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THE CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S, D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1875. VOLUME I. NUMBER 32. MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT GRANT ON LOUISIANA AFFAIRS. Con/rress Declared to be Largely Responsible, The Adoption ofn llcnnlte Pollry K«rn- e*ttj' rrmt. •Tin. 1.1.—The following In Uto P president's meeesge rn T KTT*»t majority in the hrsrt, nnd nmne of them In the bn elc of vhn lusd, In nddltiob to tlio chsrml remains of (load i«ad fennd, borflort m-re discovered .. Sit (load IxxlieB worn found nndor a warehouse, all shot in th<* heart but one or two, who v shotaiu tho breast, Tito onlv white jnred from tho boginning of theso troubles to their clone, were Iladnot and Harris. Tlio court Itonso and ita contemn were entirely conn tuned. There is no evidence that any one In the on r Inwfnl warrant for the i whiten bore _ rent of any Macks. Thero in ito evidence that cither Na>h or Oozalxd after the affair ever demanded the office to which they had net u|> •I have the honor to make the following an 'wrr to a renate resolution of the 8th hint, inklnir for Information a* *o a‘nv Interfcrenct «• military nlllcer on the part of the amu * whit the organization i rf the United Rtal jwnoredimra of the gener*] nsseniUv of »!- Mata of I«wi<i4aiM. or either branch thereof the oxistenee rd also io.jntrt of armed organizations In that *rctinn, ho«(Tle to the government thereof, ami intent of over lurnlrg ancli government hv force. To sav Wsnr-sa. turholeneo ard Monished have charac'erlr.ed tho political affaire of that elate eince Ita organisation nndor the roo"n- etrv.ctinn acte, la only to repeat what ban ho- come well known a« part of Itn nnhappv his- ‘ e proper here to refer to hv which ttie r« pnhlican the election of rote of the state. through frand and violence, waa redneed to a few ihonsaod. and tlioMoodv Tio’Mcf lWfl and 1WW. to ehow that the die- ordera tin re arc tint due to anv recent cause, r to anv late action of the federal authorities! Preparetorv I i* election of 1 !. a eha milted In retro ii after many colored cUirenn had he*'n denied regie!ration, and other* de terred hv fear front canting their ballot*. when i for a final comparison i of the foregoing facte. Wm P. Lnnleiana againet Warmoth and otlicre, who hiid ol»- tained poeaoeeion of the retoro* of the elec- wholly disregarded and with contempt hv those to whom It was di rected, These proceedings hav(« l>een wide- Ir dennnnced as sn nuwarrantabln Inter ference hv the foderal Jndidarv with the clectUn of slate officer*. Hut It is to he remembered that hv ttie fifteenth amendment •onstifntlnn rtf tho United States, the polities! eqnaHty of colored citizens enie.-l: and under the e»er»|)d section of that amendment providing I lut congress shall have power l* 1 enforce its provi-inn* hv mpropfllll legislation, i Pith of nded In 1871. tho oblect denial or abridg- Mav. 1870. ment of anffrage to citizen* on account of race, color, or previous condition of porvltndn! end It ha« Wen held by all the federal jndgi before whom ttie matter has arisen, including Judge Rtropg. of the anprejno court, that the protection afforded hv this amendment and these acth. extend to state as well as other election*; that It la the fluty of tho foderal oonrta to enfotro the provisions of the const I tntlon of the United Htalcs and the lawn paused In luminance thereof. This Is too clear for controversy. Hoctlon 15 of said act, after im- morons provisions therein to punish an inva sion of the fifteenth amendment, provides that tho Imisdiotfon of the circuit courts of the United Htates shall ov'ond to all eases in r eqnltv arlrtnp nndor tho provisions of said act ami of the net amondatmv thereof. Congress seem* to have contemplated equit able as well as legal proceedings to prevent tho denial of anffrage to colored citizen*, and r be safely asserted that if Kellogg's hill 8 named caso done not present a for the equitable interposition of oonrt, that no such i under act. Thnt the Courts of Uin United Hiatus have the right to interfere in various ways to maintain political i the fifteenth nmendnx nt of the constitntlou. and the acts that have Wen passed to enforce that amendment, a« tho abrogation of state laws upholding slavery remits to tho thirteenth amendment conaUtnttnn. While the jurisdiction of the ase of Kellogg vs. Warmoth and court in the others is clear to my mind, it seems that some of the prdem made hv the Judge In that In the kfndred ease, of Antoine, > illegal. claim. But Register continue I ... parish judge. These are the facts in tins caso, as I understand them to be admitted. To hold the poopio of Lnniniana in general ro- ablo obstructions wero thrown in tho ........ punishing those murderers, and tho so-called conservative papers of the .ot onljr justified tbo mossacrc, but di-nnnnrod a* feif- * ral tyranny and despotism the attempt of the d States officers to bring them to juatieo. Fierce denunciations ring through kite country about officers interfering in raid election mat ters in Louisiana, whilo every ono of the Colfax miscreants goes unwliipptd of justice, iy can bo found in this boasted land of civilization and Christianity, to punish the perpetrators of this bloody and monstrous might become the duty of tho stato executive to interfere, if requested by a majority of the members elect, to suppress the disturbance and enable the persons elected to orgnnir.o tli bouse Anv exercise of this power would !> Justifiable under most oxtraordinny circum stances, and it would then bo tho duly of the governor to call upon tho constabulary, necessary, the military But, with reference t^» Louisiana, if ' In mind that auratlomn‘ of tho govern or to nso the police force of that state time, would have undoubtedly precipitated bloody conflict with tho white league, os it did on tho '4th or Rcptemhcr. Thorn is no doubt but that tho presence of tho United States troops on Hint occasion prevented bloodshed d the loss of lifo. Botli parties appear conservatorH of tho have rolled upon them public peace. The first call ..... democrats to remove persons obnoxious to made by tho . In tho logislntnri Without legal certificates authorising them I d in sufficient number to change the majority, Noltody was disturbed hv tho mili tary who had a legal right at that time t ‘ in the legislature. That tliod' orntie minority of the house undertook selfe Its organisation by fraud and malic . that in this attempt they trampled underfoot last. i of < i August ■ ital and enterprise had started tho little and nourishing town Of Uoushatta. Homo of them wero republicans and office-holders under Kel logg. They wore, therefore, doomed to death. Rix of them were seized and carried awav from heir homes and murdered in cold blood. Not one has Won puuishivd, and tho coneorvativo press of tho state dnnouncbd all efforts to that end, at d boldly Justified the crime. Many murders of a liko character bavo h committed in individual cases, which