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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. *V. X A. MAUH’HAIkJ Editors and Proprietors. NEWS OF THE WEEK. WEST. A fire at Chico, Cal., destroyed a con siderable part of the town. The loss ia over SBO,OOO. Insurance light. Forty-five valua ble horses were burned in Shearer & Evans’ stable. The fire was the work of an incen diary. There was a terrible clond-burst on the Humboldt division ef the Central Pacific railroad last week. The 'track was washed ®ut, and au emigrant train, drawn by two en gines, went into the chasm. Both engineers were instantly killed. No others injured. The superintendent of the Central Pacific railroad publishes a card in which he tacitly admits the truth of the frequent stories of robbery and outrages by gamblersjon their road in Nevada, but says travelers must protect themselves by refusing to play at any game with the sharps. Ho does not allude to statements that entire passenger trains had been captured by robbers near Iteuo. the pas sengers insulted, threatened and despoilod of their property without an effort of the officers of the road to prevent them. EAST. It is reported the New York agency of the bank of Montreal loses $25,000 by the failure of James Bishop & Cos. The cotton and woolen manufactur ers’ committee, of Providence, R. 1., recom mend that the mills be run from the first Mon day in October to the first Monday in January next, on the baeis of forty-four Lours a week. Booth’s theatre at New York will be sold under a foreclosure Nov. 5. The friends of Booth are making efforts to have the thea tre remain in his hands. They state that the unsecured creditors will extend all the leniency he may require, and if enough money can bo raised to satisfy the mortgage, amounting to throe hundred thousand dollars, the security for which is good, the affairs of Edwin Booth may be arranged. Rhode Island cotton and'woolen man ufacturers, following in the track of the es tablishments represented at the Boston meet ing, have resolved to diminish the hours of work to forty-four per week. This measure is expected to reduce production by one-third, and is to continue in force for three months. A slight stiffening of the market for manu factured goods already indicates the anticipa ted effect of the reduction. The shooting in the Bennett long range championship rifle match at Creedmoor, Long Island, last week, between the Irish and Amer ican teams, resulted ae follows: The first prize was won by Rigby, of the Irish team ; the second by Fulton, of the American team ; the third by Captain MasoD, of Canada; the fourth and fifth by Messrs. Millner aud Hamilton, of the Irish team. A contest was entered into by the muzzle loading Rigby rifle and the Sharpe breech-loaders. Each competitor was allowed twenty-five shots at a 1,000 yards target. The shooting resulted in a victory of the Rigby rifle over the Sharpe by 113 points. SOUTH. Four companies of cavalry have been ordered to West Alabama. Commodore M. B. Woolsey, comman der of the Pensacola navy yard, died of yel low fever last week. Geo. Bragg is now the chief engineer of the Galveston and Santa Fe railroad, with headquarters at Galveston. Miss Mattie White, daughter of Mrs. J'r. Thomas C. Bhlte, aged fifteen years, of Pulaski, Town., was burned to death last week by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. J. B. Goode, formerly sheriff of Col orado county, Texas, committed suicide a few days ago by taking strychnine. Pecuniary embarrassment ia said to have been the cause of the act. Hie governor of Georgia has ordered the sale of the Macon and Brunswick railroad on the first Tuesday in December next, at the depot, in Macon, Ga., at public auction, to the liighest bidder. The Texas papers are groaning over the heavy and damaging rains which have re cently fallen upon that state. The gathering of cotton has been greatly interfered with and the crop has been injured. The north bound train on the Missis sippi central railroad was precipitated down an embankment over thirty feet, three miles south of Holly Springs, Miss., on the 28th iust. The ladies’ car and Pullman palace car turned over twice. No one was killed, but fifteen were wounded, one seriously, a colored man. Ihe accident was caused by a heaw rain dur ing the morning, which uudermiued the em bankment. At a meeting of the hi. Orleans exchange committee on classification it was resolved, that we find after a careful comparison the follow ing differences between the types upon which our quotations have hitherto been made, and those adopted bv the national exchange, upon which we are directed by a resolution of the board of directors to base our official quota tions on and after this date : The national standard of ordinary is barely equivalent to the old type of ordinary; good ordinary equiv alent to the old type of strict ordinary; low middling equivalent to good ordinary; mid dling equivalaut to barely low middling; good middling equivalent to middling. The new standard middling fair, to agree with the na tional classification, will be made|equivalent to the old type of good middling. A dispatch from Charleston* S. C., dried Sept. 29, says : The most fearfffl gale in this city since 1854 occurred to-day, beginning about daylight with a strong southeast wind, and increasing in violence until 9 o’clock, when it had become a hurricane. The tide was forced up au unprecedented height, inundat ing the entire river front of the city, damag ing the wharves, aud in some instances sweep ing aw ay pier heads. The long stone sea wall kuown as the battery, a famous promenade resort, was laid in ruins, and the public bath ing house was demolished. The shipping generally escaped serious damage. Through out the city fences and outbuildings were des troyed, branches torn from the trees, aud dur ing the height of the storm, the air was filled with slates and tin stripped from the roofs, making the streets impassable. The massive brick walls of the new theater, which had just been completed, with the exception of putting on the roof, were leveled with The street. It is probable that $250,0)0 will not repair thedam ages. FOREIGN. Mt. iEtea ia still in a state of agi tation. The German government intends es tablishing a naval hospital at Yokohoma. lue yellow fever has broken ont at M azarian, Mexico, and assumed an epidemic form. Gen. Garibaldi has issued a manifesto requesting electors at the coming elections to vote for those now in prison lor political of fences. An insurrection has broken ont in Boneos Ayres in consequence of the fraudu lent conduct of the presidential election. Gen. Mitre is at the head of the insurgents. Advices from the north of Spain say there are signs of a breaking up of the Carlist army. Several insurgent leaders have sur rendered, and it is reported others were shot by order of Don Carlos for demanding a cessa tion of hostilities. The situation of affairs in Buenos Ayres is desperate. The government is tak ing vigorous measures to suppress the insur rection. All government offices and commer cial houses are closed. The rebel squadron is commanded by Gelleyobe. The insurgents are purchasing steamers and arms, and recruiting at Montevideo. A dispatch to the Pacific mail steam ship company from Hong Kong, states that in the typhoon of the 21st of September the steamship ' Alaska was blown ashore and is now on the rocks. Up to the present she has made no water and hopes are entertained she may get off. The vessel is valued at half a million, uninsured. A barge lying in Regent’s canal, Lon don, near the Zoological gardens, and loaded with powder, exploded last week, killing a num ber of persons, wounding many, and shattering bridges aud houses in the vicinity. The re port of the explosion'was heard at a distance of twenty miles from the place where it oc curred. The details of the occurrence show that its disastrous effects were widespread. Many trees were uprooted, and houses, located two miles distant from the canal, were shat tered. Seven persons are missing. There was a perfect panic for hours, and it was not until the cause of the terribie report was learned that the