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- m Cl** (§*0jrgfe* 3fU*klg anfr 3Um»fral & It is believed that Gen. McCook's bill .placing Grant on tbo retired list, with the rank of general) will bo passed if tt can be reached this session. Preparations are, making to make Washington city a military poet, and troops that have heretofore bee d stationed elsewhere are to be ordered to that city. This is au innovation that ought to be • discountenanced. There are soldiers ■enough now wiLhin hailing distance of Washington.” t * , A new Journey of exploration in the •Sahara has Just been undertaken by M. Lcprovos and another French traveler. One of the principal objects of the expedi tion is to ascertain the practicability of boring artesian wells, which would ma terially aid the construction of the pro jected Trans-Sahara Railway. •• Trnr.ba’.nr’s cart fras standing by the do j: , the baker. Little cherub climbed up and looking into the boxes feasted her eyes on cookies and jumbles innumerable. “Ob! I’se got a good mind to take a cookie.” “But that would bo very wrong,” said nurse reprovingly. “Tbo baker won’t see me.” *fBtit God will.” “I know but, bo’ll never tell the baker.” The wife of : General Winfield Scott once wrote the following verses in an album: . , 4 . . • • % . I’ ' “Women have many faults; Men have only two; There is nothing right they ssy And nothing right they do! “But if naughty men do nothing right And never say what’s true, What precious fools we women are To love them as we do!” Paris has only four steam fire engines, and two of these are not in service. At the recent fire at the Tuileries it was seventeen minutes alter the alarm was given before a machine reached the place. Tlio French papers are telling their readeis how they manage fires in New York arid Boston, and Johnny is waking up to the fact that he must take a few lessons from Jonathan.' The superior construction of the buildings in Paris is their greatest cause of safety. • Ex-Qukex Isabella, is mentioned by Mra. Hooper as the possessor of an exceed ingly sweet disposition. She never says an unkind word about anybody, and has a charming and punctilious politeness. She is tho most generous of women, and bestows no end of money in charity. She lias been known to gire away $40 at a time to any beggar that accosted her when she drove ont In her carriage, and when remonstrated with said only. “Could a Queen give less?”: Captain Boycott not long ago receiv ed a notice from the Railway Passengers’ Assurance office, Cemhill, London, in forming him that his premium was due and inquiring whether it was his intention to leave Ireland. He was politely inform ed that “should you decide upon leaving the country tho directors will be happy to continue your insurance iu tho present crisis; but if you propose to remsin In Ire land I am directed to stato that we can renew your policy only upon your reliev ing the company from liability , for as sault.” Florida Items.—Tho orange growers In the neighborhood of Santa Fe, Fla., have established a packing-house at Thurston Station, on tho Transit road. The establishment of a packing-house at this point goes to show that the orange interest of Santa Fo is rapidly growing in importance. An interprising gardener on the St. John’s river a few days a_o shipped a number of crates of luscious ripe tomatoes to New York and received returns netting him $10 per crate. One hundred and twenty through passengers from the North and West arrived at Jacksonville Dec. 10. Of late the question of tattooing (not branding) has been revived in tho British army to act as a check against desertion, and prevent the reenlistment of bad characters. Some time ago, when the desertions were at the rate of 5,000 a year {one artilleryman had enlisted and sold his kit eleven times In two .years before he was detected), Sir James B. Alexan der submitted to the Horse Guards a small instrument, with a spring to tattoo in stantaneously, and with hardly any pain, a man above the left wrist. Indian ink rubbed on tbe punctures left the lnpret- sion of a neat small Queen’s crown in blue, the size of a sixpence, and Indelible, Senator Lamar's Health.