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THE LORD'S PRATER[The following beautiful poem is said to ?ave been written by King James I, though >y some it is ascribed to Bishop Andrews.] [f any are distressed and fain would gather tame comfort, let them hasten unto Our Eather. tar we of hope and health are quite bereaven Jnless Thou succor us Whc art in Heaven. rhou showest mercy, therefor for the same iVe praise Thee, singing. Hallowed be Thy name. )f all Thy miseries cast up the sum, ihow us Thy joys, and let Thy Kingdom come. Ve mortals are, andalterjfrom our birth, ?hou constant art; Thy will be done on Earth. 'hou madest earth, as well as the planets seven; Tby name is blessed here. As it is in Heaven. iothing we have to use, or debts to pay, Except Thou give it to us, Give us this day. therewith to clothe us, where to be fed, ror without Thee we want Our daily bread. Ne want, but want no faults, for no day passes Jut we do 6in? Forgive us our trespasses. Jo man from sinning ever free did live; 'orgive us, 0 Lord, our sins, As we forgive. f we repent our faults, Thou ne'er disdained us, Ve pardon those That trespass against us. 'orgive us that is passed, a new path tread us, )irect us always in Thy Faith, And lead us, Ve, Thine own people and Thy chosen nation, nto all truths, but Not into temptation! 'hou that of all good grace art the giver, :uffer us not to wander, But deliver Is from the fierce assaults of the world and devil, Lnd flesh, so shalt thou free us From all evil. 'o these petitions let both church and laymen nth one consent of heart and voice, say Amen. The Ancient and Modem Jew. *Ke Celebrated /tit* tJNrfxm /WwwwT mt the late Commencement of Yale College. BT LOUIS HOOD, NEWARK, N. J. Mankind loves to linger in the gtllcies of antiquity. The monument* of he past are apt to fill us with thoughts ublirne ; yet the sublimity is due not to h?ir age, but to the incorporated repreentation of am ther country. They are cte in the great drama of the world, cenes of which we ourselves are wit* lesses. They are the indices of the ;reat flood of ideas which streams hrough time. They are dear to us for omparison's sake?comparison which eveals the will ot a higner power ma letrays the course of human developooDt. A moment of this character, he coropletest monument of how the lauio of thought leaps from ago to age, 3 the Jew. Once politically united, ben dispersed and trodden in the dust, tow scattered but reconciled to humanly?what phenomenon can be more ineresting ; what more instructive ? There are two fundamentals into which he genius of Judaism can be analyzed: fehovah and a universal priesthood; or, o speak in less biblical terms, the idea f the unconditioned unity in the unieree and of a free, moral humanity. They are the essence of the Jew's manifestations, though the garb in which this spcnce is clothed has changed with pochs and surroundings. Tbo essence s constant; the garb, variable. The ssence is the Jew ; the garh, the colored ;lass through which he appears as anient or modern. Yet the essence, * 1 Von in ifo infpp. I (lOUgn CUUMaui, uao lai.vu .u ?? >retotion. Jehovah at first, wa9 rather >mnipotence, than omniscience. Not ill the Persian captivity did he be;ome the Heing of beings. So too a iniversal priesthood has been diversely ixplained. Antiquity saw in it a vision >f universal empire; hence, the personal Messiah, and nationality. The modern vorld conceives it to be a universal ipiritual state; henco the Messianic itatc and cosmopolitism. Notice the liflertnces which this change hag effected rhe ancient Jew was exclusive, the mod:rn is participative; the former was etrospective, the latter is prospective ; * -?i ;he one was conservative, me uiuer is iberal. The ancient sought for a his!orj peculiarly his own ; the modern finds the realization of his aims when he shall no longer need a special chapter in history. The former saw in the Mosaic Law the perfected code for humanity ; the latter sees therein the true principles of life, which possess the adaptability for an unshakeled development The one regarded the Talmud as authority in dogma and in practice . the other discards it in both. The immortality of the soul, let me add here, is commou to the ancieut and the modern. The religion of the ancients seemed fitted for a single nation, and for n particular country ; that of the modern is for all nationa and all countries. It was peculiarly defensive with the ancient; it is aggressive, with the modern. In general, modern Judaism clothes itself, in the vestments of a religion for humanity. It