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PASS. ý ant º te a1L8neEiet sssotifisted
t~I3 J, C: ý J);N.-,JN ,
".,ý fE '~ 'S; 4T LAW,
MILTON J7. "CUNNINGHAM.,
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W. U. JAOK, D. L. PIBSO*,
+ aýitdTa oc:e., Ls.
J. -M-.-B; TUCKER,
'-142'ORNEYV AT L'AW,'
n. H. O~j P. 4. YPIIBBO..
-B IYAMSdr 4 MORSE,
.A4Om2{ fit COUPI8Ej~OR ýAT LAW,
I 4ohitoobeq, La.
A7#O#fTY Il A4 OR EAT
o er~Lood i ;b: U1Y6Co Office rP
(jlftc hN'atchitocbes. La.
ATTORNEY'A2 -.A. LA W,
~~ Natchi~iociiw, La.
R, .. NAVY.
P,;J ; + N &d !LEVY,
lQ TTJNEYS AT .LAW ,
Natchitochs., La,
AJd'ORNEýTh & 1JOUNSELORS AT LAW,
.Homer. La.
R. W. TURNER,
Al~$p aey atIrw,ReIlevun, La, All business
JI-.enait ot,*ihimp w41 rirs ve prompt aad
e n erg et ic a t teat t o o. /
A: W. ROYBD ON,
. Ato ' A nuey at 14*.,
r .ilaL.
*~ L,} i)R J.l W. QUAB~LL4~
1;T~a'd 'M.Ws$t. located ini Natchitochei,
Jlk d~h~iiofusioeed services to'the town
*nadriareolo agd uttry. With more than thirty
* ptt Jm ifS qguaifled to give satls
bot5' "L " h! pompt t attention tpall calls
i a$ it Dr. Theda' Drug Store du
l M id' ulgigit atithe ftwmer retidbnuc
'o BWr, on WLasbligtoa stmt.
GUEIBTrr, OABLOSS & Go.,
- O N'ZO FACTORS
..Co~emm~uIoU Mctchantu,
33 Natche street,
:Now Orleans. La.
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5 A~~ravsT a, ,,gyºlas.i- Iw-s Alspatel
'a Lm'ake City' Florida, says itw day
hao 'early two' ares, on a', in Itawe
ittbn eo u , anddenltmsa th dept.
of hafiftý 19s frto the wa'v*6 Ot1thqater
'roundt land, "filling *ik l'waktet anc
%anbinetglng the tops of theataflst t- eje
Th eod gishatl siinking,-liid nos
eo dours. 8Iteane akn d enreek
16sten1eelaes in th atMUiO*adniag e.u.
ty .Wlith .otred, oUtlet in tbis wayy
Tbde iWtEa cur' oecasiaally buint tbi
I the laidestarin d teetu d .ii
ti:beftbie tlie npeaehment mnuager
*G ti14A $'fdlre: r thlousant dollaru
wef~atahierib l in New Yerk ir Presit
Jrahntso. 7He is& to have`the hunp
t6 rheabid if'o oe e'a n '," fe ouan
at~ itie neei r' 1ben '
Of N ~aroli ouldaisia ar i
tgl. Reitresd to Jind felaquO tie
Wmoan noii dMay` ;.-euva.le
Oeurt mitt ai ioou.i -Ietion to prdeeed
;i:th ulira "ing artil w as lost by 28
to 2S+ Motion adjodfrning'to 23d June
was lbt~ by tie." Vdto on 'secont and
third artidlesreslrated in acquitthl; when
motion adjonnilzlg sine die prevailed.
SIn Seuat,. Anthony, Wiley and tan
W4nkleo`eiet ' nowpaper roports that
COhaseelad endeavored totnflueale their
rotes, and Pesaenden' denied 'his idpti
feation with the proposed third pai y,
and announced hie determination to up.
port the IRepublicad noihinees.:
Baez: ha taken the -oath of ofa8 ' as
President of "St. 1)obinigo; a potnted
three members of hid` cabiiet sald 3b
tained government ratife~tout of his
loan from the Jew baaker Jesartn.
