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gmr ax w $11111! iiTiv/ uSair* /:iau tey.t ?" """' x? ; indent ??*^*;?*?**-rtl0 ? r . ? s t '"IM Mill IER 26, 1874. NUMBER 4-2: ~ V DROWWED. ? Tho fia^hln? llght-honso beacon pales beforo Tbo rnddy harveat-rj - That bathos, and cf Round! Aa wllhHn^eTCltfe tile Lv, A Bhore-belatod sea-bird slowly flana His strong-plumed, dusky wing. ? J /. .i.!. -f. . ?' ' i Tbo plor-llghts. Imaged on the waters, molt To nil vor pillars, auch as visions show O.' palaces whore fabled OsUphs dwelt. \ In legends long ago.* ' ? A Binglo boat steals down tbo moonlit track, , , Through tho still night Its o ir-strokoa echo far; Fringed with cleft light, the ontlins sharply black, Heaven on the harbor bar. What strange frcightTulls. it ?"^3fonier.heavy sail V Covers somo form of blurred'and shapeless dread; Rude la tho pall, but fitted well to veil The ocean's,outcast dead. His name, his history t Vain it wore to guess, But ehort to sum : a waif, a ruiutory : , ,; Death's mocking gloss" upon life's loveliness; .A secret of the bcss TAKING TOLL. | i Tho road was now and pleasant, too,r V.? *'.'. By stream and forost winding; Tho sky was fair, and everywhere Surprises wo were finding. 1 ' ' Bald 1, " Tis queer 1 the toll-galo'd near, And you cannot go by it . , . - . Without a klBP, my pretty iiuPB," * She said, ?? You'd bettor try it I" u I took tho toll?a gohorotta dole ? Dcsnlto her stout resistance. Bald she, "Tho rate Is very great For such airfflfng distance." " If so you say, tako baok th?'pay' ' ' ' ? To each minutest fraction: For your sweet take I'll Rla<Uy tako A lesson in subtraction.'' She whispered,-"Nay^youc laklug ??y lias robbed mo of a dosen ; But you're no kin, so don't begin _ To prove yoursolf a cozen." ?'. Wo journey on tlirongb shado and sunj > Regardless of the distance, Aud every day tbo toll wo pay . Thai sweotcun^ouv exlsteuco HAMPTON ROADS CO NIE RENO E. 1-4-2. rrci 7T7 fj Tito An'liit nut Secretary of Wnr of Clio Confederacy Upon tliat llli torlcnl Molaoue. Q *jyO 1> From the Southern Msgozino for November. BAiitliioRii.'Aiifi?.; 6/ 187dL l i My Dear Sir?Tho inclosed papers will Berve to explain a portion of tho j history of tho Confederate Slates, and aro sent to you for that purpose. , Tho "Memoranda of tile conversation at the' conference in Hampton Roads" was made shortly aftor my return from that 8lace, with the oxpeotation that Messrs. 1 [unter and Stephens would prepare one [ similar. This does not profess to-be. full or particular. In referonco to the origin of that commisionl have no special information. Mr. Benjamin requested me to gol with ' him to the house of the president (Mr, Davis), and, in going, told me of the commission and the names of its mem bers. At the president's house wu heard from him a detailed, ..well-considi ered statement of the objects of the mission, and that we must leave forth with. My conjecture was that the ar rangements had all been'made through Francis P. Blair. We were furnished with a letter from President Lincoln to Mr. Blair, stating that he was willing to receive overtares of peace from any person in authority in the Confederate States, upon tho basis of peace in "one common country." This letter was fur nished to us us tho passport to be re cognized, and as adequate to take us through the federal military lines and to the federal capital. Bat our own commission was to make peace between ] " two countries," aud our instructions were to make no agreement or treaty providing for the reconstruction of the federal union. Mr. Benjamin, in his speech at tho African chu rch at Rich mond after our return, stated Lho fact of the prohibition correctly. The commissioners did not find their passport available. At Petersburg there was detention ; so at City Point, at the headquarters of Qen. Grant, the mili tary authorities denying all knowledge of the matter and awaiting instructions from Washington. Finally there came an ofllcer from the war department of the United States, bearing a copj of the same-letter of President Lincoln to F. P. Blair, which was handed to us as a passport to Washington, and we were inquired of whether we were going on the mission that letter contemplated. In answer we prodnoed the commission which authorized us to moke "peace between two countries." Tho general * commanding (Grant) and the officer de cided that tho discrepancy was fatal, aud that we oonld not go. 