fears of the people were al layed. Several persons died from fright. The London Times iu'aleadingarticle contradicts the statement recently current that the queen has paid the debts of the prince of Wales. At the present time, says the wri ter, debts of the prince amount to a little more than one-third of his annual income and include scarcely any bills due longer than a year. The prince’s balance at his bankers to day will more than suffice to meet every claim. It is true that the prince is unable to live with in his income, but the excess is provided from a fund which is his private property. The fund which accumulated during the prince’s minority from the revenues of the duchy of Cornwall, is still sufficient to meet the yearly deficit in his expenses, though the time may come when this resource will be exhausted. MISCELLANEOUS. Cbas. Sumner’s estate has been up praised at $134,754. Our government is still pressing upon Spain indemnity for the Yirginius affair. Elmer C. Washburne, of Chicago, has been formally commissioned by Secretary Bristow as chief of the secret service bureau. The controller of currency has issued a circular calling upon the national banks for reports of their condition at the close of bus iness Friday, Oct. 2. Col. Wingate, captain of the Ameri can company has sent a letter to the comman der of the Irish team, formally accepting the challenge for a match at Dublin next year. Reports received at the agricultural department show that the wheat crop will av erage that of last year. None of the large corn producing states reach an average. There will be a fair crop of oats, potatoes aud hay, but less than half a crop of tobacco. At a meeting of the depositors of the Freedman’s bank, last week, Robert Purvis, colored, one of the commissioners appointed to wind up its affairs, said he would at an ad journed meeting make a statement of its af fairs which would not probably be as favorable as that hitherto published, nor would it be so bad as represented by those who in connection with it had taken advantage of the fears and necessities of depositors, who have sold their deposits at a heavy discount. Attorney General Williams has sent the following circular to United States mar shals in the southern states: “Sir—l would suggest that at those points where United States troops are or may be stationed in your district, some prudent and fearless person, in whose judgment you have confidence and whom the people respect, may be appointed as deputy marshal, to act at once in the arrest of parties committiug outrages in that vicinity, so that it may not be necessary in such eases to send for you before the troops can be used for the purpose of arresting those who are guilty of violating the laws of the United States. This, of course, will not be necessary where you are easily accessible, but where troops are placed at remote points, before the necceesary communication of the crimes com mitted can be made, the offenders, as a gen eral rule, have an opportunity to escape. Y'ou will give the deputies the necessary instruc tions as to procuring warrants, and I need not repeat it is important you should delegate this' power to none but careful aud respon sible persons.” The Story of a Trunk. A trunk was taken through Dallas, Texas, the other day, among the bag gage on the Central train going north, that has traveled some. The owner left Boston, Mass., a month ago, for the purpose of going to Charleston, S. C., hirecting his trunk to be forwarded to mm. At Baltimore he changed his diind, and started for Cincinnati, tele graphing to Charleston to have his trunk sent to him at Cincinnati. At the latter place he was called to Louisville, and sent word when the trank reached Cincinnati to “put it through” to Lou isville. At Louisville he went to St. Louis, and directed that active recepta cle to be whacked through to the latter place. At St. Louis the trunk was so much behind that he had to leave for Memphis without it, but told his friends in St. Loiris not to forget to hurry along that nice young trunk to Mem phis. Out of Memphis ne went, but loop-holed an old pard, aud says, “ My covey, don’t forget to send my trunk to Key West.” At Key West he had a gay old time, notwithstanding he was dis patched to “get out of that” sooner than he expected, and so the trunk was again behind. Still, says he to an army offi cer down there, “I've got a trunk, cap., that’s been following me around infer nally lively, but it hasn’t caught me yet. Oblige ‘a high private in the rear ranks, by sending that Saratoga knapsack to Mobile.” At Mobile the proprietor of that trunk found a carte blanche from his employer in Boston to “go west, young man.” Then his trunk didn’t come, and he thought he’d start for Cheyenne or Eagle Ford (in either of which places if he had been born he could have been President of the Uni ted States or married the queen of the Sandwich Islands), but after the pro foundest reflection he thought best to get off at the most romantic wood-pile in the Indian territory, and hunt the storied squaw. The trunk that passed Dallas, yesterday, will reach him there, perhaps, in lavender kids, a tie like a beacon fire, and dressed like Disraeli in his dandiest days, make the territory tremble for its safety, and finally force it to apply to be admitted as a state in the union. Leech Pends in Holland. Among the most singular sources of industrial production in the world, are the leech ponds of Holland. Most of these are owned l y a regularly organ ized company. The marshes of the land, “ which, if moored to its shore,” are admirably adapted to the unlimited cultivation of the leech, and the trade in them is larger than imagined. A good fat leech, of powerful suction, is not a thing to be condemned. Brock klein is the town most interested in this strange trade, aqd owns stock in the company mentioned above to the amount of one million florins, and an immense reservoir has been constructed in which to breed millions of voracious leeches, fine brown-black fellows, warranted to hold on like aquatic bull-dogs. The l ech deposits its eggs from May to Sep tember in the mud of shallow waters, from whence they are taken and trans ferred to artificial ponds, constructed expressly to hatch them. What will make the experiment a profitable one is the fact that the demand for leeches has of late years exceeded the supply. The marshes and streams of Central and Southern Europe are nearly exhausted. The Dutch leech is superior to the Swedish, which is now most generally used. The American species used here comes principally, we believe, from Pennsylvania, where many hundred 1 thousands are caught annually. usTEsme. Her white hand flashes on the strings, Sweeping a swift and silver chord, And wild and strong the great harp rings Its throng of throbbing tones abroad; Music and moonlight make a bloom Throughout the rich and sombre room. Oh, sweet and long and shivering swells, Adcl sweeter still the lingering flow, Delicious as remembered bells Dying in distance long ago, When evening winds from heaven were blown, And the heart yearned for things unknown ! Across the leafy window-place Peace seals the stainless sapphire deep; One sentry star on outer space His quenchless lamp lifts, half asleep; Peace broods where falling waters flow, Peace where the heavy rosea blow. And on the windless atmosphere Wait all the fragrances of June; The sumiber night is hushed to hear The jiission of the ancient tune ; Then why t oese sudil< n tears that start, And why this pierced aud achfng heart ? Ah, listen ! We and all our pain Are mortal, and divine the song! Idlv our topmo't height we gain,— It spurns that height, aud far along Seeks in the heavens its splendid mark, And we fall backward on the dark! THE DOCTOR’S FEE. What a vast difference between a sim ple country village and the crowded city;—a difference not only in the structure of buildings and the width of streets, bntinthe manners and customs aud even in the thoughts and feelings of its inhabitants. We do not pretend to judge where the greatest degree of happiness may be found. Perhaps not in one more than in another, for happiness is not con fined to place, and