cannot hero bo detailed. For example,T. H Orsfford, Judge of the parish, and tho district attorney of the twelfth judicial district of the state. their way to court, wero shot from their h< by moti in ambush on the fltli of October, 187U. and tho wife of tho former. In nomination to the 'lepartincnt of justice, tells pitiful talo of tho persecution of her hus- nar d because he was a union man. and of the efforts made to selsto those who had committed which, to use her language, left two . is net considered a crime In I<ouisiann, would probably be unjust to a great part of tho people, but it Is true that a great number of such murders have been committed, and has Wen punished therefor, and mani festlv the spirit of hatred and violence is stronger than tho law. Brprnsoiita 1 ions were made to mo that the presence of troops in Louisiana was tinnooee- and that there was no danger of pnhlio Ooi withdrawn from the state, with tho mall garrison nt New Orleans barracks, stated that a comparative state of quh had supervened, and that political excitement ILouisiana affairs seemed to bo dving out, by* tho November election was approach ed It was necessary for party purposes that the (lame should lie relighted, ingly on th« 14th of BoptemherD. B Penn, alining that he w*« elected lieutenant gov ernor in 187'J. issued an inflammatory proela ation calling upon the militia of the Mate to assemble, and to drive out the u-nii]*u*. v ho designated the officers of the Mate. The White Leagues, armed and ready for the tl(rt, promptly responded. On the same day the governor raado a forms! Inquisition upon sirf presslng domestic vdob nee. On th**T#Xt da* I issued mV proclamation (vmumuidiiu: (ho insurgents to nisperso within floe days of the date thcroof, hill Wforo the iiroclamatlr , had taken forcible stale-house and temporarily subverted tho government, Twenty er morn people were Killed, Including a number of thn po’iro of ..ie cilv. Tlio rtieets of tlie oltv were stained will, blood. Ail that was desired in the wav eitemnut had been accomplished lakei revolution linved not really, abando fe-leial tisnrpaiinn and (cranny in Louisiana renewed with redoubled energy. Troops seemed imminent. They v i there to vendor the oxeentive such aid might become necessary to enforce the ws of thn M'nte, and repress thn nnutimied Pi ior x view to thn late election In Lti throats ■ but while they are so hel I and considered, it b not to W forgotten that the mandate of his court had Wen contemptuously defied, and they were made while wild scenes of anaiehv e sweeping away sll rentiaint of law and gather In armod bodio and at the same rim thn journals of thn stain, that thn election sl'onld W carried against the republicans at naturally, greatly order. T»onb*le*s. the Judge of this made g r avn mi-takes, but tlio law allows the only in ptiuinh' the law ; that they undertook to mnko persona a preconcerted plan, and under falso pro- tenses introduced into the hall moil to sup port their pretensions by force, if necessary* ml I * mndltato.1 plan to have tho house organized in this way, recognize wlmt lias been railed tho McEnory sens In. then to doposo Got. Kellogg, and so revolutionize thn state government. Whether ft was wrong for the governor at tho rsquost of tlio majority of momhers rotiirnod ns elected to thn house, to nso such men ns hh wero in his power to defeat these lawloss and revolutionary proceedings, is pe> haps a dobat- ahlo ouestion, but it is qnBo eerpiiu that there would have been no trouble if complain of iliognl iutorforonce bad allowed tho bonne to bo organized in ii lawful nnd reg ular manner. When thoso who inaugurated disorder and annrohv dtsav , lugs, it will ho time enough to condemn those "ho, by anoh fneans as they have, prevent tho success of their lawless and dmqiornto schemes, I.iCul. Gon. Bheridan wn to go to Louisiana to olme situation thero, and, if in his opinion necea- • the disturbance. No s can nocossarilv bn him, but honestly oonvinood by what lie lias seen and heard there, ho has characterized tho loader-* of the white longues modes though they can nr t he’ adopted, would, If legal, soon put an end to the Iron' les and dis orders in that s oeedlngi which would bo tho only proper c to pursue io time of peace, and ihnuglit n nld prove a euro riunody. Ho never i loposou to do an illegal not, nor expressed a determination to proceed beyond whal tho law in the future migfit authorize for tho punish ment of the atrocities which have I .. .. _. jiiilted, and tlio coumiissii ii of which cannot It is adnplorahlo fact be sncoosafuliy denied. that political crimes and murder have been committed in Louisiana, which have gi punished, and which have linen Justified c apologized for. which must rest an a reproach upon tho state nnd country, long after tho pieiinut generation tins passed away,. T have no desire to have Uu i I od Ktat oh troop . gold nr-sufficiently high b. itlako it .uu longer profitable to. buy for export, theroby onusing a direct less to the community, at.laygo, and great omhaprassmont to t'-add. As the present lawonmmandn final rbsnmpfion on the first of January, 1H70, and nk tho,gold ro- ceiptqhy tho treasury nro laruer than the gold payments, nnd tho Ourroney roctfipta thau our- roncy payments, thereby piaUitigniontlily sn'cs of gold necessarv to moot current currotujy ox-' nnmoK. lt occurs to me tlini llicsn tlifUotiltloK- ilgbt lie letiiqdlod liv* authorizing tlie soore« i ury of tlio treasury lo redeem Ingul tondcr, notes whenever proHnntnd-in sums of nqt lesa lluu) #100 ahd uiulliplcH tbnroof. nt the pre- iniutn for gold of ten par ounl. loss intoruHt. at tlie rule of per cent, per annum, front' tlio 1st or January, 1875, to tho date of put ting this law into operation, and diminishing tills pietnium at thn samo rato until final roil suit ; changing the rato dt premium dnmandoiR ■niiceriiM of Louisiana or anv other stato. On the Dili of Docemhor last. Gov. Kellogg telegraphed to inn his np- 1 made the follmving an a wo r, ajneo widen . cnmnnmlcst ion has been sent to him : “ Your dispatch of this dale has Ju-t been received. It is exceedingly iilipalataulu to uho troops in anticjpittion of dangers. Let the state authorities be right, and then proceed with their duties, without apprehension of danger. If they aro then molested, tho qtios- If they will he dete .. .... Rlales Is able lo mahdaiii law and order within whether the Unltcc l have deplored the presence of troo|>H among them. 1 regret, however, to sav that this slate of things does not exist, nor doos its existence soem to be desired in localities, ami as to those it will ho proper for nip to May, that to the extent that <v>iigress Ims conferred power on me to prevent it, neither ktl-klux klaiis. white leagues nor any other associa tion using arms and vln'nnne io oxeeiite tJjair unlawful purposes, can be lierniltted in mat govern any purl of lids country, nor with Indifference publicans ostracized, persecuted and murdered ou account of their opinions, as they now are of I.ouisl- ot bill think that its inaction has produced a upon the attention of r hazards, which, alarmed the colored voters. By section 8 Of tho act of Feb. 28, 1871, it Is made the duty of United States marshals and their deputies, at polls where votes are | chancellor great latitude, not only in punish- ! , n " 1 for representatives in conimsc •- * leg tlr s« who eondeiun his orders’and injnno- or, J^ r a*'d prevent violations of tlie uoiniiiaiioii tor mu omoos or governor ami tlons but to preventing tlie consummation of enforcement act, and other offenses against !’