BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAEY 16, 1876.

MASONIC DIRECTORY.Clinton Lodge No. 3. F. A. M.W. H. PARKE U. WV. M.*.J. C. WOS.MANSKY, Secretary.'

Meets 2d Monday in every month.

Hesperian ChapterNo.17,R.A.M.J. F. C. DcPRE. M.\ E.\ H.\ P.-.J. D. CHALMEIIS, Recorder.Meets 3d Friday night in every month.

DeSaow Council Ho, 16, R.US.M.J. T. ROBERTSON. T.\ 111.-. M.\JNO. G. EDWARDS. Recorder.Meets 1st Tuesday night in every month.

DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON,E DENTIST,j Offers hiB professional services to the citizens

of Abbeville and the surrounding country.Office.Over Citizens' Savings Bank,

ABBEVILLE, S. C.

CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETONHave on hand a large stock of

Gits' Lint Bison SMrts,AT VERY LOW PRICE

A large assortment of

JLadies' and G-ents

Merino Vests & Shirts,BOULEVARD SKIRTS,

Silk Scarfs and Ties.GIYE THEM A. CALL.

The star Shirt!Having tried these Shirts, vre can safely rc-

oommend them for a good fitting and durableShirt.

Collars, Linen and Paper,LATEST STYLES,

With Cravats and Scarfs to Match.

QUARLES & PERRIN.

Cottaare Bedsteads!Two hundred Bedsteads just received, war-

ranted all bard wood, at prices from $5 00 to$10.00.

1 J. D. CHALMERS.

Boots and Shoes!* » _

Oar stock of BOOTS and SHOE3 is now

complete, and at the Lowest Prices for CASH.Call early and get a bargain.

« DttPRE, GAMBRELL & CO.C. B. BRUCE,

Boot and Shoe Maker,Over'Parker & Perrin's Store,

ABBEVILLE, 8. C.,Doeiros to e&y that he is folly prep&r d to meetall demands the public may make 1 u bis line.He keeps constantly on band a large lot of theDeat nj.noriiu uuu emrrnvB oiuy tne nneHiworK-men. Hei^ops & fall stock of custom madeBoots and^ShoeH, and guarantec.8 the mostentire tatisfaetion in every instance.

M. OOLDSMI^a. P. KIND.

GOLDSMITH & KIND,

FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS(PHOENIX IRON WORKS),

COLUMBIA. . C.

Manufacturers of Steam Enffinea of all sizes;Hor*e powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills,OriKt and Sugar Cane Mills, Fionr MUIh, Orna- '

mental House and Store Fronts, Iron Bailings, ]Agricultural Implements, etc. Bras* and Iron ]CaatiugM of all kiadfl made to order on shortnotice and on the most reasonable terms.Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses.

S. B. NORRELL, ;HARNESS ail SADDLE MAKER, \

AT HIS OLD STAND

Over Parker & Perrin's Drug Store,Has a supply of Northern Harness Leatherand other material for Making and BepairiugSaddles and Harness.

CARPENTRY.

The undersigned hereby gives notice that heis prepared to do ali kiuda of

Capter's fort aid Emldins.He aleo repairs Cotton Giis, Thrashers and

Fans. A full supply of Gin Material alwayson hand. Fanners are requested to briiiKtheir Gins up early in the season to allow timeto have them properly prepared.Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, the

Brook* Coiton Press, and all kinds'of Rubberand Leather Belting.

D. B. SMITH,Abbeville. C. 11., S. V.

STEAMVII I IIIIIA fifiBI I

fLANINu MILL,. Columbia, S. C.

.FW.WING, Proprietor.MANUFACTURER OF

Sash, Blinds, Doors,WINDOW AND

UUUtt r xCAIVLtio,

iisiitPirtBliilsiSlite,PILASTERS,Mantelpieces,

HOLDINGS, BRACKETS,Handrails,

N3wels,Balusters.

OLL WORK of all Description.ork Guaranteed A No. 1.

Tlie Lost Babies.C ine, my wife, put down the Bible,Lay your glasses on the book.

Both of us are b it and aged.Backward, moth r, let u« look.

This is Btill the sam old homesteadWhere I brought you long ago,

When the hair was bright with sunshineTh£.t is now like winter's snow.

Let ns talk about the babiesAs we sit here all alone,

Such a merry troop of youngsters :

How w. lost them one by one.

Jack, th' first of all the party,Came to one winter'B night.

Jack, you said, should be & parson,Long before he saw the light.

Do you see that great cathedral,Filled, the transept and the nave,

Hear the organ grandly pealing,Watch the silken hangings wave ;

boo tne priest in roues 01 omce,With the altar at his back-

Would yea think that gifted preacherv onld be our own little Jack ?

Then a girl with curly treeseaU ed to climi upon my knee,

Like a little fairy princessRuling at the age of three.

With the years there came a wedding-Dow your fond heart swelledKrith pride

When the lord of all the countyChoae your baby for his bride !

Watch that stately carriage coming,And the form reclining there.

Would you think that brilliant ladyCould be your own little Clare ?

Then the last, a blue-eyed youngster.I can hear him prattling now-

Such a tstroDg and sturdy follow,With his broad and honest brow.

How he used to love hie mother !Ah ! I see your trembling lip:

Ho is far off on the water,Captain of a royal ship.

See the bronze upon his forehead,Hear the voice of stern command-

That the boy who cluDg so fondlyTo his mother's gentle hand ?

Ah ! my wife, we've lost the babies,cars ho long ttuu outb tuuuu ;

What are we to these great people,Stately men and women grown ?

Seldcm do we even see them :

Yea, a bitter tear-drop starts,And we ait here in the firelight,Lonely hearth and lonely hearts.

All their lives are full without as :

They'll stop long enough one dayJust to lay us in the churchyard,Then they'll each go on their way.

