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gm Lipm "m ^ ?7 "^""^?~?~"-r~*"~-' -!-^-ju,a. ui^j?^ - 1 '? ^^jj^ A.n. Independent Paper Deroted |> tue Interest* of the People. ^?LUME III. ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLlijlT THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1874. NUMBER 28. ANTITHESIS. D?nth gives ub moro than life.?Slruv J'ocm. Aye, rndre: it given ropoBp, ? Sweeter than any lifo can o'er impart; Vast depth of peace, whero every burdened tta woes. I know my prison-barn; . I build no toplluft towora on shifting kuuIh ; I roach not upward with decaying band? To grasp tbe lofty stars. Tho lowly grave iB dear, And ban no terrors ; it is free from pain; ItH coA^b liy downy: and no Bocrot bauo WringH tbo rcgrotful tear. And lifo?its wild nproir. Its frnitloBs hopes, ila wllbercd, bughtod dayn, Its hours uf aiigulHh, turn tho fainting gazo Toward tho '? voiceless Bhorc." OLD DIGGLYBONES. BY OIiABA O. DOHilVEB, You would think from his nnmo that he was bid and wrinkled, bent nnd brown, wifcb a droadfully cunning, wickod fnco; but ho isn't at all. His oheoks aro round aud soft aud downy, aud 'pink like peaohes; nnd he hns snob a bright, mno^nt look that he walks into1 your heart at once withottt knock in*1' . We call him Digglybonos because ho is bo fond of the piay in which a dread ful wicked old man steals all the lady's i children and turns thorn into pies ; tho poor lady, heartbroken for her loss, goes to the baker's to oonsole herself with a pie. She calls for gooseberry but no sooner has she recoived it than sho ex claims : "Mercy me! This is my daughter Amelia!" Then old Digglybonos cries out 4>Pie, pie, pie," aud chases her home. If he catches herbe gets Amelia baok, and tbo poor mother has to go pio buying again. Yon would never think that our littlo round-cheeked boy would bo able to run fast enough to make a successful Digglybones, his logs aro so fat and so short, but he oan catch the mother ' nnd get Amelia back four times out of five. Ho has.A b'g sister named Rose ; he calls her Wosie with his littlo unman ageable tonguo, and thinks sho is tho most wonderfully wise, porfeotly beau tiful, dearest aud best sister in tho wide world. Wosio is eighteon and still goes to school, where h:r anxious teachers haveu't half such a high opinion of her ns Digglybones Iiuh ; though they can't help liking hor after knowing her a little. Thore is a tall young follow with blnok eyes nnd a groat mustaoho who comes to see her sometimes, nnd I real ly believe that he quite agrees with Digglybonos in his high opinion of Wo sie; at least the little boy put bis naugh ty eye up to the keyhole of the parlor door one day and saw the blaok mus taoho as hear wosie's moutli as his o? sweet lips ever got. Ono line summer morning while Dig glybones was building au Indian fort with his blocks on tho diuniug-room. table, there came a terrifio peal at tho door-bell. "Land!" cried grandmother, nearly leaping out of her seat. " What do peo ple want to ring that bell iu that style for ? It's sot me all in a flutter. Ran to the door, pet."' Grandmother doesn't call him Diggly bonos ; she thinks it is a dreadful name. Whou, after no small amount of tug ging, ho succeeded in opening the door, bo found tho pustnmn there, not looking so very pleasant as ho might, becauso ho had been kept waiting so long. " Here, bub," ho said, " here's a lottur for you ; aud don't let thn grass grow under your feet another time." Digglybones was sd astonished about tho grass that he let. tho letter fall out of his hand, and did not shut his mouth or pick tho letter up until the postnatal had disappeared, and might- have Btood there longer if his mother had not called onb to him to shut the door quick, before tho house was full of iltes. When ho took tho letter into graud mother the good old lady read tho di rections out loud : "Miss IloseStilliugfleet. City." "Land!" sho said, "I guess that's from Mr. Alford. I wouldn't wouder if Rosie would give the best two bits sho ' ever saw to get this letter. Well, put it on tho table iu her own room, dear." Digglybones trudged ofl up stairs with it, thinking all tho time, as hard an ho could think with his busy lit tlo brain; ho had never breathed a word of his putting his eye up to tho keyholo, for he hud a stroug suspicion that -everybody, from graudniother down, would strongly disapprove of such a performance on his part; but, bo hadn't forgotten it all, and ho "guessed" that Mr. Alford, tho ownor of the black mustache, was tho most daugorontf rival he had; and