. 1111 , 11 1 * r 11 unices < r governor ami t V i 1 ' , 1 ‘ | M „t f |, ' n,,i,-v.i .„,i „ lieutenant governor, nt the November eloellon the wroqg which be has JndWaHy forhiddeiu !"“ M of a, ''l- npon a , . 7 . . . . , Heclsredmitnlueted | great evil. To suinnioiiizo i In Heplund d organized body of r Wbat matters, the proc y f>e said or thought >s onU mads known t> r the United Btatei ! tbei and nwoon ip»»«•."-i•»»"m.™!...>id«M nf .nno.l orR»li»U<in i f »l» of iwivuMin., recwiilwd by .11 clnninwtumn-. I ouw.I ibl.nl,- ‘b.oouru to wblcb tin,,im«U6n l,|ulMon T nr M .“.' 1‘" ; InoiitH of'iroo'n. tol'o l HlI , ii'fii!o,nn"vorlnno* l lo* I nndortook to mil.vert nnd-ovorthrnw lbo.mv.,’,1 '-Ulb- In 11, o .l.ln loll, 1 him In Ibo porforn.- 1 J 1 '" Kovor'imonl llml bml bon,, r „,-„„„i.o,l ■ ? 1 . mm Of l„. ,M dntloH, ; 2 m ", 1,1 •? ™?*»~ * l11 ' l*”j»™ 1‘rjcodonlH. I Tl»t IM™ «« ln«.»M.tlon, of r.pnb,in.„ | SZt'l! ■) the judgment of ToUjr » “ l the election, notwithsUnding Be al P r considered It my duty to aee tbal such process icutod according 1 the court. Resultimr from those proceedings, J‘ r(, ci through varions controversies nod n.)innlica I ‘t'K ndoomplica- n"”"- » naan administratian was organized, j with Wm. I*. Kellogg a« governor, which, in I the discharge of my duty under section 4. I article 4 of thecnnstitnlioh. I have recognized a« the government of the state, It has been j I ittsrly and persis’entlv alleged that Kellogg ! was not elected. Whether lie was or not is j not altogether certain, nor is it any morn c#r- j tsln that Ids competitor (MeEnerv) was , Tlio election was a gigantic fraud, j i killed. u tho i undersign lity of Bhrevoport, in oliedleuce to it tho Bhrevoport Campaign club, agree isn every endeavor to get our employee iu i . . , o’e the peoolo's ticket at tho ensuing eleo- t?«nppr»H« domestic vie ton,and in tho event of tholr refusal ao tod r * ,w *' ‘ ir in caso they vole tho radical ticket, to r fuse to employ them at the expiration of the term of service." house, bnforo he driven to the cuslom-houso, a call was made in accordance with the 4th section, •tin article of the constitution of tho United I Hta'os for thn aid of tho gmicral government ilence. Under those lances, and in accordance with my sworn duty, my proclamation of tho 15th of Sentembnr. 1874. was issued. Tide served to 1 which thov used the following langu Warmoth and others thousand voters, and they’add that nize the McKncry government would be to recognize a government based upon frand. In e coming year, who will giro employ- equIpmentH a defiance of the wishes and intention of tb voters of the state. Assuming tho c rrcct- i of the statements in this report—and eenring good and benefit government tate, do agree and pledge ourselves Moinimila't.ontY I lo “>*»"»• “T «"PP'io« •. •. - • . ' l nianter tiis coming year. wh< lands to laborers raflical ticket n the coming eieetion." I have no information of the proceedings of the returning board for said election, which may not U, found in ita report which has been I twk” Msnm"od* by th’<Ttroop« is not n pleasant ... published, but it Is a matter of public infer- l oqo . that tlie army is not composed of lawyers, Louisiana, | mat ion tli^at a groat part of the utiiB taken to capable of judging at a moment’s notic i have been generally accepted by position instate Gov. Kellogg to Daily, but it cannot ho claimed that rtio gents have to this day mirrnndorod to tho stato authorities tlie arms belonging to tho state, or that they have in any sense disarmed. On tho contrary, It Is known that the armed organization that existed on the 14th of He»- rn merit. Under these circumstance" tlio same military force lias linen continued in Loui-iatia as was sent under tho first call, and under tlio samo general instructions. I repeat that th they the countrT-^the great mime , alvmt which so much has been done and said, j canvass tlie votes was consumed by tlie argil j |, nw f ar they can go in the maintenance of is that one is holding tho office of governor j merits of lawyers, several of whom represented j law and order, and that it was Impossible to give . . _» * * pecific instructions providing for all possible who was cheated out of 2n.OOO votes, against each party before the board. I have another whose title to the office is undoubted- I dence that the proceedings of tlil» board were !y based on fraud and in defianoe of tho wishes not in accordance with the law under which and intentions of the voters of the stato. they acted. Whether, in excluding from their Misinformed and misjudging as to the riatnre I count certain returns they wero ri lit or and extent of this report, the annporters of wrong, is a question that depends upon tlio McEnerr proceeds'! to displace by force in evidence they had before them, but it is some parts of the stato the appointees of Gov- * clear that tho law gives thorn tlio rower, if ornor Kellogg; a r -d on the lltli of April, in j they choose to ex ere so it, of deciding that nd prim a facie, the persons i effort of that kind, a butchery of .... committed at Colfax, which, in blood- j return as elected, are entitled to tho offices hardly aurpassed j thirstiness and barbarity, by any acta of savage warfare matter beyond oontroversv. I quote which they wore candidates. To put the | Respecting the alleged interference by the ■' military with the organization of the logisla- charge of Judge Woods, of the United States j tore of Louisiana on the 4th inst., I have circuit court, to the jury in the case of the j knowledge or information which lias not been United States vs. Cmikehank and others, in ; received by mo since that time and published. New Orleans, in March, 1874. He said; "In My first information was from the papers of the caee on trial there are many facta not in j the morning of tho 5th nf .Tfnusrv. I d-d the controversy. I proceed to state some of J not know that any tmeh thing was anticipated. suggostior.s them in the presence and hearing of eounsel and no ordors and on both sides, and, if I state as a conceded J riven to any military officers in that fact any matter that is disputed, they ran cor- , that subject prior to the occurrences. .