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3J0L.IX. W# ft. i TtM^nrffd Mtothfr. l» wml)tof •Dniiuh town [▼ca tpooti moA m tha nlcbt »t<t had' Iona bfcra mM. V* I**: boil loUad out tba paolm (or tba ^or a while front the darkentaf * It* Mn 99 t »***to©* » *. ^OowSTtKe depths," aaiil prfeat and paofla. TlrojA all tbi cl°*e-*et ton a and towera. ‘ t £*• dobta won* Khut for the silent hour*. * • 9pt a mother boried Aw half a /ear, r" Il9* 8 WJtjj a ar>In* In her oar. r loo roae with the vaaue sleep still in her bead And oladta tba abrdud that wrapa the dead. Bbe left the cold yrare under the walla. And took ibo street to her Itoaband’s halla, ttv fetth* I 'rtsyj.'ad boanns sohe. *• Wh heatbwen eblthva waro-all a» abat And nono had broken them bread that nlgbt. Or npurad them drink, or trimmed a light. And none had laid them pillow or sheet; ‘ * ■* 2!!?® duetjod the day wns on their feet. Two sirove for an empty cup. and one Was cryint:—that was her youngest eon. She washed and klseed them, and hushed " <• their erlea; ; While the tcure pressed out of her long-dead *~ eyca But their father, who lay on a lower floor, Had heard h< r steps In the corridor, And he rose and came, and saw her stand with the children olinyina to either hand. •be said, “The cn lug smote my heart, — s It broke my dream* of oeatb apart. Iwai loth to leave llieee seven. 1 died. ir’r But when have 1 siept when the ohlld ha* erksd? Take m to, ere 1 pas* to my many dead: Ynurehildren wpke and had no bread, Mo Are, no lamp: two were at ttrife; One cried uucomlusted. Tell your wife.’* «— — Waaaaine of Art. ANGEL WINGS. Many years ago, tlie com^nunity of a certain hamlot in ibo south of Franco was *tnrtJoil by a crimo rare indeed in their quiot, ogriouhural district. A wealthy fanner was found dead at early .morning vyithin & hundred yards of bis own house. Ho had been Killed by blows administered by a heavy itakfl, which lay near the body covered wild the blood; and his pockets had been rill'd of their contents, ineloding »’a considerable sum of money which he * was known to have roceivod the pre> *, Tlous evening for pome sheep sold by « Lira in the neighboring market town. •"*> When the a wo and excitement crea ted by this event had subsided a little, .every exertion was made by the aothor- * hies to ferret out the jferpetrator of .U* crime. A reward wa* offered for the discovery of tbe mttrderer, procla- VMttion of which bounty was made for oral successive* Sundays at the church door. At last some disclosures * %e^»»de,< ia»i>lieatii)g a 'young man named Laroche—a stripling eighteen M-avyear* 01 age, Tbe person who brought the charge against young Laroche was a man of the nemo of Lnmiry—a stranger in tbe district, but Who had lately been ap- * <* pointed by the lord of the manor a* » tote of Hie keepers of game preeerves. * \ Lundry testified that tie bed seen La- * -vqcti* ciHtibg n sfuks from tbe hedge * ♦ •'bp tBteiifteriiooii previous to the mur- * f and thht he had reproved him for * > J’uJ afltff taking tlie stake from him, had Alnck it pn the hank of the hedge at a | - p»rticul2f .spot. Tne stflke Was the ( ’ same ohe that was fouAd lying aear 1 . the body of me lurmor. Landry could , swear io il, because after taking it from Lruoclm, he had nicked it in a >: pecultwr.way with his peu-knifo. > 4 Now, it so happeucu that tbe mur- i • dervd tarnier had many and induential friends. While L troche had but lew. Thereioro Larochoi w:is convicted of ^ The iuorder, mid sentenced to be bung on a certain day,- and at a certain * “place, until u umu lime be wns placed * ■ tor safe keryiing in ike jail of tbe die* ^ . trici*-rtt«'third lloor of a large atone ’ bpiidiug, the lower part of which wns ’ ^ n Jhill.' . . f ' • Thd prison cnM-sted of a single apartment, by a small window, at Urt lieiglrt of aixwit sixteen foot from 1 - ike floor. T he M»ie ot -Luo buiidiog from which the vvin<low looked, ran ; sheer down to ihi/tirater of a dark,deep * Mvef, WWch creep*/ fuslly by the mill, ■ • btit ^ufukened the pace n little lower » "down, until it gradually became n rushing torrent, ioap>ng> wildly on to it* fall over a perpendicular fudge of rocks, tiodics carruat over the fall we be said L> never bavo been recov ered; and It was a iivod notion among the eountry people that there was n sncUonol force below by which every thing falling into it was carried down v into tbo unexplored abysses of the earth. It was tbo day bofore that fixed for ., the execution of young Laroche, and , tho-prie»l of the parish. Father Allard •<« Jtjr aanH\ had bcu left alone with the j/pmener, in order to prepare him, by the consolation of religion, for his ap- •••'wroaching doom. To his word* of com- * fort Laroche ii*toned with humility and silence, until the good Father be gan to dilate upon hi* chances of for giveness in the next world for the great r erime committed by him. Then the prisoner elect rifled him by declaring his perfect innocence of that crime—n position which he meant to maintain, he said, with his latest breath. To be brief, the youth of the prison- . er, his earnest asseverations of inno- 1 hence, and a wavering doubt of his n-nsUt, which had all along troubled Father Allard's mind, so wrought upon that worthy man that he at last con- ' seated to commit himself to nT0*n for givieg the prisoner a chance of escape, U net from death, at' lokst from igneniny of dying by thajkead, at e ncenrsed hangman. % - VJUJ dia by tjfk gallows, most sard the ytfungjpftt, at sdtTow Wm some daypj concerned in thy'ddkth.