They Tell Their Story.Midnight was past, and the lights of

he vessels lying at anchor infche streamFere beginning to be extinguished, when>VU IUUU UU111CU AkXJJUM uiuviuuv VMWV

ions towards the shore. The elder ofhe two had already reached the strandind was preparing to make a leap, thelosign of which was not to be mistaken;>ut at that instant the younger seizedlim by the arm, exclaiming: 44 Sir, I>elieve you want to drown yourself !"" You have guessed it. What is that

o you?"This was the answer, spoken in the

oost angry tone." Nothing, I know. I would simply

equest you to wait a couple of minutes.when, if you like, wc will make thejreat journey together, arm in arm.the>est way of dying."With these words the younger extend-

sd his hand to the elder, whose wa3 notwithheld. The younger continued, in a

lone of seeming enthusiasm: " So be it!irm in arm ! Truly, I did not dream:hat a human heart would beat withnine in this last hour. I will not seels;o know who you are.ap honest mar 01i villain. Come!.lot us begin thejourney together!"The elder held the young man back,

ind, fixing his dim, half-extinguishedjyes searchingly upon the countenancesf his companion, exclaimed: "Hold IFou seem to me too young to end youilife by suicide. A man of your yearsias still a brilliant, alluring future icais grasp 1"

44 Brilliant I" answered the youngman, scornfully. " What have I tcliope in the midst of a world full olwickedness, falsehood, treachery andanhappiness ? Come !.quick !"" You aro still young! You musl

have had very sorrowful experiences tcmake life already thus insupportable tcyou.""I despise mankind."" Without exception ?""Without exception ?"" Well, tlieu, you have now perhaps

'oundaioan whomyon willnot necessarilydespise. I have, believe me, during mjwhole life, lived an honorable man."" Really ! That is highly interesting

It's a pity I had not earlier made you;acquaintance."" Leave me to die alone, young man

Live on. Believe me, time heals alwoximls, and there are men of honor yeto bo found."

Now, if you take this view, why an

you hurrying so fast from the world?"" Oh, I aifc an old, Rickly man, uuabli

t<-> mol-n o Kvolilinrwl a m!\tl tclin f»ftn

not, will not, longer see his only childbis daughter, blighting her youth, amlaboring day and night to support him.'"How, Rir! have yon a daughter wh

docs this for you?" asked the younjman, surprised."And with what endurance, witJ

what love, does she sacrifice herself fome ! Sho works for me, she goes hungry for me, and has only the tendereswords of love.a sweet smile for malways.""And you want to commit suicide

Are you mad?"" Shall I murder my daughter ? Th

life which she is now leading is her cei

tain death," answered the old man, indespairing voice." Good sir, como with me to the neai

est inn that is still open. You will relate to me your history, and, if you likeI will let yon hear miue. bo rauctihowever, will I say to you beforehandchase all thoughts of self-murder out c

your head. I am rich, and, if things bas you say, from henceforth you an

your daughter shall lead a pleasant life.The old man followed the youuge

without opposition. A few minutelater the elder began :

"My history is soon told. I was

merchant's clerk, but always uuluckjAs I had nothing by inheritance and thyoung girl I married was poor, I wa

never able to commence business on m

own account, and remained on to an olage in a dependent, subordinate postion. Finally, I was discharged on a<

count of my years, and then began thstruggle for a subsistence. My wife dieof trouble, and now my poor child iwearied to gain my support. I canncbear to see her working herself to deatt<\r mo.fhorfifore. it is better I C(

Now, you know all.""Friend," exclaimed the young mai

" you are the most fortunate man I evfencountered in my life. It is insane tcall that misfortune. Nobody is easitto help than you. To-morrow I wimake my will, and you shall be.no r<

sistance!.my heir. The coming niglis my last. Before this, however, I muisee your daughter, out of pure curiosityI would for once see how one looks wh___!!. deserves tho naine of woman 1"" But, young man, ,what can it be thi

thus early has madttjhn so unhappy Squeried the -

" I believe it was the wealth whicmy father left me. I was the only so

of the richest banker of this city. Mfather died five years ago, leaving mmore than was good for me. Sinoe thstime I have been deceived and betrayeby every one, withont exception, witwhom I have had any connection. 8omhave pretended friendship for me.oaccount of my money. Others havpretended to love me.again for m

money; and so it went on. I oftemingled, in £he garb of a simple wortman, with the masses, and thus one dabecame acquainted with a charming being, a young girl, to whom my wholheart soon went out in love. I discloseto her neither my name normy positionI longed to be loved for myself aloneand for a time it appeared as if I wer

going to be happy.at last, at last I"Theyoung girl and I, whom shi

still regarded as a simple workman, me

every afternoon in tne jQiarcuspiaizwhere we walked up and downtogetherpassing many happy hours. One da;my dear girl appeared with red eyes-she had been weeping.and told mi

that wo must part, confessing that helife belonged to another ! With theawords she tore herself from me and disappeared in the crowd. Her faithlessness decided my destiny. Vainly didrush into the pleasures which so-callec4 good society' has to offer, but founcmy lost peace of soul never, never! ]then determined to bring my joyleaexistence to a close. ''

"Unhappy young man," said th(elder, wiping his eyes; "from my wholtheart I pity you. I must acknowledgethat I was more fortunate than you; foiI, at least, was by two women.my wifeand daughter.tenderly loved.""Will you give me your address,

good sir, that I may convince myself oJthe truth of your story ? It is not er

actly mistrust, but I must see to believe. To-morrow I will arrange mjaffairs as I have already told you. Youwill remain at this inn to-night, and irthe morning early I will return. Giveme your word of honor that you wil]not leave this house until I come back,and that you will not in the meantimespeak to any one of what has takenplace between us ?"" You have my word ! Go to mj

dwelling, to my daughter, and you wiLfind that I have told you but the aimpie truth. My name is Wilhelm Salms,Here is my address.With these words he handed th<

young man a paper, giving the addresiof His dwelling. It lay in a suburb inhabited by the poorer classes, at som<difitance from the city proper."And my name is Carl Teodor," here

upon said the young man. " Take thi:bank note ; it will serve you till my return."

Cnrl rune for the waiter, had the landlord called, commended the old man t<liis care in suitable terms, and left thihouse.*******

Hardly hail the morning broke wheiCarl found himself on the way to th<suburb where lived the daughter of thiold man with whom he had become ac

quainted under such peculiar circumstances. It was a poor placc. Th(young man knocked, opened the doorand involuntarily stepped back.The young girl whose inconstancy hai

made his life a burden unbearable stoocbefore him!

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lie knew her at tlie first glance ; it wai

Bertha, whom he had onco hoped t(call his own.At his appearance the young gir

sprang tfward him, overcome with joyholding out her littlo hand. The youngman waved her buck, exclaimiug :

"You did not expect to see me ?"The poor girl sank into a seat, ani

; covered her pale, beautiful face witlher hands." Are yon Wilhelm Salms'daughter?'

asked the-young man, coldly, after i

uouoa.

"lam," answered the maiden, timidly." And who and where is that other t<

whom, as you told me at parting, youlife belonged ?"" That other is my father," answeret

the young girl, looking up to the younjman with a glance in which spoke thtenderest love.With lightning quickness the trutl

dawned upon him; the scales fell frorihis eyes.Speechlessly he rushed to Bertha

took her in his arms and pressed her t<his breast.

