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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
W. 1 !. 51r“(HJLK. Kdtler* sad Preprseiera.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EAST.
While the International circus was
parading the aixaeta at Tsn Wert. Oiaa, s*s;
veti, lb* tiger. vLicL vht nding ce-, top oi a
seMat enraged at sameihiiie and
k if-irA,? *raek on its kecj-er, Kite D®
Le * - - *®y Jwn&if her Laud and
-sat- t* 3 teari*g Ler edotbce in t-hreda. Sue
retained bar present* of mind and nmeaM
*•*!* tbe-beast partiy cawed mat, it v*e
w- -red when she fainted. Her injuria# are
to: dsEtigeraca.
WEST.
Brigham Young gives 133 here? for
grMtnds an: Ogden, the proposed junc
tion of the Union and Centra Panne, as well
*■* the Northern and Southern Utah roads.
N ext raws to the raiimai war will be
carnet .ntc- lowa. The Northwestern and
BuriinrT.au companies are prepared to fight it
c*!3i in iL.b.l iftjiite 6i in Tlliiioii* &.t? 5
but there are ejmpiants of weakness on the
P’art of ;nt Rock I-and oompatT. The lasi
t.amec eompianT. eererk vea-e ago. in order to
£*ernr€ kh cnheutikcxL of time a laxid—grraixt.
■oirandered to tie state the right to regulate
fares and freight*. If the Lock Island mana
gers viuld. r, will hardly l* passUe for oojn
*,pti: r r.ade in Icwa to ma-ntain a suweesfiil
rettftanre. The lowa law is patterned after
the lUiaoit law.
SOUTH.
Fally one-tliird of Louisiana is un
der water, which from one to two feet deep.
John hfriKi has bret sei.tcnc.dd to
he hanged ai Memphis Ang. 7. for the murder
of Dink Harris : lKh eakired.
Gen. Edward IF. Gantt, of At kausa#,
died euddenlr at little Book. June 10. Pe
was elected to coigress in I*6-1 bnt newer took
ms seat, the war haring begun before Mb
term commended,
Ambrose B. Coe, who shot and killed
Miss Abbte Summers beoanse she w-unld not
marrp nan, has teen eentenoesl to unpnson
ment for life, in Missouri. The trial of the
ease has oast the state *2B,o#i.
M.ss Salne Smith, about seventeen
years of age. a student of the female sichoo
at oatlaad. Sr., -was fataijr burned last week
durn;g me school exhibition exercises. She
was staiiXng on me stage near a coal cC lam:-
whji-n exploded and at onoe enveloped her in
Semes..
I>r. S. D. Crittenden was shot and
klßer by ayoung man named Hall a few oar#
*e 11 Conway county. Ark. A sherdf*
P'cisse w ent in sea-roof EaJ and foend him.
wn.en a %bi <me net in which one of the
sheriffk posse was kHiec and another wounded.
Had war wounded and caotured.
George W. Grayson, sheriff of C.et
oubtt. Arkansas, has l>eeE arrested charged
with a: •rioondmg from that comity with fir*
thousand dollars of the public funds- Gray
*°® denies emliestiement. and sta;es that the
marge against L:tn it a piece of perecc-i; nc
grt.wing out of th* Brooks-Baxter d.fficu. it
he being a B rooks man.
Cnarle# C.ai'xon-e, ckrk of Judge
rmre’J’s court at New Orleans, left that city or
tne 14th of Mar tr go. as sue.noeed. across the
iake for las health. Fully two weeks, elapsed
le. ore any grare suspicions were aroused. It
was itckM? discovered, however, that Mr.
CiL':>:irM had left the country —for Europe.,
am -hat he had - -38. XC of the funds of
the court.
FOREIGN.
Xbe flpamkli government is negotiat
ing wuh the credit m .hiiier foe a loan of
•Si. k KKj , (KM re&l&.
T;>e Ameriosn pilgrims Lave pre
flrted tc> tie pope si'Ki.CWt in money, l^tafies
a coffer of grid ruggers from American mines.
They leave Bcmie the 2fth insh
Xn- 1 iSf-r >t :f Inc is telegraph* that
the growing crop* are favorable. The Indian
£ C TtrLtHtfeiri ccniLii-iittf* to fumiiih
t.C‘ S,SOCUKK> iifcaTcs. There e&n le no croj' in
Firhost tmtii I*ecesnbfsr. The government ad
mits some psop>le may die before assistance
reaches them.
The new* from France continues in
teresting. Tne modem monarchists and
'“tv CT'nserratiTe repuhiicans are taking steps
toward an tlnanoe looking to the estahlish
—* - • ■ a conservative republic, and there
seems to lx 1 trie liopx:for the extremists. The
danger of anything like revcCuticm aproears to
be over.
The American bng S. Owens, Oa]>t.
Martin, has arrived at New York from Cien
f tegrs with seventeen refugees from the draft.
Gapu Marrm rep*orts that the n-habitants are
in great terror, owing to the ruieniies* manner
in which the csonseriptiaei is carried out. J'er
s:- s : f aii ages and cohdaaoc;* are f aroeid ihto
the army, and those too fet-hle to shonldfß- a
musket are placed in the chain-gang. He fre
rceniiT saw old men and boys i>oi over tiiii
: set years old chaii/ei. tc hegrces ahd working
lil£ stretts. A offioee was staiidihg 1
over them, whip in hahd. ready to apply the
•ash most unmercifully upon the leae; derehc
tiOE E ven the Bpiamsh residents of
the city had become iifgneted with the inhu
man. ;y of their own race, and were disposing
;f their goods and prcgPT as .fast as possi
ble tc- escape from the island. AH persons
snap-acted sympathuung with the ptatnots
were draftee into the army without law and of
course without redress. The whole country
for several leagues was one vast waste, many
of the sugar plantations havmg been burnt by
-tsv-rgents.. There wee two tbunsand
vc.iunteei* and regrJsrs ic tbs city. The com
matiaants were afnad to venture outside the
stockade to fight a handful of Cubans and
put an esne to the work of destmctitui. The
-‘t ofccer* appeared disheartentid. aid
dreaded the approach of the sickly season
’ ' * at hand, which iirings with it the
dreaded black vomit.
general.
Fjve: At Canton, Mo., June 12, a
bk*::k of buildings ; lass.. #&■•.( Near Ha
rerst.own. Mi. June 13. the Antietam pine-- |
m_;; loss. #4<:. oee. .At Tauntom. Mass-, j
June If: the s:#'.es of the Brifttol eeciity a
ri cultural eocie;y. vith fourteen hot sea. etc':
loss. {. At Sew York. June 12. the
fac ory f the Natusna: chemif*., wocid-treai
meut eompasy: las-?,. fTS.#OB At London,
•.'it.. June 12 the mam iiuildmg of the C*n
tanc car-works; loss. fjkj.OOfiL At Osage
t'ny. Mo. une 11. Carter's fiouring-mil:: loss.
*■4 " At Pittsburg. Pa. June 11. the
g.ass-works of Prank k Son; loss,
fgr.oof-.
COS SESSIONAL.
Ie th* MHte, c® the Ifrjb, 4 bill was
piasaed 1* autborme the sale of the nronenv
to the eoidwrs nornt.
Eenturxy. known as the Harrodeburc Bnring
nr:>r*r— The bill to pnrmde foe the’e:-.->
tm of oongreasman at large from the state of
fa. .1.. i# naesed ae senate thexi ,g up?
the naet-tiSae appropriaikm hfl!. Tne amend-!
me:.;- agreed to were as InUows Limiting
the free del-very to cities of pnnciw
u:m exceeding Stt.ttSK' T-ereons. and striking
<16.; the clause inserted by the house, prond
r '-hat n.-'i. Lit ai>d annua- reports of the
department of agn culture shaE piass free
uhrnagfc he maas.. At amendment was offered
tna; all a-v sp*.pr and periodical pinhhcations..
rt t-'et from the known odSoe of pui.lication
ana nev - agency, and addressed to regular sui
venhers w news atretitA shall be charged at
ohowing rates : Ob newspapers and ix-
r A 'JL iCt N Jc>cr at ' L }*' exofc pound or fractiau
miere- ; piriwidadL. that the rate of nostare
® or tsenodifai*. nos exceeding
arid circulars, when the
a... m a letter-carrier office for
v r, - - ’ ; ® ioe wUmied Stioe carriers..
odiealß 1 OW * 86111 bnt pxsn
. v.ghiia: mare than two ounces shall
. IT to of rwo cents each, and
i ,sT- W by stamps That
1 IL,'' ‘—*- j S° l"ee throngh the maikk to
a ,w- xa the count r where pni
isoed. but shall no! he delivered at Wmw
tamer a&am, at be distribesod br aariian.-
-■-jess the postage be :>t e .hereon. Ma:i
nsattsT of the tku"3 class shall be charged at
the rate of one cent for each two ounce*.