is less dependent upon external than upon internal asso ciation. But it would sometimes seem as if there were more of sympathy with the fellow beings around him, in the unpre tending villager, than in the busy citi zen. True, this benevolent interest in the concerns of others may at times be come annoying by its prying inquisi tiveness, but the heart craves sympathy, and even this is preferable to the fash ionable indifference and total ignorance of neighbor and neighbor. What a sensation is caused by a birth or a jleath, a wedding or a funeral in the little world of a countrv village. All seem to participate in the joy or the sorrow. To find a person ignorant of the event, would be a source of exceed ing surprise and wonder. News spreads like wildfire. The very birds of the air seem to carry tidings. Sam Brown, an intelligent, active little fellow, well known in the village of F , has been seen to run at full speed from the machine shop to the doctor’s office; apparently not finding that worthy at his post, darts across the way to a house where some new fangled practitioner had lately hung out his sign, aud, in a moment, with the last mentioned personage at his side, takes his wav to the shop again. This is enough. Every one in that part of the village knows that some sad acci dent has happened, and curiosity and sympathizing interest are expressed on every countenance. Good Mrs. Walton, as she peeps from her door, is “thankful to provi dence that none of her folks work at the shop,” and “hopes to goodness” that it is not the engineer, “poor Mr. Whit man,” b cause he has such a large fam ily dependent upon him. Anxious wives and mothers, who are less fortunate than Mrs. Walton, and have husbands and sons exposed to the danger, whatever it may be, are seen hast ily approaching in different directions, wishing to put an end to suspense, and know the worst at once. All is soon Iff spite of Mrs. Walton’s indeed poor Mr. Whitman who has met with the acci dent, and a serious one it is likely to prove, for his right arm has been er tan gled in the machinery and is shockingly mangled. What sympathy and sorrow is felt by all, when the unfortunate man is car ried nearly insensible from the shop to his own home, which fortunately is near by. There is no lack of assistance. Men, women and children stand ready. Every one is desirous to do something. But there is one source of almost uni versal regret. Good old Dr. Pembroke, the experienced physician who for a long series of years has been the only one to look to in an emergency of this kind, being, in fact, the only medical man in the village and of course re garded as au oracle, has, as it were, been defrauded ©f his proper rights by this young Dr. Lansing, anew comer, whom nobody knows, and who for some unheard of reason (for surely he was not wanted in a place where Dr. Pem broke had ruled supreme for nearly half a century) has lately established himself in the pleasant little village of F . The young man certainly had much to contend with, for, with the exception of a few enlightened minds who had a glimmering perception that the science of medicine might in the lapse of years have left the old doctor in the rear, he was universally regarded as a very un necessary interloper. And now to think of his having the charge of poor Mr. Whitman. Surely if he was ar.y gentleman he would not take advantage of the family physician’s having been absent at the time of the accident, but would politely resign the case into his hands. This was the opinion of the good wives of the village, and publicly and privately was it expressed, Dr. Lansing might have heard it, at any rate he must have felt it, but it ap peared to make little difference in his proceedings. He was unremitting in his attentions to the injured man, and so established himself in the good graces of him and his wife, that they were quite deaf to the remonstrances of their benevolent neighbors who earnest ly desired that they should dismiss him at once. “ The arm is certainly doing better than we could have expected; why then should we dismiss the doctor ?” asked the sufferer, as a deputation of the village worthies appeared at his bedside, and again began their remon strances. “ Why, you see, neighbor, the case is this,” commenced Philip Benton, who was to be chief spokesmsn on the occa sion. (Philip Benton had received some early advantages of education and was regarded as having a “ power of learn ing.”) “ Y'ou are a poor man, and, having met with a severe accident, en dangering life and limb, or I may justly sav, injuring limb if not life, your neighbors holding yon in high estima tion, are willing to lend y®u a helping hand, for whioh purpose a subscription was set on foot, and quite a sum raised for your relief. Now this money we of course wish to be expended for the benefit of yourself and your family, but we do not feel willing that a large por tion of it should be paid to this smart young doctor.” “Now if it were good Dr. Pembroke, the case would be different.” chimed in Isaac Dobbs, the miller; “we should not mind paying him a moderate bill, and indeed he would have charged yon little or nothing, and everything wonld have been properly attended to. I have ’t from his own lips. He feels greatly for yon, neighbor Whitman, and regrets that yon were thrown into ignorant hands. In his opinion the limb should have been amputated at once.” “Thank God that Dr. Lansing dif fered from him,” exclaimed the sick man, with an energy which startled them. Then speaking more calmly, he added: “lam very grateful for your kind ness, neighbors, and with my large family, there is indeed need of assist ance. As to turning off the young doctor, I cannot see my way clear to do it, because he has done and is doing well with me, In all probability he will CARTERS VILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1874. save my arm and restore its use, when, as you yourself admit, Dr. Pembroke would have taken it oil at once. Surely it is better to have two arms than one.” There was a force in this argument which none could gainsay, but after a short pause, Philip Benton replied : “This may be all very well, neigh bor. I do not wish to say anything against the young man’s skill, but it does not look well to see him trying to run you up such a great bill. Why, I have counted three and four times a day that he has entered your door. I understand he charges high—a dollar a visit, or something like that. Such im position! just for looking at a man. Now you can easily see that it would be trying to the feelings of your friends to think that they were raising money to pay this stranger. lam empowered by Dr. Pembroke to say that if Dr. Lansing will give up the case, ho will attend you gratis, and if yon desire, I will call upon the young doctor and state this in a polite way. No doubt he will consent to the arrangement at once.” Very reluctautly, Mr. Whitman agreed to this proposal. It was really strange how he clung to the young doctor, and how much he felt that he should miss his kindly words and smih s, and his gentle touch and light tread—so differ ent from the bustling sway of portly Dr. Pembroke. But there was no help for it. He might be dependent for a long time, and it was not for him to dictate how his neighbors should befriend him. So with his best coat and his most dignified manner, Philip Benton, or ’Squire Benton, as he was commonly styled, waited upon Dr. Lansing, and politely stated his errand; but, to his unutterable surprise, the request was as politelv declined. Dr. Lansing “ regretted that he could not oblige Mr. Benton and the friends whom he represented, but the case had progressed so successfully under his charge that he could not conscientious ly relinquish it to another.” Preposterous ! And to speak of con science in the matter, when it was per fectly evident that it was a mere avari cious desire to get all he could from the poor man. It was the talk of th“ whole village. The minister from the pulpit denounced in very strong terms those who defraud ed the poor. The old doctor gave a more expressive shrug than usual when his young rival was mentioned. Dobbs, the miller, gave the