Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1* III writing to tbii office on bmln*r» fire your name and Poet office address. 2. Bueinem Jetlers and comrcnnicr- tiona to be publidied should be wrltlen on reparate sheets, and the object of each clearly indicated by neceeeary note when required. j ' 8. Article* for publication should be written in a clear, legible hand, and on ■only one aide of the page. ^ . 4, AH changes in advertisements musi; each m oa Fciadf. DR. I. H. E. MILHOUS, DENTAL SURGEON, BLACKyiLLE, 8. O. Office near his residence on R It. Avenue. FstUntg will find it more comfortshle to have their work done at the offir 1 # as lie lias ii tood Dental Chai;, good Heat and the mo't iniT»roTed apprancea. lierjhouldbt irformed several Oajs previous to theircom- )ug to prevent any disappointment—thou?h will generally be found at his office on Sat- imfflyg. ,, fie will still continue to attend call* throughout-Barnwell and adjoining conn- tH>y - [augl8 ly DR. B. J. QUATTlE tAUM, '. BURGEON DENTIST, , 1 WILLI8mN, 8. 0. TJflire over C.tpt. W. H. Kennedt’a store < alls attended throughout Barnwell J>n i adjacent counties. Patients will fiT.l it to tbeir advantage to have wo k dorp at his offic\ aepltf DK. J, RYERSON SMITE, Opfrative and Ifechaaftal DcDll^t. mu ISTON, 8.4X — ill apend calls throughout this and ad. jacent counties. <>l'frntions pan he more aatisfactorily rer- formed at his Parlors, which are supplied with all the latest approved appliances, than at 'be reaidftpces of patieuta. lojtgyent disauporntmfnts, rat'enta in* refttlintr to y.aii Iijni at Wiliiaton are re ' lUrsted tc correspond by mail belore le«v. -inghome. fseplif I, 2,‘{8 Klnjf Street, Ojipoeitc Academy of Music, CHARLESTON, S,-C. _ ' “ rt—: — . li^oms to let fit .50 cents a night. Meals a! *11.horns—Getters in every style. Aies, Winrs, Liquors, Secafs. Ac.[mar3(Uj CHARLES C. LESLIE ^— and detail jn v, FMi. lianip. Lolisttrs. Turtlrs, Tfrrapins, Oyst^L Etc. Etc. Mai!?, No?.. 18 and 20 Fish- Market CHARLESTON, S. CV. All orders promptly attended to. * Terms Cash or City Acceptance. wugSbfy'! i J. A. PATTERSON, — feurgeon Denti&t, Office at the Barnwell Court Houv. Batients waited on at residence if df- w’rfd. Will attend calln in any portion of Barnwell and Hampton counties. Sstiafaction guaranteed. Terms ciih, auji311yj' -y—* FRENCH PLAY, U ith a Plot I.ald In the United Mtnteo. Le Npuveau Monde,” n four net Non drania which is creating a sensation iu Paris has its scene in the United States during tho War of Independence. The principal personages are Lord Cecil, commanding the English forces; Ruth, his unacknowledged wi% Mrs. Amlauus, an adventuress, and Stephen Ashwell, who is loved both by Ruth and Mrs. Andrews. Toward the Close of tho play wc are introduced' to tho interior of a squatters house, the last outpost ou Rhode Island. The war is at its height. Washington’s.»rmy has been thoroughly organized and for some time past- lias lH‘on engaged iu repeated fights with the English under Lord Cecil. Mrs. Andrews lives amid the troops. Her courage and devotion to the wounded excite general admiration. She passes" for being the noblest of women, and THE COMING MAX. Tbe President of the J.lmr.Klln Club Tells Us What He Hhall be. 110 one suspects the odious nature of plans. Nor are Mary and Ruth less heroic, iu rote the baa even been wounded Hhoulder during a recent’ engagement, in which she hail followed Stephen. The attack . on -the English has been• fixed for the next day, When, to the astonishment of the Americans. Lord Cecil’s soldiers, which were believed to- l>e at least ten miles off, make their ap-; pearance on the scene. Unless they, are driven back an irreparable disaster is Washington is vainly derstaud tho stnuige trying to \yi- [From the Detroit Free PresH.] “De cornin’ man hasn’t come yet,” ' said Brother Gardner, ns he looked Giveadam Jones square iu thfe ^yo and motioned to Elder Toots to draw in his feet and let tho heat of the stove have a chance to circulate around the halL_ Illinois “No, gem’len, de comiu’ man hasn’t tuTove in (Hs kentry yet, an’ if do rheu matics keeps bn boderin’ me, I can’t expect to be on airth when he gets heah an’take