'in'this con dition Gen. Grant sent a telegram to the president advising a reception to the confederate commissioners," and on the following day we woro sent to Hampton Roads, where we found Pres ident Lincoln and Secretary Seward. There are some facts in relation to this delay which came to our know ledge afterwards. The commission was appointed and announced tho 27th day of Jonuary, 1865 ; on the 3d day of February, 1865? tho conference took place. In that interval tho thirteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States passed throngh congress by the requisite vote. In one of the papers of the time (Pennsylvania In quirer, I think; it was stated thatjSeore tftry Seward aud Ohief Jnstico Ohase were on tho floor of the house of repre sentatives of the United States urging the adoption of tho measure, and that the secretary said he desired to uso it at a conference with the commission ers ; also that he took the amendment to Annapolis, procured the governor to submit it to the legislature, ana caused it to bo adopted within an hour, and thon took passage to Hampton Roads to meet the commissioners. It will be seen from " the memo randa" that Presidont Lincoln disa vowed all 'knowledge* of the ob j cot of Mr. Blair's mission to Rich mond, and all connection with that mission in any form. My information from other sources is in direct contra diction of this statement. Tho second paper I iiioloso is n letter wirieiuii' w mh iu win, a. aiuLauir^ the confederate senate. There were a number of the. menders ofthe senate, and house of representatives who d? oired to^qpen negotiations for peace in February; '18155. Tho answer to thern was: ''.President Lincoln offers no terms save only>-the restoration of the national authority and the abolition of slavery. . Thoro is nothing besides to negotiate about. Senator Graham re quested me to address him a letter in answer to -that preoise objection. I prepared the letter, of which a copy is inolon-od, and this letter and these mem oranda of tho conference were examined by senators and representatives. /There was a sort of hesitation, timid ity, ami dread of responsibility preva lent whioh resulted' in, inaotiom i My opinion was that there was enough dis closed in tho conference to "Warrant tho expectation that terms of peace could bo settled .which would avoid some of tlio evils of ooncfuest and subjugation. My opinion was that thoro wore no ro sonroeB for another campaign, and that without. tho ? settlement of terms of peace fchero would 00 oonquest nud'shh jn gat ion. The grounds of this opinion were submitted: to Qen. Breekinridge, secretary of war,, a few days after, when I was advised by Senator Graham that the president'would not -send another commission \o negotiate for peace. Very respootfnllv arirVtrnly yours, ?TOHK A. OAMPBBXiIi. G. "W. Mrimford, Esq., Secretary South ? *ern Historical Society, Richmond, Va. Wau Department, Feb. 24,1805. Hon. 'William. 'A. [Graham. Senate of the C. S.: : I understand the position of Mr. Liucoln t? W that-he Will hot make any treaty or agreement with the Confeder ate Slates, but o^l^^hatjhowill trcat or. confer with individuals'" resisting1 iho national authority, and will dealnro to them the terms on whioh ho will make an adjustment. I do not 'Consider that this position of Iiis "will* prevent the settlement of tho conditions. In any event the action of congress (United States) might bo- required to carry into ofleet tho stipulations, and whether those are informally agreed to or are formally made, it is presuHeo!?* will not make a wide difference in tho frail result. - ; Tho stipulations that the president can settle under his powers as Dresidont' it in material to considor. Ho. is tho commander-in-ohief of tho army, and has exeroiBed a largo sharo of power as Bnch. He has the power of pardon by the constitution, and the aots of confis cation provide that "the presidenoy may by proclamation extend to persons who may.have participated in the exist ing rebellion, in any state or part there of, pardon and amnesty, with such ex ceptions and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for tho public wel fare." The aot of congress of the United States of tho 16th of Jnly, 1862, em bodies the prinoipal of the provisions that have been made rolativo to confis cation. This aob provides that 44 to in sure the speedy termination of the pres ent rebellion, at shall be toe .duty of the president of the United States to oause the seizure of all the.estate and proper ties', moneys, stocks, credits, -and effects of the persons mentioned, and apply tho same and the proceeds thereof to the use of the army." The proceedings are to be in rem in any dint rief Joonrt of tho United States or.in the District of Columbia^ and the property is to be sold under decrees of condemnation. There is another aot on this subject upon condemned and abandoned prop erty, and provides for its sale, etc., etc., and that the. party interested may re claim the proceeds after the war upon