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VOLUME III. .A.xi Imtepeiicleiat Paper Devoted to the J^terests o| the People. ~--' ' rgrrrV, ?Li.^ ' ??-~~?? ? " -? .- ' '?-,-._ ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, 'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER1 17, 1874 IIIIII I.| NUMBER 32, THE. KING'S WELCOME TO THINGVALLA, I'roia Ilia Icelandic of Mathln-j .TocliuinMon, Tit.\:;urATKi> ax jiavaiid tayloh. "?S3^^T:'..-'.v '"V: With elro?g foot tread tho holy ground, Our snow-land's king, tho lofty-hearted, ? Who from tfiy royal bothe hast paftod,' 1 'To greet these h ill 1 tlir.i, giiiard tib round I i <. lOur Frecdoin'd scroll thy haud hat lout we, " The first of kliigs whom Ood has sent us, Hall? welcomo to our country's heart 1 liaiid1? fatbet*,' horo tho Law-llount view I SBahbld-G'od'a work tu nil their -fastness I < Whirro eaw'flt thou Freedom's fairer fa?tu'cbs,i i! WJlh Avo-Iicivcd ramparts, waters bluo?; Ilero sprang tho Hagau of our splendor; Hero every Iceland bcart In tender ; . . God built this altar ftr ht:i ilooli! ?Hero, ah In thousand yeans of old, Sound tho same words, a volco uuendod; Atj when their ltfo and law defondtd 'Tho Bpcarmen with their shields ;Of ftold : Tho Famo land yet the'samo speech, glvctb, Tho r.noicnt soul of Freedom liveth, And hlthor, king, wo welcomo theo 1 IV. ,;? But now ar.o past a th?usund yo?rs. As in tho pcoplo's memory hoarded, And in Qod's volmno nlaud recorded Their strifo and trial, woes and fears; Now lot Jhp hopo of better agea iUe wbaliby presence^ king 1 preeagoB? Now let tho prosperous tinio bo euro! i ?tffii 11 SI i'i">! V. Our land to theo her thanks shall ylold. A thousand years thy nanio bo chanted, Hero, whorotho Hill of Law 1b planted, ?Twllt flpry fount and lava Hold: '.Wo pray:All-Fathor, otn* dopendenco, ?To blcsa theo i obd thy far docendanta,. - And tlioso they rulo, a thousand yoaral A CONFEDERATE AMAZON. Ifiiplotts on the 'rented Flctd of Mid. Uoimcr, Alln? Lieut, Harry lluforct. Saturday Mrs. E. H. Bonner, better known' throughout tho south as Lieut. Harry T. Buford, arrived in this city fronvNow Orleans, en routo to New York,! This distinguished lady has per haps gone through raoro hardships and done more for the Confederate States during tho "lato unpleasantness" than any woman within the borders of the.1 section so designated. Liko all our southern womon, Mrs Bonner was filled with that unprecedented lovoof country ' and patriotism, so beautifully exempli fied by the women flf the south during, tho war, and, unwilling to seo, those: whom sho held most dear march to tho front,^ she made preparations, notwith standing her sex, to participate actively in the strifo. During tho month of June, 1861, she loft New Orleans, in the fall uniform of a recruiting officer, and wont direct to Arkansas, whore ?ke soon succeeded in raising a company of vete rans As first lieutenant, under Cap tain Wcathcrford,. sho loft" Arkansas with the company and wont to Key West. Here she .was reluctantly com Eoiled to leave the command which she ad organized, .and to which she became so much attached, on the ground of in pompetenoy, as alleged by tho com mander of that post. Determined to allow no impediment to -make her swerve from the Uno of duty marked out by Herself, she at once proceeded to Virginia, and joined Drew's battalion of Now Orleans the day previous to the first battle of Manassas, and participa ted in that memorable struggle. A short time after this sho joined the 8th Louisiana, and for the first time her sex wasquestioued, and she was arrested and*ordered to assume fenialo attire. Among hundreds of amusing adventures perhaps tho. best with which she wan connected took place during the time of her imprisonment after this arrest. ' A committeo of ladies waited upon, her by order of tho commander, for. tho pur pose of settling the vexed question, but after seeing the dashing looking young} ofiloor^thoy|oonoluded not to perform their> mission. Sho wnb taken before tho .mayor, released, allowed- to retain her uniform, and at ohoo commissioned' to perform any services for the confod ? eraoy which she might bo oallod upon to perform. 