-reef is. sure «tew6to ddcovsnfldi or later;and the just relribetion at Heaven will pursue my murddrera. fW r | 1k * i upon ytraf-'tohsciene* 4,upoa thiA chair,, which I plaon upon the in-ble, thus; and then, by i«M*attog Bpoefyear shouidern, X can reach the window end drop from it” “But the river bolowr’ *H, eta s’wiu line an otter, and,' IV any r*te, ifc is better to be drotribd thknhittged." 49 -Convinced of theyebbg man’s Inno- oencfc Father Allard oonsented to aid )hlmlk hUlaalpto A iuoaaentffbfficed to carry the plan into execution. JM prisoner gained the window nod disap- r «*rtu. Parading in s straggling wag ontside the building went one of the miner of- ’Boers ot jnstioe—a solid peasant who hat^been placed there by way of seo- try, ami who at ikia mobieat happened to be looking-towards the river js»U df re ea eappeariag rried away oertaiu death, as the water era deep enough to svia» io. and the BARNWELL, 8, Q., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 1886. I wmmsmm um luuk n.i* aigAi aeany leu nun. as be afterwards stilted, when he new e man drdp ftow the. jail window, strike on to a platform that protruded from n doorway in tha second Story, and, rebounding from that, fall into the wa ter with a neavj plunge, at inlervals, until ha was into the rapids below. Tbe alarm was at once given. Village officials rushed to , the prison-room whore they found Father Allard alone, seated on the chair, pale as if just re covering from the sight of some super natural vision. To the question put to him he replied that, as be was sd- miniatering the consolations of bis holy office to tbe prisoner, a voice sounded through the apartment, accompanied by the shadow of a mighty pair of wings, on whioh tha prisoner mounted to the ceiling of the apartment aad was oo more seen by him. Tbe voice, ho added, proclaimed the prisoner’s inno cence, the real circumstances of the murder would soon be mtde manifest. It was a miracle; and the good coun try people, ever ready to accept that form of interposition, were easily per suaded to do so on tbe present occa sion. Meantime, Laroche, when he leaped from tbe window, had forgotten all about the platform. Aa he fell upon it he displaced a sack of grain, which splashed into the dark waters of tbe river, appearing to the eyes of the be wildered eentry to bo the body of tbe man who bad dropped from tbo prison window. Laroche lay upon the nar row platform, stunned by tbe heavy fell Spride, tbe miller’s daughter, saw him fall There wo* no one d-e iu i„e mill at the time. She dre.r nun be hind the sacks and great heap* of gru u oh the floor, and; having administered to him such restorative* as her young experience suggested,threw some loose sacks over him and told him to lie still That night Spride and her lover— Laroche and she had been lovers for about six hours only—road* their way to where a boat lay moored l>How the fells; and embarking in it, were soon carried far beyond pursuit. It was sup posed by the frightened villagers that 8pridu must have been carried from the platform when the body from the window above had been seen to strike upon it; and us the whirlpool below the torrent had never been known to give up its dead, but little search was made for her, and her friend* resigned them selves to mourning for her awful fate. Loss than six mouths after this Lan dry was tried for the murder of a brother keeper and wa« convicted end hanged accordingly. Previous to his conviction, however, be made a clean bnsast of it to Father Allard, confess ing that be had mordorod the farmer for his money, killing him with the stake out from the Ledge by young Laroche, which, as he stated singular ly enough suggested to him the idea of eoihVnitting the Crime. Two years elapsed, and Father Al lard had been promoted to * parish at a disuooe of some fifty miles (rum the one which he had been pastor of for so many yean. hhorUy after his arrival there hi* du ties led him to take a jourueyon horse back some miles into the interior of the parish at whieh ho had charge. Part at the h>ad travelled by him wound through a swampy forest re- f ion; and, after a ride of several