In the bouse, on the 15th, the trill for
the relief of savings instirutiaas having no
capital stoek. and doing business soieiv f- r
the benefit of oepasitars. was passed... .The
committee on electa csof made a report in the
Arkansas casttsted election case showing sv.t;
the sitting member was not entitled to a seat,
and that Gunter, c- Ltestant. wa- the repre
sent*. - .ve. whitii was unammouslv agreed tc>
witbcut di-rassDoiL and Gunter ‘was sworn
in A lab wa? piassxsd providing that nobtdy
shal lx delegate in the house of re_,resenta
tives from any territory who shall not have at
tained the age of twenty-five rears,, and beet
seven years a aiixen of‘the United States, and
who shall no; be an .nhabitam of the tamrorv
and no person who a- gurry either of bigamy
s -.f.'ygam js to b ebgiUfis A tar externd
‘ mg to tne 4th of Jtxy. I “75. the time within
which rotations for alk>w*noe# mav be tire
seated to the sowtk*ra claims commission,‘and
i ptrowiinsg fee the atpoititmen: of two adds
.tana, ootumis,ioners.. p>assied . .Tne bOl for
' the- icbaf of the owners and p>nrchasere cf
.and? sold for cLrcct taxes m the insurrection
ary states was agreea t 0... .A larce number of
private pecsiom bilk were disposed of and the
; bout* ad j oumed.
ic the senate. on the 17ih, the bill to
j amend the act in relation te the survev of
certain lands granted us the Norihem. Pacific
railroad was passed.. .H oubc bill to provide for
the appointment of a e ommittee of engineers to
-L-Testigate and rep<ort up>on a permanent plan
for the reclamation of the aide vial lias n of she
Mississippi river subject to inundation was
also piassed A bill was reported for the re
lief of the overflowed levee districts of Mis
sis-..;n. Arkansas and Louisiana and placed
cm the calendar . Tne conference committee
on pension appirtpriation l*n made a report,
which was agreed to. By its terms, the house
agrees to senate amendment, which fixes the
fees of piension agents at 25 cents fat preparing
vouchers and administering oaths....A bin
was piassed T>rohiniting tne publication in
I newspapers of revised starnes of the United
j States House bill repealing ad revenue
tax on savings baaks having no capital and
; whose investments are made eoieiy for the
benefit of depositors, was poaseed.The post
office apnropnatioi, UE was amended l>v ?>rt
riding uiat so much of the act as fixes‘the
• ate of jKistage on newsoapiere and pieriodicais
| shah not take effect till Jam. 1 next, and the
tuE was then piassed.
In the house, on the 17th, u resolu
tion was adopited. that all cavihaed piowers cc—
operate in the establishment of an interaa
j tiona. system of arbitration, where; v matters
in disp.ute ixtween poverements may lx ad
justed bv arhitranan and without recourse to
war . The j ncjciary committee made a report
on the case of Judge Burrell of Louisians,
and recommended his impxiaohmei.t. A mi
nority report was aiso presented. Lssenimg
from the conclusions of the majuritr. and
both reparts ware recommitted.
In lie senate, on the 18th, a bill -was
. introduced and referred ta charter a double
track freight railroad from the tide-water c-f
tne Atlantic ocean to tne Missouri river, and
-mil the rare of freight thereon. . .The sevatb
eres claims IhlH was passed. The rep>ort of
the conference committee on the moietT bill
was agreed to. after seme debate . .Househol
T3 flDOSQi'ige tbe of public
fecboate v&r ooßcrand in.
Ix- the ho-aafc, on the 18th, a bill was
passed fixing the limit of the oast of public
buildings at Civmgton. Kentucky, at #250.090.
and removing restriction* as to matenai to he
employed Am effort wa? made to suspiend
tus ruies and t*ss the hill fat the removal of
troops from the southern states, and placing
item cm tbe frontier- of Texas to" protect *;"-
tiemerts against Indians, but it failed... .The
conference rep>ort on the miierv laL .was agreed
to. *
Ic the senate, on tbe 19th, house bill
to revise, amend anc consolidate laws relating
to security of life on board of vessels, pro-
P'the .n.whole or in pian by sieam. was placed
cm the calendar..... The river and harbor ap
prcpnatjoE til] was taken up. and at amend
nen; insarting #25. (sA for tne improvement of
- Chattahiiodb-e and Flint rivers. Georgia.
was agreed to Tbe report erf the confer
<Boe committee on the finance hUi was dis
cussed and finaDy ar'eefi to.
In the house, on the 19th, a bill was
passed fixing at •H.IH the iunft of exp*endi
tnre far public baiidirgs a; Atlanta. Ga. A
joint resolution was adopted, appropriating
taree hundred dollars for the purchase ana
restoration to the f amiiy of the Marquis La
-1 averse, -of the watch presented by Gen. "Wasb
ington to Lafayette. The watch wa? icist a;
Nashville, by Gen. Lafayette, on hi# las: visit
to America. It is now owned by a Mr. teac and
of Texas, who bought it a: a pi&wn-broker's
ship in Lc'uisvlLe far seventy-five d&aare
some years ago... Senate bid "for the relief
of the Eas; Tennessee university was piassed.
... Senate amendments to the post-office ap
propriation bill were considered, and as all of
them wens n .-t agreed to a conference com
mittee was ordered.
Ie tbe senate, on the iJOth, the res>
iutaon to purchase tbe watch piresented to La
fayette by Gen. ■Washington, and to restore it
tc his heirs, was passed... . .The senate pro
ceeded with t.b* eawndefflaiion of the sundry
civil apipiropiriation bill and the amendments of
the comm, ties were agreed to. amot g which
was one lim ting the c;*t of pui'lic bnildinge
at SashviDe to tSTT.OOfI. The" second section,
abolishing the civil sesrvioe •ommiSßioi, was
stricken out by the committee., and anew sec
tion reported restoring the commission, and
atpropinaung #15.(60 far the expenses there
of. was agreed tc. a* was ads:> at amen dment
u- repiea. c much trf the sundry arprop'nation
hid f iff the year ending June #5. I*CA as made
an afprofoitiot of #309.008 to repilaoe worn
and muti.ated nar onal hank note*
Ie the hc-u*. on the 29th. the spoeaker
presented a message from the president, call
ing attention to the provisic® ic tbe district
lull for the jiayment of tbe debt* of the district
in bonds to lx issued by tbe sinking fund com
missioners. running fifty yaars. and teanng
loterest at tbe rate sf 8 35 p<er oent pier annum,
with the jiayment of principal aha interest
guaranteed by the United State#. The presi
dent objects to the ra e of interest, saying
trial bond? Ixanrg 5.35 per oent interest,
when i-suwd wiß lx worth much lees than
their equivalent in cun ent money of the Uni
ted States. This wwuld effect a depreciation .
of the claims erf creditors snd would reflect an j
the good faith of the United States. He urge?
King' ess to increase the rate, so as to make
the bonds negotiable at par The confer
ence repar: on the curremcv hill was agreed to.
after debate . A bill was piassed tc amend
the gold batik jiw so as to allow the caroaia
aon of gold note* to be W mstead of 30 pxsr
oent. of the pmr vatue rf the bonds depxisiied.
.. A resoluaon was ad opted autbonsrng the
issuing of a subpoena to John MeEnery. cf
Lcimsiaua and ctnera. requiring them to" pro
duce the ong.r.ai electior. returns befare the
; nmmittex on eiecaons. cm nr bef ore the first :
Monday it next lieoemher Tne supple
mentary civil right* hiil came up. and tha vom
t aker on -te pia-sape resu'ted in yeas ;40. na? s
H, There hot being rwc-thirds, as required ;
by the order under winch the :>tucneie? cm tbe
speaker'* table was taken up. tbe bill was not ,
parsed, and still remain# cm tbe speaker's ’■
tab*,,.. Th* oantartuacg report cm the defi- -
money hill was agree* to.
Ie the senate, on the 22 i, the tariff
tuß w* takax up. amandea and *>aae*d_ |
The conference report c% the piosacffict iul: j
was rajectad. and anew nrinniii'iaa ordered.
• ■ The repiart erf the conference committee
om the Geneva award htß was accepted Tee
resrrfuaon of tne house extending the seesicm :
of tne present congress until four c chock r. \
■L Tuesday. 2Sd inset., was agreed to.
Ie the house, oe tbe 221, the confer
ence repiart an tbs Geneva award bill was
agreed to Tbe house non-enneurred in the
senate amendment? te the sundry eivi! appirc-
Jffiarti'ii hiL. aad a committee of confers nee
was appointed Tbe hems*, after distpesme
of a great deal trf nnscedaneous i'nsmess,.
agrexid to coefirm the purchase of three acre?
erf laud near Nashvihe Tennessee, known as
the site of Fart Hons.ton. and to convey me
same to Fisk unversiTy.. .a concurrent reso
lution was adopted, extending the session no
al 4 r. *. Tne*day
Xewspaukks —New^mpers
• e heg-j mring to be appireciated. ‘ It i*
fousd that they ire better thkE oadkr
chesks for keeyißg iroctleE clothing in,
over Fumuier ; the moth? doE*t hke to
tackle the hevrepspers; they know bet
ter. tTjiip the oo&te. shawls, etc.,
tEisougrhly—partaeularly about the
seams : then fold them smugly in a
large printed sheet, ana paste the pa
per tight—gum-arabic mucilage ie best,
Tt-en fastest it all tightly in : linen or
ooUoe sheet This, we are assured by
those who have had years of experience
with all kinds of preventives-., i s the
most effectual protection of wools®
riothin, from the ravages of moths
'• 1 jIM not much for si tump
dedared a candidate ’ “ but f<*r i>®sr;ty
and capacity and integrity, 1 bate the
dirii—*o I do.”
