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LU f. H. THOMAS. Kditor. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERE3TS, UTERATUB^ AMD GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, •I.SO a Y «ar,tn Adwmo*. ol ; i . AVOLCOTT, WAYKE CO., *T. Y., THURSDAY, FEBllUABY 4, 1875. m . , 1 8 . K ia p of F r a i c e .' . kiug was Pharamoud.: after him no » Merovingian, unworthy o f fa u ie; Pepin the Little, aud Charlemagne, £ jw a t ; , kingly in OhXirch aud in State. Lv a, Charles First, aud thou two Louis' * ; ; Eudea, Couut o f Paris, whose rciyu m soou o’e r ; _____ the Sim p le; lU o u l da Bourgoyue, ^uowu— r another ascended the tlirone. ^ the Fourth, who wan named Sjj&jL'Otitre M e r ■” the Sluggard cam e ; after Lo- :7 * ^ Capet, and Kobert, and H enry [tbeu ■ w m x t k ih v , two Louis’, and Philip whose ' — Hitt' itus; then Louis the Lion, »nd oue ___ „L o u m the Saint, for tho good he had c&r?;:r touth Louis, flftli Philip camo on; ’/ A p A t iiiii Charles tho Fourth, the sixth Philip, s) IJolm ; I Fifth, Sixth and Seventh, wlieu Joan .rc camo j lue couutry from sorrow aud shame. jf. ifJt 2* \ ■ £SkijB jU*lts Eleveutli—perfidious kiug ; - C k iriH Eighth, whose adventures let history .7. •*:<?' u > T * p ® f c Louis, lin t F r » u c i«, u id Henry then 1 'M t a 'F M n c b , whose w ife is no well known to ■'\V k m . ;»x^ . Scotland ; Charlos Ninth, on whoso »■ bead / I » * * Wood o f Bartholomew's Piotoitant dead. ;v9taMl;'Benrys, five Louis’— ono, kiug but in • l li f . f t r r o r WJB monarch till Pouaparte came. ■ y x '- k v , Iicuis Eighteenth, and Charles Tenth, Ibe graudsou >OÌ«-li|BÌe Fifteenth, but his roigu was soon - éoue. Louis Philippe, aud Napoleon Third, '- i W W e f t e a succobsful, more frequently erred. is now vacant, aud no one can tell ■ ^ T k t H B te of tho noxt, so I 'll bid you farewoll. —sr. JVichotaK ' v.V'.'.v H A K D T IM E S , — : k Kxperleace la Mckrmoka. os on n January n ig h t tlint n 1 snt alone in a cabin, which stood j upon n Nebraska prairie— nlono, _ f for tlits presonco o f a child, a year ’ which lay asleep in n rude cradle, ■ and satisfied, unconscious o f want a i W l f t p i i . She wiui awaiting the return ' ’ - «Srflier husband, w lio had ridden ou ck tw e n ty m ile» to tho nearest |, to purchaso n ju g o f molasses aud [ there •were any letters fo r them in ' st-office. i moon shono down upon an end- xpanso o f snow , w h ich had melted » y and frozen b y night, until it od like ono vast lake o f ice, and I hard. Th e r a was not a cloud in y — tho m o o n light was almost as ' t as da y ligh t; but n keen wind went ng, shrieking aud h o w ling over adless m o n o tony o f snow, as i f all ■visible s p irits o f woo w ero let loose, I is always a w ind on the Nebraska es. :fk > woman, w h o sat b y a table on V.;:.vWMlti a single lam p burned, and whose K&: ( M l was on the rocker o f tho cradle, read f^ 'j l l i j i w h i l e in oue o f the half-dozen books p S il'u c a r at luinil. B u t sho had read 9 9 t tJ word o f cacli volum e a hundred alul they cou ld not w ile her into l a mom entary forgetfulness o f the \ aud snow— the haunting wind, tho ling snow. Just thou a burst o f air L the poor w indow as i f determined I * abmo in— tho door rattled— tho carpet and fell and rose and fe ll along the pr— aud a hideous concert o f wails, and screams began in the cliim- woman p u t her fingers in her If tho wind does not cease Homo I shall go mad!” sho said, and it what sho said. r ere was n lull in tho wild music, and | it began again—ofor off, faint, My, rushing ever nearer, until it ) over tho littlo cottonwood cabin (torm of anger. Then there was ■arative sileuco through which tho mh ; »long-suffering listener could a steady, implacable force pressing, Ing ogainst tho west\ end of the She had heard that dull wind ng” against her home for days, ;s and. months. It was pressing ist her brain, too, and yet she could [get away from it; sho had no relief— endured torture.. le got up aud went to the window. « was nothing to look at but snow, had seen that until it was_ hateful to ■he could not bear the sight of it. io had no neighbors within tho range >rvision; no forests—only an oc- mal cottonwood tree so loaded donro i snow that it made no break in the landscape. had spoken to no one bnt her nd and her baby since some time vember, when she went to tho town >me yarn to knit stockings for the one. ie monotony wm terrible, anil be- ng dangerous. In the daytime husband, except on Sundays, was at work, cutting wood for the fire attending to' odd trifles about tho iej.farm, which ho had pro-cmpted. fit food was bread, molasses and Fee without milk. It was always the le that winter, with bnt few eseep- is, when somo wild creature came in way of (ho man’s gun. They had no aod butter was not to bo had, for ha-then.was acity of canvas houses. iy had no. money to bny the scant ea which the new town afforded. 