bags of grain au extra shake, and the worthy blacksmith wielded his hammer with unusual en ergy, as they thought of Dr. Lansing, while the old wives raised their hands and eyes with indignation when they saw him pass their deor, and the young maidens avoided returning his cour teous salutation, although they indulged in a sly peep at his handsome form at and fashionably cut coat, and sighed as they thought of the popular Dr. Pembroke. Still everything went, on swimmingly at neighbor Whitman’s. The young doctor continued his visits, aud the pa tient was making rapid progress toward health. It would be long, however, before his arm would regain its strength, and feais for the future would some times arise. In spite of the subscription which bad been raised for him there were still many wants unsnpplied, and nothing more could be expected from the neighbors, for they “had no notion of raising money to pay that spruce young doctor.” In fact they were somewhat indignant that neighbor Whitman did not insist upon his dis missal. At length, however, when the chil dren were actually seen barefooted as the cold weather came on, and it was observed that the wood-shed was still unfilled, and a rumor was abroad that the cow was to be sold, charitable feel ings were again called forth, and a spe cial meeting was appointed at the ves try to see what could be done. The room was filled. Facts were stated, and expressions of opinion were* desired. The great question was how to assist their neighbor without placing it in his power t pay the dactor’s bill. This all agreed was not to be thought of. The young man, as ever’; body knew, was well off, and by rr> moans dependent upon his profession; aud even if he were, it waR but just that he shoul 1 be a loser in this case, for had he not declined to resign the case to Dr. Pembroke, who had offered his services gratis ? So after much consultation it was decided that a committee should be appointed to receive subscriptions, and expend the money in any way which they might judge to be for the benefit of the family. Fifty dollars were raised on the spot, and the worthy villagers went to their own homes well satisfied with the result of the meeting. The committee were men of business, and two or three days passed before they were at leisure to attend to the duty which had devolved upon them. But at length they fixed upon an even ing, and agreed to meet at neighbor Whitman’s and ascertain from him what was most needed. They found him comfortably seated in his armchair, with the youngest of his chidren climbing on his knee. He gave his neighbors a cordial welcome, and appeared so cheerful and contented that they hardly knew how to speak of the errand npon which they came. At length after a few preliminary efforts, such as clearing the throat, pok ing the fire, etc., Squire Benton, who was as ususl foreman on the committee, remarked that he was glad to see neigh bor \V hitman so smart once more, and supposed he would soon be at work again. “Very soon, I hope,” was the reply. “I am out of the doctor’s hands at last. He gave me my discharge yesterday.” “ And a round bill with it, I’ll war rant,” exclaimed the three committee men in a breath. Neighbor Whitman smiled with a very meaning look as he quietly replied, “He did, indeed.” “ I knew he would. I always said as much,” cried Squire Benton, almost ex ultingly. “ A mean piece of business it was, and what no gentleman would have been guilty of. Excuse me, Mr. Whitman, but if I had been in your place I would have sent him marching quick enough.” “ I might have Been a loser, squire.” “Not in my opinion. Dr. Pembroke would have done better for you than that young upstart. But as to his bill. Plain speaking is best, neighbor. At a vestry meeting th' other evening, we raised fifty dollars for your benefit, and we are prepared to extend it for yon in any way you see fit, always excepting paying the doctor’s bill. That we must absolutely decline having any thing to do with.” “It is not desirable that von should,” replied neighbor Whitman, again smil ing. “ Seriously, gentlemen, lam ex ceedingly grateful for the kindness which has been shown me, but I would not willingly take what might perhaps be better bestowed upon those more needy than myself. I have jnst received a little gift which will enable me to pur chase what comforts are really necessa ry until I can go to work.” “ Indeed !” was the somewhat disap pointed reply of the astonished aud itors. “You are fortunate, certainly; but your doctor's bill, how will you set tle that ?” “ O, the gift disposes of that for me. Read this note gentlemen, and you will understand the whole affair.” As he spoke he handed them a neatly folded envelope, containing the fol lowing note: My Dear Sib:— lam happy to say that'it will ho longer be necessary for me to visit yon as a medical adviser. As a friend I trust yon will continue to welcome me at your fireside. You have requested me to hand you your bill. The inclosed is the only bill I could conscien- tiouflly offer you. Accept it as freely as it is given, thanking Providence who enables us to be mediums of good to one another. Very truly yours, F. Lansing. “ This is the bill inclosed,” continued Mr. Whitman, producing a bank note for fifty dollars. “You see, therefore, that l am well provided for the present, as your kindness when I was first in jured has prevented my running in debt.” For some minutes the committee made no reply. The “ doctor’s bill” had turned out. so differently from what they expected that they were quite dumb with astonishment. At length, however, Squire Benton stammered ont that he was quite sure tho. neighbors would insist upon Mr. Whitman’s keeping what had been con tributed to him, and there would be ways enough to spend his large family. As to tho doctor, he was free to say that he had been mistaken in him, and for one he would bear witness that he had behaved handsomely, as became a gentleman. The three visitors teen bade neighbor Whitman good evening and took their leave. The news spread through the village in the usual rapid manner. The miller ground it in his mil), the blacksmith hammered it at his anvil; Dr. Pembroke left of sbrugcring, aud the minister looked full at Dr. Lan sing as he pronounced the text: “He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.” Bull Battles in Texas. A correspondent among the great oattle herds in Texas writes to the Gal veston News : In case of a severe winter, when grass is scant, a pack of wolves single out some decrepit old bull that has fought his last fight, and been deserted by his herd long ago, which they follow and worry day and night until he is at last pulled down. Like the buffalo which formerly roamed over this country, these bulls are constantly fighting for the mastery of the herds, and the cows have a hearty odntempt for the fellow that is not ready at all times to present an undaunted front. With their im mense frames and terrible horns, a pair of Texan bulls make a bad fight. Short horn Durham bulls have been intro duced by men who thought to improve the stock ; but they have no show at all —and one is occasionally seen feeding in solitude. In rounding up cattle upon the prairie, the driver witnesses a great many of thes9 fights. Perhaps half a dozen distinct herds are brought to gether and the “lords” take occasion to plume themselves, and meandering around, with deep roars, pay their re spects to the gentle sex, and glance defiance at eaoh other. Young aspi rants for honors are equally as demon strative ; and outcasts thus brought into contact with victora in former con tests are punished for their seeming temerity; old sores are revived; hos tilities begin ; and soon a dozen fights are going on in different portions of the large herd. Toe first symptoms of an accepted challenge are telegraphed over the herd by prolonged and shrill roars. Instantly all the bulls in the immediate vicinity, not engaged, rush to the spot, ana caper about the two adversaries, in a way they would seem incapable of— all the while bellowing—and undoubt edly taking sides, and urging on the two central figures. About twenty feet apart they stand, tossiug up dirt with