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JA8. BBEQKENBIDGE & 00., Pobluherf.
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“Onwni'd and Upward.”
SUBSCRIPTION: 11.60 P*r Annum
forming n distinct regiment oJhirmi°J^HUISEBS FOR THE NAY*.
tv’s Indian forces.
A TAI.K WITH RX-CUM.VIANPItR OOK-
HIStMK ABOUT THU NEW VKSSELS.
The largo boat car factory now liein,
built at Dovall’s Bluff, Ark., will l>o com
pleted in a sliort time. It will work !100
men.
The oattlo that were shipped from
Ooorgin recently are dying < n the Texas
prnrarics. Tlio weather is too hot for
them.
Pike county, Alabama, has bought no
corn this year, and the fanners are L.
better condition than for several veins
past.
’Tm said that there arc 15,000 lmsheis
of corn in the western part of Greene
county, Ala., which the faruieis have no
use for and cannot dispose of.
One orange grower in Ahiehnn county,
Pin., has netted about $10,000 on cucum-
liors this season. Ho is now marketing
the crop of tomatoes off of 130 acres.
The hydrophobia is raging among the
cattle at Crystal (Springs, Miss,, to such
an oxtent that the citizens have quit eat
ing hoof, and tlie mnrkcts have closed in
consequence.
A wnoiiSOME Virginia law requires that
liny person elected or appointed to any
post or office under the laws of the com
monwealth shall, l eforo lio acts in such
office, take the anti-dueling oath.
The mayor of Norfolk lias issued tho
following excellent rule: “A police court ■ remove tho deformity successfully, hut-* 0lln ^ in practice in England that if a
is a bud moral school for the young; tho physicians agreed that there wns no I slll .pyord il* 0 engino works these aro
HEN asked if she was a parishioner,
a New -York feminine witness promptly
rispondod. 1 don t believe in priest, Reum ter Htvlna them n tlrrnter aimed
minister, l’opo, Bishop^in anvthimr in 1 Fourteen Kuala nn llour-VVknl
tlitt hlmvtn r j . , . I Forel*# Vcwel* »re llaln*.
blmpo of mnn; I am not a parishioner, I
iiud will not he a parishioner anywhere I
where pants l-iilo; men have dragged ino ‘‘Have yon scon the Navy Department’s
to-day from my business to testify in a ! advertisement for proposals for now ernis-
ease which does not concern me, and 1 1 Gorrinao. 01 ' ° 03c_ tlommiijulor
will hist litfy doffius by it. There is no j "I have a copy of it in my pocket I
man hero who will make my Iobs good, noUco. that tho department calls for sev-
hut thero are plenty of men to insult me j or *» vessels and tlio second paragraph of
and sneer at mo under cover of legal an- soems to. require that
.. .oil tl,.. ...,. J} >i # , rs shull he prepared to build both
null ana engines of those ships, or en
gines only. If it means this it excludes
tiiority. I hope tUl the villinns who
bring up such distnrbivuccH us this will
go to the etomal blazes; that is the kind
of a parishioner I am,"
all hut three of tho shipbuilders of this
country, for only throe of onr iron ship
yards ore fitted to build both hulls
and engines. 1 But I am not discouraged
T „„„ u , n „ f , , . about this. I menu to put In my bids,
i *io non ° f H “ ,,okoll ‘ ho,r and I may say to you that I have already
lo (flu, 000,000, suffered many yours from arranged with ono of the most coinpo-
goitre, "A mombmugotm sac formed oil tollt engine builders iu this country to
‘ build the engino if my bid bo accepted
by the department.”
one side of his head and gradually in
creased in size, notwithstanding all the
efforts of tho most skilled physicians,
until it hung down below Ip's shoulders.
It was fast exhausting his strength, and
“How aro war sliips built in Eng
land ?”