1 cost them their last dollar to immi- snd to set up their cabin. They arrived too late in the summer to a crop on the unbroken land—they not even potatoes. i woman irvi pretty and young. She 1 b*ao w m j i n a eo m focU b k B a t o n i H d b M A i H t m i ' f d h t s i m w e ll-to-do p a r e n t s , she know som c - tliin g about music, could chatter F r e n c h , and hod been accustomed to a la r g e o -I'l'Io o f friends, a luxurious table am i two silk dresses a year. She h a d m a r ried a clerk, aud lived iu 11 N e w Y o r k boarding-liouso fo r two years thereafter, and her baby was bom there. H e r Cliarlio-liad lost his situation, anil som e enthusiast— it m oy have been somo s p e c u lator— had painted tlie charms o f W o s t - ren life, the certainty o f speedy riches, tho blessing o f having a home o f his ow n . Cliarlio had repeated tho glow in g sketch to his you n g w ife, who had\ consented, for his siiko, to leave friends, c i t y life , old associations, everything bu t C h a r lie and th o ’ baby, and. “ go W e s t ” w i t h him; ' ~ 1' T h o sale o f some o f their* Hmall p o s sessions, the piano among other tilin g s , had g ive n them means fo r the jou r n e y . T h e y had selected their farm, b u ilt t h e ir shanty, scantily furnished w ith articles w h ich th e y had brought w ith them , and were now patiently awaiting tlio s p r in g season to put iu crops and b e g in tho fascinating lifo o f prairio farm ers. I t was curious that tlioy should anticiputo Biicceas in n n e w bnsiiiess w h ich n e ith e r u n d e rstood, but there nro teachers who teach that farm ing com es b y in stinct Sho turned away from the w h ito m o n o tonj' at the window, and w a lk e d up and down the one room. T h o sp irits u.iisiili' \nuaty ’ iw.su*s5»-4ikdi- jiuascw* shoulders against the house, us i f th e y could have 110 rest until they had throw n it dow u ; th e y camo from a distance, singing, sighing, sobbing, cryin g , w a il ing, shriokiug, and siloutly, or «tU l co n tinuing tlioir dolefu l noises t h e y pressed against the shuddering cabin— g o t u n d e r it— camo down tho chimney, nud tvero even iu tho rdoiu, trying to b lo w tho flame o f tho lamp out. She pressed her hands to each sid e o f her head. “ I t is tim e fo r C h a rlie,”, she m u t tered; “ I 10 w ill be vory c o l d ! ” A n d sho diverted liorself b y pu ttin g in tho stove tw o or three sticks o f the s o ft fu e l which burned out so quickly aud g a v o so littlo heat, that there hud already been days that w inter when sho th o u g h t . sho aud tho baby w o u ld freeze to death. T o occupy herself, and fo r g e t tho wind, slio mado an effort to recall som o o f tho incidents o f tho autumn, w h ile tho w o r ld was y e t green. Sho sm iled at the rem em b rance o f that day w h e n , as usual, she was all alone, her husband m iles away, aud, seeing a shadow f a l l 011 tho floor, she had looked up su d d e n ly, t o find seven Indians standing abou t her in the room . Sho rem em b ered h o w tlio y endeavored to bu y the baby; tho h o r r id old cliicf w ith tho whito bundugo on h is head offerin g a silver lm lf dollar, and as sho shook her head, another, a n d an other, until ho had ollered all ho had, ten ; how they filed out, us th e y had com e iu, lik o phantoms, but stopped at tho w o o d -pilo to pick up the ax m id ham m e r w h ic h l:iy there; and how, rea lizin g h o w necessary these tools wero to h e r hus band, sho had Bummonod cou r a g e to fo llow tho thieves and tnko them aw a y ; and h o w straugely weak and fa in t she found herself when sho was safo in $ io liouso again and tho redskins ou t o f sight. Th e n this norvous la d y sh ivered as she recalled another d ty-wlien an im mense snake, fivo feet long, d r o p p e d down b y tlio baby’s cradlo ou t o f tho rafters. I t •ffiis eigh t o ’clock. Sho h e a r d th e horse’s feet striking tho hard snow , aud. in fivo m inutes sho opened tho d o o r to Charlie. Sho took o f f his g lo v e s and\ “ com forter,” after ho had pu t tho ani mal in a shed back o f tho cabin m id pu t moro w o o d on the fire, and iu trem u lou s tones, as ho was w a n n ing h im s e lf, asked, “ W a s there a letter, d e a r ? \ “ N o , D o lly , not this tim e ; b u t hero is a N e w Y o r k paper some ono has sent you .” T h e kettlo was boilin g and slio p u t th e coffeo to steep, drew tho table 113 closo to i the stove as she could g e t it, p u t o n i t n | loa f o f bread and tho inevitable saucer of I molasses. C h a rlie was so hungry, w ith h is lo n g , cold ride, that tho bread aud m o lasses tasted good to him ; but on this even in g , as sho did occasionally, his w ife loath e d them. Sho drank a cup o f the co ffee, and then read the paper a lou d to Charlie. E v e n tho advertisements w e r o in t e r estin g ; th e ir old lifo camo u p b e io r tr them so v iv id ly that for a littlo w h ile, a l though b itterly disappointed n o t to r e ceive a letter, D o lly fo r g o t the p r a irio w in d and the prairio snow. B e f o r e tho news was all read the baby aw o k e and waa taken up and fed 011 co ffee and bread— there was no m ilk fo r th e littlo fellow . And thus the woman’s days went on. There was no variety in her life that win ter, except that on Mondays she washed out tho soiled clothes, on Tuesday ironed, on Wednesday baked breiul. Tlie wind tore aud raveled the clothes when they were hung out to dry, even on the sunniest days, and whipped the liems off the. sheets and tablecloths. It was novel and almost nnendurmble toil to. her who had nover before done such work. She lamed her back and frose her hands and feet. When spring came, Dolly and the babr left Charlie to pay a Tint io an uncle of liia who had immigrated twenty years earlier, and now had a sawmill, a good frame house, and a large family, and lived eighteen miles away, in Iowa. She intended remaining but a few days in this family, which was strange to'her, and unlike her; but no sooner was the strain a little loosened from Dolly’s