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VOL. I. r r t ~jj 7 ; j , • The First Sorrow. ^'.Beautiful boy ! ho etill to-night; ij^Little jHkle Vncc, onco ho b r i g h t ' mother; with tearful 'oyc,' J Patiently hoping ho will* not dio. Oii, tb*c6 iri‘:iH»'grief ,-m'o idoep and clo«ir,\ * 5 »pnefrom the-heart'liko a'n/othcrVj tear ^ J Y h? wilt tll0U Jo»vo. tho bright, green earth ? when tho biinMuhc and rosea are bunting forth. ^'y When joy and plenty aro on tho wing, r» '■\ l ^ * n r toyc}ccnnQ tho bo^itifu^^nng' * ^. W^^oudiS o^ligbJ^froni.Uio crystal sbore c.jTXrc glidiug in at window and door? «-Why wilt thou go, my own riwcot.child? li>Ib the world too cruel, too bin-dofilcd? “ rio'CatiHt thou u'ot vonturo thy bj)otlo 88 noul ? 3 r-Wbcre 'TavcH of tho deopcnt color roll ? .'\‘A ; ! « W to Iftiuich thy.ittile tibiii, ,! j .* j 'K-.vcotvb°yJ;-°li'Tlio watora unbouiui afloat? _Ah ! I hn\o watched the« vith zealotw care, ■/* ^f^cd thy name c;u tlio wingH of. prayer; /! ® RV0 ,{Htoncd thy tone* with earnest joy, ,/And carcKHed th^, form, my angel I kjv , t ■- Heaven will« ^ j rjH0 t|j;H (C(1^ above, :^Witb Jljo frjth mid the trust of a motber’Hlove, ■ ■ ^ Liu;i*j ,'ii ''i . ' i ï r ' d i ,r- >1 j ^ F - :r ” v 7 , .-a-. , — - — 7 - ; ; ^ --------------------- 1 B ‘s;V T ; . wo 1 .co b ', jwaym-. $o.. n. v.. îlausi»ay; :irïi®î^sï-Æ /. v iv .'. ü A’ 1 : ■ t i ; ,> ü . iw io i *iil iSi-i .>: !■! H -I r'i ÌO |;] •lit 1111 .-if !.. ,•/->* !• ...'.i Mil. _ U nt Pomio do. GlVduilè. i liavè..còlilo .aerò«« the „field ^wìieih/tho:17th; (le la ,:higiœ perished,ibocausé.I wniìtod-t’ó ‘sec if I coulil recogijize tho body of one, óf îiiy couhìuh. ”k* j : VÎ ‘ ri •• ji, good,” Jsaiil «George., tho mau, anil a sharp young lawyer as lie was, could not make him out at all. He was very lmudsomoi shaYcd like a French^\ man, with 110 hair ou hi* fact; except Iho nioustaeho;,awd-yet.lle » 1 U 1 noi look aii entire Erenohman». fte'said tlmt ho was- n spy» a vTcsilitand a.-,Freo Mason, all in tho Slime breath. . Wliat was ho ? Ho aj>- pearetl to George Dicksou something be tween a Greek nutT»' ,Tow when ho ex amined him mòro nearly. j to you;»but in this niiti tfe lniist forget | “ You are a reiy agroeitble companion, ” .i-lill; i : Mj* liqrye isgnotlj bectnwtiiiertho.li. .. i said George Dickson, “ butto tell you bfoncli between myself and Aimo Her- A ' bert, who, nò' r^ro'ssly ileceived^yon, T Your liows' “ Ybu looked eoolly for the body of your lover.” «!•, r* t f i ì O Ò . ' i, slio said. “ I do- not understand you. * You are as nido to mo as I used to be diiiuoo ''of 1 lioi' illair^’ wìticil one’ month aftervt-ards.would lwvOjiticen cut-'«wftv.if- \ ' ;ÌKc'rf«Wsjlviinla C'oal .friU e i\” uii; t. TiTTr.TT •I , 'W ò 'ciiiinôyf « i v o a ,t..U.rahly fair, * t i - ; ; cii eriwleiV sbii J»ir I wìir'bb u \òod ■ mi!to’'of t li»'<Wer&a«o in the supply df iiii- ! «Minir .'«'y,“ mid .girls. f<)V Vlauchtor 'to von'' ' r'TrT' tu' l«''; hJ L'00il' tl,r»c,t(' c o a l^w year'wmpaiWi withMiistT.siiy« il[i(t'a* pi'.M>nn\tòi'y h VI r ^ s >vorv- ..P,. t(> ,?0U- . L~ ,0 IX! 11 fe00‘ l v«nv.. which .will- 11 «, ili tn MAltY MU/ION'. thoiim atltouil- •' -Ion, Goorge .Dickson could liot help •. noticing that wherever lie went ono pair ’ I l f * * v n « f n l l n u ' r t i l 'îu ’ l « nu i t i n m i Ì k 1.!,. but to tell tho truth, I nm in. no humor to talk busi netw. \Whiit luisiliiippepbd rU rio.gluistlyj auil.horrible tliatT'Oiui think of-nothing excopt tho «Wfttl misfortunes.” 5 ... i; Thoy fcad croissod tho frbritioi>forLOome' fii»o now Tho road through tho forest continued to be verv beautiful, nnd tho weather was,heavenly. But in a turn of the roall, ata.plnco whoro,' tho ’ two,' -offi cers liad'paiised,'thero\v:is’t.ho first signs of war, eight dead horses, a lumbering van standing across tho road, on which Homo. ..Gorman _ wag „had ..cliitlkeil., * ‘ A? Hcrliii”. 1 \,iV 1 - , ' .< : Then they all walked together.’ Tho road still wouud up .tho hillside, above a I flashing trout stream, seen far below | them iu the valley, through trembling I leaves. Then there ciuno a turn to tho ■ right, nnd they passed tlirough tho soli tary street of La Cluipclle. 1 of eyes followed']]im. as if to goi’i. l'ia ■N” '.''self, \ Y'ou havu a tongue, my i ’rencli ° n< ^.. K i i _ __ I ii t t/V< Georgo Dickson Ktood r.tu.«Rg^t the | with God. dead, and looked around him. Tho place must have been beautiful nt ono time, -is'7i.-ive tolil us timt i f is onco moro beautified by nature, though friend, and ran speak“ if'you choose ' ; ’ 1 to-our.-oyes it will reniain' n horrible and then thought nothing more about «harnel Iioiibq until death. The Xitli of .the nu'itei', 1 /ut gazed mi tho extrnonU- the 1 reneli lmo lay ill nun«, motionless unry scone boforo him 1 except wliero they were being drugged to The people wero eating on tho ilorir, i ^'V.iEru 0^ '?8 'V sohlierH. ,'on liearthstones, on the lieds and on the AVhv does God allow such t .billiard table. who, nò grossly deceived ¿yon, I havb^ntoretli aTuirsingf sisterhood,' :nud liavej become used to.clejith in all foruvs.. ,1’ havé taken ^my- tirat tbw.^ ; »ml I f «hall ci tâko'tlio veil'iii threivmoiitlis.( Sly fiither sent Mr. Delaval aftor mo ; but I-think among, these kindly., Germans 1 could liavo dòné withoiit-lii» assietaiice. ” ,/ ‘ MrvJ)elaval said .ho^^wa.s, your brotlifiy';’ i ;; t; s'>j i i j l*v ti ;) “ Mr:¡Doloval.my brother !’ ’ sjud slie. ,“ Jtr. ]>elayalis»Polo'. •■X;l»lieTO^known to liioSt, policc-courts'iii Èrtrojfcr \Hè'is a splendid, spy, aud my '-fatlior. employed him\ but could g et lnm no papers; lio’ is too’ well known. Are you married yet ?” “ No, not yet.” . “ I t is delicious to meet you hère, aftor 1 all. Look round at these poor innocent young men, lying ho quiet; in the pres- i once of death one seems to bo alwnvs faT\™« ”[°!' , j m' , n -,gOOU i yeai',;Wlu(‘h.wiU;be.LÌn tho:neighborhood ‘¡ thing nòt Hbiiòliifèiy lieiQ^snry tò eolU'ge So tliev took hand«and wout down tlie t-01,85^ 0^ . 