—A dis patch from Oxford, Miss., where United States Senator Lamar resides, says that the reports now going the rounds of tbe press to the effect that L. Q. C. 1 Lamar is in feeble health are wholly destitute of truth, Mrs. Lamar is in very delicate health, and Col. Lamar is now with her in San Antonio for Lbe advantage of the climate. Sinco the close of the Presiden tial canvass the health of Col. Lamar lias improved, and is now better than it has been for a number of years. He will re turn in a days or so, and after a brief sojourn at home, will proceed to Wash ington and enter upon his Senatorial duties. During his absence from the capital Col. Lamar is paired on all politi cal questions with Senator Blaine, of Maine. The Bishop of Rochester, Englaud, ip a recent sermon at St. Paul’s, Walworth, a church somewhat notorious for. its high ritual, announced that whatever was il legal in tho services would have to he dis continued. This was greeted by a storm of hisses and applause. Nearly the whole congregation ose to their feet and a few women screamed, but the disturbance was soon quelled. On his way to the vicarage to disrobe, the Bishop was the subject of a hostile demonstration, a great 'mob following him, hooting arid yelling, and greeting him with many uncompli mentary remarks. At one polut a rush was made, and, but for tbe interposition of the police, he would have been assault ed. As he left tho vicarage and drove away, the ill-feeling of the congregation was again manifested, and his carriage was followed to the confines of tho parish by a large crowd, who kept up a continu ation of groans and hisses. j . An AnouMENT in Favor. Of Steam- «ntP Travel.—The Supervising Inspect or of SteamYesse is shows a falling off of 0 In the number of marine casualties for tbe year ending June 30lh, 1830. The count stands 2d for ISSO.and 32 for the preceding twelve months. The total loss of life for the year foots up 185, (82 of whom were employes) out of an aggregate transported- of 220,000,000 passengers. This gives tho loss of only a single life in every 1,100,- 000 persons carried. The Inspector Gen eral contends, and we t^jpk with good show of reason, that these statistics prove “that uo mode of travel surpasses steam vease! i for safety. Tbe same number of people trudging on foot to any given point would meet writh a larger number of mishaps. AQBICTJLTU&AL DBPABTMBST. Letter front General Wna. X. Brtvar, Prof enter of AsrieaUare, Hortlenl- faro and Katarat History, Velrsr- wttyot Georgia. SELECTION OF SEEM. This is a-matter to which lbe majority of our farmers pay little or no attention, and to advice iu regard to which, we fear, they give little or no heed. Yet, it is one of the most important things in the opera tions of agriculture. It is Just as impossi ble to raise large crops of good quality from poor, degenerate seed as it is impos sible to raise fine stock of any kind from what are known as the “oommon stock of the country.’’ Recent discoveries in the physiology of plants, the result of careful experiment, prove conclusively that Beeds can be improved, just as bones, cows or swine can be improved, and that, “pore bred” seed are just as attainable as pure bred stock. In a very interesting and valuable report of experimental work of the agricultural deparimentof tbe Univer sity of Tennessee, by Professor McBryde, we find mention of “pedigreed” wheat taken from the journal of tbe Royal Agricultural Society of England, which, though nothing new in that country, will be entirely new to tbe majority of our fsnnera.. It relates to what is known as tbe Hallet variety and the means by which it was produced. Mr. Hallet Se lected, in 1857, from a head or car or wheat, 4| inces Jong and containing 47 grains, the best and largest grains, and planted them separately, nine inches apart infertile soil, obtaining in 1858a crop from which he was able to cull some stools bearing ten can. Some of these ears were OJ inches long and contained seventy-nine grains. Sowing theso in tbe same manner as before, he was able to select in 1859 ears 7| inches long and con taining ninety-one grains, from stools bearing twenty-two ears. In I860 the ears were greatly damaged by wet weather and did not fill, but some of the stools bore thirty-nine beads. In 1871 the best ears were 8] inches long and contained 123 grains, and were from stools bearing fifty-two ears. The tendency, to bear such ears soon became established in tlia plants, and a field of ten acres seeded with this variety gave in * an unfavorable seasou, fifty-seven bushels per acre, tbe average produc- of tbe field in favorable seasons and with old varieties being from thirty- two to forty bushels per acre.” In a series of experiments made by Mr. Morton and published by him in the jour nal of the Royal Agricultural Society, witli sixteen varieties of wheat, the red varieties were found to have the property of tillering more freely than tho others. Col. Le Couteur, of Jersoy, found a vari ety of wheat “which tillered to the extent of thirty-two plants.” This development, by careful