“About four-fifths of the English war
vessels have their hulls btiil itu tho go*
bndo fair to end his life. Ho sailed for onl mont dockyards. Hull building and
Europe, and thero consulted the most I 01]gine b “ il , l , ,i "?: J hou ? h , closely allied,
I are essentially different businesses. At
eminent physicians. It is said that he I
oiioretl ,000,000 to auy one who would i era do not build engines. It lms boon
remove tho deformity successfully, hut- fo1 > n d in practice in England that if a
*“ " senooi icr tno young; I *-ho physicians agreed that there wns no!"*te? b ™ nl “ engino works these aro
‘-'i-""-™ I .■■■".io v ,„... 7 .., ... j ry*
yours will not l.o admitted as spectators.” | mg Ins life. Dispirited and discouraged ever,builds both land and marine engines,
Dn. Teeteu has rutcred suit against,' 11 ' H,l 'l <> d for home and visited Dr. Wil- mid thus may keep liiH place at work for
against,
the city of Chattanooga for $10,000,-| bui ' Darker. Tho skilled surgeon said
claimed to have Iren sustained by hiH,^ 10 operation could bo porfonnod, and
imprisonment last fall an a charge of mntl ° good bis word by nceomplisliing it
oonooaling smallpox. He proposes to su eoessfnlly. It is said tlint $100,000
sue tho mayor, city physician and chief was * ke ftmm| nt of tho cheek handed tho
of polico individually, surgeon for this new louse of life, and the
Texas papers claim that tho profits in i f °. Ur y ? ftrs or nl01 ' <, sillco u, ° ,lll . v 011
cattle raising in that state have averaged wllluh lk was procured have boon a now-
100 per cent in the past five yenis, while
in some enses they have reached 500 per
cent, and the claim is substantiated by
an array of statistics that - nbmxlmitly
prove tlio case.
A cave on the Colorado river, over one
milo in length, and in some places thirty
foot in width, is attracting considerable
attention in Lampasas, Tex. This c-aVe
is about sixteen miles from the town, and
lias two small streams running through
it, which are about two feet deep.
Two of the locks at Ten-Island shoals,
on the Coosa, near Rome, Ga., are now-
finished, and work on the third one is
progressing rapidly and will probably be
experience to the young millionaire
Russian Grain.
Ii Wm. not many r ^u-« uludo flint
Russia was l-agarded ns tlio grnnarv of
Europe, but of late years’ tho United
States and India have to n great extent
become tho sources of supplies. This
has resulted from tho change in the
cultivation of tho soil by which free
labor was substituted for that of serfs,
hut owing to a number of cirenmstauccs
in which tho usurer and the land laws
play an important part tho new method
is less efficient than tho old ; and seooud,
from n change in the manner of market
ing the grain. Formerly Russian wheal
was held in very high estimation, and at
tho different markets quantities of wheat
ftniulwul t.,11 fia . - . . - | whoso excellence was guaranteed by a
finished by fall llio engineer in charge | knowledge of its source could always bo
estimates that $150,000 will be required had. Now, as a rule, tho cultivators aro
to complete tho work ns it should he. j ■'* financial straits, and mortgage their
A,,,,,.,, i,,, u , , . , crops to speculators, who do not hesitatn
Alabama has fourteen iron and steel ; , 0 mix ft high gl ,«ln with a low grade
manufactories, 18 cotton factories, 18 and export it ns all high grade wheat,
foundry and machine shops, 807 flouring!These dishonest methods liavo become
and grist mills, and 384 lumber mills. ?° B 0110 ™ 1 "« seriously to affect the
'I’l.n t.,i • ,1 • , , . roreign demand for Russian cereals, and
t l , these lndustnes system of government inspection is
is 842,223. Employment is given 6,- [l-oposed ns an extreme remedy for the
53(i hands, to wlium is paid, ill wages
$153,179.
The proposed colored colony on Cum
berland plateau, which is being organ
ized in Chattanooga, is attracting wide
spread attention. J. C. Tate, a wealthy
colored man, living on Cumberland
mountain, where he owns from 3,000 to
Sport Among /mil Children.
One day, save Frank Cushing, in th
Ctntury for May, I saw some of th
children playing at “breaking horses.
5,000 acres, is itt the head of tho move- ^ :lt ' juvenile demon was leading a baud
situation. Were as effective a system of
grain inspection ns exists in this country
adopted we may well fear the results of
Russian competition.
ment and proposes to sell his land to sut
lers at $2 to $3 por aero.
J. W. Johnson, a colored lawyer, who
was admitted to tho Austin bar at the
present term of the District Court, has
filed a petition in the County Court,
claiming $1,000 damages from )he Texas
Central railroad for the violation of the
Civil Rights Bill. He claims that the
defendant company damaged him to that
amount by not permitting him to ride in
a first-class ear.