10 **00,000 tous. ,Tho,ila,re:iH<e|is;.oinitt*»l-:.i»iKl t.whìih>vti?.-bwinot.'l>o ^ iff.. W S ,!«,«; ^ .T s .ì.vV .vl in.the siipply. óf bitnmiiions coal from j.pinitted is into.the ;l>oy;HU(l(ir; 'sèiiarìitbd in thonirìit min'd’ ordeèil \ T 1’ 1' 3 \region embraced in our.table'is'Sl,- j.ningtH^ witlVsp^M'iulreferonei;to.a;e<iB\iuK .•??! i .f i “ML ..-f • *M0Ì ions : but tlie deorè««« ili. thè' Ünpply fòiaminàtióii,' wlulo' tlib ’.stiident, « noi j oCbitil.nìuKuW çOid.- l n 1H7-1 ■ throughout j J»HÌde:to ! ilig(N*t!'Hndl’ftiwiniilHfe'it tiVlïïs llie.cpUntrÿi, will..b»!.iiearly if it, js. jiot If'.i'nfal being* To \ got- iu ” j.mid'-“ )ret ■<iuiiki'i’,0pflj0()(r'èônÿ‘\ . Tliis ‘ tnidû luis {itiuougll college ia ilio'gre«t end_*f• tlie mifTerikl niore seVei'd !¡f in the.West 'tliaii .iifiidènt’A laivorp., iulds! t-N^Ifilb'‘ft tijweiiil tìrepa'fiitioiì'is 'iiecnmry W h y does God allow'such things ?” fliey wero eating indis- ' 10 s,l*t^ aloud. ,. -erimiiiatfly everything they could get . ‘ hold of, and drinking everything which was liquid. .Some were, still asleep , , where they had fallen down tho night - '.before, and Uiero was,,a ghastly- liiUrity abont the whole thing- which’ diagimted George, anil made his two companions > e-iigerly acciuiesce in -immediate depar- ' it lire. ' “ Let us get on, and got it over,\ ho reimirked, “ anything is, better than .ti.'Ahfso excited boosnug wretches. , Then tho Frenehnuui who had watch- <’d (¡eorge catne up, and taking him aside, said, in perfectly good English ; ' . ' “ Sir, L am going to ask you for a great. -'. favor. Will you allow 1110 to accompany t you?\ • — - A-., “ KouQy, njr,.” siiid George, “ ourex- peditioh is none of the.most pleasiuit or -¡iniife.” --'-4-.- - t- “ Rxaetly, but you have two passes, ¿ while 1 have actually 110 pa]>ers at - ; all.” i t “ T cannot recommend your going for ew o rd, sir.\ ' “ No. ,f would not recommend it my- • 71 self. I only ask it as a favor. My sister . is at school in town, while yours, Mr. '^Dickson,-issate in London. Como, sir, -JgS.liail for me, ami let mo go ..with you. ^Tjff London was 'sacked, 1 would do* the ' Venine by. you. ” .; v “ You seem to know me, sir,\ said ,) George, very much surprised. “ I f you .i know much about 1110 , you must bo aware that I trusted a stranger onco too ^ often in my life, and am not.prepaml.to trn«t(Uiother.’' f ¿5 \ S'\\* ¡(¡: ¡¡‘ Don't say,; that,” said tlie:.French woman. -“'I know flint you aro .only hero -' ,^is a newsixiper conre.spond6nt.'“ Because .¡. you trusted a Frenchman who was false .-., to.you, I will -in#t be^HOf -.-I; \pray'you ’ i most earnestly todet mb-go to the -front ’■ with you, and get nows of my sister. \-¿Surely you cannot.refuse.” , Or ™y sir, you may. be a spy 5 .” for'anytiiing I know,” said George. “ Well, 1 11111 ,” was tho startling reply, . “ but not here, or iu' this matter. Hail I been acting an a spy I should liav* lmd papers , as it is I havcnono. I am only ; a .Tosuit, aiid wo are: getting much tho V worst of it. I will swear, to you that my ;. only object in going to.tlie front is to see i after tho safety.- of--’ my sister. Come, 1 your pass from Bernstoriff is signed for yourself aud one'friend. Mako we that t , friend. I am only a Jesuit.” ‘ ^*P,U H'eiu 5 to know a great; deal about .2 »ier.” Mid George. 1 •• : -;i; j' “ I do,” was the'answer. “ Mycousin, g- Aimo Herbert, was at ono time your friend. You were together ut school at 'J Dieiipe. You knew him when he got \••older and you trusted him. Ho deceived ■j you—for a time—and you liud to pay some money for him. ” ’ ,, Ji, “ Ono'huiidred and eighty pounds,” said George,- ruefully. • > ’ S “ Yes. I thought it wan two hun- | (lred. I can get that all back for you. y Ho will be able t » pay » 0011 , and ho will 7 pay. Ho is a very honest fellow.\ \ • “ Is ho a Jesuit ?” asked Georgo. \ - “ A Jesuit? what aro you thinking t of ? No, ho is like myself, a. Free Ma- *son'.\- .. t - '• ‘,y “ But you said you were, a Jesuit,” said George. f; “ I don’t think I said tlmt,” said the Hi Frenchman. ' v “ You certainly did,” said George. '•? “ I am so worried that I don’t know I? what I say,” snid the young Frenchman. ‘-J “ AVTiat ou earth could have induced mo, ¿tosavM a * ?” , , ’ “ 1 don't know,” said George. “ Do tr you know that I do not even know your name ?” Z. “ Delaval.- , rYou wother w A » rjDeri .^Uval,-you .know.” - ^ >; “ That is certainly true. Do j ’ou claim ;Lo relationship ?” ,.i s “ Not for the worlds. I know nothing '5. of \you save this ; that yon went security g for your fellow student, Aime. Herbert,' ¡5 who i3 myf cousin..- .In ,oonseqtienoe of >i his failing, you have'eome liere as a cor- vt respondent to a daiiy ji«pcr, immwh'ttfly C K adii ' Millml In tT1* f bftl*. ir ton rupees,’ '■! J?or. your na- Herbert can pay now, and for your kind ness to-day I will make him. In onr society we Iiave lwwer which-you do not dredm of . ” -1 • • '■ ' ’>■ i “ Tlie Jesuits aro jxiwcrfnl,” said George. m “ I have told you once before tliat I was not a Jesuit,” said Delaval. “ And once that you were,\ said George, laughing. “ Well, we need not talk any moro... You-are somethiogrand' j>on'do not choose to tell what.’ “ I'shall' tind out some day or other.” “ Yes, I suppose so. Meanwhile, I liavo a great friendship for you, and I should like it to bo reciprocated. We might both of us do one another some I day good.” ' i kind to us, but the town was so horrible George Dickson had a good look tt i that I came out, aud crept into a houa« “ Tlicro spoke a civilinu,” said the Bengal ofliecr. “ Ilie t you.ten rupees tlmt, you. see somo nature oimobled by this horrible Imsinesa before tho day ia over. What do you feel yourself ?” ‘ ‘ I feel a torrible, inconceivable pity I feel as i f I could lay flown my own life to mend this.” “ Then-hand mo over said th.e Bengal .ofliecr. J.'or. your na- ture. 1ns i tóen cniiòblecL f-'‘ Wnr is utterly evil,,but God l.irings, gakxl,out.of it some how ''i'-liook i fit -tliat ' man ; ’there is a woman 011 tho Held, looking at the dead men’s faces.” “ And tliero is that Frenchman, Dela val, with her,’.’ said George. “ That must be liis sister. H e said she was in tho -town ; but ho has told mo moro lies in one week than I could lielieve in a twelvemonth. ” “ Itoally,” said, tho Bengal officer. “ And yet lie docs not look liko'a liar.” « “ No liar ever does, my dear soldier,” said George. “ I f you wore a lawyer you would know that.\ “ I found iny sister nt Fonde de Gi- vonne,\ said Delaval, approaching George. “ She is looking for some ono whose 'death might be important to you, Aime Herbert.” “ But you said he could pay me,” said George, astonished. “ M y dear sir, I ' required your assist ance 111 getting 011 , and I forgot what I told you., I f any p*rt of fit was truei. I must li»ve Vioen a great fool. ; My object was to deceive you. -Do mc'tlio compli ment to say tlmt I succeeded, or I shall be extremely angry witlryou.-” George felt extremely inclined to kick the man,.but it.iwas not a plaso for any demonstration ’of the-rkind. .He said*, :“ I never know before a\1 Freiiclnnan to tell such falsehoods as you have done, sir.” , , . * ‘ But, my dear sir, I am not a French man,” said Delaval. ‘.‘•Your sister, who is approaching \is, can.'possibW speak.the truth, sir.” ' - “ Blit she is not my sister,” said Delaval. She came towards them and raised her veil. In one instant tho, great passage in George Dickson’s life was over. Amidst tho liorriblo ruin and desolation ho ,paw the'only woman he ever' cared forVthe woman he had so seldom seen in his life, but so many thousand times in his dreams. . Miss Milton, of ,Miirield-.Lane. No otlier person in the world. 'Hphad'rnet her twice at parties in Highgàtò, ¡imi about there, and had fallen in love with her. Ho had also dared to walk; with with her in Milfield Lano, but she had been oold, almost nido to liini.- Ho had tried to forget her, but it lmd' bfcen use less. For the last time, as ho believed, lie had met ker in Milfield _Laue, and laid. liis;lòve .befóro herr V -\V 'T \J She told him tho ’plnin tmtli. All her people were French except her father, whoso name she bore. She was fiancee to Aimo Herbert, aud could not listen to him. He then committed an awful ’act of folly ; ho made the ncquaintanco of that young Frenchman, so tlmt he might see her sometimes, even when an other’s arm was round her wnist. He followed Aime Herbert about, and at last went security for him ; a debt wluch Herbert neglected to pay, aud which for a time nearly ruined George. H e would not bo rich^bcforo his father’s death. His,father was penurious and mean, keeping,him poor, aud telling him that I 10 must make his own way in life. That does not do man any harm i f ho can lie got to lielievo it.; and if Gqorge’s father liad stopjied there all would have been Well. But'the old man thought that it would be a fine thing for' George to many well. H e proposed a match _tp him .' with .n rich . ybung. lady, older than himftelf. Sliejwiytj very gMnl, and' lie'Mil’ a 'state of'- infiiriatcd disap pointment. George told her tho he that he. loved her ; he know it.to be a' lie, but ho told it. ■ She • believed himj ' aiid-was'greatly’gratified. In the mean time, her father decided that tliey must wait for three years, and that he must mako his way in the world. . So he went to the bar, and so natural ly he went to literature ; so he linturally came to the field of Sedan, tliat Acelda ma o f so many hopes ; and so on that field he met his old, hi« only love, only to find that tho chain of honor dragged him ayay #rom hei forever. Would he not have changcd places with the dead when she told him the’ truth; when she looked into his eyes with liers, and said softly, “ This is a strange place to meet you, and this is a a strange plaee’for you to find me in. I was in town tho whole of tlie horrible .... Wo loved ono another once now your .heart gone- to human being, nnd mine is given to Heaven. rj - ■ They «food looking-'at oho ^another. The German soldiers -wero very Their iutorview.had boon short., but they luul found out something in it’; they had found that they cared for 0110 an other. Still, tho _man had’ cast away his 011 tho.altar, of aviirioe, and tho \woman, 11 s women will, had dedicated hors to religion. ; ; .**7^' ; '“ ' A ' loud’ noise\ b f tiilking ’ (listtirbed thorn. They retired 'into themselves-. Tlie.Bimgal officer, camo ,up and .«ud . “. piio,6f thoso.«bominations:'rof.‘'jicK;us- sion shells is lying hero unexplodod. Como up, Dickson, and look at it.” She took his arm tuul went with.-.him. Oiio gentle pressure told liim <tliô>-ènit!i. She loved.him still. « » . Delaval li'ad'the'sliéll 111 liis \hand. As they advanced Ho wai ' discoursing,about it, and holding it nloft*. “ The' percus sion fuse iu this 0110 , lias gono wrong,\ lie said. “ Sou, I will throw it down among us, and you shall see tlmt it will not explode.” -. ' 4\c •- -jBeforo any one could stop the mad- ‘mftn;'-ho lmd dono it.' -There was'a great blue tlamo, and a sound totally dilTerent from the report of u,cannon. A shatter ing, broken, noise, then smoke, and 1111 instant’s' silence. Delaval was prostrate, horribly injured about tho head, iind Gçorge. Dickson had his left, ann ( torn away, and was crying out for water. There was a burying party near, across the road, componcd mainly of tho citizens of the town, who seemed to prefer this dreadful occupation to watching tho ruins of their own' homes?