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SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SUUSCIUl'TION. One Year.SI .50 feix Months.1.00 Ministers of the Gospel.1.00 AUVEUTlSKMKNTg. First Instertlon.f.$1.00 Each Subsequent Insertion.00 Liberal contracts muri? for '.) month mulnvr JOT3 OiFFI-CJS 18 I?HK1?ARE1) TO 1>0 ALT, KINDSOE It Might Have Been. The fire burrs cheerily in mv room! to-night; the llglil gilds the furniture, j the pictures and the ornaments; ullj openly utiyestive of cusinoss and Comfort. I lean hack in mv aim chair,survey the surroundings and try to think that I am contented* But it is in vain. I cat) onh re ilizo its em tiness. To me it isonlv tin- taunl;ng ghost of what might have been. How vividly the past comes up he for me now. It is useless f r mc to attempt to d ive away these tlunj ih's, for they arc bittei memories of tn> past life, which like Banquo'a ghost, will not down at. the bidding. I try to crush out all thoughts ol the past, as at othe" times, but they come with such weight, that they are stronger than my will. # Five years is not a long period of time, if measured as days, weeks and months, but if measured b\ I he agon the human heart nan endure, it is sin eternity. Some say that, hearts do not break ; others that women's do, sometimes, but men are so constituted that thev con bear disaster to the affection with out material injury to that delicate or gan. I do not pretend to say how this may be, but I do know that this world will nev r again look as bright and beautiful to me as it did before I closed my eyes on hope. I try to hide my sorrow, and well I succeed, for to my ticquaintanses. I am but n bitter, cynical man, who sneers at women and love, a d no' one among them who would think of accusing me of having n sentimental thought. But there are times in mj lifo when universales come?time* when the old fires burst forth uncon trollably. When temporarily ihoio is an end to peace, and I must live over again the bitter past, and to night is one of those lime*, and un Willingly I drift back into the long ago. It is evening. The brilliant orb of day is slowlv and majestically sink ing in the Western sky. The sof breeze is heavy ladened with the frn grnnce of the early sp. inc flowers, and stirs gently the lender loaves of the few forest !rees that have thus earlv dared lo assume their vestments ol green. A bold, deep stieani, spanned bv a rustic bridno. and directly across this, and as far nwav os the view is unobstructed, winds a sandy, neglect ed countrv road, bordered on one snVto by a dense undergrowth of small trees, with here and there a tad ninn. Which stands but like yrirn sentinels on the watch, and on Ilm other bv it field which showed bv the f e-hU tur> cd soil, that the plowshm?? o1 the husbandman had been busy then-. Haifa mile away can he seen, stand ing out plainly against, the evening sky, the tall, white spires of the vil lage phurches, and as lhe bricht rays of the declining sun is lefleeted upon the bronzed balls bv ? hieh they are surmounted, they elilter in lite dis tance like burnished gold! Upon lite bridge stands two figures. A youth of perhaps two and i'went.\ years of age. and 11 yirl m?vi?r?l year* Iiis junior. She. of medium heiuhth. light and queenly, with deep, failuim less eyes?such eyes as puds love to wri e of?eyes, one glance fiotn which, can elevate men in the su preme pinnule of happiness, or doom Ihem to such excrniating torture. Unit the pangs suffered by 'oat souls in?h? lowest pits of Hades, can scarcely Compare with it. Broad, hi?h, fore head ; over which, as is the fashion, is tastefully hrranaed the glossy lock* of chestnut browv hair. Her faeo I"* one that is full of that strange suhl le power called magnetism. One could hardly tell whether or not hh>> is beautiful. The charrv <?f her sur passes the mere forms of beauty s<> far that it seems no! lo mailer if she lacks the. regularity of features bv which the artist.shapes a per'ect face. But a closer reader of human nature would pronounce her possessed of a heart that would break before ii would yield, and n will that 13 strong as death. Silence holds supreme sway. The only sound that breaks in upon the musical murmur of the stream that flows beneath the bridge, or