'As her sex had been^queB tioned, if not known, she resolved -to leave Richmond; and rejoioed when Gen. Winder ordered her to the westorn army for the'purpose of scouting in the ? vicinity of Okalona, Mississippi. The . reliability of the daring young^ reoruit was soon recognized and appreciated, and General Quantrell sent her with dispatches us.a hpy into Missouri.- Af ter rendering inestimable service in this ? oapaoity sho wont to Mississippi, and from there baok to Now Orleans, whoro sho'joined tho 21st Louisiana regiment, then being organized, and reported to General' V?llipigue. ? \ f? f ? r Reoeiving* Tier commission as first lieutenant, nho wont to Memphis, and . from^ftriftd|'flli|l^, whore slid was badnjSBupael'ui tho right ajioulderon theTMtTOKyM tW \Mt\e, April 8;18G2.. While recovering from the effects of her wound her sex was again discovered to her mortification, and Gon. Beauvo gard and others wore astonished to find ont that the gallant young officer wris.' not of tho stronger sex. " TJnable'to dis suade her from participating in act ivo warfare, she was commissionod to go to Atlanta, pass through the lines, and aot aa a spy, ,Upon rooohing .Atlanta she, wttB ccomiiellcu' V>/ wait several vddys for farther orders, and instead of stay ing in that city,'she ran up to Dal ton and Chattanooga','and participated ac tively in both fights, returning to At lanta a'day or tv/obofore tho necessary orders1 arrived. From this section of tho country she.was ordered aboard of blookndferB Jfrom different southern ports to the Indies, and often wa? the bearer pf important, dispatches. to for eign ports for the Florida and Shenan-" doah. She seized.every opportunity,, whollior in the south, in tho north,- or in a foreign land, to render assistance to the ^J^ff^jWpg^de^Py^/S^F hjjfc? receipt now in her possession for $780, which she collected from the United StatoMohli'T.; of Opmmodoro Brissols' fleoflJ*TOW*OT ^rfugepxfrt^B?btttroes,' ond sent toHontljernJiospitals, although tho money was'supposed to have been i : .-Mju-i-'-i:.ji ?.<' <ri .?j?a9n givon for the benefit of fedornl soldiers. She was rioV inmirto Sah ?iegof.nnd>Ha vana for the purpose of buying coffee and, sugar for the confederacy, aud from thoro,1 ?fter making the' necessary"pur chases, she went, .tp SbuUirArrJprlca, iu the interest of the confederate govern ment, with Price's expedition. From South America (she proceeded;^ the West Inui6?,: uhurgod Wren sdmo impor tant mission foy,tbo country, wluoh sho loved so v. 11 served soVfmlmrdly. :The doods oFthfs hoblo'womn^are well known tl^onghp?t th?>sotith, a?d' haV? been reoited on many a hoarthstono by well-scarred !veterana and inmates of mahity-troated prisoners of Gamp, QnaseJ have every reason to rompmber ,her who nnrsod them, fed them and. furnibhed them with every eont sho conld Bparoji day after day. Sho is in possession of genuine docu ments, gifen hor/pvery'-etepjshe has made, and frpm all of them; it can be soon that she was trusted.sunhositatingr: ly, and boro an ?unblemished character i from the beginning to the oioso of the war. Even after her soxhood had been questioned, throughout tho entire .war ?bo it said to tho credit of tho men of the south?that not n syllable was eveV repeated in her hearing unfit to repeat m the presonoo of the most/reserved lady. Mrs.' Bonner renioved to 'New Mexico, after her adventurous life, and engaged in mining speculation; and had realized a handsome fortune from her investments! She' has been wojl.,em ployed otherwise, and has finished a book given a truthful account pf hor adventures during her connection with the confederacy. Sho is an intelligent looking lady, of about thirty-five years of age, and has a particularly refined appearanco for ono who has experienced tho hardships of camp lito and per formed tho duties of . a man for more than four years. ? . Vwl Sho is on her way to Now York, and has a, number of letters-of intrqdjiptioai j to prominont gentlemen of many south ern and northern oities, and othor evi dences of 'an irreproaohable reputation. While here she culled' nponjsfeveral of our distinguished citizous, whoso con nection with the war rendered1 her do sirous of forming, thoir .acquaintance, and to mau-y of" whom she . .brought letters of introduction.?Mobil6;Jlcg. Maestro Man-Milliner. A writer inLbndon Sooiety discourses of- a maii-milHner,c M. Trsis-Etoilps (undoutedly Worth), v. >; doors open wide?the wo.cfii.