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~ wmf, Fbi mmmuu «, tana.
Tun old men of dbe nation nre rapidly
disappearing. WUb thedeatb o#Tht:b
u»w Wkxo, si moat the but prominent
wan of the onto-war period i a the poli
tico of New York. has deported, «en.
Jamb Watwow Wkbh and Qtmog
I»Awx»«»aro. we believe, the only nr- I
▼tvof* of lbs old reboot oi New York
poiiuctaua and «UU»men. ex-4>overnor
Moifi \m and ox-Governor 8. J. Trv
mck ore about the only Mrelvon.
Dentb has modo rapid iarued* upon aud
■ left great rap* la the rank* of the old
weo of tbiarouetry during the pa* d*> j
eade.
f)#K of the pli*«uteet «igbta of the j
tiftw* in tbe South fc» ilUwtrated by tbe
•pint of the Coodordia < La) Eagle- That
Journul think* that ttufe never wa» a
better feeling is tbe .-tooth than at pre*
■ent; that the antatpjfiuMn of race is i
pacing away. It wk.i tbe land-owner*
ti* perpetuate this food feeling among j
the fre»'ini< u. and to aature tbem by j
tbeir action* that they thall be protect- ,
«d. It my*: "The conte* oorr, let |
pa-t animosities be buried, ivmemt>ar- j
mg that our interest* are identical and |
. bat w«> rthould al) feel the value of one
another a* lu mber* of a i-ommnnity
whoMe advancement is our heart-*' de- 1
light. " _______
Tub extremes of railroading meet in
in Peonaylvauia. Tbe ><4tato where the
great Pennsylvania ltailroad xyttem I
centra ha* also the Warren and
Farnaworth Railroad. ten iuiIw
l<>Bg. whose vuperinteodeot a<*« aL*> x-»
conductor of the train which
one trip over the mnd daily, ami wh«*e
l>a«ieug»r* aw enli v«h*I by tUe «ight of
" wild aoima'jt -ri«»«4tig th» * rail-. »t in
tervals la trout of tl?e locomotive. The
other 'lay a huge black i>ear stood ou
the track, which run* through a 'len^e
forest. menacing the ou-coniin? train,
aud wu with difficulty persuaded to
leave b« poaition. Thia little railroad
in a Utntllng of the famous Cherry
(Jrove oil excitement.
lux Hot SringH of Arkausa* hegiu,
fn>m this time o«j, tu be patronized by
a uuml>er of j»eople who can»>t stand
the seven* Northern winter*. It is not
|ierh»]>M generally known that the
springs art- owned by^lieSUte, which
hy legislation has put the price of l»utb->
at from 1» t'» •» cent*. The uaturd
temperature of the wat^ris about I U»
degree*, and fur bathing it in reduced to
Ion or a littie lent. Tne IkUIj* are taken
mm s rule, in tui*> placed in larg* hot
apart in nt* and aeptjated by low par
tition-. Tin re in not much luxury in
the appliance or surrounding*. Vapor
hath* may Le had. but not much in the
style of the Kaatern establishment*.
One of the spring* w act apart, at cer
tain hours of the day, for iudigeut
person*, who are allowed to plum;* into
a pool. Thbdaily gathering of cripple<i
and dying wretelie*, wliohavr
their wny to the place, in described a< a
iiioMt^pitifui spectacle.
OIB ISlil'MIIIU VBOWTH.
" * An idea of the extent of the indus
trial growth of the I'nited States may
he gained from a ch imh bulletin just
[ iwtued. The .statistics of manufacturer
*k returned in 1801) *how that the nuin
* bt r of establishment* was 2V!,8>); cap
itai invented, average
r ntriniwr >n ^
paid in wages during they ear,
[ *;T I; value of material used dur
«»* the vear, $3,3!Ht&10,<J£J;
, Villi'- ul hrrM)UC'H.
. 7'>6. Comparing these figure* with
t tics.- furnishi-.i in other census year*,
B Wmc i:iten-otin.: facts are di*c<>vered.
|L b I1®) the number «»f nnwKhttwhg
■ .Mtahhsh merit* was 13,119; in lv»>,
■ 110,133; and in ls»o. iVJ.lH- about the
■ annie number a* now. The capital iu
■ vented in 1*10 wa<>v>{, jt.v;t',l; in 1st,.),
■ $1,009,360,715; and iu 1S70,
■ 76!», or only $*>7^ol4,7.'t7 lean than the
* amount invented in 1880. Iq the hand.-.
** employed there ww an increane from
908,079 in 1«0 to iu 1HW), and
i 2,0*t,9!46 in ls?U. In ISs't the total was
composed of Jnl/.tls children —
femalw over year*, and 2,-T^
naktovHMxtitn. In 1H.V) the wage*
|<aid w»-re »iKi,7Vi, l»»l. in IH80,
VlW*i\ in 1*70, It will
I* seen that in each • u-f the iu-r'ase
wikt* the most noticeabie between lH®)
and 1 !>:•». and that our industrial
growth from 1h7o to isso »'a* ijuite
alow. Of course the panic of In;:: lit I
much U> do with this. Ii is to be hoped
that the uext decade witi witness more
prosperity than the last. (.' uicjress e«.r
taiuiy has the power by wise legislation
to very materially aid in increasing it.
thi: i.xo« th or t^rincurr
The tremendous ovatious given Col.
Im.kk*olj. at nearly every point on
Ilk present lecturing tour may well ar
rest the attention of Christians of all
shades of opinion. The people have not
only flocked to hear him hy thousands,
and paid for the privilege, but his re
| ception b.i* partaken at places of the
! form of the great popular triumph.
' Those who regard the a*tonishiu? lea
's tun* of thi* "progress" of the notorious
' infidel as a mere ebullition of curiosity
' deceive themselves. It is a new rwvela
tion to the minds of a vast number.
Never before could a professed blas
phemer have gone through this coun
try and received the countenance from
meu in all walks of life and of all
P grades of social standing which ha*
been ungrudgiugly and ostentatiously
•fjbestow ed on Col. Ixokbsoll. l>arg*
ience* he had Is-fore, and some fol
wers always, but such a heariug as is
bow given blm is without any preee
It will not even b* pretended that
speeches as be made in the past
rs have shaken the lieliefe of auy
ierable numbrr of thoughtful peo
ile, for they are wholly without force
merit in the realm of argument auJ i
instigation. But the phenomena at
Ing these "leetures" are warnings
the Christians of the United States
great intellectual forces are a»
rk< These forces do not pris-eed
IsounoM Ind such as be is, but
fr from such scholars, scientists
literary lights .<** met in New York
w night since tft honor and say
■speed to Hkkbkkt 8fK»t«R.
e all of those who spoke on that
n no doubt knew they wereleud
weight of their names and ap
Cpval to agnosticism, ouly Mr. Hkkcii
* Hi fought proper to' speak in open
the real meaning of the teach
l>f the distinguished English evolu
t. He frankly declared that the
tcbool inported nothing less than
volution in theology, which, while
i m
be did not trow It, he now clearly rec
ognise* aa utterly overturning Chxfat
tianity as it haa bean held and taught
by the Christian church.
tii rtmcu vmuim wiuai
LJCMtirr**.
* [The following notice of the writings
of Mr. Wilua4 LnuHToy, Wheel
ing's distinguished poet, was written
by Mr. Jo^Ki'H Salvaiu*. Professor of
Hell**-Lett res at the Polytechnic larti
tute, New Market, Virginia.
In addition to great learning, Prof.
Saia'ahhm is an a<vompli*hed linguist
and a poet. He liu crvstahzed the im
agination.* of a long life-time into a
poetical work of genuine merit which he
call* HuHvn, a poem that emtaius
agea of high sublimity and great beauty.
Though published several yean ago,
tbia poeurirf lem knowu than it should
he, for it ha* ind^l many ]>oiutH of
excellence, and the learning an 1
Therary genius of its author are plainly
to be seeu on every page. Prof. 8ai.«
VaRl# may heart down by the heed
lew* a« belonging to a past age. he being
nearly eighty yean old, yet it must be '
remembered that with geaiua there is .
no a#e. aa it ia tbe only iiMindane thin; I
that deiie* tirue.
