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ARE THEY WAITING FOB ES?
Are they looking down upon us.
Loved ones who have gone before?
In a world of light and glory
Do they love us as of yore?
Are the bright eyes closed in slumber
Oped and gazing from on high,
Beaming with a clearer vision,
Watching for us, yea, for aye?
Do they know our thoughts and feelings,
Know our inmost hearts to read?
Do they mourn when we are tempted?
When we fail to sow good seed?
Are they watching, are they waiting
For the coming ofour feet?
Will the same fond hearts receive us?
Will the same sweet voices greet?
Who shall say they are not with us?
Men of science and of lore.
Can you tell us with your wisdom,
As you o er your volumes pore,
Ifthe heavens are far beyond us—
If those realms are high above?
Of a region all around us,
Where God’s messengers of love
Are uplifting human creatures,
Helping them each day and hour,
Better to sustain their burdens.
Better yet to know his power?
Or is it a world of glory,
All divided from our own,
Where no influence can mingle
With the trials earth hath known.
Oh, for hope that comes to gladden,
Oh, for fajth that doth assure
That our loved ones have not left us.
Though immortal now, and pure,
They are still beside us walking,
Though unseen by mortal eye;
They are working in his vineyard,
They are with the father nigh.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
ENGRAVINGS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF
DISTINGUISHED MEN AND WOMEN
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
In the place of a biography we use the fol
lowing sensible article from an exohange :
The Prince Imperial, of Franoe is dead. For
the sake of his poor mother, we regret it The
sorrow that bows down any human being
should touch the hearts of all the human race.
The sympathies of ail people will be freely ex
tended to the poor, lonely, crashed women
who, homeless, hopeless, sonless, sits and weeps
in (widow ed wretchedness. Bnt there is
another side to the question. His life was a
standing menance to the French Republic.
His death, sad as it is, takes away the last
claimant for imperial sway over a people who
prefer to be free. Further than this, he did
not die in a good cause. He had no contro
versy with the Zalus. They bad never wronged
him. He volunteered to aid in destroying the
rights of a poor and despised race, and he died
in the attempt. Abject, despised, degraded as
these poor Zulns may be, God has given them
the grace to defend their homes—such as they
are ; and it is not only their right and privilege,
but it is their duty to defend theif country
against invasion. Doubtless the young man
thought that a gallant campaign in Soathern
Africa would give him a giorious send-off for
the Empire which his father ruled and mined.
It was otherwise determined. The road which
the young Prince traveled did not lead to Paris
or a crown. Between ambition and its goal
there is another new-made grave ; and though
our hearts go out in tenderest sympathy for
the poor woman that weeps over it, yet bold
indeed will he be that dares to say it is not bet
ter thus.
London, July 10.—The official arrangements
are completed for the reception of the remains
of the prince imperial on Friday, and their con
veyance to Ghisslhnrst. They will be escorted
by the royal horse artillery. The whole distance
will be traversed at a walking pace, the proces
sion reaching Camden house at about 8 o'clock.
The whole Woolwich garrison will proceed sep
arately to Chiselhurst to participate. The fu-
Deral bells will be tolled as the corpse leaves
Woolwich, and on arriving at Camden honse,
the coffin will be oarried into the hall, where
the body of the late emperor lay in state, by the
officers of the artillery.
The hall will be dressed in white. The corpse
will remain until 11 o'clock at the burying, at
which time mass will be performed over it, in
the presence of a select party, by Father God
dard, chaplain to the empress, when the officers
will replace it on the gun-carriage, and the pro
cession will be formed, consisting of the first
class of the cadets at the military academy, with
reversed arms; a mounted band of artillery,and
then the coffin. The mourners are expected to
include the prince of Wales, the duke of Con
naught and the duke of Cambridge, besides nu
merous French notables, such as M. Rouher.
The church of St Mary is distant only half a
mile from the house, but the procession will fol
low a devious route to avoid declivities. There
will be a crowd of 100,000 spectators present.