-o ^pnuarfl. His person is disappointing, though un deniably Britannio. Heia a pink and white dapper man, with fat and shiny face, his hair partod in the middle,Tub monstaoho pendant and highly oleagi nous. A thick white throat enclosod by a iawri-oolorod ribbon, " a tight fitting frook coat, d ohronio Bmile, a bow that does not incline his body, Those are' the descriptive items remarked by a cursory observer of the great.Trois Etoiles. His voico is strong and high ; his accent'is boldly insular. He looks around with an absent hir, then sudden ly speaks. He has seen at; a glance what is missing in Mum. O'Tempora's toilet The train Iiob been drawn out carefully to its-full length before his arrival. ' What aro you tliinking of, Esther ? Madame's figure must nave nothing but draperies.; Too low in .the neck. An cpdxitcUc cn bidis.1 A suoon to the right at the hip. Take half that bouquet at the breast away.. And do you go to Trouvillo th|s year, madame?' Hp* manner {is oAir^a|juir^'/^d^^l . bred. He hos genausdf I fctttainranl,! undoniablo tact, and imperturbable': sang-froid. And I tnink he believes in jhis mission. He .will not dress oyory one. He would not bestow a glanco on those olqmsy Germans in tho first room.' I hear ho refuses tP muke for a certain' .popular actress because ehe does not Bhare his i?oas of tho capabilities of her | figuro aud wants her dresses too low. Ho converses in English with old, dociio, trusted customers like Mine. O'Mores, aud for her ho consents to givo a ?iittlo professional exhibition." Historic Scandals. . ,^.| A romarkablo feature of many his torio scandals is tho unsatisfactory and? dubious result of them. Does the World yet know/whb|h?r? Mary1. Quco'n of Soot8,'-wasa good'\tomun or Wwrfchb ? And has not Mr. Fronde's last vobuuo. oncd moro cast sbriou.4 suspicion on Euglarid's " V?qijiiQn?oVi ?" Wilt any body.ever knowwhether Napoleon / HI , was rbally a Danaparte ? Viotor IHugo hurled at him the memorable apothegm, '*} 1 To is neither the son of his father nor tho father of his bSH ?" but some allowance must bo made for the writer's ' fierce detiiooratio wrath. It is como thousands of years since the association of Portales and Aspasia, and we be liovo tl;at notwithstanding the lot in due* ion of tho oritiual method in his tory, scholars have not yet decided j whether thoir relations wero piatonio or othorwise. i Tho belief that Gen. Jock son loved not wisoly but coo woll tho wife of. Gon. Eaton, hie soorotary, of war, was ohoo very provalont, but it Could show no very satisfactory grounds for its existence. The trial of Quoon .C^roliue by^the honso of lordsr. ^dSyas; I heron an inquisition as . was' over' mado Liato tup ol^rutiUxr of a human .being,, yet it is not known to this* day whmhov that pure and upright man, her hus band, had rouaon to ,find faujt with,hor 6? not. The hbrrlblo* Byron eclmaitf; bV recently reviyod by Mrs. Stowo, will probably nbver - be settled beyond dispute ?OoggiftV. comet is now visible in tho southern hemisphere', and the Chi nese are *in a terrible stew about it, considering it a harbinger of ovil. BULL - FIGHT. AT MADhJD. Hou- tlic Spanlsli ?oiis riKy oi liitfiv ?fa> tlonnl ?(ljiic, .? - ' Bull-fights begin about, tho .first ,of April, and oontiuuo through' tho spring and summer, months, ^I'tbondoy; i*7.;tb& day solootcd for thcso national sports a time which is during 4hd; ?6aSori of bullfights a, kind-of jholidrij? wi^urcr correctly, a .Saturnalia?onltod^in Ma drid tho ilia do'lords.1 Formerly the' prieq of (tipalji,, compared with tho wngqs; of labor, was excessive, but now the government has graduated the scale of prioeft -to euit all. p?akets. The {best Ixjlacea in tho bax?a coat,fthontivnn dolj^, ?XoxY'to btlMe Tde' sombra, or ticket for ,tho shady sido in tho nmphithoatro/ -about fifty cents; tho commonest places,, ?next to the aroria, and exposed'tor thb' sun, two reals. Tho peoplo of Madrid nro to be seen in't'horr element at a buli-figh't; arid there the combats'appear to be con ducted with greater ceremony than in "any other city, Sovillo, Valonoia, and Ronda ho longer excepted. Tho Plaza of Madrid will hold eighteon thousand persons. This largo" open amphitheatro is not. a remarkable building, but the effoot; when filled is very fine.' It is sit nated ? short distance from,tho Prade,. and tlio gutii.of the Paorta do Alcala. In this; geographical obntrb of the re public-*^'republic now?