hoof and horn, until suddenly, with lowered head, they spring at eaoh other, and their foreheads meet with a dull thud. They rebound, and a seoond and third time rally, when comes the sullen strain —head to head and horn to horn. Every nerve and muscle are exerted to the ut most ; and no living thing can long en dure such fearful tension. Presently one will prove the weaker, or slip a foot, and for the moment be thrown off his guard ; but the slightest advantage is not lost to those watchful, glaring eyes of his antagonist, who throws his last energies into a mighty plunge forward, which turns the victim’s neck, and the long, raking wound in the flank follows. It is not good to bo too near them, for horse and rider might be overturned. Nothing will stop a vanquished bull in his headlong flight; and blind with rage and agony, he runs far away npon the prairie. Many lose their lives fighting. If not gored in a vital part, the wounds are fly-blown directly, often causing death. Dean Swift’s Two Loves. Esther Jolmson, the celebrated Stella, was Dean Swift’s pupil, and her attach ment for him grew as her mind, pure and beautiful, to cease only with death. Swift wooed and won this beautiful girl, whose noble heart he broke by his strange, mysterious conduct. Hope de ferred aud au unenviable position in society were not enough to try the con stancy of poor Stella ; she must have a rival, and that she soon found in Miss Yanhomrigh. Swift became acquainted with this lady when at the height of his power and full vigor of his faculties; when the chosen companion of states men aud courtiers. She possessed a graceful person, a lively disposition, and taste for mental cultivation, which Swift soon perceived and admired ; and the gratitude she felt for his attentions soon ripened into the lover which broke her heart. While Swift found pleasure in the society of Vanessa (her poetical name), Stella suffered alone in Ireland the pangs of wronged affection. He could not be blind to the nature of Vanessa’s regard, nor the hopes she might reasonably entertain from his attentions ; nor are we to suppose this love onesided, since the tone of his journal to Stella implies the contrary. Vanessa waits anxiously the Dean’s declaration of his passion—but in vain; so at last she determines to know her fate, and discloses the secret of her heart to the Dean. Without power to accept her love, or courage to refuse it, he offered his friendship and esteem, and strove to parry her just remon strance by bis wit. After her mother’s death she followed the Dean to Ireland, which placed him in pecnliar circum stances, for how could he treat one whose only misfortune was to love him too well, harshly, for well might a lady of youth, fortune, and a fine genius ex pect more from her lover. Meanwhile, tho sorrows of Stella began to show on a delicate and sensitive frame, and to save her from a premature grave the Dean made her fhis w ife. But only in name did she eDjoy this sacred title; they lived apart till death at length re lieved her of her sorrows. What added fresh hope to the fond dreams of Stella proved fatal to her less fortunate rival. After having nursed her passion for eight years for the Dean, and refusing two suitors for her hand, she wrote to Stella to learn if her suspicions were well founded, and Stella, wounded to the heart that another should share tho Dean’s love, wrote back a reply that marr age united them, at the same time forwarding her letter to the Dean. Swift’s fury was as unreasonable as his former conduct; he hastened to Marley Abbey, the residence of Vanessa, threw her letter in a rage on the table and de parted—having sealed the doom of one who loved too well, for soon after she died. A few years after Stella followed her unfortunate rival. Said a Detroit lady to a small boy whom she found crying in the street the other day : “Will you stop crying if I will give you a penny?” “No,” said he, “ but if you’ll make it two cents I’ll stop, if it kills me.” The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both, — Franklin, ENGLISH WOIIEX. Their UondlneM tiom an American standpoint. An American or French woman, land ing in England, finds infinite food for mirth and amusement in the dresses of the English women, not only of those of the middle and lower classes, but those of the highest aristocracy : the parrot-beaked and purple-checked dow agers that are to be seen at the opera in Hyde park, and their comely young daughters. There is a depth cf inge nuity, an inventiveness, so to speak, about English bad taste which is per fectly marvelous. Not content - with following the French fashions, they contrive sundry fashions of their own which are simply amazing. For in stance, a few years ago tho “ upper ten” at the opera adorned themselves to a woman with showy gilt coronets, not unlike the diadem of a stage queen. In the matter of coiffure it must be confessed that they excel. Long after the set, stiff, horse hair stuffed chignon had been replaced in France and America by the graceful low-drooping looped braids which have been succeeded by the high nceuds of the present style, English women still were wearing chignons of portentious bigness, and I once saw a lady who wore two chignons, both of immense size, one fastened at the back of her head, where such ornaments are usu ally appended, and the other pinned on the top of her cranium—a sort of two story chignon, the effect of which was, to say the least of it, odd. I have also a vivid recollection of an old lady, a lady somebody something, who was staying at the Laugham hotel when I was last there, and who occupied a table next to that of our party. She used to come down dressed for dinner, with a large, long-stemmed flower, either a rose, a tulip, or a cluster of smaller flowers, planted at the junction of her huge chignon with her head, and stand ing stiffly erect to the height of about a foot. Then there was a young lady who used to wear a black silk apron, trimmed with an old-fashioned set of Honiton lace (collar and sleeves), the collar being so placed as to mark the outline of the damsel’s abdomen, while the sleeves were tastefully disposed on each of the lower corners of the apron. Nor can I forget a lady who came in great state to the hotel to make a call, and who probably thought she was dressed in mourning, her toilet consist ing of a bombazine dress, the whole skirt nearly oovered with a broad band of crape, a black crape bonnet, a velvet jacket trimmed with guipure lace, and pin and earrings of bright yellow gold. Then they have no idea of appropriate ness or the relative fitness of things. Straw bonnets and velvet jackets are a very common combination, while if there is a costume that the English bourgeoise loves beyond another, it is a light-colored organdie muslin worn over a dark worsted balmoral skirt. Thus attired, with a cotton lace shawl and a black net bonnet adorned with cheap and gaudy flowers, our Anglaise consid ers herself “ dressed.” Eventne best bred English ladies have not yet learned that a thin dress should be worn over a petticoat as long as itself, and I have seen fair dames at fetes and flower shows, attired in costly toilets of Valenciennes lace and transparent mus lin, the delicate dress sweeping tho ground, while beneath appeared a short petticoat of glazed muslin and a pair of stout English feet arrayed in substan tial and shapeless walking boots. Eng lish boots are generally extremely ugly, being broad, flat, and heavy, and I have sometimes thought that American chaussures might have robbed the pedal extremities of the British female of half their reproach. Cinderella herself would not have been able to display a pretty foot had she bought her glass slippers in LoLdon. Perhaps it is by reason of these ugly boots that short walking dresses have never become pop ular in England; nay it is not so very long ago that I saw in the Queen, among the queries of correspondents, the question as to whethor it was proper to wear a short dress to ohurch. But if English ladies desire amplitude and longitude of the lower section of their garments in the daytime, they do not object to curtailing the upper half of its