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VOLaiX. OriMwamuHit-r-r Jzjpaqgaeuxr. ~ Tfio Ch'-'v'.stcT. A»vw i n tho uijnirtor r pptftS _ t •nr.,- (m tlio bovK-'-* < r Ihq JcanoBa linden tr -i i; ETti nv on tho *11cn« m o«:b and squares that ~.r frcvwj Ui?»6-r I'LHirasriiigr <lm,n-<:rop;dnfr hlg-h ai)fl nturhor, , Ir> ld( f IliecliuuHt, w,:t . a tho shadnwy choir, Dimliurna'itK- Hlie ilghtson vnjieiroqs . Roan; j ■ ‘ Dn.wmtl a 1*0 thfl e of droned Ittanler; Hiurred Hu tu dro.^if r tin.- voice of priest and choir. Cold hath uumlttd sirntj to tlumborhere! Hut h.ak. Oio* swift k .*:;; «c,Si-S.ttii;like a lark, ftci i‘es the s JlmoRs; throba that soul of :.i<-, I-ou's around »rcii and isk* r Hoods eclioia^ dark . ^ • With c'xquL-iwkfpiration; higher and high er, V. urn* If u/jg) anprursh of untold derire. —John ,\ddfnston Symonds. Leader. 5 !. —-—. Tlir: '';n, «, i.i.ur as the Moors drew near, UrcetSil ihat his < Ulcers Rhould load d is eorisn* to battle moiin!c*t on the sided r Ho rode through nil tjie H; tan,of hfe career, 'i'liejr did. Wherever towered tliar chiaftaln dear, For victory'thero was tm other need. The foe's [ loin fro11tTka^broken like a reed ^ , And he wi.s S4*aite ed tan. rale of fear. Be^Jihe that Arthur o:' rejrunntlc Spain, “•Jwqwi, deed, th * lofty ones of all tho r.?es Fti I .< tebuso'er tl woi hl':* vast battle-plain, I'li* ii tho fn'tiilul steeds oL history’s pages; Ar.d. hy ti eir presene ', rally and sustain. 'Wi*. st the ».rent War ’twUt’l rutii and l*:«*cr n-pfs. —Krank.in E Dusnn.'Tn 3 he Current. wan .’.iiij. , i wajg'js ' :1* Till: DAltTHQLDI STATL' I'hlr yrancu’s (ircat Ktntue—Jti History— Ollier y.lutacs. up mro.ugn the statno to tho Load, whence the stairs will continue through the uplifted arm to tlu^ torch hold iu the hand. Upon the small balcony be neath tho torch l here is standing room foi- fifteen peraoits. Thu height of tho jenljro affair Is reckoned, as follows: Height of base of foundation above high-water mark..thUst; height of foun- datiou-mass, 53 febl; height of pedestal, 117 feet; height of statue, 151 foct- ■ TOTAL 82'J FEET. I ' This raises tho torch several feet above the pinnacle of Trinity church spire, tlty loftiest edifice in tho city proper, and makes it nearly as high as the water-tower on the bluff near High Bridge, which ia the Jdgheat point above the sea-level iu tho city. An in comparably beautiful view will bo had of tho harbor, the city, -and the sur rounding Country from tho apex of tho statue. Aside from its value ns an earnest of French good will, as an artistic tri umph, and .as- an observatory, the statue will bo useful as a lighthouse. A powerful electric light will ithtmin- ato tho world by night from the lyreh, while a coronet o. lights will bo placed on the spurs of th‘o diadem. It is cal culated that these lights will bo visible on a clear night at atlistan- e of ciglity- oigTlt miles at sea. This will make tho jftjituo one of tho most important light houses OH the Co;;.-,t. The ouit;;* wall of the fort, which cov- drs-aboitl half of the island, an.I comes down neariv to the v.i.ii rV-e* o on tho BARNWELL, S. CL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1885 TTIE STATCE S IMftTOItV. The history of tiio.great undertaking , wi.>h will give Now York. Harbor tho 1 lar i -t statue ia the world begins near- : lv ten years ago, when llto tirat - stops at n ii tii— fa rtii maitar y^ff-'firctrTtrt d’< nguLli* 1 F^onclrmcrr, dutlntslftstle its originator is lo bn ic a very m» ti Sli.'.U* loVers of.libci ty, whom 1 creator then interested in his no- c' mccptioj!. T.iose gentlemen form- tl.eiii i'civo. ibto a society called tho i\ M Oil sculntor, bv whoso 1 L'nion Franco Amaricaino tie France, an ! held a baii«]uat Nov. C, 1875. to in- auguLda tho project. M. Bartholdi's dtsr.u was enthusiastically approved, an 1 a r-'ib < rijition for tho erection of the statue be'tuuT The City of Paris 8Ubsf! - ilH , tl Ck.onOp ion! in five years I'Vani i had flflMcftiietr, ohielly iu small sti:i.-, tho $250.hdO nocuesary for this urpo.se. Another bantpu''. was then in honor of Apollo. To nssnro its sta bility it was filled with Urge stones. Nevertheless it was overthrown by an earthquake. Rome, especially under the Empire, erected many colossal bronze statues, Csosars deified •e! .n th-’ m l apital, at which peoidkj of tho United i- ron tc hiatus ll.'tllCc th * cr luia.ti: in cord In the maintenance of democratic nrtueinlw of government. Work on the eoios-nl statue wa; promptly bc- ‘ftr th t sunerir.londence of its frpg rry**o th «atiopl^d. rccalHng the «!