-ri kingdom yeB terday?-whero caprioo and absurdities, virtuo and vices, reign, the'fame" of a rising matador is made or marred. (The matador,. Or cspadas, as tho Spaniards, torm tho slayer; is tb? most import ant Ijersonogo of.tho performance.In the hat nor of tho taurbmaohian tragedy this great artist must stand faco to face with tho buUin the'preseuco of inexor ablo judges, and with firm hand, eye, and nerve, kill tho bull according to tauromaohian precedent, olso undergo $the ontho vocabulary of abuse which tho Spanish tonguo no abundantly sup plies. Hero is ri description of a bull-fight which took nlace <a:ecehtly at the. PI aza do Turos at Madrid. "On" tho cohtre'of the wost side j is the oQiaial box, where tho authorities aro.seated ; on tho nanio tier 'are' the boxes of the grandees, filled with fnshionublo spectators. The commencement of tho perform ance was signalized by tho ontrauco of tho toreros, in processien? preceded by mounted algnaoils, or officers of - police,, dressed in the ancient Spanish costume of the time of iPhilip XI. After pro ceeding around the arona and across tho lisi'i, tbeJ09mbj1.tr1.nta hownd.to oiB.. cial ^>'aff.y and roturritid'j a flourish of trumpets and drums announced that the speotaolo was about to begin. Amidst, deafening applause tho president from his box threw graeofully down to the chief of the algnaoils tho enormous key that opened tho toril whoro the bull was kept. ? j The door flew open, and the bull dashed headlong, with blind rage and violence, into the aronn. Amazed at tho novelty of his position, tho animal halted a moment; then catching sight of the algaaoil riding off at a gallop he rushed upon horse arid rider with closed oyes and lowered horns. Fortunately -the alguaoil was mounted upon a fine and spirited animal: quick as lightning tho steed turned at the touch, and escaped the deadly rush. . 'A; Then the enraged animal attacked in succession the picadors ; in a Bhort con flict that ensued three horses were stretched lifeless upon trie rrround, leaving the dismounted arid disarmed riders exposed . to imminent danger. The obulos, or foot combatants, how ever, drew'the attention of tho animal ?ny.dashing before bis eyes a .glittering scarf. These now assailants? had need of all their practiced agility. Occasion ally* the bull gavo chase,' and they could only save themselves by leaping the barriers. Tho evolutions of this con sumriiato band woro tho most graceful aud exciting part of tho exhibition, and .elicited tumultuous npplauao. Another steed was urged on to an onebnnter nith 'the brill, only to share tho fate of his companions. Again tho bnll charged at a firth horso rind rider, and disem boweled tlje steed with his fatal horn; the picador fell heavily on tho ground. Tho plaudits were deafening. w Finally the signal? waa ^givep; an OO/. oompliBhed matador in f?ll court dress' entered the ring by a secret door, and bowing low.to the president, threw down his cap in! tbkoh of respect; then facing '"Sis terrific adversary, who was standing alone in the now cleared arena, he shook $ rod;,clonk suspoudod on a drawn sword.. Tlie bnll made a violont charge, the mahtlo foil over his face, the bright I Toledo blade ontored tho neck to the j hilt, and he fell instantaneously, amidst j the plaudit shouts of tho. spectators-. A 1 gayly decorated Oaf drawn "by mules or ' namonted with bells and streamers now. ?ppearoft and' WrV.fjff the body in triumpn, whioh act closed tho day's sport. As the horses are doomed to an almost certain j dqath, only very lean and dis eased ones aro employed, whioh oan bo purchased for a low price. It follows, then, that the picadors are always badly mounted, and their danger proportion ally increased. 