SABBATH 15 THE COUSTBI.
Now anars tix lark je heaven 4 eyas;
Thr -iuri leafy c-yjn ucm exoali rix- trv*xt
Wtli; bk-- ClTLltlt. PWOTG- Di&dfi yiHjatr
Aits g’LiHiptiet of t Burprif*&.
Hftbvn.'f p-:adL fers- sx and mat of Dixie.
An- dror-;;'ed xd#- bov’err worifi ;
Witini fcwirliojy \xmfm Duried.
Tbe pel Dftt dmii tbe raee't dew.
Tin- ifcudsaujif aI2 sjnmi if fan,
Bnt tlaa rema ok tn litan and pcs.:
W’si Saar mrcan., tod f-rtrafu. slam.
And auxiiir-aark. ft -f v—- parterre.
The visu ftsr.nticf my par.?
1 m. • s. a bieetcd traoot.
rcc ix C rets, ttx wtserf rit’ioft,
And tiiingf hiai arc the food of prtox.
lo maty a :;mi cottage round
iapioinca. a gicey gir'wv;
Ho- ruby-ccu ured sicisr blcwe ;
And pnrpit iialit ,--f gen, tlx grenmb
Tne firs: la: nmTi dr:-y)4 her curl*.
And E.me 'ief wrtk :n? ioeke :
O’er eoidei meadowt br-.'wix the flocks:
Tix archarc tuueeos. typer pwees virif ,
Tii- Fwe briar nixed* its heavenly breaii.;
I past the wad-fir-were net perfume;
And cheetinn via :it tin-frtted pismt ;
O warld tc ianrsi dreamt of dealt;
Tht seem: of fiewer. the song of bird.
Tne xant :f -eal. trx light of heaven,
Art vita; viM a mytrir leaven
Wt have a sc nx fur, not a wordLJ
I'meat i: lie—tlx Ixreait of 60S; t
Wmct kis: hreathet n. yon etnrr-b-lxell;
It breast <■ me wa via: a epeE
Acrow the Say embroidered sod I
Earth, elriihed with Sabbath, thou art fair;
Tc rwr up: n each ocher act:
Tlx Sat'bait sleets ihc fios-ery tract.
And filter setant tc, mate the air".
1 I AMELIA K LEbE^n.
I>C Walk, Df Rabbit and Ot It r
Baby."
The aegroM of the siouth have * lit
erature of their own. although, till late
y, unwritten and almost unkn-: wa. Bot
their lyric* are now becoming famous
through the Fisk jubilee and Hampton
singers. Besides these, there are a
great number of fire-side legends that
nave been to them what Cinderella and
Bed-Biding-Hood are to us. These are
almost all aoout an:mala The negroes,
even in common conversation, speak of
animals as if they thought, talked and
behaved among themselves like rational
beings; and the two animals most prom
inent in these legends are the wolf and
tbe rabbit. They are represented as en
emies. and the rabbit a. ways comes off
■notorious through Lis superior strategy.
The. following is, I believe, the most
popular of these fire-side stories. But
to appreciate it you should see the old
grandmother in her blue-checked home
spun dress, and high red-and-yellow
turban, with five or six little woody
heads cluste-rmc about her knee, before
a b.azing fire, waiting for the sweet po
tatoes in the ashes to roast for their
supper, and amusing themselves mean
while with the story of “ De "Wolf, de
Babbit an" de Tar Baby.”
Now de wolf "e berry wise man, but
te not so wise as de rabbit. De rabbit,
te mos' cun tin" man dat go on fo" legs.
X lib in de brier-bush.
Now de wolf te done plant Kirn one
"ear, but rabbit, te ain’t plant nuthen’
tall; te lib on wolf corn all winter.
Nex" "ear, wolf ain’t pluut corn, te tink
com crop too poo’; so te plant groun'-
nut (That is, peanuts.) Rabbit te do
jes" de same as befo’.
Well, wolf te biggin" to tink some
ting wrong. 4 E gone in de mawidn’,
look at "e gronn"-nut patch, look berry
hard at rabbit track, say, 44 1 ‘smeioii
somebody ben a tied my gronn'-nut. ”
Nex" dawnin' te gain meet mo" gre-un’-
n :it gone, say same ting. Ben te set,
“ I gwme msk one steer-crow for sex
up in dis yere groun’-
skeer de tied.” So ’e mek one ole skeer
crow an’ set um in de middle eb de
groun'-nnt patch.
Dat night, when rabbit eome wid" e
bag for get groun'-nut. "e see de skeer
crow stan’ bery white in de moonstone,
an" te say 44 Wfca" dat?” Nobody ain't
say anything. 4 ■ "Wha" dat ?” te say* gain.
Den nobody ain't say nuthin ’an te ain’t
see nuthin rooobe, so "e gone lex tie clo
ser an’ leetle closer, till "e git close ter
um" den te put te paw an" touch de
skeer-crcw. Den te say, “Ton ain’t
nuthin but one old bundle o’ rag 3
Wolf tink I gwine "fraid you ? ms’ be
fool.” So ’e kick ober de skeer-erow
an’ fill te bag wid groun'-nut an’ gone
back home to de brier-bush.
Nex mavniin’, wolf gote out for
look at te groun’-nut patch, an' when te
met: mo' groun’-nut gone and de skeer
erow knock down, te berry mad. ’£
say, 41 Nvbber you min’, I fix ole rabbit
da: done tief all my groun’-nut; jus’t
let me stew you.” So ’e mek one baby
out o’ tar ati' set up in te groun’-nut
patch, an’ say, 44 Jus’ let old rabbit try
for knock over dis yere tar baby, an’
ell see 1 I jus’ want um for try.”
Dat night when rabbit come ’gain wid
"e bag for get groun'-nut an’ see de tar
baby stan bery black in de moonshine,
te say 44 Wha" dat ? ok wolf done gone
set up madder skeer-erow, mus’ be.”
So te noobe leetle nearer, and leetle
nearer, den te stop an’ say, 4 ‘Dis yere
enty no skeer-erow, dis ; ere mus" be
one gal 3 I mus' study ’pon dis.”
So te tun roun’ an’ spread out te bag
an' sit down in de middle ob de gvoun
nut patch an' look hard at de tar baby.
B.meby te say, “ Gal. what you name ?”
Gal ain’t say anything. 44 Gal, why
don’t you speak me ? what you do
dere ?” Den. te listen long time, ain’t
hear anything 'cept whippoorwill in de
swamp
So ’e gone close up tor um an' say. j
“ Gah you spieak me. you mm 3 Gal
if you ain’t speak me I knock you. I
knock you wid my right paw, den you
tink it (under 3” Tar baby ain’t say
nuttin' bo te knock um wid te right paw. ]
an’ te paw stick '
Den te biggin for ho’ler, 44 Gal, 12’ go
me. I tell you ie’ go me ; wha' for you
hole me ? I ’ you den’t le’ go me I
knock you wid my kfi p>aw, den you
tink it tunder and lighten too 3" So te
knock um ’gtun will te leF piavr, an' e’ I
lefi paw stick '
Den e' say, * 4 Gal, lef me kx>ae, lef
me loose, I tell you. If you don’t I
kick you wid my nght foot, den you
tmk oolt kick you 3” So ’e kick um
wid te right foot, an" te loot stick 1
Den te say, “Now gal. if you ain’t
lef me loose mighty quick I kick you
wid my lef foot' den you tink boss kick
you.” So te lack um wid te lef foot,
and te lef foot stick !
Dan te sty, 44 Min" now, pah I ain’t do
nuttin to you, wha' f r you bole me ?
Mehbe yon tink I can't do nuttin to you;
ain’t you know I can bite you, though ?
if you ain't lef’ me loose I gwme bite
you. Ain’t you know my bite worse
dan snake Into ?” So te bite um un" te
nose stack 3
Nex’ mawnin", ’/ore sun-up, wolf
gems out to- te groun'-nut patch for see
what te kin fin’, an" te meet poo" rabbit
wid ’e paw an’ te feet an’ te nos* all
isrsten on tar baby, an’ te say, 44 Enty,
I tole you sc- !•’ look a yawnder 3 I reck
on tar baby done catch ole rabbit dis
time” So te tuk rabbit off an' sav,
“Ton done tief half my groun’-nut,
now what I gwine do wid you ?~
Den rabbit biggin for bee. **OL maus
sa wolf, do le’ me go an" I nebber tief
groun'-nut no mo’.” Wolf say, “No,
broiler rabbit, yon ben a tief my com,
la? ar. an' you ben a tief my groun'-
nut, -dis "ear, an’ now I swine eat von
up.”
Den rabbit say, “Oh maussa wolf, do
00®’t do me so, but le’ me beg you.
You ma roas me, yo uma toae’ me. you
ma cut me up, you ma" eat me. but do
maussfi wolf, wnatebb>er you doq don't
trow me in e brier bush. Ef you trow
de brier bush I gwine dead.”