RUTLAND, VT:, May 24.-Irish labor
ers ht West Rutlpnd marble qqArries,
fird litudjed in num~ber,. having'struck
for' higheri wages, the owners of the
quarries, instead of acceding, sent to
Canaida and' engaged five hundred
Frendhmen'. Much ill-feeling in'onse.
quence and the destruction pf 'the place
threatened. "Authorities da the alert
to prevent disturbance. ,
H•vi~v,'~May 25.-Haytl ,news state
that Sanave,, as dictator, had ordered
eOscriptions. Riots, resulted and sol
diers fired o th the mob "A Virgitlkn,
Bnaned Hepiphurn, was wounded while
defending hi~'.store. 'Cocoas ittlcked
OoniaVes, but werb repul$ed. '
WASHNGTOHr, May 25.-Al~swering
questions regarding the tax bill, and the
esuggestions that mdifled regulations
an-d rates on whisky and .obacco should
be presented in a separat:ý bill, Schbeok
said theebill might" pass in three weeks,
and sooner with night sessions. He op
ppsed a separate bill, as the bill pre
pared by the qummittte was complete
as a whole, anid met on, all but one or
two points, with the unanimoils :upport
of the 'cotnmitteýi. . There were only
three o. four poiut ,which would pro
voke 4dquhsion. Itepublican members
maintained the copiwittee's bil,apuld
not pass both houses and become law
before September. SeLenck, however,
persisted, and the bill was made the
special order for Wednesday, to be con
tinued from day to, day uptil finished.
The report of the managers leaves the
corruption investigation in a musty
state. The object they Jand in view ap
pears to have been to make it probable
tsat Wooley had used twenty thousand
dollars to oofrapt Senators. They show
that a General Adams approached Col
lector Smythe, of New York, with a
proposition to buy votes for aequittal.
Smythe broke the matter to Thurlow
Weed, who advised Smythe that it was
not feasible. Adams afterward can
vassed with Weed on the shbject, but
Weed gave him no encouragement. The
matter was afterwards cauvassed in
Weed's room at the Astor House, with
,Weed, Wooloy, Hastings, of. Albany,
Sheridan and Shook present., Wooley
afterwards,left for Washington. Several
obscure dispatches 'passed between
Wooley and Weed, wnioahWeed did not
understand beyond that they referred to
impeachment. Shook and Hastings
came to Washington;, The above is
based on Weed' evidence. It is then
shown that Wooley bad: ten thousand
domlars atone time and five tbomand at
another placed to his credit on acypher
dispatch addressed to Shook at New
York. He drew ten tbouand hsere-in
thousand dollar bills. Shook denies
having deposited this money to Woel
ey's credit. Wooley drew five thousand
frm Cincinnati, Wooley refuses to
swear rwhat he did: with this money.
Nothing Yet transpired econnecting Sen
ators with the money. Butler denoouees
all the parties connected with the aihir,
so tr as gold gambling and whisky men
are conceaed. The amount mntioaed
by Adam as muneesary to se' the
four votes' was thirty thoaaid dollars.
The evident dipositon of the House is
to eemnpel Woole to accont f·br his
mouey. Among the dispatices is oe
from Weeley describing a meeting 'be
tween udlge Chase and eartain Bepub
orgsaidatiob. 8evm isvew-l
gerding thelol mnatket 'wet d ed.
Bsaker, a GB f, orillios,
Ib bittr t rms the ~uhole,
Mda blamednt Eq fet i n.
tCo~ oDo oIug heDoCrt
tIn tha Ives
attor
ed himar in the possesian t knaowl
edge i the whereabots, within the
State, of a noted burglar named Wat
son, wo ne agreen to arrest I compen
soted;fusin y giv the necessary ti
riatioj to t eiffto .enable.him to
.atn has .forfeited
r ; ais upported. by af
eegrand jury' a th ateiaps The
S oS an oe State, and
. nu ndi General
o . e `utnvestigate and
ýt e pe es pSa he nmatter.