1 To urge his steed for ward and fproo him upon tho bull, the picador wonvs strong spurs armed with long rowels. Tho wrotohod creatures are drivon blindfold, withnu? aught to protect thorn, to inevitable slaughter, pnd doBtinod only to exhaust tho bull's fury and vigor.;, '.this laoorfition of tho -hofsos, whioh seems, to. .exqito no pity .among the Spaniards', constitutes the rnost rovoHiugpaijt of tho exhibition. zfe ?The chancel ot tho parish church of Horton, in Buckinghamshire, bon tuins a monnnient to,' as well as tho re mains of, Sara Milton; tho poet's moth er, who died in 1687. This portion of the odiflcp is being restored in stone entirely at the expense'of tho rootor of Horton^ tlie #'ov. R. G. Foot; For six 'years John MiUon attended tho ohujoh, H?rton. being tho residence, of his. parents. ? Thitpl'ace has long been celo^ brated for the nightingale?hence MiL ton's sonnet to that bird. ?-: Aggregate .population of the Earth. i(t A-report fr?in the bnroan ?f statistics^ atIW?1;! , just issued,, contains an interesting wfclo of tho population of 'the earth; The aggregat? population of the earth. ;iagiven at 1,891*082,000, Asia being tho mo^^arH?ous seotion, and containing 763.000,000, while En rope has 800,1)00.000; Africa, 203,000, 000 s,Amcriu , 34,500,Q0O.i?rid Ausbau* nud Polynesia, 4,500,000. . In Enropo tho leading nations aro oreditod. with the following numbers $ Russia, 7l,00v,0po; tho German empire! 41,000,000; Francs, 30,000,000 ; Ahstro Hungary, 80^00.000; Great Britain and Ireland, 32,Oj)0,QOO ;! Italy, nearly 27, 000,000; Spain, 10,600.000; and Tur key, nearly 15,000,000. The other coun tries do not exceed GjGOO.000; each. In Abw, China,?which is by far the most populous nation of the earth,?is oreditod with 825,000,000 i Hindoostuu, 240,000,000.; Japan, 38,000,000; the East India iBlandf&S0,500,000; Burmab, Siam, and farther India, nearly 26,000,000; Tnrkev, 13^500,000 ; and Russia, nearly 11,000,000. The Australian,population is given at 1,674,500, and the Polynesian islands at 1,763,600, New Guinea und Now Zea land being included in the latter. In Africa the oldef divisions are West Soudan and the Control African region, with 89,000,000; tho Central Soudan region. 39,0u0,000; South Africa, 20, 250,000 ; the Galla country and the' re gion east of tho White Nile, 15,000,000 J Samouli, 8.000,000; Egypt, 8,500,000; and Morocco, 6,000,000. : In America two-thirds of tho popula tion are north ?f the isthmus, where tho United States has nearly 39,000,000; Mexico, ovor 9,000,000 ; and tho British provinces, 4,000,000. * Th6 total-popu lation of Noj&h America is given at near ly 52,000,01)0, and of South Amorica at 25,000,000, of whiph Brazil contains 10, tK)0,000. Tho West India islands-have over 4,000,000, and the Central American states hot quite 3,000,000. Acoordinp to ttieso tables, London, with'3,25J/'''0 inhabitants, is tho most populous c:ty in tho world, while Phil adelphia, ri'tlj. 674.022 inhabitants (in 187?J, is tii?T?JgUtceuth oity-to.point .pf population. These eighteen cities, in thoir order, are the following : London, 3.254,260; Sntohan (China), 2,000,000 ; Paris, 1,851,792; Pekin, 1,300,000; Tsohantsohau-fri, 1,000,000; Hangtsoh au-fu, 1,000,000; Siangtah, 1,000,000 ; Singnan-fu, 1,000,000 ; Canton, 1,000, 000; New York. 942,292 ; Tientsin, 900, OOff; Vienna, 834.248 : Berlin, 829,341; Hangkau, 800,000 : Calontta, 794,016; Tokio (Yeddo), 674,449; and Philadel phia, 674,022/ Of cities smaller than Philadelphia, the leading ones nrh?St. Petersburg, 657,963; Bombay, 664,405; Moscow, 611,670 ; Constantinople, 600, 000 ; Glasgow, 547,538 ; Liverpool, 493, 505; end Rio de Janeiro, 420,000. r~ i r Agriculture in Indian Territory. From the journal of the fifth annual session of the general council of the In dian tribes of this territory we deduce the following foots: Tho Oherokees cultivate 80,000 acres, the Chootaws 85,000, Mascogees 65,000,' and the Seminoms 10,000. These are the fonr largest tribes in the territory. The productions aro such as farmora of the west usuOlly cultivate. They Ore enlarging their farms, improving their houses, and