Of course, Mr. liKKiUTuN will value |
highly the good opinion of so [
K«*>d and really great a man as l'rof>**- !
aorSALY.tM*. We predict that when J
Mr. Lviuhtux'* latest Book-"The!
iSBbjrctioii <>t Hamlet"— sluill have 1
made tbe round of Shakespearean
critic*, his theory of the exact pha*«- of
the Prince's insanity will he acceded,
sud dispel the mystery and cun fusion
which have ever rarrQuaded tbe sab- i
jecL
indeed, it seems very, very strange |
that in ail the more than two hundred j
year*' accut»ulati<>n of Hn.\KKSrK.\RK
literature, the |4au-»ible, exact, and, no
douM. tnie phase of mental obliquity
of the irreat Hard's ^reatet»t creation
in the character of th>* I'rince of
Denmark, now for the tiff time given
to the world by a Wheeling author,
uan not thought of by M»me one of the
vast aroiv■ oi authors and learned crit
icii w ho have attempted •• IHit a I * ty*
[ stumbled and failed -to unravel the
mystery of Haxixi.
In other words: Mr. Lkigiitox's
argument is so simple and plain, the
great wonder is that uobidy mad* It
K'fore.]
Prof. Sai.Yaki* write*:
Aii> peptonex<-lusively,<»rl>ut partially,
devoted to the cultivation of American
literature, must encounter ut the outlet
one serious discouragement. Kvery
irreat work of art munt owe its power
over the sympathies of mankind to as
-ociations of lieauty or sublimity of hu
man su tiering*, or <*{ human triumphs,
to ingenious combinations frame 1 in
thw imagination from material fur
| nlshed hy remote eenturie- of the past.
I To jMMsesh full, natural dominion over
the human heart, these material* urist
I be gathered from the remote ceuturien
| of our ow if country. Hut America has
I uo remote history. The same as?es,
! of eouiM', have {»asscd over this AVH
i ern hemisphere n> over t!io K-isteru.
Itut when \m- !o.,k for uiateriaU iu that
I direction, iui|ienetrable darkness eu
| veloj* the pr<M|te«'t. Tije hi-tory of two
I or ihrce centuries is t«>o well known to
leui) itself to the ideal. The wild, fero
I eious character of the ludian savage*
eannot >ugg»"«t a hero of ^uffleient dig
1 nitv, even for a legendary hallad, far
V, * ' f? "Aic representation.
Her.ce, evviy artist, Iik>* >ir. ♦» n.oi « -
I.KTtili n>.v, must have recourse to the
»M uuutiuvut, ttml lu>r Ilia materials
from the early hLstory of our mother
country. Kiiakkstkare himself would
have lje»*n inspired by the heroic sons
of (Jonwix, or theCourtof Kino Ed
nix. We art proud to timl a poet of
our owu land, of our age and century,
choosing subjects richly worthy the
(ieniuaof Avon. Surely nothing adapt
ed to his .strong imagination could have
been found in his own country, except
some »uhjeet of philosophic reflection.
This too, he has most ably accomplished
' iu that tine philosophic poem, entitled
t'liange; or, the Whisper of the Sphinx.
Other land* have Irwl their Adam I
itmi Kve, Uielr Al<cahum ami
Iit«-ir Achilles, their Hector ami An
dronianche, their l»riive and devoted
Antigone and AJee*tis; their .Komw for
I lie p*n of a VirfcU: their Virgil for the
(iuiile of a Daute, down the nine circlt#
Inferno, till relieved from Purgatorio,
he meets Beatrice in the light of Pura
iliw.
Itut America lias n>» lifrots, till v#t>
dcM-end utmost into our own oenturv;
t and the Washington whom we heboid
I now stand* *o visible ami luminous iu
; the light of authentic history, that im
agination can add no one hue or feature
to the hero.
By far the most exquisite effort
whieh, in our Judgment, ha* issued
from the prolific* nen of Mr. Leigh
ton in the |>oem lie entitles Hhakes
• l*areV Dream. XIie very conception
of a fMMim; dream iu .such a brain as
that of Htiake*pearc, of the weird
images of the great literary master, re
viving, moving, vanishing, just as
many of them had done in the creation
of many years,— we say this very con
ception in worthy of Shakespeare hiru
1 self.
We behold fhe great hard, after ao
! cnmplishing the labors of a life, at
home again in Stratford-upon-Avon
sitting in a summer house, contemplat
ing his loug-deserted elms and willows,
' and tracing the silver current of his
own native steam. At last he falls
asleep, and the Soirits of I>reams ho,rer
around bin head with strain* such as
these:
Pepii.-t, depart
Kroin weary bc-nrt,
O watchful thought* of nn t (<>usrare'
I*-t eyelid- clOM-.
An<1 I'slni rrrow
(•hoc with lt»•»«■' ►hltnoo there'
Oblivion deep
OJ u row*j .iJevp.
From Mfe'«icrtn) shape* of thr<~»Ujt»ini{li»r:n;
While imocefiii re»t.
O'er tumbled brvv.t,
Fount Natures sweet ami bMllbfal halm.
Behold we flitwt
A magic riun
Of vialotied >>>a»es nsfore hi* mind.
And fane'es
InetttQ jUsy. ■ _
With »J.*iiowjr Meuiorito ini*rt«rtiw»l.
• » •
Kr«»m otverti* «'*vp
W here memm-ic* -ie»f>.
t Vnm biu-k. ye ctkUdrea of bn Driuu!
Tti# k» « ti*»>a»l.
The l:• xk1 . the Ma,
OotB" b «rk hih! plajr yt>wr pirt» *<-viol
Ou've nior» vuur strife
Of mlrnii' i fe
Whirl t »r.m*h thi-.! uifcy h%ll« of «lec*'
O woadtu-iH train.
Com- bav'i; wenla.
And th r«i{h hU d.-i vjiiug visions «wpl
Nou r<nppear iu view of the sleeper
HHceeshive grou{>* of his old creation.*.
I'wligroup invoked by the Spirits of
Dreams; Prospers, Miranda, Ariel,
Macbeth. Richard III, Cleopatra aud ,
Antony, Hamlet, King Lear, B)rut»o
and Juliet, Shy lock and Jessica; dual
ly the group of fairies that figure in the ,
Midsummer Night's Dream—Til&nia (
\ml Oheron, wnen .Shakespeare awaked
with characteristic murmurs on hi*) |
tongue.
As a specimen of Mr. Leighton's i
blank verse, th© warmth and vigor of <
hie conceptions, the dramatic force aud
poTM) o( bin diction, we quote a portion
of King Richard'* •uiiloqay:.
Thy rwwt yup, AjnbiUwo,
HaretVUIed my wfrewtTTkM* U)« durn
o< power,
n*pnu4fbii«oa(Ui*(«rUla| heart*
Of Klnta. If raoMitM h*U) larwaM at,
H U ifeo common peti&liy of joy.
Thai mr >pnotp> from MBory of* pain.
I h««r ara pr*Lr of happMM»a; if tbU
Br aught bat pltwarv <>r nwaaev
DuJljoyn of Uxv lodoHaec *r «mt,
Or MMvli'ja of Ute h jngry immIww.
1 know It doc
Then reappear from their etberiai
abode of bappinem the numerous
victim* of RJehardN cruelty, with word*
of pity and pardon for the tyrant:
"Wacom* not with horrors o'er ilamtwn to
Nor with enna to lortore iht hour* of hta
bIck d,
PonMliaf a doom that in darka*M aball
«f«we
Ub hta aoul, m% the aea oo a <p»-wt i*inmer
Dun
Bat Tn pity wecotue. ml with tck'* we WOO Id
tola
Wa»b wit of b:» ^oaum it* terrible atain;
For urtimt the vad deepa when oar uplrlli
i>ave flown
W"et*arn«»t the ba:r*&> that her# we have
known.-'
XobJe retribution! Too happy to
bate, too bliasfal to revenue! Indeed
the inspired dreamer himself could not
excel lb*. We have read this poem,
have beard it read teveral um<w and
each time it haa rilkd ua With anspeai;
al>le delight.