'~A~iq25-z.h-+Oy ;the . n
4 ur e die.
to lped in ftheroom of the
Is mmi tehe 4 riSn aoairs i
Oaliforniait "pidy $ with
hper from t the atbar t tiotates.
thwei'in *m ti&eY i of the r rival fes ofr
e Magefs galo fora,; it isb f ,a aren
that persons of liifrnieaus, who are
able to raise the s us to et out there,
ein( themselve s u-" le to gSt back.
They denye alpo thath Sai , eantisco is
any longer a "new Cotuhtry,"t in th sense
of neein' emigration. Whilst
this is the deiraton about imigra
thir from  e Atlanatlc' States, it seems
strange that the Califorpia authorities
sbhoiltl be t inkng of sending agents to
Prussia, to miake kdown ethe *ijiuce
ments offered bye their State f6r immi
gratin. pYet osach tis the present an
nouncement.
Was Wtr Tero's OriTdonAto'y.
Washington himiself before he became
a publi6b maugwas g bad speller. ,Peo
ple' were not so particular then in such
matters as theyf are ndow; and besides,
therereaily wae no . settled system of
spelling one handed Pyears ago. When
the General wiot for a "rheme" of
paper,a beaver "hatt," asuit of "loeath
ng'," and a pair of "sattih" shboe, there
was no Webster's unabridged to Ieep
people spelling within bounds. wNor
wab he much of a reader of books. He
read a little of the history of England
now and then, and a papdo froni the
essentially an out-of-door man, and few
things were more disagreeable to him
than confinement at the desk." There
was nothing in the house which could
be called a library. He had afew old
fashioned book**iYhich he seldom di.s
tarbed and niever read long at a time.
Housekeeping has been introdaped as
a regular braneh of. Instruction in the
German sch ola Young ladies are re
quired to wfte essays. upon the proba
ble priceseof food, the weight of fat or
lean fowls, the ;method of fattening
beeves, and in general upon whatever
pertains to the economy of the culinary
art.
WHAT IT COST.-A gantleman in
business in this city has for years !nade
a practioe whilh is common with .any,
of inviting his eustomers and fiends
out to "take a drink" or a cigar. A
tiead endeavored to convince him that
be was spending too much in this way,
aside from other and stronger objections
tO thepractice. , The gentleman insisted
that the cost was a mere trifle, but to
make sure of it, he adopted the follow
ing plan: Each time he spent amything
for this purpose, he deposited an equal
amount in a bot in his safe,' keeping no
aecountof it. At the end of three months
he counted his deposit, and found there,
to his astonishment, over three unmdred
dollars. The friend who related the in
cident to as said he had Just left the
surprised man, who was still looking at
the pile of bills and thinking :deeply.
Perhaps Le was reckoning the amount
of comfort and pleasure the sum would
hae brought to the home circle, if pro
perly need, or ow it would have helped
in taking tap some note when' he was
"srt." Probably he has received some
aee* deas whifh 'Uill do him much good,
and not iajure bis customers'
. Beereation is a seoond oreation, whei
weariness bath almost annihilated one's
spirits. It is the breathing of the seoal
whichotherwise would be stifled with
oontinual business. 8pill not the. sorn
ing(the quinteseledee of the dhy) in
reoreatlns; for dle4) itself is a recrea
tien. Add not, therefore, seane to
msnoe. And he batnot properly have
any title to be refIbghed who wat not
first faint. Pastime, like wine, isposon
ha the morning. It is ien gCed liuns
bandry to sow the 'hd whlch'hath
lain tllow all night wIht some serious
work. Let thy reeatlen be' ing~pious
sad bear propotim'o o thine age. If
*ou sayest with Phal, "When wras
behildf-d4 ' a a child;" bu oiyalso
witbh tiai but when I weas h'an I
put a  hldish _', West also
the ehild's ceat if tU wt hs
olpke net ay nal s l t the iloder
ate poering <the cordial ' res.
