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mm_ -?-r??r?:_-r . -T >y r ff1-~ ! T 8 a ? H ? u (tow dent Paper Devoted 7$ -?Mrj-U< > i'> ??? * ' ? ? " ksit?tl?'/,t Vtft?W IH.: r 'v 1M ^^cttS^OTUiG, SOUTH CAROLII^ mi t i" f'f' 11 ? ? ' " i"\; " ill ! . .. .i .i M Jiili iliiiuu litu* 1 ? - - 1 Jr.ii! JUY AUPJE.I.. Only a mau dead in his bed?that is a!? t Stark, stiff aud ri fii\?whlto fnco to tho wuli. l?.put of ft-estetfaiy, somewhere,' to hero? alps flrwttsUJtyo^^ftiitta.anyftaBro near. utod omployihmit?that's wbat ho paid : Xo work to give him?next thing bo's dead. What aid be die of, nlr? .Can any one toll 7 ? l A lit, dl'I they iuLnx it was v Last night ho was well. Heart disease? Maybe. What was bis name? Don't know: ^ldn't register, sfr/whon he came, ^ \\ l.auil'num, thoy said it was, thorn on tho stand Mo, stranger; don't reckon, bo held,a fair hand. , ? Suicide? Yes, that's what tho coroner said Scooped out, was what pnt tho thtng in bis bead. Monoy? Cltteaa not, nlr 7 Why'bo hadn't onongh To pay for tb.it) holo ia tho eod, of tho etuff. Friends, did you ask ? Ob, yea! sometime or other; Reckon, of course, the boy ones had a mother. Rather^niih or* hfWi?rd; bnt whoro*s It to end. When you're panned out of cash, and can't count .on*fMend?;. Down to the calabocEc-that's wherothoy took him; Good enough plnco when a man's money's forsook bun? Fnn'ral? Just yon seo that express'at thVcorbn cr's! -?* ? ' County don't pay for no hearse nor no mourners. Well, stranger,'you*vo got me! Can pray, if you will? Rather late in the day, when a man's dead and stilly ?Strflces'me H'don't'count, to this, under my spado; And as for the rest of him?stranger, that's play'd; Mo oflense, sir;'bog pardon. But, strikes ono as fair, - And a pretty sure way to get answer to prayer. Better givo a poof deril'a lift whilo he's here Than wait till he's passed in bis checks over thore. ? f ,1 ? A BIDE FOR LIFE. Early ono bright Bummor'H morning, not many yearB ago, a young naval bfli oor named Stratford rode out of Monte video on hin way to Col cm in. Ho was carrying dispatohes to a ship-of-war at the latter plnco, and being thoroughly , acquainted with the country, had been singlod out for the service. He had not ridden far.on his jonrney "before he met three gayly-dressed gau che*, and, being well known all over the pampas, he was speedily recognized by them, and was glad of the - services of one ofHliem, Sanohez, as a compan ion on the journey. Tho intention was to push on to Welshford's estancia by way of San dose and Santa Lucia, and there pass tho'night,, pursuing the jour noyin the' morning. '??WlH?iHg 1 Ur1 ?aKiohlar interosf bo ourred during the long ride, and, at abont the expected time, Welshford's was reaohed. and the hospitalities of the I pampas afforded them. "Dinner was being oaten by Stratford and hin host when Sanohez, who had been wandering ! among' the peons,'came into the dini6fc-;l room to inform them that there was to be a tertulia, or dunce, at a 'rahcho abont three leagnos away, and that, if they would go, there were' to be grand doings. Welsh ford exontsed himself on the ground qf fatigue, he having been arduously employed for several days in superintending the shearing of bis sheep; but he paid to Stratford, " If you ' wish to go with yonr man, i will have fresh horsea saddled for you at once." Tho offer wa*t immdiately nooeptod, and soon tho officer and gaucho woro again ncourinrr over tho plains, and in a short time found themselves at tho scene of festivities. Tho dauoing was conducted outsido, and the gayly dressed //auo?Oc? and themai 'ensformed a picturesque scone as they went, into the intricacies of the bolero. Stratford was introduced by Sanchez as Don Ricardo, and immediately bo came lionized by the Indies ; and, as ho was the same as most naval 'officers, hav ing a keen eye to beauty, he was not long in picking out the best-looking maiden in tho assemblage, and she seemed to be immediately flattored at tho attentions of the Gabattf.ro inglesa. She told him that she loarned"|to waltz whilo at ?nonos Avree, and asked him if ho understood the accomplish ment. Of course he did ; and the two shaky oldt.gnitara, whioh gave forth a very doubtful kind of music, struck up a ?