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T- ’ % • hire tnm hi* ere that 1<*>), H> MS IdM Md (lot BM klM A* «M cbUdren toll me 10 0 and to fall ; TIm 11(0 ts ■ Itaaon tbat'a taught in • ytar, For (lit baby kooira it til. - tin. 6. M a Half. When our indignation it borne in eub. inisuve silence, we are apt to /eei twinge* of doubt afterwards at to our own gener- Okitj,if pot justice; bow much more when the object of our anger bat gone into everlasting silence, and we have seen his face for tbe Jaet time in the meekness of death. JULmtY READING, iMMaruiiir. In the year 626 of our era, wheii Ed win, the Anglo Msxon King, was deitber ating on receiving the Ohrlitian mission arias, one of hi. nebitw Mill to him, “The preaeot life of min, O King, com pared with that apace ol time beyond, of which we have no certainty, reminds me of one of your winter feaata, where you ait with your penerala and mlniatrra The hearth blaaea in tho middle, and a grateful heat ia spread around, while atormao! rain and (now are raging with, out. Driven hy the tempe t, a little aparrow entera at one door and flies dea lighted around us till it departs through the other. Whilst it ataya in our man- Sion it feels not the winter atorm; but when tbe abort moment of happiness baa been enjoyed, it ia forced again into tbe lame dreary tempaat Item which it had eacaped, and we behold i. no more. Such ia the life of man, and we are aa ignorant of the atate which preceded our nreeent eaUtence aa of that which will follow In the Brat ir cords of a nation in any degree.thougbifn, and cultivated, an, belief in the life beyond life would oi oourae he suggested, The Egyptian pec- pie furnish us the. earliest details otin established ci-Illaatlon, and I r-d in the *°°^.".ix renikrkable een- teno ?\ ihe Egyptians are tbe first ol mao mind who have affirmed the immor- t*.ity of the soul.” There never was a time when the decline of a future life was not held. The whole life of man in the first ages was ponderously deter mined on death. ^It rnat^e every man an ^ g senate undertaker and the pries of aextona. The chief end of man be ing to be buried well, the arts most ia request were masonry and embalming, to give imperishability to the corpse. The Greek, with his perfect senses and yeruptions, bad quite another philoso phy. He loved life and delighted in beanty. He drove away the embalmera, he built no more of those doleful, moun tainous tombs. He adorned death bought wreaths of parsley and laurel; made it bright with game, of strength and skill and chariot races. Nothing can excel the beauty of the ■aroophagus. Toe poet of Shelley says of them: “ They seem not so much tombs as voluptuous chambers for immortal pirits.” Christianity brought a new wisdom But learning depends on the learner. No more truth can be conveyed than the popular mind can boar. Death is seen as a natural event and is met with firm- nee?. A wise man in our time caused to be written on his tomb: “ Tuink on .living.’* “ The name of death was never terrible To him that knew to live ” The saying oi Marcus Antoni us it were bard to mend: “It were well to die if th»e be gridB, and sad to live ii there l • none.” X think all sound minds rest on a cer tain preliminary conviction, nemelv, that if it be b?st that conreious, persona! li'e ■hall continue, it will continue; if not best, then it will not; and we, if we saw the whole, should of course K-e that was better so. .Schiller said so universal as death must —[Emerson. Nature, cur mother, ia a queen. She has her kingdom to care for, and if now and then she gives a kiss or a'smile to our little miseries, it is all we cau ex pect of her. She has *een so msny break ing hearts healed • she knows nothing ol dea<h and parting. ?be only ku w« death as a phase of life. Toe dead leaves anu II iwt-rs *.e dear to het a> the cradle ol next year’s leaves ami dowers. Little Blily has been taken to see hi* uncle, who is so dost that he chu not hear a single word without recourse to his ear tiumpH. Billy watches the movtuitnU ot this instiumeul <or seme time with proal interest, and then ex- claims; “ Minims, what does uncle try alj the time to play the horn with his ear for. when he can't make it got” Now Ihtv' the- wnodlnud colon ada* K ii'- .trn.aS They weie courting.—“ What mak(s the Kars fhine ro dim to night ? ' she shiil :<oft!y. “ Your eyei are so much brighter, ’ he whispend, pressing htr little hand. They are married now. “ I wonder how many telegraph po.es it would take to reach from here to the stars,” she said musingly. “ One, if it was long enough,’'he growled. “Why don’tfou talk common sense T” Theee lines were written by Lird By- rou on the blank leaf a B:b!e a few days before his death. They are not his own, however, but occur in “The Monastery,'* hy Sir Walter Scott, and are part of one of the speeches of the White Lady of A vend. They are: f ’Vi'hiu this awful volutin 11m Tn« uir.iery of myitartts; Happiest tttey o' human r«cc ic anom their G >d has glrcu grgeo To ictd, to liaar, to prof. •o lift <hs latch and force tke way: £ul honor had thay uete n torn Than reed to dsubt or rail to trarn ” L'.cdon ha.- a cuurch and stage ^uild, ith Cnarles Itaude f.r a leading mem ber, and tie following object?: 1. To promote*religious and social sympathy between the members ot the church ami of the stage. 2. To bold meetings for these purposes from time to lime, at which papers may be read and questions discussed of common interest to the mem bers of the guild. 