Fifty lanoers will clear the route; three batteries
of artillery on the common will fire minute gnns
during the progress of the procession; the ca
dets will fire three rifle volleys as the body en
ters the church; officers will carry the coffin
from the gun-carriage and file ont of the side
door, leaving the remaining duties to the friends
of the deceased. The ceremonies will consist of
a short mass and will probably be concluded
by noon. The three chairs used by the imperi
al family have been placed inside the alter rail.
The ex-Empress Engenie will occupy her chair,
and the members of the Bonaparte family pres
ent will be stationed on the outside of the rail
to the right and left of the altar, and the mem
bers of the household in front. The pavilion
on deck ofthe Enchantress has been fitted up
as a mortuary. The following are already wait
ing at Chiselhurst to attend the fnneral: The
duke and duchess of Mouohy, Prince Murat N.
Rouher, wife and daughter, and the prince and
princess of Moscow. It is probable that Prince
Jerome Bonaparte will be present. Princess
Clothilde and her sons will oertainly be present.
Permission has been refused Marshals Cer-
tcin, C&nrobert and LeBouf and Admiral La-
Gravier, to attend the fnneral of the late prince.
Th6 Coronation of Columbus, a dramatic pa
geant in three acts, the design of Mr. H. Rid-
ington Brown and performed under his person
al supervision, was given last week and the
week before with great success before large au
diences at the Broadway Universalist Church of
Boston. The Boston papers speak very highly
of the artistic merits of the pageant, the Tran
script describing it as ’‘unquestionably a clos
er approximation to the pageants of the Flor
entines of the fifteenth century than any simi
lar work ol modern times. Ihe amors in the
various tableaux and processions are, we be
lieve, recruited and drilled in the towns where
the pageant is represented. The diversion is
_ - on6 which may, therefore, be recommended as
well adapted io cultivate the imagination, art-
A- f istio sense and historical curiosity of young
V people.
OFF-HAND TALKS.
By Slim Jim.
NO IX.
My Uncle Ezekiel.
My venerable uncle Ezekiel, was a man among
men.
And some times among women.
Being the only son of poor but honest parents,
he was obliged to depend solely, upon his own
efforts to attain the lofty and enviable position
which he never succeeded in reaohing.
Ezekiel, in his personal appearance, was as
thin as a rail—perhaps I should say as thin as
two rails—at any rate, he was rail thin.
He was so tnin, in fact, that if he had chanc
ed to have an internal pain he could not tell
whether it was stomach-aohe or back-ache.
He used to make his pocket money by wrap
ping himself in a large American flag, and per
mitting himself to be used as a barber-pole.
He displayed more talent in personating a
barber-pole than any other of the fine arts.
Ezekiel was striotly honest.
He was as honest as the day is long.
If the day didn’t happen to be too long.
Even in his boyhood, honesty was one of the
most noticeable traits of his character.
On one occasion he might have stolen half
his father’s tobacco; but be didn’t do it.
He took all of it.
He never did anything by halves.
He always made it a rule to put as much
truth into his consideration as possible—with
out injuring himself.
One part of his life was spent as a sea-captain,
on the raging billows of the Erie canal.
He followed this life for several years, throngh
innumerable dangers and hardships, being of
ten at olose quarters with pirates, and several
times ship-wrecked against a fallen tree or a
low bridge.
At one time he was taken captive by the na
Which occurred about the time he died
He left me his good will.
Which was about the only will he left.
For, yon see, my nnole Ezekiel was not a
bloated bond-holder.
Capitalists might put their money in mining
shares—his was all in ploughshares.
However, I am happy to say that I succeeded
him to the ownership of an old Revolutionary
mnsket—a relic in onr family.
This mnsket is one of the most beantifnl
kickers in the world.
It will not only kick a man over, bnt will
jump upon him when he is down, and keep on
kicking him till some one takes it off.