aims to ho a religion of life, free from dogma, with virtue and morality the corner-stone of its existence, with God alone as supreme. It lifts itself to the beigbtof science, rejecting whatever may c conflict. If is a path to god, and teaches that service in God means & life of righteous duty. Ethnographically, the Jew is a being of particularistic and uuiversalistic ten* dcnciea ; with the former predominant among the ancient, with the latter predominant among the modern, yet each manifesting traces of the other. His ritual laws are particularistic, his moral code univeisalistic; the priest is an emblem of the former, the prophet of the latter, peculiarity. In bis literature, < history, customs, manner, language and i religion, you will find them both. D'Isreali rectgnizes this truth when he savs. "with the Isrealite everything is I ancient, nothing absolute." If particularistic to cast forth from himself all i idolatry, was he Dot universalistio in I things irrelevant to this ? Was Jerusalem to bim his only home ? Ifabylon, do < thou acquit him of the charge ! Did he reject the learning of non-believers as ' profane 7 Athens, unroll the records and suffer not thosa that imbibbed the re' freshing drink of tby philosophy to be convicted ! Were the high principles of his morality confined within his own ! circle and blood ? Read his law and ob- ? serve that the idea that all peoples were ; to participate in the blessing promised | to him is a tenet of his religion. Was j there not full equality between him and i the stranger in whatever pertains to jus- i I tice and right ! Were Dot love ana Dens ificence to be extended to all? Aye, did i he not give birth to that Phariseeism, i which had for its sole aim all that which makes the Jew modern, the reconcilia- I tion of hi9 life and religion to tho spirit ' of the times f i Mark now, this, his greatest pecus i liarity. The Jew is the union ot con- i trary traits: reconciles enthusiasm with i acuteness of intellect; has capacity for 1 stability and progress, subjectivo and i objective inclinations. From his heart i flows the burning pathos of Hebrew . poetrry; flow zealous patriotism and < glowing conversation; flow liberality, i magnanamity, and a general desire of t the great and sublime. From his intel- i lect flows the Hebrew language, which i in its original state presupposes great I acuteness; flows the subtlety of Talmud < disputations. The heart is the origin t of his frenzy, rashness, want of grace; \ tho intellect of incoherent thought, lack t of system and arrangement. The for- 1 rner explains his love for ceremony and j t blindness to innovation; the.latter Jul I mele nn+tout uu progressivenetw. Tn^i * heart gives birth to his tolerance and i egotism; the intellect to adaptation to s environment. Otherwise he is rather i passively receptive than actively origi- a " ?* - 1 nal ; has quickness or perception, ana i a pertntss at repartee, while in his phan-<, c tasv, strong family disposition and ex-1 r cessiveness of love and hatred, he dis- \ plays the great feminine propensity of c the race. The remark that woman re- c joices most when she delights man, the t Jew most when he pleases Gentile, is c strikingly true. The ethnographical peculiarity has, t however, no parallel in the ordinary i life of the Jew. IJo dressed and lived c in antiquity, and he does now, as Gentiles do. He imbibed then, and he does now, the spirit of the people he associates with. The Frenchmen is spirituelle. Is the French Jew not so/ Integrity, solidity, and reserve are all the charac- ' teristics of the Englishman- Tbey are 1 likewise those of the English Jew. Un- 1 der Castilian skies, amid the luxuries of J Southern nature, Spanish and Moorish f society has giveu him the tinge of her 1 own knighthood; while Italy and Gcr- c many have impressed their traits upon * the domiciled exile. And the Ameri- c can Jew presents all the diversities of 1 tbo American lnn&Diiant. What now as to the Jew's influence * on the industrial and intellectual developmcnt of the world ? In both he has 1 participated; yet his rclatious to the * two differ. The cause is the same? i oppression Tt forced him to apply his intellect and time to satiate the rapacity > of his persecutors. Ilencc the quietude ] of mind and comfortableness of life so essential to marked intellectual improve* uient were wanting to develop men of science and philosophy. Ilistoty, therefore. shows him to us an active agent < in the industry of the world, a passive 1 participator in its thought. 