ho thought to himsolf that Wosio would givo two bits to get tho lettor. After a while Digglybones knocked down his Indian fort and wont out of doors to play ; he knocked at Jimmy Lee's back door and asked Mrs. Loo,, in his sweet voico, "Could peaso Jimmy como out doors aud play soldier?" But Mrs. Leo said Jimmy had gone in town with his auntie, and wouldn't bo back until luuoh-tirue; so Digglybones playod soldier by himsolf for a littlo while. But ho found it exceedingly dull tobe captain, lieutenant, company and every thing, and began to wiith ho hud some candy, or somebody to play with, he didn t care which. " Grandma," ho said, straying into tho house, "1 wi?h you would dive mo live conts." "What for, pet?" said grandmother, who had been reduced to the verge of bankruptcy by Digglybones already. " I want some tandy." "It isn'tgpod for you," replied grand mother. "Somo of these days some t'.j will say, 4Why hasn't that niee littlo boy any teoth?* and eomobody vill havo to answer, 'Because his naugh ty grandma gave him so muoh candy;'" " Then I can buy teeth like yours,'* answered Digglybones ; "I want some tandy anyway." But grandmother shook her head, and that day she was proof against teasing, although Digglybones teased his best. tp He found his xaothor equally untraot able, and then his busy little brain be gan to think; and he th ught, among other things, that Wosie had some "five I contses," and if lie gave her that lettor sho 'would give him some of them. Grandma had said that she would give two bits to got that letter, and he was sure there was a good many "five oontses'" in two bite; and visions of an unlimited amount of candy passed bo fore him. Ho knew tho school whore Wosio went, and was sure ho could find it; he had watched her go down street so many times. So, without saying a word to anybody, ho put the letter in his little jaoket pooket and started off. The letter stuck up so high that it scraped his soft skin, so he doubled it up and orowdod it down. Ho walked along very compla cently, with hia ragged straw hat on one side, totally nnconsoions that his face was dirty und his hair in his eyes; in faot, he felt perfootly satisfied with him self. By and by it occurred to him that ho was pretty hungry, and it was queer that he did not find the high school. " My daoious 1" he thought to himself, I wonder if Wosio doesn't get awful tired going to school." He thought a littlo rest would do him no harm, so he found a nice, shady doorstep, and sat down. When ho put Mr. Alford's letter into his pocket ho had felt something hard in it, and now, being reduced to great ne cessity, he muoh wondered if that some thing hard wasn't something to eat. "Perhaps," thought Digglybones to himself, " it is five.cents.. I doss it is ; aud I dess Wosie would just as liove dive it to me as not." He could not imagine a tenderer mark of affection on Mr. Alford's part than his inclosing five cents to Wosie. He oponed tho letter as carefully as his clumsy little fingers could doit, and out slipped?not something t? ent, and not fivo cents, but a round, firm curl dipped from Mr. Alford's blaok, curly head. "O dear!" said Digglybonos, dis gusted. He tried to slip it baok ngain, but his small fingers wore "all thumbs," and it slipped down to tho sidewalk beside him; he thought, however, that he had got it in again all safe, and ho stuffed the let ter back into his pooket, feeling rather dubious about what Wosie would say when she found that ho had opened it. Not being in the habit of borrowing trouble, however, Digglybones dis missed the subject from his mind and started off ngain on his jonrney, The f rther ho walked tho more forci bly it oconrrod to him that it was queer th t ho did not find the High School; and tho more certain ho was that he felt deoidedly hungrv. Those two oiroumstances together caused Digglybones' spirits to descend to zero, and putting his fiugeis in his mouth and rubbing his eyes with his dirty fist he began to cry. For some time ho walked along, cry ing harder and harder every minute, aud nobody noticod him; but at last a brown eyed gentleman, who, perhaps, had a half-dozen little brown eyed chil dren at home, stopped Digglybones and said: "What's ?ho matter, littlo man?" Digglybones took his fist away from hi i eye to see who it was that had spok en to him; nud being won at once by tho kindly light of tho brown oyos ho took his linger out of his mouth and "an swered : " Please, sir, I want to find tho high school; and 1 hain't had no lunch, and I'm huugry 1" Tho last words came out