3. To meet for reli gious worship at least once a year. Some of the newspapers publish a useful domestic recipe ” every day. The other day in place ot the recipe, one of the papers published the following no tic*: We sincerely tr&gt that our reader*, will forgive us. Yesterday in giving a recipe for the chilblains we inadvertet.t'y stated that the remedy was to be taken internally. It ie, on the contrary, for exte.-oaJ uee. We Lope that Providence hss restrained the hands of our beloved subscriber, for every one who drank of tbi* c impound ie dead by this time. We present in advance our condolence? to he br-reaved families. "■wore riBDVxa." flute yo* partners! Scrap# perlitely; Don't bo turn pm' fin do rest, balance ell I N ov »i.*p out rigliUy; Alius deuce yo* level bra’I Fo'wertfour! Whoop up nlggrri! W lieu 1 liollcri den yo' go. Tojt tollra ernes oler! till I take a dram?; ' Yea l’esolrr- Je fiddlers a Gramnen solo! Yea l's sober— Hands: ltd! Hold up to?, (acral « yo f (« Hat's de way—dal's Hide* (o'wart! When >«.'• r.wtly Make a bow ns low's yo' kiul Swiug acroas wid op'st lady! Now we’ll let you swap ugta. l^dteedianpe! .Shot up dat talkin’ 1 lhiyo' talkin' art or while! ltkl.t and l.-r, d..u'i waul 110 walkin': klukc yo' »K-]« and sl.ow yo* stylo. Sensible Doctrine. Itis not acorrect doctrine to teach hu man beings that it is their duty to live on as little as possible; it would f>c better to earn enough to live comfortably. What is the use of creeping through life feebly merely to save funeral expense*? Let us clainra full and vigorous vitality, when to breathe and live is a pleasure. Either one is worth his keeping in this world or he is not; if worth it, seize it with a strong band. “ You ought to live on bread and water, if your husband is not able to give you any more,” said a maiden aunt to a young girl in the presence of the man the was about to marrv. anybody,” replied the girl; "and if Joe thinks he can’t olVoru them of good quality. 1 know plenty who can.” Joe thought he could, and kept up to the record through life. The Itiches of the First Napoleon. The first Napoleon endowed all his family splendidly, as the master of Eu rope might have expected to do. The records of St. Helena shows that a sum variously estimated at from $20.1 mm,oO to $ 100,0(HJ,000of money wasatthe com mand of the exiled Emperor in Amster dam, Frankfort and Loudon. Notwith standing the idle stories which have been current for years as to the pecuniary em barrassment! of Napoleon ill before he became ruler of France, it is ab-olutely certain that at the death of hi- father, the ex-King of Holland, at L.-ghorn. ill 1846, he inherited a very hand- urn- prop erty. Great Talkers. The brilliancy of Madame de Stacl’s conversation has passed into a proverb it triumphed so far over the plainness of her features that Curran said that she had the power of talking herself into a 1 beauty. Though she bilked often for ’ “v ^ at : di-play, she talked still more for self-im- be benefit.” I provement. and drew both her inspira tion and her literary material largely I fro«n conversation. Her genius was fed >f ,. , . ... - 10 cAidusivelv through her faciltv of Modjwka ia wnting a etorjr for Scrib- hcarinc- ' used Wr eyes so little in >r a Monthly. It is a lot. atorv. The | acquiring aiatcri.nl for her booka-tlint has been said that she might almost as cli have been blind. Except “lofr” kiopy. heroine’s name is Grieeldsvitch Topple- watchkitzby, and the hero’s Vladimir Tscheritroteh. The ecene is laid in the quite little Poli-h viliage Stirritupit- visch, on the banks of the classic Kiver Muddibi-chky, in the re cion of the Kot- x?butitxa!osky Monntsins. We extract a passage from advauco sheets: “ With in her wan hand? she bad her face con cealrd, wLen her Vladimir askeu if ehe did truly lofe him. Yea, I lole thee; by yonder bale uron I adjure it. Let ua. then, said he, flee, but sne hesitating by reason of her trunks, which being jiUli unpacced. The iesre wandered from her eyes, but meanwhile Vladimir repeated what for she would not be coming pret ty soon, not having been aware of the gash the words of him'madeon the inside of her heart.”—[New York World. rhiuM. At the departure of the children ol Israel from Egypt, China was 700 years old; and when Iiiaiah prophesied of her she had existed fifteen centuries. She has seen the rise and decline 01 all the great nations of antiquity. • Assyria. Babylon, Perria, Greece and Rome have long since followed each ether to the dost; but China still remains, a solitary and powerful monument of patriarchal time. Then look at the population of the country, roughly estimated at 400,- rtAn /a/a/a ai-.j population of the 000,000—ten times United State*, more than thirteen times the population of Great Britain and Ireland. Every third person that lives aud breathes upon this earth and beneath these heavens is a Chinese ; every third grave that is dug is for a Chine-e PlOlSSJIII.ES. The worst case of selfishness on record is tbatof a youth who complained because his mother put a bigger mustard plaster on his brother than she did ou him. A well known evangelical clergyman on being accused of leaning toward Uni- versa)ism, ieplied that ha hoped every body would go to Heaven, “and” said he, “there aie some persona I wish were there now.” If Jacob’s ladder was now to be placed against the entrance oi Heaven, as of old, you couldn’t indues anybody to ascend it. An opposition elevator would get all the )«aienger traffic. A recitation room scene: Professor in History to non-attentivesenior: “Mr. — how long did the thirty years war last?” N. A. 8 : “About sixteen years, I think nir” A nnlanaA n-» I