* fum-fum" to waltz-time, and tho English lieutenant and the gaucho girl went whirling in the mazes, tho rest of tho assemblage forming a oirclo round thorn, and madly applauding tho per formanee,:as the^dance to most of them was n novelty. Sauohez seemed to think that the pev fortnanpa of the lieutenant whom he bad intrpdixood to tho company was snob, a Bucaess{?hat it reflected great ercdit on him; atfd, immediately after they had finished,-; rushed over and embraced him; affar tlie: fashion of his oonntry. Shortly aftor this little episode, Strat ford was lighting a cigar, when lie was nptttoacbod by a hnndsomo yonng gau cho, in 'fPgay^O/jc/jo and chcrlpa, and Bhf(5ring.him?elf to be a first-class dandy by the_profuRion of silver ornaments and'heavy ruTvori spurs that ho wore; and; tapping him on tho arm, said: "'Ono moment, Senor Inglena ; I hnvo a word to say to ypu." Stratford finished lighting his oigar, nnl-thejlt followed him to a distanoe of abont fiffcv yards'from the party. ?'Illay'I ask what you want with me?" said ho. " Yes, sonor: that young lady that ypu have been dauoing so much with is my hovta?' (sweetheart). "Are yon aware of it,?" "I did hot havo that honor," said Stratrord. "Turn clad to honr it?aho is a very pretty girl." "I called you out, ne'nor," said the gaucho, "to warn von that T d > not allow any ono to dance with Panohita. Now do you understand ?" I'I am ?orry," snid tho Engliflhrnan, "that you will have to make an excep tion in my favor, for I havo already promised to dance tho next danoo with her." Then, if you do, romombor, Honor, you do it at your peril?you under stand ?" Enough of this insolence, fellow," said Stratford, hangtydjj.,.,a?? I Bhall danco with lior.aa often l5?I?Bm"j " Then beware!" growled ho between his teeth, as Stratford strode towffB the dnncoro, and the nexFiutyfeA ji#fae lieutenant,' with JflsliriL ?arMlPan chita'o waist, and whirling1 h?r iii the dancer* ?f Sanphsg had bp fin a witness of this scene, and had overheard everything that had boon noid by the youug r/aucho, wlio ^received'his particular attest on during the rest of the night, but he novcr told Stratford that ho was to quaint od with the fact. At length is beoame^rne for them to i?ke'.their $epartur^and Stratford a id Sanchez went to the corral to get theii herpes, that vT ere already hitched wait ing for them. Sanchez hnd boon, .as vro have said, olosely watching thb" young ^gauoho frf ter his threat, and?wns^otr^lBrll'ifli^qb sorving hirn, as they left the company, alsoSeave, and, steal round to the othOr sidPof the corral, and, in the shade of tho wall, approach tho officer and hini Self, . . r : , r Ji Stratford was just in the act of get ting into tho saddle, ;hofc knowing of the dangor, when he heard immediately bo hind him a souffle,! a dull thud, and then a groan, as the form of a man fell within the shadow of tho wall of 'the corral. He then heard Sanohez say, "Into, the saddle, eon or, quick! for your lilo !" nud ho dashed away aoross the plains, Stratford mechanically fol lowing hifar^?STtiioj ruus'M'u guuop, Stratford said,: '*for God's sake, Sanohez, what was the matter/?" " Never mind, nskinff.questions now. senor," said