Our author in hia admiration for the
great Dramatist, l#*ide* three able lec
ture* on the Life, Work*, and Gemiis
of Shakespeare printed and published
at Wheeling, write* an excellent di*
nertation in pro«e wbk-b he entitles the
"Subjection of Hamlet."—In thia he
endeavor* to prove we think suoceeaful
ly, the |*artia) iNsanity of Hamlet'a
miiid; and thia dispels tlie mystery
which critic* all- have found in the
character of that prince.
The*e work* are all elegantly printed
aud well bound.
A I.AW THAT NROl'LD BR NT«I< r
LT KWrOKta
We »-ldom have to complain of the
letter instead of the Spirit of a law be
ing enforced. AuJ when it doea hap
pen o it w not in a <H>urt of justice. In
divkluals often u.-*- the letter ua a cloak
for their nwcality, but the spirit in it«
ually enfbn-ed in judicial balla. Not so,
however, in the case before us. We
Rpeak of the enforcement of the law, as
found in section lo of chanter 11!* of the
Code of We»t Virginia, an amended and
re-enacted by act* of the Legislature of
1*4:1, which reads a* follows:
If a person keep a house of ill fame
he shail he contiried In jail not more
than one year, aud fined not exceed
ing two hundrtsl dollar*.
Ii,uf if
IV W »1 VVHimvn |»1. g
& law is worth making it is worth en
forcing. And a legislature is presumed
likewise to frame, upon any given sub
ject, the best :tn<l most practical law in
it* power, while time is expected ti
demonstrate whether tLie remedy is
adequate to the mischief. If inadequate,
an amendmeut or tbe parage of a n>*.v
law follows. Hut in each ease the ex
isting law i» presumed to have been en
forced scowling to i Is true mean
ing and iuteut, and that the ade
quate enforcement of it* spirit has been
unfortunately limited by the express
terms or letter of the law.
Now the law above referred to is a
failure simply by reason of the manner
of IUt enforcement.
TJ»c penalty provided by the section
is confinement in jail not more than
one year,and a tine of not more than two
hundred dollar*. The maximum but
not the minimum puni-hmeut. how
ever, is inserted in the law, whether
by accident or design we know not. Hut,
if it was by accident, the blunder was a
stupid one, and, if by design, a wick" J
one. And for somo reasoa^"rTu*r
JSr or «ti„
it bus l«tn customary for/^r f,ollr(
iguore the maximum iy1(, t.nfojve f
trilling in it.s 'nat^H^'t^> jonall ami
to nerve the purjMMc* ibr
law was enacted.
Almost every grand Jury finds a
number of indictments under this sec
tion ; the parties ap|>ear in court, plead
guilty, pav a fine of twenty dollars or
so, and an- free to return to
their old ways, sure of not
being disturbed again before
time for another grand) jury. The
fine, it will l>e reinemVred, must not
exceed Uie sum of two hundred dollars,
so twenty is within the l«ound. While
the imprisonment mast not be for
more than one year—so a day or two
will suffice.
rrom the framing of (he act, the
whole subject is left to the discretion of
the onrt. 'l'he policy above indicated
hat* been followed iu the pant. The
results have not been good and tne
evil in in uo wise abated. Would it
nut be well in the future to pursue a dif
ferent course?
I jet the spirit of the law prevail.
THE BCMIBENM PKONPE<TN.
Very naturally, the business situation
furnishes a subject for much serious
discussion just now, and the outlook is a
matter of more or lew anxious consider
tion. The recent flurries iu stock and
oil, the stringency in the New York
money market, the depression in the
iron trade and disturbances growing out
of the railroad hostilities of the Went,
have served to arouse apprehension in
prudent and conservative quarters. Ik,
has l>een our opinion, frequently ex
pressed, that though there were suffi
cient danger* in the way to inspire
caution, there was no sound reason for
fearing general dtnasU-r or even a tem
porary cheek to the onward march of
prosperity. We are pleased to find
these views conc®*Ted in by so excellent
an authority as the New York Com
mercial HiUletin, whioti, referring to
the condition of l>usine>«*, summarises
the situation and readies an encourag
ing conclusion as ft>!low»:
(General busiiienn throughout the cou
try is active, though probably it is lew
profitable than this time a year ago,
and in some respc<*u- it is either suffer
ing from a natural reaction or aecom
nnsiatnig itself to new conditions.
There are also oertainother unfavorable
circumstance* attccting the situation,
such as the backwardness of the winter
mimiu, the stnugvney of money, the
depmwiou iu th»* iron tonte—which,
however, has iieen much exaggerated
- and the violent outbreak of specula
tion in s»toeks, oil, tic. Yet, it would
i*» unreasonable to expect a ontia
u anceotthe extraordinary prosperity of
the last few years * without oc
casional interruptions, which ne
nuvssari'v must he frit in
certain branches more than in others,
.still it should not be overlooked that
tht*e influences are for the most ptri
of a teuipcrory character, and must
speedily yield to those o(a ui^re favora
ble sort. Notwithstanding the lateinMs
rfthe crop movement, tlie roads are
moving imiuens** quant itisnVf merchaxv
Jise,t)iHt more than supply this deficien
cy. Moteover, the weekly eteario^
:iouse returns indicate a liberal increase
n transactions; tbe financial condition
>t the people was probably never <
4rouger; our population is steely in- i
Teasing; we have large crop* safely 1 |
aarvested; there ia satisfactory activity ]
n most branches of manufacturing, and 1
i better outlook Tor a more even inter- <
change in our foreign trade than in I
uiy of the last twelve months. On <
the • hole. therefore. the outlook to far
from discouraging, and, tf for the pre*
est ve Lave in some rwpecte overreach
ed oun*ivfw, we mmt look to tune and
(be exercise of emotion to apply the
proper correct! re.
Tlito Is the deliberate and mrefully- ■
eiprmtd opinion of one of (lie no4
conservative commercial journal* in
the country. While some exceptions
may tie taken to itn statement*. Cher*
can he little question ■ in the intelligent
observer's mind that li accurately turn
the situation. The normal Ktate of the
couatry to one presenting healthful bus
iness conditions. The transient cause*
of disturbance,If prudently gnarled
iney soon put away and leave
no barmftil efleet opon boiiiieen at
'W- „ j*. ,
tiRta or isrearaaAHO
Men are cured-of intemperance at an.
institution In New York known as the
(liristian Home for Intemperate Men,
hy a peculiar method. It seems that
cure* are effected by treatrnp drunken
ness a* a *in, do intemperate man Ueing
received unless be expr»**^» a desire to
tecome a Christian. None ia revived
for le<« than four weeks and some stay
as long aa three month*. No liquor m
allowed for •taperiug-otF,"aait is called,
and yet, contrary to the ^euerally re
ceived opinion, no case* of delirium
tremens arising from a bidden depriva
tion of the accustomed stimulant, are
rej>orted. Warm milk with a little salt
in it, beef tea, and, in exceptionally bad
ca«Cs, bromide of pota.<*iuui. are ad
ministered. Victim* of the opium
habit have been also cured, some of
whom had taken as much aa JhO grains
per day. Tobacco is exdyfjed as
ri^raualy a.-, liquor. The patient* have
the use of a library and reading-room,
are expected Co attend ujton the large
number of religions exercises which take
place dailv, and to sign a promise
pledging themselves ujmti their honor
not to use while m the house, or have
in their i*>«>-»cssioii, liquor, opium <»r
tobacco. Amusements an* now en
couraged; inmates are expected to read,
write, meditate aud pray. There is no
physician, the idea lieing that if a man
di.-inw to l>e saved lie can be. There
is a good deal in thl> belief, as all re
formed men know. The institution
ha* had Oii'i inmates iu five years, of
which numler it claims to have re
claimed sixty j»er cent.