giving particular attention to orchards. They are advancing in wealth by tho increase of stock, both in quality and numborsi The six small tribes having reserva tions in the north-west corner of the 1 territory cultivate a total area of 5,800 acres. The ? Wyandots, who only num ber 275 souls, cultivate but 660 acres; tho Ottawas, 800; tho Senecas, ?00. Thoy aro developing tho farming inter ests of the country rapidly., They use gang-plows, mowors and otber agricul tural machinery. The Sacs and Foxes have 600 nores; the Osagea, 2,000; and tho Affiliated Bands, mado up of all tribes, nearly, have about 2,000 acres ?n tho extreme border. The report claims that if these tribes aro sustained in thoir rights and privileges, that in ? few years their agricultural department will compare favorably with the states bounding on the territory. Tho Agricultural Strike. The great agricultural strike in Eng land is at an end, having resulted in u virtual triumph for the farmers. It was tho larges t strike that ever ocourrod, both as to tho. numbers ongoged and the pecuniary resource of the union by which it was baokod Up. It lasted near ly five .months, during which , *^mo ev ery strikor received' niuo' shillings per week, or about two dollars and a quar ter. Finally, howevor, the union found its funds running low, and, as the form ers g?vo no signs of acceding to tho de mands ef tho strikers, and wero con stantly filling their places with labor ers from other quarters, they were at , last obliged to yield. Not all, howov ; for, while many have gone back to I work at tho old wages, many havo pre ferred to sook other and distant fields of labor. Tho union still Ibas Some moans loft, and is extending aid to saoh as wish to migrate to Canada, so that in this way the strike may finally provo benoflciol to some of its participants. ?As soon as a young woman gets some steady employment, she stops fainting away at the eight Of. a mouse. ?IS DEUTS0HL?1TD. 1 Ont of the channel into thb North seW or Gorman ,pceao, und at three oVjlook in the morning wo fiud oursolves far up the Elbe.' Leaving'bur ship, wo take a tug fwhiob ;oonveyed us to Hamburg^ along: the green turfed shores of. the river,,'with here and .there a beautiful suburban seat with ?'highly cultivated and interesting oountry, beyond, now and then a wind-mill ^yith its air of great antiquity. After two hours' run, our destination is reached; Amid the great est confusion and want of, system,;with iuggago secured .and thrown .into a " ?r?zky" (a specibs1 of two seatedbar'-' dago, -behind' a frame; of. a? horse, so attenuated that wore the .philanthropic Bergh'to see him, his heart, wpuld blegd), we fetart from the wharf dr piefc& and rattle along the cobble stoned pave ments in.;the (narrow'streets, and look woudoring at thb quaint, old-fashlbhed; small - windowbd, dingy houses, and vainly endeavor to read the signs which are all "Dutch" to us.. "Hotel, do LTEnrope," sings but the cabman. Wo got out of our cab and modern:Ham burg' bursts upon us. What a metamor phosis, from tho dingy, dirty streets that wo have meandered through from our ship landing, The, Alster) is ? the pride and joy . of Hamburg?and woll may the Hamburgers bo proud of their enchanting, their charming Alster, which is an immense and beautiful lake in tho very heart of the city. I have wandered a little in foreign lands and. at home, but never have Isoen any thing'which is exactly, like the.Alster. A large, beau tiful clear, hmpid lake, divided into ?wo parts by a light, graceful'wiry bridge; it has splendid hotels, magnificent castel lated private > residences all along its shores, ornate gardens sloping down to the water's edge, rare exofaos laving themselves in the crystal water, tho air laden with their sweet perfumes, flow ery walks along the banks, multitud?v ous cafes, in -which the uleasure-lovin'g population is sipping coffee and drink ing beer. Ft rry .boats in miniature, ca llable of: containing not more than fifty1 people,, daah, here-and there with the shriek of a whistle, whioli seems, more, a toy than anything else; Nothing cab be more beautiful than these vuri-col ored boats, painted in whi^e, blue