ho mri a. sir.” Applause on the p|iT oj the at' tentive seniors.” Professor: ‘ What is the fundamens tal condition of existence?” Student: “Tune.” Professor: “How do explain that?” Student: “ Very easily. How can a person exist if he hasn’t time lor it? The strongest heart will faint Home- times under tbe feeling that enemies are bitter and that friends only know half the sorrow. In the conflict between vies and virtue in the heart of msn, one side or the other nut triumph; it is imponlble for the remit to be a drawn battle. If we are ever caught in a shower of prosperity remember we can find shelter with ?ome poor neighbor, on whoee threshold we might allow rome of the ■npeiflaous drops to fall. Ae waste and worthies? lands can b- made to yield abundantly by proper care and cultivation, so can arid and barren iearts be reclaimed by kind and sympathetic endeavors. No man can be thoroughly manly, nor carry tho blossom, bloom and fruit, carry me uwmuiu, miuuui uiu iruiv, unlosa bo has in a large measure wbat baton p to a good and a well regulated mind. Aaoeticism never made a good We bavo.never seen a man bewailing hie ill fortune without aomething of oon- Btapt for hi? weakness. No individual or Mtlon ovq? rate to eminenoe in any dupnrtnmnt .which gave itself up to cbildiab oomjlainte. lie avows she would not open her window to sec the Bav of Na ples for tho first time, whereas she would travel frtX) league* to talk to a clever man wlnon she had never? met. Her chi. f fault a> a talker waa her jea •rapidity of tongue. ' ‘ net el Id — sill her he,” and .Schiller p«l tjnt in order to follow he h.-olutely to convert one’s self wholly m orrari of hearing, e greatest talker of ancient or mod- tinies was unquestionably Samuel •r t'oleridge. “He spun daily,” L)e ljuinccy, “front the loom of bis magical hritin, gorgeous theories and rious images. The value of his dis cs lay not’so much in the positive* ledge they communicated as the in- d stimulus they supplied, tho h they revealed.’ Much of Coleridge’s eloquence owing, no doubt, to the charm of his manner, and his voice had a kind solqjna shake or quiver as lie rolled along. But the most brilliant eloquence tires at last, and even that of the sage failed Hume times of its watching oll’ect upon hearers’ ears. Walter Scott de scribes a dinner-party at which he w cqually.borcd by a most learned harangue ot Coleridge’s and concludes the ac count with the impatient exclamation. “Zound.-! X noycf was ho bethumpod vyith words.” * ,r ' A tone Centenarian. An aged woman with feeble step tob tered into the Gregory street police carried a few lead pencils. She said she was homeless aud . without friepds, find asked that lodging be givcn'her for the night. * .She gave her name as Catherine Gorman, a native of Ireland, and said that she was in her 100th year, her centennial natal day being in November. Bhe came to this country seventy year* ago in com pany with Tier husband and two young sons. When her husband died, he left her in comfortable circumstances, but her boys were addicted to drink, and ab sorbed her Ultle property in satisfying their appr'iuw f<>r liquor. Both were long siiir.* dead, and she was thrown on the worlds charity. Too independent to beg or enter a charitable institution, •he eked out a miserable living by wan dering from place to place selling lead pencil*. Yesterday she had ill luck, and hud not made sufficient to pay for lodg ing. 8hc was assigned to the softest bed in the station. She thanked the Ser geant who wason duty fervently,und re tired to her room, where for several min utes could be heard her earnest prayers. Tho Sarenstte Tramp. On the wall of the woodshed which con stitutes the station at Dorsey’s on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the follow ing has recently been written in a fair commercial hand. “ Bound for Virginia in search of employment. Lodged here one night and breakfast on dandelion salad and peas—a delightful dish. The polite attention of th« waiters at this establishment I can not toe highly com mand to my followers. Edgar A. Wilk ins, of Bristol, England.” The sarcasm of this cal’ oe appreciated when it is re- memliere-i that the dandelions and peas had to oc plucked from a ncighoring field, and that nobody lives within half a mile of the station. Hut if Mr. Wilkins The Chief Magistrate's Title. The President has no title whatever. He is not “Honorable,” like the num bers of Congress or State Senators and Judges of the Superior and inferior Courts: he is not “Ilia Excellency," like Governors and Amha.-N.doi>. i io is simply " The President.” This is nut a matter of usage) but it has been settled by Congress. A proposition was made to give an official title t<» the President,' and the one that was received with the most favor was " Jlis Highness the President of the United Suites and the Protector of their Liberties.” But after discussion it was decided that tho title should be “The President.' ’ Conviction hj Chnnoo. Scene. A withdrawing room Adjoining! to consider Foreman—Well, gentleman, ’twon’ft be no good for we to go on talkin'. *Tis clear we can’t possible eonwince one ai\- other that ?vay, so as for to agree on ujtr verdict. 