TBA T.4BI.F. tOWIK.
HaI'I'Y is the man who«c pastime!
polities.—Ituflalo Kxpri-w. Vou must
have total depravity iu the line of
amu.-emcnt*.
S<>«K(i.\K has made the novel discov
ery that (he eat is nowhere mentioned
in the Itible. It is also olnervable that
neither is the l»ootjaek.
Vaksak uirls will '"teeter" tbi« fall.
Old-f»*hioned •'teeters" have reeentlj*
in en put up on the grounds. Tills
augurs the return of the .-.triped *t<»<k
ing era.—New Haven Register.
Mi:s. Lan'jtby refuses to accept
some of the photographs of her taken
by Sarony on the grouud that they
made her pretty. She >ays, "I ani
not pretty, but beautiful."
TifK Tribune .states that there i- no
truth in the rumor that Mr-*. Commo
dore Vanderbilt is t> marry <Vrn fl.au
regurd. Slw >ulrt te be very niueh
atf.«>ied to her present home.
A max who holds his open: glass In
loth hands, with lib elbows -tleKiug
out mi» both hides, is prenrt-able t<> a lady
with a l»ig hat at ttiO theatre. V<>u ean
kiek the man.
Tub other day a man ran very hard
»«/>»{&> ".♦.••"ip »vJ r . he had
a>»ked for his ticket he fell dead, opin
ion is divided on the question whether
it was exertion of ruunln^ or the shock
of learning the rates of fare that killed
him.
riin.APKLl'iilA girls have dcter'niu
ed not to ki.v* man nor boy who smokes
the fragrant cigarette. One would say
this would seal the fate of the cigarette
in the city of brotherly love, but the
probabilities are that the girls will not
be able to survive the ordeal they have
set for themselves very long.
Jamkk K. Mi'KDot K, the veteran
actor, tellsa g<xsl .story after fish. "Iu
the fifties," he says, "I was on the
frontier ami .some of the settlers asked
me to tell them about the comet. 'The
comet?'spiid I;'why I know nothing
I articular about it.' 'Yon don't kn'»w
notLin' about it?' resjwnded one of the
settlers, 'then why oil airth do folks
call you a star?' "
A yolihg man In De« Moines loved a
girl so wildly that he wrote her lo let
ters a day for five weeks. At the end
of that time the c!oj>ed with another
follow a» a matter of self-protection.
A |H»et wooed n iK-auU Du-. maid.
And h> lii« honeynl ihymfxt
l>ld «iu her heart, bul when had j> *M«cd
The tender courting time*
Hi* found her obntimtte, »nd asked
1 iie fnir one to rehearse
The reimon: she replied 'tvm> ri»a*
He'd gotten bt-r |»er-ver>*'.
At C'orwln, Ohio, Ira Jol»e»», while
drunk, met a man of noted piety in a
saloon, and requested (■> !>e prayed for.
The man refused, when Jobe* drew a
pistol and compelled him to pray live
minute** by the watch, frequently
prompting iiisit. He wa> especially de
sirous that the prayer should Ik; di
rected to th«' salvation of his soul. On
the following day he was shot in a brawl
and will probably die.
Mits. C'ovkti.ani», »popular lecturer
of Missouri, after completing an ad
dress In tlie <H>urt house at H itler on
Friday night, raisstd the passpn:r<»r
trait* for I^ieh Hill. With her daugh
ter .she tried to get tlwough on the
freight traifi. but wan informed that no
passengers could be taken. Hhe then
demanded to be shipjtetraa live stock,
and,as there was no rule against this,
*he and her daughter wer^ weighed,
ticketed, and consigned to -the editor
cfthe Gazette as cattle.
A wkitkk in the New York Time-* j
•ays A New York photographer is j
«aid to have paid Oscar Wilde $1,59) j
for the exclusive rigli* to take that I
esthetic gentleman's portrait, and to
I resent himlu his various bewildering
ittitudes to the American pablic.
Mmen. Patti and Materna are said to
!vav» received the same amount, and
-«cuh Bernhardt $2,500. It is reported
hat Mr*. I^angtry has already consent
ed for a like consideration to permit
he same artist to perpetuate her love
y features by the aid of high ligh*
uid a sensitive piate. "The actress
irhiwe photograph* are Most in dam and
st present," continued the photograph
pt, '"to Mary Aadersun. Hhe has sat
or her picture more times than any
>4her woman that ever lived. Hike is a
lirewd business wuman,and her photo
graphs are a great advertisement f>r
ler. Besides, she douUUesi receive
arge royalties from the sales of her pio
urea. It ia no exaggeration to say that
ier photographs outseLs those of any
•ther aotran tea to one. "
ON TO RICHMOND.
TlwSigfcts and Impresiioas of a
Visit to tfco
CuMerik Capitol-Hew life and Vtg*
to be Seen on AH Hands
and Cofffesaed bjr
E>inw».
A PLACE Of HISTORIC INTEREST.
Ri« iiwosp, Va- SwroibfrlJi-ni* tour
i»t who visit* Richmond npectitrj; to sen
say traces of the long lines of forti&a
Hons that once encircled this renowned
capital will look for them ia rain. Tfra
Virginia farmer. like a wM> nan. has
leveled the earthworks w)»en» t?»e soil U
worth cropping and now raise* corn and
grubs for sweet ;w>Uioes where, seventeen
years ago, forts and fortifications were dis
mantled. At I'etersharg, if yo® are greeu
enough, you nay pay a hack man (J to
take yoa to a gras»-grown dopressivm in
the earth called 'the crater." Thio ia
where that ill Paired mine explosion oc
curred. and it is about the only remaining
vestige of the terrible struggle around that
town. In lien ot well-det'.aed b*tUe-tiekls
one must needs visit junk-shops and relic
stores, where more or less authentic me
mentoes of the late iinple&s&ntoe^o may
be foand. There appears to 1* nothing
easier :o supply than a demand for relics,
and, if the demand keeps up in Richmond,
the supply will probably never become ex
hausted. »
1 hare met here a number of Northern
l>eoti!o who, like myself, are visiting Rich
mond simHr on a tonr of observation and
pleasure. I tied them, one and all, gur
priaed and delighted villi the city. Us
• barming situation. its wide, clean streets,
the buttle and activity of its business life,
and the uniform courtesy •>< it* j»-ot>le, are
all calculated to remove any u&plea.sant
prepossessions which the Northerner may
Lave on bis first visit to Hit hmor'd. The
city. l*»idos. ovei flows witli
laiemliK -aijhU"
and reminiscences. not only ot Um> «ar era,
but a!-oof the period dalio^ i>ack to .*olun
iai days. Perhaps no citv in the country,
with the exception of Roston ami Phila
delphia. contains so many things worth
seeing simply for their historic associations
as Richmond. To my mind, no apart
ment in any of the Government buildings
at Washington '■••mains more things of
great interest to American tourists than
the library-room of the Virginia State eap
itol. As for the out of-doors attractions of
Richmond. 1 cannot attempt even to cata
logue tItem in this letter.
i.i. K„. _ .!
b't)ry of the emift ttrupj-'lc between tlie
fjreat arni!f> of the Potomac lie b is only to
hire a • ar;ia>re arid dejtend upon tbe ne^ro
driver fur tlie !it- rary exercise*. Cumfcy
ances are Sired by the hour. an<t (lielonger
cabby c.io induce you to lintrer b« re and
there. while lie pours out a tiood of reiui
nif-nne m bis «elebrated rambling way.
ibt higher. of course, mounts the bill It j
be i» bid enough he will interlard his nar
rai.ve with much personal mutter as to
the bciiibii oar^jc lx»r«- in Itie t'onfedur
ate struggle. ilciici, '<i the «u;tae along
as ii i.li- ilrivnUur J nigger >f rifle pit*, all
the w hile keepiF^i wistful eye out for the |
coining of th«- "Yanks." He Ukes yon up
to an eminence overlooking the "noble"
Jame* and tells you bow lie thought lie
would "just jump out of bis skin'* when
lie saw the Sankee transports turn that
bend in tbe river and move up to the
wharves of the captured city. You can
"choke bini oil" when lie gets tiresome,
ai:d move on to tbe next text in bis dis
co tin*.
