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-—" progress or Cincinnati.
Deoember 6 —The report of trade
, m'meroe 0 f Cincinnati for the post oom-
-.1 war shows the aggregate value of itn-
5 tnbeS317.000.000—an increase over the
year of $34 000,000; and the total
prf® f (be exports $200,000,000—an increase
t«0 000,000. The greatest increase has been
^imu the increase in imports of pig iron over
I*‘^■tdingyear being 98 percent, in tons,
iheinorease in exports of pig iron 85 per
** 1 n tons. The increase in imports of pig
.daring the last decade has been 375 per
,nd m exports for the same period 794
cent.
r The Greeley Press Fond.
Vl * Yoke, December 6.—The Tribnne edi-
gtatc-s that the daughters ef the late Mr.
***,.. Rie unwilling, nnder any cironmstanoes,
*77, plan of a subscription for their benefit
, ,!d be adhered to, but will not objeot to any
nmonial to the memory of their father. It
•fts* proposed to build a printers’ monument
Slit- Gteeley.
Congressional. ...
ffiifflSOTON, December 6.—In the House
ii Diwes, during some remarks on the reve
- bill expressed his confidence that, at ai
2 day taxes will be removed from everything
SJVbiakJ and tobacco.
-i senate is considering a resolntion inquir-
( be President why troops are sent to Ar-
" it js probable that the resolution will
te bnried by reference to the military oommit-
PaPway Catastrophe.
Mimis P*. December 6 —The seoond sec-
cd gection of a Western bound Cincinnati train
Jr iDt0 the rear of the first seotion, telescoping
[7. pniimsn cars Five bodies have been re-
noyed. No Southerners on the list.
Suicide.
Ditt..k. 0., December 6 —Gen. O. O. Max
ell formerly Assessor of the Sixth Ohio Dis-
tnet and wounded five times during the war,
committed snicideto day.
pnrrbaae of Telegraph Tines,
giurax, December 6 —The Western Union
Wfcrapb Company have purchased the Nova
goods lines.
Marine Disaster.
PiSDUi December 6 —The papers report the
yteck of the new steamer Tocora, from Liver
pool, near Montevideo, with the loss of three
qjjutersof a million.
Tbe French Crisis-Alarming State of AT-
* fairs.
Pibb, December 6—The governmental situ-
£00 unsettles business of all kinds throughout
the country. The committee of thirty formed
jgtorday by the Assembly is regarded as hos-
gdo the Republic. The Republican journals
otPuris declare that the Assembly does not
"present tbe will of France, and demands its
ogntdiate dissolution. President Tbiers is ex-
wttd to resign. Tbe Government will proba-
tymtke a statement at the session of the As-
robly to day, as to the oonrse it intends to
ute.
Ibe Alabama Squabble.
Wishisoton, December 6 —The Oonrt-honse
Legislative Committee from Montgomery, later-
fitted tbe Attorney General this afternoon and
till present additional papers in fnrtherance
of their views nest week.
Congressional.
Boro—Mr. Harris, of Virginia, introduced
ibillpsyiDg for property destroyed during the
rebellion by the authorities of the United
Sates.
Ikorejer, of Louisiana, offered s resolntion
etqsiringtbe probable cost of a ship canal from
tbeMimwippi, near its month, to deep water
is tbe Gulf of Mexico—adopted. '
Dives, from the Committee on Ways and
fans, repe rt-d a bill abolishing the offices of
teemor and A«sisistant Assessor of Internal
E-tt-nne, and transfeiriog their duties to Col-
letter" and Deputy Co lectors.
Amendments were agreed to fixing tbe time
bribe bill to go into operation on the 1st of
July, 1873, and requiring Collectors to give
additional bonds for their new duties, and the
til eras passed. The House then adjourned to
Monday.
Sox ate.—Wilson resigned his place on the
H.'iiary Committee.
Ibe following w ib edop'ed :
Resolved, That tbe Committee on Finance be
itsrne oJ to inquire what legislation is neces-
luy to relieve the present stringency of the
mvtym-irket, the propriety of providing for an
additional issue of legal tender notes, and all
avttrs connected therewith and report, by bill
or otherwise, at as early a day as practicable.
After a short executive cession the Senate ad-
jonraed.
Important Salt Decided.
Boston, December 6.—The case of the Mer-
diam's National Bank of Memphis, Tennessee,
■gainst the National Bank of Commerce of
Boston, which has occnpied the United States
Circuit Court several davs, has resnlted in a
wriict for plaintiff for $34,594 23. The suit
aas brought to recover damages for negligence
»the part of the defendants in giving np to
sosignees the bills of lading of a lot of cotton,
:pon the acceptance, by the consignees, of a
iirty day’s draft drawn against the shipment
tad attached to the bills of lading, and sent on
a the defendant s bank for collection. The
fltinliffs contended that it was the duty of the
btnk to keep the collateial until the draft was
Aid, and that by reason of giviog np the bills
0! lading the plaintiffs lost their security, the
Mnrignees having failed, before the expiration
- tbe thirty days, after accepting it.
The Kellogg-Warmotb Case.
Kiw Orleans, December 6.—In obedience to
lit order of Jadge Darell, soldiers took posses
tonal tbe Capitol and Governor’s office at 10J
■clock this morning. Every available place in
tbeCirenit Court room was occnpied mostly by
colored people. Good hnmor prevailed. War-
sotb appeared at 11 o'clock, followed by Col.
MeEnry. Jadge Darell soon appeared and
Snuneneed to read bis decision. After argu
ment, Dnreli said: Thes'a’ntesare constitn
tonal; tbe conrt has jurisdiction; the legal
Bard is Warmoth, Heron, Lynch, Hawkins,
■od Longatreet. The order of the conrt, di
eted of technicalities and argument, is as fol-
*>**: It enjoins Warmonth from any action
ttgtrding the last eleotion, unless the persons
*tow named are present, and orders Warmoth
to deposit with the Clerk of the Court all returns
*®d documents relating to the election. The
jjk for contempt was then continued to Mon-
**I »nd the oourt adjourned.
Hassle Rivers on tbe Kampnge.
Tcmn, December 6 —The waters of the river
irno, as well as of tbe Po, have overflowed their
b “ks Many bridges crossing those two
•tnams have been swept away and destroyed
•nd the country inundated, cansing a great
destruction to property.
Sentenced.
biwYoax, December 6—Recorder Hackett
sentenced Jufcn Chambers, who was convic ed
joasy 0/ felonious assault and battery on Jas.
h'Wolee, to Beven years imprisonment. The
•tier was working anting the carpenters’ strike
summer when the assault was made.
Sieved from the Wreck.
Havana, Deoember 5.—Richard Smith, firc-
g*n, another survivor of the burned steamer
•ussonri, has arrived at Nassau. Smith was
, ®*u who abandoned Conway’s boat and
Ww to a capsized boat for the purpose of
(Sating her. Conway ent tbe pointer connect-
tbe two boats, and they drifted out sight of
other. Smith and Alfred Stewart drifted
•'a the boat bottom np for three days, at the
«eicy of the waves. On the fourth day they
‘Waged to right the boat, and, making a sail
J°o their life preservers, they escaped and
“Sltd on the most westerly key of Abooo. On
■w seventh day after landing Stewait died from
6 Produced by exposure. Smith caught a
l »e rain-water on the ninth day, and that, with
>*icfely pears and soft-shell crabs, sustained
until the seventeenth day, when he wns
off the island and brought to Nassan. He
8°M to New York on the Columbia.
Tbe Mtnmlon In Ports.