1 In antiquity the Jews' pursuits were 1 eminently honorable. Agriculture and 1 cattle-raising developed first; the domes- 1 tic trades soon followed, while comm;rco was not far behind. The Middle Ages ' behold him infusing the elements of < development into occidental towns, ' weaving many an Asiatic thread into ' the fabric of European civilization, ini- 1 tiating banking systems, and making himself in general indispensable. His < Btrong commercial activities to-day are 1 universally known. Goldwin Smith ' disparages him beeauso his politics are < thoHO of wealth ! Much rather to his 1 praise, if his wealth be but honest. For 1 wealth makes good citizens*; wealth ad- 1 varices the progress of civilisation. Knowledge has ever been a venerated theme witli the Jew. He was as zealous to drink of its waters in antiquity as he is to-day Were not the schools of the ancient a force in his perpetuation on earth ? Did not Moses command to read the Law ? Did not the proverb "The sage is greater than a prophet" take its origin with him f Did not Ilillcl say, "who gains not knowledg loses f " Plato and Aristotle, DesfJartcs. Hegel and Kant arc known to him. His own literature is to abundance rich. One eminent philosopher, Spinoza, he has himself produced, and he prides himsolf on Maimonidss and Mendelssohn. W ith hig emancipation he has actively entered into general literary pursuits; philosophy, history and philology, engaging f AMDEN, S. C., AUGUS1: his special attention. Otherwise he is doctor, poet, jurift, economist, and states mao. His modern literature, like that of therest of the world, differs from the ancients in scientific treatment. To the higher arts ho has also aspired, and Meddelssohn, Moscbeles and Myerbeer are stars on4his horizog. Need we speak in higher terms than those uttered to derogate, yet expressive of the greatest praise : "obstinate Judaism writhes and twists itself through all sorts of obsta* cits, and whenever i new culture arises, it fastens upon it, to suck up into itself its essence." Literature has been most unkind to ? ? 1 1 J.J . Lhe Jew. ins vices nave L>een aegraueu; his virtues disparged^A monstrosity in greed and malevolence is her common delineation. Even Sbakspenre has drawn a sorry and faithless picture of him, unless it is intended as a specimen of the worst element in the Jew's most fallen state. In all of England's ponderous literature, George Eliot's iMordecni alone standsTorth as a true representative of the Ancient Jew. Germany, in Lessing's Nathan, has furnished the counterpart?the modern Jew. Mordecai possesses the learning, inward wealth, and spiritualism of the greatest Jewish leaders, and is, at the fame time, that which is so characteristic of Jewish leaders?a layman. Great ' in mind, he was wise in resignation?a mender of watches, Ifeep as the philosopher, he cannot be called to mind a>ithnut. hi? fnmilc Inv<\. Tn his exci-1 Led moments the inspired voice of the prophet; in every day life, the English shop-keeper. Ho is tiro impersonation of Jewish resistance, of. Jewish wholesouledncss. He is ge^le and tender, surely not free from biar, but free from hatred. He is "mystic" and "vague," is Judaism is mystic and vague. He is "impossible" as the Jew is impoasiblc. A. personal Messiah and the resumption )f Palestine by the Jews are his constant longings. He desires to perpetuus that which history, perhaps, eminently proves?that the Jewish religion s the religion of the race exclusively. Seperateness is the general tone of his ibaracter. The scene of his activity, oo, is important. It ms in England, vhere progress is etamped upon evorjhing. To be conservtfive there, to be etrospective there; trfty ancient! Noice especially here the contrast with Nathan. In tha Oikut, with every.ut~r . ....fu'j mm n?? r-1" iouB past, amid the very ruins of Jerualem, Nathan appears. Yet what is rerusalem on her rains to him ? He ee? in th?m rather the tokens of a mision accomplished, perhaps, thfough irror in conception. To bim, if we nay make bold enough to read the unwritten by the written?Jerusalem is ndeared for her past, but the salvation if his race she shall never be. He is he active, diligent, progressive, occi* lental Jew. It is a matter of no importance here, whether Leasing intended to teach T)e? sm or tolerance. To me the meaning >f the drame lies in the words ; 'Is Ghristian or Jew, more Christian or Jew, , Than he is the man ?" . Leasing raises us beyond the narrow* less of sects, into the province of true eligion, into recognition that we are nen. And in his capacity as man, Nathan seems perfect. Whatever virue, whatever nobleness, whatever purty of heart, what love, charity, honor, >r honesty we can conceive of, they arc ill in him. Learning, correctness of lonception, broadness of view, religious olerancc, these aro all there. Lcss'ng, too, gives us a glimpse of the few's Messianic state. Lav-brother?"Nathao ! Nathan !you iro a Christian !?By God, you are a jhristiau! Abetter Christian never vasl Nathan?Well for us! For what Hakes mc Christian in your eyes, makes fou, in mine, Jew ! 