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" My father! Oh, heaven! I forgotWhere is he? lie has bsen out aluiglit. I have watched for him in tearthe long night through.""Your father is saved. ' Ho is wit;

me," was Carl's answer as he hurriedthyoung girl out and through the streetto the arms of her father.A fortnight later, in tho midst of th

greatest splendor, the marriage of thrich young banker, Carl Teodor, tr* il CI .1 i. 1_LKTlliU O.limS, U>UH pjtK*3.

Massachusetts State Pebt.The message of Gov. Rice, of Mossi

chusetts, says that the present fundedebt of the Strite is $33,886,461, divideas follows:Railroad loava $17,768.91War loans.. 12.724,11Ordinary 3 393 21

Total t33,8S6,4(Net increase of the funded dobtduring the year 54,421,21

Script i Bued during the past yearamouuta to 5,090,21

Paid 011 vai ious loai a during year.. 009,(XTh<i estimates for 1876 are :

Ordinary expenditures and pay-ments from roveuue 4,9C9,7i

The ordinary revenue of yoer, in-cluding reserve ca*h in treasury.. 3,049,21A State tax of $l,800,000or $2,000,0(

will be necessary to meet the estimatedeficiency. He compares the Statcounty and municipal indebtedneswhich in 1865 was $43,169,543.02, wilth:it of 1875, which amounts to §111413,094.49, and shows that tho bui'dcr*C in/.i.Mi.o l>no llOOTI 1 /-ilfifkQ 011/I fOTT I\J I iuviruou UIVO L/UVU AM VAVtV-tJ I«»V« vw ...

rather than in the administration of tlaffairs of the commonwealth, and is alffar in excess of the growth of popultion.

Celebrating the Centennial.The centennial year wa'?j " ushered it

with a great deal of noisoand excitemeiin various parts of the United StateIn some of the interior citios the celebrtion was quite extensive. Midnig]processions and parades, illuminationfireworks, and salutes of one hundrtguns, were freely indulged in. NeYorkers were treated to a promiseuoiserenade of fiah horns, tho bells we:

rung, and one of the great railroad lin<kept up a tremendous blast.half ihour long.from all its available steawhistles. As a fillip to the enjoymenin the United States, the inhabitantsQuebeo celebrated the repulse of tlAmericans from that city a hundred yeaago and the house where Montgomeiwas taken to die was dccorated uiilluminated.

A Bachelor's Choice.."Oh, MGrabbles," exclaimed a young mothe" shouldn't you like to have a familyrosy children about your knee ?" " Nma'am," Raid the disagreeable o

bachelor; " I\1 rather have a lot of y<low boyB in

Russia's Grain Trade.The London Times, in a financial ar-

ticle, says : It seems from recent arti-cles in the Moscow Gazette that greatstagnation prevails in the groin trade insouthern Russia. Russian agricultureand commerce are threatened with a

collapse. Chief among the causes is thekeen competition of America. Since thecivil war in that country the British im-port of American wheat has increaseduntil it stands now where the Russianimportation stood in 1864. Then Rus-sia sent out forty-four hundredths of hertotal imports, and the United Statesonly fourteen. In 1873 the UnitedStates sent out forty-four hundredthsand Russia only twenty-one. This doesnot represent a decrease to that extentof Russia's total exports; on the con-

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America's have increased much faster.The causes are declared chiefly to beAmerica's superior transit advantages,her virgin soil, and her more scientificagriculture. The Gazette thereforeurges the Russian agriculturists to in-corporate new lands, use better appli-ances, and more skill; but says thatcheaper inland transportation is thechief need. The Gazette's Odessa cor-

respondent writes that the oldest inhabitants declare that Odessa was never atsuch a standstill since its foundation.No transactions are effected, and bank-ruptcy follows bankruptcy. Houseshave fallen to thirty-hundredths of theirvalue, and wheat is lying ih the store-houses. Repeated failures of the cropo

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partly the cause of the difficulty. TheGazette, however, Bays the condition ofaffairs is largely influenced by the mis-placed activity of private bankinghouses, which made credits absurdlyeasy and cheap, which occasioned a

storm of feverish speculation andcreated ephemeral undertakings. Now,forced to curtail credits, they have re-

duced to the most awkward positionmany who thought such a state ofthings would last forever.

Cannot Touch His Money.Probably the wealthiest young man in

Boston is Joshua Montgomery Sears,son of the late Joshua Sears, who died

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to bis large estate. The lieir reachedhis majority on Christmas, but by theterms of the will, which left the propertyin trust, ho now receives but a smallfraction of the estate. The elder Searsleft property of the estimated value of$1,500,000. Alpheus Hardy, HoratioHarris and Hugh Montgomery beingnamed in the will as trustees. Undertheir management the property has in-

in TfilnA until it, amounts. jiceord-ing to the assessors' returns of May,1874, to 84,026,400 in real estate in Bos-ton, in addition to investment in mort-gages, etc., etc., of a like value. YoungSears is at present a student in YaleCollege, and lias been educated underthe guardianship of the Hon. AlpheusHardy. He is a young man of intelli-gence, and is said to be possessed ofmany of the characteristics of his father.By the terms of the will the sou was toreceive $30,000 when ho was twenty-one,84,000 annually from that age to twenty-five, $6,000 annually from twenty-five tothirty, aud 810,000 per year subsequent-ly. * There seems to be no direct pro-vision in the will that the son shall everreceive other of the estate than the abovesave in the matter of his education.WHO will inueric mis vast pruperiy in

the event of the sou's decease is a ques-tion for the courts.

The Europ an Grain Trade,The Mark Lane Express, iu its re-

view of the grain trade, says 1875 hasunfortunately x>roved a year of generaldeficiency and inferiority. Barley liasshown the best yield of the season, be-ing only slightly below the average, butits color has been so generally alfectedthat its value for midtiug purposes isgreatly reduced, perhaps eight to tenshillings per quai tor. Sales have beenunusually dull. Oats and beans are be-* ji i-..tlow tne averago, uuu uctiet yiitco j«uufor the latter compensate tlio detect.Teas are considerably below the average,having suffered greatly in sizo and quali-ty. The wheat crop has suffered most,only one-eighth reaching the average,while fiV'-sixths sink below it. What-ever dullness now prevails, and may fora period continue, our large deficiencywill crop up as the season advances.Should we have a bad spring an import-ant advance must ensue.The Corn Trade Association of Liver-

pool publish a statement of the estimatedstock of breadstuffs there on the 31st ofDecember, 1875, as compared with thesame time last year. The tables showthe following:

Dtf. 81,1876. Dte. 81,1874.Wheat (quartern) 793,613 144 211Corn (quartern) 32.687 50.901Flour (uttckb) 192 652 153,670Flour (barrels) 52,068 59,140

Affairs in Cuba.The Spaniards in Caba claim that the

surprise of Jagua by the raiders was notdue to their daring, or to the negligenceof the military commander of the dis-trict, but to treason among the inhabit-ants of the city, by whose assistancealone the blow could havo been attempt-ed. Some arrests have already beenmade on suspicion of complicity, andamong the prisoners is a Spaniard, who

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loyalist ranks. The papers call for a rig-orous investigation and exempbiry pun-ishment in case of conviction. Arrestsupon similar grounds are beiDg made inmost of the towns of the interior, arul a

correspondent writes from Puerto Prin-cipe rejoicingly, that there are sixty oddpersons in the prisons of that city whoseconduct is being investigated in connec-tion with charges of giving intelligenceto the enemy.The Spauiards have derived much

comfort from a cable dispatch announc-

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probably defer answering for the pres-ent the circular noto of jtfr. Fish, andas they fancy they would have the sup-port of England in any conflict withAmerica, they may be expected to bemore grandiloquent, now, in their patri-otic declarations, than ever.