Peehne si ywhisoe leasts
Si.l-gk a k~er r wm bwseaght bsfiAore
sag.tastrat mtar eraelt IMdaa4t I.
Thei tte diuaeity arseabaems diser
meadbr ty permantithtdle, who
ssea.mit la y1.ahaege othe gte,'
sdto. nsl Ler h swe ua~thjy u
tekohrw drive his W uaeamengh ree.
The ihorth of a sw8s Wsman is like a
money box whih L iddem opened, so
that ee ea eemse E.omuss. cema
S e ' :e.ilver Raft A
St is now, if memory serves us, twenty
thaeeyears since steamboataran thropgl
the pld.channelof the river nowm lea
with "the raft,': to Fulton. ' The ,Baff
Io and Bevenue were the lastboats tha
came through, We: think, in the wintel
of 1845.. Since then, the raft has fllei
up from Carolina bluffs, sixty miles b1,
the river above this'place, to .the .heat
of KQonn' canal, a distance of twenty
eight miles. ;Twenty miles of this i
solid raft,but in- the other eight , ilel
there are openings or breaks in. itt -61
dierent, lengths, the. ,longest of, whiei
is, two,) miles,, though ihom Dooley's
bayou up many of them are only frta
two to three and four-hundred yards ifa
lengthy , In the mean -.time -.boats, ha'V
been ableto get above the raft by means
of adjacent bayous, lakes and- eanals,
whichthed been cleared :of obstrcetipns
for th5pppepose, uhtiLthe outlets on the
ilght, bank haveefftotually closed With
the drift. Bed Bayou, whFh' -was the
ohtlet~afo nrb be .-of years, closed ti,
in 1880, since which time fourmew ones
hare: been .opened, at 'different times,
higher up the river, two on each sle.
The ,rat one to close up- was Hervy '
canal, onthe-right hand side, about five
miles above Red bayou, which it did be
fore itwas used much. -The next one
to elose up was the Postea bayou route,
on the left band side ofthe river, seven
and h, half .miles above' Bed bagou,
whioh. happened about two yeirs ago.
This route was above Red bayou, and
crossed the main river through an open
ing in the raft, cut by Capta. Moore and
Alban, into a slough leading into Pcsten
bayou; thence through a haton of lakes
and bayoun to the point mentioned.
The next and last outlet to close up was
the Konns canal, on the right bank, ten
miles above Red bayou. *This route
closed up during last month, and leaves
butone route open, and that is through
the partially cut canal, called the Albatt
cut, at Boom bend, on the lef* bank of
the river, about twenty miles above the
mouth of Red bayou. It iis mnrely an
extension *of the Posten bayon route
higher up. Itis said to be the best route
yet opened since the closing of Red
bayou, with the exception of the out
which isnot yetagnished. It ,will only
require a little labor to put it in good
navigable condition, and that will be
done this summer. There is some talk
of opening another outlet on the right
bank, some five miles belor Spring
Bank, and following the lakes, bayous
and swamps, which extend to theKouns
route.: The plan iq feasible, and should
an emergency require it, the -,Kouns
brothers will no doubt open it. As the
raft fills up, the water- is forced back
ovor-the banks into the low swamp coun
try bordering on the river to the suffi
cient depth tor navigable purposes, and
it only requires a canal immediately on
the bank of the river to open a route.
The hills coming iltothe river at Spring
Bank., will prevent this method of ex
tending navigation any higher up on
that side of the river, but on the other
side, should occasion require, it could
be eatended to the bead of Long Prairie,
a distance. of upwards of sixty miles
from the crossing at the head of Red
bayou. 4
Since 1845, two attempts have been
made by the Government to remove the
raft; one in 1846, with the 'snag-boat,
Radicator, and the other in 1854-5, with
the Gopher, under the superintendence
of OCapt. Fuller. Nothing was accom
pliabed by either ofthese attempts but
to squander the money aapropriated,
and the raft has gone on filling up at an
increasing rate every year. Capt. Ful-.
ler commenced op the raft at a point
where Dooley's bayou leaves the river,
and dug out about two miles of logs,
which he floated into a large lake run
ning into Dooley's bayou. His object
was toopen the raft above this bayou,
and let the water out that way, leaving
the lower part of the raft as he found it,
but the appropriation gave out before
he fairly got to work. Another attempt
was made to open the raft in 1851 or '52,
by fire. After a long dry spell, when
the river was very low, it was thought
that the logs could be burned out.