December 6.—The committee of thiity
JtpMnted by the Assembly yesterday, in uocord-
I w »h the resolntion of Minister DuFavre,
.1® its first meeting to-day. The following
"Oners were elected: President, Baron De-
; Vioe President, Andiffret Pasqnier;
^ttUriee, Lefevre, Ponstalis and Hansmon-
7 Organization having been completed, the
j**°*nittee adjourned to meet on Monday, when
**“ prooeed to business, tooording to the
-'won by which it was created. The commit-
* iestrncied to draw np a projeot of law
^ oiQg tJiQ responsibility of AZinisters sod Wj^n*
a. the relations of several powers of Lhe
ji, 6 ■ * 8 expected that it will report a bill
® nn 8 that any Minister who shall be ecu
resign, and excluding the President
debate in the Assembly, but - giving him,
oompensation,! a limited veto power.
„ inferred from, the political composition of
h* 181 an y proposition for any
n "~~ of the Assembly will he rejected,
like the American Senate, has been entertained!
Le Bien Publio says the complexion of the
committee makes lhe situation all the more
precarious, while the executive and Assembly
are equally averse to compromise. The oonn-
try caunot tolerate the present state of affairs.
It intimates that the country should spontane-
ohsly intervene, whioh is interpreted to mean
it shonld continue to send in petitions in sup
port of Thiers and his government.
Thiers is resolved that there Shall be no
change in the Ministry until the report of the
oommitteeof thirty is presented; then if the
report iB unfavorable to him he will oppose it
in the Assembly.
An official reception was given at the Execu
tive residence last Bight, which was numerously
attended- Thiers freely conversed with his
friends on the political crisis. He regretted
that a partial renewal of the Assembly seemed
impossible, and deolared that he was determined
to adhere to the polioy announced in his mes
sage.
At a meeting of the extreme Left it was de
cided not to move for a dissolution of the As
sembly until the question had been thoroughly
agitated by me ana of petitions. LaLieele start
ed this idea, and it is rapidly gaining ground.
Petitions for dissolution are ooming in from all
parts of the oonn'ry.
The 'Assembly committee charged with tbe
consideration of the electoral law, have deolded
to recommend that the franchise be given all
males over twenty-five years of age who have
lived one year in the district in which they vote,
and that the dnty of voting be made 00m-
pulsory.
A Poole Sitter Set Down.
Washington, Deoember 6.—In the Griminal
Court, yesterday, Judge MacArtbur delivered a
decision in the case of Sebastian Aman, restau
rant proprietor, of this city. The case was on
appeal from the Polioe Court, where Aman had
been fined one hundred dollars and ooets for re
fusing to wait on a oolored man named Poole
and some of his friends.
Aman gave the necessary security and ap
pealed against that deoision- Judge Mao Arthur,
yesterday, after reviewing all the qirfitunatanoes
in the case, and the law bearing thereon, said
the proprietor of an hotel or restaurant was tlft
jndge of who shonld have either refreshments
or lodgings in his house, and no one could dis
pute his authority in that matter.
In conclusion, he gave judgment in favor
of Aman, which dismisses the case from Court
In the similar case of Fred Frennd a nolle
pros. tpLS entered.
Kentncby Library Lottery.
Louisville, Deoember 7.—The drawing of
the Lonisville Library lottery for prizes 00m-
menoed this morning. Ticket No. 6,450 drew
the capital ptize of $75,000.
New Orleans Items.
New Orleans, December 7.—Dr. Warren
Stone, tbe famous surgeon, died last night, aged
sixty-five.
Warmoth has not yet responded to the demand
of the Returning Bjard, declared legal by the
Federal Conrt, for the election documents.
The Louisiana Jockey Club Raoes are post
poned to the 14'b.
The politioal tone of the city papers is very
bitter.
Louisiana Politics.
New York, December 7.—The Herald’s New
Orleans correspondent reports Gov. Warmoth
as saying in an interview, that he does not in
tend to obey Judge Dorel’s order to deliver np
the election retnrns to Longatreet, Lynch, Her
ron and Bowie; that he is Governor of L inisi-
ana and does not acknowledge the right of any
oonrt to paralyze his executive functions.
Between 400 and 500 troops are quartered in
varions localities of tbe city, and more were to
arrive from Lonisville last night.
The members of the Legislature returned as
elected by the Warmoth Bond, generally ex
press a determination to oonvene on Monday in
accordance with his proclamation. There is not
much excitement outside of political circles.
Delayed feteamsbtp.
Halifax, Decembers —The steamship Queen,
from Liverpool for New York, is here short of
coal and with sickness on board.
French Politics.
Paris, Deo. 7.—The political composition cf
Du Pavre’s committee insures a report in favor
of ministerial responsibility and the exclusion
of Thiers from the Assembly—reducing tne
Presidential veto to a mere fiction. The defeat
of the government is considered probable.
New Yore, December 7.—Arrived, Charles
ton, Java, Cuba.
Tbe Louisiana Legislature.
New Orleans, December 7.—The Custom
house Returning Board promulgated election
returns for members of the Legislature, differ
ing materially ftom Warmoth’;-Re turning Bjard.
Two Legislatures will probably assemble.
Washington, December 3, 1872
To 8. B. Packard, United States Marshal, New
Orleans:
You are to enforce the duress and mandates
of the United States Courts, no matter by whom
resisted, and Gen. Emory will furnish yon with
all necessary troops for that pur; ore.
[Signed] Geo. H. Williams,
Attorney General.
Miscellaneous News.
New York, Deoember 7.—Specie shipments
to-day $376 000.
Deaths for the week 507.
Tne Avenll chemical paint works of Brooklyn
are burned.
Tbe Indian War.
San Francisco, Deoember 7 —The war with
the Mahoe Indians in Oregon continues. Two
additional soldiers have been killed. Soldiers
are marching from three points to the rescue.
Heavy Failure.
Boston, November 7.—The heaviest failure
oansed by the fire is tbe firm of Henfield, Went
worth & Co. Their liabilities are over two and
a quarter millions. They propose to settle at
sixty oents on the dollar, within the year, with
out interest.
Tbe Alabama Mnddle.
Washington, December 7.—The Attorney-
General is retioent to opposing delegations from
Alabama. No cause is shown by either delega
tion for Federal interference.
Foreign Sens.
Blitz, December 7.—Ceresole has been
elected President and Scheno vioe President of
the Swiss Confederation.
Berlin, Deoember 7.—The Connty Reform
Bill passed to a third reading in the upper
house as it came from the lower, all amend
ments being withdrawn for a final vote on Mon
day.
French PoWtlea.
Paris, December 7.—M. Andiffict Pasqnier,
vioe president of the committee of thirty of
the National Assembly, called npon President
Thiers last night and a long and friendly con-
v< rsation took place between them. The Gov
ernment situation is believed to be improved.
It is rumored this morning that Ganlard is to
be appointed Minister of the Interior, Leon
Say Minister of Finance, and Pontine Minister
of Pablic Works.
At a meeting of the Union Republicans yes
terday at Gredin, in the Department of Morbi-
pan, speeches were made and resolutions adop
ted in favor of a speedy dissolution of the
National Assembly. Louis Blano presided over
the meeting.
Washington, Deoember 7 —Samuel H. Pike,
formerly a well known merchant of Cincinnati,
diod suddenly to day of apoplexy
New York, December 7.—Arrived, Leo.
Schooner Murchison ashore at Rockaway got
Off and has arrived here.
Liverpool, December 7.—Arrived — Bark
Duke of Wellington from Orleans.