with a bellow that would havo made grandmother'? heart aclio for her po^if sho could have hoard it. . " Hungry !" said the gentleman, who could not suppress a griu at tho nature of Digglybonos'complaint. "Well, well, my boy, wo'll so n cure that. Now tell mo whioh high school you wish to fiud, tho boys' or the girls'?" This Was a poser for Digglyb^ncs, who instantly clapped his finger into his mouth agnin to consider tho sub ject ; and he came out bravely. "I want to find Wosio," he said. " Ah. ha 1" said tho gontlomau. " Is Rosio your sister?" Digglybones nodded. "Take my baud," said his now friend, "ai>d wo will find some.hing to eat first, and Rosio af tor ward." Thoy walked along together very con fidentially indeed ; for tho iudiscroot Digglybones told tho nentl^man all about Wosie's letler, and what grand mother had said, aud what his naughty eye saw at tho parlor keyhole, and the ourl of blaok hair that had dropped out of the lottor ; all of whioh mado the gontlemau laugh so uproariously that Digglj'bunes was profoundly astonished. Ho filled his little companion's pockets wilh cakos, o.tndy and riuhfj howovor, so that tho littlo boy oould not feel hurt at his laughter, and took him to the very steps of the high sohool. "Where is your lettor, ray little man ?" ho said. "Let mo ceo tho purl." Digglybonos took out tho letter und shook it, but no curl fell put; then tho gentlemen took the lettor nud shook ; and all in vain. " Why, my boy," ho said, " what will llosio say to'yon? You'vo lost tho curl of hair.''' Digglybones looked a littlo puzzled and worried for a moment, but his face soon cleaved, and lie replied, very calmly: "Oh ! Wosie oan det another; his head is all covered with 'em." Whereupon the gentleman took out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes, and shook very hard; Digglybones looking on wondoringly. Just then a young girl oame down the steps, and the young geutlemon said : . Can you toll mo if MisB Rose Still inglleet attends sohool bore ? ' "Yes, sir, Bhe does," said the young girl. " Will you take this little boy so that he can"find her?" " Certainly," Bhe answered. "Good-by, thon, my boy," said the brown-eyed gentleman, patting Diggly bones' head, and thon, walking away. Perhaps ho told his brown-eyed chil dren that night about tho funny, dirty faced little boy whoni he met, out hunt ing for " Wosio." The young girl led the way up-stairs and, opening the door, ushered poor, shocking-looking littlo Digglybones into a'room full of neat, pretty young ladies. " This little boy wants to Beo Miss Stillingfleet," said the young girl to the teacher. Rose stood up, her face scarlet and her eyes snapping, half in anger, half in fun; Ehe did not know whether to laugh or to cry. Tho dirt on Digglybones' face was now bo mixed with crumbs of cake and bits of candy that it was hard to tell what tho color of his round oheeks might be; his tangled hair straggled down from under his ragged straw hat, and he held Mr. Alford'? poor ill-used lotter extended in his dirty hand. "Here, Wosio," he said, in his clear, sweet voice, with a smile which would have done honor to a seraph* "here's Mr. Alford's letter. There was a curl of his hair in it, but I lost that; but he's got lots more on his head. Don't be mad, Wosie." He added the last entreaty in conse quenoe of a look on Wosie's face which he had never seen there before. Tho young ladies giggled; how could they holp it? Even the teacher smiled. Tho tears roso np so thick in Wosie's eyes that she could hardly speak to ask the teacher if she might take the. inno cent little offender home, The letter she put in her pooket. She did not scold, but she refused to take hold of his hand nud made him walk faster than his pooi littlo legs could con veniently go. When they reached home Digglybones realized that the wuy of the transgressor is hard, and from that day to this he eyes Wosie's letters with fear and scorn, and nothing will persuade him to touch them. The Grasshopper Army. To the thousands of our readers who have for the past fow years, and especi ally few months, heard and road of tho grasshopper, tho mighty spoiler of the husbandman's labors, but who have never seen or heard described tho ap pearance and nature of the pestiferous insect, it may be that a picture of the creature and its doings would not be uninteresting. When tho grasshoppers originally appeared in the northwestern states to any damaging degree, a num ber of years since, thoy first attracted attention by their numbers, appearing as thoy did bofore tho astonished