• military interference by reel me.” After stating the origin of the dif- ! well aware that ficnlty, which grew out of an a’tempt of wbi*o | the offl'ersnf the United States with tho persons to drive the parish Judge and sheriff, j ganizatinn Of a state legislature or any of its appointees of Kellogg, from office, snd ths-r ‘ proceedings, or with any civil department of attempted protection by ooiored persons, which , the government, Ih repugnant to our id' as led to tope fightirg. U> which unite a number i governni of negroes xrefe Trilled, the judge stales conceive of no rase not of those who were killed nraouer*. Fifteen dr sixteen of the blacks bad lifted the boards and taken refuge under the floor of tho court houee. They captured. About tbirty-eaven men were taken prisoner* ; the number is not definitely fixed. They were kept under guard nntil da*k, when they were led out two by two and shot. Moat involvi’-g rebellion or Insurrection, where such interference by authority of the general 'gov ernment ought to bo permitted or can bo Justi fied. But there are circumstances connected with tLe legislative ’imbroglio in LonM&na which room to exempt the military from any intf ntional wrong in that matter. Tlxe enforcement of the state laws, tho officers and troops of tlie United Htates may well have supposed that it was their duty to act when called upon by the governor for that 1-e dead, were afterwards, during thn night, | purpose. Each branch of the legislative os- able to make their escape. Among them was ( sembly is the judge of the election and qnali- the Levi Nelson named in the indictment. ! ficalions of ita own ineinliers, but if a mob or Tlie dead bodies of tbe negroan kill'd in this I a body of unanthoriz'd pewna seize and affair were left nnbnri'd ti%Tne«day. April l-rld the legislative hall in a tumnltnous and buried i« a deputy mar- I riotous manner, and so proven' any organiza- 5. whan contlngen miglit arise. The troops were liound to act npon tho Judgment of com manding officers upon each sudden contingency that arose, or wait instructions which could oidv reach them after the threatened wrongs had been committed, which they were called on to prevetit. It must be recollected, too, that upon my rocqjftri'ion of the Kellogg gov ernment, I rejio-ted tho faet with tho grounds of tho recognition to congress, end asked that body to take action in the matter, otherwise, I couloHoing i No action has been taken by that ad I have maintained tho position with tho turbulent elements surrounding thorn, must not rent on them. ie»lly ask that such action be giving assurance at the same time tiiat what ever may be done by that body iu the premises, will be executed according to the spirit of “ law, without fear or favor. I herewith transmit copies of documents containing more specific information as to the subject matter of the resolution. HARD MONEY. Tlio Prosidont Approves tlio Last Financial Bill, And Kxiilnlnn Whnt lie lleoms Vmtni] lo KITept Its rurposps. >c6mpanying hia approval of tho now finance To the $ci\<\t(i i\f the United at ate.*.- ; Bonato bill No. 10-14, to provide for tho yo< sumprioB.Pf specie paynionts, is boforo me, -,..i ii.' - - - y Hlgunturoof approval. ami this day 1 vonturo upon tbia nimsual method of veving notice of my approval to the limp which-tho measure originated, because of its great ItnporUnCQ lo the conn try at' Iwrpn. hi order to anggent fnrtlh|r legislation, widen '"oqliial to make this law effeo*. when spocin resumption ahalj oommtmoe, and implios an obligation on tbo mart of cungress, if in its power, to give snob legislation as this end T 1. Tlie necessity for increased reVonun to tho obligation of adding to tlio sink- a per cent. Thn interest per annum, and I i tho promises of dors, nnd without contracting I lie national currency now iu circulation, ITow to Inoroaso thn surplus revenue is for congress to dovleo. But I will venture to suggest, that tho duty on tea and coffee might ho restored, without poo manently enhancing the. cost to conaumnrM. and Hint ton per cent, redaction oY tlio tariff on articles specified in tho low of Juno, 1872, ho repealed. Tlio auoplv of tea and ooffco already on hand in tlio United Htates, would. Iu nil probability, bo ndvnncod in price by dopting tills measure, but It is known that tlio adoption of free entry to tlipsn nrtloloH of nocossitv did not clmnoen mateiiaUv, or on- linticn tho profUa of tho country producing •bom. hr of tuiddleinnn of tboso countrlos wiio hnvo thn nxnliiHivo trade in them. 2. Tlio first aooMon of tho hill now under oonaliloration. provides Hint Ibo frnctlohal currency shall bo redoomod iu silver coin rapidly ns prnclloablo Thoro is no provision preventing tbo fluctuation In tho vnluo of paper currency, or tho gold premium advanc ing ovor ton poremrt. aNinyo tho fmrronov in so. It is prolmhlo, almost oortalu, thnt silver nuld bo bought up for exportation as fast ns was put out, until clinngn would hqnouiO so scarce as to mnko tipi Vonjlnm up it oqqnl to thopreptium — —’•* - *" £ . * 1 lo l»or cent, ns tlio proniiiim nt the IsiRiiiiiiiigyi I hollnvo this rnlo would THE FAIRY WEDDING. A little brown motlirr-btrd sn\ In her nest, with fqnr sleepy hirdllnga tucked under 1 er tireaat And her queridomt clPrrup fell ccMelcen nnd low, v*J.telajlll, little ncatlinital He Mill while I tell, Fqr a lullaby stsry, a thing thnt iHifell Yqur rlntn little uiottier one uildannitncr morn, A tuenth ago, lilrdlea-before you wore horn. ‘MUl lJeen dozing nud dreaming the long sunn Tfll ttj.> dawn flushed It* plntf through the waning .uioonltuht; Wlieiv- l wish yAu could Hear It oncol— faluUy Jthero fell All n^mnd iue UmeUvery afittild of a hell. '* Thou a choritM of bdlfelj Rf. ‘ the neat ijBkc i hint tialf nn e, 1 thofe llinca done by, Vulifthtanda of a cufiweh wars nwung to nud fro " 3 - ollttle rofilekli * ‘ * ' Hy thrco little rollfokhig n’liitffeia below. "Then the sir wna n«tlr iih'with tiummlug-birda' WtURH 1, And aciond t-f thotlulest, dalntleat thlui ‘ la • ui«t evnivnuo dreamed ci^ came „ ... Aelnator of lriimpet-8»w<*^i swayed t» tho ntr, '•Msit sal all a-tromhte, my tirjart In my hill,— rtiax ^yrttyi^P^Jhonght-I, 'hsppon whnt Re f raw with these efca by thnt trumpet-vlhe i, • fair, A whole fairy bridal train polio!lit tht> ntr. « tliittrrlng where a bride! Bueh n marvel of grace I * nhhmunrof rituhow and goeaanler lace; No wonder llio groom dro\ipcd hte dlrtinond-duat n elf-uihef just caught with Ida wing, ‘‘Then Into tlie trumpet-flower pitied tlio tralu, And I Ihouuht (for a dtmucxH erupt And 1 tucked my head under my wing) 'Dcarv mot Whnt ii sight for a plain little motlu r like n BPEOTAOLEB-THEIR USE ABUSE. A (Bin|>tep’lor nililillo-AK««l I’cnple It in gonornllv thoso whoso night, is ftlroady impnrod who feel ntiy interest iii its nroHorvfttion ; for in tin's rospeot, i hero is tlmt sntuo effort to bo wise too Into which clislingHishoR so ninny of our proceedings, nnd which popular ob servation 1ms crystallized into tho .homely proverb, “Looking the stablo jiftyr the steed is stolen.!’ Yot surely in ft'&ion, morn than any thing else that, pertains to our phystonl woffnro, is prevention better than cure; beoause here tho Ions tlmt is not prevented can Dover bo otirod ; and what tho present, prodigality wastes, no futnro can ro- gather. Though thoro nrA numerous exoop- ‘tlmm, yet. with the largo majority tlio eve begins, somewhere between 80 nnd 85 years of ago, to loso a part of its riionding power. The ba’l and oryntal-t lino !on« got flatter, nnd the rays of flight, instead of being gathered to gether, nnd drawn inward with snlR- fttent foroe upon tho mtnn, are soat- Rred and tho light ooBfu’od. If tho eye is oloso to thq object, it qstohen tin* divergent’ rays nt, their source, and t . holdiug tlio newspaper or words at \ distanoe in order to gtit rid of the tin- ranringoablo part of tho light. Thja is tho flrat* symptom .of decoying night, and ohould Dover bo noglooted. , wl.,,. ii L,l,rfflf,fSr ■“ ‘h® htgWB authority—nftyB when, aval par with gold nt thn (lata flxodby Mid ,°v«r it ie nepnnsary to hold a lino type fertile final resumption, f fltigttost ttur eight itidboR from the oyos in order to ud it thevprmlent person will nt rntantlmi or .llror I.. Ihn .•„„„lry r„r , ''7'’" 11,0 ,w " i " U,,0 ° T|||, i,r,.vl..lmm „r ll.n tlilral Bootlnu of tlio tf ' <,, i lnw '' , ' powor; which, l.mv- will prevent coinhlualionn boii'U lnmet thn treasury of coin. With such a law, it is presumable Dial no un'd .would be palled for not riimiiroil for legltlninto bmtiuo-rt purposes, when largo amounts of oolii witbilmwn from cironlatli..., snftlclont Htringoiioy In currency lo sto| outflow of coin, and iho iMlvautu vpuM of flxtxi known W due. would also bo iy opinion, by tlm enactment of such a law, ImsinosH and tbo industiins WonliL revive, and tbo bngiiiiiiiiK of prosperity, diUM uanslug jwork j nud the organ too weak for tho ehtlro task oan, however, bnmpleto what, oiiinr limn tliosS devised, aiul thf In flip', to carry out tin lion of the net Another mint bo-* from natural decay of vision, the die- . nocesHity, With tho present fyeililioa *** • • •• • for odihagn, it would take k period hoyond' llikt fixed by law for final sitocio resumidlofl lo coin silver nocossarv to Crai|Hiot tlio husl- f tlio country, Thoro nro now HiiioMln^ furnaces for extrActlng silver nnd gold froif J klrrtor’ for older Spuotnplon, bub if tho brought from thn mountain tarrllWHoir*’‘— M u,i ‘ A - into Chicago. Ht. Louis nnd Omaha, throe In tlie former city, and as much of tlm change required will ho wanted iu the Mississippi Valley Htates, and us metals to ho coluuji con io from wool of thoso Htatos, and iw J , understood tho charges for IrnnsporUlloh nt bullion from either of tlio cities named tho mint st Pliiladrdidilaj or New York (ity, amount to four dollars for os eh one- th’-usund dollars' worth, with for trBnspitrta'ion back, it would soe fair argument In favor of adopting one , ore of these eitios ss a place or places fi the esliildishmont of new poinage facilities. hnvo vooturoll upon this subjeot tvl'h is uuusu.l to approve a * <i.» i.iiin, if no- further leglsUtioh is nttainalilo at this time and to annotinno tlie fact by message. But f do so bpcauso 1 feel tlial it is a Hiihject of such vital importance to tlio n Itolo country, thnt it should roc< ivo thn atlentiou of, and lie di-cussed by, congress nnd tlm people, tbroiigli tlio press nnd in ting of a trip to town from asnbnrlmrt place, given tlio following glimpse into tho poBsibilitirs of fnminiuo emulation: “ One (lay on tho trip up, when n tiding a rungnzino, rny attention was attracted by tho glitter of a gold bracelet, which,. look where I would, flanhod before my eyefl, and further sornliny revealed tho fact that the young lady who wore it wiih particularly anxio.uH that I should bo attracted by it, und, to further her 1 deaigri, began cutting tho leaves of her magazine with a silver fruit-knife. For the purpose of showing her that I wan not particularly dazzled, in fact that, thero was another Hitch in the world, I took a gold pencil from my pocket and markedga passage in my book, for my bracelet was equal to hers. Observing that foot sho drew off her loft glove anu carefully arranged her veil, that I might not fail to see the heavily chased ring which encircled her finger. ‘I could 1 go her 01:0 hotter’ or ho ; faking off rny glwve, I drew down the blind, fioHhing a rare topaz and u solitaire diamond be fore her appreciative eyes. Him saw* and, quiekly pulling off nor other glove, displayed a splendid duster diamond i d a gigantic amethyst,, I #nh slightly plused, but, as slie wore no earrings, 11 r ovor must Im worn when occupied ... oloso study or work, and in whose seloo- lion tho advice of a good ooulist is always worth the fee. The curved glass interposed between the oyo and tho light does a part of its i got the glauH begins. Bftfc as the flatter with age, glasses more and convex will bo needed ; for, the preser vation dr the siftht domatidH that thoy should bo oenotuntly .guarded from unnatural efforts, When once spectacles aro required to (10 years of age, if not earlier; and tho power of sight, bo lost either from the separation ot tlio rotipn from tho choroid, from effnstou of blood, or from atrophy or tho yollow spot, Short sight in sometimes hereditary, but it is a well-aHCertained fiiot that far the greater majority of anolv oasoR aro found in the cultivated classes, aud ohieily among tho studonta and literary poopio. Amoug 10,0Q0 recruits for the English foot-sorvioe, not. a dozen wore rejected for this imperfeotiou, whilo iu one oollego at Oxford thirty-two short sighted men wero found out of 127. fQonders on the Eye j London, 1884). This enormous difference points to the ono groat oauuo—tension of tho oyos for near objpoto. Short-sighted people —that is, all who cannot s(o objects distinctly beyond ton indies—should at onoo proouro glasses enabling thorn to see at sixteon or eighteen inches. They should look off nt intervals toward tho distance, nnd never work in a stooping posture. But “a tool may he com 0 a weapon" iu a cardens dr improper hand, and ancotndeH worn before thoy are needed, either threngh affectation or foppery, will seriously injure even n vigorous Home people imagine they impart to them n wiso and learned look. Opti cians in snob canes would do well to follow tho oxumplo of tho oslobratert Ilnmsden, who invariably sntmued this olaas of his customers with common glass, assuring them in tho blandest nooonts that they wore “ peculiarly fitted for their easeand ho usually found them received with porfeot satis- fad ion or dolight. Thoro are also very frequent epidem ics of affected weak flight, when no bollo or fop considers the toilet com plete without n-i oye glftHS, Certainly, if not required, it Is a vriry sultnblo iii- signia of folly, for they get nothing for it hut present sdf-oonoeit and future unavailing regrets. Tho liovion iu tho spc.dnaloH must not moot that a glass suitable for rending ill also enable him to boo oloarly at a distance. For this purpose they’must bo removed, or else, if it be uocosaary to raise the oyos froqnontly, foronsic spootaoles may bo used, Thoso speotn o1gh~ho called hecuuso invented for tho benefit, of lawyers iu oonrt Who’ must look from their, notes to the jury and judge—are also excellent, for stu dents. Thoy hnvo tho upper circle pared