miles, • cetne to a sluggish stream that had formerly been spanned by a bridge, of which nothing bat tbe abutments remained, however. Tbe priest turned his horse's haad and rode along the bank of tbe river, hoping to And anoth er bridge, or at least a ford, by whiclt he could cross to the further side; nor had he gone far when ho dtsooverod, by boot marks, a plane where cattle seemed to be in the hatfli of wading through or coming to drink. The water appeared to be shallow, so he urged his unwilling borne Into it, and bad got about half war across, when the animal began to plunge and struggle violently, sinking at the same time, as if drawn down by some invisi ble power. Aware now that he had fallen into one of those quick-sands which are net onoommon iu that part of France, the good father knew that to <lirow himself from bis hone would tbrvrawr was not _ ___ hun gry sand at the bottom was gaping for btaf Ho held upon hie bone, there- forev and shouted tor help. „ The water was gaining upon him, a* the terrified horse sank deeper nod deeper in the treacherous stream. Up, up u came, until it reached bis saddle flaps, and then his knees; and *he bad given himsoU up as loet, when distant shouts came in rasponso to his, which were going (eeblcr with each repetition. And now a man bursts bis way through the brushwood oq tbe river- bank, and, laying his axe upon a tail, slender young tree, cuts H down with four or Are rapid strokes, leaning it so that it falls down upon the water, its .Upmoetibengbs, just brushing the sink ing horsomau in its fall Grasping the boughs with all his remaining strength, the priest wa* drawn to the bank by the vtaoosmafl, fainting and senseless, however, nod with hardly * visible A1 su*U hg him woman wpo wa* aathiaff his temples uttered brightened, what was hi* surprise to Bed his attendant ihb lest Spride. Rx- plaastion ensued, and all was made- clear as dej without recourse to mar vel or rairaol* Presently Laroche, who had been en- gagedt with tbWMhistanee of seme of the ueigbbora,in extricating the priest's *■ 1h»4n»a»d Um soeae was an sherbetWesa 'the twe, each of whom bad been thus wonderfully ap pointed by Provide ade 16 preserve the other. “My conscience U dear now," said a “PpniQ ef those country landlords make life tirddr" sahf V’ drummer. “They don’t know how to koep hotel, bat they think they do, and the way (hemselti thunder is qoito laughable. One day , last week 1 was in * hotel at Peoria . „ , . v eatiag dinner. I bad iiut tackled a JM fFathar AJlanl. ••Heaven has surely piece of applo pie, using my fori, of pnwipwml the Buie Action framed by eourso. whuu the landlord happened me; else why— ^ ‘ ** 1 old. Bat hold, reverend Father,” cried Laroclie, Interrupting him; •there was no Action tn the case. Ton Mid that 1 was qartfed away upon an angv!*s wings.’ and so 1 Was, and thin Is the an- ^ i iasm gto thf threw hinr. wife that saved m-T’ And he. 1 ui^hin his arms around the jnoltj and hugged Iter to hit aidu. Poetical justice mi/ht now have boon Well satistl'd, but I have a few words farther to add upon tlie subj-mt. Laroche, who wa* now einployt'd as forester upon an os talc, wa*. cuauied by the assistance of Father Allard to return to his native Villain, win-tv, not long after, bo obtained an ap noun incut to the vcry koeuorship formerly held by the assassin Landry. Decrease In Marrlaxcrl A comparative record of marriages In the State of Ohio has been compiled. Which shows a remarkable decrease in the number during late years in i ro* portion to the population. During the year preceding the War there were over 23,000 marriages out of a po;trla- tion of about 2,340,000. The War re duced' this number to an average of about 19,600, and the return of peace ran up the number to 80,479. This large increase denoted that there were a good ninny faUhlut girls who waited patiently lor the young men to whom they had plighlod thwirtroth. After that tbe average number of marriages was about 26,000 a year for a number of your*; but following the panic of 1873 there was a drop to 13.489. The revival of business iu 1882 was marked by another increase to 30,600, nut the succeeding depression of 1884 again re duced the number (o 28,720. While those statistic* indicate pretty clearly that good times promote mar riages and hard times depress the nuw tritnonial as well as other markets, it is still more significant to note that the number of marriages in proportion to the population is very tanch smaller than formerly. The annual average before the War was about one marriage to UK) inhabitants; tbo sumo proportion now would give 32,500 mnrriaghs per annum, whereas the average for the last Ave years has born only a little more than 29,000. Fewer births are recorded than twenty-fivo jfaars ago, though the married population is 25 per cent larger. These marriage