hei "."Tf I ^had waited iu$t now to ask questions, I should be riding homo alone, I did i& to save you," " That jaokannpes who threatened you for dancing with Panohita. ;Ho won't threaten you any more." , " How did you know he threatened me ?" i " I hoard every !v?p"rd bO said. I fol lowed you when I saw the villain cal-1 you; even then I was i ready to prevent him from putting his knife into you." ' " How did the affair happen jnst now?" *' You were just in the act of getting into your H^dIftfw1mnliAnrApbiroq^fcfof. corral and had his knife ready to strike you in the baok, when I caught him by the throat and buried mine in his hoarf. The^ooner >we aro ^O?toPfc V^*fir' You will nave; ajl Jr^o^am^ jDprilJiJa do. I know these poople/aud ovory on^ ofc Iiis kinsmen wjfll bp ab&ad early to avenge the dood. Wo must'go straight on-v{ il ) 1 " You push right on, Sanohez; I mnat, go to Welshford's aguin for tho dis* patohes. I loft them in his charge." "No, senor, I will stay with you," said Sanchez ; "tho body fell right in the shade of the corral, and may not be found until daylight. If that is the case, we will have time." " Well, we must try it, my brave fel low," said Stratford; "with fresh horses, ton leagues is not far." "Far? Carrajo! I should think hot, but we mir-1 not let them catch us at Woluhford'e." They arrived at Welshford's at about four o'clook, and, without delay, in formed the host of tho tragedy, and im mediately got fresh horses, and were on the road, as daylight broke over th.? plains. Tho C8tanaia was about thirty miles from Colon in, raid tho rancho where the tertulia had been the night beforo was;| about the same distance ; and, as tho j reader knows, tho rancho was three leagues, or nine miles, from Welsh ford's. As they rode; thoy looked anx iously at tho eastern horizon'1 for- traces of any pursuers; nor had they long to look, for the light revealed a cloud of h?rnernen pushing rapidly on for where they had just loft. "Hero .they come," r.a'.d'vStpoboz, \' but theydoprt see na ,ywr: \ t\\ ?A Ho had hardly spoken, when the whqlo body, numbering eighteen or .twenty, turned their horses* heads' for Colonin. "You spoko rather soon, Sanohez," said Stratford; "they see us only too well." ? ? . The pursners were about two miles to tho right of the pursued, and not inoro than three-quarters of a mile to their rear, and both were heading for^Jfho samo point, so it became nothing more than a race. /. At about half tho journey tho yauc.hos .were . abont.tbo- "some distanoo astern,; but they had lessoned that between them, so that they woro now nlmont di rectly behind tbom. - n C ?j? , Stratford had hopes that, when came in sight of Oolonia, some of tl Janoers would soo them, and come to their assistance; and bo thoy did. but not until very close to thoir pursuers, in couiioqueuoo of th0 horse ot Sanchez haviug stumblod over an ant-hill ;Kbut tho nimblo gauoh? Was qniokly in the saddlo, and returned tho yolls of his foes with a wavo of dofiauoe as ho again ovortook Str'atford; but, unfortunate^ his horse wont dead In mo, and tho situ ation was becoming very precarious, as tho foromost of the horsemoti was nearly oIoho enough to use his lasso ou poor Sauohoz. When within'about a league of tho town, fortunately, a squad of TJraguayan cavalry, who were oxorcioiug on tho plains, saw them, and oaine scour ing to their assistauco. It, was now nip and tuck whether Sanohez would bo, oaught bofore tho lancora got up; but that point was qnickly sec at rest, as a howl from that individual told Strat ford that he was in tho toils. Ho im mediately turnod to his assiHtance, and rodo on ihagauoho who. was hauling in on the lasso to knife tho poor Jejlow. A welhdirootod