the ves per hymn of some feathered songster as it winged its way lo the deeper 6hades of the fores'. The girl is seated on the low rail ing of the bridges. In one shapely gloved hand she holds a email para ool, while the other toys carelessly with a small bunch of wild flowers that lie upon her lap. Her eyes arc fixed on the distant hills, and there was a melancholy look upon her face Vhich tells that her thoughts are not pf her immediate surroundings. Her companion is leaning against Vho railing and gnziug westward at the setting sun, which now hongs like a. fiery ball just above the hill lop. jJut ever and anon he turns hie face toward the girl at his side and h'9 ej'cs light up with what is untvlotoku b\y a look of love. He is tbo first to break the si'ence, and he speaks low as though half afraid to break in upon the stilluess: '?Mnbel, listen to me, please." She glanced up, but gave no other sign that she had heard his words. "Mabel, I must tell yon now what % have never had the courage to tell you before. It distresses me beyond \ha power to descri.be, to re alize that Vfe are no longer childron, and to feel that the impression made upon my heuit by your charms years ago, seems now to he increasing to a deeper and stronger sense of your loveliness, pardon me if my confess i?b?n saddens you, but I loye you, MuU'i, with t1 o purest and- holic.it senlitpenis of mv heart, nnd feel thai without you uiy life will he a hopeless future sadness and gloom. IJad I never seen .>ou us I now htdiold you, time might possibly have erased (row my ur mory the lender associations of the past with which you are con nected, but now I feel that the impres sion of your loveliness can uever lade fiom my mind." Ho ceased speaking, and stands awaiting her reply. Her eyes have been fixed upon the tippling water while bo is speaking, but as be finishes she raised them to his face. Not a shade of color man ties bet cheek, and she looks at him almost haughtily. "Mabel, darling, do you under stand tne? 1 love you more than life, for without \our love life will be worth nothing to me! Mabel will you he my wife?" And still she is silent. A minute [lasses, but it seems an age to him, ami then she extended one little hand toward hi (p. With a glad cry he caught it in bis own and carried it to bis lips. And this is all. 1'e would give wo Ids for the privilege of clasp ing her in his arms und pressing one p.is->iouaic kiss upon those ripe, ruh\ lips, but be knows loo well the cold, naughty nature of this girl who has otii just plighted her faith to bitu. Tln-v turned and walked silently away in the gathering twilight, down the long road that leads to the village, and night spreads her sergbre mantle o'er the earth. The day is done and darknes*, (.'omes upon the wings of night. As a lea her is watted downward. From an eagle in its tliglit. * # * # ? * ? But the scene changes. Spring has bided into Summer and the last days ol Summer are slippin ? away. . It is a social gathering in the vil lage. The suit, mellow lamplight falls upon many a beautiful face there, that needs hot the opportunity and they would outrival the boasted charms of many an acknowledged nolle of the city ball room. Again do I see the maiden I saw upon the ?nidge in the early spring time. Bui tin- youth is not with her now. By bei side, stands a dark, course man. wiiQ .seems to have more of the brute in bis composttion than is usually al lotted to man. And yet thU refined, dignified girl is smiling up at him as she never smiled upon the yqulh who plead so passionately for b r love but a few months ago Whore is he no* i Ah, 1 have just discovered him. He stands further back ill the sba,t>>w beyond this couple, and they are certain!) not aware of Ins pre sence, for he is t e Hiiojeei of their conversation. Why does he teen for ward and listen so uncutl\ to their conversation? Win indeed! lie bus just learned that, the only woman he ever loved is false to him?thai she bus ii'M'il v\ttb his heart's deepest a I* f. et ion willfully, and worse than all i:l>e be lias learned^ I tint ane loves the ? hit k. evil man t her side. Met hauicallji be tears the glove be has just drawn from bis hand into small pieces, and drops them, one h< one o| on the flour. I here is a bitter ?mcas ic