and green, which convey yon for a sum of two cents to any part of the lake. Long hecked, graceful swans float abouton its placid bosom ;, .white-win god sail-boats flit like swallows across it. . At.a short luxuriously loafed, arch over.mvuujg promenades, along . which the rosy oheeked German'women leisurely walk. Hamburg resembleamore in its busy commercial aspect an American than an European city. We must hot infer from its Alst er and other places of amuse-' raent that, like Paris, it is solely: a city of pleasure. The city is wholly and essentially cosmopolitan in almost every particular, its people, f rom the merchant prince to the small tradesman, speaking fluently several foreign languages. ? One of the features of the place is the Zoological garden, one of the finest in Europe, containing specimens of almost every known bird and bdast. The surroundings of the city are mag nificent. . Owing to heavy down tho vege tation and foliage is very luxuriant. All around aro elegant country seats,1 with grounds in that ornate condition of cul ture, only to bo found in European countries. Public gardens abound, offering to the pleasure-seek er tho best of musio,1 tho shadiest of retreats, tho neatest and freshest' of smiling waiteresses;; who bring great foaming tankard's o? beer, which is always refreshing in.Europe, as the water is simply disgusting and un drinkable.-^Cor, Ndchvllle Union and American. > : : __^ l* Religious Musical Expression. On tho most serious aide of music, the religious, tho writers of hymns, and those who select sacred verso for col lections of hymns, err often from ah ig norance or a disregard for the cardinal truth as to the nature of music and its oapaoity of expression. Three-fourths of the hymns in our hymn books are un fit to be sung. Thoir 'motives aro toot within the range pf.^usioa.1,capability, All doctrinal religious verse, all that is narrative, in fine; all ? that is not emo tional, -giving rythmicftl utterance to praise, or to prayer, or to some religious feeling, is absolutely unfit ? for' musical, troatmont. For example, onb very sound and orthodox piece of musical verso I have often heard sung, but nev er without .temptation to laughter. It begins: ?;??'?? IIow firm a foundation, ye ealnts of tho Lord, Is laid for your-faith in hiu oxcollont word! Now it is as impossible1 to express, or to illustrate, or to . intensify the idea, in those lines by a melpdy, as. it would. boi to express by a triple Inguo of two short subjects and one long1 one, that the square described on the hypothnense of a right-angled trianglo is eqiial to the sum of the squares dosoribed on thb other two sides. The thing is impossi ble in tho nature of things; it can't bo done. The "Gloria in oxcelsis" is a model of writing for religious musical expression. So are nlOBt of the Psalms chanted in the Episcopal service.?Rich ard Qrdni White. ?There is a paper in Wisconsin which rails itself the Trompelean county Wook ly Messenger and Jpurual and Record. It complains that its exchanges do not give full predit.when thoy copy its short jokes. _^_ ) ?England has abolished the duty on race horses, by means of which sho has heretofore raised a rovenuo of $00,000 yearly. FACTS AND F?N?23&?^*** ? "'.U-So London critics say that : these Hamerican bactors i karn't pwonounce i-jjj^Jwh, you .know,, tq aayo , their Inzo, ^ . -rAll through the G6rni{fii{,-E^fl^^ they are taking , statistics of t the .com plexion, color of tho hair and eyes of tho children iu tho schools. r-j-ThoSt. Louis cn'stom-housV -pays' nearly 810,000 a year for ga3; Thobeflbt?V? government tb.e;worid. over caw i? nojL*:^, seen to advantage by gaslight. ?' '?