life, no sooner did she sit dowu to rest by this alien hearth than she fell ill. Solitude, hard work, poor food, and a mother’s out-giving of her own life to another, had done the fatal wron^—she had typhoid fever. She lay there week after week. The busy, kindly, half-ignorant relatives gave her such nursing as they could. She scarcely knew whether or not she wanted anything. Charlie could only come to see her now and then, for the ■ spring work lay waiting—the hopes of the year were to be planted. After a time she wa<t delirious; centuries seemed to drag their slow length over her prostrate mind and body; all sorts of curious fancies posnmsed her: I will tell you of bnt two:. .Once she imagined bersel^ a little pool of water lying’ in the hollow of a cottonwood’ stump and drying up tlowlr u t e a bamiag sop; « m l that riM w m m U t h m l * l i f t le m g * w liicli last winter sho had to place under tho feather bed to keep them from freezin g until they coultl riso and be baked into bread. Sho fe lt herself sm othered by tlie feathers, but still so cold as to be incapable o f getting “ lig h t .” Y o u 1110 tired o f such a prosaic story, madam? W e ll, D o l ly live d through all those perils aud hardships, by somo miracle, crawling back to tho cotton w o o d ’ cabin in tlio . autumn, to smile feeb ly 011 poor Charlie, w h o had worked hard, and been successful to the amount o f 3300 worth o f corn. - T h e y had potatoes that winter, and dried apples; to say nothing o f tho moncy,~ which must b e carefully hoarded to be ox'peutled ou “ im p rovem ents.” Iu the spring, iiisiead o f improving) th e y rashly concludcd to return East, fo r D o lly could n e v e r bo strong again, aud was not fit fo r a farm e r ’s wife. I t was foolish o f them, but Cliarlio, in his extruvugauce, thought m oro of D o lly than o f grow ing rich. Tlio y remained poor all their days, but at the worst, it never began to be as bad w ith them as during tlioir expericnoo in Nebraska. Madam, tlioro aro thousands of women this winter suffering what D o lly suf fered ; more, fo r th e y lm vc not even tho ju g o f molasses, anti 110 shoes to keep o f f tho frost. N o t all these women wero as dolicately reared us she was ; but tlioro W iu lo you wero trillin g w ith yotir bit o f partridge, you r salad mid chumjiugno 011 N o w Year's day, th e y wero sick at heart and w e a n ly bakin g tho overlasting coru cako— oven tlmt doled out in morsels — fo r thoir disappointed liusbauds and ragged children. Wanted to Know, iiait It. W h e n tho gifted, b u t 'e r r iiio A s libel P . W illa r d , early in 1850, liad<been nom i nated fo r G o v e rnor of.^n d u u ia, I 10 adopted a ve r y singular plait.to ascertain tho disposition o f the towards majorities tl him was tie«. ‘So in Indian- led to go in Morgan A W e a lth y C o u vick Lou is Brandt is a convict in tlio Ohio Stuto penitentiary a t Colum b u s , where, w ith 1,100 others, ho is serving out a sentence for crim e ngainst tlio laws of tho laud. W h ile tho futuro to liis asso ciates who may hope at some day to ra- gaiu tlieir liberties is not particularly b r igh t unit alluring, B randt looks for ward to tho day when tho prison doors w ill swing open to le t him out into tho air a free man us an occasion when he w ill bo put into tho unrestricted posses sion o f a fortuuo estim a ted at 8 - 10 , 000 . W h e n a young man ho l e f t his homo in Germ a n y and started fo r America, his father having given him 850,000 upon w liicli to begin lifo. H o camo to this country, and, bein g o f a prolligato dis position, wasted his substance in riotous livin g . W h e n rcduccd to straits tlmt ¡10 was compelled to sh ift f o r his livelihood, I 10 obtained a position as night clerk in an Ohio hotel. U e r e lie remained until he was sent to tho penitentiary for forg in g a check fo r •‘>12. W h e n his time was out, ho learned that his father dyiug had le f t him §00,000. T h is ho received and was fast m aking away w ith it, when ho agaiu tried his pen at forgin g , ami was returned to tho service o f tho Stuto for a term o f fivo years, w h ich w ill terminate in about two months. A t tho tune lie last camo to prison lie ow n ed about 815,- 000 worth o f stocks and bonds in N e w i York, and from these ho still draws an annual income. M a n y years ago I 10 in dorsed for a frien d in Germany, and lost 820,000 b y his generosity, but a few weeks since I 10 received a letter from that friend, who is now n wealthy mer chant 111 Philadelphia, stating tlmt the amount was subject to his order. Then, in mlditiou, a sm a ll legacy from his m other aud his own c o m in g s while a con vict, bring his w ealth up to tho round sum o f $40,000. H o is about forty-five years o f age, has nover been married, is finely educated, speaking four languages. H o intends thorou g h ly reforming, and looks hopefully forw a rd to tho time when he w ill bo restored to a place o f respect among his fellow men. ipositi him . H o was su r o 'o f in tlio towns, lint w liat'ti tho v o t e in tlio backwoods' I 10 to ld his fam ily and frie apoiis, one day, that lie j East, b u t at a small s t a t i ___ county I 10 g o t out, and stopped at an ob- scuro w a y s ide tavern.