to u straight lipe; the eye oan, therefore, in pauses of thought, look over tho glasses. It thus gots oool» d and refreshed, without, interrupting tho mental operation by removing thorn. Spectacles have added greatly to tho pleasure nnd iudopendenee of human life. They have lengthened many a useful career by prolonging ita useful ness ; t)ioro is, indeed, no computing the benefit nnd plonsurcH thoy have con ferred^ Dr. Johnson was amnz d that their inventor was ro^urded. with so mnoh indifforonoc, aud lmd Jonad no biographer. But wo are nofTovon oors tain to whom tbc .merit rightly belongs. Friar Baonn, nboiit the middle of tlio thirteenth century, in Ida Opus Mojwt, desoriben a plano-convex glass or seg ment of a sphere, and says “ It is useful to old men and to those who have weak eyes, for thoy may seo the smallest let ters magnified.” However, Alexander di Bpinn, a Florentine monk, seems to have first reduced Bacon’s- theory to praotioc, about tho yenr A. D. 1818; mo thnt if Bpinn was indobto 1 to Bacon for the hint, tho world is indebted to Spina for tho speotnoloH. Aud truly it is a wonderful and happy invention that keepii the curt,uin from falling till the gront drama of lifo is ovor. , likeagp, is friournble ; all glasses is to “linger nn<] lingt A oohinsion' of tlio letters in reading or siting is an irapprativo One Better ” In Jewels, __ r a A writ* r in the Boston Globe, ciiota eyes, and if the letters are not distorted —Among the problems of geograph ical science still remaining unsolved is that regarding the sources uf Irrawaddy, the greet river of Burmah ; and it wan announced at. tho recent meeting of the French scientific association that the emperor of the country had recently fitted out an expedition for the purpose of settling the question, I felt that, after all, I was even witb- hor. At that ins taut she drew an ele gant little watch from hqr bolt, which she studied attentively two whole miu- utes, holding it up in full view, then turned to me as if to say, ‘Well, go ou. ’ I had done my best, and could not answer her challenge, but thought monnrfully of ray poor little locket in a drawer at home, with one Side jammed in. When, at last, the aggravating creature took a jewel-oase from her satchel, and held up a lovrly coral set, turning it this way and that to exhibit all its beauties, furtively glancing at me to be sure that I observed, 1 was utterly vanquished, completely routed, and so greatly absorbed in my book that I did not see a thing," dyes nrnSiiiofl economiAnlly, Ahd pi tooted from sudden and strong lights, tho HiiiRo'.footis will often servo for sev eral yours* Jnchoonipga pair of Hpcotaolos, hpo first that both oyes hnvo the same focus. The loft oyo has a habit of lagging bo- hind and leaving tho right oyo to per form the largest share of the work, io which ottso the glass suitable for the right eye miglit bo injurious to I he left, since tho sight has worn unevenly, . The correct focus found, it is very important that tho center of the glass and the Confer of the pnjMl bn directly opposite onoh other, In this respect tho solootion of glasses is difficult, for the space bctwnpn the eyes differs in ulmnst every individual, yet very little atten tion is paid io this fact in tho munufuc- ttiro of tho frames. To bo suro that the glasses are with out spook or flaw hold them before the flame of a candle, and to prove their uniformity ol substance and exactness of shape, it is only nocessnry to raise J^iom from tlio book slowly toward the they are correct. On no account buy glaHSoa that do not fit the eyes, or at onoo relievo the sight, because tho Roller insists the eyes “will get used to thorn.” The eyas, indeed, may he forced into har mony with new refractions, but it en croaches fearfully on tlie resources of other years, nnd thoy aro urged a long step onward to darkness and decay. M. Jo nr (lain was not tho last to wear tight boots bnoauno his shoemaker as sured him tho pain was nil imaginary. Lenses made of the best optical glass, and onreftilly ground by the best mak ers, are now nearly universally used in place of pebbles. Pebble—except tbnt they are harder to break—liavo no real advantage over glass, and thoy are very much ricaror. Where comfort and effectiveness aro regarded moro than ap pearance. the rims should bo neither of gold nor of tortoise shell, but of light metal. Those made in Wolverhamp ton, England, are now so perfect and of such dainty and orqnisite workmanship tlmt, with xheir lenses and all complete, thoy weigh under a quarter of an ounoe. It is a very foolish idea that tlio years snatched from the nso of glasses are so much added to sight. The reverse is the caso if tho sight is strained, yet it is every pptician’s experience that many delay until their first pair of glasses is the last on the list. Consequently, when the power of those is exhausted, nothing remains for tho unhappy victim of vanity or ignoranco lmt “ darkness visible” for the rest of life. There is a popular fallacy, often very fatal to vision in its results, that short- ghtod people do not need glasses, and A Ghinouo “Yarn.” Writing of tho Chinese nnd their ingenuity, tho New Orleans Fioayune says : “ Oho-Fmig is a picture of the moro wrotohod Ohinoae, Ho is fright- fnl, disgusting in appearance. Tall for a Ohinnman, being over six feet in height, ho in a thin nud emaciated, a skeleton scareorqw. His faoo is cov ered with wrinkles, like a school-boy’8 atlas; his nose must bo tnkon for gruuted, it is a mere suspicion; bis month is a porfeot gillf in itself j his eyes altogether out of tbo right posi tion ; nnd the fletth of his face hangs down liko tlio hide of a ihinooeros. dried, boiled und smoked, then buried for a month or so. nnd dug up to ho exhibited. Yet Obe-Fnng is a good talker in Pigeon English, and iu a con fidential manner disclosod bis whole history in that language of which, whilo making out about ono word in wo got a goneral idnn. I war. a circus man In China— 1 Tsion- Sing, os wo call it. Wo aro great ou gymnastic nnd legerdemain ; but par ticularly in natural nlienomenn, human curiosities, etc. Thero is a human monstrosity manufactory at Tsaoping, whore, for a consideration, any of tho human doformi ties you Americans regard as lup*l nalurrn onn bo made to order. Thero nro many parents who thus snori- floo thoir children to bo made monsters of, and who live on tho gaining by tho exhibition of those monstrosities. I cannot explain how nil of these trioks aro done, but that they are done any Chinaman oin testify. A dwarf is of easy manufacture ; a regular morn ing (logo of whisky and ten to a child will stunt it—keep it down to its orig inal size. A monstrooity, a hunchback, ’ , of course, easy; while hmnau beings m be made of any shape, from a cook > nn elephant, by being moulded in a jar liko jolly—stuck jnto a jar of the desired shape when young, and left thero to develop itself. Ah for myself, I was brought up a ‘fat 1 However a very close observer could uot detect the imposture, and -I was exhibited for many years, earning