shot from tho officer's I revolver, went orashiug tlirongh his braiu, and two or throe more ooniplotely * i..., checked the impetuosity of the foremost | of the pursuers, i )ir Sanohez was soon free from the lasso, and, with tho instinots of his olass, im mediately appropriated the horse of tho dead gaucJio, as the lancers dashed up and attacked and dispersed the desper adoes, i^^^i- "i-l>i The ride f*HMRP?ia over, and a short I time saw Strwjggfemd Sanohez on board, the English frigfrt&jwhero the thrilling adventure wfWplffly the offloer. us Sanohez w^Bgrwt^y elated at *jhe fact of the otherigauc/ib.being killed, as he found that Wwhb the brother of tho one who hrM-^rooeiVed his quietus the night before; and he philosophically J remarked that cousins did not follow hp a feud but a little while, but the brother would have pursued him to death. 1 9? Three weeWu^^m^saw them at Welsh ford's, but that tfaajr they attended ho tertulia.?Eau??i*~lt. D. Mayne. ! ?> Boncicaniy^SCw Irish Drama* i, t, The aotion<QfJB?gunoault's new drama, /'The ShangnroTi. passes in Ireland, in the Guuuuy ungo, at the prescht'I day. The pdjUApp represented are,[ mostly Irish./^?oth muoh that is com mon, and mtjpTOthax is not oommon, with the Irish plays familiar to people, who frequunt theaters. What is has in oommon with these plays is iis skele ton. Instead of the "troubles of '08," the Fenian troubles are the source of the leading incidents. The prinoipal Sersonages ara^PBnglish officer whose uty it is to discover.and arrest a young Irish gentlemej^Jinder sentence as a Fenian, but wnrrBaffiesoaped from the penal colony: thjMwung Irish gentle man, who, of ^Tnrse^has an Irish sweet heai t; a parislnpifBT, kindhoarted and faithful; a rijBfefiyannirreen, who op presses the ydHrplllph gentlemen, his sister and hjBw sweetheart; a polioe agont, who isflrWHRfRlrreen's agent also, and does the dtftMWF^ ?' ^ne Agent hi older Irish dramas ; tho Irish peasant, who is "the sfrulMOt^very fahr, the life of every funeral;" ibis Irish peasant's'* sweetheart'; offewLr^asanta, some sol diers. Of ooufcsetnVfinglish offioor falls, in love with tjjtfg^atcr of tho convicted' Fonian, and of course also the go d' era made happy- an? the wicked pun ished. But this familiar skeleton has been so cleverly incarnated by the' author that th> whole body seems to be-| new and fresh. The incidents are very, ingeniously conceived and skillfully wr?ught together, following each other1 in quiok logioa^suooeBaioD, so that the j auditor's injcijWWjff|pjoyer.iallo_wed^. |o, TftgTTTh'e dia and sparkles tho oharaote: the widest from the fami "The Shaug neither shout dance, is Blip that, is just as "tho vonng'njfta in bringing to nnug istlcs vnlU po and humor, In Irish peasant, rture is made dard. He is the has no shillilla; Hows, does not ddle; but for all and devoted to and just as useful t_tho wiles and do vices of tho adversary as was his prede cessor of tho club, tho dance, aud the howl. _ The Proposed Twenty-Cent Piece. In a note to Mr. M. V. Dav> of the direoto "In your isi paragraph stat altimore American, from the oflioe, int, as follows day, I noticod a , the noxt ses sion of congreflBjE^propoBed to have two new silver^couts authorized, viz. : A twelve-and-a-half;: and a twenty-cent pirce, and askihjg^hjBeduestion : ' Why not adhere to decimal 'coins ?' I think tho idea of ^h; twelve - and - a - half and a twenty-cent coin is erron eous, and h'r^^wiseu from the' fact in telegraphing to the press a sy nopsis of the director's report for the last fiscal year, the proposed twenty-, cent coin was referred to as a twelve-, cent ooiu, the mistake being with the' operator, not in theureport. The neoes-' sity for such a coin does