proof of loyalty. ? ! . . I think the ofleet of the amnesty would bo to relieve all property from the operation of the law of confiscation. My impression is that it would have the effect to destroy the judicial sales made under it. These sales were made be fore any conviction and without service of process on the party, and it is diffl cult to realize how the act can bo sup ported against ono 0'(timed to bo citizen, and whose loyalty is vonohed by a presi dential pardon. In this connection all fines and penalties incurred by any vio lation of revenue laws would have to be considered, and a release from arrears of taxes and duties. A clause in tho not of 7th June, 1862, is to this effect: " That tho title of, in, and to each parcel of land upon whioh said tax has not been paid as above pro vided, shall thereupon become forfeited to the United States, and upon the sale hereafter shall vost in tho United States or in the purchasers, at suoh sale in feo simple, free and disohargod from all prior liens, inoumbranoee, right, title and dues whatsoever." There ore some oondilion? precedent to tho operation of this section of the act whioh perhaps have not boon fulfill ed ; but another sootion imposes a lien upon the lauds whioh does not dopend upon any condition. The arrears of taxes for three years and the stringent conditions of tho aot will occasion the forfeiture of a largo amount of property for taxes if the collection of tho arrears is insisted on. /Die legislation upon tho subject of klavery consiBf a of aots of - congress for the abolition of slavery in tho District of Columbia, in the territories, forts, arsenals, and tho repeal of the fugitive slave aots. Besides there is an loot to liberate all slaves in placer, captured by the United States, and the penal pro visions of several of the aots1 of congress provide specially for the emancipation of slaves of the owner. Westorn Virginia was admitted to the Union in December, 1862. It purports to havo been done upon the. consent of the people of, that seouon. pi. the state and of ,the legislature df the state.' - '1 H| In a'number of the states the public 4n'ds have been appropriated by the Jgate, as (Florida, Alabamp,vMiss"ssippi. Louisiana", nttd Are&nsaSf ondorr others a portion of tho publjo money of ? the United States was, seized. 1 cannot see mysolf that order can be restored without a long interval between the decision to ;reconstruct .the Union and tho consummation ?f that not. ', m J, question whether this will be agreed to, but wise,statesmanship clearly indicates that it would be better that this should be;adopted as the mode of procedure r, ,YeiT respeotfully, /r MEMORANDA OF THE CONVERSATION AT Tins CONFERENCE IN HAMPTON ROADS. ?"? I suppose that arrangements as to theoo will ho required. The commissioner' being' * empowered to settle the terms of poaoo upon tho recognition of; the' national authority, would have, to consider very carefully the .laws that have been made/since'' July 1,1861. ' "? Besides these arrangements, tho din banding of tho army, the adjustment of the public debt, the disposition of the public property, tho admission of the states into ipUowshjp,, the suppression of government that? Hirve- *grown ub during the war, and affairs connected with the internal police of the states, should command attention. The conference was opened by some conversation between Mr. Stephens and Pjendent Lincoln rolative to their'con nection as members of a committee or association to promote: the election' of G moral Taylor as president in 1848 The composition of the association, the fate of the different members (Freeman Smith and Mr. ?Toonibs and others), tho tiiuo that tho parties had served in con gress togothcr, when Mr. Hunter aud Mr. Seward beoame members of the senate,'ami other personal incidents' wer'o'alliidCTd to.' After this thb parties approached tlio mibjcct of tho confer once. ' At a ?very early stage in tho con versation, Mr. Lincoln announced-with some emphasis that until tho national anthorityJ.be recognized within the Con federate States no consideration of any terms or conditions could tako placo. Mr. Stephens then suggested if there could not be so mo plan devised by which that question could be adjourned, and to let its settlement await the calm that would occur iu .tho passion* and itritations that tho war had created; that it was important to divort tho pub lio mind from tho present quarrel to some matter in which the parties had a oommon fooling and interest; and men tioned tho condition of Mexico as afford ing saoh an opportunist! \Jf $ $ Gardening in Japan. A correspondent of the New York Tribune writes : The nutivo gardeners possess a wonderful skill in the training and