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Poetry.
Poetry. PEW TALK AND CHURCH SCANDAL.
That tall young Mlow'a hera to-day,
I bonder what'l liw n-inie 1
Bin ayaa are flied' non ouf P"
Do look st Rally Dauio.
.WUoU Uiatlxly dwwl iafrwaf
It nn'l he Stnt. I,-arti,
Therr'o Mm Junes with Henron Ulh-a I
J wtikHjc If lia II fjroarli,
. . -I,itmioiirfir.
1 1 1 - wm ;
Ve Tm Kill .t 10 VW
Mi-iiruleKC-fconira Hi" whlew Aruca;
. ." ' Hw Mary' boon ttarr I - -
Po look t Saury Ptonpcr'a n II,
. lt full urmltli ton i
I,.Bj.rl( Bnni)Rl Atrr l
Atlrtarj to-tlar aa urlile !
Iird. what a voles .tana ni"i haa pi.t;
trxT- . Hewthst onriti Moral - T
- I'm iflni wp'ti- Isft thaalnTra' mn -'
flew kard Mia Jntiiiroii amirt,
What itv'f ahawla tlieva aralo ftuiil 1
Poyeu observe Ann Wtl.t ?
) Hertiew straw boiiut-t'a UliuuMal with Matk :
"" 1 dilfwl hV loat actilld.
' 1 "' rm' nalT aalM-p-tliatMp. jiuM I
Ilia acrmonaare no Urn:1.: - - -Tlila
att-mo--li we'll sti y nl linn.e
And r,-tt.stlial ih-w nti.
General Intelligence.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
A Domestic in Luck.
the Albany Knickerbocker, Aug. 21.
We havo just heard or A riilhcr romantic
tort which liustnuisplrod in this city, the
truth of whie-h we enu vouch lor, notwith
standing its srnsutiorsd proclivities. A
lew vs nlnce. a girl living Its ft domestic
iu an aristocratic and wealthy family of
Liverpool. 'England, won the affections ot
the (ion of that fnmtly. The young man
bocunio smitten of li is inamorato, and re
solved upon marrying her. When he made
111 iuteutums kilown to his parent, ml
rions opixwiliou was niaiiiliKti.il. The
girl, although n good pup, virtuous nnd
honest, won not in keriin;; with tlm fiuii
lly bhituling in eocielj. 1o tuirry ihii.1i
out wn coiiHiilort'il tliKrnc-.- in Unp
liitul, CRjiccially when thp f-mily of
thu yonn nmii w of tlm hijliewt
blotul. NotwithHtniuling nil Uiih, the ytmiiR
man PHt ustilc nil fiimily tieH. nml nmrrii il
the poor pirl of his mViftiorm. who
only a wtviuit in biH futht-t'H honw. Tho
rcHiilt wnn, thnt the hoy win ilriyon from
the parenUil rocf, nu(l took up hm hiiuililp
nboju with bin wife,. They hvi-il t"i;.!thi r
in peitee and ImppinetiH Ioiir while. A
hou wbh boiu out of this innniuKO. fiimi
ly, tho hunhniiil of the Rirl wiw tuken kk-U
with tht terrible diseiise, comuniptinn,
nil tliml, kiiviug the pirl a wi.low, with
her cbilJ. DuiiiiK the illnemi of her bus-
baud, the buter received kind ( on-idi rn
tiou at the builds of I.ih paic-ni.:, n.il.oiiLh
they novrr tu person, vihited bin bedNido.
Soon after the (h-iUU of her hiubaiid
the widow aud child cauie to tliin country
with her hither and mother. They n.-t-tied
in tbht city. 1 be father and mother
took tip a home for theniselvtH, while the
widow went out to aerviee in 0 we'.l-l.i .own
family living on Washington avenue. Khe
bnd been there for a long time, and wnn
honored by her emplovern. I.n'it wi ek f.ho
received a letter, at nouuriue tlio f.K'l thut
the whole of the stote of her huibntid's
filher, nmounlinq to jt")(lO,0Ni, hml been
bequeathed to her son. Arrangement were
at ouce perf cted, and on Wedueaday lift,
the Hervsnt oirl. necouipiinied bv her liither,
ukilt'd from New York to Liverpoul, to look
Iter the fortune pouiin to them.
A Pickpocket Dodge.
From thePhllaitrlpMa Uulli tin.
A few words in reRtird to ofuvorite method
Adopted by pickpot ktn, known us "kuuekii"
to 8iU'CeKsfiilly ply their vocation, may
nerve to place' the publio on their ftuiud
OKaiUHt tho encronehciientH of tin s liyht
flnered Ketitry. 1'icktiocketH n.i u (,'etierul
thing are tolerubly well dreMHed, mid no lur
an outward uppeariiuccH mv eniieeriied,
might readily pum for getitleinen. 1'liot.e
ot tho fraturnity who have luudo the pro.
fevxiou a sort of Keienee, dresn with neiuiiu.
Ioiin neutnen, aru lit tinien exeir-tinirty
polite, pleHHatit in Hpeeeii, and oll'tet nch
uuosteutatianKUCKfl thut tin y hi-Moiii tail to
ninko a favorablo impreHKion npou Koeiety.
There are otuem w ho do not pome up to
UiiH Htnndiird: they are Kiniply coutedeiates
or "pn.Hi,'' their biiHinesH being to hide the
plunder '-Inked" by their Hiipeiiorn. The
tavorilp reKort nf' the linternity of pit k
poekcts for the purpose of pursuing their
protetMiou wuh fur aevi rid yturrt the atret
' earn, generally .thoKu whii-h Htarted 1rm
milrond depota iiimiediately nftcr tho nrri
vul of trains, or nt the placenof uuiuxeim-iit
at the tuue of cloning. Tin ' 0 thieve
wonhl select crowded cars, and bo well ai
rauued weie their iluux thut they neve
came in contact with ciuh other. At the
present time thev deviate a little from the
old practice. .They tlo not ulwuyi
leet crowded curH. They get on the
rear pbvtforniH of earn very full,
and jutiiftt . uiiou slundiug there
always being ready with Hoinn plausible
xcune, Biieh as "going to get oil' directly,"
"only going a couplu of siptart s, or "H h
too hot there." At Hiich a time their plan
of operation is as folio wm: The enr Htopn
for one. or more paHnengeii,who have hoiuu
difficulty iu efl'eetiug on entrance. The
erowd opens the way, and as the passenger
pauses onward his hut is ptlnhed Irom be
liiud ho as to nearly cover lii-t fort head.
This is so adroitly accomplished by tho
thief as to throw the puKheuger ulnresaiil
off his guard. Ho puts his hand up to re
adjust bis tile, aud at the same instant tho
scientific "knuck" relieves hi in of bit
Eocket-book or other valuables, which ho
andstohis "pal," who gets on aud disap
pears. The hat-tipping business is quite a favor
ite practice, although it is nut always at
tended with success. l'erNous who uitet
with such au event, either in getting on
railroad curs, or w hile waiting nt ticket
. ollices iu depots or at phiCLsoi uuiubcimnt,
should remember these wonli of cautiun.