Death from Hydrophobia.Hugh Murray, nged nineteen years,

residing in Brooklyn, was bitten by a

cat, whose anger he Jiad aroused insome manner. The wound inflicted was

not a serious one, and no attention was

paid to it at tho time. Six weeks after,however,^he wound began to swell, andMurray's friends becoming alarmed,summoned a physician. All was donefo his relief that medical skill couldsuggest, but to no purpose. He died in»ronf. nomnv. The case is nronouncedone of genuine hydrophobia, and theprogress of tho disease evinced all thesymptoms of that malady.

Bad for Papa.." Pa, are you in favorof tho Bible in tho public schools?"asked a youngstor at the breakfast tablethe other morning. "Why, of courseI am," responded tho father, pleasedthat such an important subject shouldengage the attention of his youthful off-spring. "What makes you ask such a

question, my son?" "Oh, nothing," re-

joined young hopeful; " only I thoughtmaybo you wasn't, as you never hnvohad one at ltome." The urchin dodged,but he wasujt quick onough.

Dyspepsia from Eating Hot Bread.

General Clingman, -writing to theorth Carolina Agricultural Journal,lis some truths and offers suggestions)out the causes and results of dyspep-a and indigestion, with especial refer-lce to hot, doughy bread, which "will>ply to all parts of the country. Readid heed: .

It has been said that the frying-pan isie great enemy to our people. Thereji be no doubt but that it has slain itslOusands; but bad bread is the slayertens of thousands. While travelingEurope for eight months, I saw noth-g but cold bnad, nor did I, whileere, see or hear anything that tendedinduce me to believe that anybody inarope had ever eaten a piece of hotonrl T invarifthlv. howflver. founde bread good, and the people' I saw

peared healthy and robnst. Some, ase English and Germans, were espe-llly so.With respect to the United States, thendition of% things may be more strik-gly and pointedly presented by refer-ee to individual cases. Many yearsice I stopped at the house of an ac-

laintance, and, on seeing him, I said:Fou are not looking as well as nsnal."No," he replied, "I have the dyspep-i powerfully bad." When dinner was

idy, there was an abundant supply ofsats and well-baked corn bread,lere was also, however, somethinglied biscuit, which was, in fact, ratherirm dough, with much grease in it. Iw that my host ate this freely with his

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r that he had* dyspepsia, for that Iold not live a month in that way. Iggested that if he would eat well-ked corn bread, or, better still, lightead, he would not suffer as he was

ing. He answered vehemently "that3 would rather die than eat lightead." I replied: "This is a freeuntry, and you have a right to die inis mode if you choose, and I have noubt but that you will soon die." Ien referred to cases in-which I hadown people to die from such prac-i68. My cool mode of discussing tue.estion evidently made aa^ppressionhis wife. Next summer,"TO meeting21, I said: "You are looking muchtter." "Yes," he replied,'burstingio a hearty' laugh, VI /ollcwed yourvice, and took to eating light bread,d I am as well as I ever was in my

A Margin in Soap.The fact that a confidential clerk andshier in a soap factory was able toibezzle a sum of money variously esti-ited nt from three hundred thousandliars to seven hundred thousandliars in a few years, and to escape de-jtion and arrest for nearly two yearsjer leaving the soap man s employ, m-

eates a margin in tliis essential of thelet which is surprising. Nobody sus-

clcd that the soap business was soofitable that a soap man could bebbed at this fearful rate without find-S it out. Yet the case of Beokwithows that the safest place in New Yorkr a dishonest clerk is in a soap factory,lis ingenious business man systemati-lly laid aside for himself an increaseten per cent on all the 'disbursementshis employer's establishment, and

en escaped suspicion for a long period,is not of the crime we would speak,

v that is of a kind which just now ismraon enough, nor of the confidencethe soap man in his clerk, but of theormous profits of a business whichuld stand such a drain upon it withoutciting suspicion. What must Mr.ibbitt'o profits have been if Beckwithis able to appropriate nearly half a

illion of dollars out of the ostablish-3nt without even so much as excitingapiciou ? Evidently the people of thisuutry submit to the payment of enor-ou8 prioes for the most ordinary neces-ries of life without ho much as grumb-ig. Reasonable profits in the Boapisiness would not long have withstoodickwith's assaults upon Babbitt's in-me. As it is, the crime is not withouti benefits in the exposure. Peopleay learn from this not only the marginere is on soap but the enormous profitsacted by business men for everythingev mako and everything* they sell.ideed, the corner grocer thinks himselfititled to a profit of from fifty to a

mdred per cent, for bringing a barrelpotatoes from Washington market

id peddling it ont by the smalleasure. These exactions, criminallylormous as they are, do more to keepir working people in poverty than anyns have suspected. When clerks can

eal a fortune out of n single establish-out in a few years it is time that peoplefused to pay prices that make suchimes possible..New York Herald.

A Felon's Plea.

Tom Scott, -who was convicted on thelarge of masked burglary at Utica, N.and sentenced to eighteen years in

tate prison, was asked by the court if3 had anything to say. He made theillowing speech:I have very little to say, your honor,id perhaps that will bo of very littlesneflt to me. The verdict of the juryDes not surprise me, after the officers ofle court had been sworn to tako ohargef the jury and then to have gone oIT to a

ince, on a fandango, and got intoxi-ited! Who knows but the jury gotrank ? Who knows what was said jolem or what was done while the officeras intoxicated ? I am convicted by a

iry like this. I have very little to say,ut I want to thank the gentlemen whoave so ably defended me. * * *

shall go to Auburn, and may probablyever see you again, l may cuo a con-

ict, and be dragged to a felon's grave,want you and every man on this juryud all around me in this court house to>member that I am innocent. Youspeaking to the jury and emphasizingis words by rapping sharply on theible) have decided my fate for life; youave murdered me. Is not eighteenears a lifetimo for me ?The court, interrupting the speaker,iggested that he should not upbraidle jury. Scott continued moro calmly:Well, I'll stop here. As for your-

*lf I have nothing to say. I think youbarged the jury as well as you could.>nt vnnr honor. I wish to s:iv that von

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lust admit tliat it was wrong for theentloman placed in charge of the jury) get intoxicated. One thing ruore,our honor. I am twenty-one years ofge, and I hope you will not lecture mer give me any advice. All that youave to say may not make mo betteror mako mo worse. You can give mo

hat you please, ten, fifteen, twenty,fty or a hundred yearn, and I'll turn offke a man and say good-bye, but pleaseo not lecture me. I have nothing morej say.