dwarfing of what iu America would be large, coarse-leaved trees: the pine and cedar are -brought into" diminutive 'grote*qr.e. shapes, and tho maple, with its tiny leavos and delicate colors,'forms a favorite house-plant. Many thick shrubs are clipped into the shapo of various animals; and by the aid of bam boo twigs as a support a certain fine leaved vine (of'the* name of which I am ignorant) is ?o wovon ns to ropresont a man,jo, pdit,f and other curious devices. At a certain' flower show, which took place in Yedo some months ago, a Jap anese lady,' lifo-size, holding an open parasol, was aoourately represented by the peculiar twistings to whioli a oh'rys anthemu'-e in full bloom was subjected.. Bat the cultivation of fruits and vege tables is by no means attended with the success that is met with in the training of flowers. Fruite.;especially- though of tempting appearance,' are'most .?f them utterly tasteless. It is said thut foreign fruits, when planted in this country, partake of the tasteleBsness of the native ones, after, the first year of bearing, 'Whioh compels the importation of fresh seeds to supply the wants of the foreign community. Homo of 'the fruits and vegetables are of an unusual size; porsimmons average three inches in diameter, and turnips are about the length and thiokness of a man's arm. A Suicide's Reasoning. At least one man who know he had become a bore, and when convinced of the fact he killed himself. This was a young spendthrift named Bufenof, the scapegrace son of a San Francisco '? ban ker. Before the suicide he wrote a let ter in which he said : " That the public should not snspeot that tho deed was done in a fit of insanity, I state that after a month's refleotion I take leave of thin world in the fnll possession of all my senses, and that I am calm aud col lected, and I am driven to, this by ex tromo despair, nervous excitement, eto. I have gone to the dogs,* .For years I have doporrod myself correctly in this world, but during tho last tou weeks I found that I would havo to become in volved in debt and live upon the charity of others. Even now I find that I have overstepped the bounds, and c*m no longer obtain a cent's worth of favor. For weeks I'have offered my services for my board, and thoy havo not boon ac cepted. It would tako too long for mo to regain my former status. I havo al most begged of those who have through mo made hundreds'of dollars and they turned from mo with.their dimes in their pookots. Somo did holp me at first, but their manner Wait such that to approach them a second time for a favor became impossible. , My innermost thanks to [here follow the names of a dozen persons |, who have this day that I tako poison refused mo credit." '* SOUTHERN 8EBVANT8. fhe ??tTiiht tt?eatton lYoiti a'southern f Standpoint. Anterior io 1801, G?nthern ? farmora ana planter^l|ke the centurion Qf old, had B?rvautt^ under th?ui to whom they " said go, do thus and b?, and it was" done. This authority ended with the war, but the' lesson taught has hot been' commit ted to momcay, nor have we' attempted to forget this peculiar but lost privilege. A servant to black my boots as well as to harness my horse, to fetch me a pitch er of waterier to build nie a fire, to go on errands, or othorwise consume valu able time, |.a perplexing luxury too frequently indulged in by menjeho con fess their poyerty, and are ever ready to lament their, condition. To be waited upon is a normal arrangement of south;' em life. Tho cost of such indulgence is > an afterthought,.and is seldom, ohloi*;, lated. From seven to.. ten dollars a, .month and-his board (the latter, often considered tlio scraps from the table), is. the unlit to be the sum total of .the cost, whilst the "scraps," if vigilant economy were habit.rally practiced, would , bo found to exceed in value the monthly wages, and tho oountloes perquisities of his position would amount to more than both wages and board. These employes are ovory where among farmers, and they, are expensive superfluities. Should they be discharged at -Ohristmas, and the farmers resolve to do this work-then* selves during 1875, ono year's experience will teach them how extravagant 'and useless are such attaches. This ubiqnitons servant frequently has a wife, who is the cook or washer-, woman, with an attendant tribe of little ones. Thcso/must bo fed, hhd they,' too, seemingly get'"scraps," which are offrraer thrown to the dogs and pigs, because the perquisites of pffioe supply much m^re dainty fpodl But wood must be out and hauled, and fires built to keep theso brats warm, for negro children seldom wem- ? clothes nowadays ; and hero begins- another lack of economy. If the farmer's house is on the road side, tho wood-pile is