Tiie State Central Express says the
experiment plantation, owned by Mr. R.
S. Day, of Now Orleans, adjoining tlio
town of Alexandria, is the largest hay
form ill the South. The farm embraces
about 900 acres that is planted in red
and white clover, bermudn and other
grasses. It is the intention of the owner
to increase the ucrengo next year id iout
500 acres, which will give 1,400 acres iu
hay crops.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Indian army, to which tlie milli-
tary world is greatly indebted for its val
uable experience with the lieliostat, or
sun telegraph, is now trying experiments
with pigeons as a means of communica
tion, and a service of these birds lias
been established in connection with the
of four or five others, in tho pursuit of a
big bristling boar. Lasso in hand, the
little follow watched liis chunoo, aud
twirling the flexible cord once or ’twico
rapidly in tlie air, sent it like lightning
toward the head of the boar. Tlie latter
made a desperate dash only to run his
snout and forefoot into the coil, which
held by tho combined efforts of all)
quickly pereipitntod him, in a succession
of entangling summersaults, into tlio
shallow river. In an instant another
lasso was dexterously thrown over his
hind feet, and his captors, heedless of
mnd and water, wild with vociferous
glee, bestraddJed him, and held Inn
down. Tho leader tore off one of the
legs of his cotton trowsers, and with
this he bandaged the eyes of the squeal
ing animal, wrapping another pjoco
tightly around his snout so as to smother
his cries. Thus equipped, tlie hog was
set at liberty. Two of the little wretches
jumped astride him, while the others
prodded him behind and at the sides.
Thus gqaded, the poor boost ran uncer
tainly in all directions, into corrals, over
logs, headlong into deep holes, precip
itating his adventuresome riders ; not,
however, to their discomfiture, for they
would immediately scamper up, drive,
push, lead, or haul him out, and mount
him again. Tlie last I saw of them was
toward evening ; they were ruefully re
garding the dead carcass of their novel
horse.
A Bor of eight years, in one of ihe
Massachusetts schools, was asked by his
teacher where the zenith was. He re
plied : “ The spot in the heavens di
rectly over one’s head.” To test his
intelligence branch of the quartermaster! knowledge further the teacher asked:
general’s department. Moreover, the i “ Can ,wo pe™ 0118 have the same zenith
birds have been placed under the charge a ‘ “ ^ e 7 «“£
Crf a lieutenant colonel ot the third riikhs, other’s head.”
several purposes. Hence, English ship
builders more and more get then- engines
built for them outside of their own yards
and by engine builders.”
“Have you any opinion about tho pro
posed cmiseiH?"
" I do not think the department cnlls
for adequate speed to malm them efficient
cruisers. Tho highest seaspeed required
is, I see, fourteen knots an hour, which
nowadays cannot lio considered fast
enough to keep out of tho way of a mod
ern ship of superior force. A cruiser
moans a ship to cruiso after an enemy’s
merchonhnen. Now, to set a fourtcen-
Ichot orutsor to cutcli n mirtmfccn-kllot
transatlantic steamer would ho like sot-
ling a pug to catch a greyhound. It lias
boon demonstrated conclusively tlint
high rates of speed for ocean steamers
are not only possible but will bo had.
Several of the transatlantic steamers
have averaged fifteen knots an hour for
a whole pnssage, and some of thorn
attain ns high as seventeen knots an
hour. No passenger Htenmor is highly
thought of in these days which will not
average a mean sea speed of fifteen knots.
A man-of-war, to ho effective for us,
must he able to oatoli such steamers.
The English have row a muu-of-war—a
frigate—which steams eighteen and a
quarter knots; She has done it, and
they aro building more such ships.