Su wolf say, 44 Ton ain’t want me for
trow von in de bner bush, enty ? dat
jes wiiat I gwine do wid yaw.” So "e
fimg um in de bramble bush, an’ den
rabtnt laugh an" say, “Hi! maussa
wolf, ain’t yon kr-:w I lib in de tutor
bush ? ain’t yaw know all my iambiy
boat as' bred is de bner boat*? and jet"
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 1. 1574,
whar I want you for put me. How you
is gwine get me 'gain TANARUS"
Den wolf bery mad ’cause te see rab
bit too wist; man for him. "E home an'
tell 'e -wife, “No rabbit soup for dinner
to-day," •* dey bigsun for oontribe, an
dey mek plan for get rabbit for come to
deir house. So, one day, wolf wife call
neighbor Log an’ tell um, 41 Neighbor
dog. I want you for do one erran’ for
me. I want you for git on you boss an’
ri.de far?" a? you kin to rabbit doo’ an’
toll bmd-der rabbit wolf dead, an’ fo’ te
die te leabe solemn word te don’ want
nobody else for lay um out but bru-ider
rabbit. An’ do, neighbor dog, beg um
foe come ober quick as te kin so we all
kin Lab de funeral, far wolf say te won’t
hab nobordy for lay um out but bmd
der rabbit."
So neighbor dog te git on te boss an"
ride fare as te km to rabbit doo’. Den
te knock an’ say. ••Braider rabbit,
braider wolf dead an" te leabe solum
word "e won't have nobordy for lay um
out bnt bmdder rabbit. ”
Rabbit say, 44 How. bmdder wolf
dead ?” 44 Yes, te die las’ night, an' te
ain’t want nobordy for lay um out, an’
sister wolf >x>g you for come ober an"
lav nm out quick as you kin so dey all
kin have de settin’ up.”
So rabbit git on te boss an’ ride to
wolf doo’; den te knock an’ say, 4 •How!
I yeardy bmdder wolf dead." "Wolf
wife say, “Yes, te dead for true, an' fo’
te dies te leabe solum word te ain’t want
nobordy else for lay um out bnt bmd
der rabbit."
Den rabbit say, 44 Km I shum ?” see
him. : So wolf wife tuk um in de .bed
room an" show um wolf lie on d# bed
oober up wid a sheet. Rabbid lif up
de corner ob de sheet an" peep at wolf.
Wolf nebber wink ! So rabbit tuk out
te snuff-box an" drop one leetle grain of
snuff on wolf nose, an' wolf sneeze !
Den rabbit say, 44 Hi 3 how can dead
man sneeze ?” So te got cm te boss an’
ride home fars’ as te kin. An’ wolf see
rabbit too wise man for him. an’ nebber
try to eotch um no mo’.
Clothing of “ Seventy-Six.’
The pieopie of those times were res
piectfullT clad. Their store of clothing
was abundant, many of the fabrics used
were elegant, and the fashion of their
dress was frequently very stately. Pan
taloons were not vet in vogue, but in
stead there were breeches of leather,
buckskin, worsted, homesp-’n. stocki
net, black and brown broadcloth, plush,
and velvet for winter ; and for summer
of linen, ootton, nankeen, white dimity,
and drilling. Dress-coats, sartouts. and
great-coats were made of bear-skin,
buckskin, homespun, denim, wilton,
broadcloth, velvet, and sagathy {a kind
of serge ; and cloaks of camlet, broad
cloth, and kersey. Their vests were of
linen, twilled cotton, diaper, white dim
ity, serge, broadcloth, and velvet; their
gloves of leather and yam ; tbeir hats
of felt, castor, and Tel vet; their shirts
of linen, c otton, homespun, and tow ;
their stockings of woolen, cotton, and
linen. For boots and shoes almost ev
ery householder had in his house whole
dressed calf-skins and sides of sole and
other leather. Saeh were tbe materials
of woich the garments of the men of
44 Seventy-six” were made; and they
bespeak comfort in every case, and dig
nified respectability in most.
The apparel of the ladies was still
more varied, and exhibits their charac
teristic love of gfcy colors and delicate
fabrics. The assortment presented in
these old inventories is fairly bewilder
ing. Judging by them, the ladies of
those days must all have considered
caps and aprons indispenssble to their
toilets, the humblest am:ng them hav
ing been the possessors of an indefinite
number of each, the former, having
been made for the most part of cam
bric, taffets, millinef, gauze., an " linen,
and the latter of lawn, holland-linen,
taffeta, muslin, millinet. down through
the gamut to check, homespun, and
tow. Their, hats, bonnete, and foods
were of beaver, satin, aud bright-col
ored silks and velvets; their cloaks of
worsted, broadcloth, camlet, gay-col
ored silks, while and black satin, pur
ple and black and blue velvet, and es
pecially of brilliant scarlet flannel or
cloth. Their dresses were formed of an
endless variety of materia; s. The com
mon short gown, which seems to have
been geneially affected when they were
not in’ full toilet, was of kersey, hol
laiid-linen, wonted, wilton, calamanco
i a stuff resembling prunella 4 cheek,
h. mespum and linsey-woolsey. Their
long gowns were of etieck, stn’p>ed cot
ton, worsted, stripied homespun, calico,
“boughten" calico, muslin, ehintz, out
side chintz lined with calico, wh.te hol
land. blue and stripied holland, bl-ack
and blue dur&nt (the fabric known as
44 everlasting”;, groset. bombazine., blue
and black rußsel ( spiede? of linsey
woolsey), moreen, pioplin, French tabby,
velvet, and of lustestring. white, crim
son, and other colored silks and satins.
For the hands they wore gloves of
thread, knit stuffs, silk, and leather;
their stockings were of thread, cotton,
muslin, 'yarn, linen, worsted, and
silk; and their shoes were of cloth,
prunella, calamanco, leather, and silk
Shawls were of cloth, cashmere, and
taffeta ; handkerchiefs and kerchiefs
abounded in tkfdr wardrobes, and were
of linen, cambric, taffeta, muslin,
guaze, and Barcelona and other tier
silks. Of shifts and p*etticoits their
supply was nearly inexhaustible, some
ladies recounting the loss of twelve, fif
teen, and twenty of each, the former
having been constructed of homespun
and muslin, but chiefiy of fine five aud
six hundred linen, and the latter of
linsey, tow. flannel, kersey, dim-tv
bombazine, and calamanco.—
Magazine,
Pnbik Life of Ken jam in F. Bristow,
B. F. Bristow is the son of F. M.
Bristow, a pro rumen: lawyer and politi
cian of Kentucky, who fliled manv po
sitions of trust. He is 41 years old,
was bom in Eikton, Todd county, Ky.,
and practiced with much success at Hcp
kinsville before the war. He was a
strong union man ; entered the army in
18fil: was at Donelson and Shiloh:
major of tbe 25th Kentucky, and was
wounded at Shiloh, Afterward he was
colonel of the Bth Kentucky cavalry.
He was appiointea Fnited States district
attorney about the dose of the war., fil
ing the position with satisfaction, being
frequently sent by the treasury depart
ment to other districts to look after tbe
interests of the government. He re
signed the district attorneyship and re
sumed private practioe. When the of
fice ©f solicitor general was created he
was appointed the first incumbent, or
ganized the office, and during the ab
sence of the attorney general performed
the duties and filled his place in cabinet
meetings. The ability he displayed in
this office gave him high reputation at
Washington. After two years’ service
he resigned to attend to his private af
faire. In October last he was nomina
ted attorney general at the same time
William* was nominated chief justice.
He is a man of the pures; private char
acter. of strong will and mind, a great
lawyer, conservative in his financial
views, and thoroughly western in hi*
feelings and interest
A totth 1 will call George was engaged
to be married, bat was financially una
ble to call in the minister. His affi
anced wanted the affair brought to a
finale, but Georg? kept putting her off
with promises, saying he was not able
to marry, etc. FinaDy she said, 44 Deal
Gauge, I am willing to marry you, if we
have to live on bread an: water.”
“ Well, well,” cried “ Gauge" in des
peration, “you furnish the bread, and
Fll try and skirmish around and
hunt up enough water ~
TEE AiSSAtEE 15 CRPA.
Tht R bet 11 a DrratdfvJ of
IkiAeM CkrisUwii.
The French periodical Missions C.a.tb
oliques, gives us the first authentic and
detailed narrative of the recent massa
cre of Roman Catholic native converts
:in China. The account, as translated
| for the London Tablet, relates that the
3 massacre broke out os the 25th of Feb
ruary, when the “literates.,” as the
persecuting party is called, opened the
campaign by t**l ending two men in the
service of Pere Doare and a Christian,
whom they then threw into tbe river.
The same dev they burned the three
villages, of 3Furn-Lam. Nio-Tmh and
Bau-Tseh, and massacred tie inhabi
tants that were in them. Those who
succeeded in escaping to the woods
were hunted down with hounds, brought
back asd killed on the following day.
The river was covered over with bodies
Soaring down it frsm the side of Larag.
At that time the murderers were masss
ereing tie Christians of the poarish vil-
I l&ges. Those who took refuge in the
cliffs of the neighborhood were hunted
down and burned alive. The grand
mandarin of justice was at the market
of Sa-Nam with eight hundred soldiers,
but remained an inactive spectator of
the massacre of the Christians of Nam-
Dnong, only a few of whom were able
to eseap-e. * * # * Tbe Iterates,
who were the heads to? the militia ap
pointed to massacre the Christians, say
that the work of extermination carried
out under tie eves of the mandarins
was concerted between the court and
the literate*, and was done in reprisal
Tor lecent events. The mandarins have
just received or ers from the court not
to employ ary other means save those
of piersuasion to stop the murderers in
their career. One of the chiefs who
had just caused two Christians to be
murdered on the highroad went on the
parade before tbe gavernor of the cita
del, by whom ha was dismissed with
bonoi. On ids return twenty women cr
children feD under tbe sword of this
man and his ollowere He had just
come from offering sacrifice to the god
dess of prostitution, to whom a famous
temple that stand* near the road is ded
icated.