statistics of Ohio may be accepted as denoting an appreciable decline in tlie family life of this touhtry. Obio occupies a middle ground be tween the mickJy settled Eastern States and the newer State* and Territories; it is one of the most prosperous States in the Uuiou, and there is certainly a* much encouragement for domesticity there a* in any other portiou of the country. It may bo fairly assumed, therefore, that if marriages and births ure de creasing in Ohio ia proportion to the popu.atiou the same is true of other Stales and even to a greater < xtent in some of them. The tendency is cer tainly to be deplored. Hard times will' account tor a ladiug-off in the number cf marruigos in certain yeafs, but will not explain the decrease in tbe general average. The drrft of modern ervuita- tion in the crowded communities is to ward celibacy. The influences ntv nu merous. Among fhe ciasscs who anf in comfortable circumstances and ought to maintain modest, happy homes there is a desire lor display and an indulgence In cxtravagatffio which warn young men against the responsi bilities of a family. Among the wealthy classes a large proportion of the young men acquire habits which divert their attention from marriage. A* our cities grow in population the proportion of poor people increases, and^fmTiage, with it* ultsadant expenses' of family, is a forundahie affair. Many other conditions could be named wnich are deterrent in their influence on mar- Tinges. The ami-marriage tendency is Mpecially io he deplhrvff oocatue it im plies increased immorality. It can only be coupteruuUMi by tko cultivation ot more moderate mode* of family life and the repression, so far as possible of social vtce*.—IViteoyo Tribune. Tbe Mi Hen ni mn in Norway. A North European correspondent of tbe Springfield Republican a good deal more than insinuates that the millen nium has not only arrived at Norway but that It is a greater ethical success than was anticipated. Ho conveys tins most interesting and most cheering piece of intelligence, Whieh Kfn«r* and prophets waited for, But died without Ibo sight, in a manner as unique as it Is intistao-- tory. Liston to him: “As we were driving along one day [through Nor way] w« saw two umbrellas hanging on tne branch of a tree. Some people, not oaring to bo encumbered with them, hud left them there till they should pass that way again. Although it was gaining, no one touching them. Obviously no commentary can add to thfl force of this simple, nnadorhod statement The news from Nbrwsy will come home to the average man with the irresistible power of a steam pile-driver. Norway may well feel that • • • ,fe •be hM fulfilled the choicest sort of a manifest destiny, and that shfl hM nothing more to live for except the en joyment of her triumph’s crown; of triumph and the envy of her sister nations. In order to realize bow far behind Norway is this metropolis of the -New World, let any one of onr readers who is interested in the pro- gnMS of the raoe hang a nion silk um* 1 br«ya lor temporary sale keeping on one of the trees of Madison Snuare or Cenpml Park, A | / ; atyfiidi silk umbrella can be purchased for from. $5 to 110, and tbe one selhct- ad for Vlhrenphriment should be hang —not necessarily for pubncnUdri buf as n.aMarante* «I good inith—mi a- limb wEffUeasy reach at fStowi.bx York Tribune. V"™**'* ^ y«w I - * l» com* in. Imagine my surprise upon bearing him growl out to tbe waiter; “Why ia Ute devil do»’t you give the gentleman a kuifeP Too dodVexpect a man to eat pie with a •effc. doyot)?”—(Aoajw herald. - r * . OLD TIMES RECALLED. T.i.k* 1C- ry- liU last to die, A Mctnb.-r of Fill mors’* Cabinet About His Colleagues. The Inst surviving member of Mill ard Fillmore's cabinet Is lion. A. II. H. Stuart, of Staunton, Va. Ho is 78 years of nge. ami luis a lively rrcollcc- tion of ihe in^n of those day*. A re porter for thu Now York MaU and l x. P^Cfi iilel him tho other day at the Fifth Avenue hotel, when ho wa-: i i at tendance at i ho mooting of thu mu- tees of the Peabody fund, of whom ho js one. He U very tall and thin, is stooped by ngc, and has a small, clean shaven face nud bright c\e*. "Recollect those limes?” ho s .id. “They cun never hide from my memo ry while 1 live. 1 wu.s .secrctury of the interior from 1850 to 1853. 