What would be tho use of om- cruisers
going in tlio highest mean sea speed of
fourteen knots against such ships ns
th: so or against tlio fast transatlantic
steamers now in use which, in enso of
war, would be turned into ernisors by
the English gov. r..ment? In other re
spects, so far ns I can judge frem tho
advertisement, the vessels appear to be
well designed. But, I must say that iu
the important matter of spebd they aro
totally inadequate, ”
“ Is high si eed attainable from Amer
ican ship-yards ? ’’
"It certainly is. No ono will deny that
that we can do ns well ns they on tlio other
side, and on the oilier side torpedo boats
have recently been constructed which
have steamed for three consecutive hours
at tho averago rate of twenty-two knots
an hour. Sixyenrs ago I was on a French
torpedo boat, which averaged eighteen
and two-tenths knots for three consecu
tive hours. It is a well-known fact that
the larger a vessel the easier it is to drive
her at a high rate of speed, and it is safo
to say that if yon con drive a 300 ton tor
pedo boat twenty-two knots an hour you
can drive a 4,500 ton ship at twenty-five
knots if j’ou wish to. In my opinion
these cruisers should have been given a
maximum speed of not less than twenty
knots an hour, even if the greater part of
the battery had to be omitted to seeuro
this speed. Nowadays great speed and
few guns ore the most effective. ”
“Is it easy to drive a man-of-war ahead
as fast as one of tho transatlantic steam
ers 1"
“Much more easy, bccauso the mer
chant steamer must hove her model and
her capacity such as to provide for freight
and passengers, while the man-of-war has
only to provide for motive power and
guns. By reducing tho number of gnus
you reduce the space necessary for a
crew, which enables you to put in pro
portionately larger engines. By tho time
these cruisers are finished, unless the
Secretary requires higher speed, they
will be relatively to the ertusers of other
nations and to transatlantic steamers in
course of construction us slow as our old
tubs are to-day. In other words they
will be out of date before they are com
pleted. ”
A pabmeb’s journal recommends
“blanketing tho bees in Winter.” A
man should be careful which end of the
bee ho grabs when he goes to put a
blanket on it, or he may "blank it"
considerably more than he bargained
tox.—The Judye,
Business llabits.
An up-town Professor lost the Oriental
liitof soript givou him by a Chinese
, laueidryman, ami was without it whon ho
went for liis shirts, Tho Oliiuaman Baid,
| “ Oluimo tiekoo, ”
i “Lost it," said tho Professor.
| Tho Chinaman wont to tho roar of his
. uon, and cuino back shrugging his
shonlders,
K i said, smiling, “Solly.”
! “ Why aio you sorry?'’ said tlie Pro-
fossor,
j “ Mo lost shirte,” said tho Chinaman.
I Tho Professor got a lawyer, and re-
, turned to bulldoze the Chinaman.
I " Give this man his shirts,” yelled the
l#w, cor, fiercely.
, '’Solly," said the Chinaman, ns he
roll'll mi a damp garment, “ Ho lost
tioh ;o; I lost shirts. ”
| Parleying did no good. The Professor
; rot iced without- his shirts. On tho next
; return of his wash from tho same laun
dry tho Chinese messenger gavo him, in
change, a trado dnllur. It proved to he
as light as a feather. Going to tho laun
dry tlio next day, after discovering that
the-coin was worthless, ho told the
Chinaman tlioro that Iuh man had given
him that counterfeit. Tho Chinaman
Iosa'il it on the counter, weighed it, and
smiled.
"Biuloo,” ho said.
“ Your Chinaman gave it to mo," said
tho Professor.
“ Bailee Chinaman, I sent him ’way
yesterday.” And the proprietor smiled
again. Tho Professor concluded to try
another Mongolian.-—A’cw York Hun,
A Story of Poison.
In a spcooli in favor of viviseolion.
some, weeks ago, Sir. Lyon Playfair
made a great hit by a story of two Ger
mans experimenting with n poison lie
would not liiuuc, which produced no im
mediate effect, hut killed sometime after
word, if those who lnid taken it were not
made idiots by its use. Of tho two who
took this poison, ono died (said Mr.
Playfair), and tho other is in ail idiot
asylum. Ho argued that had they ex
perimented upon rabbits they would
iuvvi- saved tlioir lives. It lias, how
ever, been sinco assorted that this
iamuntable occurrence was due to quite
another cause, having arisen out of
ijuju experiments made with morourio
metlvdo iu Dr. Odling’s laboratory.
T-ittPwo Wien had just completed their
work, when they split a flank containing
the poison on tho tulilo. Unwilling to
do tlio work over again, they preferred
to sop tho stuff up with sponges, and
unwittingly inhaled tlio poison, which
arose in a vapor, Olio died under its iu-
iiiflucnco almost immediately, Tho
other, having spent days in warning his
fellow chemists of tho dangers they
were exposed t" in. using it, grow grad
ually worse, ami died a mouth after tlio
occurrence.