- * of i ranee with this Nr.tio-i iu *n»o of liberty difting the Rcvo- >::ry W ar, aad embodying senti- * expressive of their hearty ae- ■ her. wl o ha s wi lUcssed it* com- ; piltH H. ■ill Ui liteti States Minister tii It -i nr 6 !l l ii at tin h\ .Mr.* Morton, tiro yi the fir s t -<\l) t‘2l, 1881, rivet- ! in/ i< »t- ill -*t ot Ui a tfu ts which were to j j'lm > 111’ fc at »0 Taj the pedestal. Only tin* r _rlit ai m i40;u , and shoulders V» r; v vt t! Ui. ron ■lv, bftt ali tbe | 'ad r < ns t .4 Wi re coiapktud, and 1 y tvt rk >v ;is beiu ;; done waif the I bio:;/ /O ot wi lie it tho statue - is inadft 1 TLo I un d TV I lit h oidia^ tiur torch j had i !:;■ a ly nr 1*1 \ tv! I* i America in time to be OMli bit f.’ii at Nthe (Vutumilal Ex- i hibilion, : •nt \ v*r 0 ui terwnrd temper-' nruv ptac o4 in .ad is on Square, Now lora ► * ~ > gut’ieni side o: Jid Will I cfii ct will be inner O ]ni foAv^ I>t ; race will r - to t,;«X u . fal—tho space beneath th ing utilised for the ma elwot jjtni TMF. SCL'Lff'M:. Tho distirTgni.-hed French Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, bands the repon-.se statue of ^•inlightohing lit* World”- has boon shaped, was bent at Comar, in France, ami is about 50 years of age. - As a jdu^iil (.! iije famou »Ary Schef fer, his art; hie ability vas recognized in tho bas-r ■*!• f of ••Frar.coscH tie llim- i*ii.” executed In 1852. His name was pr-^t brought i'lto ]ir()iTT’‘:i , TTr' T ; how ever. in the l':.itcd Stale? in 1872,when h!s well-known statue oT Lafayette was forwarded as a gift from the people of France and placed in Union Square, No* York (lily. At the Centennial, .where ho was one of tho French .Commissioners, ho was awarded a me lal for the exhibition of the bronze s'.atues of “Eeaco.” "Tho Young Vino Grower,” and "Genius iu the Urn.sp of M-ery." Ho is' also a Chevalier of tlie Legion of Honor in his native country. It was his wish that Franco should present to tho people of tho United | States a suitable gift commemorative most often representing Csa during their lifetime. That of Nero, by Zenodorons, was 110 feet high. in Japan can bo neon a bronze statue of the great Buddha, seated, which is fifty feet high. In China and India the greater part of tho gigantic idols are of masonry or of wood ronghlv carved. Wood, except in rare cases, as tho wooden horse of Troy, has hardly ever been employed in colossal statuary, save in tho interiors of temples. Tho "Cojans.” ' Commissioner Harris, of Louisiana, showed several pieces of* homespun cotton goods which ho says were made by tho "Cajuns.” "Who are they?” 1 asked. The word, ho replied, is a corruption of Arcadians, and is applied to tho descendants of those people whoso settlement in Louisiana was im mortalized in Longfellow’s “Evange line.” Then, turning to tho map, Jie showed me where the "Cajuns” live, and gave an account of their homes ami their simpliouy of life. In plain words lie verified tho words of Basil, tho blacksmith, as to tho beauty of tho country and fertility of tho soil and the easo in which thev lived. They are almost like tho "lilies of tbo field” in their freedom from toil. In a little patch around their houses they culti vate what cotton they need for their wearing* Apparel and such vegetables ns they use. When the spring rains ccasc they go out upon the prairie and examine tho depressions, from one to five acres in extent, which are then ponds of water, and it found to be not more than eigh teen inches deep they prepare to sow tlwsir yice. First they soak their seed thoroughly then scatter it broadcast "I ibertv OTCr Hie pond from the backs of horses. ..ni y 0 f t jj 0 „ oa kcd rice causes it to sink, and they have no further care for their crop until tho harvest time comes. Should a drought prevail in spring they then scatter tho seed upon o dry ground. To prevent tfio birds of tho air from devouring it. tho "Cajun” looks out over • the prairie where his herds are. uud riding to the nearest ho drives the cattle back and forth over tho seed until B has been trodden in'o the soil. Then putting up tho light fence arouud his nice plantation he goes homo satisfied. Iu July his crop is ready for harvesting. For this ku uses a sickle, tossin<: the sheaves as they fall into his cart. This is a cumbrous affair of wood, even to the wheels and axles. No iron is used in its construction. Tnc oxen are not yoked, but tho tongue is mado fast to loops fastened to their horns. The sheaves are spread out upon the rairio and the grain is trampled out i % ■i k* Mvafv.litRj off this si.io of tho Allan- -\lC naoa '^re.i of co-operation with tho geunroiH I-reueh nation ^s-ro taken. 2. 