1 A Lot? Trajedy In Texas. About two years ago a Mexican youth )f this city became attached to a young ady whom he had known from childlood, and recently engaged himself to icr for marriage, against the will of her parents. I lis namo is Jose Madrid and iers Jesusita Chavez. Jose is a train nastcr, and shortly after the engagement departed with a train for a West* ;rn post. While absent, a rival for her hand appeared in the person of a well !o do couutryman by the name of Jesgp Zepoda. The latter, having the advantage of Jose in age and wealth, was encouraged by the girl's parents, who protested 1 * * mniipiitniV .TaOA strongly against, uei iu?ujiufi Jesus went to the girl's parents, assurod Lhcrn of his love for their daughter, asked that she be given him, and was cheered by a favorable response. The girl declared that she loved Jose and not Jesus, and vowed that she would marry whom sho pleased For her persistency in her love for Jose, last Thursday she was severely punished by her father. Saturday evening last wns appeintcd as tho occasion for the wedding. Jesus runde extensive preparations, and the parents of the girl devoted considerable money to their side of the programme. Thursday evening, however, Joso returned frrom his Western trip, and as soon as he rcnchod the city, Jesusita sought him out and told him the whole story of what had happened during his absence. Seeing that he bad not only a strong competitor, but tho parents of his inamorata to contend against, Joso aad Jesusita arranged an elopement. ??t! P 20,1878. The girl would escape either by the front or the rear of her home and End a hack awaiting her to convey her to the arms of her lover, but Jesusita's parents suspected the arrangement and guarded her all night, thus defeating the elopement scheme. The next morning the father of the girl, after a caucus with the relatives on both sides, agreed to bring the two rivals faco to face with Jesusita that she might decide between them which she preferred. The meeting occurred. Everything was silent, when the father arose and informed the daughter that she could now make her choioe. > . .L!- 1 T -L. -1J fiU. At mis juncture jesus, tue eiucr ui me two lovers, his eyes sparkling with determination, stepped forward, confronting Jose. Looking him sdunrely in the face, exposing a bright, new revolver stowed away in his bosom, aod then stooping down and polling the right leg of his pantaloons over the top of his boot, exposing another revolver, Jesus said : "Jose, I bought these pistols, one for you and one for myself; I got them to be used io the settlement of this disputo. If Jesusita determines here to marry you and discards me, I shall insist on your meeting me as a man for her preference. If you will not end this matter with me I will shoot yeu for being a coward." Joso made no response, and not being ? ???J n M I A finh ^ MAMmittAil ai uiuuy uui ccii iu^ kaj u^uvf |n;imiuci\i himself to be completely bulldozed. Jesusita, fearing that Jesus would hurt Jose, and under 'he momentary fright and consternation following Jesus' speech, ran to the arms of the latter and cried, "I will take you." This ended the matter for the time being, but the girl despised the man she had chosen. Jesus and Jesusita were married Saturday evening at the Cathedral of Sanfernando, the affair proving quite interesting; but the girl was unhappy, and after the marriage refused to recog- , nize her husband. She spent the whole night upon her feet, tearing herself from her husband's embraces, and keeping distant from him. Yesterday morning the troubled woman obtained one of her husband's pistols. Stepping out in the yard she placed the muzzle near the heart and fired, the ball passiog through her body, leaving an ugly wound. She now lies at the point of death, while her husband, who sits by her bedside, is fully penitent of his folly.?Sin Antonia Cor. Chicago Timet. ? Alarming1 for Third Term Men. General Grant Ineligible, Being a Britith Citizen. A correspondent of the Rochester Union and Advertiser, raises the truly alarming issue that "Grant is now, and for several years must