Tlie Fcniau Prisoners.The " Shaughraun" is a sort of'enian play. Boacicault, the authornd the actor, has been playing itightly in London to audiences number-ig 2,000 each with great success. Heow writes a letter to Minister Disraeli,lying that these audiences are a juryf the city of London and of Englandnd the play has full* tested the Feniannestion in the English mind. In viewf the verdict remlfrod each night he

THE WASHINGTONIANS.

How the Temperance Reform of the LastCentary Originated.

Hon. Frank W. Miller, a son of oneof the earliest and most consistent mem-bers of the Washington Total AbstinenceSociety, has contributed to the Ports-month (N. H.) Chronicle a brief historyof that organization. He says : Onthe second day of April, 1840, six mensat drinking in a tavern on Libertystreet, Baltimore. Notioes had beenpublished in the papers of that city thata distinguished clergyman (MatthewHale Smith) would lecture on temper-ance that evening in one of the churches.This subject was mentioned by one of thesix, and, after some talk, it was agreedthat two of their number should attendthe meeting, and report. This was

done, and, after the report had beenlistened to, and the subject discussed,one of them exclaimed: " Jjet us lorma temperance society, and. make BillMitchell president." With this under-stands 3, andafter taking another drink,they separated. On the next eveningthey met at the same place.the matterwas again talked over, and they resolvedto form, and did form, a society, namingit after l^he Father of their Country, asit ^ras quite common at that time toname most organizations after Washing-ton; The names of those six individu-als were William Mitchell, Pavid Hoss,Charles Anderson, George Steer, BillMcCurdy, and Tom Campbell. Theythen voted to meet the next night in a

carpenter's, shop, and each agreed tobring a new member. These meetingswere held almost nightly, and for re-marks each related his own experienceat the court of death. As might be ex-

pected, these meetings began to attractpublic attention. John Hawkins earlybecame a member, but was not one oftb.o original six. xnose reiormeu ihjuu

Were soon invited to visit other citiesand towns, and who of onr older citizenshas not listened to the thrilling andsimple experience of John Hawkins ashe has portrayed the misery of thedrunkard and told the touching story ofhis little daughter TTannftVi persuadinghim to quit the drunkard's drink. Thisnew movoment spread from city to city,and from town to town, until tnere was

scarcely a place in the United Statesthat did not have its Washingtonianm-1-1 AV-i.; TT,hn-1.UILU n.uaillicuua OV/Vlovjr. iuou nuu

hod been drunkards for years burst thebands that had so long bound them, andbecame temperance reformers. Thename being quite long, it soon becameshortened by daily use, and theseorganizations became known throughoutthe country as "Washingtonians." TheWashingtonian Society was originatedin Portsmouth in 1841, and has been in-strumental in reclaiming more thanthree hundred intemperate men, manyof whom kept the pledge till their dyingday. Others still live a blessing totheir families and an honor to society.

i.J AT** fnIxney uemuusi/rttwju tuo gicut uuuu

the drunkard could be saved. Whilenearly all the societies of this class in thecountry have ceased to exist, the Ports-mouth Washingtonians have alwaysmaintained their organization.

Statistics of a City.The statistics of a city for a twolve-

month contain much Of interest. Fromthe official statistics we have the follow-ing figures of New York in 1875. Thenumber of deaths for the year were 30,-67d; the number of malriages for theyear was 7,565; the number of births,*23,813, and the number of children still-born, 2,2-10. The following shows themortality for two years under the classi-fication of deaths :

ClarHJlcation ofDeath. 1874. 1875.Zvmotio dieeaee? 9,802 10,840Constitutional diseases.. 0,023 6.002Local dieaasos 9,987 10,720Developmental diseases.. 1,607 2,080Deaths by violonco.... 1,248 . 480

Dtatlm from all canaee. 27,727 30,122DEATHS BY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

187-1. 1878.

8mailpox..w 484 - 1,222Meaaloa...........'.... . S19 * 148Scarlatina ^.... 879519Diphtheria ?... j.,uuo z,io4

The following table, mode up fromtho reports, is sadly interesting:

. -1876. 1871Infante fonnd in tho streets, alloy,

rivere, eto., dead, from neglectand exposure, but principallystillborn 102 112

Deaths by suffocation, principallyinfants overlaid in bed.... 43 87

Deaths by accident 573 612Deaths bv accidental ehooting,

poisoning, eto 22 29Deaths by being overheated 3 9Drowning, pot including?suicidaldrowning-kndwn, 114; unknown,fifty-ono 165 162

SuicideHomioideInfanticideAbortionJudioial hanging

143 1H4(19 396 12 53 0

Total 1,110 1,190The commitments curing 1875 for lar-

ceny were of males, 2,444, andcf females,452. During the year 1,568 femaleswere sentenced for vagrancy.

Visiting the Pope.Miss Emma Abbott, whcse sweet

voice promises to place her on the topround of iho ladder of lyric fame, writesas follows from Florence to her motherin "Wisconsin: "In Rome I saw thePope; was presented with many others.The ceremony took place in tho palaceof tho Vatican. All the gentlemen hadto wear black dress suits and white ties;tho ladies black dresses and Spanishveils. Jilvory one was in pmce ana wait-

ing in breathless suspense for theentrance of, the 'holy father' at 11:45o'clock, the appointed time. I had justconcluded that he was not coming, as a

full hour and a half had elapsdd, but atlength he was announced, and we allknelt down. He passed up one side ofthe room, speaking to each one, andthen down on the other side. Every one

kissed his hand, and devout Catholicskissed his crimson slippers. An Italianwoman who was next to mo told me ofthe miracles he had wrought, and said I

1JTTtlmn Y\n primp.

and that I would be unable to speak tolnm. But, on the contrary, when I sawtho kind, good natured face of his holi-ness, f smiled, and he smibd, and askedmo where I wan from; and then said, as

he i>assed along: ' Aildio carrmima'.' Good-bye, dearest.' J ran acroas to thoother side of tho room, and when hocame to me the second time I told him Iwa* an artist, and aaked his blessing on

my voicc. He gave it, bnt said I must' pray rather than fling,' at which helaughed, ami the priests and attendantsaround him laughed too. After that,the Pope addressed thepeople in French,and blessed them, aud the great ordealwas over."