1 went in to the cabinet scon after Mr. Fillmore became president. My colleague* were Daniel Webster, secretary of stale—he died in September, 1852, and was suc ceeded by Edward Everett—Tuum s Corwin, secretary of tlie treasury; Charles M. Conrad, secretary ot w..r; Gov. William A. Graham, navy; John J. Crittenden, nttoni-'y general, ;.ud Nathan K. Hale, of Buffalo, postmaster general. Mr. Graham was nominated for vice presidency with Scott and signed. John P. Kennedy, of M land, then went on the ticket in f ilace. Of all tboso men, 1 alone am eft. Mr. Conrad was tbo some five years ago.” "How do our statesmen of to-day compare with those of your time?'' "There are no men now to rank with Clay, Webster, and Calhoun. C ay was.tho greatest practical statusman, Webster tho grandest debater and ora tor, and Calhoun the most profound .politioal philosopher. Mr. Clay had a personal eloquence that enabled lum to control nearly overrone who came un der his influence. Mr. Fdlmoro was it very able man and had a mind perfect ly balanced. I don't thifik that public opinion has dooo justice to hi* great ability. Ho was a statesman of vast resources, and always had sufficient power to meet exigencies of whatever nature, i know him well in c , ongro*s in 1842 and often heard it remarked that he was born for the leadership of .the house. "As vice president he seemed to have every quality to control a::d dignify the position. He was a model presi dent. Ho brought with him to tho oabiaat meetings a more thorough knowledge of ttic topics and questions Jo be discussed than was possessed by any member. With it all he was tbo most considerate and affable man it lias ever been my good fortune to know. If there was a purer man or more unselfish patriot l have yet to learn his name. Daniel Webster was not only one of tbo grandest orators and debaters, but socially lie was most captivating. His wit was superb, hi* words of wisdom and his R,w of spirits perennial. At ids own bouse he was a mpal delightful host, unu uctic eo i.d excatul his hospitality. His very pres ence gavo life to every convivial party. He often diiMMi with me and 1 with him.’ bo i Knew turn thoroughly iu h:* private us well as his public life. 1 stood by Ais side when be laid the cor ner-stone of the capitol i xieiihiou at Washington in 1852 or D»3, 1 forget which year. lie mado grand speech on that occasion." “Have tilings ‘’changed much since then?” "Weil, wo never he. M so much fraud and corrupt motives attributed to men iq high position os now. The acerbity that prevails now in ihu jio- litiCal parties did not exist then to such a great degree. A* to hi)w the gov ernment affairs are conducted now in Washington I can not Judge. I have not been there to remain any length of Urns for thirty years. Bui l could write lU tny volumes about tho men and tho ivout* ot tho old whig days.” New House* on Old Site*. There afe, no doubt, many petsons pow living in Rome who have beneath them tho residence of some gentleman of tho Middle Ages, under which, per haps, is the home of a Roman family of the time of tho Camrs; and this may have been built upon tho foundations of another Roman house, which was considered a good place to live in some five or six hundred years before. It must be a very satisfactory thing, when one is going to build a house, to find beneath the ground some good sfibstantial wall* which will make ex cellent foundations. It very often happens that theta remains of ancient buildings are built of larger stones,und thought'of * ro firmer nod more soiuf than tlie * houses whieh are erected npon them. 4'bcre is another side, however, to this matter, and the remains of old build ings are frequently very much in the way of those who wish to erect new houses, for it does not always occur that the ancient walls are in the right places, or of a suitable kind, to serve as foundations for the modern build ing. Then they have to bh dug up and taken out, which is a great labor. There is a handsome American church is Rome. When this was. built, the work was mado very expensive by the 'difficulty of getting rid of portions of walls, arches, rooms, and vaults which fimee'Baunus Bad Ittt behind ihom, never thinking that in tho course of ages there might be such people as gotfd, servieeablfl, UAmesteans who would wish to.build a T church hexo.—-Fra/ik IS. MoclUon, in at. Mcholat for Sovembcr. • r ■ ■■ w' n ^ 1 jwo krancisco continues one of the F cr » *- d ElTrur 'i. The State ccrmu of VV !.- ciJIhIu has been taken and the total population is shown to bo 1,563.930, a galu ovi-r 1S8-) of 21 per cent, i lie large-t gains are in tho northern lialf of Ihe State, where there hate been largo openings of com para Lively now country, duo In grout measure to lumlier interests. ^ Co-operative, a" ;-’ Uloii.s, or union stores, lor tbo sn •• id groceries or dry goods, are ns popular iirMassr.cfihsutts manufacturing towns ns building asso ciations ore in F-dlaih-ipiiin. Soipo communities of C.0 M inhabit nU sup- E ort two or threg. Tlie union store at 'anvers, n minor shoernnk ng town, has lust dociuicil its tUlli annual divi dend of $36 on every 850 share. Accordintr to dnla collected by Mr. R. W. Best, of tlie l>e.i r i at of Ag riculture. tiioro nr in th-U hrd States 28.'),000,( Od acres of improved land, 445,000,000 acres of f. r s . .- i d 780.