- he doffed his Knit o f broadcloth and A lin e d one o f ordin a r y bluo jeans. PaM lug -au old .slouch lia t on his head, l i e la s t e d at him-, sc lf-in the m in o r , and qaaU n o t b a t la u g li' at -' the~ehange * w fit£ - lis> 4 ; tifciHk place iu his’ appearance. L e a v in g his portm anteau at the tavern,' he h ired a horso aud rodo to the villa g e o f Nobles- v illo , w liero ho stopped at tho principal hotel. In the bar-room ho found a num ber o f farm ers, w itli whom, after m a k ing sure tlm t I 10 was n o t recognized, I 10 b e gan to talk polities• “ H o w is W illa r d g o i n g to run here?” “ M ig h t y w e ll,” rep lied ono o f tho farmers, aud tho oth ers concurred iu this opinion. “ That is uot tho case with us up in Orange cou n ty,” replied W illa r d ; “ wo nro goin g t o v o t o M o rton tlioro.” “ W e ll. I don't kn o w w h a t you are, there,” rem arked ono o f tho inon, “ b u t hero you would be look e d u p o n as darnedfools.” “ F o r W illia r d ? ” laughed W i l la r d ; “ why, tho best 111011 in tho Sfato say that lio i s o f no account.” “ W h a t !” cried ono o f the farm ers; ‘ ‘ that’s a false hood, aud I don’t care w h ether you take it up o r u o t,” protrudiug his list under W i ll a r d ’s nose. Tho disguised candi date found considerable difficulty in re frain in g ' his dis)>osition to laugh. A t last I 10 rem a rked. “ So you tight fo r W illa r d hero V\ “ A n y day, stranger,” rep lied tho pugnacious favmer, “ and so w ill everybod y hereabout!). That, I reckon, is m ore than y o u fellowB down in O r a n g e w ill do fo r M o r t o n .” Som e w h a t different was tho ndvouturo w h ich W illa r d hail in his peregrinations at Sa- lom , w h e re I 10 stoppod at tho Persiso H o u s e . N o ono was in at the tim o but N e llie , tho landlord’s bloom ing and sp r igh tly daughter, aud W illa r d entered intoconversationw ithher. H c r in t e lligcn t and w itty answers interested him . H o was oven g u ilty o f a littlo flirtin g , and somo o f the com p lim ents ho paid the blu s h ing darnsol wore overheard b y lier father, n quaint o ld Kentuckian, whoso return had not been noticed by N e llio or her adventurous adm irer. Th o old man said nothing at tho m om ent, bu t when W illa r d , after a tw o days’ sojourn in Salem , wanted to depart, M r . Persisc re quested a private iutorviow. “ Stranger,” said lie, to. tho astonished canditlato fo r G o v e r n o r , “ you _ h a vo been 'saying all sor in o f sw eet' t liiu g s 'iu~'iiiy’',<wiigntar,' and tho g i r l lias taken a fancy to you Y o u look liko a sorter nico man; but d id you mean to court h e r in earnest ?\ llo a d y debater as W illa r d was in parlia m e n tary life, and noted fo r his quick aud pu n g e n t retorts, ho was at a loss for a r e p l y to this question. A t last he stam m e r e d out somo excuse, and was glad to soctu’o a retreat. W h e n I 10 returned to Indianapolis he surprised his friends by tho confident prediction that ho w o u ld bo elected b y a h e a v y m ajority. A n d the result justified his confidence. A Case In a Court, In Phillipps” “ Fam o u s Casos of C ir cumstantial E v id e n c e ,” published by Estes A. Lm m a t, B o ston, is to be found, ou page 132, » case w h ich has a bearing upon the ono now 111 progress iu Brook lyn. John H a w k ins and G eorge Sim p son, o f England, w o ro indicted for rob bin g tho mail A p r i l 1G, 1872. Hawkins in his defonso set u p an a lib i, to ' prove w liicli he called one W illia m Fuller, who deposed tlmt H a w k ins camo to his house ou Sunday, A p r il 15, and lay tliero that night, and d id not g o until the next morning. H is p r o o f was that Hawkins had owed him fo r liorse-hirc, had paid ou A p r il 10, r e c e ivin g a fu ll receipt; and he w e ll rem em b ered that Hawkins lay at his house the Sunday n ight following. Tho receipt was produced. 1 ‘ W h o wroto this?” said the ju d g e eyin g it suspi ciously. “ Hawkins w rote tho body and I sign ed i t . \ “ D id you see him w r it e it ?” “ Y e s / ’ “ And how lon g was it after ho wrote it that y o u signed. ” “ I signed it im m e d iately— without goin g from the table. ” “ H o w many inkstands do you keep ?” “ B u t one. “ Then you signed with the same ink as Hawkins ?” “ F o r certain.\ The judge then, with an air of huge discernmeut, showed the iury that tho body of the receipt was in one color of ink and the signature in another, and thus sought to impeach tho witness. Fortunately for the accused a gentleman noticed that the reporter of the trial wroto part of his manuscript i j pale ink and part in -black, acoording as he dipped into the surfoco of the fluid or into the muddy bottom. Tlie judge had to acknowledge the point when present ed, and the witness was cleared, though tho judge said snappishly to the jury: “You ought not; gentlemen, to take notice of anything but what is produced in evidence.” ;spi his four voyages were printed in 1518, in a tmall illustrated volume,of thirty- two pages, which was lately ’admlised by a Naples bookseller at 2,600 lira (about 8350). On the days on which the catalogue reached London and Pdria, the publisher received no lesa than seTen telegrams from would;be purchasers, the suooesrfnl man being a Paria bookseller. There is a oopy of the saaM work—tha k a o w a t o « a b t - t a the only otl M w h _____ L ---- » . r ■■ Vji,' - . J-'. » A ïÎ^ .'V A Chinese Procession. A correspondent, describing the pro- cossion iiyon the day tho boy E m p e r o r o f C h ina was m a rried, says that first cam e forty-eigh t w h ito horses, w ith y e l lo w silk housings and yellow silk halters or bridles, each led b y a liveried loekey dressed in red silk em b roidered w ith y e llo w flowers, h igh