Would not Sell.A correspondent sends tho following

reminiscence : When Congressman La-mar was returning home at the close ofthe session of Congress in 1860 a news-

boy on the Memphis and Charleston rail-road insisted that he should purchase abook ho repeatedly offered him. An-noyed by his pertinacity and anxious tobe rid of him, Mr. Lamar said to him,with a wave of his hand: "Ob, pshaw Idon't bother me so. I wrote the boi'k."Quick as thought the little felloy an-swered : "Ah! now I know, 'jpat'swlutt makes it bo darned hard to so

The Year 1875.Another year has gone. As we wel- j

come the new year, standing now at thethreshold of the second centnry of our

national existence, it is well to glance [backward over the leading events of the gtwelvemonth just closed. IThe year 1875 has not been a very f

eventful one. We recall but a single rchange in the map of the world as a re- rsuit of war, and that is nothing more rthan a fresh extension of tile Russian r

dominions in central Asia, a process that [has been going on for many generations, r

and that will doubtless continue. The cDutch war against the Atchinese has cnot been brought to a close. 1The only other wars of note have been c

civil wars; the Carlist rebellion in Spain, {the Cuban insurrection, and the rising jin Herzegovina.more important thaneither of the others. The Carlist causeseems to be at an extremity as the yearwanes, and possibly before this reviewreaches oar readers, it may have cometo an end. The war in Cuba continueswith little change. The Herzegovinianrevolt has gained an importance duringthe last mouths, and unless it oan bespeedily put down, may prove a fatalcalamity to the Turkish empire.

Political changes and revolutions havebeen few. Near the beginning of theyear Spain cast aside the Republicanform or government, which had been aname rather than a reality, and calledAlfonso, the son of the deposed QueenIsabella, to the throne. The revolutionwas bloodless, as was that which droveout the now restored Bourbon dvhasty.France, on the other hand, has by theaction of the national assembly, set up a

republic, framed a constitution, andmade all the preparations to set the newmachinery in motion a month or twohence.Elsewhere there has been quiet

political changes, or important reforms.Mr. Disraeli's government in GreatBritain has met with no serious check.Neither in Austria, Italy, Russia, nor inanv of the countries of northern Europe,

and good order, without

has anything occurred to attract the at- 1tention of the world. ' 8

At home there have been bnt few e

striking events. Two cabinet changes c

constitutes the only ohanges in the gen- e

oral administration. A law providing for 1the resumption of specie payments at tthe beginning of the year 1879, was the tmost important measure of the Congress fwhich adjourned on the fourth of March, tThe new Congress has as yet done littleexcept to organize and to get into work- jing ord.r. c

It has been a good year for crops, par- tticularly in the United States; but a '

very bad year for business, almost s

everywhere. We have gathered a grain r

harvest nearly equal to the largest, anda cotton crop more abundant than was o

ever before known. Bnt trade has been Lvery dull, prices havs been falling, and

many thousands of people have been un- temployed. Other countries have suf- e

fered, but probably none so greatly as v

the United States. As the year drawsto an end, there are encouraging signs a

that the worst of the season of depres- dsion is over.Death hasremoved many men of name

and fame. The young emperor of China,who had ruled that vast empire but a x

short time, was the only crowncd head ithat has died during the year. Vice- tPresident Wilson and ex-PresidentJohnson/ ex-Vice-President Breckin- Iridge, and Jesse 1). Bright, all of whom, 1during their lifetime, presided over the t

American Senate, have passed away.Science has lost Sir Charles Lyell, the igeologist, and Prof. Wheatstone, the r

electrician. The mo&t noted preacher twho has died is M. Coquerel, the Frenchprotestant clergyman. Literature s

mourns Charles Kingsley and Hans tChristian Andersen. The death of Wil- 1liam B. Aator, the richest man in New t

Yorlif if not in America, reminds us that ttho rich are not spared by tiie great ao

stroyer.

A Hero and a Martyr.Few of thoso who read and -wondered

at Charles Reade's thrilling story ofJames Lambert, as it was published a

year ago, says the New York Tribune,imagined that we had here at home a

hero in humble life whose achievementsrival if they do not surpass those of thenow famous cotton spinner of Glasgo v.

John Horn, the hero of this story, is theson of a waterside tavern keeper at De-troit. The list of men, women andchildren whom he has rescued fromdrowning numbers over one hundred.Repeatedly he has barely saved himselfin the gallant attempt to sav e others, andthe reward which he seems to have gen-erally earned by his exertions is a fit ofsickness. It has not been mere fairweather heroism. His most memorableachievements have been performed on

dark and stormy nights, or when thewater was full of floating ice. We canoimnof HflliAVfi that it is a custom in De-troit when anybody is drowning to post- |pone other appliances for rescue and *

call John Horn f for this young man gseems to have been repeatedlysummoned j.from home to plunge into the waterwhile crowds of spectators stand sympa- jthetio but helpless on the bank. How £he has been kicked and bruised andstrangled and injured internally andotherwise maltreated by the people he ^has been trying to get out of the river ^our readers can easily imagine."Drowning men," as Mr. Horn ob-serves, " are always crazy." jWe do not find in his narrative an ;

exact parallel to James Lambert's most flremarkable exploits; bnt there is some-tiling which comes very near if. iu theac-count of what lie modestly calls " theworst night ho ever had," when hesaved no fewer than nine men. Thatwould be accounted rather a good night,we think, in most men's lives; but JohnHorn is not a boaster. The citizens ofDetroit gave him a medal for his gal-lantry, and ho lost it while saving thelife of a young lady in 1873. Last yearhe applied to Congress for a medal, andhis claims to renown were made throughthe agency of the Hon. Moses W.Field, who represented Detroit in Con-gress and was au eye-witness of several01 tllG events WlllCll tms letwir reuuma,

There can hardly be a doubt that JohnHorn ought to have the little testimonalho asks.

United Stales >"avy.In the United States navy there are

forty rear-admirals on the retired list,who receive §4,500 per year salary. Fol-lowing the list of rear-ad inirals there ap-pears a list of thirty-eight commodores.Thirty-five of these commodores are onthe retired list and receive $3,750 peryear each.There are thirty captains ami com-

manders on the retired or pension listwho receive nn average of $3,000 a yeareach.