Another victim of R-jdical hate and tyranny
has gone to his long home. William Teal, an
alleged Kuklnx from Ratherford connty, North
Carolina, died at Norfolk one day last week jnst
as that vessel had reaohed the wharf. He was a
confirmed consumptive when sent to the Albany
penitentiary some months since, whence he had
jnst been liberated by Grant’s order. He leaves
a widow and three small children in very ne
oessitons circumstances. By pardoning him
the “best government,” eta, just saved itself
the expanses of .his funeral.
During the quarter ending September 30 the
emigration from Liverpool waa_enoruiou8ly in
creased over that of the preceding quarter.
Ninety-nine ships left that port for the United
States during tho three months, carry 'ng 36,491
steerage passengers, and nearly 6000 in the
cabins; seventeen ships left for Canada, carry
ing 5607 emigrants; one'left for Victoria and
two for Sonth America, all carrying an aggre
gate of 60,885. Of these 18,279 were English,
and only 5104 Irish. The remainder were
Swedes, Danes and Germans, who had come
from. Scandinavian and- German oountries by
way of Hull,' in • preference to shipping from
Baltic ports by the German lines of steamers.
A Chapter Parrot*.
We had two, both of the African spades,
ash-colored, with a tip of red on their tail-feath-
era. i Of “Polly,” who was bought at Leaden-
hall Market, in 1856, I gave an aooonnt in the
Galaxy several yean ago. Of “Poll,” pur
chased to relieve a poor tradesman from an ex
ecution on Ills house for rent, I have lees to tell
She had lost her beauty by a scald on tbe head,
and never poeeooood the winning ways of her
companion. She would, indeed, say, when the
reason of her bald pate was asked, “I’ve been
sealdedand, whenever a bald-headed gentle
man entered the room, she ahonted to him,
“Yon’ve been scalded!” and then, taming to
her friends, and changing her grammar correct-
ly, would cry out, to our infinite annoyance,
“He’s been scalded I” She could cry, “Hip,
hip, hurrah! three cheers for the queen !”oonld
sing and danoe to the tune of “Polly pat the
kettle on, we’ll all have tea;” and wonldask
very peremptorily for her meals, “Thomas,
fetch my dinner—Poll’s hungry 1” Bat she had
no winning ways, mode no friends, did not dis
criminate character, and left the memory of
only a single trait worthy of record. That trait
was certainly singular. She canght everybody’s
laugh. =
I never noticed the peculiarity of laughs in
my family till “Poll ” began to simulate them.
From the feminine giggle to the m&souline guf-
t*w—from the boisterous laugh of the' children
to the titter of the house maid, catching the
gamut of every member of our houshhold, even
to tbe suppressed hiccough of James the foot
man, whose good breeding allowed only tbe
slightest demonstration of any sentiment what
ever—“Poll” would deliver by the hour a
series of idiosynoratio laughs, which, amusing
enough at first, made her imitations at last an
intolerable nuisance. When she once began
her osohinations, nothing would stop her. In
deed, when attacked by a gout that ended her
life, her very last breath shaped itself into a
giggle, so true to its original that to those who
stood around her cage, mourning over her death-
agonies, it was irresistaoly ludicrous. Laugh
ing herself, she died in the very odor of laugh
ter.
They tell a good story In Newgate street, Lon
don, of a parrot, or of two parrots rather, a
gray and green one, belonging to Morley, a
tradesman in the Old Bailey, just opposite the
pt son, whioh is vouched for as true in the
strictest sense. The man had a wonderful
“bird-sense,” and his power of training birds
became famous throughout the metropolis. He
had taught his green parrot to speak whenever
a knock was heard at his street-door; but, when
the bell of the same door was rang, he had
taught the gray parrot to answer. The house,
still standing, has one of tho^e projecting
porches that prevent the seoond story from
being seen from the pavement. One day, a
peittm knocked. “Who is there?” asked the
green parrot. “The man with the leather,”
was the reply. The bird answered, “All right!”
and then became ailent. Aft- r waiting some
time, and not finding the door opened, the man
knocked sgain. ‘‘Who is there ?” again asked
the parrot. “Who’s there?” cried the porter
ontside. “It’s I, the man with the leather; why
don’t yon open the door?” “All right!” re
peated the parrot, which so enraged the man
that he furiously rang the bell. “Go to the
gate!” shon’edanew voice, which proceeded
from the gray parrot. “To the gate!” repea’ed
the man, seeing no gate; “what gate ?” “New
gate! Newgate!” responded the gray parrot
The porter was enraged; bnt stepping aoross
the street, the better to answer what he sup
posed to be the insolence of the house-maids,
be saw that he had been outwitted and teased
by a couple of parrots.
This same Morley had been employed by a
gentleman, who had heard of his knowledge of
birds, to purchase for him a white cockatoo.—
Tbe price was of less importance than the health
disposition and breeding of the bird. She was
to nse no bad language, be subject to no fits of
passion, have been trained to be bandied by
women and children, and be cleanly in her hab
its. Morley took gre.t pains to please his em
ployer, and at last sent him borne perhaps the
most perfect specimen of the breed ever seen
in London. As J saw tbe bird ten years ago,
nothing in the way of ornithological beanty
could surpass it. Of pure, snowy white from
top of crown to tip of tail; without a speck of
lead, gray or crimson on a single feather; free
from all sign of cross with paroqnet or macaw;
and in shape, attitude, bearing and action, as
distinguishable as a blooded horse, “Beanty.”
as she was called, stood nnrivaled. When she
was sent home, there was perfeot satisfaction ;
the employer was pleased, as he well might be;
the family of daughters in ecstasies of admira
tion; and Morley riohly remnnerated for his
trouble. Bat the bird would not talk. This waR
attributed, at first, to fear; then to change of
diet; and, at last, to absolute inability. Of
conrse, there was great disappointment. ‘ Beau
ty’s” cage hung at the dining-room window;
every visitor was in admiration of her spotless
plumage and faultless shape; and, of oonrse,
everybody sympathized in the disappointment
of her irremediable defect.
“What a pity it is she does not talk!” re
marked a person one day at dinner. “She would
be worth her weight in gold!’’
“She almost cost it as it is,” said paterfamil
ias. “The creature is a cheat. Fine feathers
don’t make fine birds, certainly no' fine parrots.
I paid ten guineas for her, and she can not say
one word. ”
“Ah, hut I think the more / What's the use of
talking, if you have nothing to say t” came in
clear artionlate sounds from the stage, to the
amazement of family and gnests.
That settled forever “Beauty’s” supremacy.
Happy as this rejoinder was, it by no means
gives a fall idea of the intelligence of tbe bird
She would not learn what you tried to teach
her, and she would learn what she ought not.
Her owner, Dr. Hall, one day peremptorily dis
charged a servant. After shutting the door of
the stndy, the latter exclaimed, in anger:
“D—n him 1 Dr. Hall is a great rascal 1”
The bird heard and canght the woids, and
eonld never be made to nnlearn them. Dr.
Hamilton Roe, waiting one morning in Dr.
Hall’san'eroom, observed ‘'Beauty,” and jocu
larly said:
“Who are yon?”
“Beauty’s Dr. Hall’s trumpeter—to-to-too!”
replied tbe bird; bnt, immediately becoming
grave, and edging confidentially toward tbe side
of the cage, she added in a lower voioe: “D—n
him! Dr. Hall’s a great rascal!’’