There i-little in the Richmond of to-day,
except its large element of colored imputa
tion, to distinguish it from the busiest and
the Ix-st of tbe smaller Northern cities. It
throbs with activity, wiUi enterprise, wifh
an ambitious oqi^ijip" iai energy of which
many Northern people have thought we
had a Pjotioj^ly. The courage und the as
siduity with which her business iu< n are
building up their fortunes a«nin after the
seemingly hoj»ebks wreck ami ruin of a few
years a«o*. are worthy ■>! the especial appre
ciatioa of < hi f/o people, who know what
It is to have homes and fortunes swept
away, and to start Jife as:iin at the foot of
the ladder. The places in Richmond that
were famous among us during the war are
not known for other end pleasanter reas
ons. The Tredegar iron works, where
nio»t «>f the Confederate shot anil *Uell were
made, now employs hundred* of workmen
in making iron rails and other railroad sup
plies.
. ft,<| IJkb* I'rUon.
its win toww still iron-u*i4tu,
ing manufactory. Vou can still see here
and there anions the heaps of fertilizers
the checker-boards which our men drew
with ink on the iloors, using buttons and
l>eans for checkers. .Sometimes a North
erner who was a guest at I.ibby during the
war returns to look over bis old boardiag
iiou.se. The lirst llucg he does is to hunt
up his particular checker-board, and often
times he has it rut out of the tloorand puts
it amons his family hairlooms. There is
plenty of grim su^ge.stivenes.-' about this
sombre old building. One still sees, for
instance, the iron rinp in the ceiling from
which the I nion officers tianged one of
their comrades for betraying their plans of
escape; also the window out of which were
swunc half a doz«ti Union officers and
tbeir lonfrrate guaffl, ^ consjure<i
with them to aid ttieir escape. T!i^ ves- |
ti<*es of the tunnel through wl«irli nearly
a Hundred prisoner* escaped are still seen
in the basement, and upon the hill they
^how you the large mansion of the la<ly
who concealed many of these privitiers fur
some 'lay?, hiding "some in the shrubbery
of her garden, anil other* in tlie closets of
brr house. 6hf war afterward made post
mistress >*f Richmond by tlrant. The site
of the prison camp on Relic l-ie, wherc^
thou- inds of our l>oys nibble 1 tSeir srantv
ration*, is now occupied by tlie l ir^e build
ing* of a 'ail manufactory. The Jetl" lM»'is
executive mansion is a publii school. and
tine business blocks now occupy the sites
where the buildings used by the executive
departments of the Confederate i/svern
men'. sto«»d. From one end of the city to
the other, one i* impressed with the fact
that, it the sword lias not every where been
beaten into pruning-hooks. it is not the
fault of Richmond.
One of the nvst charming spots in Rich
mond is its cnpitol winare, whose crest
elms, statuary, undulating surface, and
*r»y squirrels make it a lovely place to loi
ter in. It covers some twelve acres, in the
center of whicii is the capitol. and on one
^idein the «j0Ternor's mansion. The guide
hook said that the squirrels w ere so tame
they would eat out of the hand, but I
found the half wio. not told. After Ailing
some of the littie fellows with • ontidenre
and acorns. I pr.t mv paper bag of nuts in
my overcoat pocket, tskine care to leave
the top of the bag temptingly exposed to
view With *o>. « of hesitancy and
mistrust, one little creature finally made
so bold as to chiiJuip my le»r. and take a
ni t out of the ke. Like all the other
folks in Ric hmond, he seemed anxious to
take the stranger at his word, and to be
lieve in his god intentions, so long as he
behaved himself. This snrprising tame
ae>s in one of the most timid of rreatures
is the result of invariable kindness. Kven
tlie street gamins are prond of the capitol
Mjuirrels, and love (• fe»d tbeni. The
scene in this little park ha* on.* blemish,
aral it ia the negro convicts in striped suiU
who are at work ai>out the grounds. Coa
victfc accompanied by their guards are seen
a!) about Richmond engaged on the pnh
lii-works. The State prisoa erected under
the eye of Jefferson still shelters and »e
clades the convict* of Virginia. They
uamber six hundred at pcesant, and the
greater part of them are negroee.
I find that the Richmond people are very
£iad to have their Northern hretliero visit
theoity They feel a justifiable cootiJence
that the visitors wi.1 take away with th
A Plewtlim^mJsa
wf tlie place. They thinlc that many North
soi men and women haae mim iwtsukea
notions al>out the Souafc, and ai»>ut its
feelings tow aid the Nosthern States of the
I'nioe, which a Tfttls personal contact
would remove. Many of them admit that
slavery waa their cut?e. Thejr think the
condition of tbo colored people has not
been Improved by the «hsR«re. hut, as for
themselves, tliey'say the abolition of slav
ery was a blessing in disguise. I think few
Northern people realise what great social
and industrial changes the new order ot
things is working out* especially in the
manufacturing towns of the boutb. The
emancipation sw«|4 away uiany fortunes
and caused much siiileriag, no doubt, hut
it has eiewated ihe working masses of the
people, white and black It is no linger
degrading to toil with one's hands. Numer
ous fields for the employment of women
hsee been opened. In this city, where, I
am told, only slave labor was employed in
Ibe manufactories before the war. I have
Keen to-day six hundred white girls*! work
in one room. The results of ibe war are
rerietfying tbe South, and Richmond to
dey. in Ms bnsmeM mprcU. in the bn«<U
A in streets and stupe. and the baa of it*
ladortf. m as narh a Northern city a*
I-owrll or Rochester. There is aoUting
alow about lb* placa. Tbe way it ia rNdi
ingoet for Uie wholesale trade of tkm
Sooth aad the efforts it* leading bko are
naUaf to encourage im migration are eery
cfcsrscteristic of the go abeadati vanes* ua
which some Northern people bar* a patent
rick I itiKoa the hoapitahty and the
politene** off the Virginians are proeerbiat.
and jet the anohtruaire and m helpful
courtesy which seems to he extwaiad ta the
stranger hare by ail claase* b aa agreeable
surprise to maay Northern visiters. If I
ahouid meet men in a large northern city,
aa I hare mat two or three gentleman bent,
hanko
I woeld imagine that they
seekers. We are h^rdlr accustomed. for
instance, to hare gantieaea who haa hap
pened to aee as in a hotel dining room ad
dress a* after* ard in the street, asking if
we are stranger., dffaf aa information,
and by their- soggeetiona facilitating oar
endearora to paaa the time pleasantly. f
hare met aome Northern i m mi gran ta here
who ar«d«sng very weil in buaineaa. aod
who hare become enthasiastic Virgiataa.
1 don't knew bow it may be farther Sootlv
bat in Richmond, at least. intelligent peo
ple form anxious to impreaa tba Northern*
era whom they meet with the fact that the
old bitterness and rancor ia a matter of the
past, that tbe old gulf between North aod
South is about to be tilled tip, that they
bare a goodly city and country which tbey
are glad lo hare as visit, and tbey would
like to bare us stay if we like tbe prospect.