him by the han’ an’ tell him how powerful glad I is to see him. But some of our chillVu may lib .to sec him, an’ dar’ll bo sieh a celebrashun as no Fo’th •of July kin hold a candle to. “De coinin’ man, my friends, will go to Congress unpledged, an’ come home nnbribod an* widout fear of meetin’ de people who sent him dnr’. ‘’De cornin’ man will be 'leeted State, County or City Treasurer, au' when his term has expired his books will balance an’ hils accounts will be squar' to a cenC “De coinin’ nmri will have a reverence fur do Constitushun of de Union au’ a respect fur de laws of his owu State. “De Comiu’ man will look sternly upon embezzlement, bribery an’ all sorts Of "fraud, au’ ho will take a squar’ stand upon an honest polytical platform. “If de cornin’ man should-iiappan to Ik; ’leefed to de Common Council de pco- "pTe'bTtlnt city w<mid-h’flr- such « rattlin’ an’ shakin’ of dry bones dat de music* f.f SOMETHINQ iUOCT EUtTH^I AkES. ROBT. D. WHITE . M A. K B T. 1<: : —AND— GRANITE WORKS MEETING STREET, • (Corner Horfbeck’s Alleys) -CHARLESTON, : > . 8. C jum'.HyJ otto mim & sons, enemy when word is sent him that his plah of attack 'had been betrayed to - Lord Cecil by Ruth. The real traitre ss is, of course, Mrs. Andrews, wtro Brings the infamous charge against her rival. All appearances, however, are against her victim and Ruth is compelled to own that she is the wife of Lord Cecil, “the commander of the hostile forces. ' Though th^y^eyelation has almost over whelmed Stephen he d,-fends her; d-ut she is put in eliains. Her trial is ’fixed forib* next diy. - The enemy is clo^<£ at hand, mid as the safety of the army is of paraYnount tuqiortmiee, K ith is ab,m- loimd. * Mrs. Andrews then sets /ire to the muse and surrounding forest. Lord Cecil 11 mis his wife amid the dames, has her chains broken, nmbom'ri- s her away to Boston with liis retiring army/ The first tableau of the fifth net afiows us the hall of the Mi'itnry Court, at Bos ton, on the morning of the 4th of July, 1776^ Boston, besieged by Washington's army, i,s in a desperate strait. fThe Bu- lish troops an; betw'eeu two fires— threatened from without by the besieg ing forces, and from within by an upris ing of the Bostonians, which seems im- minenF. • ' " e : • Lord Cecil, seeing no prospect of i-e^ lief, embarks the remnanfiTof ’his army'. and only keeps w ith him oue-bompany of 120 men ns a gitard of honor. With TheseJie determines to brave death for tlie .honor of- old Eqghind and let tha town be carried by .assatrit rather than surrender. , —Before starting, however, lie teds Ruth that he has infomed h’tephen-.md Washington she IsJunocent of the trea son she was aoousecLof. — -r The federals rush on for the last as sault. Lord Cecil and J ( j,H companions —killed iu—the breachi. Htephen ar rives only movement?)! the — ten brass bands couldn’t drown de noise. -WHOLESALE- Giocers and 102 an4 104 East B»y Street, augSlly rmiPT « p; • Devereux & Co., > ......DKl.LKRS IN’ Line, Cement, Laths P!at«er, Hair, Slates and Marble Mantle*, Depot of Building Materials No. 90 Fait Bay Sash, Blinds, Doors, Glass, Etc. BT 71y] CHARLESTON. 8. C. TH0S, McG. CARR, T'A.SHION’A.BLE Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon, - 114 Market Street, (One Door East of King Street,) m*i301y] CHARLESTON, g- C, MROIffll TOUI mid! THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PULMONARY DISEASES, COUGHS, COLDS, “ BRONCHITIS, &<?<- AND GENERAL DEBILITY. SURE CURE FOR Malaria and Dyspepsia IN ALL ITS STAGES. «-For Sale by'aTG1 DRUGGISTS. H. BI8CHOFF & CO., >■ Charleston, 8. C. Sole Manufactarers and Proprietors urMfia - ^ • t • ■--r™' 3 ” , just iu time to save Ruth from the dagger of . Mrs. Andrews, who is herself slnjh, and the play ends by the solemn proclamation of tlie Indepeud- enee- of the United States. In a Slagle Mght. —Many iemarkable teles liave lieen told of persons who, by reason of fright or other causes, have found that tlieir hair has turned white in a single night. But there is not, we believe, says the Boston Journal, anywhere on record* a case where a person went to bed at night in a calm state of mind, rested soundly until daylight, and awoke in tho morning to