far mer in countless millions, not as the innocent and harmless creatures whioh had hopped before his sioklo in tho grass ever since he was a boy, but as a dangerous, ravenous nud devouring army of innumerable pigmy enemies. Thoy oame in swarms, darkening tho heavens as far as tho eye could roach, and alighting upon tho green Hold liko a black shroud, and only leaving it when nothing verdant remained put of thoir myriad stomachs. They were not near as largo as wero tho domestic grass hoppers, neither green in color, but a brownish-colored insect, of half tho size. They hopped with all tho power of tho old green specimens, but when it came to using their wiugs the "old inhabit ant" grasshoppors wero nowhere. The invaders (oarly named the "raidors") wore very eagles in miunture, nud would on a still day soar from a ruined corn Held directly toward tho suu nnd away from human vision. People not experi enced in tho devastating propensities of these pests can scarcely believe that so niiifdl uu insect, and ono hitherto looked upon so lightly as a poworless inhabit ant of the farm, can do the harm whieh has been ascribed to them. Rut they oan do mighty thii gs on nccpnnt of thoir numbers. It can hnrdly bo oreditcd that they como in sun-darkening clouds and cover the meadows, fields aud roads to tho depth of from ono to five inches ! of wriggling aud hungry life;, but thoy do. It can hnrdly bo bolioved that they light upon tho fences, nnd guaw away at tho boards and posts with snob as siduity that they leavo them looking haggled and scarred, but thoy do. It can hardly bo understood that thoy will stop a team by driving liko a hail storm in tho horses' faceR, that thoy cush by hundreds undor tho foot whioh stop among them, and yevon stop rnilroad trains, with thoir greaso when run over on up-graden, but it is tru ?. Any farm er in the infestod region who is experi enced in their ravages will oflirm thoso apparently extreme statements to be on ly tame facts in the presence of the ac tual "raiders"?the Egyptian plague of Minnesota and the terror of tho bus bandmon of the wholo northwest.? Chicago Journal. ?A Mohmon at Silt Lake proposes to mnlto a human body appear and then disappear before tho audience. Ho ful filled his programme by appearing, getting tho money of his audience, and ' ?disappearing. ttjtato Purchasing Agont to the .Grangers. S"We extract tho following from a com munication published in tho Prairio Farmer from tho Illinois state pur cha*ing agent: SfNovor sinco tho granges havo been organised did the members of tho ordor o?mipy^flfioh a responsible position as tij.oy do at present. Starting out with tho theory that so far as the purchasing o% farm supples was concerned, that the long lines of middlemen, could bo dispensed with, and that a moro direct trade, and consequently a less expen sive system could be adopted, wo formed organizations all over tho stato with a rabidity that BnrpasBcd our most san guine anticipations. We promised man ufacturers that thoso of them who would dismiss their agents who were overrunning the country in the fine car riages .and with fast horses, forcing sales in tho most expensive manner (all of Iwhioh came out of tho farmer's pocket ) that wo would supply the de foal by contracting our trado and giving it to them in preference to all the oth ers,?- With a promptness that was flat tering to' the feasibility of its proposi tion, many of the manufacturers, from all par ta of the country, offered to meet us upon that platform, giving us the usual discounts allowed to the trado, thereby talking the busiuess out of tho hands of middlemen and depending upo$ the integrity of the order to fulfill their promises. It needs no philoso phical argument to convince any one that the manufacturers aoting in this way incurred the united displeasure of thos? belonging to " rings," together with that of tho whole army of agents on both tides. . This inaugurated a fierco; contest. No sooner was this move discovered than the "rings " and their agents low ered the prices of their goods to tnose offered by our manufacturers, at the same ''time boasting that they wonld break-down tho system by decoying tho trado away from thoso who dealt with us. To more effectually accomplish thin, many of them sold goods during the past season - at even lower prices than had yet been offered to us. Some of the^bbldest of them havo declared that they will sell at oven less than cost far, a time, depending upon making up for it in future trade, when they drive TW irom our position. There are hundre la