not exist. A bill authorizing tljKr^ij'uo of a twenty cent silver coin was introduced in the' senate by Senator Jones, of Nevada, and passed that body at its laat. session. Not reaching the house, howovor, until tho closing honr?, it foiled for want of time, but will probably:become a law at the next session '-of j congress. The ob ject in providing.for.tmch a coin was to relievo an embarrassment which haB long prevailed onjjthtf^Pacifio coast in making ohangote^*#4Qbsoquonce of a ten-cent silver coin, or ' bit,'being tho lowest denominated. coin in oironlntion ?our five-cont copper nickel coins be ing almost unknown1 in California, and all efforts to introdnw thorn having thus far proven unsuccessful. Under tho ' bit' systom whioh obtains there, if a purchaser offers in payment a twonty flvo-eont coin for an urtiole, tho price of which is a f bit,' or ton cents, ho recoives only ton cents ohaifl?rfl| and oousequoutly loses tlvo cents in the transaction. Tho issue of a twonty-cent coin will rolievo this difficulty, aud at tho samo timo conform to our deoimal systom of money. "_ The^^VfcJ&e ?1 vffaA^??* wmfo Franco, sinoo tho departuro of tho assonibly, enj ys perfoot calm, biiHinoss is fast reviving; Paris booomos raoro and more aninmtp], foreigners aro swarming on thoftboulevards, all tho hotels ore full up to tho fifth stories, tho thoatreB aro nightly obliged to re fuso money, and by this splendid sun tho few pratifies dame* and the numer ous eocottcs who have returned are ex hibit ing in.^he JJois de ti mi' Mi. splendid toilette*^, v.-ilhouti i'is ocouv ing to any ono to rebuke tho national aafombly for* it>- idlcm-ei and the minis ters foj- their silouce. It will, perhaps, be 'discovered Both'-'day that the best government which Franco can havo is ; to havo no government at all. Math diau jgfajdep and;thoir.prioes' wre'arrtiol^ lows : .Tmnevelly, 5 ll-16d: western. M?flntay 4td:it?^5id-'do?)naf5or^lto ^-i^bmravmtteei->6 l-^fld?'-Bengal, 'ratflT IBt year froni India, was 367,619, 7M"lbV,ia deoreRBd ?f 76;000,bOO 6ri the. . former year. I>omtE*Spt .204,977,116, an iucreasa of 27,000,000 Jbs. Egyptian supply If/liker/'foTirall^ort in 1874-61 from : two1 causesfirst; frOrn^ an excessive supply of water,, in some di?tridto, causing n growth of too muohi wood od tbo'little'fruit; Betohdi in other ctistripta where tho Nilo (has boon l^igh for tivo months, the government f?rbadS'tlio workmbn/tb touch' thb em- I hflbkments as they did-in former years, w^es -tfc; river ^as at a rapderate.height, ana'h'4ho? the supply of water has been Indnflltfeiittfctid'' tu? 'o?tt?n! 'cVdfcs'bave anjafor?#.in,^oppseqhenoe.!' F.okn <4hd Mediterranean countries, exoluaive ipf EgypVEnglahd obtained in 1873-4' 8, 670,81flflbs.i* an increase of 600,000 Iba. eyer Reformer year. , .From, Brazil 73, the year 1872-3. Tho British West In dies and BrilfBh Guiana supplied 1, 070,160 Iba, a decrease of 380,000 lbs., while Mexico, with her vast capabilities ,if only turned to proper account, sup plied only 24,448 lbo'. Ghina sent her 1,016,848 lbs., an inorease' of 764,000 lbs., and nil other countries 35,155,568 lbs., an increase over tho former year of nearly 8,000,000. Of this quantity 9, 949,200 lbs. came from Peru, 5,212,900 lbs. from Turkey, 8,037,700 from Aus tralia, 1,918,800 from Western Africa, 1,806,000 from Chili, 942,900 from Cape of Good Hope, 158,800 from Natal, 262, 600 from Mauritius, and 951,40OA frpm Hayti ahd Son Domingo. Thus the to tal import of cotton into England in 1873-4 was 1,527,596.224 lbs., an in orease in the aggregate of 119?000.000 Ihs. ov >r tho former year. But as 220, 000,256 lbs. wore ro-oxportedj the net ?amount remaining' to Bnpply the mills of Lancashire and Glasgow wan 1,807, 595,968 lbs., a net inoreasa of 172 000, 000 over 1872-3. Of this the United States supplied, as will bo seen from the figures, more than 65 per cent. Great Britain manufacture;; cotton for four-fifths of tho buyers of cotton goods, and wo anpply b&r- with thirteen-twenti eths of the raw material I Our total etp?rts for tho fisoal year of 1873-4 amounted to $649.132.565, of which cot ton'mado up $218;500,000 ; that is, raw cotton made up nearly 33 pet cent, 'of pur total export trade.I.