Tbr KJehaa«*4 Xegra
is a rather more favorable specimen ot bis
race than hit relatives in New Yorketty
average. Perhaps it is because, while his
rent and food are much cheaper Usui in
New York, he gets fair aagiw and has
plenty to do. Composing about two-fifths
of the population of Richmond, be is some
what noticeable wherever one goes. He is
said to average higher in point of intelli
gence and good qualities Jihan the negroes
of the more Southern cities. As a role,
be appears to he cheerful.-industrious, and
thrifty. It is quite exhilarating to aee him
sinking st bis work id great rooms where
several hundreds of them areengagad in the
man u fact are ot plug tohacca The pro
cess by the way, is calculated, when seen,
to cure one of any hankering for this par
ticular preparation of the weed. If I am
not mistaken. Richmond hold- the second
l-face in the country in the extent of its
manufactured totiacco products. All visi
tors leave one of the "sights ' uninvesti
gated if tbey fail to look through a cigarette
factory. In one of these establishments—
the largest of it* sort in the world—I was
interested in nothing mof than in the
three or four ^irls who counted and packed
in paper wrappers what a force of six hun
dred we re making. "We turu out half a
million a day," saij the foreman, "and
have no lime to count theiu in the ordinary
way." The foreman took some < igsrettes
which s girl had just "grabbed" from a pile
l>efore her, more quickly thsn I c«»uld have
picked iip a handful. There we just
twenty in the |i»t. He took a handful from
another girl which also numbered jiut
twenty. By long practice the girls have
acquired a manual dexterity that enables
tbui> to pick up just twenty cigarettes at a
1.andful. Thi* is almost as astonishing as the
"o'd reliable' in the (iovernment printing
crticc. Washington, who has charge °f the
tinal count of the preenl»sck*, and hssn't
made, they say. a single mistake in four
teen year*.
id ine iii'biiiii 1.1 iiuni
which ha> all (tie natural ad vantage#, if not
the magnificent monumental nc.>»e.«sions
of (ireenwood, one is struck by the evident
tkiire of (he people t s honor the remains
of tLrir seventeen thousand Confederate
dead who lie here, and the |>overty which
prevented thctu from erecting any elabo
rate or verv expensive memorial. Instead
of the marble headstone that marks the
grave of the I'nion dead in most of the
national cemeteries, there is only a small
stake driven into the ground. on which
there is a /inr tag bearing a number. In
the records of the cemetery these numbers
are written with the names of the soldiers,
and thu> the graves may be identified. The
soldiers'monument is a mass of granite
blocks, arranged, without cement or mor
tar. in tha form of a perfect pyramid. It
isa xHiiple and an itnpresaive structure.
Stonewall Jackson is the idol of the people.
His splendid statue adorns the capitol
square; bits of his handwriting are treas
ured as precious relics, and his picture is
in tvei v shop window where photographs
aresolJ. simple and pure in character,
aid great in action, h>- hail the qualities
that will evoke the veneration of the South
so long as it cherishes the memory of its
great men. I buve seen photograph* of
Mrs. l.angtry here in abundance, but none
of Northern men. pastor present. I asked
a shopkeeper if he could sell me a photo
graph of Lincoln. He said he thought it
could he bought in llichmond. but he
didn't keep it. He thought thero was no
demand for it. I don't believe there isa
photograph dealor in New York city who
cannot bring out a few pictures of Jeffer
son Ihivisif anybody wants oue
C. A.
WORDS OF Wh>Uv».
Action may not always bring happi
ness, but then* is no happiness without
action.—Beaconslield.
To correct an evil that already exists
in not so wise as to forsee and prevent
it.—Chinoee Proverb.
Harsh is the praise that cannot l»e
listened to; dark are the dame* that
cannot be dallied with.— Gaelic.
Be courageous and noble minded; our
own heart, and not other men's opin
ions of us, forms our true honor.—Hcbil
ler.
common sense doe* not a*k au un
pof-hible cliesa Iniard, but lakes the one
before it and plays the game.—Wen
deli I'hiliijM.
Many a man without talent can Hay
of t lie work of a man with talent—If!
eonld do that, I Mould do it better.—
Marie Eschenbaoh.
Of government*, that of the mob
in the moat sanguinary, that of noldi<*ix
the mot-t ex|>ensive, and that of civi
lians the most vexations.—C'llton.
Dilettanti have done- no lasting ser
viee in even seoond-rate art, btrt have
done well in the first of all m-idices,
iihilocphy; witness Montaigne, iia
Kochefoucauld, Vauvenarguw.—Marie
Kscbenbach.
A man's transit from one life to the
other, or from one world to the other,
i« like a journey frmn one place to an
other, and he take* with him all things
that he posses*™ in himself as a man;
ho that it cannot be said that a man
after death, his death being only that of
the terrestrial body, has lo-»t anything
that belonged to himself. He also car
ries with him his natural memory; for
ever)'thing he had ever heard, saw,
read, learned or thought, frmn his ear.
lieHt infancy to the la*t day ot itis life,
he still retain*.—Swedenborg.
It is thought by many that merely to
believe that which the Church teaches
Ertirifiew a man from evils; by some, to
Lnow. speak amd teach such things as
are of the Church; by some, to read
the Word and books of piety; by gome,
to frequent churches to hear sermons,
and especially to-ieoeive the Holy Sup
per ; by some, t# renounce the world
«nd study piety; by Mine, to confess
themselves guilty of all sins; and so on.
Hut, nevertheless, Done of the*® things
do at all purify a man, unless tmexam
ine* himself, perceive* his sins, ac
knowledges them, eomiemus himself on
account ol them, and repents by dHunt
ing from them; and all these things he
must do as from himself, but at ill from
an acknowledgment of the h«art that
he don* them from the I»rd. -Mweden
Lorg
V»mr4tj »t lmr%
fliUimarr Amrrtea*.
Had aoeident: "A man while shav
ing accidentally c«t off his nose. In
bis excitement he dropped the rasoraod
decapitated one at his toe* Hastily
uickie * np the dismembered portions of
ids anatomy be chipped them t» the
bleeding wounds ana ho sod them on
tightly. After the flesh had croon Cast
and healed up he removed the band
ages and was filled with, horror when
he found a well-developed toe in lieu of
a nasal organ and vion wv**.. Now,
whenever he gets a coldi he has to re
more his shoe and stocking in aader to
blow his nose.*
Here is a mesaerie talc that comes
from Oregon. A woman named
Furaes, a professional clairvoyant, be
came enamored of a youn^ banker at
Portland, and mcsanericed him at one
of her kitting*. This done, she Jbined
hands with him, and they Were mar
ried by a minister present, whom she
mesroorlxed for the purpose.
fish, flesh a no fowl.
Sn99 latarml NMry ii livt
papers.
A Califorria Direr*! Ad renter* Sixty f*t
Uuder Water, Together WHk Tnw
Stories A> ant Raasters. Nm
Coods, Catfish. Mice iW •
'Pmm*£
fW Or f ■■ TVMlh.
"I was once a direr-tot a wrecker. ket
a pearl direr—and hard baaam it wtm,".
recently obwrrrd tka aaUia of a Spaa ink
Wix to a reporter trf Uk Tiases. "ffa
marked uff Ike Mexican and tWrnwH. i
principally oa the Plnfie iMk We *«at
to tke gaoanda iu avail aailiag veeeeU
the* rre wok Ut the aaiall boat* an4 one- j
ered aa ranch Rronad at poaeiMe. Kaefc
mea bad a baaket, a weight a ad a knife.
For shark*! Yea, hot it ia a poor defease,
for it is almost iatpueoioie to sniaf Use
arm with any foerr under valor. The beat
« ea|>oa it a short apoar. When you reads
the gronnd yon strip, put roar feet in a hie
siaker. Uke the basket that has a rone for
hoisting, drop over andsooo find yourself
at the bottom. Then your business is to
knock oft as many oysters aa you ran and
piU> tbeni into the baaket before yoa lose
tour wind. If rite gruaad is well .•'locked
vus can get twenty or more sheila, hut il
is all luck. When the hasket is full it is
baulcd up and after you nine up for your
wind ilown you go again, the sinker hata*
bsuled up with a small <x>rd for that por
poee.
"It was on one of these trips that I can
afoul of the aintnnl thai gare ma a listing
tifhU You will senile when 1 nay it was
only a Mar hah. but that it really wa*. I
went down sixty feet «iU> a rush, and,
landing on the edge of a Itig branch of
com!, swung oA into a sort of basin. The
Imskrt went ahead of me, and as f twang
oil to reach the bottom wjnething seemed
to spring up all around me. and I was in
the arms of some kind of a monster that
roiled about my body, ana* and lag*. '
tried to scream, forgetting tlint I was in the
water, and lost my mind. I was just as if
the plant bad sprouted under uteaud then
threw its viaes and tendrils about me.