black velvet lx>ots, and n black fnnuel-slm ped felt liat, orna m e n ted w ith cocka’ feathers. TJ 10 horses, and in fact ev e r y part of the p r o cession, w eut in pairs, form ing two lo n g row s, separated b y an open spaco o f abou t tweuty-fivo feet, which o f course bocamo sm a ller in passing through n a r row streets. B e h in d tho horses camo sixteen pairs o f parti-colored Hags, car rie d b y pig-tail rotainera in rod aud y e l low uniform s. T h e n followed nine pairs o f 'canopies m a d o o f tho heaviest silk, each carricd l i i g l i iu tho air at tho en d o f n staff, after th e fashion o f a para sol— ono pair w h ite, ono pair blue, one p a ir black, ono yellow , and tlireo pair red. On each pair was embroidered^ in colors fittin g representations o f tho i m p e r ia l dragon. T h e n camo in tho ed ito r o f tho procession a single yellow car riage 011 whioli was it gold emblem, tho coat o f armp, or em b lem o f the brid e a fam ily. A b o u t tsn steps behind cam e P r in c o K u n g , the chief master of cere m onies, arrayed in his rolics of state, and mounted 011 a magnificently caparisoned horse. Then came ninety-six pairs *f gayly-colorcd lsnterns, - each\ ono held a lo ft by a long pole covered with yellow silk ; a fter w liicli followed the palanquin o f th e imperial bride resting ou the shoulders of sixteen stont porters; o n ly tho outside was visible to tho vu lgar gaze, the curtains being closely drawn. T h is sacred chariot o f tho ' god. of love was som ewhat sm a ller than tho sedan chairs in general use here, and had a lit tle second story sort of an ornamental roof made to represent a crown. It was curtained with costly bright yellow satin stuffs embroidered in gold on all 'sides with the brido's coat of anas, a phoenix. Behind this palanqnin came the princes of the blood, and the high dignitaries of state on horseback; tlie rear guard was composed of two hundred mandarins on foot, in brilliant new uniforms, long, silken garments with gold embroidery on'tlie breast and back. Statistical tables show that there'are in the whole world about 1M cities with 100.000.000 inhabitants; nine with over 1.000.000; twelve with from <1,000,000 down to 500,000; twenty with from 300,- 000 to 400,000, thirty-three -with from 300.000 to 300,000; and ninety with from 100.000 to 200,000. The aggregate of the population of these’ large cities com prises 50,000,000' of inhabitants—that is to say the twenty-eight part of the entire population of the globe. In a gentleman’s house in Hartford. Conn., there is'now lying .renr sick an old servant woman, 00 ream of age, w h o has worked all'her life for . one dollar a week' and bar board/ and Imt aaviaca, put Moth* Im L m m bI M f to W- hmm mjm Milr.OO* r i SlIEEP AN 11 CATTLE. Th e Treat!«**« B flw i-m tht* llrarrra I n t'^o- rn«lo. T h e follow ing is tho m anner iu which th e troubles betw een th e sheep uu 1 cat tle m on iu Colorado cam o a b o u t : Sheep aro prudent creatures and closo feeders. W h e n tlioy liavo go n o o v e r a tract of grou n d , they have “ n ib b led so closoly to tho roots o f tho grass,” to use tho lo c a l pliruso, that th a t particular tract appears to havo b e e n struck b y light n in g , or Bwept w ith a patent sweeper, or tu r n e d inside out. Grasshoppers and locusts,' those twiu traditional desolatorx of Western. territory, are as naught in tbie ¿spoiling tradJ ...beside .a, flock .of aheep. T’ Now, inasm u ch u s ' there are at present something lik o tw e lve hundred thousand slicep in C o lorado Territory, and as theso num erous flocks aro assidu ou s ly engaged in d e s t r o y in g liorlmgo for at least fifteen liotu-a daily, it happens tlm t they stray o v e r extensive sections o f hind. Tim s straying, i t is not uu- nnturul tlmt tlioy should now nud then, iu a couutry w h ere tliero uro no boun d a r y fences, and w h e r e most o f the broad acres aro s t ill recognizcd as “ pu b lic domain,” w a n d er ou to tlio ranges which cattle-m iscrs have chosen as tlioir own. W h e r e v e r sheep eomo in C o lorado, cattle eauuot live; they aro fo r c e d to give w a y b e fo r e tho desolating m a rch of tho idl-consuniing lloults. ’Whc.n.Ahift happened, th e txittiivnvtarors. objected. Th e y gru m b led because, as th e y asserted, tlio slieop farmers not o n ly took up all the lands tho law allow ed them for sheep-ninges, but they per m itted their flocks to graze 011 tho cat- tlc-ranges, thus r e n d e r in g tho hitter use less fo r stock purposes. Th o migration o f tho restless sheep fro m ono county to others, whence t h e y drovo away cattle, wits objected to b y even those* persons w lio owned 110 cattle, because it tended to diminish county taxable values. Thu cattlo-men finally resolved tlmt they w o u ld rather lm vo a prairio firo tlmu a slicop-farrucr for a n e x t door neighbor, and hostilities broko out. T h o cattlc-ruiscrs t<>ok tho la y into th e ir own hands. T l i o y said, “ Keep y o u r slice]) from o f f our ranges, or wo w i l l drive them o f f . ” Th e n tho shep h e rds answered, “ I f you m eddle with ou r sheep wo w i l l ‘ fix ’ you with our W inchester rifles.” H o r o was a difficulty furnished to order. O n o w arlike shep herd , who entered n county which tho cattle men claim ed as their range, wits v e r y plucky, and show e d figh t whou ordered to louvc. B u t ho liud not reckoned on ono lin e o f tactics. Ono m o r n ing ho w a lked ou t to survey his flocks, aud found