of thousands of dollars band ed agaitBt us this year to accomplish this end]. As a general thing they have the heu>tiest capitalists on their side, and, as it is a matter of life or death to them, they will fight ns desperately. They know full well that we do not hold out a compromising hand to them, and they feel, too, that they have gone so far that they cannot give up while there is a ray of hope, and consequent ly it must be fought out on this line. Some of them attempt to decoy us away from our standard by assuring us that they can manufacture goods cheap er now thau formerly, and the price noed not be as high. We know this is not so to any great extent, as material aud labor and interest on monoy are about as high as ever. If, too, they were in earnest why do the "rings" fight us and our principles so bitterly? Strange, indeed, that their conversa tion did not take placo nntil they saw us in a situation to throw off the gall ing yoke and maintain our independ ence. Strango, too, that in localities where the pressure is not so great, that their conversation is not as complete as it is here. So far then as the Patrons in Illinois aro concerned, they havo accomplished all they started out for, and now tho ground they fought for is thoirs. The question now comes to every one, will you retain it, or will you forfeit it? This is a question fuller of meaning than mero commou interrogatories. Hence the assertion made by mo in tho first sontonco of this article. If you say you mean to occupy tho position you now do, it is done only upon tho fuet that you fulfill to tho vory letter your promiso to g vo your support to those who oame out from tho old system of agencies and declared themselves with us. Boforo this change we had no responsibility. Wo wcro mero tools in the manufacturer's hands to gather in the wealth of tho country to tho tills of "rings." It is not sufficient to nay now that it is no mattor whero you purchase, since machinery, < to., is as low outside ai in side the ordor. If in many instuuees this is tho case, pi. s toll mo to whom is tho reduction due? Thou lot every true Patron stand by tho stars and stripes of the grange, and see that tho I banner that led us to victoiy is not for gotten. Rushing Into Danger. Tho insano haste with which peoplo ofton rash to their deata ia utterly la mentable. Persons, to save the delay of u few minutes, heedlessly rush in front of a swift-moving train, or worse than foolishly jump upon a moving oar, running tho risk of nn accident, sooner than wait tho short timo necessary to insure them perfoot ? safety. If only themselves woro tho snfferors, tho fate that oft'.n overtakes them would be well merited ; but unfortunately thoy are tho least hurt by tho catastrophe. Several fatal accidents have recently occurred at the eaet?all of them resulting from criminal hoedlessnesp. A young lady, wishing to show her friends how nimble sho was, attempted to cross tho traok ahead of n ooming lecomotive. She did cross, but her dross was caught in tho passing wheels, and sho wns drawn back under tho crushing weight of the train. Auoth. r instance was that of a mau. His wife, looking from her cham ber Jwindow, eaw him step from tho train whioh dally brought him from the oity. Sho ran down stairs' to moot' him; at tho door, bat he was not there. She thought he 'had hidden and called to him, bat there was no -answer. She saw a crowd of men . coming np the street; they stopx>ed at her gate, ono.no 1 it, and oame up tho puth tjearing his doaJ body^ He did alight, in Safety from tho train. Thore was another train coming from tho epposite direc tion ; he would not wait .the minute it would take to pass, but sprang in front of it, the wheel of tho engine caught' his boot he 1, wheeled him. around, and. throw him upon the track. Hardly a day passes but some accident occurs from attempting to cross tho streets in front of an approaching vehicle, and all to save a minuto of time, certainly, not so very valuable to ono who. holds his lifo at so small a price. About Salt Lake. A correspondent of tho Baltimore American, writing from Salt Lake Oity, says: "The oity of Salt Lake is at the foot ot the range of tlio Wahsatch Moun tains, and extends somewhat on the up land pain. A long valley lies beyond,' affording fine cultivation for those. am bitious to extend their farms and gar dens beyond tho oity suburbs. The mountains rise liko the sides of a basin,, containing in many places deep rifts of enow upon which the sun's rays have no visible effect. The most attractive fea ture about, tho