There were thousands of them, coiling aad
writhing, and 1 thought I had landed in a
nest of sea snake*. 1 gave the signal as
so<>n as I could and made a break upward,
{■art of the i reature clinging to me. while
the rr>t, K could Nee. was dropping to
pieces. They hauled me into the boat
when I reached the surface, arid pulled the
main part of the animal from me. It was
oral, aliout three feet across, snd (he tire
arms seemed to divide into thousauds of
others. I probably landed on top of thit
one. which at that time was tlie largest I
had ever seen. I afterward saw the body
of one that w« washed arhore on the lath
mii» that mu-l have had • spread of thirty
live feet."
A Mondfrlal HmI >((■
/Vomlriifr Jonrntil.
On I'ridav afternobo the matron of the
Newport Hospital, V< which General Hi*
srd left the large bulk of his property, re
ceived from a young female relative. While
tlit* latter wst a'ttiiig »t one of the wind'.wi
which overlook the front garden she oh
servtd a ben lly over one of the walls and
rott to some grass which hid grown re .won
ably high. It should here bo remarked
that no fow ls are kept about the h-wpiUl.
The bi n had scarcely reache 1 the groand
when it hegau to cackle, cackle vary loudly,
aud shortly afterward laid an eirg and
cackled ugain. Knowing that no hens
were kept at the hospital the young visl^.
tor ran out into the warden ao<i picked up
the egg, when, looking at it, die found, to
her utter astonishment, that there were
strange marks upon it. On one side, in
dented on the shell perfectly naturally,
was the following, that could be read as
plainly as possible, ''Money, lKt:;." Oa the
other was an impression that looked very
much like that of a silver three-cent piece, j
with a star in the centre. The young vis
itor instantly showed it to her friends at
the hospital, and subsequently took it to I
the gentleman from w horn the story has
been received by the writer. That gentle
man now has it in bis possession. It is |
evident that the marks are perfectly natural
and that the indentation was not mads hy
human hands.
n imi a Kewtnekjr Kssstrr Did.
bjumxUr Courifr-JoumaL
A rather peculiar instant of the talent
of a game cock occurred yesterday after
noon on the corner of (.'lay and Gray sleets,
in the back yard of Lorr, the huckster. It
appears that Mr. I-orr had ju.«t purchased
a few chickens and in the lot were found
two of a decided male gender. These two
were inclined to be aggressive, but had put
on their war paint tinder almost fatal elr
juTistmues. -A next door neigh by r of Lorr
f- one Bant;?, who keerw a genuine game
cock that has passed through the terrible
arena of the pit and wears the honorable
seals of many a bloody cotlict in the modren
amphitheatres. This cock makei his home
about half the time in Mrs. Lorr's yard,
and was there yesterday when the new
comers were tburst in. It was only u short
time until the arrangements had been per
fected and the game chicken tackled both
of the others and was rapidly getting the
best of them when Mrs. I*orr came to the
rescue with a stick. Nothing daunted by
the suddenness of this flank movemeut on
the psrt of the new enemy, he turned and
marte a spring at her, tearing her upper
lip iti a dreadful manner. The next spring
ht m .di- another tpringat thelady knocked
one of her front teeth out. when she
retreated into the house, sadder, wiser and
<or.sidernbly disabled.
< apt Hid B«J Pel PwrtL
Ntir York NUtr.
r'npj«in Paul Boyton, of Plashing, has
eofb<-ted n sruall managerie in his exten
sire travels throughout the country.
Anions the collection is an intelligent par
rot, which has a habit of imitating a crying
baby. Captain Itoyton recently l»ad occa
sion to take this parrot to New York. He
cairiH the bird in a basket. During the
journey the nonnds that came from the
f>atket caused it to be regarded with much
interest. On the ferry boat the Captain
came near getting into trouble. The par
rot k<-pt np a noise which much resembled
the trying of an infant. The passengers
MnreJ at the Captain and the basket.
When the f'aptain left the cabin some of
the j-.SMenger* followed him, and a* be
walked off the boet they informed a po
liceman at the nate of their suspicions.
The blue-coat atopped the Captain and in
quired the content* of the ossket. The
<aplain wanted to continue on hia way,
but the polio-man told him it waa hia
duty to look into the basket. The Captain
thereupon cut the cord which seen red the
oorer. and the parrot's head bobbed out oi
the basket. The bird's greeting waa:
"Pretty Poll; Polljr wants a cracker." The
policeman n*>n dimppeared among a num
ber of trucka amid roar* of laughter.
IkrTiivfliMraa Like Wilia L
hiehtmmrt mmr.
When the headless rooiter was on et
hibition at the late Btate Pair several med
ical men examined him, among other* Dr.
K. A. Lancaster, one of the surgeon* at the
almshouse. He did not believe Hie story
of accidental decapitation a» told, and
when be went bark to the aJashou* he
secured a numbero* chickens' Mad* and
experimented upoo them tiraC He became
satisfied that be coo Id take the heed at a
chifken off and not produce death. To
carry oet this belief be took a heoaod
proceeded to skillfully dimeet the bead
leaving the brain Intact and the (collet ap
posed. This was dftno aereral days ago akd
the chicken it alive and walking about.
Dr. lAn*ast«r feeds the chicken by
of a tuba, and so. long as this is hapfe ay
there ia no question of the fowl'*- llOog.
A great many people hare been out to see
the chicken.
**•«» a r»** C*a»kt a llwa.
fVom Me Atoven^oA llrmrH.
A green rrocer named HeJmken, on West
Rrued street, baa beea bothered greatly at ;
the way his p*ck)ea div r>peare>l He had '
In hia yard a virion* 'aoon. which he placed I
in a barrel c*ri*>*r«a«idinj; to the pickle re
oepteoie and ptaci-J it where the preaerra
banal stood. One or t vo da ye elapsed and
no snoker w» caught until last aigbt,
whea a colored man went to the b»i-rol,
I csnatioasly raiaM the lid anl kept Hia aye
oi» the proprietor. The 'good ia the oar
rat imi*ad lately seised the ealored man's
hand aad aank his teeth viciously in that
aseasbsc. The negro veiled ana started
I from the place, swearin* that ha was bit*
ten hf a rattlesnake.
For some time hawks have beea nsakiag
raid*on Mm. Timothy Stephens' chiokasu,
am town. On last Tueadar a large hawk
swooped down upon a broad aad a great
flatter ensued, attra^tio* the attend>n ot
Mr*. Rtepheas, who got Mr. fhephsos'
ifeotgaa Aid wont out for Ui pea**,
eadtag tbeaiialaate of th*
cbictrD ttW. 8bo discovered tlia
pervbed apoa
forty J»*away. Mb* bro'ijcft u* -uTf
br.r Ml.i< bowjrabip. took »m £4?*
«mI ibe hewfc lell de^ II w* » m i2
m-it ilmn-if ■^Ly
jBPMMI
■* Mr. BroHiet. of tbe Richmond p-,
oflce. bnMfcbt to tbio ndk* feater*,?.
mm wbicb John Benedict. hw htiu L
captured at their aoaideocr. J»a >ir, M*•
TooMjotrcoUnlrfot The tow,
to aay. b« developed into a rocmi,^
aocb a word can be applied to it iv.
LitUo tbiagriajca Bad cbixpa all a.fbt t,T
• bird. I<oet night it «u plaod m a
ia tbe reporter*' sanctum and for
anuad cbirprd with the «w a»>
tm of a prima douaa. tbuugb o x' ^
I ft aad a acaio
- . TfbMat«MfcaML
- + Ammtcmi Mtrm4tr.
Klhert Heod'a tab pood h a nrm« f~
it ia »toefced with hundreds of rtnow
of frti—cat» aocker* aad troat. Wh,*
I wiebea awe of tbe tinny tribe be rin«ah*a
aad fbey ton<e in drove* to the bank «f ttM
ijond. abeo a dip net ia uaed aud a n u„
aval »» tbe result
A rata 'Paw.