find that during sleep liis or her hair had changed from ebony to silver. That is to say, there neyer was sneh a dase tuitil last week, when just this sort of an inci dent occurred in Boston. The subject was a lady, who retired at her usual hour, taking with her to her room another and an elderly lady, a visitor, who had ar rived late in thq day, and for whom no other accommodation could be arranged. The subject of this incident was noted for thp fineness and beauty of her hair, which was said by good judges—people who had boen abroad and were.acquaint ed with the appearance of ravens—to ri-' val the raven’s wing in blackness and lustre. Being bhssed with a good con science, and having eaten nothing indi gestible at supper,, the lady slept peace- fnlly ^during the night and awoke re freshed in the morning. But on looking toward the initrOT; she saw that her hair, instead of being black as when she went to bed, was pfcntifully streaked Avith gray. She sprang up at once to Assure herself by a nearer survey, and just be come convinced that her first view was correct, when at that moment her elderly companion, who had already dressed and _ waataira, entered the room, and, with the words, “It wasAOflsafk wRen Tgot up that I put on the wrong switch,” re placed^-upon the bureau a black and As i nmushttwed Ix-fo’ de comih’ man hasn’t, got heah yet, an’ when I pick up db daily paper an’ scan da daily record of crime, I can’t help but feel.-dat do hero will find sieh a job laid out fur him dat he will gb down into his bates an’ uebber be seen nor hArd bf again. “While I don’t want to occupy de wul- tiable time ob dis meetin’ ober an hour an’ a-half furder, I feel it my dooty^to remark dnt dis Lime-lulu Club isn’t gwino to Avail fur any cornin’ man to .-umo. De Committee on Financo-^im- gwine to look iuto our lodge safe once a week all frendo y’ar, au’ if de. money doaU’ tally wid de Secretary’s figgers a cyclone will Iwgiu to ciicle. While do janitor ob dis chth am only allowed to handle seventeen cents per week, do fust time ho makes seven an’ five count uj^ thirteen lie will be missed from his ac customed paths. “While dar am natorally a fraternal fecliu’ in a lodge of dis .sqrt, dat feelin’ must chop squar’ off when a brudder mcmlnn: am seen promenadin’ down to de staslniH iu company wid a purleecemau. Love one anoder, but return bomiwed money exactly when you promise. Stan’ by a member, in distress, but let him know dat as'sbon ns he gtte welKhe- wid lie exiiocted to aim his own meat an’ ’ta-"“ tors an’ liali-wotKl. Anticipate a redue- shun in Itouse rent, but doan’ move out in de bight owin’ de landlord back rent. Be obleegin’j but when a man returns your cpffy-niill minus de handlo an’ boaf cog-wheels, doan’ fail to drap a hint dat it would b<; less.,)rubble fur him to drink tea or pound his coffee iu a rag. Let us noATembarrass de reg'lar order of biz- ness.” 0 ' ~ Adn'itn'ttflmi wf Sugar. : y — The province of Murcia in Spain, had a pretty lively shakiug up on Tuesday. Twenty-two successive earthquake shocks were felt there, several houses were destroyed and consternation pre- vailtnl among the inhabitants. The day before thgre was -a heavy earthquake slioek in Bohemia. Last week, southern ami western Kentucky were shaken. Since the beginning of the year, there have also betm shocks in New England and Canada. These disturbances of. the earth’s crust, occurring iu rapid succession, at tract attention to the theory thate.earth quakes are sometimes, at least, the result of causes affecting a large portion of the earth, or perhaps the whole globe. Various so-called earthquake cycles have lieen pointed’otit, but it cannot 1m» safd that any one of them has been satis factorily established. It is impossible to predict earthquakes, and the utmost that careful observation has so far proved is that there are certain periods when earthquakes are unusually numer ous. All sorts of theories liave lieen in- -Jl A'cuted to account for these periodic dis turbances of the earth. Some haA’c as- 'cribed earthquakes'to tho influence, of c(micts, although the idea is about as well founded as that of the astrologers, that comets foretell wars and famines. OUters have