a ro- speotablo livelihood for my parents, who hud brought mo up to tho profession of fat ram. “ ' Tho profenslnn was not an ngrcnblo one. The air made mo over feel sloppy nnd si ok. It did not, however, mnko mo lazy; it did not impedo mo na fat would have done. Thoso who saw my agility and graoefulnoss on tho street wondered how so fat a man could bp so lively, Uttlo HUHpooting that his anpareut fat ness was an assistance, and Imlf carried iue along the Btreet. There wero fow young men in* Chiua that could, bent tho mounter of COO pounds in ii foot race, “ 1 1 oamc ovor here nud exhibited in A morion in San Franoioo for Homo time. Ono dny during a Hitting an American child, with tho usual ingenuity nnd in vestigating disposition of Ajnerinnu children, orewt“up behind, nnd, proba bly impressed with the dosiro of discov ering whether a fat mun could fool or not, rnu a pin or knife or something sharp into mo whilo no ono was observ ing him. The result was somewhat of nn explosiou; the captive air rushed out nnd left mo a thin-looking individual ns I am now. Thoro was not ono to blow mo up scientifically ; and I there fore gave ui) the profession of fat mun for that of washerwoman, I seldom fool any ovil oonuequensos from my previous condition, save that, my oii- tiolo, or outer skin, is almost. Hojmrntod from myself, and. liko an ill-ilttiug suit of nlothep, almost drops off, or bunches itnolf up iu n disagreeable manner. I sometimes got cold inside of it which is not. nt all comfortable. Skill tho position of washerwoman is much pref erable to that, of a fat man, and I in tend to stick to it.” ’ FACTS AND FANCIES. —Vagrants are not permitted to warm up in the Boston libraries. Boston " brains ” arc easily disooncerted by the smell of old clothes. —A Baltimore Beggar has retired on n fortuna of 820,000, nnd when an alms- nnkcr rings his door-boll the retired beggar goes out nnd makes the fellow jump three foot high nt the first kick. —Tho Beecher jury is composed of two Episcopalians, one Methodist, one Baptist, one Lutheran, two Roman CatholioB, three Presbyterians, and two persons who nro not'members of any ohuroli. ..i —A little four-yenr old created a rip- pie by remarking to the teacher of her Hmiday-pehool olasH : “Our dog’s dead. I bet tho angels wero soared Vnen they saw him oominguptho way. He’s cros to strangers.”. , . The library of the British Museum purchased no less thau 8,415 manu scripts Inst your. Among theni was a curious treatise in Freuoh on tho holy HHornment, composed in Ring Edward IV. of England, iii 1548, ahd written in hio own hand. FLOOR OIL CLOTH. llo«v It Is SlHile mill Whtrn II Comes Kiom. This common article of tho house hold is niami'aotnrod in this country in largo quantitioR, by men who profess to keep the public iu ignorauoo of thoir operations. Any inoroaso iu tho num ber of factories totals to deoronRe thoir immouso annual income. It is not, therefore* strange that nothing scarcely is known how tlio crude materials nro manufactured into floor coverings for tho rioh and tho poor. Tlio following nro some of tho most important operations : •Into is shipped to Dundee, Scotland,, where it is spun ami woven into bur laps of vnrjons widths, which are brought hore nnd stretched on wooden frames about ono hundred feet long nnd twenty-fi vo foot hroud, Those frames nro stretched from tho npper part of tho building, about two fbet from cnoh othor ; and between thorn ate erected platforms for tho* workmen to stand upon, about twelve inches wide, und placed ovor quo anpthor six feet apart.. They now ascend tbo platforms, one or more each from thp bottoja. to. tho top. A brown, thick paint ii Iur« nishsd them, sU t iii ok that tools like thoso used by masons aro necessary for tho work, and dextronMly dashed against tbo tightly stretched fabric and evenly, spread over tho entire surface with long elastic trowels. 'Day aftor day 'the operation is repeat,ml as fast ns it dries, until it has reooived Hoyen coats of paint —throo on one side and four on the other, It is nowDaflod oil-cloth body, and taken from .-ilia frames to another, part of the bqildiug, apd. oiled upon a wooden rollor, under a lotag tablb fcborit two fdet wido. : Behind this table 'is another ono Jong and Harrow, covered with thin oil-cloth and, paddi d with cotton, enlled. the cushion. 1 Near at hand nro what are aallod the “print- blocks,” made of wood, eighteen inches square, ono inoli thick, and studded hern and thero ou tho fata side with little square types of wood, in suoh a manner that onoh block has a different nrrangomont of typ'eft; so that one block represents one part nf the figure to he paiuted* on.^the oik cloth, arid tho oMioiv.blpofjr roptoi sent ono of tho figures to be pointed.oh tho uil-olotb, and the other) blocks rep- regent other parts, The blocks .are prepared for some pftrtiortlay design." Suppose the figure nboiit to'be pre* duood on tho doth- is Tbo other night, when* a twenty ‘ thirty persons were assembled at ji residence on Lafayette avcniie.it waa proposed, lo teat the theory-or mind reading, * There was a pale* isdemu- looking young man present, having nooompanied his widowed mother from the Fifth ward, and he wa* aallfcted as , a buoobbs. St submitted to be 1 folded, and it was deterraim d to are if he ooultl tell what any. pm about,,* ^ * * Juto'di i other ha head, and after a moment ii preparation there waa a gelt 'Pita wj.lnwaii nl nan! hit flVwi. The widower dosed his eyas, young man lowered his bead and looted it from side to side. , . v , .j “ What’s he thinking’of ? whiapered several persons. * ™ “Of hourhekioked hia wife out of bod and caused her death,!” was the Answer. ... Tlio widower tried to laugh with the rest, but he made poor work pf it, and explhinotl that ho was thinking of the dtv hull. He slid baok : and ssti 'down, and a single lady, nboiit OU years Pf age, took his place. After a moment the mihd-roa^et was ijrild to»speak her thmifhlfl; and he announced: ' ' " thouehts/ and be announced: “ She’d give all her old shops tocatoh a husband. ’ , „ . ' The lady tried to laugb, ana eat down ..j a oorner, while a ba.di headed mar ried man, who wna a firm believer in mind-reading, took her 'niece aa a vie- tim. He fixes his thoughts on a ohromo hanging on the wall* aud- held tJiem bo firmly there that the perspiration started diit bp his nook. After two long- min utes- of silence the mind-reader ^whis- , ,, on the cloth js a bouquet of Altogether Che-Fung is a disgusting flowers. Bnvcral print blocks are re sist, looku us if ho had been hung aud - ’ ’ ■""* skin propc to double that their sight will improve with age. If it does, the possessor of it will need no one to inform him of tho fact. But if it does not do so perceptibly—-if, on the contrary, the infirmity continues to ’progress or even to remain in abont tho same condition—Bonders says tronblo- some symptoms will set in at from 50 A fat man I’ wo exolnimed invol untarily, looking at Oho-Fnng’s spare form. ‘ Do you manufacture fat people in Chinn ?’ “ ‘ It is only a trick of the trade. 