1877, a mooting of citizens of Now York v. as held for tho purpose of prusonting the undertaking to tho AutbriCan people, to promote the leg- '♦oiakott* n* i *>*ary for-tht* reception and Inaugural .'’a of tiio statue, nail to cro- ato iinr u-iai i leans for erecting a suit- nhlc .'* dilation and pedestal. Con- grc. • . a >cd a resolution providing for *1!.. ctvcilea-u* Hie atattlo 6u Hedloo’s' Island, NV.v Yo'.ji Harbor, and for its maim m good order. More- Srrajl reception by the PrcsU dent of the United Slates on behalf of tins government ivas secured, and Pres ident Grant.th.inked tho French peo ple for the gift by sinograph letter. An address to the people of this coun- -try-tt-kTrtg aniwcriptioiis was written afiil "t Ucillhtcd, .bUt fUfids havo conic ii prnvnking slowLes,**.—anit* the Sthtru* lias seen fiaTk days when its fate irombied in tho balance. P _ ITS SITE. - ''Springing up from tho waters ol New York Bay, near tho center of tho harbor, and commanding an unob- view out through the Narrows to tnc ocean, Bcdloe’s Island is an cs- poclally favorable .site for < of a beacon-light tlia^sffnll at onco guide tho iharintwjt^aofo haven and symbolizo toAutfcmi ■•rtmt when ho first ^rcachos^s^sfiorcs tho idea of liberty ’which jjffs been po largely instrumental in l>J^5ging him hither. I ho ialami it- -much larger than appears either iom the Now York shore or from the r 'Biographic pi •lure? of • tutue and is land which iiave recent iy been scatter ed over the country. It has an area of four or live aero?, and will doubtless bo a dchglitfnl breathing-plao* for tho city resident, aud a Mecca to tho won der-hunting country, visitor, when it has r^eived the last*beautifying touchos of the Pedestal Committee Mud return ed te thuJGovcrnmcnt. ■The foundation on which the pottos* tal is to rest is a vast -masa cf gravel, and sand, nutj linto, niuely-ono feet square at tho base, sixty-soven feet Svjuaro at tho top, and fifty-two feet ten inches in height. -It rests on a bed j)f gravel some twenty foot bolow tho vurface. This hugo mass of what is for ail practical purposes a * soluj blocl of granite represents the actual work, outside of ufans and designs, wlyeb has thus farbeca dontf for tho fecoii- tion of tho statue. Upon'this will bo built tho granite pedestal, 117 fbot high, aad twenty feot square at*tho top. Tho facing of tho pedestal is of Leetes island (Conn.) granite, which if rich purplo^n color and of great en- tforaimo. The statne will bo anchored to this pedestik by heavy ffon rods from-eadU corner of tho statue tho pedestal to its base. ^Ibe U 151 f«a high, ffuade of iron, ar.d woigtu ne^y 800 -« r .jperly dolmens, menhirs, columns mirts—wc generally disco history of all groat nations of tho traditional feeling of good will existing between the two Nations. Ho therefore yoluntoerod his artistic ser vices for trio construction Of an enor- mous figure representin '* “Liberty En lightening tiio World,” to bo placed on Bedloo’s Island in New York Harbor, j and he became so oii^tntstaritic in car- j rying on tlie project that when sub-1 scriptions 1 rgged'hetotodged his own; private fortune to defray tho running expenses of tho work. * Bartholdi lias mado his mark in Pa risian art, i.nd is at present engaged in the seu’f tore of a mussivo lion out of tho solid rock iu tho side of a moun tain at Belfort), which will bo eighty feet long and thirty feet high. Gofi. Charles P. Stone, formerly of tho United States army, has been cn- gincer-in-chief of tho undertaking, and Richard M. Hunt architcct-in-chieh # ANCIENT MONUMENTS. Tho conception of monumental work seems te bo characteristic of a certain degree m tho advancement in tho civ ilization of nations. Without mention ing monuments properly so-callod— mens, menhirs, columns and pyra- discovor in the mention of some one colossal statue. Its concep tion often mars the apogeo ,of local progress. Tho ancients erected many immense works in honor of their di vinities. With them tho omnipotence of a god often appeared to depend on the magnitude of his\imagc, which, however, they always try to endow with all possible force and majesty. Tho most imposing figures wo recog nize as their most powerful and most venerated gods. In ancient Egypt tho colossi formed an essential decoration of the grand temples and palaces. Bo- sides its magniti^out pyttKSids, iio obo- ILwi'f'J-yirfdet iu height, its gigantic tombs, its innumerable and enormous sphinxes, Egypt was covered with stat ues fifty and sixty feet high, cat frop single blocks of stone. Herodotus mentions tho colossus of Osiris, which was ninety-two foot high. At Memphis a few years ago thoro was exhumed the statue Ramcses II., wjiich was forty-nine feet high. Be fore the entrance to tho pnlaco