Etiquette_Run Mad.
Some of the Absurdities of Society.
An anecdote is told of a prettily dressed little
girl who fell one day on a muddy street cross
ing, and a gentleman hastened to her assistance.
After oleaning off her clothes, he asked her if he
shouldn’t escort her home. “No thir,” answer
ed the little damsel; “If you please we ain’t
been introduced." The little girl doubtless re
flected the sentiments that she had heard ex
pressed at home. We think many people are
too punctilious in their notions about the im
propriety of recognizing one to whom they have
not been introduced. Persous will for a long
time live as neighbors, look at each other’s faces
when they meet, and yet never exchange a salu-
tion, because they have not been introduced !
And so they will go to the saffil? church, attend
the social religious meetings, $nd look expect
antly at each other, but never exchange a word
of recognition, because by ohancC they have not
been introduced ! Says Mrs. A., “I met Mrs. B.
to-day, and she looked as though she would like
to have spoken to me, and I should have been
glad if she had; but I didn't want to speak first,
because I|have never been introduced to her.’ A
short time ago we witnessed the introduction of
two ladies at a social gathering. The greeting
between them was very cordiUh Says Mrs. F.,
“I have been trying to speak to you for a long
—4
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
tives, aud locked up for three weeks in the
county jail for knocking his cook down with a
crowbar.
Finally there was mutiny among the males.
They struck for higher wages, and the driver
was put ashore on the opposite side of Jordan.
All that remained of him, after the mules
struck, was an oil-cloth cap and a suspender-
button.
This disgusted Ezekiel with sailor life.
So he set fire to his vessel one night, and
waded ashore.
And never followed sea-faring life again.
Although Ezekiel never went to school a
great deal, he was a born mathematician.
Figures under his hand would go any way he
wanted them to.
He once.entered into an argument with a man
who had been haunting him for about three
weeks to collect a debt of ten dollars.
By a simple system of figuring, he dearly
proved that he owed the man nothing.
And he kept on figuring till he finally made
ont the man owed him a hundred dollars.
This frightened the man so thoroughly that
he immediately packed his collar box and left
the town, to escape being sued for the amount.
About this time, finding himself nearly ont
of shirts, Ezekiel got married.
According to the Bible—and the Bible is a
very truthful book—he was about fifty years old
when he took unto himself a partner.
His wife was ninety-two in the shade.
But she was well-preserved, had a strong
voice, and could speak the American langnage
without a single punctuation.
She could talk down a whole camp-meeting
in fifteen minutes.
She was president of the Women’s Rights’
Club, and knew as much about the politics of
the country as a Ksnsas grass-hopper knows
abont a Scandinavian breakfast.
After his marriage Ezekiel speedily became
ball-headed.
His wife displayed a remarkable fondness for
dressing hiB hair, and practieed on it so contin
ually that there was soon nothing left of it bnt
a thin fringe extending around the back of hia
head.
She was never particular what she dressed it
with, and generally used the first thing she
oonld lay her hands on.
She was subject to spells of neuralgia.
During these spells Bhe was usually very
cross, and growled at her husband continually.
The disease aggravated into one of the worst
forms of hitting him over the head with the
broom every once in a while.
He was sometimes afraid her disease would
terminate fatally—to him.
But his skull was hard, and held ont well.
As for Ezekiel, he was as mild and gentle aa a
lamb.
He was one of the best-behaved husbands in
the world.
He didn’t find it healthy, in the long ran to
be otherwise than well-behaved.
Besides, he was naturally a man of very quiet
tastes.
He always stepped quietly behind the door
when he tested his brandy—especially if his
wife was in the house.
He was Buoh a good-natured, easy-going old
soul that he always allowed his wife to get np
and build the morning fire.
Till his wife took a magnanimous spell, and
insisted upon letting him do it
There was one consolation.
His wife was too old to live long.
I don't think she ever died however.
She first bacame dry and brittle, and then
crnmbled out of the world like a piece of
stele bread.