- OoO.OOO r.crr s of uiiiinp: v* d ..u-i waste untuubered Itr.d. lenta ly il i* ftotad that forests are dis .ppCeVing nt the rate of 2.},000 < O') utres’ < ucl» year. The forest pro I e during the consns year was 1$,<.0 >.<■■.»>.000 ; hoard moasuro. L;-.t )e„r il wa 28.000.000,- 000 foet. The eat liest t .'corded protected En glish invention i* *nid tp be the making of the Philosopher's Stoue: "'i'lint iu tho time of Edward 111. some alchem ists persuaded the King that a I'liifortu- pher’s .Stone might ho made; that the King granted a eoinmi<sion to two fri ars and two nldertnep to inquire it it were feasib.e, wlm certiTted that it wns, anil that the K ng gr.uited to the two aldermen a patent privi ego that th«y and their ns.-i. * should Imv,- tlio solo making of.the 1’nilos: p let's Slone." An impc rtnnt series ot ev’cfini* nts has long tn'en in ]Togrr-» at Mid ilcs- boroitgh, England, with tjio view of utilizing <^l \v.i-;e from chemical work*, in den I of cm!., as fuel for steamers. It is <' im-d that the new invention wi.l tevolution the ocenn- enrrying trail.*. Sevenl steamers jdy- ing between Engiish.nno Meiiiterrnnenn ports nave made rottn i tri])* bv the use of tho new fuel exc u-hvelv, nndtho eti- gineers report ex •ellent 'results. Too oil tanks occupy but little room ami tho fuel costs only half ns much as coal. More than threo iiuudrcd years ago an English histor.au gave the follow ing description of a saw-tail]; "iiie saw-mitl is driven with uu upra^iit whoci, and the Wuter that lunkulk it gt» is gathered wuoi.i iutu a mti tow trougti, I whioli doliveu tli tiiq s uuo water to the -wheel, iwis vvaecl has a pieeo of tim- ber put to thv! ; xU -.tn e. cud, like the handle of a hroch, and fasted do the end of u saw, which being turned by tho/yreu of the water holsteth up ami down the saw, that it continually cat- Xdi^iii, and Um h.tnJ.c of thu saw is kuptSqn riguli oi wood from swerving. Also tho litpbur lielii, a* it wore, npon a ladder, whltsiT* broiigiit by littlo to tlie saw with rtnoTbcr vice.” Three hutidred pagehnf xtatisticB in tho last report of tiio JilibKmdiusotls Bureau ot Labor Statistics a relink un up with a hist or'cal review of waifo*. ami prices from 1752 to IHUJ. Taking the history broadly w'o find that wage* have ri-eii far mpje rapidly than the nrieo 8T e film has advanced. In thirty ye.it* hi'fore tlie war wa^ws advamod t : 2 3 percout. in twenty Iced- ing ogcupalapn;, while commodities rose but 12 p r ccut. in price. S.oco 1860 tho c.sj iit wages has been 24.4_ perceY.t.; in co'n: modi tics, Iff. 5 per cent. O ', emce 183'9 tin re has hccu a rise of 89.4 per emit, iu wages..am| «u> advance ot 28 per cent, iu the price of comniodiii ■». The same umount ot hunnn 1 ill tivjjjjy mill s a largi r -rto" ward in lieces.-i:,, > .,•:•! c mferts than at any preVlnw, era hi otrv iiistory. Man grows more valuable and things less Valuable.with every' t'.ec.tdo. Tue genera! tenTIcncy isrfo tiie equalization of cond.tion, ; * Mr. Gnrdy- t.t- ci t' d in tho face of rim pesdmistical to..: dag of tho Engi iit econoiuis'.* nearly In.if u century ago.— i It A • cricu :. ' A Strands Le^al Custom. There are some peculiar customs in connection with the administration of the courts of fhr Dis'rlct of ToTffni'BTin relics ot llio oid Maryland laws, but one which strut:* the ordinary observ er a* thu m >s. peculiar is that which requires a winning party to a civil suit to pay for the tobacco tint the jury which tried tho ensu is supposed to have used din ing tho hearing of tho case. Now, it happ us sometimes, that not one of the jurors uses tobacco iu any form, and yet the pound of tobuc- iiMlthiMst ciliss ia tho world, with an annual death ralo of 19.68 per thou- saad, whieh ia lower than the death rate in thirteeo foreign cities and wleVCD American cities selected for comparison—that is to say, of foreign cities. London, L rerpool, Manchester, Sheffield. Leeds, Hail, Stockholm, Bueno* Ayres, Dnblin, Belfast, Berlin, Miinieh, s«Mi Hamburgh; and of AaMTioan cities. New York. Uoeton, Pittsburgh, Washington, Bt Louis, New Orwans, Charleston, Baltimore, Savannah, and Kich'mood. i ' SAP • W* A man iu New York who had been the victim of a card swindler, went in- t# oours and described from memory tMrty wcparalc marks that hod been put on as many cant* by the thumb nail of the sharper, each of whieh idea- tittod Hs pwrticuiar card. foreman ui the jury tlio hi-l.int a ver diet has been given. As iiligants or their attornets are not in the habit of carrying so much tobacco in their clothing, for custom requir« s a pound be given tbo jury, thu lawyer on the winntn. recorded i rr , the foreman of tuejury §1, wh e i just i s good as the pound of t' jiicco. S niictiuie* a jury will try several cases a dav.' will get $1 for ucr. Tlie j.trie money togeliier, term divide it Wufhinjlo.i < <.r. eh from the win > put nil their tobacco an i at the end of tho among themselves.