Loving Their Ilcasto.
Ex-Speaker Grow was telling somo
anecdotes of Thaddeus Stevens, who once,
defending tho publio schools that had
with diflloulty been legalized, said that
tho Pennsylvania Dutch eared nothing
for educating their sons and daughters
providiug they could import and breed
tine pigs and cnttlo and horses. This
was made tho most of by Stevens’s ene
mies and lie had to defend himself pub
licly when ho went hack to Gottyslmrgb,
and did it with tlio aryumentum atl
homlncm. “Isn’t it true?” he said,
"You, Jako Snyder, have got a ram that
cost you a thousand dollars and none of
your daughters can read. You, Ilans
Deilman, paid four thousand dollars for
ft bull, but mnko your sons work winter
aud summer. You, Jimmy Lootnian,
own Westphalia boars and brood sows,
and can’t read yourself. Don’t you love
your beasts better than your ’children
mid your minds?" Tho honest Dutch
men began to confer : “That is right,”
they said; “ he only told tho truth.”
Stevens, instead of Muhlenberg, should
have u monument in the capital.
Nice Puppies.
“ Did you ever hear about John Os
born anil lfis setter pups?”
“John Osborn ran for Sheriff in St,
Paul, Minn,, and while ho was working
all the hoys with his good nature ho had
frequent calls, and whenever a man with
i fancy for field sports came, tho talk
always fell upon a beautiful setter and
her fine puppies.
“ ‘ Nice puppies, John.’
“ 1 Yes, lmlly puppies, ain’t they?’
“ ‘They are the most beautiful setter
pups T ever saw anywhere.’
“Then the candidate for Sheriff would
•.die the man aside and, in a confidential
lone tell him :
“ ‘ You just wait till after eleotion and
I’ll give you ono of those pups.’
‘'This tiling had been going on for a
ample of weeks, and one evening a man
shut the door and left the house with tlio
promise of a pup lingering ill liis ear,
when Mrs. Ostium asked :
1 ‘John, how many puppies are
■ii re?’
“‘Five. Why?’
“ ‘Well, J was thinking tlint to-night,
you had promised the twenty-third
man tlint he should have one of them.’
“‘Oh, well, Mary,’ suid Osborn,
‘ don’t you think it, would ho a mean man
to run for Sheriff who wouldn’t promise a
pup to his friend ?’ ”
Sat,tv.—An island in Vermillion Bay!
on tlie coast of Louisiana, lias a solid
mass of suit at a depth of twenty feet, sc
hard that it requires to be mined with
dynamite and ground in ste-um mills,
About 200 tons a day are taken out, ■
This Season's Peaches.
"Tlio real Delaware peach distriot”
says n newspaper correspondent, "is sit
uated on a peninsula that is surroitudeil
by salt wntor, and this hns tho teiuloney
to kwip tho temperature of tlio wind nt
a uniform rate, so that danger from sud
don and intense cold blasts ore mtiol
less likely, to occur. Every sonsou,
early, specimen branches from sovorai
tioes are plucked and placed hi warm
water, then put in a hot-house and tho
buds forced iuto blossom. These aro
examined under tho mioroseopo, and nn
expert onn easily deoldo What tho crop
will lie for the coming season, Suoh nil
experiment wns made a few days ngo in
my presenoo. The crop mny not be an
extraordinarily large one, but this test
shows that the fruit will bo of much hot
ter quality than the average, and larger
than for several seasons past. An aver
age crop from tho Delaware distriot is
1,01)0,000 bushels. This year it is esti
mated to ho a little above that, but tho
fruit will lio of tho host quality aud of
muoh morn desirable condition than
when small and oxoessivo in qunutity."
Again VIciorhiusTn tlie Courts.
Mrs. Oov. Gaines, who has won an
other suit against tho city of Now Or-
k'ftUH, is now sevonty-oight years old, lias
been engaged for about fifty years in le
gal battles for tlio reoovory of property
lawfully hem, and she still' retains much
of that energy which has mode it possi
ble for her to continue during this pis-
riod to bravo opposition, insult and dis-
oourngoinonts of every description. Un
der decisions mudo some timo ago Mrs.