thought that earthquakes may result from the varying force of at traction of tho sun, the. moon, mid the, other planets upon the earth. There is, at least, some appearance of plausibility iu this theory, but the whole question is yet open, and a great deal more informa tion is needed before it can be in auy de gree settled. There is, perhaps, no other display of natural forces, not even excepting vol- , canic eruptions, so frightful as a great earthquake. Earthquakes have des troyed many thousands of human lieiugs, and lahlwiuste whole cities and provinces. They are entirely beyond human control, and experience has shown that they are . jiisTas fikely te occur now as they were, centuries ago. The questions, what cause's them, and is there any means of foreseeing their visitations, are therefore of grcaU interest, and we have reason to be thankful that in this part of the world, the solid ground is not often shaken, ami that when the earthquake shock is felt it docs little damage. ♦ There are norrible stories told of for mer days, when a couple of men being on duty on some isolated rock, one of th< m happened to die suddenly in rough weather; when the survivor, fearing of being charged with the crime, remained slVut up in the closest proximity to the corpse of his comrade till the lull of the storm brought relief and the opportunity of explanation. This very week we hear of a case which might well seem incredi- I ble were it not amply authenticated. ! The watchmen on the Wolf Rock, oppo site the Cornish coast, were cut off from all communicatio'Q with their kind through the two dreariest mouths of the winter; and it was nearly the middle of January when relief reached them at last. Nowadays, however, the light- warders in similar circumstances invari ably consist of three at the least; and both bn the light-towers and in the lightships, tlte men are surrounded by all manner of material comforts. They have rooms os sung as the limited struc tural arrangements will admit; they have ampleYations of excellent food, nor are the needs of their minds by any means neglected. Still, it must lie on unnatural life at the best, and one that is perilously fifEwI to nourish sombre fancies. We* may conceive that in tho men who take most kindly to the occupation, the imag ination is seldom strongly developed; but nevertheless, they must be quick and intelligent. Generally speaking, some moderate amount of exercise is 1h*- lieved to be iudispeusable to preserving the balance of tho bodily and menial ■ powers; and in the dullest routine of or dinary drudgery there are usually oeea- i sional changes of scene and company. * Butin many a lighthouse the oceu-1 pants are held fast by the legs, for exer cise liecomes something more than ef fort when it is reduced to practicing the treadmill upon the steps of a corkscrew -*■- Buttered With'Humbug. ’ashington corresjiondent re* TTCirts that when the bill to prevent the importation of adulterated tea is brought into the House an effort will be made to add te~it"g~Tl:tnm■ fuibiddiug and ptm- ishing the mrilteration of sugar and mo lasses also. IiTTlie light of a letter from Mr. Duncan F. Kenner to a glucose^ manufacturer iu this State, which has become public, we hope that not only Congress but the State Legislatures also will make haste to declare fraudulent the selling of a mixture of sugar and mo- l.rsses Avith glucose, unless the quality and proportions of the mixture are open- -i ly stated. Whoever wishes-to use glu cose has a right to do so. And if any one prefers to use a mixture of cane sugar and glucose rather than pure cane sugar he has tho right to do this. But whoever sells such mixtures as “sugar” -or-'lmolaaaeft” commits a fraud on the public, and ought to be liable to severe punishment. Glucose is a much cheaper article than cane sugar.It is worth only aliout half as much and it is much less sweet. It does not improve, but, on the contrary^ it debases the cane sugar or molasses' with which it is mixed. The mixture is made for the dishonest purpose of get ting a high price for au article of inferior value. It is a fraud upon the public, and ought te be severely punished. Wc hope some member of our Legislature Avill make baste to introduce a bill pro tecting the public against Tfiw 'aTtemm* able swindle, and making its commission a punishable offense.