— . '■'f York Herald. W tv'i-e 1 !> y They were on ;age I to t>o married and etlic'ii t;ieh other by their first names, Tom and Fanny, and ho was teliiug her now ho had always liked the nnmj of Fanny, and how it sounded like music in his ear. "1 like the name so wcjl,” ho added, its a sort of clincher to tiie ergum :nt, "that when sister Clara r.skcd mu to name her (Hit terrier 1 at one: called it Fanny, idler yon, t'e ru t.” "1 don’t think that was very nice,” said tlio fair girl, edging wWay from Jiim you like Ui nave a «log i:y, tluU’s notiifng!” soul me. 1 i:ey you r Tom ftbii nTtw" i'i i i n a tin rj* idle don't spc.i■, i:oit. No one will quusuon the affirmatibn of the postulate*' that speech u oi.o of the chief and most valuable of tho tal ents possessed by men, aud that they are held responsible) to Go>4 ah.l mao for its wise and beneficent use Till* I’RMTDEXT and the pafekh. A Ci'ltlrUm of Cleveland'* CriUcUm of Certain I.eadln|{ Newspaper*. ( hrom the Charlotte Observer.) A few days ago the President wrote a letter to Mr. Keppler, one of tbe editors of ibo New York Puck, In which he took occasion to My that the newspaper of tho present day wm wilfully mendacious. The denial of the assertion ia being hurled back into Mr. Cleveland’s teeth from a thousand presses, from Maine to Mexico. It was an nnfortiuiate expression for the President U> use if he really meant it. i Wayland, iu his Moral Philosophy, averts that there is much more truth in the world than falsehood. Iu the everyday newspaper there are a thousand truths, where there is one misstatement. Indeed, as a rule, editors, correspon dents ami reporters endeavor to get facts and publish troths. A newspaper writer who would do any thing else ought to be, and would l)e, kicked out of tho •editorial room of any rexpectalde newspaper. We do not know what Mr. Keppler did, nor do wo care, that called forth the caustic letter from Mr. Cleveland, Wc only kubw that Mr. Cleveland has gone ont of his way to assail the w hole press of tlie United Stales. He is tlie last man in tho country who ought to do anything of tbo kind. The newspapers made him Governor of New York, and The newspapers made him President of the United .States. Tlie hat toons, of even Puck, were largely Instrumental in determining tlie final result which placed Mr. Cleveland in the White House. An election alwavs Is, or ought to be, an expression of popular sov ereignty, and popular sovereignty in America is but an expression of pop ular opinion. A political election in this country is therefore, when successful, a regis tered majority of tlie voters who have deliberately come to conclnsions as to men and jiriticiples, as they are pre sented by tbe press. Wc well remember when nearly two years ago tlie managing editor of tha Obstrvtj' wrote down the names of about fifteen gentlemen who were at that time regarded as probable camlh dates of the Democratic party lor tba Presidency. Tlio merits and demerits of each name was discussed and name after imme was scratched from the Hot. Tlie name of Grover Cleveland re mained. He was unknown to tbo pnbHc. He had been sheriff of Erie coonty, Ho had been mayor of Buffalo arid lie was rbo Governor of New York. There arc three thousand theriffl in the United States. There arc several thousand more ma\ or*, and There are thirty-eight Govemora of fine —Tha CharieaUM cotton Mododafll hM •(upended operation*. —A heavy fall of mo* b hM delayed railway tnriaa -Miss Kate Boater*!, M had bar ana broken by n\ —D. H. Day, n wall known of Atlanta, wm killed by a train last week. —Five-sixth of the Irish peonte ee- cording to Herbert Qlnteitee, ere M» lowers of Parnell. .. r r —Tbe Criioree for lea! 1 336—the largest segregate i since Jen nary, 1885. —The Richmond Whig tee bought by neompeay, and wit lished as a Democratic organ. —A Are in Mobile, Ate, on Friday night destroyed •160.000 Worth of property. Insurance fl19,000. —The postofflec at Js Lancaster coonty. wm recently rt of several dollar* iu,money ana a < tity of stamps. —At Jackson, Miss., the caucus last week nomil Walthal and George for L nited States Senators. —Gen.,Jqbal A. Early Is as a man of venerable appeal __ long, white beard rmebteg to hie wale! and his bent figure indicauit| ' advance of extreme okpqpe. -It is pretty dear that tie Mfc question is still for from a l solution, notwithstanding the anticipations inj^hiob Mr his lieutenants have been -The Legislature bavin vision for the new jell in and part of tbe necessary __ already collected, tbe county •loners will take early ' the building. -Tbe Virginia Honan of - has appointed a committee to Into the cost of bnlldrng a new House, ft is proposed that Ihb bnild- l ng shall be of granite,^parried bmp*, gnda by convicts. 