eity is their method?of irrigatiou. A mountain stream is turned from its natural course, to form clear, beautiful brooks, flowing over pebbly bods, on either side of the i streets, ?which are themselves one hundred and thirty-three feet wido. The old houses are adobo, but many hue buildings aro noticeable, and judging from the freshness of their appearance, the eity must have greatly changed in the post few years. It is now laid out in wards, twenty in number, of eight blocks each. Every ward has a bishop presiding over it, subject to tho chief of the council of bishops. This arrangement, accounts for the entire absence of beggars. The Tabernacle stands on one of the' princi pal streets; adjoining it tho foundation of the now temple,-which, if. ever com pleted, will be very elogant. On the same street are the Lion House'aud Bee Hive?homelike, comfortable buildings ?and the prominent houses of the pres ident. Still further on is the family school-house. A solid stone wall en closes all these buildings, leaving the stranger to wonder what such a life can' be, for n ,t a .sign of animation reveals its workings to tho outer world. On the opposite side of tho street Brigham Young is building a spacious residence valued nt one hundred thousand dollars. Houses of other wives are scattered about in the neighborhood, and the neat little cottoge of Ann Eliza stands va cant. They tell UBthere are eighteen la dies who answer to tho name of Mrs. Young in Salt Lake, and others in the towns throughout the Territory. Mrs. Amelia Young is an adept in the very important art of nursing nnd is also an educated lady, and this is n key to all that is mysterious about Mormou women. As a class they are not educa ted, and they certainly do not belong to the ordor of lino ladies. They come from a laboring class of people, where labor means hard and continuous teil, with no time or thought to devote to tho "refinements of life. Somo were* peasant girls from European countries to whom higher wages out nt service was the inducement offered. Thoy do not look liko happy women, and the natural inferonce is that they aro not; but they zealoii?ly defend their mode of lifo because they consider it a part of thoir religion, nnd thoro is no bigotry so difficult to overenmo as that founded upon roligious couviotions." Courage nnd Self-control. Of students who begin a term with high aims, how many year after year fail to fulfill them, not from want of opportunity, but from wont of resolu tion ! The poet Cowper was onoe con sulted by Iiis friend, Mr. Unwia, about somo man's ehnraoter. "All I know," ho wrote, " about him is, that I buw him once clap his two hands upon a rail, meaning to leap over it; but he did uot think tho nttompt a safo ono, and so took them off again." This story typifies tho careor of not a few who proriised something bottor. Let mo counsel you to keep your hand upon tho rail, even if you fail to clear it at tho first leap, or, at all events, only to removo it in order to try a humbler hoight. You aro often exhorted to aim high that you may secure a lower mark? 11 Who aimotli nt the aky, Shoots higher much titan ho that moniia a troo." But I nm not suro that it is not wiser to selcet for tho immediate mark, how over ambitious your ultimate hopos may be, something fairly within your powor, and pertinaciously to strivo until you hit it. '_ ?Tho attempt to substitnto moral suasion for corporeal punishment in the government ot pupils in tho public schools of Chicago hna been cutiroly successful. Tbo report of tho sohool board dwells upon this fnot with par donable complacenoy. Last year there wero fewer suspensions, in proportion to the attendance than ever before. Nino schools, having an average attend ance of (5,500, report no suspensions and no corporeal punishment. Six sohools, i with an attendance of 4,500, report ono suspension each. ?Mr. Spirgeon, in his Sword and Trowel, acknowledges tho receipt of a letter informing him that the gout was sent ns a judgment from God upon him for opposing tho Churoh ofjEuglnnd. FACTS AND FANCIES. ?A doctor's motto is supposed to be: Patients and long Buffering. 