--The amount manufactured for home consumption, ahd whioh appears neither in our export nor import trade, was enormouB.. The comparative importance of, this item may bo seen when plaood alongside the next most important oomlnodity ex ported. Tho highest on the lir.t after cotton is of .course crrain, whioh reached thonggregate of $160,000,000; that is, the.valuo of tho grain exported reached 24.C per cent, of tho whole, while cotton stood nt 33 per cent, of the wbplo. Wo havo made the oivilifeed world our tributaries for cotton. All tho other cotton-prbduoing countries are unable io send as much to the English market aa the son thorn states of America. But {or onr oivil war the United StatoK would if? to-day supplying 80 per cent, of tho whole. That unfortunate contest re duced us Irom 77 por oont. in 1861, to 55 per cent, to-day. But wo aro rap idly regaining our* lo3t vantage ground. ?Courier Journal; . ? ? -_* i A. "Woman at the Bottom, of %uo Eng lish Agricultural Strike. A wbman was at tho bottom of tho agricultural strike in England, says Kate Field, and this was tho way of it: Mrs. Vincent, wife of the editor of tho Leam ington Ohroniolo (who, by the way, lived many years.iu Massachusetts, and got tp bo quite a Yankee), was running that pnp^r in her husband's absence, one day in February, 1872. when a farm laborer walked into the office and said : "We're going tp have a good mooting to-night, and wo hopo tho Ohroniolo will aend a reporter to moke England hear us," l don't boo the neoqsaity," exolairoed tho bb*?intunt editor?a man. " I do," replied Mrs. Vincent. "Thero is no body to aend," argued the usaiatnnt edi tor, " Seme ono must bo found," an sVeierliiaiB. Vincent. Some^Onll^w'aa found, :and'* 'HOTg?^pr tt rights,'and'tobfca lorig Bte? toward tipg i them. -iRAt^; * ho; grofr it? eontrasfc the offoofc of a sunbeam, for 'example, ;4adflnesee8:th? grand ^result' painted by'an arti?t pen,' we'see thfcUhe ax) infnnt'o faintent breath would set it in tremulous.motion. The tenderest of htttnan organs?the apple .of the eye-i . though' pierced and buffeted each day by; thousandsof,sunbeams, ?uffers ho .pain, during tho process, but rejoices in their' Bweetnesa, blesses the useful light.1 Yetr a few of those ray a,, innin nnt in g thorn selves into amass of iron, like the Brit annia tubular bridge, will comp pi tho ,closely-knitipar?aolos.?fo. separate, and' will move tho whole enormous,fnbrio. with as much ease as a giant would a straw,"'- The play of-th?s? beanis^'npon our, shoots of water! lifts mp i layer after j "layer into the atmosphere, ancL bbiato Jwfiolb rivers :fr?m -their -beds, only to, djrpRthetn..again hi snows ppbn thebilhV or in fattening showers upon the plants, fiet but'the air 'drink' ii a little more sunshine at ?de point iliim at t arothOxi I aud it. desolates A whplo region ) in its llanatip wratS: 'The'rnarvel Hb that a power "which .is c?pablsi>xif assuming js?i?. should :peaeeful'nnd go uupretention.3 a-manijorj. Dili 1*1 How to Make Narrow-Gauge _ ? .Whatever"railroad men may think about ,thp., optar4wratiy0iiidvaritagoa(bf iness on:great route*' Jot i travel, ?Ner? ? mA^MIMifS^-M^H^ Jfc* nar rPw-gaugo^ pnnoiph^^oani^b^^so^^^ fohild rey