—N. Y. 'Herald, A man is not more justly known by the company htrkeepirthan by the char acter of business he chooses to follow. One would not Avillingly confide iu a mock-auctioneer, or lend a dealer in pinchbeck “ five dollars till he can sell -his dog. ” We could not think of George Washington as engaged, for example, in degrading with cheap glucose' the Stand- oidLof sweets, ov consenting to realize profit from adulteration -of tea The truth cnnnotr abideTtt a person money is got by deceit, no matter how largo tho sub-basement where he works, or how expansive the superstructure in which he displays . Ids lying goods. Do We draw good water aud bail from the same .fountain ? May wo expect figs from thistles*. Do “ the peaceable fruits of rightoousiieart”#roiv in disguise? “Ye cannot servo two masters.” It was lu cidly said of a certain parson that he avas an angel—in the pulpit. But he killed official utterance by' his week-day walk and conversation; “the simple"fact ii. ^concilcone. liis preaching wasn’t sanctioned by Ida practice. ” So it is a cold day for Reform staircase, or to tukiug half a dozen steps upon a slimy rock at low water. The crews of the lighthouse are somewhat more lavoiably circumstanced iu this re speef, since they can da their walking ou a more or less roomy deck, and they en joy, besides, a greater variety of com pany. But the life in laith cases must lie intolerably monotonous; and to a landsman there would be little to choose between the terrors of the one and the other, when the sea is wrappqjl in im penetrable fogs or is being lashed into fury by hoAvling tenqieste. In a storm, the lighthouse is in reality the safer resi dence of thodwo, for, thanks to the skill of our modem-engineers, it is most, un likely that another Eddyatene will be swept away. Yet the Waves rush up the sides of the toAver, and tof® their tons of seething greAi water ngidnst the lower courses of masonry, seeming to shake the massive Kfrnetnre from ttoi %bt.n, rt qp to the foundation, it roust need nerve a:*! long habit Ad resist, the belief that the violence-ot the elements may bring about ftcatastropheT As for the lightships, being in sballitwar water, they may lie less exposed to theoxtrome fury of the storms, though there is always w-^hanee of their taring torn from their anchorage. But, on the other .hand, iu even moder ately had weather they must alwayslsM mi- UL-utlv disagreeable places of aWlc. The peculiar jerking mot ion. wheii the natural u. j hcnviiig of the ship is tiring perpetually - i checked by the straining cubits, is said to be trying to the most seasoned of mariners, and to lie ono of those inco.;- vonienccs to which no custom can re- Saturday Review. glossy coil. Catching up then the gray tresses that had for a moment so alarmed the younger lady, she deftly arranged them iu their appropriate place* and again quietly withdraw. The Cow Boys.—The leading cattle men whom a newspaper correspondent says he met in Arizona bad a Southern cut and accent, and-were apt to have hailed from Missouri or Texas. Some few appeared in full suits of broadcloth. The wide felt sombrero was invariably worn. The landlord of^the hotel do MribtMl-lbeia as “perfect gentle^gn^ some good at tho bar for $20 and $25 a day.” ' ^ . Adjourned.—The Legislature of Ar kansas adjourned out of respect to the memory of a member who had commit ted suicide while intoxicated. when it is championed by a man who feeds on fraud. - * Jiyerybody knows, or may know, that oleomargarine never appears with its proiwr name when it can palmed off as bntter. Hundreds of thousands of jx-r- sons in thi? city, iu every town, and iu foreign countries as well, are fb-day buy ing and using this refined soap-grease as genuine product of tho dairy cow. The very completeness of the counterfeit gives the more occasion for criticism. If by the shrewd arts of the laboratory, de cent suet, or the refuse fats of the slaugh ter-house, or of worse sources, can, iu open competition, be made to take Hie place of butter (as they do aecretly take it to the extent, according to figures, of 17,000,000 pounds per year), no one could fairly remonstrate ; but the simple fact is that not a tithe of that vast quan tity could be marketed if it were placed on grocers’ counters for exactly what it is—as not only a sense of honor would require, but as the law itself directs. This is the ground of the objection we urge now to oleomargarine, and to the man who has come to be known as the mogul of ito commerce; who, using the machinery of an extensive trade, fills his pockets by Circulating the article against which even the barriers of legislation have been set apparently in vain.