8ix for guilty, and^arf a doz en for not guilty; ’adn’t we best torn dp? Juryman! Second Juryman (doubtfully)—Woulc that be doing exactly right? "" itf Waau't there Foreman—Why not T another twelve once, and when one of ’em ’ung'isielf, didn't the ’leven surwiv- orsdrawr lot* 00 should fill up the wa- cancy? Wot’s tho diiference ’tween drawrin* lota And toasln* up, an ’ow can ire 4o wrong if we goes by the Toralea? Second Juryman—They couldn’t do better than draw lota, in their circum stances. Foreman—No more can’t we, in ourn. Second J uryman—Well, I don’t know; but X seem to fancy we could. Being equally divided among ourselves, isn’t that equivalent to having a reasonable doubt, and oughtn’t we to give the pris oner tiie benefit of it? Third Juryman—O. bother, that's re fining too much. Let’s toss up. Toss up, and trust to Providence. Foreman—Are all you agreed on that, gentlemen? The Best—Agree* Foreman—What shall it be, then? Best two out of three, or sudden dcAtli? Second Juryman—Wouldn’t sudden death, in a question of life or death, be little too summary. Third Jurymau—What’s the odds? We can’t stay here argyfyin’ all day, and I wants riiy dinner. The Rest—Toss up, toss up; let’s toss. Foreman—Now then. (Produce* o cop- per coin.) Best two out cf three. Guilty, ■ea Drina Uka Hon£ "In Yokohama," write, a uiiaalon. ru xoionama, wntoa a lulmlonirr, “ I wu lurprined it loolng i natlre In Europau diOuwith bright motillio but- tous, harnessed to an elegant two wheeled carriage he politely offered his services. He was a ginrieksha, perform- dmaed on one tide, $H<§>15. Shingles,] < all heart, $3 60; shingles. No. 2, was disagreeable to me to employ a fellow man in an equine ca- but I could not help it, for in in Tok A ama, oh well as Yeddo, there was not to be found a single ‘ver. In the capital of Ja- horse with driv )utn, I am Uild, the numlier of gin rick- them 1 l H ‘ n H'longing to tho 1 bility (samuary), whom poverty lnu» ro* Palanquinr, eds; not guilty, tails. (Skies Copper.) 'Eds! Third Juryman—Heads it is. Foreman—’Ere goes again. Tails! Third Juryman—Go it once more. Foreman -Now for the finisher. (To**- et the thi'd time.) ’Eds! Guilty! Is that your verdict? The Best—Unanimous. Fourth Juryman—Non compos. Third Juryman—But, seeing, afterall. it wa* a toss-up, suppose we recommend the prisoner to mercy, gentlemen. Foreman—That’s it. That’ll ’it it orf exactly. Guilty, but recommended to mercy. [Exvcnt into court to deliver their ver dict whilst the cm tain fulls.] Bad Country for Doctors. A medical man in Spolete. Italy, called in to attend a child who was ill,*was in formed by the father that, should he cure the infant, two thousand lire would be his reward, but that should he fail he would infallibly be shot. He undertook the case, and the child shortly after died, whereupon the father, true to the compact, brought his gun, and at once put an end to the labors and tho life of the unhappy doctor. In Italy juries are generally lenient to a murderer, and the Hunting for a Word. An anecdote of Moore, the Irish poet, shows how much pains a writer who does good work will take to pat the right word iu the right place. Moore was on a visit to a literary friend iu France, and, while there, wrote a short poem. One day, while the guest was engnged iu his literary labor, the two took a stroll into an adjacent wood, and the host soon perceived that his companion was given up to his own thoughts; he was silent and attracted, noticing neither his friend and entertainer, nor the surround ing beauties of the landscape, lk -and-by he began to gnaw the fin ger-tips of his glove, pulling and twitch ing spasmodically, and wlu owner of the gun was ndjudged to pay ' ousana li fine of twenty-five thousand lire and suf fer ten years’ imprisonment only. A Spirited Duet. “Sing me, mine owu," he whispered, lovingly, as they both sat down ou the *“* piano stool, “sill'* me ‘ Oh, whisper hat thou fcelcet.’ ,f “I will, youuu man, I will,” said the tremulous tones of her papa, from the direction of the door. “ We will sing it as a duet, you and I. X will feel, and you can whisper wliat it is.” And then he felt for the boy with his feet, and went on, with unfeeling in difference. “And you needn’t conlino f ourself to a whisper, necessarily, in tcl- ing what you feel, niidwhntit feels like. Give it voice, young man; give it voice.’ An Angel, But Ugly. The other evening an old gendemnn advanced the proposition that never in the course of his long life had he seen a woman that was not charming. “Oh, really, now,” said a lady whoso nose was of the purest Ukraine breed, “don t you think I m ugly? “Not at all mndame, replied the gal lant old gentleman. “You are an angel, fresh fall n from heaven, only you fell on your uose!” Rererse ?ne Order. Isn’t it about time onr humorous artists stopped portraying Uncle 8a a long, lean, l.uik specimen of humanity, ’ sketching John Bull and lien this had for a long time, his friend ven- tured to ask him what was thc.trouble. “ I’ll tell you,” said Moore; “ I have left at home, on my tabic, a poem in which is a word I do not like. The line is perfect save that one word; and that word is jierkct save its infection. Thus it is: and he repeated the line, und asked his friend if ho could help him. it was a delicate point. The friend saw the need, saw where and how the present word jarred just the slightest puidble bit tho exquisite harmony of tho cadence; but he could not supply the The twain cudgeled their brains until they reached the house on their return, without avail. The rest of the day was spent as usual, save that ever and anon Moore would sink into silent fits in pursuit of the ab sent word. And so came on tho night, and the poet went to bed in a deep study. Tiie following morning was bright and beautiful, and Moore came down from his chamber with u hounding step, with a scrap of paper in his hand, and a glori ous light in his genial countenance. The word had come to him! lie had