Whether it is possible to entirely eradicate bad
habits in parrots is doubtful. Captain Simpson,
well known by trans-Atlantic passengers, nsed
to duck bis paroquet in the sea every time it
swore an oath. This seemed to enre him of
using profane language. The creature really
connected an oath with a dowse in the water,
and gave np swearing One day, in a fnrious
storm, a man was washed overboard, and with
great difficulty wss recovered. As soon as he
was drawn on deok, at d efforts were being
made to resuscitate him, Polly kept hopping
arouLd the circle, shaking her head from .-ide
to side, and saying, gravely, “Yon’ve been
swearing—you’ve been swearing!”
This reminds me of what occurred in a clergy
man’s family, in Exeter, England. The bishop
of 'he diocese had been holding a confirmation,
and was lunching at the rectory with teveral of
his cleigy. In the middle of the repast, one of
those dreadful pauses in the conversation took
place. No one seemed able to break it, when,
to the astonishment and dismay of all present,
a most horrible swearing tODgne poured forth a
torrent of blasphi my and abase npon the as
sembled gnests 1 Every one looked aghast at
these unn-ual sounds, which, for a minute or
two, continued uninterrupted. The hostess,
however, hastily rising from the table, drew
ssid- a murlin curtain and discovered the of
fender in the person of a gray parrot, purchased
that morning from a traveling bird-dealer.
This habit of using profane and filthy lan
guage iw generally canght by parrots on their sea
voyages from the sailors. When good Queen
Charlotte visited Admiral Hawkes’ flagship, to
coDgra nlate him on his great victory, ahe was
attracted by a gray parrot whioh bang in the
forecastle Tbe bird was singing “God save
the King.” Every note and word was given
with snoh perfect accuracy, that Her Majesty,
surprised and delighted, requested a closer in
terview, and daring Innch the parrot was con-
-fequen Iy swung in her cage on the quarter
deck. Ho sooner had ahe reached her place of
honor, however, than she forgot all her good
manners. A torrent of immodesty, unfit for
r0j al or even plebeian ears, was poured forth,
’and the oreatnre. unconscious of indeoorum,
was harried back to the sailors quarters.
As n rale, parrots do not learn to speak by
rote. A phrase repeated a hundred times will
often never be : learned, whereas a sharp word,
an angry expression, or a quick retort is canght
instantly. The clerk of St. Stephens’s, Fad-
dingt- n, a stupid. obeBe old fellow, tried in vain
for years to make a paroquet say “good
night” and “good morning;” bnt the bird,
within hearing of the church services, repro
duced exaotly the droning “let us pray,” and
“now to God, the Father, God r the Son,;and
God 'he Holy Ghost,” of its master. When the
old official died, his effeots, the bird with the
rest,-went to the rector. At raornfcg family
prayers, after Scripture-reading, when all were
devoutly kneeling, theperoqnetft oagehanging;
In tbe room, the parish clerk ail at onoe seemec
to have risen from the dead. At the end of tbe
Lord’s prayer there eamis his devout “ amen
In the Litany, onoe and again, the droning voioe
responded, “good Lord, deliver ns;” and at
the conclusion of the Venite, “glory be to God
the Father,” etc. All this,<ludicrous though it
was, d d not disturb the worship. But shortly,
as if possessed with a spirit of misohief, Polly
began to respond incessantly and most incor
rectly, anti! children, mother, servants, and even
the rector himnelf, were oonvulsed with langhter.
The family devotions were broken np in oonfn-
aion, and the departed olerk’s traveeter was ever
afterward deprived of all social means of grace
under the rector’s roof. -
It is said that macaws are the beat talkers of
the whole speoies, providing they are reared
from the nest And not only are they able to
talk, bnt they also sing in a peonliar, soft voice.
InsweetneBS, though not in compass, of musical
notes, they are, however, exoelled by the grass
or green paroquet. While the cockatoo is the
hardiest of the parrot tribe, and the most easily
tamed, it is, at the same time, tbe mast difficult
to teach to talk at all well. Its disposition is
more gentle, however, and its obedienoe more
implioit than any of the other speoie*. The
gray African parrot, from its docility and apt!
tudt>, ranks everywhere first as a favorite,
though of late years the common green Amazon,
from tbe little attention it requires, and its qntek
sagacity, is sharing the general favor.
A gentleman residing in Wilmington, Dela
ware, owns one of these Amazon parrots. It
possesses a fluency and variety of language rare
ly ever equaled by the African gray. As soon
as her master retnrns from the offioe for din
ner, Folly begins to salnte him in fondest ex
pressions : “ Papa, dear, come and kiss yonr
pretty green beanty! Come in, eome in, paps,
and give nsa kiss, and a thousand more!” When
the footman enters the room, she says to him,
but never to any one else, “Fetch my dinner,
James, I'm hungry. Supple fellow 1 I can’t eat
my head!” To a bachelor friend, who fre
quently spends several weeks at the house,
Polly has bnt one question never put to any
one else, “Oh, yon gay deoeiver, why did yon
promise to marry me, and didn't.” To a gen
tleman, a near neighbors, whom ahe had onoe
overheard saying, at the after dinner table,
“The bird’s invaluable; five hundred dollars
would not buy her, if I owned her—would it
Polly?”, she always addresses the salnte the
moment he appears: “Five hundred dollars
would not bny Folly, if yon owned her! Five
hundred dollars I Five hundred dollar 1 Why,
the bird’s invaluable 1”
This Wilmington parrot certainly discrimi
nates between the sexes, and between condi
tions in life. To a well-dressed young gentle
man the remark is, “ What a get-np! What a
swell yon are 1” To a young lady, on the con
trary, fondling and kissing, she says, with great
deference, “Is she not nice?—so nice!”—
Whereas, to a clergyman, who is detected by his
dre-B, she is exceedingly offensive, perpetually
calling oat, “Let ns pray!” “Glory be to
God!” “AmenI” She was once lost, stayed
out overnight, and grief and searches rated tbe
disconsolate household. At daybreak, however,
a workman, going to his job, was hailed by
Polly, from a pile of bricks, with the call,
“ Take me home 1 Take me home 1” Whether
the night-chilled bird did or did not attach
meaning to the words, it is oertain that tbe
workman did, and that he made a good thing of
bringing her home.
I kn >w of no gray parrot that has excelled
this. O'Reefe'a would sing “God save the King”
all through, with mt missiognoteor word—kept
time with its head—would never sing on Sun
day, and, when the king came to hear for him
self, refused to utter a word. Disconcerted and
disappointed, his majesty tnrnedaway; bnt, no
souner had he reached the threshold than the
parrot, in a rich tenor voice, commenced the
national song, and went through it to the end.
It is a curious fact that the skeleton of this
parrot is preserved in the museum at Oxford.
Bnt singing iB below speaking as an accom
plishment in birds. There is hardly a songster
of the world that cannot be tanght music, and
a oanary will give a descant above the reach of
any parrot. But it is only the laven, j .okdaw
and magpie that possess the power of speeoh
even in a low degree.
As a friend, the parrot ranks low. Other an
imals, many certainly, if not all, will stand by
a friend when in danger—the parrot never. It
is, besides, a bird of bad temper, irrasoible, re
vengeful, capricious; admired for eccentrici
ties. bnt seldom winning love. The sharp beak
and jealous eye are always on guard.—N. S
Dodge, in Appleton's Journal.
A Money Mutch—Death.
A recent letter from Boston tells this sed
story: “A funeral procession passed by yester
day. A yonng man told me a story that I thiuk
has a peculiar sadness about it. At Saratoga
last season, at one of 'the largest balls, was a
yonng lady with the most charming and fasci
nating manners and graces. Her toilette was
equally as pleasing. She was the belle of the
ball—an honor accorded her without dissent.