In ease any one should feel bis bat move
from behind, in the manner ubove stated,
whether on a crowded pluttoini or any
other plane, as already iudicutcd, let thnt
Iierson immediately turn around to the one
ji hind him and suy, "I'm on tlutt uiy;i it. "
Alter that he nuiy feel perfectly B' ci.ru from
further annoyance ou that occasion.
The Byron Scandal.
The New York Nation, in commenting
npo n the story of Mrs. istowe in regard to
the separation of Lord aud Lady lyion,
buvs:
We were told the main facts of this his
tory something more than ten years ago,
and this was how it was told to us: At
" whatever time the incestuous connection
between Kyron and his sister may hsve bi
gun. Lady Itvron knew nothing of it, as we
heard the story, until alter the. birth of her
child. Home time after that event, proha
lily about the beginning of January, l.Hlli,
llvron told her of the intrigue, saying that
tie hud never loved any other woman than
tfa partner of his guilt. She.
naturally, supposed it to lie a delusion ol
' insanity; aud it wus tinder Him impression
that she consulted Dr. iiuilliu about him,
which is one of his main charges against
her iu bis letters and in 'Don Juan.' It wus
while under this belief that she wrote the
plavful letter to Iiyron, alter leaving him,
which is ulso olo of the counts in the iu.
tlictinent ugaiusther. After reaching Kirk
' by Slullory, her father's house, she had cer
I ttiin proofs of the truth of what her bus.
. baud bad told her, from which time she
t left him for ever.
i.-h 'Now wedo not ufflini that this vernloii
of the story is absolutely uuthetitic. We
- tell it as it was told to us; hut most cei'tuin
. ly it is inherently more probable tlun the
one given by Mrs, Stowe. It is u key to the
' whole mystery, and tho solution is greatly
1 honorable to Tuly Hyron. It accounts for
' her silence us to to the oituse of the separa
tion, lier hp wr sealed as long bh .Mis.
jieiub lived. . Jt accuuntu fur her consulta-
tiou with Dr. iiaillio, uud for her letter alter
leuving iiyron, and before knowing that
separation was inuvitaiile. it accounts,
too, for Dr. Lnutiingtoii'a statements con
; firming her own, saying that 'a reconciiia
; tiou wus impossible," and thut 'il such uu
idea should be enlertuincd lie could not,
professionally or otherwise, take any part
towards tBottiug it."
MAN WITHOUT A BREASTBONE.
Curious Experiments.
The following curiotis physical' pheno
mena were eihibitetl before the Ainerioau
Science sssociatidn in lioaton last week.1
Dr. OroirR a native of IlnrnVurg, and at
preterit a practicing physician iu lirooklyn,
N. V.t wasv bora without -the ataruuuiM.
br. est bone. Dr. J. Banter Vpbam, of
lioston haviiiR been intimately acquainted
for ninny yeors with Dr. Oronx, has devot
ed n tini:iier ol ingenious eiperinients by
winch in his caae the action of the heart is
made to manifest itself bothta the oves and
ears of persons situated at ft conaidernble
distance. It should be born in mind that
the action ol the heart iu Dr. (Jrotu is per
fectly normal and healthy, while
tho "absence of tho stnrntim renders
it possible to make certain studies of
the utmost importance, which are tmpesi
Uo in the case of the human being as ordi
narily constructed. Dr. Oroux's case has
been treated of nt length In various nirdical
journals in Kuropp, but never has It been
brought in such a striking manner before
no large an audience of scientific men.
Tim nicchnnhnn of tho heart is sonipwhat
stialugotis to that of a (Vubl-solion pump.
In both cases the machinery, however per
fectly it may work, makes some noise. Dr.
(irmu was pblo to show three distinot mo
tions and sounds occurring successively,
end with a certain rhythm, in every beat of
the heart. Dr. liroux niso exeiciscu
the power, rarely bestowed, and nover
used without great danger, of stopping
at will, during a short period, the ac
tion of his heart. This was done
this evening to the satisfaction of several
mendicant men, onoofwhoni was listening
with (he sMhoscopn nt the chest, the two
others fprliugat the wrist for tlm puis.
1'or about 2l seconds the notion of the vital
organ in the frail chest of Dr. Oroni com
pletely oxasrd. Some years ao there ex
isted nn individual who was wont to exper
imenting with himself in this manner, and
who finally perished through being unable
to resume the ordinary conditionsof human
ci4eiic. Dr. I'pham so far from encour
aging his frit-nil. Dr. (Iroux, in the repeti
tion of this perilous experiment, has ear
nestly ctdri ated him never to mak the
venture ag iiu. Kouio years ago, Dr. (.iroux
having made up his mind to travel in
various eitits of Kuropc and America,
caused Unfits Clioute, the renowned lawyer,
to draw un a will making over his body, iu
the event of bis death, io the surgeons for
dissection. 1'ortior.s of this will, which is
a long document composed iu Mr. C'hoate's
happiest vein, were renil to tne Rreat up
tight of the ftudicnee. The original draft,
in the inimitable handwriting of Mr.
Choato himself, was also exhibited. The
experiments and explanations specially re
lating to Dr. liroux were given with great
clearuess fcy thut r"ntlerjian, who is a regu
larly graduated physician. It is clearly of
.Teat advantage to science that this raro
malformation occurs io one who is so well
nuulilitd n observe the obscure vital pro
cesses which it affords an opportunity of
enjoying.
Paul Clifford Outdone.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
relates the following iucidout which is
vouclieil lor at having recently occurreil in
New York:
As a capital illustration ot the manner in
wl I. h thieves conduct their lit t Io well or
ganised and apparently quite legitimate
calling in tiutL.uo a little utl'uir came under
mv observation a tew ilavs nm wueieiu a
family in the village of Woodsido, on the
Lone Ilnnd Kailroad, wero :obbed by bur
glars of silver plato aud jewehy. The de
fectives, ot course, coui.i oiitaiu no cine
until a reward was ottered for tho return of
tho property, w hich consisted of gilts aud
valued heirlooms in the family. A polite
note was thereupon received Irom tho gen
tlemen buiglars expressing their regret -i at
the inconvenience ot tho owners, and offer
ing ut oiii'o to n store tlm goods but iu re
gard for their own necessities, they would
be compelled to accept tho reward tillered
ml a compliment to their honesty and pro-
t'-ssional skill.
The owner consulted the detective tipou
the propriety ot cuiislng tlip arrest ol tho
thieves.but wsh pereuiptorilv itiloruic-d that
such a course wus not "honor among
thieves," and would end only in increased
disaster to all eoncerm d, aud equivocally
advised him to tuko what he could get anil
ssk no questions. He accordingly, by iip
poiulint ul, entered the smoking-car of un
afternoon train, and found two uobby
gents, with faucy kills, white hats, diamond
pins, and rings, in clmrgo of a basket con
taining bis lost valuables, and there, in the
presence of tho passengers, who knew
what was going on, the goods were examin
ed, the ni -gotiution happily concluded, aud
the money paid. The nonchalant Jack
.Slieppard ollered their new friend a fifty
cent Havana, talked merrily uud friendly,
and at the next station bid bim good-bye in
the most polite manner possible. Has fic
tion reoorded anything more singularly
cool uud refreshing than this? l'uul Clif
ford was a bnngler.pouiiiftred tua New York
crucksinun, uud Vidocqs otlice would be al
together u siueeiire among the metropolitan
police.