of Lux or wcro.scated four similar colossi forty feot high. Non* Gouroah can still be seen the fragments of a gigantic seated statue of Banicsu tho Great, cut from a siuglo red -granite* stone. Tho two colossi of Momnon measure more than sixty-two feet eaok, and with their ncdcstaf woigh'morc than 1,43G tons. The four seated., stfatuos _which dec orate tho facade of tha great temple of Isamboul were sixty-ono foct high. Tho Greeks, also, erected many stat ues to their divinities* they were most frequently of bronze or covered .with plates of gold and ivory. * Tho Minorff* of Phidias was thirty- nino fee? hjgip In jeality it was tgooden statue, sspnortctl on the in side by jroiiqWQrk' and covered wi& Uipl 1 oxon, as it used to bo wnen the edict went forth: "Thou shalt-not muz zle tho ox that treudeth out tho corn.” Tho grain is swept together, sacked, carted home, and emptied into a bin. When any is needed for a meal The housewife takes a sutlicioncy, puts it into a wooden handmill of simple con struction, rubs off the hulls in a few minutes, winno^vs it in a sieve, and soon has it cooking. Tho eommis.siouer showed on a map a placo where, for six miles, thq chief crop of tbo "Cajuns” is gathered from the orange trees. In seliir a singular custom prevails, trees are blooming, a buyer, the "diego” (why so called no one seems to know) appears among them. After a week of oonfurence, during which he and they havo had repeated whiitling- malchcs, a bargain is struck for tho season’s crop, ouo-haif is paid down in cash and security given for tho balanco, and then tho "Cajuns” enjoy their dolce far uiento with from £1,500 ;o $2,000 in hand for every bead of the family, and as much more secured for* tho future. Basil. Iho blacksmith, did not err when ho told Evangeline of tho wealth of these teemiug^lowlands.— Aew Haven Palladium. PRACTICAL AUT. Sniur Rrec-nt A«h:, T in -nts In That I.iue. Twenty miles is Uto distance pene trated by tho improved fog-signa!s now in use. Tliis power, it appears, U gained by two slotted cylinders, ono fixed and the other revolving in It Tho slots, as they jvftsa one another, stop or cut off the passage of conyiress- od air or steam, thus causing a series of vibrations, and, consequently, a mu sical note, Iho pitch of whieii depends upon tho sjwod of tho revolving cylin der. In order to vary thi.r noto it is only necessary to control this velocity. Tbo double-note horn is formed with a casing, within wjdcli area fixed slotted cylinder and a revolving cylinder mov ing upon a spindle. Tiio slots are formed in each cylinder at opposite iu- cliuod angles, so that the motive fluid impinging against a number of inclin ed pianos c.Tuios the inner cyiiiftlcr lo revolve with great rapidity, carrying two disks. Those aro attached to the common spindle, ami upon tiicir peri pheries aro pressed levers, under tho action of small pistons operated bydia- pbrngms, lo tho outer surface of which compressed air is admitted. Ono brake is put on for a high note, both brakes for a low note. Largo quantities of timber are now croosotcd at the West in a special man ner, for railroad purposes, the offoct being to increase the tenacity of tho wooj for nolding spikes, etc., as well ns it> density and ability to resist me chanical wear. This js done by moans of an apparatus consisting of a boifofS^ plate cylinder, of a size adapted to tho timber; this cylinder is of a strength sufficient to resist 300 pounds pressure per square inch, and has a track ex tending for its whole length along tho bottom, tho cylinder’s ends being clos ed by strong iron doors, air and water tight. When timber has been rnn into tho cylinder and tho doors closed, steam at about 100 pounds pressure is ejected into tho cylinder, the supply continuing as required by the nature and dry ness of the wood; tho steam is then shut off, and vacuum pumps worked as long ap any liquids or vapors are obtained, tho hot preserving liquid being now run into the cylinder from tho reservoir until full. Tho force pumps aro again operated until the in terior pressure is some 100 pounds per inch, and kept thus until sufficient pro- servativo fluid is forced into tho pores of tho wood; the force pumps aro now shut off, and the creosote oil or other liquid containciH in the cylinder is dis charged in a suitable! cistern, after which the doors St tho ends of tho cyl inder arq ppeuod and tho car carrying the timber or ties run out. , A great many napkins and other ar ticles of usefulness aro now mado in Europe from the bark of tho paper mulberry. Tho bark for those pur poses is first dried in the air for two or three days, then plunged for twenty- four