smile upon his lace as he watches the couple, who fancy them sc vi s unobserved amid the crowd. j Unobserved by tbetii he leaves the room and the house. All alone. v\ith 'one save the AU seeiuu eye to watch the struggle, does he wies I ? with that love. And, as ibe grey dawn lilts night's dark cur ? nin from Hie earth, be bus conquered. But at what, cosl ! In this battle a hat baa he lost? Confidence in wu nii ii. hope of heaven nnd faith iu God. And he has gained?nothing, j * * * 4 ? * ? The scene has closed. The past joins to the present. The pictured! face smiles down upon me from the wall. 1 arouse myself from the dream and am again the bard, cold man of the world, and ' I take up the burden of life again, .Saying a.idly, "It might have beim." A.Sad Story of Insanity. A sad case of insanity has come upon Miss Susan Schenck, a young and accomplished daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. C. D, Schenck, living near White .Mills, Pa. It appears that; a young man in one of the Southern States for the past twoyeurs has haen p-'ving his utlentions to Miss Schenck, and was enguged to be married at an early day. About three months ago be started Irotn his Southern home for the North with the intenti n of fulfilling the engagement, when an ac cideut occurred which resulted in his death. The news of his death reach ed the young lady's mother, who knowing the strong attachment her daughter entertained tar him, resolved lo w thhold the sad news from her j daughter, if possible. To this end the mother intercepted the letter which conveyed news of his death, and the daughter was left in igno rance of the truth. T'mc passed by, nnd the girl received no tidings of her absent lover. Her only solution the mysterious silence was that she had been deserted. It bo Worked on her. tpi?d that soon her reason was dethroned, and she is now a raving maniac. President Carlisle's Address. President Carlisle's address hcforo the Cineiunati General Conference is published .it length in ib? Southern Christian Advocate of the 29tb ult. Wt; have read it through with feelings of'pride and pleasure, and can truly say wo endorse every wort! of it. It is a masterly plea for Christian frn leruitv, more especially that of the two Metnodhtn-t; North and South. We have had too much partisan feel ing und sectional jealousy in the church, and even in the pulpit, and now it is ready refreshing to road such independent utterances from a man j of Dr. Cuilisle's talent, influence and pusilion. Like our noble Humalon; he dares to speak the truth for truth's sake, without calculating consequent ees, or slopping to inquire who it may hurt or who it may help. Our pai tialiiy for the man may lead us to overrate this grand and graphic effort of a master mind, and we only regret that we missed, by not being present the magnetic efleet of the eye and voice, gesture and manner of the elo quent 01 alor. We have heard him in his palmy days, though he is uot old yet, and we well remember how he thrilled and enchanted us then. We have other testimony of his powers as a speaker ami writer besides our own, .oid from those more competent to judge, but we a I agree in awarding mm u meed of praise which very few could win as nobly and wear as meok \\ us he, We have heard of the effect this address produced upon the Con ference, and the frequent applause with which it was received, und we do not wonder that such was the case. There is a touch of feeling, a rush of sentiment ami sympathy which mukes all the world akin, and when the luttSter hand touches tbo responsive chord tho dark, cold gulf is sp nned by the might bow of peace, and all the world are friends und brothers, The amount of good that speech haB done and will do, can never be com puted, and its healing, soothing, lile giving influences will go pulsing riowu the ages till the last wave shall brea<?* upon the shores of eternity. ? Palmetto Yeoman. Within Ono Vote of the Presidency, The Hon. B. W. Jenness died ol heart disease in Cleveland Ohio a few months ago, aged seventy three, jilr. Jenness was born in DeeiUeld, 2sew Hampshire, July 14, 1806, and u prominent citizen o; that State for many years, at one lime being one of as United States Senators. He moved lo Ohio in 18G2. At the Democratic National Con vention held in 18fi2. the choice of a candidate for President was referred by common consent to the New Ham shne delegation, and a caucus was called to name the coming man. The minus of Franklin Pierce and B. W. Jcuucss were presented, and the bal loiiug commouced, There, were nine delsgates, ami the dum man not casting a vote, the bal lot ?muri :?