Good Advice, this.
Nobody is more liko au honest Diau than
a thorough rogue. When you see a man
wuh a great ileal of religion displayed in
his shop window, you may depend upon it
ne Keeps a very small stock ot it within.
Do not choose your friend by his looks;
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.
Don't be fund of compliments; remember
11, unit you, pussy, and thank ycu,
pussy," killed tho cut. Don't believe
iu tho man who talks most; for
mewing cats aro very seldom good
moiisers. iiy no means put Yourself iu an
other persons power; if you put your thumb
between two grinders, they ale very apt to
Into. Drink nothing without seeing it, wgu
nothing without leading it, and make sure
that it melius no more than it ssvs. Don't
go to law unless you have uothing to lose;
lawyer' houses arc built on fools heads. In
any business, never waduiutn water where
you cannot see the bottom, l'ut uodeptud
ence upon the label of a bug; uud count
money idler your kin. See tho sack open
befoie jou buy what is in it; for he who
trades iu the dai kusl.s to be cheated. Keep
c-leur of the man who does nut value, his
on character, lieware of the mau who
swears, he who would blasiihemo the
Maker would make no bones of lying or
stealing, iieware oi no man more than ol
yourself; we cany our worst enemies with
us. When it new c.piuiou of a doctriue
comes before you, do not lute till von know
whether it is bread or a stone; and do not
bo suie thut the ginger-bieud is good be-
cajje ot tuu gut ou it, roYer shout
hallo I till you ate quito out of th
wouu;ana never cry irieii usn nntil they
are cuught in the tu-t. 'l ucre is always
time enuugu iu nousi-wait a little lonuer.
Don t throw away dirty water till yon huve
got clean; keep ou i, craping tha roads till
yon can get better work; lor the poorest
pay ia better than none; aud the humblest
omce is better muu ueing out nt employ
ment. Always give up the load to bulls
and mudinou, uud never fight with a coal
heaver, or contend with a baso character,
Tor I hey will be sure to blacken you.-- Urv
JONOKANC! AM) Vlf K. 1'rulU 1S-I9 to 1V
the unmix r of convicts committed to the
Albany IVniti ntiury was IH.'M'l; M.cyj
men, amt 1,7,1) women, (if these b.Citl
could not rend; -l.'JJ'.l could lend; S,4:i2
could ri-ud and write; 2,J1 wcru teupe:
ate.; Id,l47 intemperate; natives of the
Uuited Mules, IS&i; foreigners, 10,7111,
()l HOI persons committed in mn, 3;7
could nad and write, llil eon d read on I
27:icould neither read or write; ViiH admit
ted themselves to bo iute mperulu; 173
claimed to bo temperate. These facts, like
those from ull prisons, show that iguoniuce
und intemperance are tho prolific sources
of crime.
All "beer gardens" wilbin the juris-ilio-tiun
of the Chicago authorities were closed
on last Hiiuday, uud will nut henceforth
on the Bubbulh be ullowod to open. Notice
is boitig given, also, that all billiard suloous
and ten -;iu ulleys must be closed ou Sun
days. The law will be rigidly enforced re
garding those places. Dancing is ulso pro
scribcel ou the Hubbuth in public hulls,
gardens, etc.
TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA.
A Young Man Shoots his Father.
'A torribks tragedy occurred In 1'hiladel
phia on Tnesday morning near the seen
of the Twitch) murder. The family l
Mr. Thomas L. lant assembled at break
fast At the ostial hortf.lind during the pro
gress of the meal the strange belnvior of a
son tiamed Marshall Evans was freely dis
cussed. It bad been determined that the
father, after breakfast, should visit the
family physician. Dr. Van Dyke, in order
to procure a certificate of the son's mental
condition, on which he could be removed
to an Insane asylum. Just ns the conversa
tion was concluded Marshall came into the
breakfast-room and took his seat nt the
table. His father bade him good morning,
but he mntle no response, and it was
snsppcted by all present that he bad over
heard th eonversnflon. He ate heartily,
and while he was thus engaged bis father
left the room to rhango his rlressing-gowu
fota- cost, ami procuring Ms hnt, Mr.
Kvnns started down tho front stairway. n
his futhcr reaching the hall landing, Mar
shall walked toward the front door, drew a
revolver and shot at his father three times
In rapid succession. Mr. Kvuus retrt ated
through, the pnTlors and fell near the dining
room. His sun followed, and as tho body
was lying on the floor he beut over It but
said nothing, and when the police entered
the lust words of the dying man were:
"Don't harm my boy, for he didn't know
what be was doing." Yontig Evans Is UU
years old, has been afllicted with rheuma
tism for many years, and has recently be
hnveti in a violent manner to his wife and
members of Ids own family. He was with
out doubt insane, for he has been until a
few weeks a good ion and au atl'cctionute
husband.
The Late Eclipse—An Old Negro and
His Chickens.
From the Utica Observer, Aug. 24.
Dr. 1'clers, the eminent astronomer con
nected with Hamilton College, went West
to observe the late eclipse of the tun.
While there an amusing incident occurred
which is told by a gentlemen present at the
timo, w ho says that the effect of tho eclipse
upon the animal creation has been exagger
ated. Horses or cattle paid little or no at
tention. Creatures that are accustomed to
go to some particular pluco at dark did
start for their places, and undoubtedly in
some dismay, Dirda were apparently r s
tonished by being suddeuly caught out
late, and must hp.vo fancied that they had
absent mintledly neglected to notice sun
set. They tlow rapidly. An old rooster
took to tho fence aud folded himsell up,
but in two minutes and lllly-two seconds
ho crowed lustily Jt was a very short night
to him.
Saturday morning Dr. 1'etem rceptested
an oid negro liviug near his observatory to
watch carefully, his big flock of henn, for
at 4:45 they wonhl go to roost. After the
eclipse was over be came, evidently much
excited. "How was it?" said the doctor.
"Heats the debit," said tho negro. "When
tho darkness come ebry rhick'u run for de
hole in the barn. The fust ones got in, and
de next ones run ober oneitnnddcr, and the
last oues dey just sqnat right down iu de
grass. How long you kuoiv (lis ting wus a
coming?" "Oh! I reckon we knew it more
than a year," said the doctor, "bents de
debil ! Here you away in New York kuowd
a year ago whut my chik'ns wus (twine to tlo
dis ebry afternoon, an' you nubbcr see tlo
chik'ns qtore nudder!"
Recovery of a Lost Diamond Ring
Through a Dream.