Her attendant daring the evening was a yonng
man dressed almost gaudily, and bearing him
self with all the distasteful self-conceit of a
brainless millionaire. He was the son of a Bos
ton leather-dealer. He metthe lady at Saratoga
for the first time last season, and she, by direc
tion of her parentB, who were also wealthy, and
who insisted npon the arrangement, became his
uffianoed. Previous to this she had met a yonng
gentleman, also of Boston, of the utmost re
spectability, of thorough honor and integrity,
bnt witbont fortune. To him she had been
something more than a friend, in faot, almost a
betrothed. He was yonng, bad risen by his
own stern efforts, and was, it is said, possessed
of sterling and promising abilities, whioh in
time must have won him wealth and perhaps
distinction.
On the return of the lady from Saratoga last
season her engagement prevented her from
farther intercourse with her first suitor, and he
was dismissed. His grief waB pitiful. He strove
not to reverse it by word or notion; bnt the
very efforts he so laboriously made exposed the
poignanoy of his wounds. The lady lived with
her husband in the snbnrbs of the city at a large
and costly residence for one month after their
marriage. By that time the abase of the hus
band compelled an immediate separation. * He
wss incontinently shipped to Europe, where he
still remains, and the yonng wife was left to
gradually decline until death ensued; bnt sot
before she had reproaobed her parents for driv
ing her to the allianoe whioh wrought snoh early
ruin and blasted snoh bright hopes and expecta
tions. As the faneral procession passed np a
inblio street tbe first lover, while watching with
ilanohed cheeks and moist eyes tbe sad cortege,'
fell to the ground while snff< ring an attaok of
hemorrhage of tbe longs.. He was carried into
a pbysioian’s offioe near, where he died before
the body of the one he so tenderly and truly
loved was laid in us last resting-plaoe.”
The Husband—Ladies sometimes do not
value their hnsbaud as they ought. They not
unfrequently learn the value of a good hnsband
for the first time by the loss of him. Yet the
hnsband is the very roof-tree of the house, tbe
corner-stone of the edifloe, tbe key-stone of the
aroh called home. He is the bread-winner of
the family, the defence and its glory, the begin
ning and ending of the golden chain of life
which snrronnds it, its consoler, its lawgiver and
its king. And yet we see how frail that life is
on which so much depends 1 How frail is the
life of a husband and father! When he is token
away who shall fill, his place! .When he is ill
what gloomy elonds hover over tbe boose!
When he is dead what darkness, weeping, ago
ny 1 Then poverty, like the mnrderons assas
sin, breaks in at the windows; starvation, like
a famishing wolf, howls at the door. Widow
hood is too often an associate of saokolath and
ashes. Orphanhood, too, means desolation and
woe. _ _ ', , " '/* *|
Putting the Pyramids to use. —It is said
that the Khedive intends to tarn the great pyra
mid of Ghizeh into a lighthouse. He is an en
terprising and somewhat unimaginative sover
eign, prone to works of utility, and with scant
veneration for that whioh is merely old or oorir
ons, and it is quite possible that he may cause
that ancient summit to be crowned with a Fres
nel lantern and occupied by a discontented sti
pendiary with a coil of Manchester wicking and
a Coptic pitcher of clarified benzine. Notwith
standing the advantage to the neighboring com
merce of the Ni e of such a lofty and far-beam
ing Pharos, all reverent travelers who have seen
it from across dim levels of desert, a pillar of
cloud by day, will regret to see it turned into a
pillar of fire by night The Arabs had a tradi
tion that these B'ruotnres were bdill by the in
habitants of the elder world, and alone of hu
man works, bore the flood. Whether or not
this be trne, they are old enough to be leleased
from obligations of ntility.
J ■ , ( nm -
The Lumpkin Independent relates a charac
teristic incident. A negro wss put npon tho
stand as a witness, and the Judge inquired if
he understood tbe nature of an oath. “For
cerflng, boss,” said the citizen,'“if Lswearto a
lie I most stiok to him.”
General Preaealneau of Che Grawl
Jtarjr ef Dooly Cennty.
Notemeee Adjourned Term, 1872.
We, the Grand Jurors ohosea and sworn lot
tbe September Twin, 1872; and held, over for
strrioe at the Adjourned Term, through the re
ports of their several oommittee*, beg leave to
make the following general presentments, to*
wit: •
* bo aml . mmm
We find tbe roads throughout the connty not
in snoh a condition as the law direots, and there
fore recommend the Ordinary to require the
Road Commissioners of the several districts to
have the same pat in older through the winter
months, and not wait until summer, as has been
the nsnsl custom heretofore, especially snoh
roads as lead through the red lands.
BRIDGES.
We have thoroughly examined the bridges in
the connty and find that they are all more or
less in bad condition, and we find that those
whi6h are located in the lower portion of the
connty are even dangerous. We therefore reoom-
mend that the proper authorities have the same
pat in order as soon as practicable.
Having ascertained that the road leading from
Wbl Snmmerford’s via Bedding’s Mills to a
point on the river road has been n ale publio,
and learning that Mr. Roland Redding was con
structing a bridge aoross Turkey Greek, where
said road orosses. Turkey Greek, at the time
the order passed for the opening of said road,
and it appearing to ns that said bridge is greatly
beneficial to the pnblio, we therefore reoom-
mend that the Ordinary pass an order appropri
ating the snm of twetty-flve dollars to the estate
of Mr. Roland Redding to assist In the comple
tion of the bridge aforesaid.
RECORDS.
We have inspected and examined the dookets,
books, etc., of the several Justices and ex officio
Justices of the Peace of the several distriots of
tho oonnty, and have found them all kept in
accordance with tbe requirements of tbe law.
We have also thoroughly examined the books,
dockets and records of the Olerk of the Superior
Court and find them kept in a manner reflecting
mnoh oredit on the present incumbent. We
have examined the books and vouchers of the
Oonnty Treasurer, and find them neatly kept
and in aooordanoe with the law. We find in the
hands of the Treasurer the following amounts
of money:
Balance on hand at Maroh Term, 1872.. $242 24
Reoeived since Maroh Term, 1872 500 50
Total $742 74
Paid oat sinoe Maroh Term, 1872 613 16
Balanoe in Tressary.... $129 58
Common School fond in Treasury 61 00
We have thoroughly examined the books,
dookets and records of the Ordinary, and fiud
them kept in accordance with the requirements
of the law. We find in the hands of the Ordinary
$310, held as license taxfor thesale of spirituous
liquors, whioh is held over as subject to the or
der of the Connty Board of Education, and,
whereas, it is represented by the Oonnty Board
that they have no jurisdiction in the matter, it
is ordered by this Grand Jnry that the Ordinary
tarn the same over to the County Treasury as
educational funds of the poor ohildren of tins
county.
PUBLIO BUILDINGS.
We find all the pnblio bnildingi in good order
with the exception of the locks on the outer
doors of the Oonrt-honse, and reoommend that
new and safe ones be plaoed npon said doors,
and that the same be olosed.and looked by the
sheriff every night
We also find that the oonnty jail is kept un
cleanly and in a manner calculated to prodnoe
disease among its prisoners, and reoommend
that the same be cleaned out and kept, hereaf
ter, free from all filth, and in snoh a style as is
contemplated by the law.
POOR HOUSE.
Upon examination of the poor-honse and
farm attaohed to it, we find the crib and stables
ooDnected with it in a bad condition, and we
reoommend that the same be moved if essential
and pnt in good repifft and order. We likewise
find tbe fencing in a bad condition, and recom
mend that a sufficient amount of rails be split
and said fencing repaired.