In several localities they take as en
tire family- father, mother, and chil
dren—bind them together with bam
boos, and then fimg the bundle of living
humanity into tbe waves. First, how
ever. they take care to cut off the man's
head. The multitude of dead bodies
thus fastened together in groups of from
eight to ten block up th* principal
river, but to tbe great surprise of every
body does not send forth any bad smell
There are then five parishes, ecu taming
10,000 Christians, which have to be blot
ted out of tbs mission—namely, Lang-
Thank-Huyen, Nam-Daong, Hoy-Yen,
and D.ireg-Tharifc. Many of the victims
died in the midst of fiames. A viTage
of more than 409 Christians was at
tacked by the literates, and soon became
a prey to the flames. Amongst these
300 Christians there were 120, more or
less, who succeeded in saving them
selves by taking refuge in a large village
neai by. Ihe remainder—about 300
were nearly al mussacrea.
Two small villages of Christians, situ
ated two hours' walk from the place at
which I then was, were hemmed in by
the piagans. The mayor visited each
bouse., numbered tbe Christians, and
forbade them, under threat cf most
severe punishment, to go out of doore
A few of the Christian women attempted
to go to the market to ks-ep themselves
from starring. They never returned.
Some pagan women that went with
them say that the Christian women were
captured and beheaded. Two men from .
one of these same villages hazarded a
flight during the night; they passed
the great river by swimming, and came
to me to tell their misfortunes. 44 Alas f ’ j
write* Archbishop Gauthier, from whose
letters this information is chiefly de- 3
rived, 44 1 could do nothing but weep
for them, being unable to do anything
to succor them. Two or three day.- after- j
wards I learned that all the men in the
viUage had had their heads cut off, but
the women and children were spared.
And, as tneir houses we*e intermingled
with those of the pagans, it was forbid
den to burn them down."
The Pay ef Newspaper Me*.
The suppression of half our daily
pr:piers would greatly advance the art of |
j ournaiiam in the Fnitwd State*.. Piv .
six. seven daiD papers in a city of less
than a hundred thousand inhabitants ' i
Some of tnese hare a corps consisting
of one individual ; and where toere are
three poersons employed, the piaiier feels
itself entitled to some rank in the world
of jonmalism. One consequence i*
that two-third* of all the working jour
nalists in the country receive less than,
the wares of good mechanics ; and an
other consequence is that the daily
press, put dished in the midst of an in
telligent peoT-le, is sometimes a daily
miracle of calumnious inanity. False
hood and folly in dally papiers are, I re
pieat not so much an evidence of de
pravity &of poverty. Intelligence and i
character ar* costly; frivolity and reck- i
lessnes? are cheap Th* incessant abase
of individuals is one of the few re
sources of an empty mind. It can not
discus* principle-* ; it can not communi- !
cate knowledge ; it can not enl; ven by j
wit and good humor : nothing remains
to it but to assail character. And even
where the decorum* of the press are '
strictly observed, we find in the col- j
um? of newspiapers which art strug- j
gling for life amazing exhibitions of j
helpless ignorance. Tbe nanseatinz
trail of fifteen dollars a week is seen all
over them, a sign of that againz ngcon
test for existence which goes on wher
ever ten are trying to subsist upon
means insufficient for five. And really,
when I look down th* long pisy-ioll of a
complete newspaper establishment, I
am inclined to wonder that such a large
number of daily pwpers acquit them
selves creditably without being able to
afford one-quarter of the eiwucrt-ure
which excellence costs. In New York,
where a! one in th* United States news
papier offices exist in winch poor-devil -
ism has been txtirpiated. the editorial
fore* of a daily paper, fully equipped,
consists of about fifty individuals, of
whom at least twelve receive compiens -
tion which approaches that of the lower
crudes of the other liberal professions.
The press la* advanced so far :in this
one city of the western continent that a
competent and wili-trained jouma isi
receives as large a ctmpensaticn as a
lawyer, doctor, or clergyman of the
fourth rant, and nearly enough to pwy
the rent of a small house in a second
rate neighborboodL This a consider*
bie advance from th* time when Horace
Greeley l*t Mr. Raymond leave the
Tribune rather than add five dollars to
his weekly stipend of twenty. The
editor-in-ehdef of a N*w York daily pia
p>er of the first rank receives from "four
to eight thousand dollars a year, with
the assistance of a abort-hand reporter, !
and the use of a cab. Hi# leading as
sistants receive about half as much. In
London, a# Mr. Jame? Grant informs
us, the established salary of the editor
of a nornmg p>a:*-r—-a.ways excepting
the princely Timas—-is a thousand
ruiseas a year. There is not likely to
be for some time to come more than one
ewspapier in any country that can safe
ly go much beyond this scale of ooaa
piensation. And. indeed, it is almost
high enougfe to admit of the gradual
formation of a corps capable of bold
ing its own against the denae swarm of
lie# always struggling or scheming for
admittance into the press. In every
semoe under the sun the rank and file
must of necessity work bard for little
pay. It is asdy necessary to have a tow
great pise* to stimulate the whole
I body by rewarding ;he excellent few. —
j Jam** Parton, in Harper't Magi
K4KSY MOUNTAIN STORMS.
Uan tbtj A. j 4 ffrtt a th* Wtalhn
and Uatrett Oatlwk 1 i_U
He current Weather Review just
published, eon tain# data of last month’*
weather, interesting and useful in the
crop calculations of the season. The
vary valuable chart, showing the dii
tributkm of rain proves that the pre
cipitation in May was in a manner re
markably complementary to that ©f
AprD, the districts flooded in the for
mer month escaping excess in the lat
ter month, and loose suffering defi
! eienry I*l ore were generally replen
ished. The southern and interior dis
tricts, whose wheat crops rip>en early,
j had no wetting and destructive w ather
j te' rot the harvested grain, while the
rainfall on the seaboard Las been “erv
nearly just what the crops need.
The reports show that in the interior
■oi Virginia. Wisconsin, lowa, and In
diana toe month was dry and toe tem
perature high, but that heavy dews pre
lailed, so that no detriment to the
crops is complained ol These are fa
vorable returns from the agricoltur
-1 ist, especially when combined with the
thermometric data for the same pe
riod. The isothermal chart reveals a
derided su pier ab u n dan oe of temp.era
ture in the interior ard grain-growing
states, which, a? we know, has been,
since May closed, extended over the en
tire seaboard.
The electrical phenomena have t-een
peculiarly violent and frequent, and ob
Pike# Peak for twelve days, in the lat
ter half of the month, they were among
the most interesting and instructive on
record, being almost daily attended by
hail storms and thunder storms. We
might, therefore, very propierly inquire
whether tbe prevalence of these violent
thunder storms in tbe Rocky mountains
toward the end of May does not explain
the rim-iiar phenomenon over the east
ern side of toe country ? And, if so, j
would not the indications from Pike’s
Peak furnish an intimation to the west
ern farmers of the coming tornadoes
and bail tempests V The summer wes
terly winds, which do toe work of con
densing the clouds and squeezing out j
tbeir vapor on the soil of toe interior
and seaboard states, come largely from
the Rocky mountains. They travel, 1b
the high aerial regions, with twice toe
velocity of an express tram without
stoppages, and transport the thermal
eoiiditioß eastward with tuar’-eious r - ,
pidify. With a little study of the tri
daily data from which these monthly
summaries are made up we doubt not
the private citizen, the farmer and
steambiiatman could gain great advan
tages in their respective oorupiat.on#.
Cenventioas aad Elections this Tear.
roaiacoinFO cos > EiraoKt.
Jar S&— Ilnaoi* rrcifclb.mm .BK'.raniifrtna
July I—leva. BspoblinaE I* >
July IS—lndiana .. .Xieimacnttc... lucuanaj'ici*..
July 2t—Aianama.. Ixiznocratu ..KoL'-gcioery.
Anc. s—Xansw. Ttrmtzt' _T:>;>rEa.
An#:. f.-Miciapai _HJorn. .lAiunn#.
An#. IS—tern tie.. : i-a. jiejm'niican. .JBarrutbnr#.
• n*. IS—Tenna**? liem:eraxie ..Kaaiivin?.
An#. 26—Ota . TinTirtirratir _o>!*nihu*.
An#. 26—PaimETi'va .lieamcrAUt —HArrwhtir#.
The above are all the state p:iv 4 iw that
nave bteii caued so far.
raBTHCOICr2I& F- ATI m.KCTKjSA.
TIMA. ST ATX. . "'nr - ? TC’ EE CH:*£EK.
Jrr.t Hi'—A-rmrrir.. Tlriii*stis OtmsCitixSaasm! Gw_
Aoc. £—XenißOty Ouncraßßmea.
As*. 6—X. Oar:una I'nuirrmutual.