I
A few nights ago a lady, while taking a
walk, lost a valuuble diamond ring from her
finger iu some accotintuble way. Dilligeut
and extensive search was made, without
auy clue to the ring, aud the lady gave it
up as gono "for good aud all. Before day
light the following morning the lady was
nurprised by the culls of her nurse, a small
negro girl. -On beiug admitted to her mis
tress, the girl, who hud not heard of the
ring being lost, said she hud just had a
dream in which sho wus apprised when,
w here.and how the jewel had been lost, aud
thut, if allowed she felt sure she eemld find
it. (She then described the place and man
lier in which the ring dlsapH-ared, and
begged ber mistress to go with her and test
the tlroum. J bis struuge circumstances
was made known to the household but all
treated it with the utmost incredulity. It
wus afterward concluded to humor the girl,
however, am. she and several white nit tu
bers of tho family proceeded to the th sig-
tinted spot. more tuan one linn
dred yards from (he bouse. Here
tho dreamer told her mistress thut, us di
rected in her dream, she must drop another
ring, aud it would roll as a guide to the
missing one. A plain gold ring was hand
ed the girl; she let it fall, and sure ennugh
it rolled uud stopped within two inches of
the lost diamond ring, which had got into
a crevice be tween two bricks of the pave
ment. It may be imagined that the ling
hunters were somewhat astounded at tho
miruclo. There is not the least fiction
about this curiuus dream uud its result. -Ijun'mKtHt
i'mirkr-JiiurmiL '
An Ada Lewis on the Mississippi River.
v.
Fmm tlia Imvcuport (Iowa) l)t-iuo-rat August Mill.
Two young gentlemen. Jus. Johnson and
Wm. Silver, each about sixteen years of
age, took an old skiff last evening from tho
loot ot urrcn htreet, and commenced pull
ing toward Maple Island. When between
thut spot and illuw island. the boat, winch
was old and leaky, rapidly tilled, aud in
in tiieir attempts to bail her out with their
pans, turned her over. Tho daughter of a
fisherman living on Mill htreet. saw
the accident. and cettina into a
small Hat-bottomed boat which chanced to
be ut band, paddled to the scene of the
disaster. On arriviug, she found oue of
the young gentlemen clinging tg the up
turned skitT.whilu the other, exhausted aud
ready to give in, supported himself on uu
our. Tho brave girl assisted them iuto her
boat, and with true feminine policy, mado
the overturned skiff last asteru unci return
ed to shore. In ull human probubility
these boys owe their lives to the prest nee
ol mind uud ready assistance, of this young
woman, whoso conduct their pureuts will
not allow tp go uurowurded.
A I'ltiNt k'b l'rjtYonouND. A fuvorito
spot ut bt. Cloud with tho Imperial lumily
is the extremity of the Ornnecrip. in a re
served garden causa by .Vane AuUuuntto
" i-eiicite, the nuuie it still goes by. It is
butwuen thochuteuii and two waterfalls on
the western side. Here the trees form
porticos all round, and here it is the iuipo
riul nrince tuke:e his cvmimstic lessons. In
oue corner of this garden is au arbor, under
wliicn are two plain chairs and a rv.stic ta
ble. This accommodation is fur the Km.
peror aud Ktapress when they aro invited
uy iuc.li' son to come ana see him purlorm
tue amies or trnin-muster, stoker, tngf
neer, guard aud signal beurur iu oue. Ho
has a perfect engine, rails, a set of first uud
second class ears, and every applicants
used for Hteuin locomotion, lie has I. urn-
ed the manugemeut of a ruilwuy tiuiu from
this mechsuicul masterpiece, and some
times distresses the publio by upsetting the
whole uttuir down a rapid bunk, when the
passengers, figured by htrge efll'ies, get
milieu over, ruu over, kmushetl, aud a ter
nble excitement ensues. It amuses tLc
Emperor exceedingly topuzzlo the boy with
qin sl ions about turiils, distances, weight
luggage, ic.
l'hc Jacksonville Journal bus a pretty
little romance ol a pair of stockings: "There
is a very respechiblo lady now living iu this
county, not a dozen miles Irom this tity
wno ims a pair oi siocicings innt bur lain
bought in bpringlleld, HI., for her to
murried in. She, her sislur-in-luw uud ton
ol her duugbtc-rs ware ull married in tho
si lt name pair of stockings. She yet has
peuiitiful unit lilnoming unmarried tlaiigh
ter, trial she, too will Muiul as a britlu
the same deur old stockings, provided she
gets married before the death of her mother
who, by the way, is careful) preserving
them to bo buried in. The Judy says this
is tho ouly pair of stockings she ever hud
thut were bought from a store. Hhe also
Buys that sho bus ruised the cottou and curd
ed, spun and knit ull the stockings lor her
self, her husband utrl all their children
That pair of stockings cost one dollar uud
tiiirty cents lorty yours ago.
Kouiissurow, who saved the Czr.r's life
is not deed, as has been reported.
Political.
GENERAL ROSECRANS' LETTER.
Declining the Democratic Nomination
for Governor of Ohio.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 8, 1869.
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OEn.F.vt:! - On my arrival in this city,
rrtnfnfng from Mexioo, Mayor McCoppln's,
Hon. Sam'l ISutterworth and Judge Me
Corkle, presented me your letter and very
friendly notes from Senators Thnrmnn and
Cnsserly, announcing my unanimous nomi
nation by the Democracy of Ohio as their
candidate) for Governor in tne pending elcc
(oral rnnvBss for Htnte officers, aud I have
carefully read and considered them. I
huvo likewise convened with Oov. Huight,
who takes great interest In the consolida
tion of tho Democratic organization in Ohio
on that basis of ronstitntional freedom and
progress which, ill the past, gave unity to
a parly, (hat has governed the country for
more than two-thirds of the period of our
national existence, and originated, or car
ried into successful executiou, nearly all the
great measures which form epochs in our
istory. , ,
(Imteful for the honor of this nomination
by the Democracy of my native statx, I
much regret that Imperious duties compel
me to decline the canvass, as I telegraphed
you yesterday.
Yielding to none in sincere devotion to
Dpinopiatip representative government, of
which 1 consider our ow n tho best model
the world bos yet seen, nt nearly fifty, with
some knowledge of men and somo crpcii-ein-c
iu governing them, I am still a Demo
crat from study, conviction, and a senti
ment of brotherhood with my fellow-men.
1, therefore, deem it a duty, under the cir
cumstances of this nomination, to make a
few suggestions as to the fundsmeiilul prin
ciples which, I think, ought to underlie
every local democratic platform.
What of old gavo tho democratic, parly
in the I'nitcd States its prestige and spirit
was its profound faith iu the capacity of
man for self-government snd progress un
der institutions based on the great princi
ples of liberty, irate ruily nnd equality be
fore the law, and its courago iu curving
the logic of its faith iuto action. Hence
arose thnt discipline, order and progressive
origininity which have marked its history
and Hindu ils victorious banner the symbol
of hope to lovers of freedom nt home and
abroad, while in the nature of things it
became the rallying point of office-seekers,
whose timid uud Line-serving couusels
sometimes Impaired the euer,;y of its
action and prevented tho vigorous devel
opment of ils principles,
H-.it after a great olvil war, which has
change d t!.o face of politics, the instinctive
democracy of ths American people remains,
and the events of the war liave increased
ils confidence iu lieo institutions, and in
the capacity of the people to adapt them
to the exigencies nf rational life Iu spite
of tlteauiers after imperialism or consolida
tion; iu i pile of those whose only political
principles ore the apparent exigencies ol
I ln hour, who, knowing that omlized man
must have government, are always contriv
ing tricks aud schemes to make the iusulvt s
the favored few ordained to govern, and be
paid font; in spits of those who consider
it a weak uud failing expciiuicnt, the hunt
of the great body of our people bests
warmly, and its judgment moves instinct
w ith its oi l democratic ft c lings and convic
tions. Appeal should, therefore, bo mado Io
these instincts and convictions by assert
ing fundamental principles which ought
to govern tho future developments of this
great and free country, and nt the proper
times and places announcing such meas
ures ( f policy based ou them as the exi
gencies of tho uut ion's life and action may
require.