selection, “high cultivation and cross-bieeding” of new and improved va rieties of the leading cereals, may bo ex tended to all of onr crops and with tbe same eucouraging result. It requires of necessity care, patience and perseverance, but it pays. Professor McBryde hopes before long we shall have a “seed book,” giving the pedigree of the different varie ties of seeds, corresponding in authority and value to tbe stud-book for horses, and tho herd-book for cattle. Whether this expectation be realized or not, we hope that the great importance of selection of seeds, with reference to variety and adap tation to locality, will bo more widely appreciated, and that tbe yearly selection of seeds with a view to improvement will soon become as much a part of a fanner’s work as picking his cotton or gathering his corn. i This year wo received from the State commissioner of agriculture a small quan tity of an improved variety of selected colton seed raised by the Messrs. Jones, of Burke county. Wo had just enough of the seed to plant one-tenth of an acre. We bavo already gathered 190 pounds of seed cotton, or at the rate of 1,900 pounds of seed cotton per acre, and tho promise is that we shall yet gather 25 or 30 pounds more. And not only was tho yield thus large, but the quality of. the cotton i? superior. ENSILAGE. Although it is said that “ensilage” was a familiar way of preserving forage among the ancient Romans, and that the Aztecs' •‘put up” all their bay, et<L, in that way, it is only quite recently that American fanners have found out this peculiar mode of storing ibeir “rougliage.” We are mak ing up for onr tardiness in hearing of it, however, by our diligence anil zeal iq writing, talking and experimenting about the now process. To a Monsieur Goffart, of France, we are certainly indebted for restoring, developing and perfecting this apparently excellent and economical method of preseiving fodder com. It is tbe “ensilage of maize” to which Goffart has directed his energies and skill. The meaning of the word ensilage Is, pulling in a pit, and M. Goffart’s discovery, if such it can be called, is putting com in an air-tight pit, and thus preserving it in a succulent . condition as a food for stock. Experiments have abundantly proved that the process will do what is claimed for it, namely: first, that it gives a much larger supply of for age than any other process known in ag riculture; second, that it is simpler and more economical Ilian any other method; third, that It improves in quality the food so preserved, and lastly,that, in providing more food it affords the means to keep mom stock, make more mahurt, tiizz larger crops, gain more money aud add yearly to the value of the farm. It ts claimed on good authority that on land that would not produce more than two to three tons of hay, twenty-five tons of corn stalks, at a moderate computation maybe raised; and that on rich land as much as forty tons per acre may be raised. The cost of gat!iering,cutting and “ensilaging” is said not to exceed 75 cents per ton. The slight chemical changes which the green stalks undergo in tbe silo or pit, improve their quality as food. The principle of ensilage is tbe same as that of canning frnits. That is, the complete exclusion of air, the oxygen of which is the chief promoterof decomposition. The method of ensilage practiced by Mr. Goffart is as follows: His seed is carefully selected. The kind sown Is the Cargua. imported originally from Central America, bnt di rectly from Algeria. It is planted in drills, far enough apart to permit the passage of the plow, on land liigbly enriched by sta ble manure and superphosphates. During its growth the crop receives two or three workings. It is cut when in full bloom, when in the silk, with sickles, and imme diately carted unwitted to the silo, where it is cut up into little disks 4-10tbs of an inch long and thrown into the silo, where two men keep it level and packed down. When the silo is filled a layer of cut straw a Tew inches thick is first put on, then a covering ot boards placed across the length of tho pit and above all a heavy weight of rock or i;ou, constituting a con tinuous descendingpressure—the essential to success. The “ silos are generally of elliptical form, two or three being covered by . the same roof, and opening into each other, about eighteen feet deep, lbe same in width, and from eighty to one hundred feet long. When lbe com is needed for use a door b cut open, part of the covering removed, and a vertical section made at one end. This method may of course be modified as circumstances may require. Some times tbo cornstalks are packed