—N. Y.‘ Tribune. _ PBAcncDia Reparter: “How inatten tive you are, Tonuny 1 What I say goes in at one ear and out of the other. And why do you lean your head on your hand like that ?” “To prevent what you say going out at the other ear, Miss Scene in a Chicago shoe store: “What .size?”* “Two’s, please.” An interval of hard work. “Do you want a pair of shoes, Mias, or oqjy one ?” “A pair, of course. ” “Ah ! yea, I see; twice two arc four; John, stretch a pair of No. 4 gaitcra.” • r • “Champagne de la Champagne. * New York City, during tho The “ Hermit,” of has asccrtnjned that past year sixty-threo women were mviv**! at tho inebriates’ homo at Fort Hamilton. some of whom were meml>ers of first- class families. The nqinlair of malcpa- tients is vastly greater, he says, but wi know that it is much easier to send nieb to such institutious-than women. Physi- i-ians ahd others who have the oppor tunity of close observation say that many if not most, of the splendid receptions which mark the highest rank of society are followed (in many cases) by symp- temsTCRpmbhng incipient dehrima tre- mens. By this is meant that reaction caused by intense excitement. The drain ou liotli mental and physical strength inevitable on such occasions calls for stimulus which is only measured by the exigency of the hour. At snch times few who drink know the extent of their potations. Hence it has been snggested that instead of styling the first circles creme de la creme, the proper term would be “champagne de la champagne,” riuce the latter is not only the ,great nurce of inspiration, but is also the itandard of taste. Tho Y/liigs of New York and Boston, wishing tp show their appreciation of Mr. Webster, contributed a large sum to ena ble him to pnrchaae a suitable residenoe at Washington and to live there during tho negotiation with Lord Ashburton in good style. Ho selected a house facing tho northeastern corner of Lafayette Square, which had been built by Thomas Saann, who had been engaged in mer cantile pursuits at Alexandria sad at Washington, and whoso son had been in recent years Governor of Maryland and a Representative in Congress from Balti more. _ Moving into this house, Mr. Web ster lived iu liecoming style, entertaining nearly all of the Senators and many of tho Representatives. He was not able, however, to pay for the house, which fell into the hands of Wilfiam W. Corcoran, tho lionker-lienefactor of Washington, who has since resided there, although he has greatly enlarged and improved it Soon after Mr” Webster had removed into his now house, Messrs. Moses H. Grinnell, Richard M. Blatehford and Simeon Draper, of New York, were one day his guests at dinner. While linger ing at table over the raisins and Ma- diera, $Ir. Grimiell said: “I have a great favor to ask you, l^r. Welistor.’’ “You can ask no favor which will not be promptly granted,” was tho reply. “Well,” continued Mr. ✓ Grinnell, “Mr. Washington Irving finds it necessary to hnvo access to tbc Spanish archives iu completing his life of Columbus, and will soon leave for Hpoiu. As tho consu late nt Madrid is vacant, Blatehford, and myself, without Mr. Irving's knowledge, have determined to ask you to appoint him.” Mr. Webster, after quite a pause, in quired : “Do I understand you, Mr. | Grinnell, as asking the appointment of Washington Irving as Consul to Madrid?” Mr. Grinnell said they hod determined to make the request, and he hoped that Mr. Webster would grant it. Mr. Web ster listened attentively, then, straighten ing himself in his chair, said, in his deep, Bass voice : “ Why