1 was naturally a thin ooy, but old Fee Loo soon brought me out. You have seen sheep slaughtered hern, soon them skinned. A hole is made iu the outer skin, the epidermis ; n bellows is inserted and worked, Tlio air fin ’s its way between tho ouUolo an< cutis, or •r, und swells out the nriimul its size, at the same time that it. almost s» narates these two skins, so that tho hide of the animal comes off easily. This is the manner in whiob I was treated. Every morning I was treated to nn air bath and u gallon or so of air injected into my system, and soon I began to swell like a balloon." “* Iu a month or so I waa rotnrned to my parents a fat boy, and a fine speci men of a fat boy, measuring, although only fifteen, 88 inches around the ohest and 40 round tho I high. T was advertised as weighing 000 pounds ; tbo truth was I weighed only about 180, the 80 being thn weight of 200 gallons of air by which I wus puffed out. '“I don’t believe 1 that I altogether presented a very pretty aspect, being quired. all different nnd oarttying differ ent oolors. Theso variods oolora are spread with a paint brush on tho long cushion in pqtmros hh largo- as the blocks, and One end of tho oil-cloth body is drawn from the rollor aud laid on tho table, nnd hold in place by a fltraight-edgo of wood, having points along its length eightcon inches apart, as guides for tho blocks. Print-block No. ono, having the types to represent all tho green loaves of tho picture, is now pressed into the square patch of green paint ou tho cushion, and then lifttki and firmly pressed upon ono side of the oil-cloth, and deposits upon its surface the paint. Bomi taken up by itn small printd, arranged' in tho form of leaves. Priiit-bluok No. two, representing all the white blos soms of tho bonqnet, is next used to take up whtto paint, and stamped noon the doth ; then block No. three, representing the'yellow flowers, is used, and thus block after blook 1h used in liko manner, until the whole square (or half a yard) is covered with the various colors arranged according to the original design, and the figure is com pleted. This gives ouly half a yard in width and for the next lift!f a yard the same blocks and colors arc used in the same manner ; and thus square after square is printed for as many yards as tho ‘oil cloth is broud. Tho cloth is now drawn further ovor the table, and an other series of squares is printed, join ing the first and just like thorn ; and then another and another, until the fabrio is covered ovor its entire length and breadth. It is now removed to a heated room, whore ejght days are Ac quired for drying ; and after trimming and varnishing, it is ready for market. puffed ont and lumpy in appearance, and looking bloated rather than fat. —In Ht. I’aul they tell the story of Maggio Flynn. Bhe loved and was loved by a worthy young nlan, who hoped soon to make her his bride, but slander’s envenomed tongue poisoned her reputation and caused her lover to cancel thoir engagement. She, suffering unjustly from the cruel blow, lost her reason, and would have been carried an incurable patient to the 'insane asylum bad not the employers of her quondam lover investigated the stories affecting her character and ascertained their utter groundlessness. He was traveling, but they ordered him home, told him the good news, and sent him to claim Mag gio boforo she should be sent to the mad-houee. Sho wus with tho sheriff, who was about to convey her to lierdestinaH n, when the young man came into her presence. At sight of *~...^ him, the clouds that lowered on her in- nounoed that thoy must begoinj ‘ ' children had hard oolda. telle ot broke away, and—bridal-veils— —Mr. Mitchell, of Sterling, Illinois, while under tho infltienoc at intoxicating liquors, attempted a burglary and was fatally shot. Mrs. Mitchell has sinoe compelled each of the three snlo*n- keepurs, who sold him the liquors, to pay her 8500 damages, —Thoro 1ms been started at Mevogis- soy, Cornwall, a manufactory of “Corn ish sardines,’’ tho sardines being pil chards preserved in oil, immense qnan- of whioh hnvo hitherto beeu used rotnrned to tho sea as of titles mnunre, no use. A second expedition to the interior of Africa is announced aa having been v undertaken by the Berlin Afrioan Ex ploration society.. . Her Von Hotteyer, a well-known ornithologist, is to be the ‘ leader, und will start from Ht. Paul de Lonnda. - — In tho German postal servfqe an order has junt been issued dirafting Mint certain words derived from the French, suoli aa pntte rostarite, shall no longer be officially used, and defining whnt Germnu words shall be the equiva- * louta of these. Some More Mind-Readigjfo “ You are thinking' of 0 littTb tlue- eyed widow woman in the Sixth W4rd— wondering if she got your Jutktr the other day.” _ , “No, sir—no, sir 1” exclaimed* the man,- “ I wos thinking of that obropao !” “Can't help it,”, replied the-miud- reador, “I saw her aud her house so plainly bofote me that I’ll bet teu doll ars I can take you right to the’door I” Tho bald-headed man pretended to be tinkled almost to deAtb, but sat down looking very red iu the faoh t and very unxiously toward his wife The Voting man doolared his readiness to‘read tho thoughts of others, but no one else came forward. Finally, to./spin out the exhibition, a man stepped up, something hidden in a particular pocket, and Vsked tho mind-reader to toll what it was. Hands were clapped, there waa a pause, and then the mind •reader said: “It’s a bill from a jewtleir’s for a sixty dollar lady’s chain I The bill Bays that the account is two yeara' old, and will bo stiod after this week !” “ Bee how ho is mistaken I” replied tho young man, pulling a nickel from his pocket, bnt he couldn’t langh to save biB li e, although he tried very hard. The ydung man had become greatly interested by this time, but the orowd held back strangely seeming to be afraid of him, while nearly*evert one declared thut they thought mina-vead-. ing a great humbug.. The young man moved his arms about, commanded silence, and, after a moment, cried out: “I can see as plainly as any of you whoso eyes Are npt bandaged 1”, “ What do yqa see ?” inquired one of the men. * • V “ There arc three ladiM ,pre*fut who have holes in the heels of their stock ings V’ replied the mind-teader. There waa at small laugh, and several hints wore thrown ont that tj)4h*udi- onoo would take up some other awuaa- ment. ' \ “ . . “ There are two men here 1 whtr. owe for their boots!” oofctinued tbe npnd- reader. » . ” “ I guess we will remove the bandage now,” said one of the men? rising up. “And there’s a lady here who di give a hundred dollars, tp hay® ft*®*}** removed from bpr nose,' exclaimed the yo s%?E*, ol the man as he worired at the knot in the handkerchief, “is as—” ' "* " , “And there are rix women hero»who have oold feet,” interrupted the mind- reader. .. They lifted the bandage, run the Press, not straight jackets, are in order® mind reader off to a chair in the 1 window, and although the hour early a great share of the comp