Rix hundred o f his slicep lying dead, w ith their throats cut from ear to ear. A s am o n g tlioso wero a largo, liumbor. o f m e r ino bucks, worth ni’ore than ono hundred dollars each, tliero was m o u rning in the shepherd’s house that day. T h is Bort o f th in g was continued 111 different parts o f tho Territory until several thousand slioep w ere slain, yom e tim e s a shepherd w o u ld find liis Hook j)oinoned; another tim e, driven to dentil by strange dogs; y e t another, sp irited away. Shepherds began to threaten vengeance d ire 011 stock-niiscrs, nud to prophesy th a t tho latter would y e t be driven en t irely out o f tho Terri tory. Porsonal encounters sometimes occurred; and i t seem e d as if every 0110 m ig h t rooii bo com p e lled to co r iy liis life iu his hand. F in a lly a compromise lias been su g g e s ted; and tho stock- grow e r s them selves deprncato any fur th e r slaughter o f iunoccnt sheep, oven thou g h the m o tivo b e vcngeanco 011 their owners. Th e sheep still l-oitm at tlieir ow n ruminating w i l l ; nud tho cnttlo still y i e l d before them. M o n t persons Iteliovo tlm t as sheep-raising is far m ore profit ab le than stock-grow ing, and ¡is tho profits aro moro sp e e d ily mado, tho latter busincos iu C o lorado m a y bo given up. H u t tho English continuo to introduco fin o blooded cattle in to tho Territory, and many o f tlioso Englishm e n who arc tho largest land ow n e r s in Colorado nro interested in stock-farm ing. So that this “ littlo war ’’ is n o t y e t over. Thoughts for H«tur4ay Mght. T h e soul kn o w s no prison. M o r a lity is bu t the vestibule, o f re ligion. V irtu e is beau ty, and vice deform ity o f tlio soul. Wlmt is viitno but n medicine, and vico but a wound. 1 T h e r e w o u ld l>o music iu all things if men luul enivi. A 11 acre o f jierforiuaiice is ‘ w o rth a whole w o r ld o f promise. Th e r e appears to exist a greater degiro to livo l o n g tlm u to live well. T h e r e i s n o t .a string attached t o m irth but has its ch o r d o ( melancholy. ~ Tho kuowlodgo of diviue things flows through prayer, reading, meditation and olmerratiou. \ * -...*. D o w d r o p s a t night arc diam onds at m orn; ao tho tears wo weep hero m a y bo pearls in heaven. F r ien d s h ip is never completed till men nro bound to cucli other by tho cotnmou experiences o f sorrow. Th o firm fo o t is that which finds firm fo o tin g ; th e w e a k fullers, although i t be standing 011 11 rock. W o take greater pains to persuade others tlm t w o are lmppy tlmu iu en deavoring t o think so ourselves. L i g h t 11 » n gossamer is tho circum stance w h ich can bring enjoym ent to a conscicnco w h ich is not its own accuser. E m u lation look s out for m erit that sho limy ex e r t h e r s e lf by a victory; envy spies ou t blem ishes that sho m a y havo ■mother b y *i defeiif. H o w h o fr e e l y praises what ho means to purchase, uiul ho who enumerates tho faults o f w lm t lio means to sell, m a y sot up a p a r tn e r s h ip with honesty. I f any 0110 offond you,' before answer ing try to ca ll to mind this gohlun sou* ten c o : “ A so ft answer turiictli away wrath; b u t griovous words stir up anger.” H o lin e s s consists not in tho rushing o f intense resolve, which, like K islio^, sweeps everyth in g - before it and then subsides, b u t iu thn constant flow o f Silon'ij w a ters, which jierpetnally make glad tho c i t y o f our God. A TERRIBLE TE>'DETTA. A Sly Young Lilly, A C h ica g o paper says: A iHipulur young la d y o f W e s t Adams street, who has about f o r t y young gentlemen on tho roll o f h e r personal friend«, liss entered into a speculation which promises to pny better tlm u n grain comer or a gam b ling den, w ith nil the city officials as silont partners, S h o lxm ght tlie canvas for fo r t y paira o f slippers, all o f a pattern, leased ou t th o making of fo r t y pairs of them to 1111 a g e d colored seamstress, and kopt tho fo r t y - first pair in tho parlor w licro she can have them on hand when - ever any 0110 o f lior lovers call. O f course the young man asks for whom slio is w o r k ing those prBtty slip pers; sho sm iles with tlmt bew itching d r o p p in g o f tho eyelids, which is 0110 part m o iloat and two parts w ink: “ Oh, Ih e y ’ro f o r n y o u n g gentleman friond o f m ine.” T h e n tlio young infatuated youth g o e s o f f and buys her a sealskin jacket, o r 11 p a ir o f earrings; or an easy clm ir f o r h e r Christinas gift. She will bestow u p o n each of hor odorers a pair o f tho slip p e r s , worked liy a colored seamstress and footed by a D u tch shoe m aker w itlu ono eye, each ouS costing $2.05, w h ile sho estimates that her presents w i ll n e t $45 to tho adorer. Tho pair sho is w o r k in g will bo presented to a you n g d r y goods clerk in A u rora, to wliom slio was secretly m arried last Septem b e r. The Spread of Diphtheria. A new scourgc has been added to the lis t o f human ills, in the shape o f diph theria, Its spread am o n g tho people of various countries has been quite phe nom enal, aud a m o n g ourselves it lias threatoued to eclipsc in its ravages tho greater destrojfor— consumption. In deed, judging from tho rnto o f its de velopm e n t during tlio past few months, th e r e is reason to fea r that tho disease m a y yet assume tlio features and pro portions o f a w ide-spread epidemic. The m y s tery as to tho naturo and origin o f tlio complaint is eq u a l to its destructive ness. I t was at one tim e attributed to d e fective drainage, to hum id air end to an atmosphere lnden w ith malarious m atter. I t appears from m oro recent statements, tliat th e attacks o f thojlis- eose are as m u ch to b e cxpccted in F ifth ' avenue as in tho tenem e n t dwelling. Y e t w o are told that som o o f its characteris tics indicate a relationship to typhus and sucli fevers. W i t h such a clue, our pliysiciaus and liculth boards ought to lie able to traco tho m a lady to its cause, and furnish such directions fo r individual or m u n icipal observance as m ay stay the ravages o f the scou rge.