■ We also recommend that there be famished
the inmates of the poor honse, a reasonable
amount of flour as occasion demands.
We have examined the papers on file in the
Sheriff’s office, and are pleased to note that they
are kept in a neat and proper manner, and in
accordance with law.
It being represented to this body by the
Oonnty Board of Education, that there is a va-
CAnoy in said Board, caused by W. O. Greer
declining to serve, we, therefore, have elected L
W. Batler to fill the vacanoy in said Board.
We have had nnder carefnl consideration the
memorial of the Olerk and' other offioers of
Court,' praying this body to' reoommend com
pensation for extra ae .-vioe rendered, and regret
that, in onr best judgment, this body has no
jurisdiction in the matter.
The statute law, of 1871, enaots that in all
cases in which oompensation shonld be made to
Ordmaries, Sheriff’s and Olerks of Superior
Oonrt for servioes, in relation to which no pro
viso is made for existing laws, eto, it shall be
the duty of said officers to present their claims,
eto., to the Grand Jury of the Superior Oonrt
at the Spring Term, eto., clearly placing it be
yond the power of this body to take action in
the matter.
■ If the Oonrt think proper, however, to order
the payment to the officers of Conrt for station
ery, eto, famished, there ooald be no reasona
ble objection.
■ Whereas, It appears that A J. Davis and
Mike Howard have rendered extra service dar
ing this term of the Oonrt; we therefore reo
ommend the payment of $7 each in addition to
their regular pay as bailiffs.
■ In taking le»va of his Honor, Jadge A. O.
Pate, and Solicitor General Beilin A. Stanley,
we retnra the thanks of this body for their uni
form courtesy and attention.
Sumbun Adams, Foreman.
John J. Taylor, James A, Perry,.
Joseph L Herring, James R Holmes,
George T. Owen, Jeremiah Oribb,
James F. Adams, JameB L. Murry,
John N. Adkins, Thomas M. Yonng,
Joel H. Page, George W. B as bee,
Patrick E Gilbert, Loam Brown,
Daniel J. Christmas, Gideon-J. LaBseter,
Francis M. Herring, i n . 0
Joseph P, Heard, Secretary.
We recommend these proceedings published
in the weekly Telegraph and Messenger, at
Maoon. '■ rr-f rn , •
Ordered, that the General Presentments of
the Grand Jnry be published as requested by
tbe Conrt Kollin A Stanlet, Sol. Gen.
November 23di 1872.' ' 1 • •
A trne extract from the minntes.
■ J. E Lttxt, Olerk S. 0.
Deoember 4, 1872.
A Florida Orange Grove.—It is said that
the prett'est orange grove in Florida is
also one.of the most profitable. It is the prop
erty of Mr. H. L. Hart, of Palatka, on the St.
John’s river and its situation is directly oppo
site that plaoe, on the eastern bank of the river
whioh is there perhaps nearly two miles wide.
Wongh the grove, is not extensive, oovering
only about eight or nine acres, and containing
soaroely five hundred trees, we understand that
Mr. Hart sold last winter no fewer than 800,-
O00 oranges as its prodnet, at three oents apiece.
This is a pretty big story. If trne it give* a
total of $24,000 in cash—a very large return
for so small a piece of land. " ,
The Batland (Vermont) Herald of November
27 says: William Edwards, of Jay, who is al
most 95 vears old, married a woman of 70 a few
days-ago. This old man was one of Welling
ton’s soldiers, and was twioe wounded at Water
loo, yet he is very hearty and apparently well,
and has been an inveterate smoker for almost
eighty-two years. His grandfather was 104
when he died, his great-grandfather was 113.
bnt be regards his father as hsving been ont off
in yonth, as he died when only 67 years old.
Mr. Elwards intends £0 make a. trip to London
next summer, to claim a bounty due to British
soldiers over 61 yean, whioh, with adorned in
terest, w li amount to near $5,000.. j
Forney’s Last Shot at Cameron.—Says the
Hon. John W in his Press, of Wednesday:
There are some men so dead to patriotism
and indifferent to oonsoience as to make poli
tics a business of peenBiary profit, and to pros
titute all publio servioe to this base end. Of
oonrse, such narrow-minded and email-hearted
persons elevate party above all ooneidetations
of honor and deoenoy. The United States Sen
ate yesterday, at the motion of one man, was
compelled to refuse to adjourn out of respect to
Mr. Greeley, and even to listen to an eulogy of
him. And this individual was one not worthy
to loosen the latohete of the dead man’s shoes.
Ceites Factories ai the South.
LmIlh i > • Irra * November, 1872.
Editor of the New York Journal of Commerce,
It is astonishing that the snooeee of the few
ootton factorise at the South sinoe the war has
not induced capitalists from abroad to increase
the number. £ j, . a *
From the reports of. the President'of the
Granitevillo Mills (five miles distant .from
Aiken) for the' yean 1868, 1869 and 1870,1
oollate the following figures, and I learn that
the report for the past year waa still more fa
vorable,
Tbe machinery of this mill at the expiration
of the war consisted of 9,120 spindles and 337
looms, womout, and its capital was in j udicions-
Iy increased from $469,000 to $716,500. Yet,
notwithstanding this great disparity between
capital and spindles, the exhibit develops the
fact it has renewed the greater part of its ma
chinery, increasing its spindles to 24,000 and
its looms to 570, and the productive capaoity
from 60,000, to 175,000 yards per week, be
sides new booses for operatives and other im
provements, and all this without stopping divi
dends of assessing the stockholders. In 1867
the company was owiDg $156,000, most of it
bearing interest; at 12 per cent., while in 1871
thesnrplns was $187,000.
In the year ending Maroh 1, 1871, 3,080,123
pounds of ootton was consumed at an average
cost of 17. IS oents per pound, producing:
Yards. j • ; »
,444,076 ...4 4 sheeting.
2,722,080 7 8 shirting.
1,221,419... 7-8 drilling.
1,567,800; 8 4 sheeting.
8,954,875 at an average* of 8.02
oents per pard.
Total gross profits for the year $207,436 06
Less expenses $45,554 38
Dividends paid 57,320 00
, 102,874 35
Carried to surplus fond $104,561 71
Balauoe to oredit of 'snrplns fund
. last year. 83,06917
Total $187,631 48
At a meeting of the stockholders in the spring
of 1872 the President proposed to doable the
capacity of the mill in three years, and yet pay
a dividend of ten per cent per annnm.
Gan any Northern faotory make a better ex
hibit ? The cotton mills of Augusta and Oolnm-
bns, Ga., are doing proportionately well.
The Angusta mills, irith a capitaT stock of
$600,000, had in 1870 $400,000 as a surplus
fnnd, and oommeroial capital after paying quar
terly dividends of 5 per cent., or 20 per oent per
annum.
It has been praotioally demonstrated that oot
ton can be spun into yarns at the Sonth for five
oents per pound cheaper than it can be spun in
Old or New England; consequently a properly
oondnoted mill oonld make five cents on eaoh
pound of yarn more than Northern .factories,
whioh are and have been enr>ohing their stock
holders and peopling with teeming thousands
the rooky hills of the East.'
I wonld call particnlar attention to the fol
lowing extraotfrom a report made by Col. J. B.
Palmer, President of the Salnda Ootton Mills,
in 1869:
I support these positions by the following
statement of actual cost of manufacturing at the
Saluda Mills, as shown by enr books.