on the opposite side, tho kitchen as far in the rear of the house, tho well o * water is away off at the horse lot, and the "cabin" is per haps still further off in the woods, or beyond the spring. . Bnt time costs noth ing, and the cook spends her's hunting up wood and water, and looking after her "ohillnu," except when standing over tho kitchen fire, built of a cord of wood, a d hot enough for a smolting furn^c^. - Iiet us systemize a Htt'o just there, and see what might follow. Rebuild the kitchen within twenty feet of the pnutry, connect the two by a shed, un der which have tho well'or pumps, with the woodshed hard by filled with sea soned wood; and why should not tho farmer's own daughter bo the cook? The wholesome exeroise of kneading the dough with her own tiny fingers, and plying the improved stove, would develop her into a matronly robustness, tho very envy of many a hot-house plant. And other beneficial results would fol low this chauge, not the least of whioh would be neat and tidy kitchens. Are southern kitchens proverbially clean ? Not more so than negro cooks, who are systematically flUjhy. ?They are adepts at hiding cleanliness with dirt, and con sequently most housewives are ashamed ever to have a visitor think of stepping for a moment into their kitohen. South ern farmers, look inspootingly into tho conduot of your cooks for one week. See them throw the coffee grounds here out of the door, there slop through the cracks, yonder pile up egg shells and bones on the shelf in the corner; now scouring a table all smeared with filth with a dirty rag, and then sousing the same rag info a pot of dirtier water to rinse it, and then oleaning out with it the pan or oven into which the food is immediately dropoed that is to grace yonr table, or tiokle your palate within an hour. Is it any wonder that eaoh of us,eats his pook of dirt before we reach our teens ? And yet negro cooks are a universality at the south, and our daugh ters are seldom taught to perform this daintiest of all work.? D Wyatt Aikin in JRtiral Carolinian. New Oause of Toothache., Tho researches made by Dr. Sillin, bne of most experienced of European dentists, have led him to the opinion that common or acute toothache pro ceeds from causes but little considered or understood. In the center of every tooth, he says, there is a eavity corre sponding in shape to that of the tooth itself, and into this cavity passes,' through a minuto aperture at the end of eacu root, a branoh of a nervo, an artery, and a vein; and, when either by mechanical injury or decay, this cavity becomes exposed to the air's action, the bloo 1 thiokens or coagulates to an ex tent, beyond tho oapaoity of tho vein.to remove in tho natural way; inflamma tion ensues, and pain commences, at first slightly ; more blood is pumped in at every pulse of tho heart, through the branch of the artery, and, tho hard material of whioh the tooth is formed being unyielding, a pressure is sot up on the walls of tho cavity and its con tents, including the norve. This pres sure is increased at ovory pulse with great precision, nanning' intense and hourly increasing pain?-commonly known as acute toothache. Another very general but less painful kind is that arising from inflammation of the root and sooket. ?Blook-and-tans have gono out of fashion, bless 'em! Tiny bull-dogs, just as small as nature will allow, now accompany Frenoh ladies on the prom enado, and sit on the carriage seat. Tho uglier the better, as the moroso expression of thoir pup features is a great requisite in their select ion. Even i; iivii .the parnsolsw buttons on one's gar-j ments and trinket a by the score, .are adorded tWith thb'; bull; dog's head J and; a 8u<e!flign ofcifc Jady'S.jvisit to Paris 'tbjs summer, is, the,..canine phiz, thai fcMtWknctfo^^^ make . Buying and Soiling Pennies... There is a mr.n in Now York'city who is amnssing a handsome fortune by buy ing and selling pennies, tyro and three cent pieces, and five cent niokel&i In m,finy of the newspaper, ofnoea, news, depots, ferry, pffioes, hotlsea whero cheap Soods are sold, bakeries and other' laoes the accumulation of small coin very often becomes so large as, to- be cumbersome.. It can not be disposed ?f, for coin in no plenty that customers' object to taking it in change in any great? quantity* and in business houses wher*e It is needed' the regular I s??roes' of supply sre always ample. The com might bo sent to the Philadelphia mint for redemption, but the requirements of the redemption department are enough1 to disoourago any! business man. To .send pennies to the, mint they. must first be sorted and wrapped'in packages of five dollars each. Coiri: of each sep arate mintage must be put together. It will