Acoordingly, in one of the yearaspokeas
of, a party was made up i. this city for
the purpose. It was set; Tn lre in a
thouaand different places, but without
any good results. It burned until the
fire reached the logs imbedded in the
sand, when it went out. Nothing wee
aesomaplished by this furthbI than to
kill a good deal of timber ot the banks.
Sinee Capt, Fuller's failure the raft has
been left alone in its glory, while every
effort has been made to improve naviga
tion by heading it off and tuning the
water around it. A large growth of
trees has sprung ~p on the lower part
of the rat, and pople on foot can cross
t dry aod. ProMbly the last attempt
to open the aftshe been mnade, he othe
s-d~mht's feasiblb'routes can be found.
Oar fiends above the raff can rest as
sred hat every effort will be used dar
ing tha oomiag summer to lmprov@ the
-Il an tIrtedd the raft, s;ll' that
Sbe abidto shg thbir bxt crop
at less rates thea formerly. 'there is a
project on foot-to put in alineof weekly
l between here and PFulton, con
seating here with weekly packets for
e* Orl enso putting freigbt through
r odaytom New Orleans. This
euWLItse Sin the hands of parties
who' hive the means'and energy to in
atre eesi-.-[,B#recqert pOit-fWt
he followfnagIs trhe states of, the leg
islatte of South Osrolnan, as to eolor:
House of Repvementativeas--white, 44;
colored, 80. Senate-whites, 20; oeel
owed, 12.
4 ' i'p ssissippi Valley.
"- ' T1 1.870 is destin'ed, probably,
to witless the completion of two or
Id three of the most stupendous works of
- ancient or moldern timese The Mount
It Oenis tunnel, abputi keven miles in
ir lengtl4, will estabties intimate railroad
4 ennection li eten 'P~ oe: a'd Italy.
'y The Snte' eanal', it is statd,` will be for
4 mally openedht October', although that
t- great auertaking, which: has. so taxed
La $J~idlr ty of Englishpe , and re
te so uch honor'ujon the French,
if 'will require a couple 'of years for oom.
h pletion. Freight i" s, however,; ;; now
. tranpported" in m gall tbgea, lthe
n Me4aterrweaues to*e B I sea, alort
ii' sald, a owl of, ten 4tiousand in abi.
Statits,'ha'areads ad prg ap at the
5 northern or MeediWea ati of the
I. canal., : , ý:
s J:But#gr ~aore important than either of
e these is our Pacific railroad, which is
tr bbingptisbed, forward with remarkable
e vigor. The hiighest point of the Boolky
p ihountaiis htalready been reached and
a even uassed by the screattang loebmo
I tive. This great nationialJ'rk is des
r. tined to have th$.;ame: 41t upon our
s country thlat the discovery of the ocean
e route to India' hid upon the Western
powers of Europe. It' will make us
a fron% to the 'west instead of the east.