It mast be recollected that we have employed
in the manufacture of No. 20 yarns, only 4.000
spindles, (Jenks ring travelers.) Of conrse a
greater number of spindles, or the production
of yarns of a lower number, would ensure a less
cost per pound.
Labor—-Superintendent, 37 oents; card
ing, 56 centB; spinning, 76cents; reel
ing 75 cent* $2 44
Repairs—Labor and materials i 22
Packing, bundling, etc. — Labor and
materials 58
General expenses'— Watch, 13 cents; haul
ing, 32 cents; findings, 20 cents; oil, _
15 cents; salaries, 64 cents; miscel
laneous, 56 cents 2 00
Total $5 24
Add—Loss by waste, 450 pounds ootton,
costing $90, making bnt 400 pounds of
yarn 2 50
10 per cent, for wear and tear of mach
inery, charged to production, per tb... 1 26
Total cast of manufacturing.... .$ 9 00
Goat of cotton 20 00
Freight and insurance to New York or
Philadelphia 80
Cost per 100 lbs. of Sonthern yarn No. 20
delivered in New York :........$29 80
The very lowest estimates I have seen of
the ooats of mannfaotnring at the North
plaoes like expenses of mannfaotnring
at per 100 lbs $10 24
Loss by waste—Ootton at 20 oents in Go.
lumbia would be 22£ oents in New
York; 450 lbs. wonid oost $10125,
making 400 lbs. yarn. 2 81
10 per oent. for wear and tear of ma
chinery ' 1 26
“Are you going to make a flowerbed here,
Jndkins?" asked a young lady of tbe Gardner.
“Yefi, nium, them’s tbe horders,” answered the
gardnt-r. "“Why,'it’ll qnitd spoil our croquet
ground !” “Oan’f help it, mam; them’s-yonr
pa’s horders; he says as 'ow to hev it laid ont
for ’orticultural, not for ’usbandry I”
. , ; $14 31
Add oost of ootton 22 50
Oost of No. 20 yarns made North $36 81
Showing a difference in favor of the
Sonth of...; 7 01
Deduct commission, carriage, eto.......... 2 01
And we have a net profit of 5 oents <8 lb. to
tbe Southern manufacturer, provided he sells
at the oost of Northern prodnetion. :
A manufacturer of ootton yams from Man
chester, England, after looking at onr books,
told me that we manufacture cheaper -than
they did by abont the difference in value of onr
ourrenoy and gold—that is to say, 4| oents V lb.
Among the advantages enjoyed by the Sonth
over the North in mannfaotnring ootton may be
enumerated the following:
- 1. Here the raw material is prodnoed, and by
working it here varions expenses incidental to
its trsnsportatation could be saved—such as
profits made by those who inveBt capital, time
and labor in moving it from plaoe to plaoe, in
8nranoedar>ng transportation; loss by samplings
and stealages from the bales.
2.- Experts claim that in onr warm Southern
clime ootton works to better advantage, some
estimating this advantage aa high as ten per
cent. - ’ -
3 Reclamation on false-paoked and damaged
ootton is direct and easy. ,t
4. Freights on manufactured goods are less
in proportion than on bulky and hazardous bales
of ootton. Yarns oan be delivered in New York
from this vioinity for 60 to 80 oents per owt.
5. Abundant supply of operative labor at low
rates and consequent exemption from strikes.
Northern superintendents of Sonthern mills ad
mit the superiority of onr faotory hands (whites)
and tho ease with whioh they are controlled.
The,average wages paid at the Salnda Mills is
$142 82 per annum. ,
6 The mildness of tbe climate enables the
operatives to enjoy a larger proportion of 00m-
forts bn a given amount of wages. In oold cli
mates a larger proportion of catbonaoeons food
is requisite, which costs more than farinaoeons.
food, nor do the houses for operatives require
to be so expensive as in colder regions. 1mm-
bar of the best kinds costs only $12 or:$!5 per
thousand. The short winters require less fuel.
Land is cheap, and each household can have its
garden, oow and pigs.
7. There is a home demand for the goods—
the larger country stores keep supplies of yarn
for sale ae regn'arly as they do sheetings.
8 By pnrehasing seed ootton from the plant
ers and'ginning it at the mill the cotton is in a
better condition for working than after it haR
been eompreseed into bales, and the expense of
paoking the cotton, bagging, ties and handling
wonld he saved, as well as the expense of run
ning it through tbe picker. The wastage cotton
undergoes in different ways has been estimated
from one-tenth to one-eighth of the bale.
The Langley Mills, ten miles from Aiken,
were exempted by an act of the Legislature
from taxation for a term of years, and as there
is a disposition to enoonrage mannfactnree, a
like immunity wonld be gran ed to other com-
ptotau c t- r. :.w .,-.,1 », n'
The remarkable bealthfnlness of this sand hill
region is noted far and wide. For years Aiken
has been, not only a resort for Northern in
valids in winter, but also a retreat for the eiti-
zans of the Southern ooast regions in summer.
Situated among the pines in tbe heart of the
“cotton region,” and in close proximity to
Angnt-ta, the largest interior ootton m r*, and
oonneoted by rail with Oharleston, one of the
beet Sonthern 'seaports, this neighborhood is a
favorable point for the location of factories —
The pre-eminent snecesR. of tbe Augusta, Gran-
itevilie and Langley Mills warrants the opinion
that other mills wonld prove sneee^sfnl.
Ooald the entire crop of ootton be converted
intoyarns at the Sonth and shipped abroad in
that,form it wonld add $150,000,000 annually to
tlm wealth of. this portion of the United States.
Foreign mills would adapt their maehinery to
working up the yarns instead of the raw ootton.
If bnt one quarter of .the crop oonld be thos
converted it would be a great blessing to this
country, sad enable irtmirtrT itf ifinim*
children who ere now dependent pn -"hrnrtt*
Support them—
“ Episodes ” By the Way,
New York correspondence at. Louie BtprMtef'
Bnt* Women will 'have miarions, m daw ef
them got hold of me, and I left New York alo&o
yesterday week foe the West. Owing os the
principle that the longest way round Is lhe
shortest road to anywhere, I went by Washing
ton. However, Tm not sorry, for otherwise I
would have missed two er three “ episodes.” t
use this word in the t~- tw Wsstsensn..
for it was aoaae of twins. If one “babe tea
home is * well-spring of pleasure,” then I taka
it two most be a cistern of delight. Then was
a proud and happy father, a wife, somewhat hi*
senior, and “Jesse" and “ Ulysses,"thetvtna.
I looked afc the mother and thought if aha had .,
taken a contract to duplicate the Grant fasaily.
she had warm work before her, and would have
more dents in her ancient oonntenaeoa before-
she reached the brothere-in-law and cousins
than there arc in a procession of St. Patrick day
hats. , j , , ", ' '
A SUBSTITUTE EOS SOOTHING sYBCM.