— jVcw Y o r k J ‘<t- p e r . Italslag AlMoadu la California. Mr. Olmsted, of Carpcnteria, says the Santa Barbara In d e x , lias finished pick ing his crop of almonds. He will have from liis orchard this season over five tons of the Languedoc or soft shell al monds. Mr. Olmsted’s orchard is only four years old, and of course is not yet in full bearing. His trees bore a few nuts when two years old. The third year, the averaga yield to the tree waa about five pounds. Two rows in the orchard, covering ground equivalent to two acres, that received great care in planting and special culture, produced 2,000 pound« of dried almonds. This yield, at tho wholesale San Francisco market price for the soft shell almond, will give Mr. Olmntead about $230 per acre, after paying all .expenses of the year’s culture, gathering, socking, sad marketing. -■' Mr. - ObMtead’ keeps the ground clear, cultivating nothing be tween the trees, nor allowing wmda to n w ia t o r o b l M h ' TlM I r m A m M ^ l a M t tw a a ^ f i M t a y w t a a A t M f - Sonic Prlec* of Iron. L a s t yeuv 110 English railroad iron was brou g h t in t o tho United States except on tho P a c i f i c coast, and Bessem er steel rails, u n d e r tho name of iron. Som o 15,- 000 or ‘ 2 0 ,0 0 0 tons of railroad iron liavo been taken to Canada and 1 »ought in tho U n ited S t a t e s in liond at from $33 to $42 in gold . T l i o prices of foreign iron rails d c fjin e d in 1873 from 372 it ton to Soil. Iu D e c e m b e r , 1874, it reached $ i 0 or 850. In .Tnnuary, 1873, the prico o f Am cricun iro n rails was from 877.50 to 885 cu r r e n c y ; it declined from $60 to Sfi5 d u r in g tlio same year, and last Dc- cem ljer w a s only $t‘J to 855. I 11 steel rails tho percentago of decline is not so rem a rkable. U n d e r tho present high tariff, A m e r ica n makers havo partially a m o n o p o ly. T h o jirice* o f fo r e ign steel rails at t fie beginning of last year wero 8108 to 8110 gold, while tlmt o f A m e r i can steel ra ils was alxmt tho sarno in cur- rency. L a s t Dcccmlier these figures w e re red u c e d to $82 to $83 g o ld for foreign and $72 to $75 currency for A m e r ican. I n less than tw o years tho prices o f A m e r ica n pig-ir on has been re duced m o r e than ono-lialf, or from $49 to $59 in January, 1873, to 820 or $23 last December. X UtUe H(Uirt, ! county lifo socially help- lt in winter ia a tim e ly How to make ful and pleasant question now. Nothing can well show a liw.b. wider contrast than the present activities in largo towns compared with life as it goes on in isolated rural places. Wo think tho plan which has been adopted by some of tlie granges, to or ganize • littlo pleasure in tho midst of business, a very sensible one. Innocent recreations can hardly find better aus pices tlian those offered, and if some thing looking toward culture and men tal entertainment should be added, the result would be still further fruitful of good. To our inind, there' is nothing equal to a well-arranged debating dub or reading circle; and where_a paper is edited and read weekly, the interest ex cited is usually as edifying as it is salu tary. There is hardly any country dis trict which cannot be helped in this way, and it only wants one or two energetic spirits who shall take the brant of the battle to make any one or all of the sug gested plans aaccearfnl. A sad accident occurred at Mont- matre, near Paris, the other day. A powerful athlete was displaying bis strength in the presence of a crowd and lifting some very heavy weights. He would throw then high in the air and catch them before they fell. .One of the weights, however, was thrown far to one side, and as H’ descended, it struck the head of a little child only seven' yeaia of age wbo with Ua Has eyes dMaoded was looking as at tka « o a * a « M i I’ h i .Ura K l l t m ia a » H R M r A a v »> —A B « 4 r r > l « l u . ' Tho cu lm ination o l a terrible vendettu occurred nt 'L a c o n in , it small towu in Arknsas, .near tho Mississippi • r ive r . Tho - tra g e d y resulted i n - ' tho death o f ■ C h a rles ’ »m l 'A lvis B u c k and o f two o f t h e ’ H a r m 1 boys, and the’ ouJv wonder is t h a t m o r e blood wus uot slied. Tho affair had its origin • iu trou b le tlmt occu rred 1 la s t , summer.. A , man names l i e n Sellers, keepa a country store near tho lauding, aud ho and his w ife 0 0 - cu p y a house closo by. ’ A n o t h e r '« tore in 'L a c o n ia u kep t by H a le '. Buck, a bachelor, under the Ana name. o f , W a tts* & Co. .Win. S m ith, the tow» magistrate, also has a s t o r o ; Warfleld 'hsa a b o a t storo, and P a r k e r k e e p » '« tradiug-boat m oored a t tho landing. ; These co m prised the business portion o f tho com m unity, and tlio storos are tlio ra lly in g places o f tho w liolo population.' ' Tlioro is inoro or less 1 rivalry b e tween theso m