Gaines could have turned oat about 400
families holding titles from tho city of
New Orlenns to proporty decided to be
tiers, but sho has always troatod these
people as innocent sufferers, and hoe
made no effort to molost thorn, although
she has often been sorely in nood of
money. Who has often said that if she
recovered her property hIio would uso it
in doing good, and she hue refused Homo
tempting offers to ilisposo of her olaims
to persons who would liavo shown no
mcroy to those who hold titles from tlie
city of Now Orleans. Her object 1ms
boon to secure hor rights without injury
lo innocent holders of her proporty, and
somo timo ago sho offerod to np|>eid to
theolty to give to tho present holders
full and free claims and to settle tho pe
cuniary damages with hor.
Tho following letter from Blue Horse,
a Sioux Indian, was received at the In-
iliiui Office, Washington, by tlio Com
missioner of Indian Affairs: I am a friend
of the Great Father’s aiul am going in
the white man's ways. I have noticed
white men cutting wood, mid I thought
I would ho like a white man ami chop
somo wood for my wife, A piece of
wood flew iqi and put out my right eye,
and now t would liko tho Great Father
to send mo another eye. I can have it
put in here. I have always boon a friend
of the white man and am bringing my
children up iu the wiiito man’s way,
J am getting old and wish my Father
would send mo a oauo. When you send
the oyo please send a brown one, as that
is the color of my other eye. I hope the
Great Father will do as I ask. I Hhakc
hands with a good lioart.
A Tramp’s Revenge.
A tramp giving liis mono ns James
Boyd made a deadly assault on Margaret
Lee, aged seventy years, in the suburbs
of Trenton, N. J,, by striking her on tlie
head with a stone because sho refused
him something to eat. He then ran away,
and wns pursued by a number of men
and women. After a lively chase he was
captured and taken to jail. Ho was sub
sequently brought before a justice of the
pence and committed on a charge of
assault with intent to kill. The wound
inflicted on the woman’s head is three
inches long, and her condition is consid
ered critical. Threats of lynching were
heard whon the prisoner was being ex
amined, and but for tho presence of
officers thoy would probably have been
carried out.
I'lAiitatlon Philosophy.
I heard a white man tho udder day
say dut in all ob his plantation ’spori-
enco ho nebla-r seed u {loucst nigger.
Dut may ho true, an’ wid equal direck-
liess do gon’lemen oonlder saiddat hon
est white men is sorter scarce. Dor is a
certain amount ob deceit wliat it stands
a man iu ban’ ter practice. When I has
a pair ob breeches dat is too short for mo,
t roils ’em up a little. Ef folks sees dat
yer breeches is too short, dey commences
ter question yer success iu luiHiuess, be
lievin’ dat yer had tor take any kind ob
clothes dut come de handiest, hut when
yer rolls up yer breeches dey thinks dut
it is a matter ob choice.
Georgia Justice.—Tho story is tola
that in a small Georgia town a case was
recently before a justice, and an Augusta
lawyer of high standing was ono of the
attorneys employed. This lawyer having
al 1»the facts and the law that he desired
in the ease, made little or no argument
before tho justice, but to his utter
astonishment the case was decided
against him. After court was over tho
lawyer went to the justice privately and
asked him how in the name of common
sense he could decide that cose as he did.
He simply replied: “ Well, now, sir, we
justices know a great deal more about
these cases than is ever brought up
before the court.”
"It is too early yet to say what style
parasol will be fashionable, but. as
usual, they will be worn just high
enough to rake out a mau’s eye,’’
ONLY YOU.
If f oontd h»v« my dourest wish fnllll*^
And take my choice of all earth’s treasures, too,
Or choose from heaven whatso'or I willed,
I'd aek for yon.
No man I'd onvy, neither low nor high,
Nor king in enutle old or palace new,
I'd hold Qotoonda'a rninoe lose rich than f
If I had you.
Toll and privation, poverty and oare.
Undaunted s’d defy, uor fortune woo.
Raving my wife, no Jewel elec I’d wear,
If ehe were you.
Little I’d care how lovely ehe might be,
Row graced with every ohann, how food, how
true i
E'on though perfection, slic'd be naught to mej
Ware she not yon.
There Is more charm for my true loving heart,
In everything you tliiuk or say or do,
Tliau all the Joye that heaven oould o'er Impart,
Ileoanse it's yon. H. A. if, ‘
Lost Ills $10,000.