hours in a current of fresh water, after which, with tl.fe aid of a particu lar ki'i lof cord, llto two :;pqjs;u, of fi bres of which it is compoocd are sep arated. The interior lib. ca aro those from which line paper i • made; they aro rolled into balls weighing about tiitrty-fivo pounds each, which are washed anew iu running water, in which they ate allowod~~To soak a shorter time than previously, and aro thou dried; finally they aro boiled in lye made from tbo ashes of buckwheat flour, constant stirring,being kept up; soiling”tifis "crop aiic>t ! ier washing in pure witter carries vails. ° When the t,lc last ira P u ritles, and ibe fibres aro neat pounded with hammers of Wood for about twenty minniua; after this they are a second time railed into balls, and finally transformed into pulp, rice-water being mixed with it. The subsequ nt treatment of tho pulp is identical with that of tbo ordinary manufacture of paper. "Leather pa is obtained by tho <.f - per t5p cclallsin In Medicine. If specialists did not meot a distinct *tho receptacle, while cotton, linon, and othtfr vegetable fibres stand, thus ro* maining suitable for paper mannne- ture. The liqnid mud which contains the wool precipitated by this moans is then desiccated; the residue, to which is given the name of azotine, is com pletely soluble in watea and is valua ble on account of its nitrogen. Tho in creased vitluo of the pulp froo from wool is sufficient to cover tho cost of the process.—New York Sun. want they would soon bo driven off tho field. It is idle to inquire whether .in this instanco tho demand created the supply..onTice versa; all that wc arc concerned with hero is tho fact that tho public voice decisively approves of tho existence of specialists. This is convincingly demonstrated as time goes on by the increasing confidence which is placed in their opinion and advice. A striking confirmation of this is afforded By the circumstance that when medical men havo. sickness in their own families they put prejudice aside and invoke tho assistance of the despised specialist. Ib mv own pro vince it is my pleasure and my privi lege to treat a largo number of my pro fessional brethren with whoso pcrsortal ailments or those of their wives and children I am occupied during a con siderable portion of each working day. ilDlloSS beaten and sculptured sheets of gold and plates of-i vory finely carved. This tYaj^all put together with so much niooty of handling’ that it was impossi- bk io discover tho joints. The oele- bfcrted Jopiter Qlyrapu*. by the same sculptor, •was also of gold and ivory. The god was represented seated, and was forty-two foot high.' PJnili** teacW several other oolotoal MiaVrvns, ono of whi^h, the "Athena PromucfedV was entirely of fifty, to si*tv feot in height *“ ait^oLRhoclcs, the work of Many other specialists aro don recipients of tho like indisputable sin cere form of compliment The grow ing favor with which specialism is looked on by tho public is also fully recognized by young physicians, and still more by successful general practi tioners ambitious of emerging into the qioro rarefied atmosphere of consulting work. Xhc press of competition is so fierce in the presontovcr-crawded state of the modioal profession that unless a man has some peculiar pad decided ad vantage over the general run of his fel lows ho stands no chance of coming to tho front Something more is neces sary nowadays for success in the high- a 4er walks of medicine than mere gener al ability. Supremo, talent' wul, of course, ultimately find its level, unless kept down by accident or misfortune; but for tho average clover man there Is little prospect of brilliant success un less he lias (or can persuade the world ho has) tbo power of doing some par ticular thing better than any one else, of at any rate pre-eminently well—Ur. fdortU Macke nme, in Fortnightly Me- view. the O,” proaSOll, of many sheets of ously steeped in an«l gl.'Z if with "sheilas. The operation has been successfully accomplifiiud bj a German chemist of separui ug rags of cotton and wool muiai uy subjecting thorn to tho action of a jot of snperhented steam. Un a prossuro of five atmospheres wool melts and sinks to the bottom of' Horace Greeley. "Well, well, here is a votome that k becoming quite rare these days,” ex claimed a book-worm in a second-hand book store the other day as his eve fell 'on a worn and musty tome. "What I Know About Farming.” “Well every body knows this is tho book written by Horace Greeley way back in the ’AO’s. Perhaps the rising generation may be excopted, as tho book is now out of print and will be a cariosity in a half score years hence. At ono time it was