remain, ineligible to ativ elective office under the covern meat of (be United States or of any State. ' You will remember," ho says, "that in the year 1877, 6oon after the close of his second term, he left the United States, and has since been in Europe, and is now there on an extended pleasure trip. Upon his arrival in England he was the recipient of many honors from the people and the rulers of Great Britain, among which, and to. which I call the attention of all concerned, he was olectcd or chosen or appointed as by the laws of Great Britain provided, a freeholder of the city of London, which he accepted, and by that acceptance and presentation he thereby become a citizen of the corporation of London, entitled to a voice in its government, and eligible to its Lord Mayoralty. "Upon such acceptance, and at the time of its being confered, he signed his name to the charter, or such instrument in law as the corporation provides for signature upon admission of new , citizens. That he also took the oath of allegiance to such corporation, which ( is but another form of naturalization , under the laws of Great Britain. That he is now, in fa?t as in law, a subject of the Queen, and by such fact has ceased to bo a citizen of tho United States, and is therefore ineligible to any position under our laws until ho has passed the requisite term of years nftcr his return nnd has been through the agonies of naturalization?a term of years that bars him from the canvass of 1880, if not for all time as" to the Presidency of the United States. I submit this nut for our Republican friends to crack." A ReJacted Lover's Revenge. Taking a seat just behind the happy pair in church, he racked his brain for means of revenge, and looked like seventeen OthelloH concontrated in one, Finally a ghastly smile crept over his " t - ' 1 t IP . !. I!. j 1 lace, nc raiseu nan up in nm seat, anu nabbed a largo black bug that was crawling on a pillar hard by, and gently dropped him down between hits unconscious rival's shirt colar and neck, and then calmnly leaned back with a virtuous and christian air of satisfaction. The bug soon made his presence felt, and that other'fellow began to twitch and scratch himself against the back of his sect and look uneasy, and cast unhappy glances at tho ministor and affecting ones at the fair being by his side. The bug evidently grew more impatient at his imprisonment, and turned himself loose, grappling around with a recklessness very suggestive of of big black spiders or scorpions ; and that other fellow could stand it no longer ; but bolting upright, cast one wild, startled look at the congregation, cleared tho space between him and the door at two bounds. Handicraft?Glove-making. 'v| ' 'IMW* ! f NUMBER 6. . 1 Wild Horses in Kansas. It is a well known fact that from time to time immemorial herds of wild t horses have roamed over the plains ot 1 southwestern Kansas. Their origin no 1 man knows. It may date back to the < early Spanish conquest of the country, i It has been exceedingly difficult to cap- < ture them, the metho pursued having < been to run down and lasso tbem with < fleet horses Latterly, however, it has < been ascertained that they can be cap- ? tured in herds. The method is to get < ud an outfit of a fast walkincr team on a ? I t O wagon carrying provisions and camp c supplies, and three or four riding po- c nies and as many men. When a herd 1 is found they are kept moving, no ef- I fort being made to drive them in any 1 direction.. The team and ponies arc c not driven faster than a walk, and every 1 opportunity is embraced of cutting i across to save distance. The wild bor- t scs are kept in motion until dark, being t given an opportunity to graze during i tho day. At night they are too tired 1 to graze, and will lie down. The pur- 1 suers camp, feed their horses from grain t which they carry with them, and are up t by daylight, have breakfast and start i again. This is kept up day after day. 1 Every day takes some of the scare and wild out of them; they become accusA J A. _ 'Ai .fit. 1 1 L lomea 10 sigat 01 mc mcu on norauun';* and the team, find that thej are not j going to be hurt bj them, and tired , and leg-weary from constant travol and a little feed, and in from eight to ten day? t will allow the men to ride in among 0 them and drivo them in any direction. t They aro then headed for the ranch, j. and are quite tame and docile by the n time they get in4 They are of the pony a order, such as aro used in thu cattle g business, make good riding ponies, and. p when thoroughly broken, good teams j for