1' ?It is success tbat c?I?Jrl' ftUltfTUWf snooess makes fools admired/ makes viHains honest.?TliomMon. ?Tho sponge business in Syria yields abont $125,000 a year, not an hundredth' part as muoh as is yielded by the speng- > wg business in America. ?At Decatur, HI., tho streets aro, drained by sinking wells forty feet, at which depth there are auieksands whioh do the work very effectually. -tHn ?Miss Thackeray Bays, tho sura of^ tho evil done by a respeotable and easyW going life may be greater in the end, perhaps, than that of many a disastrous earoer, ' ?"When a Chicago woman feels par ticularly spiteful toward mankind, she sleepy with her feet out of. the. window, ; so as to prevent people from seoing the. comet. ?A Kansas school ma'am wouldn't' dismiss eehool to let the scholars seo a circus procession go by, and the board of trostees have secured a teacher who isn't so. stuck up. ? ?A Wisconsin man has just been pax- > doned, after seven years' service in tho penitentiary, it having been ascertained that ho did not commit the murder ?l1 which ho was accused. \ bjj ?Flour will extinguish the* flames of burning coal oil, according to some' body in Wisconsin. As soon as it''be1* comes generally understood that coal oil is dangerous, this . discovery may prove of great service. ?Detroit Free Press: ': A younglady r in Milwaukee fainted away when <ber< lover called and found her bare-footed,', but a Chicago girl would havo kicked his hat off" as she cried 'good- morn-' ing.'" ?Tho daughter of Kicking Bird -iflj described as a "lively, piquant littlo thing, with arckV soulful eyes.". The elk .teeth with which her cloak ;is or-, namented aro valued at two hundred and fifty mules ' **>ut ?Engaging candor : Papa ? " Aritil pray, sir, what do you intend to settle on my daughter? and how do you* mean to live?" Intended?"I intend, sir, to settle myself on your daughter,, and live on you 1" ; u; ? 07? ?-'' I believe my fate will be that oj"^ Abel's,'' said" a'wife to her husbandl oho day. " Why so ?" inquired her husband. " Because ' Abel was killed by a club, and your olnb will kill me if you con tinue to go fee it every night." ?Some singers at a concert were somewhat startled the other evening by finding that the selection, "When weaiied watchers sink to Bleep," had' been printed on their programmes, - " Whonmarried wretches,'., etc. ?Within the past five years 27,785 miles of railroad have been constructed in this country at $40,000 per mile; the cost of these works has been $1,111, 400,000. The population of ttio country inoreases at the rate of 2.o0 per cent, annually. The earnings of our rail reads inoreases in about sixfold greater ratio. ?Cheerfulness is an excellent wear ing quality. It- has been called tho bright weather of the heart. It gives harmony to the^soul, and is a perpetual song without words. It is tantamount. to repose. It enables nature to recruit its strength; whereas worry and discon tent debilitate it, involving constant wear and tear. ?Danbnry Bailey writes from Eon-, don: Thoy ask mo if thoro are such drinks as brandy smashes, claret pun ches, gin-slings, and the like, and when I tell them I am not quite sure, bnt think I havo heard those things men tioned by worldly people in the states, they say, "Ah, how wonderful 1" I hope I havo not deceived theso people. ?Stanloy writes, " No drnukard can live in Africa. Tho very fever discov ers his weak point, id tacks him and kills him. I knew nothing muoh of this terrible recurring malady previous to my African experiences, but I had good cause before 1 ended my mission to know that a drunkard is least able to withstand a tropical and malarious cli mate." ?Pestered with "contributions in verse," from a persistont rhymster, till his patience gavo out, an Amerioan ed itor wrote to his correspondent thus : "If yon don't stop sending mo your sloppy poetry, I'll print a piece of it some day, with your namo appended in full, and send a oopy to your sweet heart's father." The poetical fountain was spontaneously dried xfrf. ?A cholera conference is to .meet in Vienna in the course of the autumn to discuss the best methods of preventing tho propagation of the disease. Pro fossor Pottenkofor, who has carefully watched the progress of cholera in Munich sinco its outbreak nearly a year ago, will bo present, and will no doubt have valuable information to contribute. The number of deaths, whioh last win ter amounted to 55 a day in Munich (as a maximum), had sunk last month to two per diem. ?A Montreal paper says : " The la dies of this oity will be gratified to learn that the woman's rights movement 7B advanoing with giant strides. A Papineau road brickmaker employs women in his manufactory. Several women could bo seen yestorday in his yard piling bricks. The happy, oon< tented expression visible on the"ir ann immt features showed plainly that thoy enjoyed thoir work. Their hands moved nimbly, and thoy can throw eight bricks in the time a man takes to throw four."