\' They cnme' and helped the two wounded men;,but a London doctor who was there said tlmt there was 110 help for either of them. They carried theni iu to Givpnne, and laid'thom ’iii’a barn[ in Iho - straw, sido by side;’ Tho’ English' doctor attended to George, and he tried to sleep ; but tho man 011 tho left of him was restless, and, in trying to soothe him, he found it WAR Delaval,; groaning heavily.’ ‘j ■' ' (•¡'“ Why,/,are1 you', hurt,' too.?',’;1’'.said George*. 1T am ' 'very sorry 'for tlmt. Wliat a fool j’ou were to play with tlmt sholl ” . . “ I did it 011 purpose,” said Delaval. ' * I saw that she cured for you still. I wished to.degfroy you.' Arc you, badlj- hurt ?” /■ ■ ' ‘ ‘ I am a miseraWe, cripplo';for life, ” said George.- i Hut • God knows I. for give you. ’ Why did yohdo it-?,” “ I tell-you : tliat I- saw,shecared for you. I love lier, and slio Jmtos me. I wanted to kill you and her too. Is slio dead?” “ No, p)io._wo8..liyt in ju r e d ,sa id George.. ' >*-•»'' '.s. I'xJ.-, ••..-* - •tJ’ “ I wish Bho was. But now that you aro utterly rained it does not so; mncli matter. O 110 comfort is that^sho :will never,loolrat you’ now.” ' ' ' h V; ¡V rDolavahrdiod tliiit night, but;,Goorgo was delirious, ’and did’ notjknow' it. rr/His head 'was confused-for if long time;:aud ho camo to himself very slowly. Tho first .person. ho know was ,his father; ho fancied lie liiust be in London, becauso his ¿father never went out of London on any protenoe -whatever, and -his father, as ' he; thought, would never-‘;take j tho trouble' to’ como ten miles to’ see him, though he might spend a hundred pounds iu sending him a doctor, and scold him violently for tlie - expense afterward. When Jic saw his father at his lx.'dsido ho concluded that ho must be in London. But only at first— those walls were not London walls, so bright and so clean— and those leaves tapping at tho window wero vino leaves, which certainly grow in London, but in a most dingy state. The first infonnatioa that his father gave him was tliat ho was still .at Givonne, and that Paris was besieged. There was an intense tenderness in his father’s inaimer, which ho had never noticed before. H e made a guess at the reason of this when his mind fully returned to him. H e knew that lie had lost his left arm. “ And my father,” he argued, “ thinks that I havo forgotten it in my delirium, and hesitates to tell me of it.” , - . ; t Tho eexttime that tho‘immovable.old face came near liis, he tlirew tho remain ing arm round the old man’s neck, and said ‘ ‘ I f , I had two..arm»»s father,-;I wouKl put then both round your .neck. Forgive your poor:cripple for àiiy sorrow, lie hMicagMd j b i i :’ £ :-! 'i-Jf rw *- J My own boy, you have caused me no sorrow. I am going to cause you some. Arc yon strong enough to ljear it ?” - -i “ Is Elizabeth dead ?” “ Your faithful nurse ! God forbid that such a thing should -happen. Shu is close bj*. But the match between you and Ada is broken of. She has behaved more heartless than I could have con- ceivedj. She has^efused, do yon,under stand,-to maxry^ypu after yemr ’accident. I t is all over, my poor* hoy. ” “ Thank G o d !” said George. “ Are yo'u glad, then ?” ’¿aid his father. “ I don’t lenow yet. Did you, say that Elizabeth was here t Tlie r r i « ! Of ,riiri. ‘ t. A New York|jiishion.}ouriial give« the’ styles ^ 'f u r s ’ wom ;tlii* seasoii liiicl tlie’ prices, as folloWs'i ••'So > i-ju;'. . -J airjtttidli’i iltii\k, »et»,'j of_iuni(l: utld bOn . ur collar, al $20, mid $30. 1 ^ .... j_. s l<eal mink, sots, very .dark and Jino',. ^ r '^ 4 6 anct’84S!- ; Finoftt'eimterii'rinnk nets'in the’market, ,$50, #50,and ¿70.. Kcal Shetland seal «deques, best wurk- mansliip, lined 'with tho fiiiest 'satin, 'beautifully erfibioidered, at $70; $80/S!>5( $105 and jftilf,. : ■ . 1 ..Koal.iShetland seal ? sacks, 'the hninl- somest that money can iiurchaso or taste suggest, no. lteal seal sets of mu IT and boa $25 and $27.50. in the 'L'hoje. ligule«: will viu-y. but. lit tin from .{lie official returns at the end of tlie yi;iir, ‘ft's lit a œuple of points tliòV çaiinôt lie ‘blitained until tlio close òf tlie y’cfir. Oi’i rejiorts embraòo th’òicOaHsetìt'tcì ‘jiUfltet outside the c*l-i^gk>!m.-- -ll'lio quantity ctuTied in.the (.«ml I'ogiiiiiw.lu^ to Ini ci? tinmted ffiinV l’el ¡able ila'tii'/which enables 'ùs-’t<rarrivé'àt’r n'ycry ’fnlr: estiinatei AVheii tllo ciinMuii » n « taken inr 3870 ’wo .iioiupared.oittiestinlnt« ¡witlit. tho( ixiiiHus 'returns, and it varied blit ^ litilo as .to the consumption of.cóiil ili the’ctVal region«, ! unii also in the cónsuniption òf liituinin- ’ I oiis coal throughout tho whole; tho Iteal Shotland seid sets, elegiuitly trimmed, at §30, ?-10 and >50. ; French seal sots, with Bome.trimming as tlio real'seal,' 5*7.50, 810 and 81:5.50. Boiil lynx sets, best quality;' $23; S27 and SJO. French lynx-^Bt-.y-wm-rimt ' it 'Junnl t r lheTi!TÏÎ7.Tr7T,“.