>ur fur Mr. Pierce and foi.r lor Judo Junness. The chairman ?nscriieri upon, and gone the east iiiii vole to Pierce, which eventually mitdu him Pr< si'ilent of the United Sutes. Ha?! Judge Jennesa receiv ed mat <>ue vote he would, in all pvobaiiility, have ttliuiited the saute position as Ml'. Pierce. Church Going in Old Timts. Young folks in the olden lime had to behave themselves in chinch, as i. proved by this extinct from the Ips wich (Mas-.) town records, dated December '26.1700: "To prevent the Youth from propba:iing ycSabbath & their misordering themselves in time of Cod's Worshipp?It is Ordered Tbcy shall >\i together in ye two back side Seals of each front Gallery , which are ye seats appointed lor thcin?and that ye Tything men and olhers desired with them Snail take. Turn by two iu a Pay, to Sit with diem lo inspect them, and such as will not be reclaimed by sd persons Discouutenancoing of their I'll man ners shall be complauicd of lo Hie Justices and pioceoded with by them as the Law Directs unless said Jus tires shall Instead ofiiueing tin in? Imprison such incorrigible persons 01 give them Corporal I punishment." Busy rtpnor, with her hundred tongues, now has it that a white Re publican parly is soon lo be organized in this State. Well, there is nothing like variety. We have tried the black, and now a change of base and color lyighl be rcireshing by way of novelty. They might coalesce with the blacks a?d go into ball mourning for past delinquencies* Nothing like a change, even if it is not for the bet ter.? Yeoinan. An Anti-Duelling Society. At the close of his sermon at the Methodist Church, on last Sunday morning, Kev. Mr. Wiljson anounced that a meeting would be held in that Church this (Thursday) evening at 8 12 o'clock, for the purpose ol or ganizing au anil-duelling society. All who are interested in the objects in.(i sdas intended are requested lo meet nt that lime and place. Ad dresses may he expected. Kerr-fhaxo? Gazette. Christ ion sentiments, such bold Whitewashed. Tho Lesson the Whittakep Case. The ctHumopj sense of tlio enlire [country vill ^pp-ovc the judgment of I the Courljin %o matter of the alleged I assault. t pomjjDadet Whittuker, at West l'or?t., WDnly fools and fanatics (which ..cims are synonymous) will believe, a^ie,r.revicwiug the evidence, that any ct'uet* hand than Whitlaker's held the s;is3grB that cut his ears and cropped Ii s hair, Tho colored cadet J is ridienh/tv ?s having been caught in an owkwa d attempt to cover himsell with thegyry of martyrdom, nnd-dis grncod by ?Ving guilty of a dozen [?al pable falseicnds. Despite this, there will be a' ;deep sympathy for him through Iju) country. Ilia impos sible to fmagine a more utterly desolate let than his has been?soli tary and friendless, amid an ever present l.^b^tude?-the one marked man amono/uiuidiods, bearing in bis very blond' l.fie taint that debarred him from tv-Jellowship of those who were tin avoidably his companions. Whillakcrj was and is a martyr?a martyr to .the foolish and wicked at tempt?bor.? .of hatred and fanati cism?to er. force u commingling of races against a feeling bo strong that it is nature. Among all of those ca dets, rcpier-cnling the rising genera tion of every section of the. country, and every 'shade of political opinion and prejudice, there was not one who could forgot he was a while man and Whittuker was a negro, or learn to think that there was no difference be tween them.