not Minister Pleni potentiary - to 8{>nin, sir?” This was i”.ore than the New Yorkers had thought of asking for, and they did mot say a word. The sitting at table was pro longed for some little tftne, but no further nlhiMoji was made to it. The next day (he appointment of Mr. Irving as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary was announced. He went to Spain and remained there as Minister for sev eral yean. — — The Spring Styles. The earliest hint of spring styles, say* Harper’s Lazar, is found in the cotton dress goods that merchajda’display m midwinter; and that ladies have made up at home in advance of tho busy season when seamstresses and dressmakers an too much hurried to make these simple dresses. Cotton sattecn is the fabrio most largely imported. Instead of the wdiito aud very dark backgrounds last summer, these now have strawberry red, terra-cotta, robin’s-egg and part ridge brown grounds iu narrow stripes or cbecks j with white lines, strewn all over with large shaded disks of moon (iiid-sun, white balls, egg shapes, paral lelograms, wheels, snails* -Greek key figures, blocks, ami the inevitable polka dots, of all sizes, from the merest ■peek to those an inch and a half in diameter. Shamrock patterns are shown, and then are nautilus shells and bivalves; the tra»sit-of-Venns design is among the shadeiFdlNbl, while all the floral designs ofiastry!oar are repeated in liouquets and ui single detached sprays. The newest pattern* in polka dots have very large white balls nearly touclung each other, and almost covering a pale trioe, dark t a Wsatsmi I Hay A Np* Maliassf 1 “Young man, if you ara looking te information in regard to this hnsfnass, with a view to following ii," says a Was te m railroad conductor, “let me adviss you, befon It is everlastingly loo Into, to let up right when you ara. Tost aw Ml a man of the physical build to slaod tbs strain of forty-eight boon OB ths food. As regards our- duties, of ooun^ they are not very bad, and * man with an iron will, a four-ply oonaUtution, and tho physical endurance of a prize-fighter, can stand it without shy trouble. But I tell you it is tough ou some of the tender ones. You let a man get up in the mid dle of the night and start over a ran of • couple of hundred miles, and Stand the wear aud tear of kuodrihg about tho train, or standing in the snow up to tho bosom of his pants, on the side tnflk of some out of the way station, waiting for ‘No. 13’ freight, that is stalled half a mile down the track, to pees, it takes toe tuck out of the beet of them. Ton eon bet that during the winter season, with snow blockades that send the conductor out with the brakemaa and fireman, to help bail snow out from under the engine witli a fence board, or walking ahead of the engine and sounding for track with e pole, the conductor business is full of hardships. The little trials which tho conductor experiences in being knocked over four seats and jammed up against the stove by some crowd of drunken lumliennen who refuse to pay their tee, or helping a fat woman with two satchels, tliree or four bundles, a bird cage, an umbrella, a baby, and who always gets off at some flag station, and is obliged to climb down with the oondaotor’S aid, and who persists in falling through r culvert with one leg; while the other waves around in the air and knocks tho conductor over in the snow, ara oil the hardships that the pubjio see about the life of a conductor. But these on not one half. “And again, while too eonduetcr goto good pay, he is obliged to squander half be earns in good clothes in order to keep himself up in line with his position. And he is responsible for about everything that occurs on the line of bis run from the time he * pulls out’ until he reaches the end. Everything from the running over of a cow on a crossing to the leering of some pnssengerat an lariated ststirm, is charged up to toe conductor's merit account. If he permits a poor, frisnd- leas woman to ride free eu hie train, became she haa not money enough to pay her way, and she must get to the bedside of her dying hmban^ he le liable to be reported by some ' spotter,’ and ‘layecL off’' by the And if he doee not allow toe poor i to ride he is judged by the and the community as a 1 No; let me tell you sir, as a friend, that you better take no conductor life in yours. It looks rather nice on tha face of it, but it is full of trials and and responsibilities that would the hair on some men's heeds gray hi a single night. If you ara yeaning fa a little railroad life let me advise you to get some good soft thing as agent eta flag statical or measuring wood for (he company at #40 per mouth. There may not be the same amount of cash in the business but there is a gnat deal len responsibility.” - r ..lift Liquor in Russia. 