ÿi).50, 810 anu?l:1.50. Beal Alaska sable sets, choice quality, 813.50, $15, 817.50 and $20. Black marten sets, 88.50, 810 and 812.50, Beal ermine sets of mulT boa and collar, at 825, $30 and 835. ■ Imitation ormiuo sots, name trimming as the real, at S3, 3G.50 and 87 00. Imitation mink sets, at 85,'50'; 86.50 and 88.50. , , Iteal Siberian squirrel sets ot' mu(l' mid boa or collar, at $6.50, $8 ahd’&*. Beal black astrachan': sacques, best liiako, at 818, 825 aud 8!t0., , |t., Childron’s\fiir: sets, jiiariy now and elegant designs,' fronV 81.25 to 815' per set. . ' l.1 :: -I'-. Children’s white oonoy. sacques, :83.50, 81.50, 8<5, $7.50, 80- lAVhito coney caps, with head • and wings, $50c. Now stylo white coney hoods, handsomely, trimmed, at $i; $1.25 and,81.50. , 'Caps in tlio newest styles at ieasoiiablo rates. _____ L l _ _ ’ ' A llauiitod Man. .In the theaters,,hotels, and other pub lic places of Boston' a man is often soon whoso odd demeanor is tlio suViject of much comment. | H o wears, good clothes, has ‘an intelligent Hjipcanincc, and tho speech' of :an cdniiated man'; 'but his eyes havo tlio nnmistakablo gleam o f ’’in- »u.i|ty. _Hiu.\i4.wiu,3(iu, ajiurry, jju«l.ul- waÿs inqùiringfor Cliarlés Oarrtfcr.\\Tliis man is Frank’.A'.Süîith, und liis mania was strangely developed. About live years ngo ho was in Kansas. In the, bar room of a tavern in which ho was staying for a few days I 10 gotiinto a quarrel with a bullying frontiersman, and was finally struck'by his aggressive opponent. Bo- lioving that his life was in' dangor, he drew, a revolver, a t . which tho scared desperado ran out ■ of tho room. Smith followed and llred.; but tlio bullet prob- ably^liduo damage, as the mail was'not seen that night,.nor afterward iu tliat neighborhood. It is supposed that ho dared not return to the tavern 'at ‘ once. The' 'excitement of , the encounter se'ri- oYnjly,'affected Smith, who was not -in good health, and liis; moibid faucy inado liimitliink that he had killed his assail ant.- Ho returned to hiBhomo in Boston, firmly impressed that lie was a murderer. Ilis friends havo sought for tlio missing man in vain, ouly learning tlmt his name was Charles Garner, mid tlmt lie wah n dissolute' 'vagabond. Smith refuses ‘ to bo convinced that his. delusion is not fact, yet is. always looking for Gamer, whom I 10 says lie is oortain ho must havo “ shot entirely out of existence;” In nil other, respects hé ia sane. , . A Detannlaed Suicide. A young girl named Dnrant recently killed herself.'at Bristol, England,',by jumping over tho suspension bridge there. The strangest part of. the' story is tho way in which the girl jnmped over. Slio wont upon the bridge, and the toll- taker, noticing lier loitering ' about, or dered lier-off to the other side.’ ■ Then slio wont down tho hill to the ' terry, crossed it, .climbed tlio zigzag, on the Clinton side—jiist .beneath the bridge— and again presonted herself at the Clin ton end of the- bridge. She smiled to the toll-takcr, tendered .a penny, nnd passed on ; but tho gate-kocjier snspeeted lier and gave chase. Tlio girl had aliout one hundred yards’ start of her pursuer, and fan, as tho man says; “ like a doer ” past tho pier nnd along the bridge itself. When she had gone nbout a quarter of the way she looked bock L and again smiled, but’ did not stop.’ The mau turned round for a moment, and while be did so the girl mounted tho trellis work of the bridge, clambered down the rail, at-tlie other- side, and linng from the' footpath only by her hands, her Itody swinging in the' air. 'The gate-keeper was two or tliree yards distant when she did so, and ho rushed forward‘‘and at- temptedr>'to* sei»c Kée' '“ Directly I touched her hands,’’-said tho man in his evidence, “ she looked in my face nnd 'smiled,, and-thcn she dropped. ” » JThia iX the tenth 'suicide which lias taken place from the bridge,-'and thé jury suggested that some method of .preweutiag people from dinibjng; tho.' railing should be adopted. _______ . tual returns u( .which cannot bo collected except through the census.,, , , : The supply from the’different, regions compared with last year,’ is osïiillôVtf •’ 1873. ' 0 -U74. : Dec. VI» Kchuvlklll .... MIJ.O.KI 4,4-JO,HH ^ .D'J.HS “ la-hluh ......................(1.058.00.1 ----- i?!5SKE5S.Wa'-;rri7iT,v-.'ivwiv“ '\ ShntntiUu ..... “ I.yfci-ni Vallt'y. . <53,143 447,7C7 3,1)711 llltmnliiQU» ccwl .... 3,112, ISSi I 3,081,0)7 31,101 A: large ]K)rtion of tlui coal sunt by way of theXlehigh .was from,-the .Wyomiug ami Schuylkill ( regions. . Tlio only arpnuen by'„which 'the\aiithriicito 'trnde wiis increased in'1874 Over '187H was by way of the Leliigh Valloy-railroad north, by way ¿of tho1Lohigh,.Oaiml,.and-by way of tlio Pornnsylviiijia Coal Company. There wnka'<lecrfca.so by all otliefaveiuie.s. — i ’ott&'tto Miner’» Joi(r>\nl j, , i ,— -------------- i , ,-|i . . Mexican (.'annllmki. n- 1.. m i 'L'he AlwildA'of-a’small^villagO i i i • ‘C! I * i - ,hiuiliiiH, a;iuiiMiiUinioils region of -Mexico, had.beoii for Home months obstirved„ to 'liieet liis frieii’ds Into at night’ at a houso in the outskirt-H of: tlie towh’(\fot- sitjiiter and ia-’genial ont])oUriiig of ¡wit.ii'.'j’he priii(iipid dish..,ut, tlioso gatherings -was -HHually comi>o)indcd,of tho savory,, ilesh of (fwine or kids.* To tliis there. could lie ml possible objection ; :nml the’Alcaido, lieing the prineiiiol'nnthority of tln> place, was naturally..frefi from .any quentioim cifucerninp the late hours, and strange ' orgies wliicli'lio aiid liis cfoiiies were said to'iiidulgo in’;' But'oii'e day ii neigliliii’r,- an Imiinii woniaii,iiiiissnd'lier little tlirc.Ki- year-old child, nnd at once, in’ Mexiciin- iiulian fashion, liegan to accuse , every one in the vieinity of, sorcery. ’ She hail K*»leettHl ’several m • ngents in her child’«.’ sudden !ih‘sii[i|>ear- auee, and one or. moro of • them would doubtless have been burned alive had libt'another, and still another, and yet another neighbor, 011 succeeding iliiys, reported tho losses o f'thoir” tender in fants. ,.(.iri>nt jixuiteniqnt ell«»?«!