The couutry requires, and the democratic
party ought to be a party of principle, a
party of life, of action and of progress.
"l-ossiis mill laiiu-nutiets no uoi properly
bclung to the party, and, if i'oiiud iu it
ought to go on the retired list,
I.t uving to itsopponents nf nil slmdesand
grades all narrow and sectional grounds.
11 monopolies and favoritism based mi
eluss, creed, race, color or national origin,
tho deuiocntic party of tho I lilted States
ought to hold high tho banner of universal
trccdoiii impartial justice and equality
before tho law of all who live beneath the
Hag of our country.
A tuet of oiu history, expressed on our
cout of orins by the words FlurHius
awn- niauv in n.ie- ia that we huve
grown "many" distinct substantially solf
governing coinuiilliities under "oue"coun-
ry or gene ral sovereignty. To cease to be
iuanv," or to bo "one," would inlcrrupt
this law of our historic li'e. Tho sell-goy.
eminent of tho people by States and the
unity ut the nation are essential laws ol
our l ast growth of life, of which our writ
ten Constitution is but the formed expres
sion, and must bo fundumontal with the
National Democracy, whoso policy must be
broad enom-b, and wide enough to maintain
the one without weakening the other.
It is the combined action ot these two
principle which gives our democratic rep
resentative system its power of expansion,
and makes it work to tho wonder and ad
miration of l-.uropean statesmen and phi
losophers. Leaving tho rights of sell-gov
ernment fn the peop'p, and removing from
the States till the burdens of armies, na
vies, lines of fortifications, diplomatic re-
rcsontaiivcs, coinage, postal systems, and
thut host ol oluchilH which substrata Irom
productive industry, nud devour its pro-
uucis in tne Mates oi l.urope; it trees com
merce and travel tmm varying standards ol
weights, measures aud values, from State
turill's, passports and spying officialism, und
provides that the citizens of one State may
ohtuiu redress or payment of claims from
those of another, without the intermediate
operations and de lays of diplomacy by the
luterven.iou ot courts ot law.
llased on these laws of our life and
growth, and repudiating the doctrine that
might makes rigbt, American democracy
holds that liberty consists iu the obedi
ence of all just laws. That those luws
should he the fewest aud simplest possible,
leaving tho utmost individual freedom of
thought and action consistent with equal
rights and impartiul Justice, ami where in.
dividual action must be regulated by luws,
soeking always " the greatest good to the
greatest number.
This is the democracy I beliovo In, and
to which 1 am proud to belong.
Permit mo, therelore, to iucludo aniuncr
tho measures culled for by the present ex
igencies, tno toiiowing, iu reference to, our
publio debt; currency; roiiiUeund protec
tion ', class legislation ; office and tenures;
executive patronage; sutl'ruge, nnd the cau
cus system.
1. The enormous Interest on our public
debt is producing the most fearlill inequal
ities in thu distribution o! capital, bringing
the Government iuto the market as a bor
rower at uu Hvoruguof Hi per cent, per
annum currency-- interest 7:J0 percent.,
premium em the coin 1:80, exemption from
taxation 2:1011 :50 per cent.- to compete
with private borioweis, and, moreover, Liv
ing to bunkers, holdi g its bonds, not only
this int- ii st. but the right to issue notes uu
their crejit, uud use them as money vmder
tliu national liunKing law.
Th.s is forcing tho very life blood of cup.
ital from the West mid South; iu fact, from
ull thu extremities where its circulation
especially needed, to the great Eastern con
ters ot capital and specululioii, und by put
tiug au enormous price ou capital iu
country whose industrial ami business de
velopim uts requiro a greut deal of cheap
capital, is ginning at tho vory vitals of in
dustry and biisiueis of the great muss
the people.
To arrest these devouring evils demuiid
the must prompt redemption of our bonds
according to thu law and equity ol thou
issue, uud that National Hunk notes
should I.e. pa) able in coin ou ileiiiuud. To
clU'ot this we must diminish our expenses
Ul noun-; establish coiitiuuiico in our politi
cal and udiniiiistxativu stability, aud in.
creiiHo our credit abroad until our bonds in
foreign markets aru worth what our ability
und certainty to pay warrant; aud then
from the proceeds of the Bales of a new
issue bi uiing reasonable iutcrcst, Mid sub
ject to reasunublo taxation, promptly re-
deem every Misting bona the moment
becomes due.
No local declurutiou inviting a popular
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prc-judgmont of any legal question about
the terms of payment ef the national bonds
ihoiibi impair the priceless value of the
public credit at a time when it is impor
tant to cientc the sire.diest means of rid-'
ding tho country of these enormous opprnw
sions,but eeHj deiaocratio platform should
tend to raise higher and higher ttie publio
creditr aud to satisfy the peoplo of - Jsuropa
that the democratic is tho last party in the
United Statiw that proposes) to whine or
not reluctantly' nlwut paying the public
debt, even though present holder should
have bought it below its fair value.
2. An irredeemable pnperr currency, ot
oue perpetually fluctuating in value, is a
gigantic fraud on the peoplo a concentra
tion of tho evils Of false weights, false
measures, and worse, injurious to all
classes, but especially to those who live by
labor. . -- -- .
The Democracy should assert, with re
newed vigor and determination, its old dec
laration in iavor of a specie basis and a
paper ciirrcuey, convertible at parintocoln
at the will of tho bolder, nnd should tako
prompt nnd cllioncious in ensures to raise
our bonds to where the secnrlty they oiler
snd the Interest they bear ought to place
them, so ss to draw greenbacks after them
to par, with the least possible delay. This
w ill relieve all classes, espectallv the labor-
lug, nnd augmenting (ho value oi ourcircn-
lution i t per conL give a hpnlt Iiy and vigor
ous impulse Io every department of busl
ni and industry. '
J. The fundamental principle of free
trade, nnd that of all taxation should fail as
diret'lly.as pofsilde rn nil members of soci
ety Im proportion to their ability to pay,
Imvo ulvcays bceu held by tho Democracy.
The aim ot its legislation must, therefore,
be as mrtcb. as possible to rodife the
amount nnj diminish tho number of indi
rect taxes, and levy mie.li an are necessary
for revenue, having dno regard to the prin
ciple that (he wealth ol a nation, consisting
Iu its prodnctive industry, whatever favors
the greatest amount of this in themassoa ia
to be favored, and whatever fosters special
kinds nnd classes to ils detriment is to lie
opposed by the Democracy.
4. Democracy opposed nil kinds of class
legislation; refusing to rob tho rich for the
poor, or the poor for the benefit of the
rich, nnd views with equal nhhm-enpe th
partisan of unjust claims, and tho advocate
of the repudiation of just ones. Hut,
knowing thut legal provisions for the secur
ity of prlvato property generally suITIpo for
1 1 ii proloeuou nt luo ricn, Democracy,
without violating individual rights, will al
ways aim to educate nnd elevate the masses
of tho pnople.