fair proportions in the evening. A# they have magnificent busts and shoul ders, the effect aesthe f ically is good; morally, it might be considered the re verse. Nor can I forge.t the criticism of a disgusted old gentleman who, while railing at the exposed charms of a decollete damsel, wafe gently checked by his young daughter with the remark, “But, papa, she has such a beautiful neck.” “Yes, my dear,” was the an swer, “her neck and shoulders are well enough; bat her stomach is devilish ugly-” I have met English ladies traveling in rough cloth jackets, worn over dirty ball dresses ; and I once encountered a party who for costumes de voyage were arrayed in old riding habits (with tLe superllnous skirt out off) aud battered high beaver riding hats. Nor can I forget the accomplished Lady X , whose habitual costume when she was at Niagara Falls, in the broiling month of July, was a black velvet gown and a white opera-hat with a long white plume. Bat the loveliest English toilet that I ever did behold was worn by a lady about fifty years of age whom I met while traveling in Germany, and whose traveling attire consisted of a dirty crushed skirt of white puffe 4 tulle, an India shawl, and a black straw round hat. Her appearance as she sailed down the platform of the Carls rnhe station, with a wisp of soiled tulle dragging at her heels, was decidedly striking, for she was tall, stout and florid, and showed off her peculiar cos tume to perfection. Eating When Sick. It is the custom among a oertain class of people when a member of the family is sick to begin at once to ask, “ Now what can you eat?” Every one has heard the old story of the man who ate eighteen dumplings when he was sick. On one occasion, when engaged npon the eighteenth, his little son said, “ Pa, give me a pieoe !” “No, no, my son,” replied the father; “go way, pa’s sick.” When a young man has been turfeited, in season and out of season, until ex hausted nature gives way and a fever is coming on, the good mother is in trou ble. She anxiously inquires, “Now, John, what can you eat? You must eat something. People can’t live without food.” /Then comes toast, tea, etc. The stomach is exhausted and no more needs stimulating or food than the jaded horse needs the whip. What is needed is rest, complete rest. Nine-tenths of the acute might be prevented by a few days’ starvation when the first indications appear. I < on’t mean com plete abstinence in every case, but per haps a piece of cold bread with cold water for drink. H such a policy were generally adopted what ruin would over take the medical profession ! The World’s Railroads. The length of railway-lines in course of operation and construction on the Ist of July, 1874, was as follows : IN OPERATION. Franco 11,000 miles. Great Britain 7,300 “ America 74,000 “ IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTED. Franco 5,100 miles. Great Britain 3,500 “ America 12,000 “ The length of railways throughout the world exceeds two million miles, while the capital invested in them during the last thirty years is not less than four thousand million dollars, and, on the completion of lines in course of con struction, will exceed eight thousand million dollars. The locomotives em ployed on all existing lines represent a power of four million one hundred and fifty thonsand horses, the distance run over by them in 1873 beiDg six hundred million miles. In France alone, the number of railway-passengers in 1873 amounted to one hundred and ten mill ions. PHYSICAL TRAINING. Kxercig* and a Plain Diet Better Than Pill*. The Chicago Tribune, publishing a reporter’s interview with a prize-fighter, and his description of the process of physical training required fer these brutal contests—the sweating, the rub bing, tli9 dieting, the laborious gymnas tics—points a moral, as follows : Leaving out the motive which induces the bruiser to submit to this sort of physical disoomfort, there is a result achieved which is worth some consider ation. The bruiser s oes to the trainer as an old hat is sent to the hatter, or an old carpet is sent to the renovator. Nine times out of ten he is out of condition, enervated by dissipation, bloated with whisky and a general physical wreck. By the time, however, that he gets through with his trainer he oomes out a new man. He loses all his superfluous flesh. His muscles are firm and hard. His digestion is perfect. His lungs are as tough as a blacksmith’s bellows. His nerves are iron cords. His bleared eyes are brightened. His whole frame is supple, sprightly and elastic. He is the perfeofc picture of physical health, strength ana beauty. Now this result is what two-thirds of mankind aro seeking. Doctors of all schools have this purpose in view, name ly, the repairing and renovating of worn and dilapidated human bodies. Drag stores are multiplying rapidly. Mineral springe, blood purifiers and curative pills are advertised everywhere. C/owds of people flook to the watering-places every summer and other crowds flock to Europe,'with the one object in view to repair ttie ruins of time and reckless liv ing or overworking. And yet, in ninety nine cases ont of one hundred all these means fail. Bat here is a bruiser who, without drugs or doctors, without min eral springs or travel, transforms his whole physical man in an incredibly short space of time. The process never fails. The trainer of prize-fighters knows more than the doctors. His pa tient eats mutton and beef without seas oning of any sort, tea without sugar and dry toast. He makes him get np early in the mornii g and go to bed early at night. He gives him plenty of exer cise. He uses nothing but nature's medioines and uses them with unerring accuracy. If the bruiser has a weak spot, he streng'henß it. He goes over his man as a tuner goes over a piano and brings every note into perfect tune. If he has not flesh enougn he puts more on him. If he has too much he takes some off, and he performs this operation with such accuracy that he will take off the same amount every day, and upon the day of the fight will present his man weighing within an ounce of a specified number of pounds. Now what ia good for a bruiser ia good for those who are not bruisers, if they have the oourago and persistence to follow the regimen, which, of course, can be reguiated to suit each case. Here is a chance for the overworked to be made good as new at a very cheap rate. The clergymen need no more ge to Europe after their health. Fat men need no longer to be fat. Lean men have some hope of covering their ribs more comfortably. They have only to pitch physic to the and take the bruisers’ remedies, modified to suit their cases. Steamboat Couveution in St. Louis. The convention of steamboatmen met at St. Louis last week, with full delega tions from Cincinnati, Louisville, Pitts burg, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Cairo, Evansville and St. Louis. Capt. E. W. Gould, of St. Louis, was elected tempo rary chairman. He said the general ob jectsof tbeoonvention are to devisemeans to remedy existing evils in steamboat ing and remove the embarrassments un der which the interest is suffering. He urged that the local associations should become auxiliary members of the na tional board of steam navigation, in or der to band the entire steamboat inter ests of the country together for their protection. We have failed on the Mississippi to give river matters the at tention which their importance demands, aud wo are in consequence resting un der a cloud. The prime objeot of this convention, in my idea, is the harmon izing of conflicting interests ; also, the question of railroad competition. At the start, the railroads desired no co operation with river transportation. Being unsuccessful, their managers are now in a condition to treat. Another matter of importance is the improvement of our rivers, aud every effort should be put forward in this di rection. We are also interested in the improvement of the mouth of the Mis sissippi, and this convention should set tle upon some plan to urge upon con gress whatever may be done at the ear liest possible moment. After some other preliminary business the committee on permanent organiza tion