/; nnd at last suspicion fell upon tho midnight suppers of tho Alcaido and his compan ion«. \ T h e '“ iMilitieal ’’cliief” of' the sec tion .was.'summoned. - Armed with- his supyr^im authority',.,.ho ¡pimntrated. the r t«';crecy of the Alcalde.’«' mystic rendez- \ vous, and'tlierii’-discovered the ' heads V „ Tke Eight-Hour- Law. 1 1 ” , r r . - -, - r >} ^ f •' “ ,iThe New :Yoric Journal o f Commerce'. give's several reasons why this law should bo repealed. ¡.-.We qaote: - Tlie first ia that uie ■ government is 'obliged, to nay more for the amount o f labor done bjTits omployees than is paid for tho name work by private - persona, and is. a large loser on- that'account annually.' The second and graver reason is that the per- jvituation of tho eight-honr law -by Con -, grewi is a constant source of.{rouble in all] the States'and in all baninem. 'The trade- nnionist«.twillsnover oeàâe>to deihand that eight hours shall make a day's work everywhere in the United States while : Send her, to me. ' the government eighMiour law goes tin-' And, dear father, go away.” repealed. A „sufficiently long trial having When, tho father came back, a beauti- demonstrated its absurdity, 'and injusr ful woman had throvfn oft' her wimple, ' tice and expense to the government,' the and had disclosed the magnificent ra- law ought now to be wiped out. ...... r .. special preparation .... ----- .. . to’cnii'f tt.'lWo/’à^goiii'rAl prepiiràtìòn' is rquallynccèssary, Iti the stt iriontv be ex- ] ice ted to “ digest and 'asaimiifUc \itho kni;wledpe .lie -gai.ns.r (For^t^iis^geiv'ral \)nep»lalitili parent aiid’not’ tlio teach- ’e’r Blioitld V>0’''hel(i'rffl|jMJs*ble,:esi>e;cial!y. .wh’era tiio.-i¡«relit has' hiinseJf.. Wijoyrtl ,gpi(il|.„<.‘dncntio;mI advautag«'«. . lfow, is ibis to liii don») ?, ,ìiv_ familial; luul * fi;e-' qilent'tóViVei^iitloii witli‘i;hildreii 011 top-, ni^ Bnggi'stiSl <n »'Very day life’, by teiirli-( ring tlK.Mnetho .principles .of: physiology, chemistry,.¡astronomy, .gqology,;iil fact of all tho st.iiJliposj' using tlio tochninil nomenclature when lu’reiWary, W that tho young iniud shall Ihhxihio’ familiar •with it;i:early life,. before text-libokfl ’aro' takon. up at- all.,, Ity directing the,child'« I'L'mlin/' and. lèrtding it, step .by’step,'to a lihbwle'ilgtj óf *ho great wri tei'S aiid tlio great fact* of the jiast'itild pr^H'nt. M The '' Iliad, of MiHoits' TPtmtrtwK! l -.ofiti^-of Scott’s .“ .Miiouicu.'!-, and “ Jjiidy «>f ilio. Lake,\ children yf seven' yeiti’K old 'and upward can l>e made to take tho mo«t lively intere.st 'in ; the same is truoi.of nearly all • the plays bf Slmksiieiu'e., tHistorical j stories,! may lai related without' liinit, and thus a tasto for general information fostered 111 the child, r> il 1 ■ t . . i 1 ; • <' ,' ean.lm^ittle.,pfolit p.r,pleiLsui’ie in'raising cro^m’ when glieli u'slate of ’atVairs'exists lis is relalèìl in tho'folloW- Ing e.-trnet..'from ‘ a'-private' letter1 from, Mississippi;!.! .D*y alidi night Lthieves itlioiiud... A s jo i ki 1 ; j 1 , w,i 1 i.l.h <ig « . :, w»u iwki ! j eorii.'ilud wlleil we jn'oisjeil to gather „it! tìrid one-thmVof tlm'slliick JiolloWi 'nie; thievert’ g o 'l'ove]-,. 1 he:irteld rtndn\slip stluck V! every third row.'-.i. [ know aii’en-j erge(io nlnii j «.(lo ‘ ' ’ “ 1 ' tliiimgh the liigiii, his'corn'in' tho daytime! •‘ ¡Wo have some few hcigs left, blit they will soon go.- r With all our auv,! as aoon the, j.igs get old enough: they go ,1 • h i m M M ta d i l l t t i i a ‘ « V u ' i l l , ‘ IIIIK I 4 »! -vi 5 rU ¿îiT ¿J* 11 Item* af Jittered. wist >vo liiive. actually 1 in V rvvA»*ni M WIW o f Pap»'l’ lias , rfroin ’ fixig-Hpittle’; J the1 green'1 senin ponds:' I n.; • ■’.:i)jc!.( ..-i.d •>'■ ‘ FrankKn • Vwrov alone;: of .kU •tins Presi dents,..' eiahtwu ¡, iu:: nuinbe^, r;,!u*do,,-no X'HAfinet chapge^.j ¡ rjiij r.nft .„r ’The motuiest man.iu. tlio,^ OTld is tho follow who’ kiidws wlirfre CharV.V Boris in •aiid Vili not till.1' •;*'\’■» ' n’ 1!'A Culifiriii^'iiiah' lifts rsiwd'wxty tons of.'enbliige on Ihn'C'.- acre»1 ijf;laud,..:»iid got-.^OOO.in i^Ul ;f(|f- the. ero^).;,. ,j m >Yheii ,w»rni'rweather.fiCpmM^,out of it<twoii. nature Wbmaa jproud,* thp-.treee 'leave AmVtlie biCdrar'o jwrfeW swiifw.” \ 13iai-Ae-ch'eesb'’faetones,niridn''ociT;r half ■(¡’'million poriml«rfInV^ri'arj'and.'expect. to make over 800;000)l**uinls nextl joar. Patrick sayrf.wlum-lio sihis a prettvgurl Rtuckiin th»\,.inud,..slio ^lway^^npuntlR hiin.ofhislioine iu tho .“ ouUl iOnnthiy »ell-fast; .'1 W ’ ' A 11 Ohio'e'ditor-'urges his' liidy 'sub- ' rtenlK>rs to write t » hiin often, as im ilnds itlieinew,style of elongated.enveloptt quite Witvoniuut for weatlier, stri|iB. y Xotica how, many follows have got new kats tJiis.fall. Know tlio reason? Well, ins liegged 'for‘ ' ‘ that''()ld' M l hat you know- it'would'nmke.'.oYor no-nice.’’ T ^''JgrrsWjntTif~3CT’«^l‘-'' JiUHlsind ofisoven wives, aud r.ij the fat^^.tiT'twou^seven eluldvcuv ims.obtiiined ti license to lilscsYj’ .tgain. 'X 'brasH. immi m ‘ Yir’gjuia’ Oitv 1ms iK'e’ii“ requested ‘ to\ ’ p met fee in’ a 'nuno (KX)’\feet- ! under?.ground. . ..It!cun .play there in the dminor.key.and distiirV .no olio '!.< • mini row.'-.t .1 Know an en- 1 «.(lo j,yatiihed - light, and the lltictes stole, 0 daytime! ' . and bones' of -1 thirteen elnlilnin. Tlio Alcalde confessed, that; th'o inisHing,an- fniitH had .be»;ni. barlHy;ued, on,roasted ivliole', aud the' cannibal«; ere they, we re hanged—for speedy vengeance 'was their -portion—told: the-political chief; ‘with fiendish joy, tlmt “ had he ever . tasted thnjouyt he.vi-ould liavo joined tlni infer- nill nflA<>ciatioji.’’' Tliis' Ktory ,«11. the rp- spect«blo;iXi]iers'of tlie‘ City ’of\ Jlexico vouch for, and tlio children in Cliiliunhiin iUxo not allowedf t4»;-.leave their, parents’ . 'li'ouses even to play,alHjiut.Ui)!