The roferoe iu tho lircuoh of promise
suit of Bernard Barwick of New York
city against Rohocen McLean lot Htapho
Ion, H. I., filed liis decision with Judge'
Barnard nt tlio Oireiiit Court of Rich?
annul county. Mr. Croak finds against
Mr. Barwiek's claim for $10,000 for dam
ages to liis character and affections, in
remarking on tho oaso' the fair defendant
says: “ The finding must ho discouraging
to Mr. Barwick, who evidently believed
his case a good one, else ho wnnld hardly
liavo risked so much in U/toging thy
matter into court. But his disappoint
ment may prove valuable to other young
men who linvo a nice elinnoo of fimthan
iug their uchIh for lifo, but who, will
>.ist on making thu most stringent rog
In I Ions for every act of a young lady, and
laying down tho law us to how slit) shall
treat all bar friends, nnd who, rnddse
these whims are aocodad to, will hastily
i,hatter au engagement of marriage.”
A Young Indian.
This story is told by Dr. Edward
Eggleston: “A hand of -Indiana
emigrated in a body from the Miniaiuk
l egion to avoid a malign goniiis'of tlio*
plane. A party of Honocus ohised a
.young Catawba warrior for five miles,
tie succeeded In killing seven of them
before they oaptnrod him. Tho next
day, when lie was led out to be tortured,
tin eseanud byrasnrMeu dash,*/aamd Into
the river amid a shower of linnets’ohd
swam under water liko an otter, only
rising to take breath. On the opposite
hank ho made insulting gestnres at Ills
anomies and lied away. Of thuao who
pursued him he slew a party of fivti while
they slept, mangled and sealpod them',
and thou returning in thu night dug up
and scalped the sevou whom ho had slain
at first, A solemn council of bis foes
decided that he must lie u wizard olid
that pursuit would thcroloro bu useless.”
On the Non ml.
The New York Tribune Hays that the
old mistress of Wiliam M. Tweed is liv.
iug iu a villa near Cos Cob, on thu shore
of tho Sound. Her sister hns a family by
another eolohrated city politician. Their
father was tho chief gambler in N. Y. oil*
thirty yenrs ago, and they wore oonsiiT
orod tho finest women in the Broadway
promenade. Both married and took to'
pleasure, and it is charged that Mr.
Tweed’s friend not only obtained a mil.
lion from him but caused his imprison
ment nnd death by refusing to accom
pany him abroad aud ho was too fuici ia-
ted with her to fly alone. Liko Jack
Sheppard, ho clung to the city for tlie
sake of Edgeworth Bess.
The Circus Canvas.
How the Cincinnati F.nrmhrr found
Ibis out is a mystery. “Anil wliat, in
Ilia name of goodness, is this?" asked
Mrs. David Davis ns the Senator lugged
something into tho room und dropped it
at hor feet. “ This is my uliirt, (furling,
and I will be greatly obliged if you will
how on a button for mo.” “David
Davis,” said the lady, sternly, “whoa
you bring me your shirt I will sew on a
button for you with pleasure, oshoepmej
a fond and dutiful wife; but just now;
sir, I must insist upon your removing
this circus canvas from my apartment."
The New Shieed.—Tlio Gruson armor
or shield for torts, is mode of oldHed
cost iron, of the enormous thickness pf
live feet. Tho inventor is a citizen of
Magdeburg, Germany. As not half that
thickness could be perforated by any
guns afloat, and furthermore as this
system would allow still heavier eon-
stnietian, if necessary, these shields one
absolutely impregnable to tho extent of
tlie space covered by them. The cast
ings are also so made as to be used
without beirg bolted or backed, and can
be set up in\ke form of turrets.
Po- orevity in the statement of a
tragedy commend ns to this paragraph:
“A party of tho name of Russell Lester
went to Virginia, Indian Territory,- for
the avowed purpose of killing a man
named Rutledge. The remains of Lester
were returned in the baggage-oar of the
next train. The best of plans are some
times thwarted."
The Royat. feet washing is business
i lone at Madrid as well as at Vienna.
Tlio “beggars" are, of course, thor
oughly tubbed beforehand, nnd dressed
in good clothes, which they sell as soon
as they get outside. After being royally
washed each of the thirteen male beggars
i s led out by a grandee of Spain, eaoh of
the women by a yrande dame.