awoke during the night, and the kind genius of inspiration had visited his pillow, and he hud got up and torn a scrap from his note-book, and at the win dow, hy the light of the moon, had made the thought secure. “There,” he said, when lie had incor* porated it into the text, “ there it is, only a simple, single word, a word as common ns a, b, c, and yet it cost me twelve hour* of unflagging labor to find it and put it where it is; who could be lieve it?” dred and fifty pounds? Since Uncle Sam is sending Bull shi|>-loads of bread- stuffs out of his plentiful store to keep the Briton from starving, it seems to 11* that the thing should he rice verm just now—Uncle Sam the fat pcr*on, and John Bull the lean, hungrv-looking in- Texan Society. Mr. Frank A. Taylor, in Harpers Maga zine, writes os follows: A journey of several weeks’ duration in the Lone Star state revealed the fact that in the eyes of every true Texan the particular location where he has taken a fat, round) j root is the focal attraction, the garden •“ ‘ ’ centre of the earth, while the next town ilYE-AXD-lll'E. and prosperous. The native, man who came down in '4G as a soldier, remaining in the state through its short lived era ns u republic, nnd ever since, hold themselves as a sacred aristocracy, and however kindly their sentiments to ward later occupants of the soil, they cannot refrain from frequent allusion to the r Wild si It Will not vlod 0 wrjr heart will rare no wore, So that jrou lot But ahfcll I hear you lightly tread *" ty lowly dwelling; r you pin e ai»or« my hoai * nemory tolling. Shall ku. t flower* of 11 when done with 1 Life’* battle*, and its fei Your form 1* laid beiide m I’ll know yo \red we < She Wasn’t Poetic. Paul proposes to his latest fla: little jaunt in Switzerland 1 Switzerland?” asks What is there the ingenious fair. What is there in Switzerland?” echoes h< r lover; why there, is the most wonderful sconerv in the world—lofty mountain peaks tipped with ro-v kiiow, ;l verdurous vales, aud sleeping lakes, ‘Oh, shoot thy sleeping Likes (0/1, fob, fiisi ter trt l„CH da, take lite somewhere where there are wliops to buy things at.” Things not l.iked. A reporter for tho Argo was out this week, for a few days and found prevalent these popular prejudices: “ Men do not like men pianists, men singers, lady uj Mit _ owvtwtl> „„„^ , punsters, whistling women, or men who tramps much longer in this country, he l l * ,c ‘ r hair and name in the middle, will demand bread, him. and coffi* for J breakfast, instead of being contented with a strictly vegetarian diet One of the finest compliments ever paid to a woman was that of Hteelc, when he said of Lady Hastings, “ that to have loved her was a liberal education.” Viowed in this lightywMaqjyiis an educa tor in the highest sense, lK*eauscsRe7 , da-' •: cates humanely andTovingly. ^. and women do not like , timid lovers, vain upstart*, or algebra. ’‘Prisoner, how old are you?” “Twenty-two, Your Honor." “ Twenty-two? Your liners make out cnfy-threc years that you ’ “80 I was, but I spent one year in ison, und 1 don’t count that- it was »t time.*- the Homestead Act, which makes Texas a desirable refuge for those who cannot afford to live in a state whore creditors can squeeze hapless debtors between the jaws of the legal vice. It is true thnt on account of such laws the modern popu lation contains a large percentage of men “* 1 tasted the bitterness of debt, and distraint, nnd not liking shadow of Texan statutes and buildea The significant initials “ G. T. T." * to Texas), inscribed on th« (Gone to Texas), inscribed on the bolted boor of nil involved merchant, arc ac cepted as prima facie evidence that he. too, has bolted. It must not be inferred from this that all who have located within the domain of the Lone Star are to be miRpccled of financial short-com ings. Through the northern and central portions of the state many well-to-do farmers and merchants are found who have migrated from the frost-lands ^ of Minnesota and Wisconsin to a region which, at the worst, knows but a few days of cold and snow in the course of a twelvemonth. >Such men have built up a condition of society of which they are justly proud, and jealous lest the sins of the frontier, which have too often made tho name of Texas a synonym of lawless ness, be brought to their doors. In tho cottage homes of such cities ns Dallas. Austin, Houston, and the metropolis of the Western Gulf, Galveston, tbe chance guest will fiud scattered about, the cur rent literature of the two worlds. Libraries will lie found replete with the more erudite forms of publication, und the daughters of the family may treat a friend to selections from the newest operatic compositions of the season. In point of fashion, the costumes of the ladies conform quite as closely to the edicts of the modistes ns do those of their metropolitan sisters. The richly stocked shelves of the merchants in wearing ap parel prove that the finest productions of the loom are in quite us active demand here as the East. duced to this industry, which were formerly used, are not seen. The Government lias a monopoly of tiie ginriekshas, and a great deal of money i* sjient for the invention nnd improvement of the lightest carriage. Happily for the jinrickshas, the streets of the Japanese cities are very smooth, and the wheeling of a light carriage is apparently not hard. As a rule, hut one person i* seated in the carriage, though sometimes there ure two, and in rare cases a whole family is drawn by a gin- ricksha. Mother Eve’s Underskirt. A girl was singing in the parlor the ;, tiie »u other evening, the Sunday-school song beginning, “Nothing but leaves,” and ent, and who ought to have known better, said the words always reminded him of Mother Eve’s fall style of under skirt*. Interesting Young Men. “ The interesting young man,” must be pule and thin, have long hair, but no aide whiskers, eat little in public, never •moke a pipe, be short-sighted, have a be sour, talk about himself, be big paiu, impudent, be extreme in opinion, espe cially on theology and Jmediievalism; l>o popular with women, notable to shoot or ride, hate wet feet, he disliked hy men, and, in toto, be “ a double fool.” A imicK in a block Is worth two on the head. “There ia no place like Chicago,” says a Chicago paper. That’s so, and a luckv thing it is, too. Even when a convicted murderer is sure of going right to heaven the very moment he is hanged, he would rather have a pardon from the government. • A census of Kansas, Just completed, ■hows a population of 849,978, an increase of sixty per cent, over that of 1876, which wo* returned as 628,437. When Artemus Ward was exhibit his sliow in Salt Lake City, hi- cm mentarv tickets to the citv official r-. as follows; “Admit bearer and . NEW OPERAS 1 ATLANTA—lllddUo*, PJ,o. .ow mid NEW YORK—Cotton: Middling upland. Orlanna, tOKo. OA IdVKBl’ON—Cotton tirui; middlings 10«^ low middling* Vfcc, good ordinary NORFOLK — Cotton quiet; middling* 10e HALTIUOUK— Cotton quiet; middling* in»^c. low middling* 10 e; good ordiuary SAVANNAII — Cotton quiet; middling* 9?;e. low middling* good ordiuary AUGUSTA—Cotton quiet; middling* at 9»ic; low middling* good ordiuary, NEW ORLEANS — Cotton ftS'u 1 wid- dlium 10 1 low middling* 9j£c; goodors dinar* 9‘*c. CIIAULK8TON—Cotton quiet; middling* 10!mO, low middliuga lOe, godu ordiuary 9«*c. MOHILK—Cotton *teady; middlioK* 9?«; low middlings 9%e la good ordinary 9Jfo. Tho nUaoMwUc— Kxist iu the mind* of muuv otherwise intel ligent people as to the requirement* of a din- urdcml stomach or liver. The swallowing of nauseous and powerful drug* i* not the way to encourage, norito cure dyspepsia and liver complaint. Nor can a constipated or other - wise ditordered condition of the bowel* he remedied hy similar treatment. That agree able an J thorough stomachic auJ aperient. Hostetler’* Bitters, which is the reverse ol unpleasant, und never produce? violent ef fect*. is f ir preferable to medicine* of the class referred to. It infuses new vigor into a failing physique, cheer* the mind while it strengthen* the body, and institute* a com plete reform in the action of the disordered stomach, bowel* or liver. Appetite and sleep are both promoted, uterine aud kidney affec tion* greatly beuetited by it* use. It in in- deed a comprehensive and meritorious prep aratiou, free from drawback* of any kind. jelly called “Vaseline,” whL grea-eat utility in medicine, pharmacy and for toilet use. Physicians all over the world have discovered it* great value in the treat ment of wounds, burns, akin diseases, rheu matism, catarrh and every ailment where a liniment is needed, and in almost every ho*- in conitant use, and is acknowledged only to be tbe best treatment, but also of the most important recent addition* to medicine. It is put up in bottle* by the I'heBtbrough Manufacturing Co., of New doubt, tbe best ia use. Its healing and pain 'laying qualities being superior to those of iy known substance, while the speedy re* The woeful effects of “ Piniifoi visible in Cincinnati, where on inst., n mere lucl killed his .-Liter.: cousin, anil his aunt.—h)ckp<n t l A lady who has lately passed a few weeks in Paris, always refers to her kitchen girl as her “fiib de. cuisine.’ Her son insists on referring to tin rthy domestic ns our “ pot ra«sler,” much to his mother’s horror—but he hasn’t had tbe benefit of a fortnight io “ Paree.” Monograms in Japanese designs on note paper are very much used. An other design is a long bar in silver, gilt or bronze, from which arc suspended the letters of the name in small medallions. Cards of invitations to parties whero out-door sports are to l>e indulged in, should bear a coat-of-arms formed of bows, arrows, target, croquet mullets, oars and other implements of like de scription. For yachting parties, the in vitations should bear the yacht Hag and private signal crossed.—Andrews’ Lt Tnere are many would-be Aristocrat* who have little more claim to blue blood than the old Irishwoman, who, in bid ding her son good-bye on his leaving the parental roof, said: “ No, Jimmie, when you get yer shtnnd, an’ has yer peanut* an’ yer apples shin’ like shtars in the hivina all in a row side by side, gintlemcns come along to b> tho w iuy, don’t for* git who yez are. Hould your head high, for there’s great talk now about furrust families, sir as yer doin’ up the bundles tell thira yer grand father was the furrust man who iver set foot or squatted upon the bogs beyont.’ 1 Fears of a grasshopper invasion in tho Sierra Nevada Valley have caused old inhabitants to give their recollection of the devastation produced by them twenty years ago. They were remark- oblw {nUlliMnt in tliOSO da>'5. Wlldl ably intelligent they found fallen trees of march they banked tip against them to the depth of threo feet, forming an inclined plane, up which marched tho advancing host. On tho north side of dwellings the insects thus banked up died, and the inmates had to shovel them up and cart them sway. In somo places this year they have filled the creeks and fouled th® water to such a degree that the cattle will not drink it. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. FLOUR. SKAI.9 Ann SKAL. Wheat—rue following price* are miner*- buying prices: Tennessee choice white, $1 14 (q)i 1C; Tennessee medium, $1 05@l 10; Georgia choice white and amber,$l 07: lower irgia choice white and amber,$1 grades, $1. Corn: Choice white, mixed, 6S^36c7. Oats, 45@75c. Meal, 70c. ST. LOUIS—Flour: Double extra fall, $4 75@4 90; treble extra fall, $5 10$5 2i; family, $5 no; cnoice to fancy, $5 00(3 0 15.'Wheat: No. 2 red fall, <g$ 1I6'4. Corn: No. 2 mixed, 35%c. LOUISVILLE—FIour:Extra,$3.2';do.fam- ly, $3 75(34 25. Wheat: lted and aniber.91. Corn: White, 47; mixed, 40. Oats: New white, 30c: mixed, 26He. CINCINNATI—Flour: tamily, $(i 2531 0 00. Wheat: Red nnd white, ...@$1 15. Corn, 42e. Oats 25%527c. NEW YORK—Flour: Southern, common fair extra, $5 50,'36 00; good to choice extra, $6 10(5,7 *5. Wheat: Ungraded win ter mi,$1.23fa$l 31; No. 3 do., $124; No. 2 do., #1 22 @1 3 % No. 1 do.. $1 320 1.33 Corn: Ungraded, 54355^0. country psonntR. ordinary lots, 16c. Batter: Choice Tenne*- le, 16(al4c; medium, I2@16c; low grades, . 3160. Poultry: Small, 9®12c; medium, 12@17c; large, 16@18o; hens, 20c; ducks, 15&--Q* potatoes, - — v Butter: Prime to choice western packed, 13315c. Eggs, 15c. LlVB STOCK. ATLANTA—We quote Choice Tenne*- Spring lambs per nea«i. CINCINNATI—Hogs: Common $2 60® 3 20, light $3 40®3 00, j acking $3 45®3 65, butchers $3 65@3 76. rROVISIONII. ATLANTA—Bulk meat: Clear rib sides, hams, none; breakfast bscon, „ .. BALTIMORE-Mess pork, 10 00. Rulk meats: Loom, shoulders, 3Jfc ; clear rib ■ides, 6c; packed, should/!rs, 4)4*0; clear rib. rides, 6)<c. Bacon : shoulder*, 4&c; fined, in tierces, 7c. CINCINNATI—Pork, $9 60. Lsrd, $6 10. Bulk meats: shoulders,3Wc; clear rib, $4 75 ®5 00;clear side*,$5 50. Bacon: shoulders, $4 ?5; dear ribs, $6 87>tf; clear sides, 6^c, long and short dear, 6.76c. LOUISVILLE — Poik,$9. Lard: choice leaf in tierces, 7%c; do. kegs, 8){c. Bulk meats: Shoulders, $3 38; dear nbs, $5 00 oear sides, $5 26. Bscon : Shoulder*,$3 87)4 dear ribe, $5 38; dear sides, 5%c; sugar* cured hams,9^l0)4c. L1IMRRH. ATLANTA—All undressed lumber, $12 per M. Flooring dried, dres*ed, tongued way ahead of anything else, as it renders the rk’u smooth, eoft and dear, aud our lady friends will fiud it not only the best, but per haps tiie sole substance which will really preserve and restore to the complexion the hu«-s of youth, making the cheek like voivet and the skin like satin. The complexion powders iu common use, ore, s* a rule, inju rious to the skin and destrnctive to any com* ptexion, while Vaseline is entirely healthful d beueficial. There is also made wade Vaseline,” which is said to be of great bent fit to the hair, keepingit softand glossy, preventing and curing dandruff, »nd keeping the scalp healthful and free from disesae, and from those ohiestionable creatures which sometimes find a dwelling there. Numbers les.s iusiancc* are cited of how by the this pomade thin and falling hair has nsnumed a vigorous growth. Both the pure Vaseline and the pomade a.-e put up in twenty-five cent bottles aud are to be found at all first clrtJ-K druggists, and we advibe our reader* to make atria! oi thi* wonderful substance, and wo think they will fiud its claim* to merit not iu the least extgcra'ed. The United Statss Capitol at Washington, the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad of New York, and many of the largest and finest structures iu this country arc painted with II. W. Johns’ Asbestos Liquid Paint-% which are rsp’dly taking the place of all others for the better classes of dwellings, on account of their superior richness of color and durabil ity, which render them the most beautiful as well as the most economical pa : nts in the world.. Samples of sixteen of the newest shades for dwellings sent free by mail. II. W. John* Mf’g Co., 87 Maiden Line, N. Y., are tho sole manufacturers. When Neglectful op the Duty as signed to it by nature, that of secreting the bile, the liver should be disciplined with Dr. ifoTT’8 Vegetable Liver Pills which will speedily remedy its inaction and stimulate it to a vigorous performance of it* secretive fuuction. Constipatian, which is an invariable accompaniment of liver dis order, ia always overoorae by this great anti- bilious cathartic, and indigestion, chronic nnd aente, is completely cured by it. All druggists sell it. light The Asbestos Roofing (with white gray fire-proof coating) now in use in all porta of tho world, is the only reliable sub. stiiute for tin. It is adapted (or steep or flat roofs in all climates. It costs only half as much a? tin, and nan be applied by any one. Sample* and descriptive price lists lree. H W. Johns Mt’g Co, 67 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Probably there is no batter judge nf musi cal instruments, or of the opinions of musi cians respecting them, than Theodore Thom as. He says the Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs are much the best of this clats of inv struments made, and that musician* general ly agree in this. Sudden changes in the weather are pro ductive of throat diseases, coughs and cold* There is no more effectual relief to be found, than in the use of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.”. 25 cents a box. Nothing is uglier thau a crooked boot or shoe* Straighten teem with Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners,and they will never run over again. “ Lies 1 Big Lies I ” Not so fast my friend; for if you would sea the strong, healthy, blooming men, women and children that have been raised from beds of sicknes?, suffering and almost death,by the u«o of Hop Bil- ters, you world say “ Truth, glorious Truth.”