Is Oftlces should be created only when
clearly demanded by necessary pnblic busi
ness, and such salaries be paid as the na
ture and importance o! the business require,
leaving no just grounds of eouiphiint or
exenso for peculation.
A policy tnat leads to or renniros tne mul
tiplication of offices is anti-democmtlp, nn
just and dangerous to freedom. A policy
which changes men in oftico for individual
profit lustcad of publio good is a pel vision
ot the principles of business, nnti-demo-cratic,
corrupting and perilous to the liber
lies of the people.
Official power is a (rust for the couiuiou
good which no publio officer has a rifht to
use for bi privuto benefit, and whosoever
does sols A greater scoundrel than lie who
misapplies funds in Lis trust, because the
oHli-iiil trust is more sacred and the wrong
more difiicult to eletectand measure, -
Whosoever obtains votes under false pre
tauses is A baser knave than lie who ob
tains goods under false protonses, and on
account of the greater difficulty of detect
ing aud measuring . tho evil done, deserves
severer punishment and reprobation.
ltegardiug all officers ns servants of the
people and trustees of power for the com
mon weal, democracy favors such modes
of appointment and tenures of office as
reason and experience show bust calculat
ed to secure good conduct and efficiency iu
the publio service, without regard to pri
vate interest, public customs or individual
pretensions.
l'lcanou nnd experience alike condemn
frequent and needlcsi changes of public
officers, and fhn generally prevailing prac
tico of making them for personal beueflt
instead of the public good, is acting iu
great mutters of the State and Natiou ou a
principle which would ruin any privuto
business, uud, unless corrected, will bring
the administration of free government
into deserved contempt. It Is pssouliaUy
oppust-d to tho priucipltW if democratic
government, und it behooves tho Democra
cy of the I'nited States to make war on the
practice, without truce or delay, returning
to the lrltrnonim standard of official
qualification: "Is he hnne.it, capable and
faithful?"
fl. The immense increase of National
Executive patronage, placing upward of
one Hundred llioiisunu omces licsitlos 11 u
merous minor positions ot emolument, at
his disposal, and tho habit of changing tho
Incumbents to secure or rewurd Executive
partisanship, have become dangerous to
the liberlies of (ho country, nud demand a
DroniPt uud t-flieacious remedy.
Thut remedy, at least iu part, and nu
merous importunt national advantages,
niuv h found bv nrovitlincr that no l'rrul-
dent shall be eligible for more than ouo
term, without a joiut resolution of Congress
passed by a two-thirds vote in each House
previous to the election declaring tlio same;
anil a lurllier provision tnnt the frestueu
tial term shall be extended to six years.
7. Tho Dumociatio doctrine of Htift'rugo
reunites distinct reaffirmation.
Democracy has always held that suffrage
is not a mtuiol right ot every human being,
nor of a particular sex or race, but a politi
cal privilege, and who should exercise it a
qufstiou to be decided by whut will produce
the "greatest good to tho greatest num
ber," and therelore, as fur as possible, to
be determined locally, where lays the great
tiocty oi tue Hunts oi tue peoplo.
Hut iu these local discussions (he Deuio-
crutio idea favors a broad rather than a
narrow basis of suilrage. It is not uu
mindful or regardless of the rights of wo
men, of property, ana Inlerfor races, but
seeing other eilcctive and advautngeous
ways in wtitcii tnese can nave their lie
lliic.nce ou ull legislation effecting their in
terests, at present it prefors giving the
right ot voting to mnuiioott aud iiiialilU-a-
tioiis which will U ud to creute bonds of
political brotherhood between tho rich and
poor, bused on mutual Interests und (o
uvert conlliets betweeu capital and lubor.
The caucus system, invented by tho De
mocracy, us u practical way ot finding out
wlio is a proper person to be voted lor.
where a constituency is too largo to know
each other personally, aud iu spite of its
glaring impurieet loos uud corruptions now
utloptvd by ull parties should be Improved
by the Democracy nnd carefully regulated
uy wiso provisiuus ui iuw.
Theso viows I believe to be explicitly or
implicitly held by three-lourths of our
voting populatiou,uud only require distinct
democratic enunciation to elicit a substan
tial respouse from the people, who well
know Unit neither a public policy bused ou
passions, nor radicalism i-- can long
rule, without ruining the country, and
would be glad to combine, for the publiv
good on grounds that would restore our
state uud national administrations to the
spiiitund practice of democratic republican
simplicity.
Should Ihero bo domoci'uts. whose nielilal
organization or temper dons not permit
tiiein to recogmo existing lucis, or con
form their uclion to great popular changes,
let them, fur the public good, ubdicate
lendei'Mbip, and leave the energies of the
people tree to act iu the line ol fife, aud
progress.
Tho exceptional politicnl condition of
Putties, nud my desire to recall well-known
fundamental in-iuciples, aud indicate some
of the logical consequences nud applica
tions in my judgment vitally importunt to
tho future of the country and tho cause ot
fieo government, must bo my apology for
tilt) ItiUgth of this letter.
Thanking you for your cordiality aud
kind 1 1 its in communicating my noinina
tion, and begging, through. you, to thank
your constituency for it, I remain gentle
men, ery truiy your irienti, .
W, H, Koskuiia
General if. W. Muuuaw, General Di'iiain
Waku, Hon. J. 11. Hkaiun, Hou. J. II.
1'1'TNAM, Hon. l.EWHI.LYN JtiHUKIl, COIU
unites, Columbus, Ubg.
Brevities.
Miscellaneous Items.
-Dostou Tim two haunted houses.
-Cincinnati papers sneak of Chicago as
tho "rmncr New York."
Receipts from Internal Rotouuo. on the
30lh were $37,000.
The manufacture of trowser buttons
has ennbled wife to appear at Saratoga
witu a o,("J diamond.
The Hoston and New Ymk Indies at
Lake Oeorge are not em good terms, nnd
verbal fights are freqnont.
A German Hailroad Convention held at
Vienna on the IMtli of .Inly. The Directors
of seventy-seven railroads were present. '
- In Cincinnati peaches aro sellintr at
75 cents per bushel; tomatoes 25 cents.
apples 40 ecu Is; pears 30 cents, etc. How
win tnat io for low r ,
A loaf of Indian bread iins (een found
u Indiana, buried in the eaith, and geolo
gists are trying to ascertain its age. A thick
arte bad grown over it. ,
New York city Las mado tho liberal offer
of $10,000 forlho Ceutury plant Over 10,
IHIO peoplo went to ana Uiis plant wblla It
was on exhibition at Kochester,
llishops of the Established CUlir't h in
England are, during the uext two years, to
e nllowoil to retire upon 2.000 a year, ot
one-third of their present revenue r ,
Daniel R. Curtis, ft Inwyer of Hoston,
has been sentenced to two months in jail
for tweaking the nose hi aoseph M. ITTiiir-
ebill, a banker in the same eminent t'ity. '
The cars on the White Mountain Hail-
road were delayed by snow on tho 7th or
August, and l-'sl peoplo wero compelled to
spend a night on Mount Washington. '
A letter from Kan Francisco says there
are lew old Californians to be found w ho
have not been rich and poor again, nt least
half a dcr.eu times, nud most of tlieni arc
poor now. . - ' - - - .-
Cornelius Kailiher. an invalid iu New
York, following the advice of nu old wom
an, stooped a tea Cent fe.r of tobacco in
a pint ot ale, and drank the! fluid, it kill
ed him within three hours,
One of the Oeorgla editors objects (o
tho Dronoscd editorial convention in that
shite, lie says that the affair will only bo a
big drunk, and "we can got drunk at homo,
on whisky that we are ttsened to."