erchant«, and at tim e s tho feeling lias run high. Ljist sum m er Sullers a sserted that hia family w ero ou t raged at b e in g compelled to w itness scenes w h ich occurred in tlio rear o f Buck’s storo. H o therefore built a fen o e twelve fe e t h ig h between himself nud liis neighbor. B u c k complained b itterly o f this, c laim in g that tho fence shut ou t nll his viow o f tho rivor and- approncliing steamboats. I t is said that ho threatened to burn tho fence. A t ttliy rato th e bod feeling incrcriscd. Two months ago, about clovou o ’clock ono iught, U u c k received 1 » charge o f bueknhot in his back, w h ich penetrated tlio lungs, in flicting a w o u n d from which ho still su f fers. O n e sto r y is that Buck was sh o t while iu tho aut o f lighting a m a tch to set iiro to tho fencc, siul tlmt w h en h it ho dropped tlio match and th o , Haines leaped up, sh o w in g tlmt. I 10 h'fld pou r o d somo o il on tlio ground to quicken tlio blaiie. B u c k him self claimed that ho was shot w liilo flitting 011 his own porch. This, h o w e v e r , is all preliminary. B u c k suspected ono of I ho H a r r is boys o f h a v in g shot him, us ono o f tlioni had ch a llenged him to flglit h duel som o timo previou s , and tlioy wero known to . lmvo takon Hides with Hollers about tho fence trouble. T lie day before tho tragedy ClinrloH Buck, n brother o f H a le’s, m o t tho H a n is I toys on tho road and kuockcd 0110 o f them down. T h o other leveled 11 pistol at Buck, bn t th e y parted w ith o u t bloodshed. Th o noxt d a y tho Harris ltoys g o t ou t )N>oco w a rrants against Charles aud A lv is Buck, and tho defendants, with a dozen o f their frien d s , camo to the storo o f Ju s tice Sm ith to nnswer to tho summons. Tho irou b lo wan talked over calm ly at first, but gradu a lly tlio parties g r e w e x cited. C h a rles Buck finally sprang u)>on A . H a rris, kn o c k c d him down, uiul boat liim sham e fully. Thn other H a n i s r e treated to a corner, raising his gun , and shouting ou t to 1 I 10 crowd to fa ll back. A s I 10 lovcletl tho picco Justice Sm ith threw ou t liis arm, dt'Hlmycd tho uini, and tho gu n w e n t off. Tlio load, dis charged at random , blew off tlio top o f tho head o f . tho Harris w h o was engaged in the scuffle with Cluuies B u c k , scattering t lio brains, all over tlio iloor, Ono o f tho B u c k s drew a revolver nntl shot tlio oth e r H a rris through tho bod y , and then w e n t up to him deliberately and put tw o Im lls through the head and one through th e heart of the prostrate H a r ris. A s B u c k fired tho fourth shot som e body ou tside fired a loud of buckshot at liim, tea r in g aw a y his lower jaw, so that it hung dow n upon liis breast b y tho threads o f flesh, making a horriblo spcc- taclo. T h o shooting then lie camo g e n eral, and tho Bucks, almost r idd led .with bullets, re t r e a t e d , io tlioir horses - nud rodo to tho liouso of C. Shepard, tlireo miles from th e landing, wlicro ono died the samo n ig h t anil tho other next «lay. Tho affair creates a great deal o f oxcite- meut th r o u g h o u t tho section o f country in w h ich i t occurrcil. T h e H a r r is boys wero you n g — ono only eigh teen years o f ago, and t lie oth e r three or fo u r years oltlcr. T h e y liad only lieen in Laconia a few months, linv- ing 'com e fro m Illinois. Tho B u c k s w ero tried desperadoes, ono twenty-flvo and tho other th irty years of age. P u b lic opinion gen e r a lly sides with tlio H a r r is boys. _________________________ Ancient Wheal I have b e fo r e me, says a writer, heads o f wheat gro w n on the eastern sido o f tho M ississippi, w ithin ten miles o f M e m - -)his, from grains tuken from an ancient Rgyptinn sarcophagus, sent som o years ago by tho Am cricau Consul at Alcxun- dria to tho patcnt-ofllcu at W a shington. Th o stalks and leaves nro very lik e tlioee o f Indian corn, though nnallrr, m id the heads o r grain liko that of eorghum or broom corn. Strango hut true it is that tliia ve r y w h eat, degenerate bu t p e r fect in all its incidents, still grows ninong the weeds.and grass tlmt cover mouudM ia the lowlands eighteen miles /weot o f M e m p h is.' How many centuries since theso k in d r e d products o f E g y p t ia n agriculture w e r o scpHratcd, tho 0110 to m o v e slowly, perhaps with nom a d ic tribes, around the globe, crossing Asia and the P a c if ic ; and the other m o v in g west, in pur timo, across tho A tlan tic, and both g r o w in g green oven here, in tho y e a r o f ou r L o r d 1873, beneath the shadows o f another Memphis on the shores o f another N ile ? The sam e writer says that the same race o f p c o p lo cul tivated the same crops and garnered them in the same peculiar manner many aut> many a eentury ago. Life 5et 8et«rf. In Philadelphia alone there were one hundred and thirty-three homicides in 1868. “ The whole land is ttained with blood, shed in defiancc of tho law,” say? a writer; and again we'shall hirre to'eny, I fear, “ It’s not Thyme, but it'n true.” I do not believe tliat the brigandage iu Ifcily will compare for a, m om ent in ex tent with that of the U n ited States. Which one of us, if he has not boen robbed himself, does' not know' half-a doaeaowascf bwglanr perpetrated upon his acquaintances t W e read, every. day of tbe moxt brutal murders, ami with as little emotion as if we heard that' a ' dog had beam': killed'ia the street. -:I»'it-a - rmsh1hing t t o aajr withoat the support.-,rf