^Sending him there was an nddilion'to the long catalogue of crimes and cruellies committed by those who falsely call their hatred for the Southern while man love for the negro, Poor Whittuker was their victim, lie was condemned lo serve a term of misery that naturally led lo crime, that he might be the means of insulting and humiliating the while people of Ute-seountry. We, in common with all the whito people, certainly of the South, have a kindly feeling for tue negto. We recognize hirn as our faithful friend nnd servant, nnd as having a claim upon our consideration ; and being entitled to gnida.ice, ptolcclion and sympathy from us. It is not for us to know the reasons of the impulses of our nntuies. But in the heart of every while man there is naturally a feeling that forbids bis social inter mi* gimg witty the negro. The Whit taker cose ia another proof of it. It is useless to'd-^y orrf-.eek to explain it. j It exists, undue who habitua ly over comes that feeling docs a violence to the very blood in bis veins. He does so knowing that he is olicnding every sense of propriety and natural in stinct among those of his own race, and if he is not already abandoned, malicious und vindictive, be will speedily become so by the opera tion of natural, menial ami moral laws. Tho. negto luii learned ibis lesson by hard experience, and real izes now ibat the white man in Ibis country who associates with him on terms of "social equality," is either a thief or a pussioh-bliuiled and danger ous fool, who brings him only trouble. The negro has freedom, and is our political equal. We, of the South, are content with this, and glad to give him all bis rights. But we shall insist upon < ur*s being respected, and One of them is the selection ol our own associates and those ol our childten. Any attempt to dictate to us in ibis respect will be resisted always. It the negro allows himsell lobe made the instrument for the violation of those riglils he will be the sufferer. Those who use him know this well, but are us iudillcrcul to hi*, sulferings j as the carpenter is to the wearing Ol Ibis plane. When it bucks be can get another. There will be many mure W hi takers in different depart ments in the country. The purely malignant efforts to reduce nature to impossible shapes by cutting it 'across the grain will be continued on ! til the tool refuses longer to lie a tool. That is the onh remedy. The negro I can save himself mollification and misery only by declining to further aid attempts *<> change the inevitable. ?Greenville A'ett's. ''Confederate Brigadiers." We bear less about the "rebel brigadiers" in Congress than former ly. Hen Butler once wanted to bo elected lo the House to meet and overthrow Ibcm, but in this war he has won no victories. On the whole the Trebel brigadiers" behave ver> well, and are more peaceable and pa triotic than others who never fought against the Union. The highest of the ex-rebel otlicers who have entered public life since the yvar are Gen. Gordon, of Geotgia, Gen. Johnston, of Virginia, and Gen. Hampton, of South Catollnn, all of whom were in that august body, the National Senate. We can only say we wish there were more of the same kind in the Senate.?Boston Her.aXa\. I Mysterious Disappearance. . Two negro women in the Oromer Township have lately got rid of their babies in a very mysterious way. The children have disappeared, and nobody knows how. One of the wo men says she leit bets in the field, and the buzzards can ied it away ; ihc oth er gives no explanation. No iuvesti gation has been instituted, and Iberu have been uo arrests.?Nevoherty Hcr |oW. The Way They Do in Congress. On Saturday when "Big English saw that it wa^ going to be u lonesome ?lay for the bool-blaeks, he set his bend to work to devise some thing to break the monotony. About 10 o'clock he got a number of boys into the alley between the Post office and organized the '-Forty-Fifth Con gress."?,4Hig English" is a regular reader of the daily papers, and he is a great organiger. It took him but fifteen minutes to get the "House" and "Senate" running so smoothly that lawyers and others looked down from the windows with great inter est. "Who's a liar?" yelled a white henden boy as he jumped up "Oh dry up I" shouted Sixth Ward Tom. "Pol him out?he was in the rebel army 1" called a boy from Grand River avenue. "Some one clubbed my dog fifteen years ago, and I can never forgive him," howled Strawberry Hob. "Git out the records and less see who was lo\al." put in King's boy. uBia Fuglish rnpped on his box to restore order, but King Tommy threw tip his bat and yelled : "I moves for the aizes und the nozes." ?