light driving in that country. They t Bell, when broken to ride, at 816 to 825 j per head, and when broke to ride and t drive from 860 to 875 per span. 0 . f A Terrrible Tragedy Under the In- t fluence of the Moon. c In the dark path of the late eclipse * across Texas, 116 miles in width, there t were thousands of ignorant people, both c white and black, who had not heard C that anything pejuliar was about to hap- ( pen. Many of these people the eclipse' I surprised at work in their fields. Many. r ludicrous scenes are reported. Espe- a ? ?t.? pinuiatfon of United States ' Senator Coke, near Waco, was it that 0 the negroes went to praying, believing tl verily that the day of judgment had h come. A terrible tragedy in Johnston county may be set down to the eclipse. Epbraim Miller, colored, with his family of wife and four children, lived near jj Buchanan, in that county, whither he t, had removed from Tennesse six months D ago. On the morning of the eclipse j he said that ho had heard the world ? was coming to an end that evening, and ^ if so, be intended to be so sound asleep t: tho trumpet of the Angel Gabriel could tj not awaken bim. When the oclipie t; commenced and the darkness of totality 0 came on he ran from the field to his Q house with a hatchet in his hand. He jf was followed by a negro woman named a Nancy Ellison, who also thought the r world was coming to au end. As she ( got to tho house Miller's wife rushed t out under the same delusion, and look- ^ ing up at the beautiful corona of light around the black moon, screamed, j, "Come, sweet chariot!" at the same time rushing across a cotton field wring- | ing his hands. In tho meantime, Mil- t ler, wishing to take his ten-year-old boy t with him to the other side of Jordan, raised his hatchet and split his head ( open. Leaving the latter weltering in t his blood and struggling in the last 3 throes of death, the father, on a ladder, t ascended to the top of the house. Here with a new razor he cut his throat from car to ear, and he fell to the ground a corpse. His two little daughters escaped by hiding under a bed. ? c What Voices Indicate. There aro light, quick, surface voices that involuntary seem to utter : "I won't do to tic to." The man's words may assure yon of his strength of purpose and reliability, yet his tono contradicts his speech. Then thcro nro low, deep, strong voices, where the words seem ground out as if tho man owed humanity a grudge, and meant to pay it some day. The man's opponents may tremble and his friends trust his ability to act. Thero is tho course, boisterous, dictatorial tono invariably adopted by vulgar people who have not sufficient miWimtmn to understand their insiernifi *" " ? G caoco. There is tho incredulous tone, that is 1 full of a covert sneer, or secret, "you J can't <3upo me, sir," intonation. Then there is a whining, beseeching ' voice that says "sycophant" as plainly as if it uttered the word. It cajoles and ' flatters you; you are everything that you should be. Then there is the tender, musical, compassionate voice that sometimes goep < with sharp features, but always with ' genuine benevolence. ' If you arc full of affectation and ' pretense, your voice proclaims it. If you are full of honest strength and ! purpose, your voice proclaims it. 1 If you are cold and calm and firm and persistent, or ficklo and foolish and de- 1 ceptive, your voice will be equally truth telling. You cannot change your voice from a natural to an unnatural tone without its being known that you are so doing. A grocer both sells bis goods and gives them a weigh. ADVERTISING RATES. Time. 1 in. } col. } col. 1 col. I week,$1 00 $5 00 $9 00 $15 00 I " 1 75 7 50 12 25 20 00 i " 2 50 9 00 15 25 24 00 1 ? 3 00 10 50 18 00 27 60 ) " 3 60 11 75 20 50 31 00 1 " 4 00 12 50 22 75 34 00 1 " 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 00 i " 5 00 14 00 20 00 40 00 1 mos 6 50 17 00 32 00 50 00 1 " 7 50 19 00 39 50 59 00 5 " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 ) ? 