ana Hulinas City railroad in difor nia affords an excellent illustration of this faot. The farmers, along the line bhit the road themselves and pnt it in operation. They had previously made calculations from. whioh they learned that the people who would be accommo dated by it were paying 8830,000 per annum for the transportation of their orops to tide wator?, They .ascertained that for less than this sum they could build a narrow-gauge' road from the Salinas plains to Monterey, s distance of 18* miles, together with a wharf at Monterey and suitable warehouses. Tho result of their 'enterprise'as that' they get their grain carriqd to tho tide; water for $2.25 per' ton instead of paying $5.50 as they had been doing, whioh: is' a eaving to them of $195,000 the first \ ear of the road's.existence. The expe-1 nonce of these California farmers proves that nndor favorable conditions a nar row-gauge road can bo and has boon built and equipped for less money than would have been paid by the people of the dint riot through whioh it runs for freight alone in a single year. Humors of the Cable. "' ?!?11 n 3 I Tho wonder?; Of1 cable) telcgrapby are 83^ forth in the following tfltory, related y'an asaooiate agent of the New York associated press :: A. gentleman of the Western Union office. No. 145!h Broad way, New York, was Bitting in the cable room when a dispatch from Philadel phia, destined for Paris, dame ovef' the' wires. This message, like all othora for Franco, w?a to go over the oable by. way 6f Unxbury, MaagJ The operator called Duxbnry a few times, and' then said: " The fellow is asleep, evidently; but the oable men are always awake? I'll'have tb 'get oho of them to go in and wp.ko him up.". SO he stepped to another desk, palled Plaiater Gove^-fbi1 Newfoundland^ and' sent the following message': **To cable operator, Dnx bury t BJeaae go and wako up my >own true love." This message Plaistor Cove hastened to send across tho ocean toi Valencia, Ireland, who; in turn, " rushed " it to London; thenee it was hurried to Paris, and Btill onward to the European ond of the French oable nt St. Pierre; the operator there flash ing it back to Duxbnry. In less than' two minutes by the olpok the .measoge hod accomplished its jonrnioy of Home eight thousand miles, land and sea, as wos evidenoedjlby the olioking of the instrument on the Duxbnry desk, which ticked out in a manner, a little more petulant: *' ThaV la n nice'-way to do ; go ahead. Yon own true love." ?A letter received in Washington from the director of the mint, now in San Francisco, contains the following information : Tho Soirittnd for the trade dollnr will be from ono to oije and a half millions per month. Telegrams aro now being recoivo'd "b^ bankers in Cali fornia from New York, Boston and Lon don as to twhethei* , they oan obtain amounts for remittanco to China. Tho Chinese buy up every dollar nnd remit in sums of one-dollar up to thouBands; the trado dollar appears to be going i into tho interior of China, i .?!> -: ? ??-?<}'. * ffr. iV'nf.'oA J?nS i (&hk% La Crosse olergrmanfras? reduced ?Don'tImt drearmaj?.' to get breakfast joke;ri tpob ool j?n?*ib ?It is a pitifql aight.-tcf ^fctb<A^iio >^ ^^i^^j^*^^^ if?S?J?l5l'^^5 and :hools.<i;: v.v riosivvTinJAtU 01 tawJ^8 jii'^-U lAto??s5siou,0f ?s? lif/isf?jjhls ?powonV" "w? won ?vi it nil/; ebuoo* :+nIt must /make a, man if eel Jmean-rto tin pull g to him ,vo tho doctor all WgW> ittaoamn to oue1 tlironf Ii ?^"?What's tho riso/intheianffitys, in ^M-g^to.,^ a grumbler. f'Ohl you ought totijrit 4rao0afad ttk^reWfce'a oiftfbf ?fflSTOm panions.