*He can't gag me," shouted a lathy boy from Windsor. "Less have a salary grab," piped a Congress street boy. "The poeptd won't, stand" whooped another. "Hain't we the peepul?" demand ed a boy on the railing. "Are we one country ?" asked the Speaker as he rose up. "I are, but you hain't yelled Nickty Nick." "Doesn't one flag float for us all!" continued the speaker. "It does about lax time," scream ed a cross-eyed youth from Spring wells. Somebody kicked the honorable Speaker. lie dien struck the honor trie gentleman from Wisconsin smash ed at the honorable gei.tleman'Ircm Georgia, and his hair stood and up eoul tails Blood out. When the row had quieted down the honorable Speaker remarked : "It was pretty good for the first time though you didn't abuse each other enough."?Detroit Free Press. "Hollered Willi the Loudest." The Albany Argus, in view of the X. Y. I/crald's sudden conversion to Giantism and its prophecy of Grant's election, has been moved lo look up the record oj the Herald's political prophec.es, with this result. The Herald predicted Mr. Buchan an won hi carrj New York In 185G. Gen. F etnont carried it by 80,000 majority. The Herald predicted the Demo cratic electoral ticket would carry Now York in I860. Mr. Lincoln carried it by 00.000 majority. The Herold predicted Gen. McCiel lan would carry New Yoift in 1804. Mr. Lincoln carried it by 7,000 ma jority. The H'rnld predicted that Gen. Grant would carry New York, in 1808 Gov. Seymour carried it by 10 000 majority, The Hera d predicted '.hat Mr. Grcetey would carry New York in 1872. Gen. Grant carried it by 02, 000 majority. The LI raid predicted that Mr. Haves would carry New York in 187?. Mr. Tilden "carried it by 32, 000 majority. Into all these errors the Herald fell, because it "hollered with -Ij" loudest." English Out for Payne English, ol Indiana, a Democratic dark horse of note, lakes himself out of lite race in a recent and authorized interview in the Cincinnati Commer cial, by declaring that he is not a can didate for the Vice-Presidency "or any other," and he adds his voice to the growing Pnye boom by sa\ing; "The Democratic candidate ought to be a man who can unite all the fac tions in New York, and carry the most doubtlul States. Indiana is looked upon as reliably Democratic. (I Giant s nominated, their seems to be a fair show of carrying Ohio against him. The drift of sentiment is evidently toward Ihut State, pnd may centralize on the Ohio man, and Henry B. Payne piesents more ol the essentials of a strong candidato than any other candidate presented by Ohio."?Springfield Republican. "If nominated, I think Judge P'eld would get as great a Democratic vote as any man in the country. He is a Democrat, ha9 a full sense of the States and tho people under the Con stitution, is a bravo man, never afraid to express an honest opinion, and to all the other things which would go to make him available is tl^o unques tioned fact thai he could carry the whole Pacific Slope. Bear ir\ mind, I do not mean to say that he is great er or better than many othet treu in the party but is as great as nuv, and quite as available.''?Ex-Gov. Hev.d ricks. Colonel WmaiiT. of New Haven, (Conn., has just made a clean 875,000 in Arizona mining slocks, which ie minds us lhat wo'd rather bo Wright than President. Tho Cipher Dispatches. Wc condemn nobody nnd we com mend nobody in tbo cipher business. We only ask the South lo apply a litlle common sense lo Ibo probable situalion. Docs Ibe South kuow or even suspect what tho Tribune and the Republican leaders hold in reserve about South Carolina nnd Louisiana which bus not ye beep revealed? Does the South think it wise or pru dent to risk its future peace nnd pros perity on the cipher issue? What may betide the South under a --stal wart" House elected next November! Does the South hanker for another possible dose of ''rod eyed ruin?" There are two inquiries which we wish the Southern Democracy would immediately and frankly meet and answer. One is, could the Republi can party escape a ccushing defeat, amounting well-nigh to annihilation under "the fraud issue," if such a man us Mr. Bayard were the Demo cratic nominee at Cincinnati ? Could not the Democracy, led by Mr. Bay ard, prevent the Republican lenders from striking one single aggressive blow from Hie beginning to tho end ing of the canvass? The other ques