The you'ng mother of-8t. Louis may some
time be at a loss to amuse her offspring, and tor.
her edification I give the receipt triad with suc
cess on the twins. When Jesse preserved his
dignity, Ulysses opened his countenance and
howled—ont oanle the lunch-basket, and tbe
mother of the Grsoohi took a piece of bread
smeared with honey. Not to the month of tho
orchestra did she apply it, but to ita little
fingers; skilfully ahe annointed them, and then,
having recourse to the corner of a pillow, ab.
straoted therefrom a feather and this ahe hand
ed to Ulysses. Farther trouble was ttnnaoe*-
sary. For an hour he' picked' that feather off
his fingers, back and forth. He studied the
thing in all its bearings. He solemnly removed
it from his pudgy left hand to find it thoroughly
identifi d with hi* right Bnt during this
time of peaoe, Jesse was in fall bloat, so
the passengers had a comfortable thing of
it. At Intervals daring tbe night they came
ont in great force, but along towards morning
“ silence like a ponlUoe came to heal the blows
of sound.” Of a sadden a tremendous excite
ment was heard in the bunk of the episodes
It was nearly six o’clock; the mother had
wakened; Jesse was there, tut Ulysses toas
gone. An uproar ensued, and skirmishing aloa^
the outposts 1 Ont bonneed the mother in u
ruffl-d night-cap, and every one “felt round”
for Uiysses. After s thorough examination cf
everything, he was found with unerring instinct-, .
at a watering plaoe on the end of the car. There,
in the ladies’ wash-room, Bitting up and taking .
a matutinal meal off the oake of aeap, was the
lost passenger.
After thiB relief, Ulysses appeared to experi
ence some also, in casting np that which was
most within him. For an motive and immediate
emetio I’m convinoed a oake of soap is the great
est thing in the world.
PA, MA. and AMELIA ANN.
Then it I hadn’t gone by the Washington *
ronte I should have lost the funniest thing of
the season. At some plaoe near Baltimore we
were boarded by a family of three-^paterfamil-
ias, mother and “Amelia Ann.” The old gen
tleman was a plant of slow growth, bnt not so .
the wife and daughter They were evidently
devout believers in style and were decorated in
the very last stages of fashionable agony. Both
had their hair done in the stiff neek mode; both
had the regulation amount of bustle and pomp
and vanity. Bnt dear old papa had spent bis
early life in hard work that had bent hie book
and gnarled his hand*, and rendered store- ,
olothes and Btyle an abomination to him. . Ma
and ’Melia Ann, however, had taken him. in'"
hand. They had very reoently fixed him sp in
the way of front teeth. He had two molars eaois -
side that stood grim sentinels at the oorners ol
his month, and betwixt these old settlers they,
had ran in a row of Girina shiners that wet.
of no earthly nse to the poor man bnt t >
torment him. Ma and’Melia Ann occnpied a
front seat, .while the martyr to. modern mven- ;
tion sat jnst beyond. ; Around oame a boy with
apples, and forgetting the trouble that has inva -
riably attended' man and his eonneotion with '
that fruit, the old gentleman invested largely. *
Then the fan began. . He looked quietly at h *
proprietors in front, and twitohed ont his store-
teeth and laid ’em in the window silL . Tte"
apple was nnder way, when Ma tamed half
round and said:
“Do we get breakfast at Farkersbnrg?”
In went the teeth with a jump, and the
proper answer was given. Out they oame, and
he took another bite of apple. Then ’Mel a
Ann had. to interfere— _ .,
“Oh say, pa, did yon forget to telegraph for
rooms at the Barnett?” •' ’ ’ - *. ■ 7
There was a convulsive olnok—like an epij- -
zootio dock—the teeth were in again, and ccl
versation waa pretty animated, ’Metis Ann an ■’ *
‘Jfato” finally monopolizing it-(out come tkV ■
agile teeth.) There they were repoaiug on ill.,
ledge, the apple was disappearing rapidly, ar-
the old man was looking at the prospect, wife .
round faced' the old woman, and oaught hn
Oh! the look of outraged propriety, ot betrs '%
ed trust that injared wife gave him I A <1 .
when he looked at ’Melia Ann he most have.L. 1->
how sharper than a thankless serpent it is to 1.,
a toothless child. S ' .
A BIT or DENTAL EXPERIENCE
This reminds me of a dental experience that
occurred in New York; A lady friend of mito-
had reoonstrncted an anoient aunt with thr< y
front teeth. The first week' she had ’em' ■
awful accident happened. At six o’olook Intn-
morning she rushed ont of the room, vowii g£
she’d swallowed the teeth. Of oonrse every oi.e
soontod the idea, and everybody bestirred them »
selves to find the missing crockery, being posi
tive that she had mislaid ’em. She was equal • •
positive that she hadn’t, and moreover aver . d
sbe oonld feel ’em, and she clasped hen-e-i , i
around the thorax and sat down like a hippo ■* -'
tamos (who has teeth-all the way dowu y
The medioal college of Fourth avenu v
very near, and aunty's distress :&•.
Creasing, she was helped off to Ihn
building. A crowd of incipient Burgeons w6Lt-
to work. A hook was baited properly, ao-
aunty opened her month'till she looked lik- a
trank with tbe top np. The operation cox
menoed, bnt the-first experiment proved a i«t -
ure; and the doctors eaid smilingly ehe moat. *> .
mistaken. Bnt she said tearfully, she wan
She felt ’em right there; and the differenc u
location told ris they were on the war-path, - —t
making time. Again and again the foreeps s 1 d ■
bioeps, and dividing rods were brought ix-o.
requisition, and at last when we were mor- iy
oertain the teeth were in the dock or the c al ’
hod over home, np they came, none the wo so
for enbterranean exploration, and. aunty wt*
triumphantly restored to her digestive faonlti.s.
The New York World publishea a liet of o -
sons missing in that city sinoe August, w h
fifty-two names. It adds that-in spite of i ei.
efforts of both polioe and pnblio and prim-e
detectives, and in nearly every oase of a laviui.
expenditure of money, the veil over those l;t-.
has not been lifted; they have stepped ou ! •»-"
the world to all intents .and purposes, h ►
doubt the list contains the names of-those was
have abeoonded, who- have had cogent ret:. ns
for getting out of the way; of kidnapped '• ; V
and youths, of girls who stepped from an * j? ri
path of honor into the slums and by-wa>. at
shame. Bnt after lOalonlating* that four-tv as
of those mentioned are voluntary or compu- ... y
absentees, there remain ten or a dozen ” 1 es
which have been snuffed out most myjteri. *--y
and whose manner of passing away is jea ,, /
guarded as a dread secret by (he rifer sh * t-.e
street. ■ :
T.nrr. JOB Pxaoh Tbees.—The Hon. Jofci. M
Clayton, of Delaware, who was a largi ai ;
successful peach grower, found* lime the be-1
manure he ever applied to peach trees.
soraped the dirt off and applied from three .0 u
dezen shovelfuls of lime fresh from the ki'u . .
tbe naked roots. It killed tbb grubs aid fa
vored tbe growth of frnit. The editor . > tb».
Plow said, “certainly we have never seen
healthy looking trees than those of faiun-;
Clayton.” Sometimes one can kill the . v.-
of the curoulio under peach trees by a !. »,.v*
dressing of lime recently slaked.
To remove other inseots mix equal pat - if
sulphur and copperas and apply.on the 4
roots of apple, pear, plnm and peach rw -:
scrape off the old bark and put the mixtutc vt
the fork or crevioes. One must fight all u -
dators in the orchard and garden.
Taking it for granted that it is allowa’de to
gossip abont loy»lty, we pass this latrst inter
esting bit on. The Princess Beatrice (Ws not
always fall in with family decisions snd plane,
and her proposed marriage to the’ Ma>qnis- cf
Stafford is -a very improbable affair. Sue wri
very much opposed to her sister marrying the
Maiqnts of Lome, saying she suppo-*‘\ wbou
her time came ehe would be offered a dry (..cods
olferk Germany, that inexhaustible field i f
royal Protestant husbands, she has refufe-d •>
contemplate, as she “hates Germans,” au ‘ : v <.
a Marquis may seem preferable to .bet V j com-.
pariaoo.