. It ..ring nlt faee to face with the
a .Sixti~ , and dihrry the ripe civilization
, of the ineteenth century around the
globe to 'those ancient countrigs where
I the early divilization of the human race
-originated. We quote some remarks as
i to the influaene of the Paclflc railroad
I tupon the commnrce bt the 'Mississippi
3 valley, its labor, immigration, etc,, from
the May number of Pgtnaam's Maga
Izine:
"'The world is just beginning to
appreciate tile value of Cheap and
I rapid communication as an element of
l civilization. In this country'we are also
I beginni to appreciate its valtie as an
f elemen f unionism. nBut only after
the completion of the Pacific railroad;
when New York and San Francisco will
lie in the great highway of the world's
travel; when gliding on the "pale iron
I edge" across the continent we may jos
tle in the cars pf Chinese mandarins
and Japanese prmeinces on their way to
Europe, and'the rfioney-knugQ of Europe
on their way to the Golooihdas and cotton
fields of the East; when we at last shall
have realized the dream of conturies-a
direct western passage from Europe to
India-and shall have grasped the rich
prize of Asiatic traffic; when Saint
Louis, situated near the oinfluence of
the Missouri, the Upper Mississippi,
shall become the distributing point of a
commerce greater than 'that of the
Tarshish, Phmnicia, Carthage, Rome,
Venice, and all the caravans that toil
wearily across the deserts combined;
then. will the real value and significauce
of thisgreat river system be understood.
Nor until then.will its levees be properly
buil`, will its currents be made to flow
in even and regular volume, and this
magnificent Mississippi become, i4 the
highest sense, a liquid highway to the
millions of people living on its banks.
Already a vast immigration from
Asia is climbing the western slope of
the Sierra Nevada. On the completion
of. the Pacific railroad it will soon cross
the lofty intra-mountain basia of Salt I
Lake; it will descend from the crest of t
the Rocky Mountain in a flood, com- 1
,ared with which the present emigration
from Europe will dwindteinttinsignifi
caneo; for that great highway across t
the continent will change not only tthe t
course of the world's travel and traffic, t
but in time also affect the direction of I
its migrating races.
When the Irish shall become reconcil
ed to Ireland, and good government :
attract the Germans down the Danube '
to the rich plains of Hungary, to the f
broad prairies of Wallachia and Molda- e
via, to the fertile but almost uninhabited
wastes of Bulgaria; when Biddy shall
get above "service." Patrick despise i
the hod, Hans refuse to"hire out," and r
Pompey becomea landowner, then these K
soft, pliant Orientals, living on the
cheapest food, working for the lowest
weges, submitting patiently to poverty,
to reproach and insult, wmill take the
places of one and all 'hit "help," as
menials. 'hY-Eli will be maid of all
work in Boston and in Denvlbr. C(hing.
Wang will be cook in New York, wash
and irOn in St. Loilh, sell eigars in New
Orleans, tend babies in Omaha, dtraw
coor_ is Newport, Hop Change .will
spin in ew England, hoe cotton in
brgia " mnortar in Chicago, gather
rice in a, do farm work in Ken
tacky, a dabor on canals and railroads
in 6ve*y S.ate in the Union. Those
Pent-up bmlions of Asia want room,
want food, want the opportunity to
work; we in the valley of ~tbhe issis- ,
sippi want labor- we must have it; we
have fars for mlhllions, work for tent
of millios. Here is the demand; there
is the Snpply. Those plodding, rice-eat- c
ing, polygamic, idol-worshipping Orion- a
t Ils lveon the other side of the world; I
but steam will s bstihg us together." 1
The London Court Journal says that I
Mrs. Frances Lord ~3ed's appointmentI
to the English mission wlOd settle a
yaxe4 questio. "She need not appear
inLknee-breeches at the Court of 8t.
Jamnes without she likes."
The emwror soR., soeas,
but two dauhtes. If he persists in
his atentlo_ b t a e it supposed (
tbhat the WInes Isubella, his eldest 1
daabter, wU sueeosetd to the throlm. 4
hae s almost twenty-two years old,
the wife of the Conunt D'En, sat of Duke
De liomours, and grandson of King 1
Louis Phillippe.
TaHE Ff r t -t.may ,be doubted
f, whethel ar l ~gnt the
whole foot.
,f Many exquisites " sez.a claim
t admiration for their`l. 4i.tre4  ities,
n but itt Is the boetsaadad~ies which cover
d them w)lobh wear eatedle i aO admire.