tion is : How, upon the facts as set forth iu the report of tho Potter Com mittee and in the "Tribune Extra No. 44," could the Democracy as sume the aggressive if Mr. Tilden should be nominated, or any other candidate be nominaledwho is dicta ted by those who acknowles*ed Mr. Pelton a leader in 187G??New York World. Whittling. This pernicious habit is one of the greatest evils that pervades our land. Go North or South, East or NN est, and you will fl d the youth with a stick in one hand and his pocket knife in the other, curling ofT the beautiful shavings, (as ho calls them.) Some would think that Ibis is a very foolish thing for editors lo pick up and write their editorials from, but pardon us for ibis ; wo be lieve as journalists, thai it is our duly to call attention to all evils that pre*, vail among the young people of out land. How often is it that we go into a school bouse aud see the benches, chairs and desks cut lo pieces and ruined by some idle whit tier. Again you seat yourself in church and here you bcc his destruc tive work; be spares nothing; he desecrates the house ol God by his vile and pernicious habit; be ruins the ornaments of the parlor, and in fact be has lo cut at every thing he sees. Let's make a slight mathemat ical calculation and see what whittling costs the people of the United Slates. Say that there ure one million people engaged in this h illing bnsiucss, (and a million will not take in all) and they destroy one knife apiece dining the year, put Ibe cost of the knives at 50 cents a piece, the knives alone will cost S5UU.000, which is not one half of lite amount of other property ibat is destroyed.?Ar. V. Amatuer Another Congressional Scandal. Washington, D. C, June 1, 188Q. ?The Post newspaper of this dale has a sensational Story charging Sen ator Ferry, of Michigan, with undue intimacy wiih a lady of high social rank, a guest, for the time, ut the Senator's hotel. The account reads that ihc distinguished offender was discovered in the lady's chamber b}* her daughter a spirited girl of filieen, and submitted lo a cowhiding at her hands, supplemented and backed by a revolver held by a male friend. Cer tain it is that the Michigandcr ap pears in public with a phenomenally bluck eye which lie attributes to a full, but which the gossips trace to bis rencontre with the indignant girl. Mr. Ferry came upon the floor cd' the House to-day with a copy of the Post in his hand, and an earnest con versa lion with members of the Michigan delegation ensued. At the same hour the editor of the Post was observed j hovering in a neighboring lobby. The issue is a set ions one, as il in volves not alone Mr. Ferry's morals, but the good name of n family of re puted wealth and social position. A Repentant Bootblack. The other day a thirteen-year-old girl was looking down, iuto a barrel, which was standing on the curb, of Fourlh street, Cincinnati, when nlong came one of those imps of smartness, yclept a bootblack, and tumbled her into the. barrel, in a minute he re pented, for with more haste than dig nity the girl got out, caught the boy, put him into the guticr, and whacked liitn over the head with his own shoe box until he was a pretty respectable candidate for lh.e county hospital. A Baby Without a Head. A baby was born in Erie, Pa., last week without a bead, but otherwise fully developed. It weighs seven pounds aud is considered a splendid pathological specimen. There is an excrcssenoe protruding from the lop of the trunk between the shoulders where tho neck ought to be, which has two large eyes, a nose and mouth with hare Hp. There Is no occipital or parietal bone, no brains. In a sitting posture the child re em I dea a huge frog. Sdbsokibk lor the Ooangeburo Democrat. More About the Census. Id a few. days more the census man w!l' tako Iiis book under his arm and start out to make bis mark on this decade. Under the new law tbny have a legal right to ask about.500 questions, but there is such a thing as aceii8U8 man going too far. It is well enough for defenceless families to know where the line is drawn. No census man has a right to dis pule a woman when she gives her r.ge. Under the law he can elevate his eye brows and exclaim : "Did you ever?" when a female supposed to be 45 re turns her age at 