—Sfntinel. Asa Cure for Pile*, Kidney* Wort acta first by overcoming in the mildest manner all tendency to con stipation ; then, by its great tonic and in vigorating properties, it restore* to health the debilitated and weakened parts Hundreds of certified cures, where all else had failed. 15 io $20 SJj r at horn*. SAmplA* worth #Vr«>« OPIUM i, 1 , I>K. P. h. bbWBER. UxsniPTt. 1 nf. >n.Terms and *•> on t n t >. Addreei II. Ha rorsn an or om>, fq a-SiSuresiaS C*K BEATTY SMtms II wal.al raoo,. aral‘4 «yrer*. »U«I * hook SDH v.i*i.o n <...iMi. *k,>.k, ii u in sans. Vtw J ""aalnaa iuxielF."5km'v |w MiaI^Vy>*w 1 The Latest laaday Morning Sermons Rev. O. a. SPURGEON Rev. Dr. TALMAGE, KcvUcmI hy them, with Portrait and llloirranhy of some Kmtneat Person, and Mundar School Lemon 10 — “ *- opiei free. Agent! i nr ■ — fl M ner annum. Samph “■Mited; also, cnnbeh- ' — -* J - - TK tdrw* H. AITKIN. MfiTbleHouee. N Carmen. 'per* by Bls>t 12 0) that Iim xradually aud popularity. At though the book u Urge, lu fact wbat one might call a "four dollar book," it I* got up 111 aiagaut •trie wltu muaic aud all tbe word!, Engli!b and f irelgn, for SV.W large, Itao book, wttb KugiUh and foreign word*, and tho opera iu erory way complete, Tor a low price Doctor of Alcantara^ Bells of Corneville.», lug lug School and Choir ls» and TIm* Temple, OLIVER DITSON 4 00.,Boston, C. H. DiUom Ok tW J. 1, IUIatm Jk U tMSHroadwqy.N.V. <Jhe.tuftTt.Pbui' Tarrant’s Peltier Aperient, roperly he cnIImI the "HercuhV'of medic! the recuperative power* of tee ayitem to do tbe work ot • natoi atiou to health. No medicine cure.; Nature alone tti ep. Tltl. iiporie.it open* tbe proper LI) BY A IA. lUlUaUlSTW. THE SOLARCRAPH H C?. • •VW’ T i.-y « goes .V. t,«fc er?lr \ A'ldrcs? J. G. Habel.Atlanta, Ga. ^HAWK-EYES. jitil Pub lilieil.—A epb-ndid new Comic Kook ,y Hubert Burdette, tl,< L,moux "BCHLlHOTOh I tWHKYIMAM." ruU of the brighteat and 1 — rritten. With: i, hoiui.Un rlotb, price ll.KTUN A CO.. Pnt-lialiera. N. Y City. AGENTS WANTED. Money Made and No Capital Requited flood* ae'l hy Mtnple Homethlnf new. Sample* O. H ALDRICH ft CO., Lit'btm, N H If you are Interested In the inquiry—Which is the best Liniment fur Man and Beast?—this is tlioanswer,at tested by t wo general ions: the MEXICAN Slt'81'ANU LINI MENT. Tiie reason is siin- p*«. It penetrates every sore, wound, or lameness, to tin very bone, and drives oat all inflanimoioryand morbid mat ter. lt“ i;oes <0 the root” o! the trouble, and never fills i cure in doiibio quick time. A??S eTc^ff'ltX “ml 8ifl.:“rBSr duced So per cunt. Aihlrcaa Natio»ai. Pt'Hl.l*Hi Co.. PhiUdelphin. I*a., Chicago, HI., St. Lot Mo„ or Atlanta, fla. Tbe Great Sontbcrn Pap.r! fUE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION tip, Oil si, CONSTITUTION, THE SMITH M CO LEADING MARKETS OF THE WORLD* K very whet" recognotl n* tlu FINKS1 IN TONS. OVER 8Q,000 Mn.tr nnd in uao. NVw D-«lg:ia comtai.tly TMbcsI St, Wsblaffl St, Mm, Iks ir.tli 1 !i "A*UIicd’ 1 liik-o.’n.Yr^h! Ayali n nrufcg!*u W ] >78^7.7, If7»7 S Month and axpaniM guaranteed to agdut* 1/ / Outfit frre. Shaw k Co., auguaU, SiA a roar and axponm to anni*. 011.nl I / <Ur>— y. a Vlakarjr. Auguala, Mt, SHiBPEARri m>sat. R & SrK gatupU copy A—. Murray 11111 Pub. Co.,iaE. fcilnl„N.r. ^ ’“"'TuwT***^*^*'*"*”*^t i‘. e |UUU a ad WMtorn alatea for the great#*! triuiupb ofithe aga, SltM) par uiouth aud 0?outfit frro. Uao. A. Lawrauca. LonUvUIe. Ky- YOUNG MEN .WITS WB*: mffiS&EZaSsaBr GENTS. RE WZ&lWi $2,500 tmn thing* for mom recover uw«-nt» are Bar? S.*T°Huck. yitU.n.^ort'lmmh'.'rUnd Pa-. porrattwion r KIDDER'S PASTILLES.,', flMPLOYMENT mtl A fl—Choice*t in tho world— Importeia* »>ri 1 J!inOttcl«-V| , oaaea ,,, ororyboly-Traco coiitii ally Incroaalug-Agonta wantel < verywliera—t Ri > B^T t W Sa L8°4 i Vare y * t 1 lux'I mo“hora?for\reur efnldre'i’. Wo‘‘(,Rj’cfi a y label. In c — - - TEAS!; ..aal coat. Host I Ian arer offered to Club ' s .nd lar«> buyer. ALL KXPHKMS OP' n'ifi New term* FUEL'. die Great Anericai Tea Cos:.!? „ U.0 H,. T«r> MASON A HAMLIN CA3INET ORG/.ha iiuaairuu < , 1*^: Pm*, !■>; • Oolo Mkdal, ia:?. Only Am»« «rw Law. Thnmndiol Soldier titled. Pen«ioua date hack f. disc rime limited. Addtes* wltu ataim t.EOitia: n. P. O. Diawor.SSS Wmi A-(tKNT8 tbatmTla faat.Otlauce'to!' ill to nmko money. “UFA O* BUFFALO BILL.” :,S VASELINE WAKNIN BHUS LOnotlv ’■ IMIl!•;XwihITION." Fi.f x iiti.K hum tiiisKi afi/r Si* Lmadwa*. WHAT OTHER HtlXT'* RKMKUY .anrely doea- *11 who area •|j. Bright’* ■alTNI'N Kt.NKnt iwtito. All iuea«a*a of the Kidney*. Illaddor *nft t’ri, ary Organa ar* cared hy HUNT N HEM- KWlT. Try H.nt*s Ifrmrdy. “" J phiattowk.; •* .K.CLAUKK. Prr ;educatM for tie thy,but Indlg, ai tied ’ater, alx ProfeMora; III rary ot. l.yxw »ol- BE* HS6EST OSi Liquid Paints, Roofing, Boiler Coverings, Steam Packing,Sheathings. Coating:, Camtnta, 4c. H. W. J OH N 8°M F*C C o'/fi 7 WAiotN Cane.N.JY. The Weekly Sun. ir, ofStlb oad colni A largo, eight par* 1 will Ik* eent pottpai I to any „ddrs. wutll Juna mrf lai, INM, FOR H..LF A DOLLAR Addreaa TilK SUN. N. V. City. SAPONjFIER It the Old Reliable Cancan rated Lye FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. Directions accompanying each can for making Hard. rtof<. and Toilet *o-•» .•slw.l* JT IS PULL WRIGHT AND STRhNOTH The market l* flooded with t.o-crtlcd) «’on<cn. Hated Ljro, whim ^ts a-tulturated wiili ealt nul " > * 10 ' * n SAVR X NONKY % ANn RVY Tlth SAPONIFIfR S1ADK HY TIIR Pennsylvania Salt Manuf’g Co, PHILAIIRI I*** I A. PtiMLINMebS' I