Ant. I#—Clin; *.3->puix off nev eonmimtiaa.
SrpL I—Vroni ... -Slab oSioera. C:>n#j imammi.
J—GaMamia -. ■ -n# r**imi_
Sfjt. I#—Mluk -Seal? nflwera. C.antrfwsiiHi.
Ort. IS—lndiana. Slaw of&'wra. Cuntrosaswc..
Oct. IS—I -va State officer?, Om#rßßineii.
Clot. IS-libraA*A._*?ttate officers. C.>n#raßEin*>n.
Oct. IS—Oiiio + Slaw- offioera. Oon£rarai..
Oct. 14—Oaoreia C:m#remeA.
Oct. 22—W. V j-#inia.-Icmf rewunen. _
Kov. 2—UomfliAiik ..-i'.al- officer#. Oan#reiia-tne:..
Not. S—Aia'jama „*S-ai# officer#, Oonpreesmcn.
Not. t-—arkanßai. C'ii#meßzneii.
Sot. S—lnuavara _ **t*M ofeoera, OanpreasmeL.
Not. S—rirarida. Conzresßinei!.
Not. S—Ciinott S-.aae :-ffieen. Ojnci'a—man
Not. S—EaiiKat- *Stai? offioera, o:>n#rtswmeii.
Not. S—Maryland... Oantr-esKinen.
Stw. S-Kme ♦S’.ate o&ewa. Ooncro—imk-
Not. S—KLielufai, ,*Sta offioera. Cion#rtf;ini.
Not. S—Mrnneacita .ConcreenieL.
Not. S—KißfnaaiT'ii: OoncreEamen.
N:t. S- Wiwitt? ..‘•Stale officer#. Ocui#re-BKi.
Not. S—Nevada *rlian offioera, Oau#remmeri.
Nov. S—Nev .lereer.*Btaw offistaa. Canirreesmei— j
Not. S— Nev Tort3..•Slat* offitiera, Otmi—awme*.
Not. S—Otoot Slat* offinerf.. 0-tu#resßieL.
Ncr. J— a.i Stas* offioer*. C:in#ree?nieL
Not. S—E.iaianfl Cn#-eemn.
Nit. S—s. Caroima State ciffioera. Oonrraaraaei..
Not. S—7ennee-.. 4 Staie offioert, C .inpreßamei..
Not. S—7tae OonereftsinaE.
Not. B—v.-jriiia.. .O. 'W'rfWFmet..
Not. s—Wiconm. C oapreeßnieii.
“-Governor? wil] be eieated m these states.
in tbs others, minor state otfioers.
-Tle ariTyrsal; ejection in Ohio wdll take place
as nsua: cm this day if the new constittßaan i*
rejwxecL
jlf the new oewstittitdoc is ratified.
tA hecieiiaiit-coTemor. a? provided Iw tot
new cormi.imjoii. will lie elected far tbe first
ume in PeiiXisylvaiiia.
A Lift* Hunt <>* * Ntexmship.
Lion hunting on board a steamship is
oertaanly a novelty, yet the passengers
and crew of the Euphrates and Tigr.s
Steara Navigation * conpasy’* resse...
City of London, seem to have had a
most exciting and successful lion hurt
on the 19th of March last.
From the account given by * corres
pondent o: the Times cf India, it appiears
that on the morning of that day, when
at toe junction of the two rivers Eu
phrates and Tigris, where the rivers had
overflowed the embankments, three full
grown lions were seen walking along
the shore in the water about a mile
ahead cf toe steamer. On nearing the
beasts one was shot dead while trying
to s trim toward the ship The launch
was manned to pick up tbe carcass, and
tbe steamer pursued the two others.,
who turned round to charge toe vessel
After many shot* had been fired at
them, one was struck dead by the com
mander, and toe other was shortly alter- j
ward despatched by a bullet from a
Snider. The steamer then approaches !
the bank, and the dead lions, or rather
lioness**, for such they proved to be, j
were taken on board. About ten min- ]
ntes l ater a large male lion was observed
crouching down on a small tract of j
ground surrounded with water, aud j
wiving his tail, perhaps as a signal of j
distress On being fired at he gave a !
tremendous roar, and with his mane
standing on end, advanced to charge the
ship, when a fresh volley laid him low. ]
He. too, wa# carried on board when thor
oughly dead, and hi* dimensions were ]
as follows : Length from head to end I
of tail. 9 feet € incut* ; length of body, j
6 feet 7 inches; height, 3 feet 9i ini-hes;
weight, 420 pounds. The like of thi#
incideat, it is staled, has never occurred
before in that part cf Mesopotamia.— '
London PnU Mall Gazette.
A Kepreseatatite Mormon
44 Gato," writing in toe Chicago Tri
bune, says : 44 ApmstJe Cannon is of the
homespun order. His gray trousers.,
veto, and hair indicate the thrifty agri • j
culturist cf middle years, and Lis voi
has the exhorting twang of tbe circuit
rider. The first sweep would brash him
in a# a country deacon. As be talk*,
however, the sentence! take cm a legal
flavor, and y:-u w;>uli say that he v*i
an acute bucolic attorney. Further
along in hi# address he devel ops a knack
a; repartee- such as insures success tc.
the rural politician, and ycra are sure
that be is no stranger to the stump.
Ere be finishes, a Aetorical ‘rim in
vests Ids words, which, with hi* para
graph!: presentation of his opinions,
proves him to have had editorial train
ing. And, indeed, he i* all of these.
His round, red face has glistened be
hind a plough. Hi* grizzled beard ha*
wagged in c-uri. His great, heavy fig
ure ha adorned many * rtah rostrum.
His thick finger# have graspwd an abl
editorial quill. Cannon, in spite of h
four wives, has found tame to cultivate
toe profeasiona, make a fortune; anc
school himself into a clear and interert
iag debater,’'
THE RACE AT LEFT BOWER.
44 It’s all very well for you Britisher#
to come out yer to Californy and go
passu.' about toe country tryin’ to strike
th# trail o’ toe mine# you've salted down
yer loose capital in," said Colonel Jack
nigh, setting Lis empty glass eu toe
' counter and wiping his lip* with his
; coat sleeve ; 4 * tut w’en it come# to bos*
racin’, w"y Tve got a cay-use ken lav
over all the thurrer-bred? yer little man
tel omyment of an is-and ever panne 5
out—you bet your britches I have' Talk
about yer Darby winner#—w’y toi*
p'lsen little beast o’ miDell tike the bit
in her teeth and show ’em the way to
toe horizon, like she wa# Tahir' her
i momin’ stt-oil and they wa* tryin" to j
keep an eve on Ler to see she didn’t do
i herself any fuji^y—that’s w’at she
would ’ And the LtinT never run a race
with anything Fpryer'n an Injun in all
her life; she’s a green amatoor —she
ia!"
• 44 Oh, very well” said toe English
man with a quiet smile; “it is easy
enough to s-: t-tle the matter. My ani
mal is in tohrable good condition, and
if yours is in town we can have th'- race j
to-morrow for any stake you like, up to
a hundred ounce*.”
44 That # jest toe fig-er," said the eol- 1
one! ; “dot in down, barkeep. But it"#
like slaughterin' the innocents,” he ad- j
ded, half remorsefully, as he turned to
leave; “it’s bet-tin’ on a dead ror?,
thine—-that’s w’at it is ! If et ceruse
knew w’at I was about abe'd go and
break a leg to make toe race a even one."
So it wa# arranged that toe race was
to come off at three o'clock the next
day, on the alkali flat, aome distance
from town. A# soon a* the tews got
abroad toe whole pionulation of Lef;
Bower and vicinity knocked off work
and assembled in the various bars to i
discuss it. Tbe Englishman and his
borre were general favorite*, and, aside
from the unpopularity of the colonel
nobody had ever seen hi* 44 eayn.se."
Still the element of pat-ootism came in,
making the betting very nearly even. A
race-oonree was marked" off on the plain, j
and at the appointed hour everybody
was on the ground except the oolane..
It was arranged that each man should ]
ride his own fiorse, and tbe Englishman,
who had acquired something of the '
fiee-and easy bearing that distinguishes
toe “ mining sharp,” was already atop
of his magnificent avima.l with one leg
thrown carelessly across the pommel of
his Mexican saddle, as he puffed hi# ei- j
gar with calm confidence in toe result
of the race. He was conscious, too,
that be jxw&essed the secret sympathy
of all, even of those who had felt it
their duty to bet against him. The
; udge, with watch in hand, wa* growing
impatient, when the colonel put in hi#
appiet ran oe a mile away and bore down
upion the crowd. Every one was eager
to inspect his mount; and such a mount
as it proved to b* was never before seen,
even in Left Bower. You have seen
“ perfect skeleton#" of horses often
enough, no doubt, but this animal was
not even a perfect skeleton : there were
bones missing here an* there which you
would not have believed toe beast could
"nave spared. “Little,” the colonel had
called Ler. She was n’t an inch less
than eighteen hands high, and long out ;
of all reasonable proportion. She wa*
so hollow in the back that she seemed
to have been bent in a machine- She
Lad neither tail nor mane, and her neek,
as long as a man. stuck straight up into
tbe air, supporting a h -ad without ears.