pretty extensively read. It is difflcolt to say, however, that mnch or any benefit was derived from its perusal” "Yos,” retorted tho party addressed, “Horace was a great man in his time. It is not so very long since he has en tered eternity, yet his namt is how hardly over mentioned. It was ever thus. Man’s deeds, be they good or bad, they do not romaia long freah aft er tho author is gone. Occasionally a flash of his wit is repeated, a line from bis sayidgs is borrowed, bat it does not induce posterity in the least in up- membering. mnch less In reverencing his memory. During the forty odd years that Horace edited the Tribune every editorial, every farm article, every news item, every commercial and every advertisement which appeared in the paper was cred ited to him by many of his readers and admirers. People forgot, or did not take tbo time to think, that it was a sical impossibility for tho proliiio and versatile Horace to write even half of thp editorials that appeared, while his disquisitions on ‘How to Plant Souashos,’ ‘How to Raise Cu cumbers/ or ‘How to Destroy the Festive Beetle,’ wore not so very num erous. Greeley, when writing about agriculture, always gave the ‘How’ part much prominence.” "You soom to be well posted on Horace,” remarked tho hook-worm by way of comment to tho second gentle man. "Why, yes; I must confess that I know a great deal about the philoso pher. Before and during the best part of tho war I labored at the oase at the Tribune office, and on several occa sions ‘set up* his copy. If you have the time 1 can relate an incident about old Horace that has never been print ed. It was just previous to the war and when Horace was an amateur farmer that the event I am about to re late occurred. One day a letter came to the office bearing tho following cab alistic letters: H. G. N. Y. This is all that was on tho ^envelope except the postmark, which showed that the letter come from Lawrenco, Kan. I call it a letter, but it was not a letter, for on opening the envelope not a scrap of paper was found inside, only a crum pled |1 note from some Ohio bank. In those days letters were sometimes not prepaid, and this was not; consequent ly a due-bill was attached to the mis sive showing that the sum of 9 cents was to be collected. Mr. Greeley romptly paid tho 3 cents. Who could the sender. It puzzled tho philoso pher just little only. ‘Such doings can only be placed to the credit of BQl Reynolds,’ inusod Mr. Greeley. ‘Bill always had idiosyncracies, and when ho had a truck farm out in Orange county would call, and not finding me in the sanctum would place a dollar bill for his subscription under a paper weight . on my desk and loavo. Bill tola mo ho was his luck.’ "Tho paper was mailed to William Reynolds, Lawrence, Kan., accordin to Mr. G.’s direction, and'upon inrestl gation it was found that Greeley’s sur mise was correct Bill Reynolds was tho right party. Ia those good old times we did not havo so many rail roads nor fast-mail trains ami the like, but a man conld mail a letter without a stamp and put ouly four letters on tho envelope and it would reach its materTat [irg^p+destinatiou. Try this exporimeut now lUion goiug out west to try f Ilia Confidence Was Shaken. a Madison street dog sits I In the doorway of cigar storo a briirlit little pug i all day on his haunches, lie is chain ed to tho cigar-Ughtcr inside, not be cause the proprietor fears Ho might es-, cape, but because they know tho habit* and practices of tho gamins who fre quent tho neighborhood. Last even ing a pleasant-Tookihg young man en 5 terod tho store and purchased p pack age of cigarettes;" Ho looked tirod and his ejOTiware filled wltnr» very vacant stare. It was evident to tho most cas ual observer that tho young man hact been drinking. He carefully picked tho tinfoil off tho package of cigarettes aud tried for some time to pick out one of them. Finally he tore ono side of tho package and tucked all but ono of the Inng-destrojers into bis coat-tail pockot. This ono ho lit, and os he a as lighting it ho caught sight of the dog’s chain. With uncertain gaze he follow ed it along until it. reached the dog. Then be rubbed his eyes, looked Again, and appeared pretty sure that there was a dog in the doorway. Still, ho was' not convinced. He glanced around cautiously, saw that no ono was rooking, and then be whistled soft ly. Tho dog did not respond and the inhn turned pale. He whistled no response. Then no reached out bis cane and cautiously iked the dog. His poke gave back a ma and bis bat be and your letter will go direct to the dead-fetter offico. Too much rod tape,” sighed the typo as he reached for a volume on tho high shelf bearing the title: “Is Life Worth Living Forf SL Louie Hepublican. ~ , tm m i A Kissing Hero When Gen. Sherman was in Ed- fvardsville, IU.