When she was gone, Ezekiel proceeded to raise
as fine a head of hair as you ever saw on an
old man.
And, being free from persecution, he lived
till he breathed his last
time, but didn’t dare to because we hadn’t been
introduced.” Said Mrs. F., “That’s just the
way I have felt, and have wondered if we ever
should get introduced.” “Now, if both these
ladies desired an acquaintance, and their man
ners towards each other fully showed it, whv
should they have allowed months of what would
have proved a pleasant acquaintance and friend
ship to pass away, simply because no third per
son happened to give them an introduction to
each other ? And so between a lady and gentle
man where their social position is equal, there
may be the same amount of over punctilious
ness. We would by no means have that social
etiquette repealed which establishes the rule
that an introduction shall take plaoe before an
acquaintance is formed ; but one’s own good
sense and judgment should tell them where an
exception to the rule may be safely made. Even
in case of an introduction, it is not in accord
ance with etiquette unless both parties have
been consulted and signified their pleasure.
Then if two, by each other's manner, are satis
fied that an acquaintance would be mutually
desirable, why should they wait week after week
for the opportunity to occur for a third party to
introduce them ? Why should they not intro
duce themselves ?
To have been altogether consistent, the little
girl in the incident related at the beginning of
this article shonld have indignantly resented the
act of kindness committed by the gentleman in
picking her up from the mud f.'id brushing the
dirt from her dress. More consistent was the
Frenchman who related to another how he saw
a man drown { n the Seine. Said the disciple of
Chesterfield ; “I saw the poor man fall into the
river, and struggle close to the bank for $wo or
three minutes, and then he sank and was drown
ed.” “But couldn’t yon have helped him ont if
yon had tried much?’’ asked the other, with
som surprise,—“Oh, yes,” replied the fastidious
Frenchman ; “I oonld have pulled him out with
out any danger to myself; bnt then, yon must
know, I had never been introduced to the gentle
man.” We fear there are too many in the com
munity who are almost as ultra in their notions
on this matter as was that Frenchman.—Hart
ford Journal.
A Terrible Wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Owens live on a farm near
Wilna, Jefferson county, and nntil recently the
humble ooarse of rnral life had with them been
reasonably smooth. Lately, however, Mr. Owens
has looked with favor upon Mrs. Shaw, wife of
a neighbor, and Mrs. Shaw was not insensible
to his partiality. Last week they planned an
elopement Owens met Mrs. Shaw at an obsonre
plaoe in the village with a horse and carriage,
intending to drive to Watertown and there
take the oars. Mrs. Owens got an inkling
of what was going on, and walked ont on the
road they were to pass over, hid behind the
fence, and watched through a thioket for the
eoming of her lord. Soon her diligent eyes
were rewarded, for Mr. OwenB and Mrs. Shaw
came spinning down the road at a rattling pace.
Mrs. Owens leaped the fenoe. sprang to the
roadside, seized the bridle and ordered them to
stop. Dumbfounded by the appearanoe of the in
dignant woman, Owens reined in his horse.
Mrs. Owens ran behind the carriage, seized the
woman by the hair and dragged her out, after
which she turned her attention to OwenB, and
pommeled him nntil he called a trnee. She
then compelled him to turn the horse about
and get in the carriage with her, whereupon
they drove homeward, leaving Mrs. Shaw alone
by the roadside.—New York Sun.
Dr. John Fisher, Sr., a prominent citizen of
Colombia, South Carolina, is dead, at the age
of seventy-seven years.
Movements in Southern Society.
A party of young folks from Cassville, Ga. had a
picnic to the Saltpetre Cave, and among other
sources of merriment bad a team of the long
eared persuasion that created much fun.