After the captains and commanderscome the lieutenants, lieutenant-com-manders, masters, ensigns, and even

midshipmen. A "starred," or retired,lieutenant-commander receives 82,250 a

year, a lieutenant SI,950, a master SI,500,an ensign $1,150, and a midshipman$750. After these come the staff offi-cers, and the exhibit is somthing appall-ing. Thero are twenty-five medical di-rectors at $3,300 each, thirteen othermedical officers at an average of $2,000each, fifteen pay officers at an averago of$2,000 each, and thirty-eight engineersat about the same average.

UNITED STATES PUBLIC DEBT.

Ln Interesting Stateqienf of the FinancialCondition of the Nation.

The increase of nearlytwo million dol-ars in the pnblio debt of the UnitedStates last month, a Washington dis->atch says, is attributable to the largeailing off in revenues, usual for thenonth of December. The receipts lastnonth from customs were less than eightnillion dollars, and nearly three millionsess than in November, which was theightest of the first five months of theiresent fiscal year. Compared with De-ember, 1874, which was the lightestaonth of the last fiscal year, the receiptsaat month fell off about one and one-

[uarter millions. The customs receiptsor the six months ending December

«»« nao»lTr t/vrrv millinnfl nlinrfcLLUVjr-iUOV (UU UWIUI^ J.VU* J «»«.

it the receipts for the correspondingleriod of 1874. For several years pasthe debt statement for December hashown an increase in the publio debtn December, 1873, the increase was

18,463,273; in 1874, $3,669,968, while in876 it is $1,915,063, or about one-halfrhat it was in 1874. Compared with lastrear there is a marked improvement iniur financial condition. 'For the sixaonths ending December thirty-first therablio debt has decreased $8,866,631,gainst $4,089,930 for the correspondingteriod of 1874. The internal revenueshow an increase over the month of De-ember, 1874, which indicates that theQcreased tax on whisky is being oollect-d, and that frauds upon the revenuesehich have been checked have caused aerious loss heretofore. The debt state-aent shows that during December theoin balance has fallen off $2,000,000,nd the currency balance nearly $900,-00. The coin certificates have increasedrom $20,000,000 to $31,000,000. Thereias been a decrease of legal tenders forhe month of $614,552, and an increaseq fractional currency of $1,079,967.

A Scene in the Sheriff's Office.The newly elected sheriff was sitting

a his office sad eyed and haggard. Heleld in his hand. a stack of manu-

cnpc represeutuig iue appuutuuuo ui

light hundred and. seventy-nine candi-lates (or positions of deputy sheriff,iach of whom said he had worked forlim at the polls, and had gained him allhe way up from two hundred to one

housand votes from their personalriends who did not vote the oppositionickefc.A man attired in a blue shirt, with a

>aper collar and a red nose, entered theiflice, and, grasping the hand of theirod official, greeted him cordially.'Ah, Mr. Sheriff, but it's glad I am toee you looking so hearty; don't youemember me ?""I don't think I do," remarked the

fflcial, "although there is somethinga your faoe which is familiar to me.""Ah. Mr. Sheriff, I thought you'd

:now me. I worked for you all daylection, aDd got you one thousandntPB and I come for that place."" Well, I am sorry to say that I have

Jready promised all the places at mylisposal."" Oh, give me a place ; I don't care

rhat it is.""Oh, by-the-bye," said the sheriff,

rith a malicious grin in his eye, " thftea a place, but it's not much, and I don'think yon'd take it."" Ah, Mr. Sheriff, I'll take anything ;don't care what kind of a place it is.

Pell me -what it is, and I'll jump at itrifch my coat off."" All right," said the sheriff; " there

s a man going to be hanged at the jailloxt month, and ho wants somel.ody toake his place. I think it will suit you."The man with the red nose ceased to

mile, and asking the sheriff for a qnar-er to pay for his lodging that night, heeft the office and mingled with thelu-ong of would-be deputy sheriffs on

he outside.

The Morrill Redemption Bill.The following is the full text of the

)ill introduced in the United StatesJenate by Senator Morrill, of Vermont:To provide for the redemption of legal

ender United Statesnotes in accordancenth the existing law. Be it enacted,tc., that to further enable the secretaryif tho treasury to provide for the re-

lemption of the legal tender United)bates notes, in accordance with the ex-

sting law, he is authorized to issue, sell>r dispose of, at not less than par inegal tender United States notea, eitherif the descriptions of tho bonds of theJnited States, bearing interest at a rateif not exceeding four and one-half perent. per annum, described in the act ofCongress approved July 14, 1870, en-

itled " An act to authorize the refund-ng of the national debt," with likeinalities, privileges and exemption tolie extent necessary to carry onto fulliffect the act of Congress approved Jan.4.1875. entitled, "An act for the re-

umption of specie payments," and toise the proceeds thereof for the pur->oses aforesaid; and the said legal noteso obtained npon the issue of said bondshall be held and considered as a part ofhe final redemption of snch notes pro-dded for in the act of Congress hereinast mentioned, and shall be treated ac-

jordingly and canceled; provided thathe principal of the bonds herein author-zed may be made redeemable at anyime not less than thirty nor exceedingorty years from the date of issue.

a x.jSeo. 2. Tiiat ail contracts euw;reumw

>r made after the first day of January,.878, shall be payable in accordancenth the legal tender standard of gold.nd silver, unless otherwise provided atho time of the contract.Seo. 3. That all national banking as-

ociations shall be and hereby are re-

tired to hold in coin as part of theirawful money reserve, on and after theirst day of January, 1877, one-fourth;.fter the first day of January, 1878, one-

" " i..-ria.11, ftca aner ui» uxtt u^jr ui

878, three-fourths.

Active Life.The trouble is, Barnum, the showmau,

ays, wo do our work superficially; welash ahead to make a fortune and retire;hat is a great mistake. About eight'ears ago I tried it. I had three rnuse->mo Vinroml snnond fire I;onsidered it a notice to quit. So I)ought a houso on Murray Hill, keptny country seat aud retired. I felt verylappy to think I bad retired. Well, Ivent along that way about two jears,ill I got rusty. Ono day a physician,irother-in-law to Baron Shurtz, came tolee me and said : "I hear you have re-

ared?" "Yes." "Well, you are going;o die." " I suppose so, sometime."11 No, but very soon. When you Ameri-jans retire, you always die ; you workind dig and are all business till you getrich, and right in middle life you retire,md your brain, hitherto active, shrinksfr<?m disease; your skull dou't shrink ;that creates a vacuum, and you die."Well, I have no doubt there is a greatleal of truth in that. I took his advicemd started a traveling show; I got outmy programmo and told some pretty bigstories; then I thought I ought to keepto thorn audi had to work pretty hard todo it. The doctor came to see me againand said : "Well, you have got intobusiness again ?" "Yes." "Well, youdie." I inquired why, and he said : "Idid not tell you to work yourself todeath; a man of your years (over fifty-five) cauuofc exert his braiu as milch as a

man twenty-fiyi The doctor wes quiteright.