Her eye* had an expression in them oi ■■
downright insanity, and toe muscles of
her face were afflicted with p>eriodieai
convulsions that drew back the corner#
of her mouth and wrinkled toe nppier
lip so as to produce a diurnal grin every
two or three seconds. In eolor she wa#
44 olaybank.” with great blotches of
white, as if she had been pielted with
small bags of flour. The crookedness
of her legs was beyond all oompiarison,
and as for her gait it was like that of a
blind camel crossing diagonally over
innumerable deepi ditches. Altogether
she looked like the frightful result of
nature's first experiment in equifsetion,
carelessly left alive after the production
of the more satisfactory beast.
As this outrageous libel on all horses
shambled up to toe starting p>ost there
was a general shout: the sympathies of
the crowd changed in the twinkling of
an eye. Every one wanted to bet on
her. aud toe Englishman himself wa?
only restrained from doing so by a
sense of honor. It was growing late,
however, and toe j udge insisted on start
ing them. They got off very well to
gether. and seeing toe mare was uncon
scionably slow the Englishman soon
pulled his animal in and foolishly per
il.' tied the ugly tiling to pass, so as to
enjoy a back view of her. That sealed
his fate. The course had been marked
off in a circle of two miles in mrcom
ferance and some twenty feet wide, th*
limits plainly defined by little furrows.
Before the animals had gone a half mile
both had been pierenitted to settle down
into a comfortable walk, in which they
continued tkree-f otirtos of the wet
round toe ring. Then toe Englishman
thought it time to whip up and canter
in. But he didn’t do it; as he eame up
alongside toe “ Oaliforny lighten* Ex
press.” as the crowd had begun to call j
her. that creature turned her head diag- J
onaljy backward and let fall a smile. |
The encroaching beast stopped as if it 1
had 3been shot. His ridei plied toe ,
whip, and forced him again forward up
on the track of the equine hag, but with
the same result. The Englishman was
now thoroughly alarmed : be struggled (
manfully with rein and whip and shout, ;
amidst the tremendous cheering and in
extinguishable laughter of the crowd,
to force hi* anin.a’ past, dow on this ;
side, now on that, but it would not do ;
prompted by toe f end in the ooneavi- !
ty of her back, toe preposterous quad- j
ruped droppied her grins right and left '
with such seasonable accuracy that (
again and again toe competing beast :
was struck “all of a heap * just at the j
moment of seeming success ; and final- j
It, when by a tremendous spurt hi# j
rider endeavored to thrust him by,
wit-in a half dozen length# of the win
ning post, the incarnate nightmare turn
ed squarely about, and fixed upion him
a p. otenteus stare, delivering at the
same time a grimace of such pwodi- '
gious ghastliness, that the poor thor- j
oughbred, with an sJmofi human scream
of terror, wheeled about, ami tore a wav
to the rear with the spieed of the wind,
leaving the colonel ar easy winner in j
fifteen minutes and ten seconds.— Lon- i
don Fan.
——
Or*p Prcspeets
The crop statistic* attainable thus
early in toe season indicate that all sec
tion* of the country will be blessed with
bountiful harvest*." Of course such sta
tistics are very far from oeir.g absolutely
trustworthy, for tbe crop# depend main
ly on the future character of the season,
and the season will be made by the
weather, which is a by-word for fickle
new*. But the fart tost crop .statistics
are regularly collected tends to place
the trade in the pnoduce of tbe earth on
a much securer basis than it occupied
some years ago when the grain mer
ehante af western Europe got nothing but
temporary affluence and certain ultimate
bankruptcy for tfaedr speculations oa toe
weather, and the grain merchant* of toe
Levant by a mysterious seal of weather
wisdom rot possession of toe grain mar
ket* of London. The aid dangers and
uncertainties of grain speculation* have
not by any means been removed by the
pjubboataaa of such crop statistics as are
now collected, and toty are not likely
to be effectually diminished until the
international system of crop reports ad- ,
vocal©d bv iaf.PT eminent meieorolo
■ gi* shall‘be-established. But, tearing
accidents, thh aril 1 prove a prosperous
year for Americtn farmer*. Toe siieal
crop is in many sections as well assured
. as a wheat crop cam be before harvest
ing. Th* west will have a good surplus
! of grain to export, and toe south, will
the promise of a good cotton crop, will
also have an unusually large quantity
of grain for hour* eonsuH-pti.m —.Vrir
: York World.
THE (iERM THEORY OF BI'IASE.
lalcratlaf l iptrlnxau *# a 6a
Sekacbt.
Th* germ-theory of disease Its re
cently received a m ost interesting and
demi'nsti-ativ? contribution from a a em
inent German scientistt. Tne oemmu
niemtitffi of his experimental investiga
tions and the conclusion be has restebed
are singularly and strongly oemfirmed
bv Helmholtz, on the continent and
Tyndal, in England. Tne researches
which are so decisive were mada by
Professor Bmx, of Boras, with power
ful zaieroscopie apparatus, and er.tend
over a period of several years.
Being a victim to the distressing mal- •
tdy, hay fever—so prevalent in May
and June in this country—the Bonn in
vestigator suspected from the se&xma!
prevalence of the disease, that it was
Traceable to tbe vegetable organ sms.
Having armed himself with the p>w?r- j
ful immersion lens of a Hartcart mi
eroaoope. he subjected the nasal tecre- ,
tions tc analysis In examining toe j
secretions be uniformly found orginism
wholly absent, except when stiff rzne
with the disease in the spring, tr-ec
laid on the warm stage of the micro-!
sccpe these organic or parasitical b naias
were distinctly seen in motion, vibrat
ing backwards and forwards in life, and, j
after several days, had evidently in-!
creased in size. They adhere tenaciously
to toe lower cavities of toe noae and
can be discharged only by violent
sneezing. Bat toe most beautiful part
of the research was in toe discovery of
toe remedy for their presence in to: hu
man system. On preparing a nextral
solution of sulphate of quinine, free
from adulteration by einebonia anc. ap
plying this to the Dostriis wtto a pip
ett* or simple nose douche, the desired
fcffeei was immdieately secured. Tbe
pease-nous action of quinine on infusoria
was perfectly brought out, the * rmp
toms of irritation completely disap
pieared, and tbe lens revealed the entire
absence of ■■iiaalflara the subaec uect
secretions. The results agree with
those arrived at in 1870 by Dr. Frick
hofer, of ScLvmlhaeh, and ProfAssor
Busch, of Bonn, both of whom, wto
Helmholtz, the great physiologist, have
successfully applied quinine for the cure
of this parasitioal malady.
These highly interesting and beauti- (
ful inquiries in medical science, betide*
establishing the great value of quiuine, ’
and providing a remedy for a disease
which is ertremtiy distressing, will
give an impetus to an investigation
which is one of the most i romisiig in
modern toerspnties. A distinguished
leads 1 of medical thought in New York,
in a public addiess.. recently sail, if j
here wa# “one direction in which pro
gress is now so marked a# to constitute (
a dominant feature of toe present state i
of medicine, and to embrace anew med
ical idea, it is toe origin and proriag-fc
tion of disease by independent orvranie
germs.” No late plygoologiaal ixr eeti
g’ation hat been so promisingly probed,
and none has offered so many Im-is of :
solution for the mysterious epidemics
which, from time unDmor.il, havt af-,
flirted mac and beast
The atmosphere is loaded with matter •
which, however invisible to toe niked :
eye. needs only to be sifted in a strong
beam of artificial light to reveal count
less purtieles. each of which may efl-rJ ]
a nidus for poisonous infusoria. YTto
greater Terf action in optical appiaratus,
this fact will doubtles# yet be mad#
more startlingly appitrent. But. wuat
ever scienoe can unmask, however a.*rm- 1
ing it may be, tbe progress cd all rem- <
edial and curative processes can only
be advanced by such unstinted analysis. 1
Eminent-physician* and original in- •
vastigators. a* M_ Pasteur, of the \
French academy of science. Professor ,
Lister, o? Edinburgh, and others, in j
their lemg-oontinued and exhaustive ex- j
piemnent*. reached conclusions ban no- ;
nious with those of Helmholtz und j
Tyndall While it will always be true 3
that doctors will differ, this differ#ooe j
does not impisir the enormous practical j
utility of such reseaTc-haf. Th# san ta- j
rv and medical issues tney involve are '
so manifold and momentous t.'.at it
would bes grand step in the rignt di- j
recti on if a number of eminent micro- ]
soopists and phyEims*#, well pmrrkled
with means, could combine their still j
for a Anal solution of tbe precis*# prob
lem on which so much depends.
Facts Plabtly Stated.
Doe# not toe while drift cd the so
called education of the country ran to
a pretense in what pieopie call the high
er branches rather than to solidity in
the three Bs—reading, writing aud
arithmetic? And does auy one kniw
this better than the editor of the da It
newspaper, condemned to read art.c es
badly written, badly spelled, ani based
on veTy bad calculation f It is not W.st
Point alone which rejects naif toe pto
ple who apply for admission. There is
not a bank "which a ants anew tell-*,
there i* not an importer who want* a
new desk for correspondence, there is
not a clergyman who want* a n?w
amanuensis, there is not a merohmt
who want* anew book-keeper, who d;<e*
not reject nine applicant 4 out of tew tor
the verv reasons for which West Post
has rejected these boys, because they
can not spell they can not write, aid
because they do not know what the nie
of three means. And tons we oxne
round again to toe question, 44 Wcn id
it not be better to teach three ton gt
thoroughly than a thousand t r.mgs in T
Speak inv ©r Bring Spanked.