reported R. H. Woolfolk, of Louis ville, For permanent president and J. Shields, secretary. The convention then adjourned. Ireland as She Is. The population of Ireland decreased by 1,662,319 persons between the years 1841-51, by 775,814 in the next decade, and by 396,208 between the years 1861- 71. There is reason to believe that this decrease by the end of the present de cade will have wholly ceased, that is, that the emigration will not exceed the natural increase of population. The condition of the country is now really prosperous. Wages have greatly ad vanced in consequence of the limited supply of laborers. The reform of the land law has had a most excellent ef fect, and not unfrequently Irishmen re turn from America with fortunes gained there to take up their abode in their native land. The aggregate invest ments in government stocks, joint stock banks, and savings banks in 1864 were £54,888,000; but on the 30fch of Jane, 1863, they were £67,362,000, an increase of 23 per cent, in ten years. The value of live stock in 1864 was £30,728,910 ; in 1874 it was £37,225,887. It is to be remarked that although in thirty years Ireland has lost about 3,000,000 of her people, the relative proportion of Cath olics and Protestants remain almost, tin changed. In Munster, in 1861, 938 out of every 1,000 were Catholics ; the pre portion now is 936 to each 1,000. In Kerry the Catholics iD 1861 were 967 in each 1,000; they now are 968 in each 1,000. In “ Protestant” Ulster—which is Protestant only in name—there were 751 Catholics ineach 1,000 in 1861, and now there are 755 to each 1,000. The old faith does not die out, despite the fact that the emigrants are for the most part Catholics. —Dublin Letter, The Herald of Health is of the opin ion that the simple color of one’s sur roundings has a marked influence of his health. It says: “Yellow on the walls of our Tooms has a very depressing eflect on the mind. Violet is worse. A man would go mad in a little while in a violet papered or painted room. Black rooms, or rooms heavily draped in mourning, produce gloom and fore boding. Never wear mourning long, unless you wish to become sad and sor rowful beyond what nature ever in tended. LOYE AND BUCKSHOT. The Trarfncer Perforated by Sl* *• Get* Well and fllarrie* the Daughter. In Jane last the press of the jountry contained accounts of the shooting of one George F. Long by Congiessman J. H. Sloss, of Tuscumbia, Alabama. The circumstances were as follows : Mr. Sloss, when he returned homo from Washington, learned that injurious and slanderous reports had been set in cir culation concerning bis danghtei, Miss Mamie, a young lady of eighteen years, by Long. The reports were of e most slanderous character, and when Mr. Sloss succeeded in tracing up their au thor his rage naturally knew no bounds. Loug is considered a desperate man, and as he associated with several of like ilk, who had openly threatened ven geance should Mr. Sloss seek pe -sonal redress, that gentleman concluded to employ strategy. Procuring a double barreled shot-gun, .which he loaded with a handful of buckshot, he stationed himself near a second story window of a building which Long frequently pass ed. He had been there but a shor. time until he espied the tradneer of hie daughter’s good name coming np the street with several boon companions. Waiting until his man got well in range, Mr. Sloss turned both barrels loose, and lodged thirteen of the shot in the anatomy of Long, who fell senseless to the pavement. Long was carried home on a shutter by his friends, while Mr. Sloss surrendered himself to the proper authorities, and was released on bond. The entire community justified the Action of Mr. Sloss, while their sym pathies were heartily extended to Miss Mamie as a victim of a slanderous per secution. Long soon recovered from his many wounds, and a few days since was once more on the streets. About that time Mr. Sloss, who is an indepen dent candidate for re-election to con gress, started out to canvass his dis trict, and has since been absent from home. Mrs. Sloss and Miss Mamie were left at home alone. From some reason the mother kept watch on the daughter, whom she confined to her bed-room in the second-story of their residence. Last Wednesday Miss Mamie esked permission to go down stairs for a drink of fresh water. Mrs. Sloss, suspecting nothing, granted the request, and the young lady went down stairs. Net re turning in a short time, Mrs. f loss’ suspicions became aroused and she went in quest of her daughter. A search of the premises only revealed that the young lady had got up a mysterious disappearance. With a rare divination as to the cause and probable waere abouts of the erring daughter, Mrs. Sloss picked up a brace of six-sho iters and started for the office of a very pop ular ’squire, only a few squares distant. When she arrived she found Long and her daughter the centre of a circle of an admiring group of friends, who were extending their congratulations in the heartiest of manners. The good “old lady leveled her artillery and demanded her daughter or gore. She was deter mihed to have one or both until the ’squire interposed, and in the blandest of tones, introduced her daughter as Mrs. Long. Seeing that she was too late, Mrs. Sloss proceeded to relieve her mind, and then with her implements of warfare tucked under her arm, sallied forth for home, while the groom and bride proceeded in another direction. The sequel to the almost tragedy, as related above, created the liveliest as tonishment and gossip that Tuscumbia had ever experienced. At present, in view of all the circumstances, it is thought that Long defamed the youa lady with a view of rendering her odious in the community, so that her parents would consent to her marriage with him as a compromise. The slander had an opposite effect, as is shown, and it was within the last few weeks that the two determined npon an elopement. The absence of Mr. Sloss rendered it com paratively easy, although Mrs. Sloss camo very near putting an extinguisher on the whole affair. Mr. Long is a man of very good fam ily, but was objectionable on account of his associations. It is only a few months ago that, in a fight, he had his face from eyebiow to chin laid open with a razor, and at the same time got a slash across the throat that came very near resulting in a funeral. A few years ago, while passing from one car to another, he missed his footing and fell between the cars, catching on a brake, in which po sition he was dragged three-quarters of a mile ere he was rescaed. All this, combined with the thirteen buckshot which his now father-in-law gave him, would go to show that Mr. Long is a very tough man— one who would prove invaluable in leading forlorn hopes in battles. —Memphis Avalanche , Septem ber 27th. Thoughts From the Talmud. The thoughts of the sin is worse than the sin. The older the wise man gets the wher he grows ; the fool, when he ages, becomes an old fool. He who studies for a good purpose, to him his study becomes a blessing; to him who does not it grows into a poison. A bad wife is like a hail storm. Do not dw ell too long on your friend’s praises; you will end in saying things against him. Do much or little, so that you do it for a good purpose. Refined music is lilted by refined people ; weavers do not much care for it. Three cry, out but get no pity, viz.: he who lends out his money without witness, the hen-pecked hus band, and he who cannot get in at one place and does not try another. Bten the common talk of the wise should be pondered over. One goose generally folio ts another. Bad servants first isk only when they have committed a blan der! The load is laid upon the carael according to its strength. If a word is worth a pound, silence is worth two. A pig is the richest animal; everything is a pieoe of goods to him. Whoever does too much does too little. The greater a man the greater his passions. He who presses the hour, the hour will press him. May our future reward be like of him who remains under a false imputa tion. One peppercorn is better than a hundred gourds. A learned man whose deeds are evil is like a man who has a door and no house. He who prays for his neighbor will be heard first for h im self. He who marries his daughter to an educated man throws hpr before a wild beast. He who throws out sus picions should at once be suspected himself. Do not cry out before the calamity has really happened. Passion is at first like a thin reed ; by and b f it becomes like a cable.