* Aha other .day, several little circumstances occurred which were not down on the bills and would not bo mentioned wore it not for the fact that the young ladies recently visi ted by tho oscuiatory hero havo beon heralded far and near as making such favorable impressions upon the general ns'to render irresistible the impulse to kiss them. Tho young ladies of Ed- wardsville aro just as attractive as thoso of any other city, and the gener al, with his experience, was quick to note this fact. After the G. A R. ex ercises, tho other night, the stage of the opera-houso was invaded by a bevy of young ladies, who were to rehearse a cantata. The gray-be&rded veteran struggled manfully to maintain his hard-earned reputation of kissing each pretty girl he moots, but found himself very htt-y kissing overy lady intro- 4nee3r as there were no exceptions to tho general’s rule, inolnding only pretty girls. His well-known penchant had preceded him, and on* young lady "just vowed she wouldn’t fet him kiss her,” but before she knew it the wily veteran grasped both her hands and planted squarely on her mouth a kisa, unlike the Henry V. kiss in that it was not lingering in its character, hot sounded like a plank had cracked. Tkb affair was evidently relished by all bat the young gentlemen who witnessed, but were not allowed to participate, and regretted that they had apt come into the world early enough to bars won lame and become veterans in the late unpleasantness.—LouitviUc Com* mereiaL V but leled in the' her exact sit* wilderness at city on a seal* Inspired belief agent for the Holland Joseph Ellioott, in tbe pletod the snrrey ef th diagonal avenues, igtigJMme squsi some of which arft tcnSy Included in her extensive pack^Spem, and all of which form aaequinapprosebes to tbe newer suburbs Buffalo of 1889. To her singularly ipen and attractive topography it is to be regretted that ported sbe doos not that mrgt-t/wpdly >S- Xbt* c tribute, cleanliness. Joseph Ellioott was tbe brother of Andrew Ellioott, then Surveyor-Gener al of the Uaitod Staten. Fresh from assisting his kinsman to lay out the city of Washington preparatory to He becoming the seat of government, be followed the same general plan in sur veying the streets of "New Amster dam, as be proposed to call it, oat of respect to his Dutch employera, tho members of tho so-called Holland Land Company.' Tho ebief business thor oughfare now bears the commonplace name of Main stroot~ono which, to all save the ears of towns-peoplo ac customed tq Jr, wonderfully becomes its still sorui-countrified air and the non-imposing character of many of its buildings; for evorywher# in ber bus iness sections old and new Buffalo jos tle each other picturesquely. Had Jo sepb Ellicott been allowed to complete his design in the' nomenclature and laying out ot thTnregbfats ef trade. Main stroet would have been Willink avenue below "the Churches,” and Van Staphorst above, for what was designed to bo the site of the Cm>- ilol of New Amsterdam forms now too three blocks in Main stroet bounded to tho north and south by Eagle and Swan streets. Hers Mr. EUioott pro posed to erect his palace, with broad vistas opening to view in cB dlfielfoas. The eye of the prince of New Amster dam could havo gazed at pleasure up Van Staphorst avenuo to the rising ground at tbe north, down Willink aveupe to the harbor, and oat Yollen- boron avonuo (Erie street) to the lab* and Canada, along Stadniteki avenue (Church stroet) to the State reserva tion, and np Shimmslpeanick avenuo (Niagara stroet) past tho elegant idencos circling around Niagara Square, which was to be the cooler of bis city, straight to the setting sun. The west erly limit of this manor, extending be yond tho present weet tide of Main street, suggested the title of “Ellioott’s bow-window” to the towas-folk. So >ractioai man as President Fillmore expressed just regret that tbe demo cratic spirit of that time, jealous of so xaronial an establishment, out the beautiful semicircle by ruuning Matw street through iuitoad of around it, dividing the tract of about one hun dred acres by North and South Di vision streets, since Mr. Ellioott wonld lave left a splendid building for the display of the fine arte and n beautiful park in the midst of tbe city. It is a curious circumstance that tb* site waa again selected by the visionary and famous Ratbbun for his proposed magnificent Chamber of Commeroe. Bath bun’s dream, like Elliootffs, was destined to bo fulfilled In part in 1884, when the com morse of tbo lakes and canals joined hands with the maaofaft- tnring interests to erect, farther down town, the Merchants’ Exchange. Tb* Buffalo Board of Trade, which sank its dentity in tbe Merchants’ FTshsagOi was a corporation with a noble record. To its unceasing energy and patriotism is doe the promotion of many miter* )rises affecting deeply tbe eommsreial ntermu of the city and nation.