The Arkansas Editorial excursionists—a hun
dred and forty-five strong, left for St Louis,
Chicago, and the lakes last week. A number
were expected to join them at points farther
North,
Bay St. Lonis has donned her “Sunday go to
meeting” clothes and is now prepared to re
ceive her summer visitors. The water is talty,
bathing and fishing excellent, the six.-mile shell
road drive as beantifal as ever, not surpassed
by any watering place.
The Ladies Memorial Association at Cass
ville, Ga., had Maj. Smith (Bill Arp) to lecture
for their benefit lately. Quite a nice sum was
netted to cancel the Rome claim which was
pressing on the Association. Bill Arp’s
lecture was greatly eDjoyed.
Catoosa is now the gayest of the Georgia
Summer resorts. On the lovely evening of
July 8th, a grand ball waB given in honor of
fifty Cbattanoogans. Dancing was interspersed
with refreshments and the hundred and fifty
pleasure seekers had an enjoyable time.
The pretty mouths of our Southern girls are
watering over the description of Miss Lizzie
Beach’s Neapolitan harness in which she drives
her pony along the Newport beach in glittering
style like a veritable Queen Mab. The harness
is covered with gilt studs and has a purple
and green pompon on the head-stall. It makes
a merry sound like gypsey mule-bells, as the
pony trots by.
Miss Lila Noble, of Rome, Ga., is visiting the
scenes of her ancestry in England, and lately
explored the coal mines of Dolclaith and per
formed the courageous feat of going down 2340
feet beneath the surface of the earth. She was
quite cool and quiet, while being let down to
this great distanoe in the gloomy bowels ol the
earth, and was greatly complimented by the
miners who declared her the pluckiest young
lady they had ever seen.
The Fourth was grandly celebrated at Mont
gomery, Ala. Five thousand people assembled
at the Fair Grounds and listened to an eloquent
address by Father Ryan, and to speeches from
Gen. Joe Wheeler, Gen. Sandford, and oth
ers. Many letters were read, among them one
from Jefferson Davis, Gen. Hancock. Gen.
Hooker. Gen. Beauregard, Gen. Morgan, and
Gen. McCIelen. After the speaking, there was
an old fashioned Fourth of July barbecue.
The ladies were out in force, and looked lovely
under their vari-colored parasols.
A wedding in high life took place near Dur
ham, IS. C.. on tbe 11th, of June, A large par-
‘Zj'ot frisfx>3 irduFf 'rgiftiJ and ^rln-Caro.iua
met at Castleton, the beautiful residence ot Mrs.
C. C. Woods, to witness her marriage to Mr.
W. H. Wade. An elegant supper followed the
ceremony which was performed by Rev. Mr.
Crider of Virginia. Fromenaders thronged the
hall and the broad walks, and dancing employ
ed other of the guests till the wee small hours.
A number of very handsome ladies graced this,
the most brilliant wedding ever seen in Perstn
county.
Mrs. Clara Johnson of Griffin, Ga., graduated
at the Conservatory of music at Boston, with
high honors. At the Commencement, she
sang the prayer and Cavatina from Dr. Freys-
chntz and was rapturously encored by the crit
ical and fastidious Boston audience. This is
distinguished praise for Mrs. Johnson and that
it is deserved we well believe. We heard Mrs.
Johnson sing several years ago, and it seemed
that her splendid voice wanted nothing but
the cultivation it has since received. There
was a wild melody in it * we never heard excell
ed.
Statistics for Girls.
A young English statistician who was paying
conrt to a young lady, thought to surprise her
with his immense erudition. Producing his
note-book, she thought he was about to indite a
love sonnet, but was slightly taken abaok by the
following question :
‘How many meals do you eat a day, my dear/’
‘Why, three, of coarse ; but of all the oddest
questions!'
‘Never mind, dear, I'll tell yon all about it in
a moment.’
His pencil was rapidly at work. At last, fond
ly clasping her slender waist, he said :
‘Now, my darling, I’ve got it, and if you wish
to know how mnch has passed throngh that
adorable little month in the last seventeen
years, I can give the exact figures. ’
‘Goodness gracious, what can yon mean ?’