J asses Holly. auii of 80! Holly, who ltr<t
weot of A»encoaabont three mil**, br
in:o tbia aSica 00 Mondrr last an
•poe-tni. It was small aad perfectly wb.^
witb lijrht redeye*.
A Uaf WatMbaar.
lo*<m 9ati Mfgwrr.
A sray wolf waa caught and killed j,*
week 00 *fcank river, after die dsys'c*»
tiai:oua cbase.
WHAT LAGER BECK IS MADE Of.
, Tb* FatatiM Beverage lot «aaroeie«
af Beteterla— MafcMaore*.
r t>H inpnil<*rl»cc of thf Bottu* UrrolJ.
t A bandred tbouaaad doilara ia spent (»r
lager beer, taking the year round. » ui.o
un mi leu of tbe p«-n that ia writing tbe
tact. This will asfiniah and ?rieve
total abetainei*. and yet it five* only »lit
tle ovar aglaaa apiece tue*ch lubabitaat.
counting in the babies. of marv U*o«»
ands never touch beer, but on the other
band there are men who hardly ever let g»
of it, and so the average daily coae izup
tiun ia rather above the Ittfurea that 1 bare
given. There baa been a alight commotion
among Uie brewer* The moderation
ciaty waa a professed temperance organisa
tion. and tbe doctrine which it taught ««.
that beer was tbe only true tcm|*ran<v
beverage. It had nothing U» say
nrttr, but it t*ut forth bnwdaideK of pr::it*i
arguments tliat beer waa the right thing
for every body to drink, lam informed
tlJ«I IUC HK'in/, pun u ivuraivi piM.ii' mj
of one shrewd man. was given #10,'S»J tu
one year l»y the brewer* for the circulation
of these persuasions. The next mod era
tion scheme was to hare an analysis :u» i *
of ea< h brewer * U-er, at a <M«t of #!'W.
which would hare y ielded a total of B"out
I'Jo CM. The idea was nut no brewer would
decline to buy the society's certi! ate of
purity, for tear that the public w »al |. >a
chide"that he adulterated his beer b it it
wa.sa mistaken one. and the career of the
moderation S'Kiety is closed. No# th
is get beer of New \orku a lultersted, or
it i.sn't. ju-t as the standard <»f j> snty nisy
l>e fixed. If pure beer is none hut thst
made solely of malt and hop- then ill it
adulterated. If pure !>eer i» that nn»de n
malt, bops. corn. rice an I *ti-'sr fieu s.l m
pure. That is all about it. The clurg*
that beer is a coneo« lion of delrtrri >us
substances is nonsense. There is n>» nee J
of any such thing. My means of the rap: J
(■rorestes of fermentation now employed,
our bri wen are becoming millionaire* by
using the harmless substances which I
bsve mentioned. Why strfmld they killotf
'their constituents with i>oison*. Another
-Wet is that the old fasnioned lagei be«»r
trvie ot malt and hops only, and kept
eight months to mature, could n >t now b«
■old. A leading brewer tried the eipert
ment. He brewed ten barrels of beer ei
actly as he used to <lo when he l>egiti busi
ness, and let it lie in bis cellar eight
months. Then he brought top-ther a ouni
pauy of friends and tap|>ed a barrel. Titers
was the good, old-time, honest beer—lark,
heavy, with full eight per cent, of alcohol.
The caniplers didn't like it. They wouldn't
drink it. Neither would an? body who
could pet beer made of malt. hops. sti.f*r,
corn and rice.
Pnrta Frsm an Amerlrsa I'ulsl sf
% lew.
Henry Jamcu, Jr's, clever study, in
the December t'entury, of American
i manners and institutions from "Tim
Point of View" of traveled American*
ami traveled Kiirnpcana, contains l»y
way of contrast the following;criticism
I of Parisian life l>yan American.
I It wax in Paris, however, that I git
your letter; I rememl>er the moment
as well an if It were (to my' honor)
much more recent. Vou ujuit know
that, among many place* f dislike,
Pariu carriee the palm. I am hoivd to
death there: it'athe home of every hum
l>uc. The life is full of that fiiLseoom*
fort which in worxc tl.au discomfort,
and the small, fiat, irritable people give
me the fthiven*. I had lieeu making
theec reflection* even more devoutly
than uaual one very tirmome evening
toward the beginning of last aumruer
wheu. tut 1 re-entered my hotel at Un
o'clock, the little reptile of a portn*w
handed me your gracious lines I
was in a villainous humor. I had Ixta
having an over-preMwd dinner in a
stuffy reaUuraut, and ha<l gone from
there to a auifbcijling theater, when*,
by way of amusement, I saw a nlaj
In which blood and lies were the least
of the horrors. The theaters over there
are iii»upnortitMc; the atrnotphere It
irtntilenlul. People wit with their al
low* in your aidt*; they a-ju»-e*c
p«»t you every half I our. Il w.»»
one of my had moment*. I
have a great many in Kuropc. The
conventional, perfunctory play, all ■»
falcetto, which I teemed to have teen »
thousand time*; the horrible fv* if
the people; the puahing, bullying
ouxt'-uat, with her falae politeneoa and
her real rapacity, drove uu> out of the
place at the end of an hour; and, »» it
wa* too early to go home, I *at dowa
before a ca/e on the Itoulevani, where
tbey nerved me a gJa** of aour, watery
beer. There on the Houlcvanl, in the
Hummer night, life itaclfwaaeven uglier
than the play, and it wouldn't do f<n
me Ur tell you what I aaw. Ik*i<i<«, I
wa* wick of the lioulevard, with it* eter
nal grimace and the deadly naniftn-w
of Die twriicle df which pretend*
to be ao- variont the atoop-windowt a
wilderneaa of rubhbdi andthe paw-r* br
a proeetadoii of manikin*. Suddenly It
came over me that I wax atif>i*wed
nm lining atyaelf - my face waa a yard
long—and that you probably at that
moment were amy ion to your baeband:
"He ataya away ao long I What a good
time he muat lie having?'* The idea
waa the fin* thing that had made w
ftmiie for a. month, I got up and walkad
home, reflecting, aa I went* that 1 waa
"aeelng Kurope," and that, after all, oae
rnuat aee Uvtape.
Tim iron paltaetto it tbe graateat
art in the state Hooae yard at Cola®««a.
& C. Thia ia a canting wbollpol iroa ?*••
memoraUng the death of many of
alain, wboae nainea are foand in rm*»
letters on two braae tablet* at the ba*»
The aoceeaaef the ratting -seawata « 10
perfect im Ration W tba Iiriag
tba favorite tree of South Caroiia* *'
bad kaard of tbia atatne iaotaar H**
bat had aaver baen able ^ belie*? ***
rteriea ot the flexible l«a«aa btadio* }*
the breeae roppoaing tbiTpftrff**®0 »
optieai del iaio*. bat inch lai*all> *e ref
ine lone, thia laavaa of iroa..lifadifca
to tba hair-like flbraa of the **■
braaches. wave tremolooaly »
fpbjrr. and tba wnolt
artiatirallf, baiio «ioaa a naaM*^'!'
the reai tree aa really to daeaira »baac««a»
obaarrac at a AMttct.
Wbo aaya lovaly woman taa't fa*
ing to paddle her own aaaoer What
her Amanda far tba ballot bar P'****
law aad laadteiaa and omapetinj W1 *f k„
bufla aad bear* in WaU tfrttt. ah* £
maaaard to eetablitb bar ability* m
care o7 bamlf for amae time pa*4- ^
aow coaM to tbe boat for tba par?**!
belpiac to awell oar ^uil d
sake bread cheap. Two yooa* hy*'^
Mfi+aakee, Miialtra Hanaaa aad f,
PbUHpa, have feat taken 160 aaraa of
.a have M takaa 1«0 »**■■ ®' «*>
eacbia DakeU aad prepoae toerect ^
ia <be aprlag aad
a i u«. ir.i " . l»"i
boaaa
agriaaltaral life ia tbe moat
Whether they propeaa to amploT V4
apiaea ia the way of a boibaad
plowiaf aad toiling doea ao* J••