— M. Wele:, in Harter's Magatuu far July, The Extent of ] Tbe movement of _ gone quite as important n growth as that of goods. -Xa th* "Beview of th* WorWs Economy," stated? nfittud. Victor Hugo aliraffs wrote, ia th* wrsing, and made so many alterations '‘‘■rixsu&sisr* young man tt louder, still reached out poked the dog. hollow metallto sour gaa to rise. He dr garstte, rushed out bosntedi gan to rise. Ho dropped his fresh ci- “ rushed out into tb* street, an Ogdea avenue oar aud said, "Shay, conduct’r, lets me off *t Waeb- ^mton* Ukifyo heralds Pvs got ’em again.”—1 Ijpx, Some peat moss which was recently exhumed near Dumfries, Scotland, was found to contain seeds of plants dating from prehistoric times. They planted and at once began to germinate after a sleep of ages. The sea otter Noateb of Aba worth more than half that of all other furs put together (the for teals bring excluded), after that the others coming ia their order of tbIm of oafish, bring ■mrtea (sable), U*dt fox, bearer, red Miss'EUa F. m lust i contains 100,000 stitches. All the goose-quill i from Fromm ns In bundle* of! ia four sizes. d*f paraded her twelve ritlldran mil oasion of ber Ferdinand’s I the ranks of the Immortals. M. Layard found in Niaersb i nificent Ians of rook crystal. 1 David Brewster oonskwred a cal lens and the origin ef scope. The Governor of the Urn has discovered a tunnel i,000 feet in length, astd i least nine centuries before tb* tian Tb* horse which Gen. Grand i day Le* surrendered is non, Oneida eonnty, N. Y., aad! ed in the this year. Asargoon, who ment the heroism ef a seiAer ost had his leg amputated, told hat he had stood it like a woflus Nine York Matas. Th* Jeweler's Circular i er i* the history ot jewelry hi country have colored i and semi-predoas stone*, request than now. The qpuntry to largely oa the i manufacturer stating that loot year made 1,500,000 pounds and need n ot sngar n day. A New Orleans letter says a penalh ty of th* young Southerner, male female, is their early betrothal a eventful marriage, a noedltiet usually hinders nnda* lilsripetjfi if th* desire exists. As a rule divorce suits encumber tbe fuel our courts than ia the North, n for which I am at a lam to gHh, boltoviag that dimate has any once over it Whatever. A rich Georgia land-owner soul neighbor aad proposed that if he i support him while alive, medical atundenoa, and bury him oentiy, he would mak* him a ds his land. The trad* waa aioari papers drawn, and n doctor nt t for. The result was that th unate neighbor of ll n possession of kto week. Doctors aro some emergencies.— Free “ ^ the number of passengers carried by all thmallroads in all parte of tho world. In 1882, to estimated at 000,000, or an average of six l million a day. The abeolato'nhmber of passengers carried on steamers to •mallsrvbttt hard, as was also the with goods, they are carried for longer ‘distances, and more days’ journeys, than on railroads; so that, estimated by the mile or the day, tbe amount both of freight and passenger work tha steamers do will appear to ranch batter ad van tags. Tbe significance of the facilitation of passenger transportion to derived prin cipally from its effects on social condi tions, civilization, and enstonsa. • One of the most important of these effects to illustrated in emigration,-which has assumed grand dimensions under Dm operation of the new methods of oraa- munioation.. Of the twelve and a half million emigrants who west to the United States between tho recognition of their indcpcndenqn-jamLJfitok not more than a million belong to thotifie previous to tho establishment of reg ular passenger communication by steamer with Europe, about 1844. a result of tbe establishment of this method of communioatioo, and of tbe baildiogof nD road* that opened the Mississippi Valley and tbe was tern part of the continent, etnigr suuod colossal proportions, the amelioration of tbe voyage, which become an affair of not than ton or twelve days for vessels, (he improved Hare, tbe rale of passage, aad. tho punctuality and increased safety ef Ute transit, may ha markad as niroamstanoas tributing te tbtoNcaiL—fisrr d fi Secretary Whitney's New la a fina building, really a wbioh formerly belonged te firoaron who left bar husband fir le France with rWM- -