32, but he must stop right there. He may wonder to him self where on earth the grandmothers of this country have suddenly slipped to, but he inubii't wonder lo you. No census man has a legal right lo ask a woman if she is living with her first, second or third husband, or whether hI>c quarrels more with tiic third tliau the iirst. The law sup poses every latin ly to be living in peace und harmony, and the United States government never takes any notice, of a futnily row brought on by the hired girl being kissed in the dark. Under the law, no census-taker has any right lo ask a wife how many evenings in a week her husband is out after 11 o'clock, or what is tho subject of her remarks when he. slips in at the eido door. This great and glorious government has always, been conducted on the principle that clubs, lodges and societies were a part of its foundation. The law does not specify that the census man ihall ask a wife if she couldn't have done better by waiting for a second offer. This information is supposed to bo cheerfully volun teered, and is marked with a big red "X" to signify the official's belief that if she hadn't accepted tho offer slu did she would have died an old moid, A baby with the measles counts ju t as much in law as one galloping; around barefooted in the front door yard* The law requires the census laker to remark thai your baby is the handsomest one in the county. If he neglects to do so he should bo called buck. For the benefit of wives wbo.do their own housework and are asham ed to have it known, blanks arc fur* nished with a beading which reads a ??Is generally in the bjlhit of keeping four servants, but.has just given her help a vacation,1. The new law ?j also very generous in another matter. The census-taker may i gaily inquire who lives next door, but is supposed that most wo men will fill out and sign tho foliow? ing : "Parody named lJlackj no Style about 'ut; he wears a shabby hat, and she never uotnhs her hair until three o'clock 1*. M. ; they have a carriage, ? ut I don't believe it's paid for; they allow their children to throw stones at our dog, and permit them to play mouth organs; ?they say* she has diamonds, but I don't believe it; lots of callers, but X presume they were there to collect bills. To aU'of which I subscribe myself." Value of Swamp Muok. Some time ago \?e remarked that an acre of swamp muck of good qual ity, three feet deep, was actual!}' worth 820,000. No doubt such a statement, is surpising. So was the statement of Dr. Lawes, of England, lhat a ton of braD fed lo cows, return ed mote than it cost in manure, Swamp muck, fvc? from sand, con tains i2 per cent,, or forty pouuds of nitrogen in a ton. Nitrogen is worth In the market twenty-five cents per pound ; so that a ton of swamp muck is actually worth $10 for the nitrogen in it. All that is needed is to woik up the muck, so as to make the nitro geu available An acre of swamp muck three feet deep cont dns 2,500 tons, and would require eight months to draw out, at ten loads a day. Few persons realize the value of the for.* Tilizing elements of common waste mutters which lie under their feet, and l?e innumerable tons of mtvUW that may be available lor fertilizing purposes, and that much of the idle and neglected materials may repre sent a vast amount of wealth.?Am**?* icon Agriculturalist for April., The Exodus to the Weal, Tho report of tho committee on tho exodus of the negr oes from the South to the West, slated that tho avcrago pay of laborers in the South was ful ly equal to that in the North and West, nnd lhat no evidence could be obtained of political oppression in North Carolina. The committee be lieves the exodus to have been promo ted by Republican organizations for purely political purposes ; and could 'ind no foundation for the statements that the negro was discriminated against in tho courts. The report concludes with the atnlcment thai the material condition of the negro is far better South than North. It is sign ed by .Senators Vorhecs, Vance and Pendleton, The old lim? spencer is again oecn-i sionally8cen on the streets, while specimens of Spencerinn penmanship flourish and fade away in the editor's waste basket, ?Everything tuai truly and natur ally belongs to a human career has, its sacred side.