James llessom, a pedestrian. Is Io at
tempt the feut of walking backward from
Portland to Boston, a distance of 110 miles,
In cig'it days, on a vrager of $1,000. Ho
proposed lo shirt on the 2Htn of August.
A Chicago pnper says: The number
of deaths in this city for August will reach
aiiout ism, as wo learn Irom au ollicml
source. There la much sickness, aud nn
unusuul number of deaths are occurring,
When in 1H44, the Key. Dr. Tefft. in
an address at the Indiana 1'nlversitv. l.re-
elided a railroad across (lie continent, his
hearers, including the potent, grave and
reverend seniors Innghed him to scorn.
Preliminary steps for founding a col
ored commercial or business college in
Washington have been taken, with pros
pects of final success. It is proposed even
tually to extend the movement all over the
country.
The total receipts from theatres in
Chicago during July were as follows:
woods .Museum 0,U71: McVicker A- My
ers H,1!)I.75; Dearborn Theatre $0,9:10.
All of (hese places wero open only a rar(
of (he month.
-St. Augustine, Fla which is filled with
invalids from the North during the winter
mouths, has become a great resort for South
erners In the summer. Cool sea breezes, nn
even temperature, and flue bathing are its
attractions iu the latter season.
Twenty years BOO Pennsylvania wan
the largest wheat-producing state in the
i nion. iow it is about twellth on the
list. The people have turned their atten
tion to tho development of that which is
uitiuen in mo cartn -on, coal and Iron.
Aconvic( in (he Murvlnnd Penitentiary.
who hrs three years to serve, as ft cattle
thief, has fallen heir to cHO.000 by the
in ni l oi a relative in einio, and sumo very
disinterested persons aro endeavoring to
proem s his pardon.
Tho question whether Rubura l'riet-
chio was a myth or a real woman is to be
finally s( at rest by the presentation to
Sir. Whittierof a cane mado from a beam
of the house sho lived in, by the citizens
ot 1-rotter Icltsuurg
8. J. Caven railroad acent at Green
Itiver, Wyoming wus shot and killed, n few
aays ago, uy i,. smith. He was arrested
l tie men were understood to bo competi
tors lor the affections of a married lady who
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uuiuugeu cu uoitucr.
Mr. L. Prevost died at San Jose. fid..
on the ICth. Mr. Provost had been en-
gaged for the last thirteen or fourteen
years in the business of silk culture, nnd
Iu fact, may be regarded as the founder of
that important aud promising brunch of in
dustry iu California.
The Terry Monument Association nro-
poses a grand meeting nt Put-iu-Huv. on
uie iuih oi neptenioer, tuo anniversary of
II. 1- 1 L'-:.. it : . .
tuv ua,u, ui uutn J-.ltu, tlio uriiuarv ooiecL
of which is to raise additional funds fur
the monument. One of the survivor of
tne battlA will deliver nn omtiou.
Considerable exoitement has been
caused among the people of Chicago by
the discovery that the walls of tho new
east wing ol the court house iu course of
erection, are In danger of tumbling down
irom tno careless anil unworkmanlike man
ner in which thu work has been done.
Not less than 107 eleruvmen have
clergymen's cards from the St. l'uul and
Pucitio Kailroud Company, entitling them
to rule ou the road at half fare. They give
these cards to ouly those who live ou tho
line nf the road, it appeal's that the towns
ou mis road are wen supplied with preach
ers.
The tinners are calline? to mind lbs 1
leged prediction of the famous "sleeping
fi icmuusjf mm, niter ine eclipse,
the sun would never nuain shine so hotlv.
Hut ns the girl did not die ns related, and
predicted neither the eclipse nor the per-
niauciii weuunesg oi tue sun s 1'iiys, it is
uuruiy worm wuito to discuss it.
A man who owes a bill in London oan
now pay it In four hours by simply eoina to
Wall street and purchasing a document
kuuwn ns a "cable transfer, ,rn device born
ot the gieut Atluntio tvleurnnh entnroriMn.
whereby the equivalent of the money which
no givos iu new xorK win ne immediately
ucuveieu eu uis creuiwr ui jjonuon.
There is an old gentleman named Har
rows living near Kocklund Me., who htm cut
bay from oue farm with his own bunds for
stxty-six years, save one. He bus lived in
three towus, two counties aud two States,
and bos nuvur moved from the farm on
which he wus born. There itro now liviui?
I :.l. l.l... i- .
iu tua uutiswwitii unit iuiit generations,
xiieniuuny lournui says: "We are
pieuuca to see thut the utteudunce of dun
eruls at the Gettysbura reunion is smi.IL
and fur tho most part embraces nanus
least knowu. II ull now liviui who took
part iu the buttle, were present, tho ub-
oeniccB woiiiu ue still more conspicuous
the noble dead who fell iu thut or subse
quent engugemouls.
A youug mau iu Muscaliuo, Iowa, ro u
ut nut Bleep ou tne niglit ol the 7th, uud by
some meuns olimbed to the roof of Trinity
church, and proceeded to deliver au elu
qnoiit discourse. After speaking fur some
time he retired iu good order till he cnuiu
to thu edge ot the roof, when one steii
brought him to the ground, and ut the
same time to consclnnsuoss. llowuspon
sjderubly 'wrenched" by the lull,
"Sing a Beng of Sixpence" is as old as
the sixteeuth century. "Throe lilind
Mien" is tuuud In a music book dated 1000.
"The Frog aud tho Mouse" was licensed in
1M50. "Three Children Sliding on the
Ice" dates from Hl'J'J. "Loudon bridge is
moaeu uudii is ui iiuiiiiuometi antiquity.
"uiiis uuu iiuys come out to Uuy is cer
tainly as old as tba reign ol Chuiles II.
Personal Items.
Minister Nelson Is nid lo be very pop
ular among the Mexicans.
The author of "Tom llrown nt Oxford"
Was the tefeieo hi Hie grtat tial race.
The Madrid Imperial calls Sickles one
of the "Improvised heroes tf (he Polo-"ae-"
. ii -
Samuel Johnson, ft prominent Poston
merchant, died a few days ngo . ll-m.l
been n resinirl nf (hnt el It over 6i) yvnisV
Fletcher, whom Pinksna) heralded In
the Atlantic, demand $700 per night In gold
Joe JefTersrm pets f BOO per night m green"
bncks nt Hooth's.
John It. Allen, of Nnshvilltv Jin in
making ft 1,000 ponnit-t balloon, ilittsiitcd
to lake up ten persons at the forthcoming
Tennpsee StfttoFuir.
Snlnzftr, n member of MximUinn' '
nmiKii wu"-,v vnirwn .r,o vvini.mi'Fi f'V .