Items of Interest. <

The En glish riflemen have acceptedthe challenge of the Now York riflemenfor a match in America (faring the Cen-tennial celebration. Sir JETenry Halford '

will be the captain of the English team.A middle-aged gentleman, deeply in-

terested in the Centennial, asked a mia*

of sweet sixteen if she knew what im-portant event 1876 would be noted for,and she promptly responded : ''Leapyear."Peter Herdie, a millionaire of Wil-

liamsport, Pa., made the ProtestantEpiscopal church of that place a Christ-mas present of a new edifice, fully fur-nished with an organ and other reqnisites. .' ') n;i

If debating societies are out of sub-jects, they cannot do better than towrestle with the conundrum: "Whyis it that, proportionately, there are

fewer elopements in iargetowns than insmall ones?-,'.." Ob, I am so glad yon like birds I

what kind do yon most admire i" said a

wife to her husband. "Ahem! Well Ithink ar good turkey, with plenty ofseasoning," said the hnsband, " is as

nice as any."Daring the past fiscal year the.amount

of money which went to the deaii letteroffioe in Washington was $77,166.86, of.which $22,629.49 oonld notbe returnedto the forwarders, owing to there beingno clew to their address.A fellow in Derrisville, California, had

a mother who disliked the girl whom hehad engaged to marry. Said the, mother:"I'll give yon the brindle tteers.aod themole if yon don't marry her." fie tookthe brntee in preference to thegirLAn nViio ftnnnla recently celebrated

their golden wedding on the forty-eighth anniversary of their marriage.Some one chanced to open the familyBible while the festivities were in pro-gress, and the mistake was discovered.The Louisville Courier-Journal says

that a poetical New Yorker, learning thatthe kte N. P. Willis named his reriaenoa" G!en Mary," after his wife, concludedthat that was just about the thing to do,and so he colls his house " Glen MatildaJane.". .....

A nice point for casuists has just beearaised in Montreal. Two men were

quarreling on St. Francis Xavier street;and A knocked E down, whereupon a

1* "S-'-i '-A |,uVa4iiorse, aiavmea at one euxuggio,B on the head and killed him. What isA guilty of?A simple looking country lad, to whose

lot fell the leading questions in thecatechism, "What is your name?" re-

plied: "Carrots!" "Who gave yonthat name?" "All the boys in theparish, sir," whiningly replied the red-haired urchin.

"Charles," said a young wife to herlinoVionrJ as fhflv sat at the window '

watching the fashionables on their wayto church, "when you die anfkl gethold of theinsurance money I sHend tohave a for cape and muffjust like thatlady has on over there."A man in New Hampshire had the

misfortune recently to lose his wife.Over the grave he caused a stone to beplaced, on which, in the depth of hisgrief, he had ordered to be inscribed:*' Tears cannot restore her.therefore ;Iwocp."

This is the kind of weather when a

man sees his wife coming into therooinwith a scuttle of coal, and after she h?spoured every bit of it into the top ofthe tall stove, says- " Darn it, Hariner,you ought to 'ave asked .me to do that.JL3UC lb a IUU IUUG uu >v W

A letter from Fayal, one of the Azojreislands, holds out this incentive to im-migration : " Hero you get a bottle ofwine for six cents, a meal for eightcents, board by the day twenty-fivecents, while fifty cents will buy as muchas five dollars will in the States. ..,

A Western lady gives the followingadvice to girls engaged in looking uphusbands: "Look out. for physicalhealth and beauty for the sake of therace. Do not bestow a glance on thelean, dyspeptic, cadaverous biped ; shunhim as you would a pestilence.", >

Mr. Ruskin pitoheB into the younglady Sunday-school teachers. "At pre-sent," he says, "you keep the dancingto yourselves end teach your scholarsthe catechism. Suppose you were totry for a little while learning the cate-chism yourselves and teaching them todance." *

Candle light is generally consideredto enhance the beauty of one's face andcomplexion, and we are told that it willbe the fashion this winter to use wax

candles at parties instead of gas. Youngladies who have more freckles than they

frt /In rrifh will read this witnXU1UW VTJUtav irv uv >

gratification.A correspondent of the National

Baptist, Philadelphia, tells a romanticstory of a young man named Randall,formerly a resident of New York, whowas captured in Syria by the Bedouins,married a chief's daughter, and has con-

verted her and others of the tribe to theChristian faith.The bodies of Gens. Lecomte andrrru hw, Tn/yfimn nf the Com-XLlULLi{lD) VUDAUOv vnv i »«»... __

mane, who were assassinated on thaeighteenth of March, 1871, were recentlyexhumed from {heir original restingplace, and, after remaining a day forsolemn service at the Invalides, interredin Pero la Chaise.The Chinese entered California in

1850, drawn thither by gossip about theland oi' gold. Senator Sargent remem-bers seeing the first Chinese jnnk thatanchored off the California coast. Atthe present day the thin musclcs of theChinaman are prominently effective as

far east as Wyoming.One of the young men employed in a

Daubury hat factory discovered a brass.11. i.j,, . nin.m nf minfvt Die he

CUIilil iJUUUil iu w ^/avw v* r

was masticating the other day. He islooking for a new boarding place. He

says what he want3 fire the comforts of a

homo, and not the excitement and con-

fusion of a dollar store.It has never been accounted for, and

probably never will be, why a boy Whowill eat four fneals, play ball three hours,gorge himself with unripe fruit and roin swimming sis times daily during allvacation, and be 'healthier than a tomb-stone, will be seized with all sorts ofmaladies the moment the school bellrings.One of the curious incidents of the *

past holiday season is a call from theBritish Post-office department for a re*

mittance of 8150,000 on account of

{ money ordersdrawu in the United States011 post-offices in Great Britain, in ex-

cess of similar orders drawn there upon| offices on this side of the Atlantic. The

I iiwo lioionoj jo (imlained byuuunuanj W.6U L

the largo number of immigrants fromthe British empire, who make uso of

money orders in remembering " the oldfolks at home " at Christmas and NewTear's.The London Lancet calls attention to

the - importance of early detection ofscarlet fever at this tima of the year. Inthe initial stage the throat symptoms are

most trustworthy, the soft part of thepalate being extremely reddened, andnot merely the tonnils, as in ordinaiysore throat. If the nkin is hot in addi-

i tion, the pulse quick, and the tonguej thickly furred, scarlet fever may bolooked for. Sickness generally followstho attack within twenty-four hour<s.Parents and schoolmasters should be

t.^^ont