Everybody know# that Richard Grant
White i# ■ sad tnfier abont words
that be La* verbal hyper-criticism ba i.
Of course a writer who carries refire
ment to such a pitch as be i# fair gar a*
for the humorist. Max Adder, in lis
Huriy Burly book, dis&ente from tie
infallible Richard "# dictum respecting
the Bubstitation oi 44 being” for “ i# te
ing.” and “ dring” for “is doing." He
don’t like the innovation. He say*:
44 Suppose you wished to express ta*
idea that oar uoy Agamemnon is endi r
ing chastistemeni you would say : * Ag
amemnon is bring spanked,’ not 4 Aga
memnon is spanking.' The differeii ae
may seem slight to you, but it would j*
a matter of cornuderable importance to
Agamemnon; and, if a choice should
be {riven him, it is probable that *
would suddenly sielert the latter form.”
Max ha* unquestionably caught Mr.
White in a peculiarly tender place.
Superiority *f Fito Eaters.
Those nation* who eat fish with ase
meal each a day, are undoubtedly use
most active in intellect and the me st
capable at brain labor without exhaus
tion or fatigue. Not only is enet phes
phatic food oondaerre to the activity of
the brain, but it promotes fecundity aid
increases the ability to endure coll,
fatigue, etc., and while th* facilities f-w ]
obtaining it are constantly increasing, it
would be well far tbe rising generation
were they made so to partake of axd
realize it as second only in many rs
speets to the staff of life ; and the hus
band and father who occasionally tak-w ;
Kalf m day from his legitimate businea
to fill his basket with delirtows fikx,
should not be considered as a “me*
-jiorteman.” but a “ good provider ” f*w
hi* family cf those thing# which are rf
i rital utility.
VOL. 15-NO. 27.
MYISGS AFD JHM36S.
••LaoattSEß.”
Os * tree inert tot: * got.
Is h US * chutA of &HW ;
Os ti>* grosafi a lax. i*skw.
Said. " some mtic. if veu pir—f.
Toe rt beanurtil of wing.
And li< ism yoz cis Eiif.’
cheered i>y ftKsery. the esuv
Sang. Kid dropped the abees* sal ow.
7W tbs "~TT. r.r fox did freest
To UK faiier. chink of caeeet;
And be eaUriv lagged a a*.
And be scoffed '-be song wak wa!,
■Mil.
Wi* tier PK you OB tie beet
When tbex sat that yos'T* Vi* oat:
■STiifit tber stT ibsy'T* os the me track.
•• And birr* tieeE'obhgsd so TTHi :
Wbea. vbeir caanihmeci* aeascae
Tbef at* gang far your rose.
Tons can So last ** ym please. _
Ba —road bsrser which roar cheese
Tee bread of life ia love ; tbe nit of
life, is work; the Fweetoeas of life,
poetry : tbe water of life, faith.
Geeec Bat has deeded that a widow
er Might to mourn at least three mb
before at Inning around for a second
As Indianapolis dog woes mad when
lie hears a piano played, but there s
hundreds oi mm who do the same
thing.
The Peoria woman who wanted to
throw herself into her husband's grsvt
a few moaths ago has just framed
lightning-rod man.
X oath Cisonsi tb* state, after
all Buttermilk will keep sweet thirty
six straight boars, and strawberries
walk right up to be UsMkL
Down in Kentucky the traveler bears
fond husbands say : “ Come, darling,
tome in and get darner, w 111 mash
yer old red-head with a dab f
Eninso a paper is tike carrying an
umbrella cm a windy day. Everybody
t>-r.V be could mansgw it better than
tbe one who has bold erf tbe handle.
Ptor. Watsgs aays that there is
never more than a mUlion stars m eight
at once, but it will be safe to scant 'em
before swallowing tbe statement.
As Ariaona girl ahot bar lower and
then nursed him tenderly tall be died.
His last words were. “I forgive tot
Mary; you did it with an ivory-handled
pistol. ”
W.vr a man thinks it s virtue that
keeps him from turning a rascal, when
it's only a foil stomach. On* should be
careful! and not mistake potatoes tat
principles.
X stats bat Massachusetts oonld
bold a summer session erf tbe i ecu ma
ture, but there tbe memoer* are too
lean to sweat, and too stingy if they
weren't too lean.
Soic* owe was talking to M. Thiers
■bout tbe state erf France. “ Don't saw
France.” interrupted the veteran states
man, call it tbe Duchy of Magenta. ”
Which was malicious but goad.
Harass hurts the feelings of a Vas
sat girl so much as to be told, in the
pretence of stringers at tbe breakfast
table, that she must *' limit herself to
thirty pan cakes on this oocaetoa.^
Kate Prmr- says she goes cm to tbe
stare simply to get ptysieal exercise,
as sedentary life is tilling her. Piys;-
say that raking it three hundred
di liars a* nighi ha* a tendency to build
ap the tissue.
Sajlab Bmioas < reading tbe local >—
* Sake* a’ive I would no more name
a child Alia* than nothin' in the world.
They’re allurs cuttm’ ap some caper.
Here's Alms Thcmpsoo, Alias Williams.
Alia* the Sight Hawk, ali beer took up
few steaim .”
Oxe curious feature of American pro
gress is tbe fart that this country ©oo
sumes as much ice as all the world ba
rridti It i* also notable that dyspep
sia is our national disease. Tbe infer
ence is esey that too much ice-water
impedes digestion. There can be and
often is as much intemperance in drink
ing water as in drinking whisky.
Anx*nnss by a Detroit judge : “If
it wasn’t for your children. Fd pat you
where the coach dogs couldn't bite you.
Fn going to lot you go this time for
their eskea, but look cut far me m fu
ture. If that physiognomy aver peeps
over this desk at me again, you U think
Tm ■ pile driver and you are a meuae.
Trot out of her*, and don't tarry to aae
what becomes of the real."
The Paris Fatat:- eouiains a aesma
taonai mention erf Mile. Croinette, who
is performing in the Sphinx at tbe
Theater Francai*. In the enactment of
her character in tbe play she assumes
to poison herself, and die* upon tbe
stage—a personation which she is aaid
to perform with sueh truthfulness to
nature as to ea 1 forth long comments
in the daily press. On* phymeaan
come* oat in s card, and declare* over
bis own signahtn* that she and. es virtual
ly poison herself nightly, and that such
res. lity will sooner or later prow* fatal
if persisted in.
Peehip? the most amused of tbe old
philosophers, or, a* we are in tbe habit
erf eaHiug them. “ Fathers of tbe Rev
olution. if be Lad a chance to aee the
post-offies department in tbs erty of
■Washington, would be Benjamin Frank
lin. In 1755, ska bt wPa p—l—ton
general. be gave notice “that hereafter
the winter northern mail from Philadel
phia to Xew England, which used to
set oat but once a fortnight, shall start
1 onee s week all tbe year round, whereby
answer* may be obtained to letse. s be
tween Philadelphia and Boston in three
weeks, winch used to require six weeks. *
Amusg tbs waiting passenger* at tbs
Central depot, Detroit, were a widow
woman and five children, and bv-and-by
a T-A.T-. who wat waiting for tke aazas
tram opened a eenvermaon with tbs
widow and soon remarked that be
would like to marry just such a tittle
woman. “ Here, * Susan, bold this
■eti-Kel" aaid the woman, turning to
her oldest daughter, and then, reaching
for tbe man's arm. ah* continued:
“ r*e been looking for yoa about five
years T Everybody shouted and jumped
with glee, and when tbe scapegoat
basked fiat down they aaid ha ought to
1 be dumped into the river.
M xs seldom give pleasure when they
are not pleased themselves ; it is nec
essary. therefore, to cultivate a habit
ual alamty and cheerfulness, that, in
whatever state we may ba placed by na
ture— whether we are appointed to
ootfer or receive benefits, to impl'Or* or
afford protecaon—we may secure tbe
love of those with whom we have deal
ings. Far, though it is generally imag
ined that be wao grant* favor* may
spare any attention to hie behavior, and
that usefulness will always procure
friends, yet it has been found tbit thers
is an art in granting request* —as art
very difficult of attainment.
How i Whip beaks Fight*.
Boeder, did vou ever see a whip
snake? We did'not, bat we heard of
one. A abort tune since, while James
Christian was retumng to his mines,
; be encountered s whip snake five feet
: long. In trying to kill it tbe snake
turned upon him and made a desperate
fight. It struck at him repeatedly with
its tail, cracking it like a whip. 'After
killing it Mr. Christian made an exam
a*tKm of the‘•Rarpenh” Its length was
fully five fed, two at which were plat
ted like a carter's whip. Tbe pl* seem
ed to consist erf four strands, taper
ed down to what might be termed a
cracker. This species of serpent is ex
ceedingly rare but we should think
lively), and many naturalist* doubt its
existence anywhere, bat as Mr. Chris
tian is a gentleman of undoubted ver
acity, it s certain that, m addition to
its many other rare Attractions. Morgan
county baa, at bah tbe whip make.—
VtrmiJim {Mo.) Gazette.