'J’he decree regulating the liquor traffic in Russia, recently signed by the Em peror, is one of the moot stringent char acter. There is to be only one liquro shop in a village, and where two or three villages are almost contiguous due *hop must suffice for their combined inhabi tants. The publican muslTelanfttiVe'of; the place, appointed and naid by the Common Council, and mnstsell food to get drunk, he is liable not only dismissal, but to fine and imprisonment. If any Russian village is reported to the authorities as addicted to drunkenness, the sale of liquor may be interdicted-for as long a period as may seem necessary. fed, green, or strawberry ground. The stripes shown are even and very wide, with a dolor and white alternating tq make pleating?, yith the white stripe folded inside. The checks are so small that they arc merged into a plain surface at a little distance. These goods oi twilled surface are nearly a yard wide, wist forty-five cents a yard, and about fourteen yards are required lot a dress. Ottoman satteens, repped 13m ooteline, ore in similar designs and narrower widths. The solid colors of the twilled sattoens are handsome enough to be made up under transparent fabrics, as it is difficult to distinguish them from real -satin. The ball patterns of these goods stand out,as if raised from the surface. Cambrics and batistes are imparted in similar designs. The preference for soft muslins without dressing remains, and ladiea will do well to warn their laun dresses that atarch destroys much of the beauty of these twilled cottons. The silver gray, aud black and white cotton sattesns for ladies in mourning ara to neat ball and striped patterns. , - The Tilton Family. —One of the daily papers furnishes some account of the once happy family of Theodore Tilton. The girls are all married and doing very well. One of the boys is a clerk and the other goes to school Mrs. Tilton is boarding -to tteyity with her danghte Florence. Mr. Tilton does not contribute an% stated amount toward the mainte- oanceof bis family.. Though his children ^nb seThSn frott tonrtrMtee, Mi* TiUon has never met him itooe the trial Thebe are wume people in this world who closely resemble mosquitoes, isn’t'much of them, but they fret you all the time,. - 4 The Loudon Times publishes SB thoritative statement regarding ton interview ou Tuesday at Fafeborongk U tween ex-Empress Eugenie''and Prinee Jerome 'Napoleon, which, it say* ha* cleared up some private tog* existing between the ex-, and the Prinee and has led to the formal recognition of the latter t the Bonaparte family. The ex-1 was not called upon to express any op* lion of her kinsman’s general polfey, and could not, consistently with toe line of policy adopted by her while sojourn ing to Great Britain, do mure than assure her cousin of her beet whites te any constitutional action he may taka toward bringing about a plebheit* Tha recent visit of the ex-Empress to Paris was a mark of sympathy with Prinee Napoleon on account of hh illegal strata^ not of respect for the view* of hi* manifesto. She disclaim* participation | in auy unlawful or prise against the Bepubho. on his part, states th*t if a] should pronounce for i should bow to ii *The never yet, he say*, polled a eiaar I of the registered electors, abd therefore, governing merely by of the popular apathy. H banished he w31 come to baa no intention of tMte*ttafr tion in f*vor of hh not privy to the tome of the but there is no antagonism and hh father. A PBomsiNO boy, not year* old, hearing a i f itiier’* table line, “An lionasi manVt (4 God,” raid he hi- mother wan bat S ;