^loiir«....... ,, ¿S. . UlMMly. Keconl.,., Among tlie paiKtrs conoerrring our for eign relations tnuiBinittad ,to,Congrf»i witli th'c PresideiitV message wiis the fol lowing'’extract frdm 'a\ letter written in 'Juno, last to Secretary ¿Fish iby tho Hon. Caleb Cushing, :our.:i\ fillister, at;. Mud rid: Aixordmg to , tho latent Qtlicial „epti- mateshere, tli(i'numlK!r of tniojis'sent from .*tho,<PeiiiiMhln,'to' Culul froiri: th»i year 1809 down to tlio preacntf day-js 82,500,; ,of wliioh,, 11111 »her 3ti,412; have succumlied in,tlio field,.<)r from .di^jose, leaving ’oiily' a 'nijrniniil' forcp 'lit say 40,000—many o f whom'must Ik: iiivalids — for the present service-of the govern ment. In addition to thisj it.doserven to be'noted that a largo nitinlwrof muskets, purchased' by the last' Captain-General for use in Culm, havo been withdrawn and ordered,homo' for uso in' tho Penin sula. It is, not surprising that under these circumstances great »liscourago- ment should prevail! m official circles here, to say nothing of the uncertainty, more or less, respecting , tho purpos»;s and actions of political parties through out’the country, with tlio' great question rising above all others whether or not at some unexjiected moment the troops may not pronounce/¡for it is no exaggeration to say that tho ]>olitical fortunes of Spain at all times during'the presont ger^em- tioii, mid-nover more »0 than’ at the pres-' cnt time,.are’ mainly.dependent on.the will of tlie.army. It will also, y ield,to, the ’treasury at least 3O0,QQ0,000 .of reals ($15,000,\000) Vni amounts’ jViiid ‘-for 'ex- _ emption. ' ‘ - ‘ -’ i'-.' '•■ '• '■ ; c.;- \l!l : . •'• \ . E a g c a n iiv.r ..j ,n » •' Tho Titusville Jfcrald says : • James Beach, who.HUitjritk^a.accidMit on the cars about.fonr months ago, by, wliich a large piece \of the’ skin‘ of ‘'his’’ ]cg'was torn, lias lxym the 'snbjeit' of the inter esting process, ■ called 1 engrafting of .’tlio’' skin. In this, instance -tho« physician, Dr. Varum, took live sldii from tho mother and ’ brother~6f tho ’ patient aiid engrafted it on to the'-barp pari,of the’ wound every woek, and tli'us by degrees tho entire deuuded surface l-iecamc ’ cov-. ered'with’a hcidthy cuticle', and a per fect cure lias beeii tho resnlt.” A G r ìn d Tnrao.—A scheme' has been net cui foot with the,view of enoouraging in tlio public schools of Shetland the in dustrial and domestic training of. girls, •especially,in the,neccs»«ry branche« of plain sowing, meading, daming.i and other useful noi^Mihold art».,. . It,, is .ex pected that there will shortly be fifty school« in existenoe ia the island*. by one, T’llo Al.liUi Way, ,v.-ith onr., ]lne llbck'' rif slieep, ‘ wliii’h are 'goiie,'! { flayi', two’.-’“ Wlkm Lheard :of tlib last sliei'j) Himding,ti said ! il*. Woll.- i.nint likA the lazy Scotchw({niau,whof was; gluil when hex cow yiis killed anil exclaimed : ‘ God In; wi’ liuctliing, for there's liae trouble wi’ it— nlu.'-cb'w7'-iiae' ciiro!’ Near by; ovcry.puq ;has ■,qiilt;-niising;;turkeys for; llio , tliiqveH. , J. had, twenty:tlireu 1 two years ago, but they (kent going, in .f lip 'diiytlme, for they were alwiiyH locked 't(p at flight.' ' i They ■*liavo' also Htoleli' tily. ■•largo llockrof gOene, jHiid M hlivo. but few; ¡left. Our potatoes;,Hie.all, V grabbled¡' over, aud tlio best ti'dieii. . \W o can keep f»!w chickens—iil.l stolen.1 : ‘Wo will 'sOon huvo.no' lneiit'-for ' our table,’ lirtt. mess pyi-k,i'and lit /is ilt)ubtful-.if’.w<i will be alilij.to buy ¡that.,- 'IMsaslrw'on the‘liilies. ' ’ ‘ dv',;». :V . .I'll’ei • ■1 ..I lljl 11 . j.. A. Ayes torn .pajter gives a list of disity* tbts’oli the1 great lakes’ 1 <ifiriiig'ltho‘ yeiir .1871^.iiltlioUgh thoro afA’ still ¡a1 ntnnber .pf,,yestw!lH ouUtide,.aud ÜM>i-.eim»yliÿ fur- tl 1 er disaster«..,,. Ac(^)rditig t<|, tliii( 'state,- iiit.nt,.there lmv'ô \iéeii'l,2j>] ciïsiijiltii* i)f nit kinds, nirijoV' and milidr/dgnHist 1 ,‘llH ■'la’it .year..'-- 'llio ;entimaW'd damage 'to proiK'-rty. foots r u p , Sl^Wd.TO!', agaiintt 83,»70,000 in 1873, u falling o,(T <>f ¡#iW t,r 300. ’ Tliis,'iii viow.of.tho fi|ict that tlio toiinage aflftat in11874'was' grèUter Jthiiii in 387.'^ m ^ h t appear sttrpriwagTwe«# it not /orjthe'fKct Uiut tk*|, |ta#t.^»'M«olilwas piio‘ of tl.«j diiUpat .syer,, exije^nced .in tfip'histSiry of lalio .'navigation, ajud Unit in' :e6ns*pienèe ‘'a :ltitge' amoruit <vf) tmj- nag<\iwiu4'.ilaid':up »luring tiii larliii ,i)jsu«tr«iua inoiitha.,0<itoi)er.au<l;' Novem- ber: I ^ t ’ year;, thf)( lossp«i.in,.October {oôi/iA nji nearly t'wice tlio amdjuit.of aiiy of lit.T’-'nionth\ of'the vi*! : '1,407,-' OOOi • .This .yeiir Jiovember-.nnikes the largest ..shewing» *.viz:: , 81)C8^tX)..,|..An enurnenitioii. of the,..Irw^jof[life,during the J year ^lio'ws tlio'niimlier to li^yo Ix.'én 243,' Hgaiitst 221in l8TJ; 'nrid 219 i i f 1872. In thls reeixwt tlM! 'rfcord,..irory unfortii- nately,.¡»against, 187-i.. ,/ .-:li i«m v - A H H k l ^ I e k ’; 1' 1\ , . .* ' • j * j t\ w *t - *' j'* M Tho Sim Francisco, (Jhroniclc, ■ in,», recent articlin on artificial jee,j\fter givingf a history of its invention, gties'on to any: “ ;Tlio.-ico is.formed by extracting the\ heat from water. .The manufactured ar ticle is inferior to natiiral ioe, being moro brittle,'and consequently moro' wasteful.’ The most jK)tent agent:employed ' iu the manufacture is the'gas of ammonia. This circulates through pipe« and plates. Troughs twenty.feet, long and three’ feet wide aro fllléil with water.' Tlio'hollow .plates separate the troughs: When the machinery is.set in-motion 'the work, of refrigeration at once liegin#, against the. sidiis of,’the respective plates. and »<1- vances rapidly nntil tho requisite thick'; nem is olituined. When of the maximum size, each Miieet weighs „-nearly twenty tiiiia, »iHl aSjtlw.froezing prtKWiH goes on. rvery mpitlly,’ an iiiimense quantity of ice efin be produced »'laily.” 