes for me a suit of clothes, >es he make the man!" Freahy, with idity?"Yes, sir!" The national debt of England is about 1,880,000,000; of Franoe, about $4,700,*0,000; of the United States (whioh, iwever, is gradually being paid off), Hint $2,240,000,000. These are the >nviest national debts. A minister asked a boy what o'clock was. "About twelve, sir," was the ply. "Well," quoth the minister, "I iought it had been more." "It's >ver any more here," said the boy; jnst begins at one again." The Pine Bluff (Ark.) iVess says: A lady just returned from Louisville lis us that it is all the fashion now for e ladies in that metropolis to paint ch morning, while arranging their ilet, a black streak under each eye." Should a man frequently calculate his come and expenditure he would eapo many a bitter refleotion, for he net be lost to every generous feeling pride and honest principle who wan ly incurs debts he cannot discharge. In 1875 the United States had in opera>n 74,858 miles of railroad, costing :.fi5A.32&A<Ul anil MrninB 44/13 5*Ml 7Aft fear. They transported that year over 0.000.000 tons, and passengers ntuniring more than five tunes the popula>n of the cuuntry. Mr. Martell, of Oognao, France, is iveling in this country. We do not sh him ill, but we would be pleased have him sample some of the brandy afc is sold as his. He would then obn an idea of how vast in resources, w infinite in ingenuity the human nd is. A.n apparatus for reviving persons arly drowned is exhibited in Paris. ie body of the drowned patient is put an air-tight vessel, with his head proiding. A pump then draws the air in d out of the vessel, which tends to ike his breast heave and his lungs >ve, as in breathing. Mr. Forsyth said in Parliament in a sent debate that the present law of irriage in Scotland was a crying scan1. At present, if a man and woman in otland, perhaps half tipsy, said before witness, " This is my wife," ' This is Y husband," it is a lawful marriage, tere was a well known story of the eldest a of a Sooth peer, having quarrel ed with i father, went into a house of bad rote iu Edinburgh and acknowledged a iman there as his wife. This was held he a good marriage, and he was tied f hia wAman all tiia It fa Sitting Ball's Esrly Life. Major Robert Nugent, of the Twentyirth United States infantry, gives the lowing sketch of the early history of iting Bill. He is a Sionx or Dakota dian. For several years he lived at rt Rioe, on the Missoari river, and s known as a "Blanket Indian." This \ term of soorn or derision among the liana, and is applied to Indians who lang around " the military posts and ar the white man's blanket instead at 5 Indian's bnflalo robe, for yon must ow that the robe is the Indian's badge manhood. One day, for what reason not known, a soldier struck Sitting 11 a blow. That was the blow in 4 ose train has followed a long list of roio deeds and whioh has shaped the lian policy of the United States, and which the death of Ouster and his nmand may be immediately traced, at blow aroused the spirit of a great tl which until then had lain dormant, i at onoe flew to the desert, where ha fanized a band from the disaffeoted of tribes and made unrelenting war on > wmtes; ana from tnat period, about i years ago, to this, he has been the ror of the country, from the falls of i Missouri to Fort Randall, and from > borders of Montana to Devil's lake. l the seventeenth of May, 1868, 8itg Bull attacked the village of Muaaell ell, one of the tributaries of the upper xseuii. I was at the time encamped h a detachment of troops near the vn, and but for the aid I offered he uld have taken the plaoa. He reived his attack on the twenty-fourth .1 captured nineteen head of cattle, er killing two of my men, who were the time guarding the herd. I restored the nerd. All accounts agree it he is a brave man and an enterprisx warrior, and reoent events indicate it he is possessed of some, at least, of j higher qualities of generalship. > ;