The feet, if bared, would ~mnta very
great,divergance from thie d ealcadeal
of beauty. The firmy ,planted .foot,
d neithei too large nor too small, but
. justly proportioned 'to the'' height and
weight it suastains, the smooth surface
and regular curved lines. th.-diatinct
Sness of the diyisjons and the plerfect
formation of each: toe, with its well
marked separtei ess, and its gr4ations
of size and Its regularity or detail, to
the very tip of the nail, are .now to be
rseen only in art. In the Gmek ntature
they. were :found, for ancieni npandals,
which, left the foot unfettered, gave
freedom to the developmentof its tatur
al grace and 'proportions. The hiddern
boob or shoe, with the prevalent notion
I that everything must. be, eaerifoed to
_ smallness, has squeezed the foot Into a
lump as knotty and irregattar as a piece
of padding stone, where 'the tiatoirted
toes are so imbedded In the' mass; ,and
mutilated by the pressure, that it is im
possible to pick them out in the indi
viduality and completeness, of their
originua forms. As our coarse climate
forbids the sandal and renders the shoe
necessary, care should be taken to adapt
it as perfectly as posseible to the natural
formation of the foot. It should be
lodg and wide enough to admi of free
play of the toes; the space between the
heel and the sole should be firm, and of
a curve the same height as the natural
arch of the foot, while no, part of the
artificial covering should be so binding
as to, prevent the free action. of the
muscles and the circulation of the blood.
Be deaf to the quarrelsome, blind to
the scorner. and dumb to those who are
mischievously idxuisitive. Goodadvice.
Here's a sermon in four words, on
the vanity of all earthly possession:
"Shrouds have no poekets."
Two thin shoes make one cold; two
colds one attack of bronchitih; two at
tacks of bronchitis one mahogany coffin.
Which is the strongest day in the
week? Sunday, because all the rest are
week days.
One of a couple of bright little twin
sisters, who greatly resembl each
other, being asked bb a gentleman bow
she gould tell herself from her'sister,
replied, "Oh, I always sleep in a' crib
and she sleeps in,a bed."
Somebody advertides for agents to sell
a work entitled "Symealal Instruc
tions." This we suppose comptries an
exposition of the partieular joys and
miseries of matrimony. The beat Hy
menial Istructor we know of is a cer
tain wlow. What she don't know,
there is no use in learning.
A man is about to be tried for murder
in Paris for having blown out the brains
of a friend, who wanted to commit sui
cide, but hadn't the courage.
John Paul writes to the Springfield
Republican: "I had a cold in my lum
bar region, probably owing to having
had my head shingled.t
A Connecticut man, who had his arm
neatly cut off in a saw mill, picked up
the member, shut off the water from the
mill, and walked home with the arm in.
his hand.
Corner-loungers in Chicago are fined
$25 for the grat offence, $50 for the
second, and $100 for the third, and for
further violations of the ordinance, any
sum in the discretion of the magistrate.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has
decided that the city of Richmond is
responsible for whisky burned on the
night of the evacuation.
Slander-the slime from the month of
an idler.
Florida is seemingly aMcoral peninsula
lifted from the ocean's bed, covered with
the upthrown ocean sand.
MoruoN LABORs In VIRGIIAT AND
NoarTH CAIoLInA--Morrm on missuiona
rles report great success in their minis
tration in Virginia and North Carollas,
having-during the latter half of iast
year baptized twenty-fve proselyte in.
Smith and Tasewell eounties, Va. and
havring organized, during tthe ireut
year, hn Sorry countyr, N. 0.,. 4a·aerch'
of thirty members. Ma. 'bWeresaue
reported to be favorably dislised, and
meetings are attesadd by l1esd re
spectable audieneeas,
READY WsITrD.-Ati [ilbiaum, ad
dieted to telling qtlatstesmus .IaAe
saw a man beheaded wlth b'i sda
tied behind him, who, deldp-" up
his head and put it eo. his tuid1 in
rsklder, haow could b . WC'Whenl
his hands were tietm bkdhlnY " A's
"eoulr't he pk1I igp wte iatltsl"
Gov. Holdea, of North
his private seoeetaript ua u
eldest sea of Stephen A. Dingh,