‘Now, just listen,’ said he, ‘and you will hear
exactly what you have been obliged to absorb
to maintain those charmB which are to make the
happiness of my life.’
‘But I don’t wish to hear.’
■Ah, you are surprised no doubt, bnt statis
tics are wonderful things.’
‘Just listen : Yon are now seventeen years
old, so that in fifteen years yon have absorbed :
‘Oxen or calves, 5 ; sheep and lambs, 14 ; chick
ens, 328 ; ducks, 204 ; geese, 12; turkeys, 100 ;
game of various kinds, 824 ; fishes, 160 ; eggs,
3.124 ; vegetables (bunches )700 ;fruit, (baskets)
603 , cheese, 103 ; bread, cake, etc., tin sacks of
fleur) 40 ; wine, (barrels) 11; water, (gallons)
3,000.’
At this the maiden revolted, and jumping up,
exclaimed:
‘I think you are very impertinent and disgust
ing beisides, and 1 will not stay to listen to yon!’
upon wbioh she flew to the honse.
He gazed after her with an abstracted air,
saying:
*lf she kept talking at the rate of twelve hours
out of twenty-four, her jaws would in twenty
years, trvael a distanoe ot 1,332,124 miles.
The maiden within two months married a
well-to-do grooer, who was no statistician.
Mile. Bernhardt, the distinguished comedienne,
has given Mr. Smalley, the Tribune correspond-
ent, authority to announce that she has resolv
ed to come to this enntry, and that her visit
will not be later than year after next, possibly
even next year. I understand this to be the
statement of a conclusion, writes Mr. Smalley,
at which Mile. Bernhardt, after some time con
sidering the plan, has definitely arrived, and
that only details remain to be settled.
PERSONALS.
What People are Doing and Saying
all over the World.
Beecher is sixty-six.
Aimee has laid by 5350,000.
Plonplon is now the Napoleon.
Fernando Wood is sixty-seven years old.
The Prince Imperial was twenty-three years old.
Neilson in a late performance,shimmered in $75,-
000 worth ofgems.
The rumor that Archbishop Purcell is insane is
utterly unfounded.
Maggie Mitchell is at Long Branch, working cro
chet under her vine and fig-tree.
Mr. Gough has lectured 115 times since he went
abroad. He will now return home,
Victoria patronizes the Italian Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Fanny Kemble has settled down in London, after
many years’ residence in this country.
Senator Thurman, with that bandana handker
chief, is the monarch of the sneeze.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnson’s family are spending the
summer months in the Virginia mountains.
Miss Julia Bryant, the daughter of the late poet
has gone abroad for the absence of two years.
Malmaison. the historical home of Napoleon and
Josephine, is “to be sold in lots to suit purchasers.”
Mr. John B. Gough has laid the foundation of a
coffee paiace in . Sandgatt, England, his (birth
place.
A class of over two hundred, the largest ever sent
out from Harvard, will be graduated at that college
this year.
Ben. Perley Poore has been appointed agent of the
Government to inspect public buildings in New
England.
Gen G. W. C. Lee has not tendered his resignation
as President of the Washington and Lee Universi
ty, as has been reported.
In New Haven, Conn., the house is still standing
where Benedict Arnold practiced his business as a
druggist prior to the revolutionary war.
Wm. Cullen Bryant’s brother, John, was the poet
at thecentennial celebration yesterday in Cum-
mington, Mass., where the two brothers were
reared.
Claude DeHaven, ex-editor, is now manager of
the “double-headed girl.” This position is no sine
cure. A one-headed girl is more than some men
can manage.
Those admirable New York detectives have at
last reached one conclusion: The murder of Mrs.
Hull “occurred inside the house.” Wonderfully, aw
fully clever those detectives.