not do'mix the. old-fashioned cop pers'with the bright or br on EC-colored nickels, nor can: a two or three -cent j pieco bo mixed with the pennies. If they are packed in this way they aro not even counted at tho mint, but aro.ship ped back to tho sender without delay or notice of any.kind." The law also pre scribes that tho coins shall bo packed in iron-bound boxes, and shipped at the sender's expense. As coins are heavy, the cost of transportation is considera ble. The ofacials count the money at their leisure, -and:sometimes the sender does not hear from his consignment in nearly a year. He'thus loses tho use ef his money for that length of time. This combination. of vexatious details pre vents thono who'have an accumulation of coin from'sending it to the mint, and' | it seems aa (hough the officials at Phila delphia intended that they should "not be troubled' with it. Every day a mar) rides to the newspa Ser and other offices in a buggy, and uys the coin whioh has been taken in from the newsboys and .-the customers.' For the pennies and two-cent pieces he pay ninety ?seven cents a hundred, and for the three and five-cent nickels he gives ninety-nine contu for a dollar's worth. Tho sellers are glad to dispose of tho coina at this'discount, Tho man thon rides to about tho only tradesmon in the city who desire a quantity of pen nies?the pawnbrokers?and to them he sells the corns at par, taking their notes for three months in payment. The pawnbrokers who have shops among the poorer classes say that they need small denominations of fractional ourrenoy or coin, as many of their loans do not exceed ten or fif ten cents. Many poor persons pawn their articles of wear ing apparel or trinkets only when driven to do so by the want of a single meal of food, and such are not particular aa to the denomination of the money they re ceive. The pawnbrokers give their notes without interest, thereby gaining the use of the monoy for three months. About Eels. The eel season is now at hand; the re cent rains having started them in the Susquehanna and all the creeks and streams on their fall journey back to tide-water, and the consequence is that large numbers have been caught in dif ferent parts of the country within tho past few days.. The eel travel a up stream in the spring, aud returns down to the salt waters in the fall, always going hi large schools. There ore a great many Eeculiarities oonneoted with the eel that | ut fow people know of. ' For instance, there' aro some eight or ten kinds cf them, of whioh several never enter into fresh water. Some of the varieties are, when full grown, ten or twelve feet in length, weighing one hundred pounds. The kind hei'e, the common fresh'and salt water eel';'is'usually from twelve to twenty four inches in length. Eels, it has been proved, have both sexes in one, and spawn somewhat after the manner of other fish. Like the turtle, they can travel out of the water for some dis tance, from stream to stream, so that in almost every rivulet, however small, they can be found. The gills or breath ing organs, are covered up by a most delicate curtain, whioh acts like a valve and a reservoir for water, so to speak, to keep its gills moist during the time it is out of the stream. It has a heart iu its tail, the same as is known to < xist in the salmon, with pulsations at about ninety-four to the minute.?Pennsyl vania paper. The School Boy. The Bnrlinpton Hawkeyo writes of tho deceptive little boy : " Passing by ono of tho oity schools yesterday, wo* listened to the scholars singing, 'Oh how I love my teacher dear.' There was one boy, with a voice like a torna do, who was bo enthusiastic that he em phasized evory other word, and roared, * Oh how I love my tcaeher dear,' with a vim that loft no possible doubt of his affection. Ten minutes after that boy had been stood on the floor for putting shoemaker's wax on his teacher's ohair, got three demerit marks for drawing a pioture of her with rod ohalk on the baok of an atlas, been well shaken for putting n bent pin in another bey's ohair, scolded for whistling out loud, sentenced to stay after school for draw ing ink mustaches on his face and black ing the end of another boy's nose, and soundly whipped for slapping three hundred and thirty-nino spit balls up against the ceiling, and throwing one big ono into a girl s ear. You can't be lieve half a boy says when he Bings." j-TAOTBAND FANOTESv |;;or-|?'