JiiitreK. Is ItiHSiR) at. Wa-ibinctetn anil aia
wife In destitute fit (leoi getown, "
Mr. WiUinin Henry Hurlbut. the ao-
comiilisTie'd collaborator of thoHon. Manton
Marble in tlio World, has gone to Hoston to
take leave of bis friends there on eiccnslon
of his approaching departure to utlond the
l.ciimetnPM Donncii, ui itcrmp, anil (he
opening of the Suez. Canal iu Egypt,
A p'romuieiit iiiTn'sier, - who went to
Greenwich, Conn., lately, to make a pulpit
-eat iimo't' tvnai it n'oiiicr ininisier. wf. iiy--
1 .. . . , l. I....,,... v
some blunder, 'ntri Sltjd nt flit) station, iindar t
suspicion of being implicated iu the rob
bery of a grocery stove some (en miles dis
tant. - .
- F.uiillc Girarditi, tho ablest journalist
ill Fxnuco, receives a snlary of 50,(HH) francs
n year, as managing editor of .n l.ibrrtt.
This is better pay Hum thnt said (o be en
joyed by Mr. lligelow, nnd Mr. Curtis for
similar work, ent-h ol w hom Is reported to
receive 10,000 n year in greenbacks.
Prince Arthur is described ns lull and
slender, with a tlnn anil faultlessly combed
nena ol Drown nair, aud ms youtniul face
ornamented with an English pattern ot
whiskers and moustache, highly creditable
to the physioal development " eif a young
man ot niueteen. When lie landi-d at
Halifax r.e woro a black dross ront, closely 4
buttoned, pants of light drab hue, a "cho
kr" collar of enormous sizo. and a black
silk "ttlo."'- - i t i-.
Foreign Items.
Home, by a new census, has 220.531
inhabitants; 7440 tif therm ore priests,
monks and nnnn. -
There aro In Franco at least fifty ac
tors and uctresses who pretend to be Ille
gitimate children of the great Ilachel.
A subordinate clerk in a bunking es
tablishment drew the grand prize in (ha
uiiasiau lottery a moutu ago. It amounted
to $1-10,000.
It Is estimated that of the population
of France 11, 000,000 persons are living in
tno cities, and uuemt ZoOO.OOO in the coun
try. The lftving of a submnrino cable in
the Pluck Sen, as part of the Judo nro-
penn telegraph, was finished on tne 11th
of July.
A woinau has been arrested in the in
terior of Hungary, for having' proenred in
the last fifteen years the abortion of some
three hundred infanta.
Among tho agricultural implements
now manufactured in Great Untain are
largo numbers of lcphatit plows, which are
forwarded by way of the Mediterranean,
the Isthmus of Suez, and the Had Sea and
Indian Ocean, to llindostun.
According to the Ri mulsh journals in
Cuba, the following iusurgeut commanders
Have been killed unit come to lite again
several times: Quesudn, twice; Figneredo,
Agtntela, J t-rulto, t'isiieros, each once;
Murmol, twice; and l.orla three times!
Dr. Poggioll says there nro 50,000
hunchbacks iu Fiance-, nud wants the
chance to straighten 'em out with electrici
ty. There are numerous Greciun bends iu
this country. A Cincinnati chap has a
potent for straightening them out. He
gives tho victim one under the car.
A young nnd beautiful woman appear
ed not long siuco before the Komau Sen
uto and announced herself ns the last de
scendant of tho l'.mpi rors nf tho Fast, liv
ing unknown iu a valley iu Piedmont. -Alter
an investigation, she was recognized
as tho Princess Lusc nris-Pitlcologus, aud
tho Senate ordered her Hume to be inscrib
ed iu the Hook of Gold at the Capitol.
Then she went to Florence and founded a
Masonic lodge for women.
An Euglinh correspondent of the Rev
olntion snys of Mrs. Harriet Murtiueau:
"We wero grieved to learn that a severe at
tack of her malady iu January lust bad
brought Mr). Murliiieitu very low, ami thut
she hud scarcely yet reeovod from the effects
of It. Sho bad not this summer been able,
as yet, to go out ou tho sunny terrace in
front of her house, but had occasionally
sat in tho porch to enjoy the fragrant air,
and all thu bird and insect life around.
Weariness and restlessness, rather than
actual pain, are tho characteristics of her
complaint,"
Amusing Paragraphs.
Cold comfort ice iu a hot day.
A man of magnificent presents - Pea
body. Can a butting content between two
darkeys be considered a. "skulling mulch."
The Detroit police nro making war
on geese, which is u vory angallunt family
quarrel fur Michi-ganders to beengaged iu.
"John 1 John I" shouted au old geutlo
man to his son, "get up; tho sun is up be
fore you." "Very well," said John; "ho
bos further to go than we havo." . ,
The statement that Commodore Yan
derbilt's daughter tenches her daughter to
mend stockings, is now said to be a darned
lie. ' s
A littlo boy, disputing with his sister
on a certain subject, i-xcluimed: "it's (rue,
for ma says so, und if ma says so, it's soil'
it ain't so."
The llornellsvilltv Times regrets to
learn that the Wild Mau of Wo.oelhull, after
climbing the lolly pine finally succeeded
iu pulling the tree up attur him and disap
peared. A correspondent say Washington so
ciety reminds one of a bucket of lobsters.
Pick up tho President (tho top lubstor),
and you ruiso evory ouo iu tho bucket, clear
to the bottom,
Miss Susan 11. Anthony insists that a
man and wife shall not sleep together. The
furuituro dealers of Huudusky, Ohio, have
read Susan's article, and have named the
forlorn single besteads in use in hotels aud
boarding houses "Hiisantliouies."
Josh Hillings says: "Mouuy people
spend thoir time in trying lo find the hole
whur sin got into thu world. If two men
break through tho ice into a uiill-poud,
they had better htiut for some good hole to
git out, rather than git iuto a lung argu
went about the hole they fell in.
, I'd otter thee this hand of mine
11 thou but hud'st lbs dimes; -
Hill pluses sliuit and slim as thiue
Won't do for til -c hard timus.
1 leave thee in thy wretchedness,
As one tun s)or to n-ato;
For love, you know, cau only blusn,
When based ou real eststo.
Of that celebrated uud long-winded
divine, Zucbury lloyd, the following story
is told: "lu 1051, Protector Croiueli went
oue Sunday to hear him preach. He In
veighed so uncompromisingly against Oli
ver, that Mr. Secretary Tuurlow proposed
to havo the delimit nud fearless minister
shot. Cromwell's only answer was: 'He's a
fool, und you're another. I'll pay hsm ont
in his own fashion.' So he asked Mr. lloyd
to dinner, uud he couoludod the tiutottmu
luent with u piuyertuut lusted three hours."
A servant girl iu Altoona recently tried
whiskey to kill ruts. She sweetened it with
sugar, soaked bread iuto it, and then left
the bread iu tho cellur where tho rata
"most tlo congregate." Hhe hud been up
stairs but hull au hour when she heard
laughing, singing end a general hiillubul
loo down stairs. Shu accordingly weut
down to sea what was the mutter. Imag
ine her astonish un ut to Uud about halt
dozeu ruts gkiriunsjy fuddled, eugagrtl In
throwing pututo Parings ut kacU other, and
hauling wiie another up to elriuk.