Springfield Republican: “V.’elook to Deleware for
peaches, to Maryland for oysters, to Kentucky for
whiskey, to Ohio for Statesmen, and to Louisiana
for liars! And get them every time,”
The Emperor of Austria has just been presented
with a suit of clothes. The wool from which the
garments were made was upon the sheeps’ back
eleven hours before the suit was completed.
General P.utler has been warned by his physician
to rest for the present from his incessant labors and
wiiVaccordingly diligently coach himself into con-
di* vi for ' r all campsJ&n in Massachusetts;
The editor of a Paris paper, t he Tribulet, has been
sentenced to six mouths imprisonment aud fined
three thousand francs for caricaturingtlie President
ofthe Republic. Presideut Grevy does not permit
any sauce.
When Rothschild was asked by a lady anxious to
secure a profitable employment for her son, which
was the best paying business, the great financier re
plied, “Matches, ma’am; selling matches is as good
a trade as any, if you have enough of it.”
Miss Edith W. Bradford, of Cambridge, Mass., at
the recent Commencement at Cornell University'
was the only young lady of the graduating clasg
who had a public part assigned her among the oth
er graduates. She delivered an oration on “The
Spirit of Modern Scientific Investigation,” which
showed careful thought and study, and a faithful
use of the graud opportunity now offered to women
desiring “the higher education.”
A deaf aud blind mute—a girl—was remarkable
for her sense of smell. She smelled at everything
that she could bring iu range of the sense, and she
came to perceive odors utterly insensible! to other
persons. When she met a person whom she had
met before, she instantly recognized him by the
smell of his hand or glove. If it were a stranger she
smelled his hand, and the impression was so strong
l hat she could recognize him long after by again
smelling Ills hand, or even his glove, if Just taken
off.
Queen Victoria has just instituted anew order
which does her as much honor as its recipients. It
is to be bestowed upon those trained female nurses
who, by their skill and conduct deserve high recog
nition, and they will be called “St. Katherine's
Nurses.” Each St. Catharine’s nurse will hold her
appointment for three years, receiving during that
time $250 a year iu addition to the salary paid her
by the institution to which she belongs, and will be
permitted to wear for life the royal badge or armlet
of the order.
Ex-Empress Eugene swooned when she heard of
her son s death, and remained insensible a long
time. She rallied somewhat in the afternoon, but
was unable to seeianybody. Many distingulshd vis
itors called, and many telegrams of condolence were
received from ail parts of the world. She is sleep
less and depressed. Her private secretary tele-
graplfed the Duchess of Southerland this morning
that she still remained in a semi-conscious condi
tion, and that it was imperatively necessary to do
something for her. The Duchess accordingly start
ed for Chiselhurst.
The editor of the Truth offered a prize of two gui
neas for the best conundrum. About a thousand,
good, bad, and indifferent, were sent in for compe
tition. This one got the prize:—“Why is a man who
is reading the most expensive of daily papers like
that paper ‘tself? Because he is behind the Times.”
Here are several more that were sent in:—'“‘Why
is the Prince of Wales, musing upon his mother’s
government, like a rainbow? Because it’s a sun’s
(son’s) reflection on a steady rain (reign.”) “Why
does a high-minded man object to slippers? Be
cause they are a pair of low shuffling fellows, with
out any elevation of sole.”
Gen. Robert Toombs stopped over, on his way up,
with Mr. Stephens, at Crawfordville. Hemet him
at Barnet and they came on together. Mr. Stephens
has just returned from Washington, and has been
absent over eight months. General Toombs report
him iu good health and cheerful over the political
aspect. Mr. Stephens told him that the latter part
of the extra session was of great benefit to the Dem
ocratic party. In ten days before the close they ac
complished many strong points and left the repub
licans in rather a bad plight. Mr. Stephens will
visit Atlanta as soon as he has time to rest.
Strange but true.—Neuralgia and headache
have at last been robbed of their terrors. Neural-
gine never fails to euro them. It contains nothing
hurtful to the system. Hutchinson & ,3ro., propri
etors, Atlanta, Ga.