^Two firms in Richmond, Vr,., nio imdbr contract to supply $8,090,000 and $G;000,000 worth of tobacco respectively. Thb first contract, is for France, and tho second for Austria; drawing, him across Dog Island Sound in a boat.. requires ono hundred feet of tail. ?It's awful lonesome in Mexico jnsr. now, nnd tears triokio down tho father's cheeks as h6!taEes his Sott1on' hih kueo and teUs bint how the country; used, fat f? be blessed with a revolution about ery two weeks.' ?If the left ear of tho " coming girl'J '?o la larger than its mate, the fact may teq ascribed to the extra chanco iqx doyol opment uflbrdod it by the1 style of loop^1*^ ing the broad-brimmed: hah'up oh ;thatft*,v sido, and allowing the-sun, t*)^shine j jm on the organ. ?The Mikado of Japan is developing1 'Wo .into tho practical business roan, In n ? < j. recent nnmber of his "organ" ho adverr*^ was cast at Sheffield." ?An accident bos just happohei^io5* " Rubens' **Assttmption of1'thoVirgin"t in'tho gallery of D?sseldorf. .Thispie- , turc, of colossal dimensions, is painted . on. w<)od, . an?V two largo bracks have made their appaaranoe, and one of them m ;/ ft'across the face of the Madonna. ?Among; the. rvisitbrs. at Santa.Oruc (av.jOalifornaa' w?teruig-placo) is a*Saii' Fraucisc? lady, tHo wifo of a'prominent, stock-broker, who hasmnduhorjqlf? pen-. ,rt? api?uous .by wearing a hideous-lpokiiig mo3k of chamois leather.''Mt" is Said sbo tho yellow mask." ? ?A glowing description of the ootfn? fry itrav?rsed by . (leu. C ? ? .pedi thp New York Tribune by sbeoial cour ier* The correspondent writes that the j oountry is beautiful. beyond N descrip tion, tho land well adapted for^tock raisiug and agriculture, water and tim ber good and plenty, .and gold fn, pay- ,A<<, ing quantities has been discovered. ?An English writer says that his Emu has proved saccotSful in ptofceot- 5 ag all kinds of fruit from birds. 'He ; takes o, ball of thread ami.fastens; the . end to a twig of gooseberry or iourrant" 2 bush, and then crosses the threa'd fsemsi'pt twig to twig in various directions. n G* treea maybo treated in tho.samd man- * nor. Tho birds come to settle on tree3 ':;' or bushes, strike against the slender snares, and fly away in hasto. ?A visitor to Omaha writes of the ' . oountry being alive with tho potato- - bug, the cricket, and several varietaisisjrTj of grasshoppers. Tho crickets moyje^ r. togother by tho million, dooming to bo guidod- in their oourso' by a common' instinct. In tboir ? migrations they erdBS streams.' Before' entering :tb|i\wa ter- thoy scorn, to hold a consultation ; they follow tho course of the^eurtent^ I and on landing recommenco their. do-1 vastations on the first edible vegetation ii_: n _ .1 .i- ' ' '-' ?'" ?**#?#'( ! they find. ?A teacher, wishing to1 improve the' * occasion, said to the boys at the oonelu-; ?, sion of a strawberry festival, " Have you enjoyed these berried to-day?* M "xeB, sir," came from ' alll'sides > with unmistakable heartiueBS., ,'f- Well, chil dren, if yon had seen theso berries growing in my garden, and had slipped in through the gate without >myi leave, and piokod them from tho vines, .would . they have tasted as good, an, now?" "No, sir," was the .prompt reply. " Why not?" t"Rebanso,?' said a? wide awake boy,, "then wb shouldn't have, had sugar and or'eam with 'cm." ?A fair young lady in Watcrbnry\ Conn., went to a drugstore and .told tho man to fix up one dose- of ciisto^' oil,.and to mix it with something to take the taste away. Tho man told bor I to wait. In a few minutes he;asked her if she would liko a glass .of ,sod: She accepted, the invitation and drank the beverage. 1 Presently she asked tho rollor of pills .why ho didn't give hejc the oil. Tho man smiled triumphantly and said : ""Madame, you have' taken' " it. I mixed a fearful. dose .with vth?b: soda I" She turned pale, flank into a.... ohair, and gasped?"Immortal Jovel I wanted it for my mother-in-law 1" ?Tho Druggist, a London- papery states that a young lady who hn.d long been addicted to tho uso of opium ap plied to an eminent physician ' to ' nmko hjpodormio .injections of morphine,.., Beginning by injeoting a mixturo of mor phine and water, ho gradually increased the proportion of water, without letting -* the patient knOw of it, until after a short i timo he used only tho pure water. Af tor each injection aho would gently fall into a refreshing sleep;. Fos isevoral months the treatment was. continued, tho patient's system being gradually renovated' by tonios. At length the. lady was informed that for months she, had not been under- tho influence ?f opium at all, and was great 1; i-.-joircd to find liersolf cured of anydeftiro for i the drug,