71 —A sixteen-year-old glrf. hfoMf te> ^vamt in tbe Onset* eMe if Mew Orleans, milk I <g on Saturday evenii in thatdty. She bad In apparently —The Galveston JTam rslli sttsnflsp to tbe f*9t that while tribbtaeteS memory of “Bob* Toomte been pfon tifhlly eotne Axms all partenf dmennn- VirJX STbST-JhliK Davis. -The is tlttVMU yeas, with •60,900 for bouse bold iug a total of tl80,C whe has Jum been i Of sevenvean, is now years oltL States in this country, aud there was little better reason for mmdnptlhg ^ —Ice m^n along the Grover Clevclund, because he had I ^ lBno * >>cot ’ been sheriff, and mayor and was then .eu (Wf sitting Governor, per te, than any of •” al v ati gathered in* tbs* for above 1,000,900 spaa , — —*-<— * -.- I recemiy gotten w 1 - he Governor, bni an eeatjnAng- with the superintendent of ti* aegF tenttery it wm found Oaf tte coMl find been reteaeed by man was lo at her this winter < v crop. f,*, «r, limn H ny oi -dninsboosMnow empty thu six thousand other officials to l * *f*° H 1 ? WlH be tte wliieiMre have referred. ‘‘ But tho Democratic newspapers thought we rontd win with Cleveland at tho head of the tioket, and they went to work and puChlm there. Tlie politicians fought and kicked, b|it the press won, as ft always does. Mr. Cleveland was nominated, find Mr. Cleveland was elected Ho was made a candidate by the newspapers, and x Ho was made President by the news papers. When Mr. Cleveland goes to ill iug Ids caustic irony around to remember that “whom ___ 9 would destroy they would first make made,” and that under the neW dis pensation while the old Roman myth ology has been relegated to the shapes °f ,,1C lhc *>«wapapere of the United .States are even more powerful ju. 'han the “destroying” gods two’lbW-II?* sand years ago. I tO SUM- be ough! the gads senator iwti.br cowrr.nnwrkb. Tlie Kindly Coniinenl*of a LPtolbW Uortll- ... ora Nowspopor. The New York World recently pub lished a very complimentary notice of Senator Butler, of South Carolina, winch will bo road with plcMure by every South Carolinian. The World says: Senator M. C. Butler is certain to eo or it* uq liViiu tii il .* to Do paid tho Jjecome very prominent iu the debates ■, n iii Ii.m iiitt' fim i t .. ...... _ ** .» . _ • of the next two or three years. He is one of the ablest ami clearest-headed men on the Democratic side. He hM never taken very much part iu tho debates, but yet has spoken often enough to show that he has unusual ' - * w snow tuai ms uas uiiusual ^ side a* soon a* tho verdict is powers as a debater, while he has that IM1 Dn* - Hid lf>rf»m;i?l nf tliomrir ^ ; liA - » . % * aggressive quality and steady courage which are so necessary to make a suc- ,. - - , - cexsful leader. He is very quiet and .t tiicv do they geulie in his manners. He is onn of the best bred men in the Senate, lie would never begin a quarrel, bat would be the last man in tbe world to ruu away from one. Ho has had a number of very sharp tilts with Sena tor Edmunds in the executive sessions of t lie Senate. It is said of him thal ho has held his own verv well _ ‘ tho savage thrusts of the keen-wit Vui inonter. The Senator is very near ly fitly years old. lie was educated as a lawyer. He lost a leg in the war of the Rebellion, where bo rose to the rank of a major-general in tbe Con federate army. lie wm one of the earliest of tbe Southern men to accept tbe results of the war, and has always been a conservative. He was one of the iew white Democrats in South •how Would Carolina who opposed the Black Code, in,mud alter which his cf< — T * J bsomhu RiCHBoen, . of the Yiigfele morning i jo oppose*! me disck uoae. Green, of xxn Slate Legislature adopted censber fil, in ■m oiuu >7 .*wt >t was readmitted to the “Do me u»: an* "oiif thu cat* in tho Lnion. He has al wave been a peace- wbatsteBsI. T* 1 '.'541 7—'T v ..ia.-. 1—. 1i «f . ■>* ^■ 1 ■ I-va t A t. i a IJ E. ^ _ _ a# _ _ m a flL 1 VTlffiNn d his Sutc. Through partiMn misrepre- sentation fora time be wm mam to appear in tbe North m a leader of tte whites at the Hamburg msseacre. Yet it was clearly shown afterwards that tie went there only after the flghtief tte began and iu the interests of Through his personal eflbrts Crvat many inooceet UTsa.w« David T. Terrjr, is koowu in _ with Senator latter was kil) —Iu Uw cattle eonventioe this month «! Denver, heals Of ceprw member most < to secure a seat, dinatisfoetion with limited. <_ thus deprived of a voice ceedings and are left oat te the —A singular salt hoe bom i by a San Franeiscojnstieo. T^bui ■■* •299 damages for eontraeltef^S “barber’s Itch” ot tte eteritav SUIT of Soiomou Cohen. After tmdfm \ testimony. Justice Burke set* dofibtfni whether the ffiisass Wal « tractsd at Cohen’* pteo% aod he m him a verdict. —A Ricbnso cold has catted tin lee w , Kennebec Biter Is lb 11 ef i there with a tepaffi - and thousaads ef peiwient upoto tte tea h employment are walttegt thejaxntdbe brokem