— Jewish Mes> ea ger. The lowa Cattle Disease. The Wilton (Iowa) Exponent has the following information regarding the new cattle plague which has proved so fatal to stock in the neighborhood of that place : “The disease is as curious in it* workings as it is fatal in its result. The first indication of an attack is a violent twiching of the muscles on the order jaw; then a frothing at the month, from which saliva flows freely ; the eyes be come watery and the animal seemt to suffer the most intense pain, which in creases from the moment it is attacked until deatn ensues, which in no case has been longer than twenty-four hoars. They commence rubbing the head, mostly on the left side, and continue un til the skin, and sometimes one of the ears, is rubbed off; and the head sw ells np so as to close the eyes in many cases. The last struggle seems to be a tremen dous one. The animals stand erect, and straining every muscle to the ut most extent, giving evidence of a j ow erful internal convulsion, they otter VOL. 15-NO. 42. the most pitiful cry, you can hard y call it anything else, and throwing the head from Bide to bide fall over dead. The best veterinary talent has been taxed to the extent of its ability to find a name for the disease and a cure for the contagion, but without suocees. Change of pasture will prevent fever, but has no influence in checking this malady. The remedies administered are numer ous but ineffective. Climate may have something to do with it, but we* think not, and we shall expect dealers to profit by this experience and look well to the locality from which they procure their stock cattle.” Scott aud Bulwer. Scott painted the external man; he seldom troubled to seek for “the mo tive and the cue for passion.” He did not care to trace the subtle thought from its germ until it stood forth a thing. la the novels of Lord Lytton the physical man is ever subservient to the mental —the mind of a character is more prominent than his actions. No two writers, psychologically considered, were more dissimilar than these great masters, to whom, as pioneers, prose fiction is chiefly indebted for its over whelming supremacy in the literature of the present day. The excellences of the one are tne weakness of the other. Much of this similarity must be ascribed to the diverse influences under which they began to write. Soott was fotty years old when his first novel appeared, Bulwer was in his teens. The former’s more romantic vein of thought Ljvd been already worked out in poems. He was a member of the most anti remantic of professions, a conservative in all things, little influ enced by the new school of ideas which had arisen out of the chaos of the French revolution ; he was essentially a man of the pre-revolutionary period, the barriers of which he never seemed, intellectually, to have eroded. Bul wer was the brilliant man of fahsion— restless, errat c, fond of straying out of the social grooves into the wilderness of life; now the cynosure of the draw ing room, now the solitary pedestrian, wandering amid the wildest scenes of Italy or Switzerland, or the companion of a horde of gypsies; an enthusiastic disciple of the new prophets, imbued with the brilliant radicalism of France, the mysticism and metaphysics of Ger many, and the sensuous, passionate poetry of which Byron, Shelley, and Keats were the high priests. Scott half despised the art of novel writing. He wrote to satisfy no inward sense of artistic beauty—not to embody the teeming forms of a shadow-haunted brain, but to build Abbotsford; he wrote that which would sell best. On the other hand, Bulwer held the art of the novelist second to none. Writing was to him a necessity strong as speech —the outpourings of a soul overflowing with passion that would have utterance. No man was ever more eager for dis tinction—yearned more for fame and approbation; yet to obtain them he never departed from the ideal artistic standard which he had fixed in his mind. While Sir Walter Scott gov erned his literary pursuits by the same law that obtains in commercial transac tions, Lord Lytton—to judge by several of his works which were written under the full conviction that they would evoke a storm of hostile criticism—be lieved that art should be amenable only to its own laws; but to those laws he bowed submissively. Thus each of his great works is like some delicious strain of concerted music in which the har monies and oounter harmonies, the va rious instruments and the opposing parts, blend in one delicious whole.— Temple Bar. Racing Record. Asa matter of interest to our friends, we give the following record, oarefully corrected to date, of the best running time: ? mile; Olitipa, by Leamington. 2 years, 97 lbs.; time 47J, Saratoga, 1874. a mile; Madge, by Australian, 3 years, 87*lbs,; time 1:15?, Saratoga, 1874. 1 mile; Alarm, by Eclipse, 3 years, 90 lbs.; time 1:42?. Saratoga, 1872. 1 mile; Springbok (second heat), by Australian, 4years, 108 lbs.; time 1:42?, Utica, 1874. 1 mile; Gray Planet, by Planet, 5 years, 110 lbB.; time 1:42i, Saratoga, 1874. , , [Longfellow was said to have run the flrßt mile in the cup race at Saratoga in 1871 in 1:40, and Tom Bowling was timed a mile at the Lexington spring races in 1:41? —not official. ] li milee; Fadladeen, by War Danoe, aged, 111 lbs.; time 1:56, Saratoga, 1874, li miles ; Pioolo, by Concord. 3 years, 83 lbs.; time 1:56, Saratoga, 1874. U miles; Fannie Ludlow, by Eclipse, 4 years, 105 lbs.; time 1:56?, Saratoga, 1869. . _ . _ . 1? miles ; Frogtown, by Bonnie Scot land, 4 years, 104 lbs.; time 2:99j, Lex ington, 1872. _ li miles ; Tom Bowling, by Lexing ton, 4 years, 104 lbs.; time 2:34f, Lex ingtoD, 1874. . 1? miles ; Frogtown, by Bonnie Soot land, 4 years, 104 lbs.; time 3:07?, Lex ington, 1872. . is miles; Reform, by Leamington, 3 years, 83 lbs.; time 3:05?, Saratoga, 1874. . _ , T [Tam Bowling was timed at the Lex ington spring races 1? miles in 3:00? — not official]. . _ . , . 2 miles; True [Blue, by Lexington, 4 rears, 108 lbs; time 3:32 j, Saratoga, 1873. 2 miles; Katie Pease, by Planet, 4 years, 105 lbs.; time 3:32?, Buffalo, 1874. [Tom Bowling was timed at the Lex ington spring races 2 miles in 3:27? — not official]. 2? miles ; Harry Bassett, by Lexing ton, 4years, 108 lbs.; time 3:59, Sara toga, 1872. 2* miles ; Katie Pease, by Planet, 4 years, 105 lbs.; time 4:28?, Buffalo, 1874. _ . , 2? miles; Hubbard, by Planet, 4 years, 108 lbs.; time 4:58f, Saratoga, 1873. 3 miles; Norfolk, by Lexington, 4 years, 100 lbs.; times:27?, 5:29?, heats, California, 1865. 4 mile 6; Fellowcraft, by Australian, 4 years, 108 lbs.; time 7:19?, Saratoga, 1874. 4 miles; Lexington," by Boston, 5 years, 103 lbB. ; time 7:19|, New Orleans, 1855. The Diseases of the Day. A correspondent of the Boston Jour nal writes : “ Paralysis is becoming a prime disease. It is not confined to the fleshy, the plethoric, nor to the aged. The fast life of our business young men tells on them. It is a very common thing to see men of thirty and thirty-five bald-healed, feeble-gaited, and walking about with eanes, their underpinning knocked out., with oiher signs of premature age. These signs of early weakness develop in paralysis. Sudden deaths from this cause are very common. Several have occurred in railroad trains; the vibration seeming to predispose persons to the dis ase. Not long since a gentleman died in one of onr churches. He was interested in a case of discipline. He made a report to the church on the case, sat down, laid his head on the back of the seat and instantly expired. In another case, a man not aocnstomed to public speak ing arose to relate his religious experi ence. He was so excited that he oould scarcely speak. In the midst of his re marks he was seized with paralysis, and carried to his home. Onr young men will have”to tone down their. style of living if thay amount to anything.”