^'iir'i ?! ; ndw 'lo worries ?The shah of Persia won't introduce , stre*t><$ars, Vheoauee that JrWrU fal lowing the poor to riao as well as4ha rich",* 'A strug^iW^^ounPmWnSrho ^hanoain Permav? ?myd iticog aal lo . ?It may,baithat 'Sftrwt^afbindteiip, shield'of i American} f?&dWbif ah6>lMd .PPft MrW^ IP* Jortyr nine. for.thepaSeoboapt who may grow up to Irage^ballq^a^onn^ filrTOri wairttth'O* tfc#'BtOvo without ,^fe^uft!.4w?p rOfic^ftli-iftruiThi^M a ^DinglaS'?rerrol6^lStt :W# "Hoajgk hog I*Hers," save that ? "; respectability is all,very,well for folks .who . can f? it wrraiuy money f but' t?' bo" ob! to rnn in dobfc for it, ia ohoughto b $b?^^afiMimkoix| ?dl j*i vadi r more ^tenderly: -if. ladlor the ?? ?momoratecl: vi HBOpi ippy l a J?iIT no i t fioftlr ijle winteriwlads, ? hi* Ta^nl*?* 1?*' * mo *a,?* i?rf ?"JMne-a bSata ?" inqn Paoiflo railroad Jadl do foi? oteanj iveler in a Union of a Nebraska mania shoyt time ago. ** Navigable, for steamboats?" replied A3\e Nebraska man ; "no, not even for light draft ducks." ".SffittwM ?A Sioux chief offered to marry a celebrated author es s the other day. An enthusiastic eye-witness reported that her orbs stood out like the eye'of a frightened gazelle, and the blush of her oheek was as pink as the heart of a pome granate. '.?:_}.'? <?: -iV/ .UJ a&l ?At Yonkers, N. Y., recently, a party assembled at the wake of a child, which was supposed to have been'death fAr three days, discovered life in tho body; Doctors were sent for, and the child was eventually brought"batik t&tho lan?Vc* the living. .?aiftas&fdi \d :to ] ?No .Norwegian girl is allowed to have a . beau until she can . bake Dread and knit stocking*; and as a consei qnence overy girl can bake and knit long before she can read or~*r?te, and she does not havo to be cdpxed into her Industry either.' ?.. ?<i ?? ? ?i t?-n-X{ ?A Lafayette, Indiana, mamma .ao? ressed hor seventeen-year o\d girl with a slipprir because shejwore a spiral elas tic garter to church. ? Tho:girl thought it was a neoklace, and wore it as such* while tho old lady said she wouldn't have any such nonsense in her family^ onSnndays. biifi u.iorinviT \*i ?To the correspondent who inquires if there has been "any sudden drpu In dry goods this week,'*' a commercial writer says: WO; havo noticed bnt< .onto She said when we pickod her up, that "people who ate grapes ought hot to throw their skins on the sidewalk. " WV presume it, was grape skins; thatwore referred to. - ,.. ?At a rooont wedding, according to'a report, "the jellies upon 1 tho" bridal1 suppor tables were pure amber masses of quivering transluoenco, catching,^ho wihe-oolored priBms of perfumed light, and holding.them in tremuloria mirror.", of rosy beauty." That's enough to send; a man off to proposo to the uglieat wo man ho knows, on the baro chance of having stioh things as that for supper. I ^-t-^f wise''one is w.on^'^CReat^^ni urchin in an absent-minded way. '?Wh?t!** Cried his father; ?haVerF spent so muoh money on yohr ed?oaij tion with no hotter results than that? Twico ono ia two, air." "Well, dad," roplied the young>hopeless, "I.will> admit that you. are right, from ono , standpoint; but, with all duo defer ence to you as my paternal progeni tor, I roust bog leavo to maintain that, whon I win two one-dolTan bills m a horeo raco, twice ono is won."1 ?mi rtt"^l 1?'* I did 'not oome here','gentleman, with the intention of making a speech, and am consequently wholly. unpro-, pared to do honor to tho occasion. Yofl'' must, therefore, exonao ? me if I Confino ' myself to t\ few brief observations.,".. Snch were his remarks as thoy hoisted him Upon a table at a recent political ' meeting, and after ho had talked for an honr and throe quarters it took three of his most able-bodied constituents thir teen minutes' hard work, .with dray pina, to oonvinoo him thav ho had eaid enough.