1* ’’’ ’’ -A H«art04rt. r .. • -In à Burlington- dry 'goods house is employed a.young mautof..diminntive. statiuo.aud, nomewliat., feminine „appçar- aMcé, althoijgli\a''tip-top\ salosman and cWrk. -One day.'Hot long since, a littlo girl was sent to the1 store' to'make’ some purchases,,-.and ..it.fell to >the lot, of - thn ya.iing man’ ,to attend her, Slie^was -a, mérb bnnçh of ’ femininity,' net ablo to' talk plain. • She anked if he had any ir{fitten>fl*innel.\” ’ Ho replied tliat he lmd, and asked diow moeh »lie wanted. “ I don’t know,” was,thc roplv. “ Well,. wliat do’'y o u want it for? said tho clerk. “ Wan’t to'liiaktî papa a 'shirt.” ’ “ W e ll/liow liigis yoM'pap*’ ; is lie as' bigaa- me?” “-.Big os you,” said tlie little mniden, “ I dess I 10 is;, lio wouldn’t be much of a papa i f he wasn’t. ” wasiweriiiinM tiiat-tluj “ .vaiii of eOp- ]M*r tin j uhl -weatllei-M’.^ki j ' h A) ;«lmri*eWe, Ciueii»imti|’.i.naij keep;! a .lmir Ilf d ( « » rflwilled at.liia front Wjw;, 1bo tliiii.\ jKHir |i'ople' wlio stop t<i Ri’t Into” can bo aceonlimHlated -Without taking the11 < rrtnble to g»n into .tho liOOse. . ..... If-yon will inet'taklinotic«,” sayH.thfi ,D«triiit..>'m« J'rm», Mtypu.'v>u .a.bald.-heaJed num. iieyt’r, rallies, liis hat 'to a'liidy.,'', .I't'wiiiiTd H'ertin, tlien/inima tioliten'esH, liki)'S»iriison’rt strengtlr, lil'sm liiH liAir. n 1 ’’ ” 1 1 -' 'Mrs. Fitj!g<irald,\of. San AntqnioV Tex as, has taken a c\>ntraet,to..gi’«d;i .nni'.’teeu miles of, railrpAd.j Thui.is hot her m-«t ventm-e, howevorr i>« flif.'- has aeduhiu- lated wealth by pvovious unflertakiiigB of fthi« «iimo khuh’in ifJyir'F '>■ I '•! .1’ * • ‘ Wliat the deufco iu a gdiier, any way,? i’ imiuircH Uw ,t.d»tpi-,of tlni Jiutoiauolw .tfcMweL,-. Agart^-ij, .W\>iig,•»!!'».*.,.,fl',1.? ignorim'ci) lrt dep_l;.mlile. -AvhV. a gartpr uw A rililkm or shoestring tliat M o b tin np ’their jisir'witli.o ’ •• -’d ' '! A Fllltoii county ^Indiana) man, while »ituvaming his district as a caudidiitii.fo.r the, Legislature,, also W igh t Aw )>W». aiid;liii.not \only feeiiredh1« eleCtioii by 'a inajiii'ity bf tW(i,' but ili'ared 8(l,0l)0'in his i'lrtg bu«ilie»i(i; ' ‘¡' •' 1 ' • ( ''•'Cho'-'rtmors’ of tlie.-matriinoiiial CJir gagonKliUt’i’f’ Mr.iijTaine« Giirdyii Jwni.- nntt to ;a. lUughtet, of .Aclin'raV ¡1 D. Vort»’f, so .long., current hi sticiety, are nrtw coiitradiirloil ti)ton what wfenis giKHl «utliority-^-the Admiral.* •• I ;> t'm ■\■•'A pojiufcu--btefrgyuiliir'.tiays.it iii'iiiter- »isting-. to 1 »ilifterrn, hnw;,n*aBy, i^.oplU| go Ip, tlie.circUK,'! Mist to pleitse tlio ohihl- reii, !ind 'Very curious to iWiuco that sometimes it tukea Kever?»l :Hl ,U-Vxh1wm1 meii'inutl motHi-rlT-wooieii ;io hMik- after One-little b»»y o r ,g^, 0 )i «ueli an 'An'hdnefit farmer, lieing asked -why ;he did .not’ subscribe for a newspaper, <>x- plained, “ Bocauso my, fatjaer,- whan' he died,’ loft me a good many newspaper», and I liave not read them Uotrafh yet.” lio;cn»Ut mHtic 4nf5lM o x iM ’ to>which ho pooeivtiil an nfllrniiiliviy luiiiwiif« J.]iQWtt hÌM . wììo ìh fc.MexKMUij çi'rtituuy Jjiui no, friend^n i , y û s , ç p u ^ U p % » . Ixilnivóij'Bu ^bam<’iÎnïtÿ.M vit* J.O •*\' ' . Hew, t# (tet More Mwéÿ.’ 1 •i.ll 1ÎI »ti/ i-f; I * t i«*! • TJjûring tbo ljnuLUuK'«..P* monbÿ»cWÔiî'ftAd tîife Htrvio ïiink of CWiorgiKi Was' st ’Hk' wits1 'end,• an’ old' Gimrgitfn.fif the rtiial'idistriotHf.canMi'to Mille» lgeville, aud. naught, hin ¡^oureiieuta-, tiye iii the Legislature, 1 , e -’?'. says hé;' ' ‘ we rnutt 'haye mbre’ money. W e ’re\ofile«!g(}d 'tó haVc înôro'-'jnoni'v. , “ W ell,” says Toiimbi,r.Sn.-Jiis.îbnlWjhe way,r “ how aro you going to get it? ¡“ Out of the State.Bauk.\-.»ays tho -financier. “ Biit,\ says Toombs, struck by the earnestness 'of hi«1 Unisti tuent, „ »lid .lu going to redeem the money it’ stamps ?” A glow BiilTiiscd the fac«i’of tlio financier. “ Why. Mr.-Toomlw,” says ,he,,/! tliht’s just wliat I ’m . a-coming . to. You. hoc, Mr. Toombs, fm «y in redemption \T h e !T n i»p Trlater:' Those who. liavo knowni anything of “ jour printers\ will recognize this pic ture; dclineate»l by a Kansas City.news- pnper:. !‘ Ho was just iu from .Indian- apolin tliis time... Tliiiigs arii in a ,liad wiij-’ there—‘lmlf rats, and Ii'olf miiou meir.’ When he stniek Indmiiapolis lie had.wealth—a,coolJi.undred;-but-lie net ’em up for the boys and got bnqko.,, Chicago was, a good town, but Uicre was a fearful mob there;'ho cotild'not stand it:. '.Ht.-1'Louis ■’.'bout playe<l’ 'out, \abil therw’s going to lie-a strike,:so lwslhopped •. out., „llought.. a., half-fare, ticket, to , Atchison^ but .the rooster tual did tlio \ piinclrin’ wm tliiThave it.'BeHcvcd ho’d skip'to Kansas'CitVand ’stir lip tho boys, 1 and then go over to the Pacific slope. ‘ Say, ain’t tl»ere. a ¿freight. 'Nye*! I Givo us a*chewtobacco.. Well, so long, lxiys.’ And lie was gone;” . ) — :— :— :— ------- fc. ’ Tfciak *r it. A certAin Troy man, rather illiterate, but peculiar in his way, lay abed, quit« nick, recently, and. a visit»* at his bed-, side, in conyeraation with the sick mail’s wife, -allrtdedutO the transit’' of Yenus, ' 'and the wonderful maOiemati»»l *cal- 'culations tliat - astroiiomeni. work .„out. The >'ick ruuui, after, listen uig.iuituth^ called his wife to liis bedfide »«ul m t l ; . “ See, here, Mary,’ you understahil what*, hom y «? ” Nowjis tMnk- o f ' it—a'nau»-1 who tcmn do .all that, can do them .won derful ealcerlationa aad all that figgerin! . —¿is think of it, that a »mart man lik« that caa be iawed by a w o m b .”