9 50 30 00 59 00 105 00 12 " 10 25 35 00 68 00 120 00 nr Transient advertisements must be accom? >anieil with the cash to Insure Insertion. A Closely Guarded Weight. There is deposited at the Mint, Broad street, Philadelphia, a troy pound reight, which is kept under duplicate locks and seals. There is a curious bis* iory connected with this-weight. By it is determined the standard to which !hc accuracy of the gold and silver coins )f the United States must attain. The sommission appointed by the President io test the coins and make the annual issay use this weight, and on these oc* msions it is taken from its carefully guarded seclusion, and it shows the ao juracy or inaccuracy of the production# >f the various mints in this country. This little cylinder is copied from a troy >onnd weight preserved in the Tower of [iondoti, and on this latter the coinage ?f Grsat Britain rests for reliability. This exact witness of financial integrity 6 "arefully preserved pnd guarded from ampering hands. At the conclusion of he assay commission's labors the weight s intrusted to the care of a judgo of the Jnited States district court, the colector of the port and the director of he mint, locked up and solemnly scaled or another year, only to appear twelve nonths after and show which mint has >een derelict in.its work. The Street of Nations. A Paris correspondent gives this tern about the expositiou: One of the ooet curious features of the exposition, nd one that first attracts general atention, is the Street of Nations. One 1 the sides of this avenue is a series of ypical facades, that is, of fronts of luildings erected by the exhibiting lations, and each of a special type of rchitecturc. That of tho United states is a credit to Mr. Henri Hette, ngineer, who directed the building. 3y its proportions, its harmony, and be caro in its details, it answers to the dca ot a thoughtful and practical na? ure. One lingers before this specimen f a triendly dwelling-house, or a useul establishment, so pleasing and atractivc by its elegant simplicity and harming coloriog. Sweden and Norray show an edifice of firewood, with a ower, and the reproduction of an old lock of the tenth or eleventh century ; jrreece, a house of the time of Pericles; /hina, an actual house brought from 'ekio. Spain has a rich facade where emembrances of Grenada and Seville re gathered. The Russian architect ras inspired, it is said, by the palace 1 L'aiomma, near Moscow, witmo r*<~? he Great was born. It is impossible o finish the catalogue. White Indians. "Montana Charlie," a scout, who ived in the Sioux country for about welve years, says there are two while len in Sitting Bull's camp, foe is fajor Pease, who was dismissed to disrace from the Fourth Infantry of Jnited States troops in 1861, while sta? ioned somewhere in Kansas,since which ime he has been living and acting with he Indians. He has the full confidence f the Indians, stands high in tho estimation of the great Sioux warrior, aod i to all intents and purposes an Indian, renegade from and an enemy of his ace. The other man is named John )'Brien, and he was taken prisoner at he timo of the Cu&ter massacre, and is leld in captivity. He has been adopted nto the tribe, and has a squaw wife, bat i under the strictest surveillance to revcnt escape. The scout has seen and alked with both these men, and knows hat they aro with these Indians under hese circumstances. O'Brien is suplosed to be the only survivor of tho it aster massacre. Ho was wounded wice, and while lying in the bushes was aved by a squaw whom ho knew some ?. ima previous at Fort Abercrombie, Boys will be Boys. She had invited him to supper, and 10 was trying to appear easy and unconcerned, while she was on her pret* iest behavior. "Have you used the sugar, John?" ? it. ~a?L*. <n minninrr man-, , nquireu iuu muiuci, iu muuiug ?ier. "John don't want no sugar," ejacula* cd the young heir, abruptly. "Why not?" inquired the father, cu* iously, while John, in his surprise, wallowed a bit of toasted crust and tearly cut his throat open. ; "Cos he don't," explained the heir, u an artful manner; "I heard him tell tfary last night?v nV~., I-.A? elill " I n f.irrii ntfld MtTV. IUU licsp akin, luvv > ~|" J, n an hysterical inapner, while the roung man caught hu^reath in dis? nay. "I heard him say," persisted the heir vith dreadful eagerness, "that she was io sweet he shouldn't never use no more sugar any more?and then he kissed ler, an' I said I'd tell, an'?" The young heir was lifted out of the oom by his car, and the supper was inished in moody silence. It is told of that distinguished sollicr, Sir Phillip Sidnoy, that being ibout to wash his hands after a hardfought battle, ho had just taken up the joap and turned on the warm water, when he perceived a particularly grim <oldier at his sido. Handing the soap to the soldier, with the now historio words, "Thy necessity is greater than mine," Sir Phillip turned away, and went, unwashed, to his virtuous couch.Gold and cynical indeed must be the man who can read this anecdote without a thrill of admiration and a sudden mi;.t of tears. What the milkman never treats you to?A nice cream. /