!p1iUoBoph?r has discovered tbtot I men don't object to be overrated* ox- . oept by assessors, 1 -?A lady reading near Davenport; Iowa, has a beautiful green lizard in' her stomach, ?not still is discontented. ., -4Tfcetf.'headless trunk" of a young lady, whioh was found in a railroad sta tion out west, proved to be a Saratoga ~ trunk.. > ?A San Francisco paper says there are two hundred Ohinose gambling houses in that city, carrying on bus I iness night and day. A Voung lady fearful of, becoming * dev " stout devotes two hours to every m because she had read somewhere tha' '] haste makes waist." ?One of the most exhilarating sights. in'the .world is to pee. a .newspaper col lector dunning, an unsuccessful candi date for his advertising bill. . ?A bill has passed the Oregon senate whioh provides that husbands and wives without children may ' bo considered divoroedjjy- simply ceasing to live to gether. ?It is estimated that the world con sumes annually 250,000,000 pounds of [ tea and/ 718,000,000; pounds of coffee. China furnishes almost all the tea, and Brazil tho coffee. '?The maddest kind of a woman is one Who spends a half hour in arranging her toilet before descending to tho par lor on the arrival of a visitor?who proves to be a book agent. !,?A disgusted old line-back voter at Ottumwa, Iowa, put in a ticket which read : " For general principles, Gen oral Jackson; for congress, don't care a dam; they all Steal, anyhow." -A fashionable but illiterate New York lady, traveling on the continent,' writes to a friend that she has'just seen the " museum of iniquities " in Geuoa, and -shq dbee I think it is " perfectly splendid." ' ?Mr. Dubois, of Fall river, has had t^o blood of a livo lamb introduced into his veini, as a remedy for consumption. It is probable that there will be no un usual effect save an abnormal fondness for all girls named Mary. ?ilev. J H. Todd, of Sioux City, played a rather neat little joko on his wife, the other day. While she was un suspectingly engaged in half soling nis winter trousers, he quietly, clipped out r at thcback.gato and eloped with a mil liner. ?An old gentleman in Stowe. Ver mont, tells, how he broke off drinking liquor. Every timo bo took a drink he would drop a shot' into the glass, and as it filled up his potations grow grad ually, smaller and finally ceased alto I gather. i ?At Nenilly, in the suburbs of Paris, there is a harem, which the polios have inquired into and?left alone. It is the home of a Turk. He has 160 wives, but keeps the mass of them at Constan tinople, and only brings twelve to Paris at a time. I ?You know in the old country, when ' anything unfortunate happens, to the good people, it is called ''affliction, whioh is to be overruled for their spirit ual good ;" but when it happens to be the heterodox, it is "a judgment."? WaUotCa Lecture. ? "Nobody surpasses me in this specialty," said a Cincinnati girl to her new iover the other night as she gave, him a parting kiss with a report to it like that of a pistol.. The astonished youth walked away wondering where that girl got her experience. ?"Mamma, where do tho cows get .the milk?" asked Willie, looking up from the fearning pan of milk whioh he had been intently regarding. " Where do yon get your tears?" was the an swer. After a thoughtful silence he again broke out, " Do tho cows have to ; be spanked ?" ?H the times are hard stop your paper, but do not shorten your allow ance for whisky or tobacco. A good Sapor in a family is a great comfort to io wife and children, but that is no reason why you should provide them with a weekly luxury at the expense of a daily necessity. ?In Scotland, on the ordination of elders, a grave old elder delivered the charge ; " Me brethrin, rule wo el, rule weel, but rule sae that nae a man ar bairn i' the kirks will know that thoy are ruled. Me brethrin, pray God to give ye common sense. It is a chief grace o' an order." ?An Aberdeen preacher recently com mented in the following complimentary way upon the conversational value of men and women: "There is the samo difference between their tongues as be tween the hour and minute hand?one goes ten times as fast and the other sig nifies ten times as much." ?A youth who attended a Scotch re vival meeting for tho fun of the thing, ironically inquired of the minister whether he could work a miracle or not. Tho young man's curiosity was fully satisfied by the minister kicking him out of tlio church, with tho malediction, "We can not work miracles, but we can oast ont devils 1" ?To fill tho place ef the jaunty laoe pockets that ladies took delight in wearing en the left side all summer, fashion has decreed for winter a saucy looking, but very pretty, pocket made of fur. The European style, we hear from a correspondent, is made of mink, with an edging of . seal, or seal, with sable edging, ornamented with silk or silk and chenille tassels. They are at* taohed to the waist with heavy brown silk cord. Mink will again be largely worn, but seal is all tho rage?sealskin jaokota especially.