away without bqlng cut, and sometimes they are cut into pieces half an inch long. The filos are often much less deep than those bf Monsieur Goffart, and often tlio com is packed in heaps above ground, like sweet potato banks. Fits dug in firm clay, pro vided^ be perfectly dry, have been found in this country to answer the purpose quite as well as tbo expensive arrange ments of M. Goffart. We propose during the coming year to test this matter as thoroughly as may impossible. I can assure you that in no single int» stance has the Teethina ever proved a fail ure. We Lave tried the soothing medi cines and everything known to us and “Old Women,” and Teethina is preemi nently a success, and a blessing to moth ers and children. J. M. DeLacey, Hatchecbubbe, Ala. Alter trying Soothing Remedies with out avail, and physicians without relief, I gave your Teethina, and tf acted Wee magic. J occasionallg give a powder to litcp mg child's gums softened. S. R. Baldwin, Columbus, Ga. Tbe. Biggest Man in the World. Chang has arrived. For years vague rumors have been circulated to the effect that Europe had a giant that the Tritons themselves might envy, if an American, Australian cr Canadian giaot was pro duced, some scoffing foreigner was always ready with “call him a giant? You just ought to see Chang. Chang can swing "his arm over this fellow’s head and not touch him." . Yesterday, when the City of Berlin readied her wharf, the cabmen fell back iu dismay at the apparition which loomed np aud picked bis way carefully down the gang plank. This was Chang. lie walked up to a coach with majestic tread and, resting his liaud lightly on the seat which was above an ordinary man’s head, looked down upon the driver and,smiling, said in perfect English: “Can you drive my secretary and my- self to the Spanish Hotel at 23 Great Jones street?” “Can-reau you get in the carriage?” stammered tbe hackman. “Ob yes, easily,” and the giant crouched down until his knees nearly reached the ground, and half slid, have crammed him self into the vehicle. A Sun reporter called at the Spanish Hotel in the afternoon and saw, sitting on an improvised sect ot two chain with heavy boards laid across, a presence which seemed to fill the whole room.. Chang is unquestionably the largest man in tbe world. He is gigantic. As lie sat there smiling and nodding, his thoroughly Chi nese face looked fully as broad as an ordi- nary man’s shoulders, aud as long, if not longer than a flour barrel. His cheek bones bulge out, and are as large as a full- sized orange. He is S3 yean old, is the soil of a wealthy silk and tea merchant in Pekin, where he was born, is well edu cated, speaks, reads and writes English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, and is thoroughly courteous and gentle manly. With Chang is his “secretary,” a bustling, busy, earnest littlo Frenchman named Neaud, who looks upon the giant with admiration and delight. ' - i "What Kind of atrip did you make?” asked the reporter. “Extremely rough. The majority of the passengers were quite ill ” "Oh, but Monsieur Chaug was not one little bit sick. Ob! no, uo, no,” interrupt ed the little secretary. “We had to have two state-rooms made into one, and berth eleven feet long built expressly for him. He wasn’t seasick a bit. He sang a Chinese song for the passengers iu a concert on the steamer last Monday with immense success. OL. he’s a great fel low !” • “What is your exact height. Chang?” “I bavo never been measured, Monsieur. With our people it is a superstition which takes the ■ form of a religious creed, that no man must be measured until dead. I would ratlier die than bo measured. In fact, if I were measured l would die at once, I fear. I am, however, somewhere in tho neighborhood of nine feet. I will stand up and you can stand beside me and judge for yourself.” , Cliang rose, anil rising, It seemed as though ho would never stop. Tho Sun re porter stands 0 feet 3 incites in height. He, at Chang’s suggestion, put on a high silk hat and walked under the giant’s outstretched arm, near the shoulder, without coining withiu two inches of Ids sleeve. Then fixing Abe height of his head about half way between tho giant’s waist and neck, tho reporter checked off three feet at a guess aud found that the crown of the Chinaman's head was surely nine feet from the floor. Hie Lauds and feet are comparatively small and very well formed. He has exhibited before all the crowned heads of Europe and Australia, and has been the pet of several sovereigns. He wears a solitaire diamond ring, given by the Emperor Of Russia, which is valued at $1,400. At tached to Ills chain is a gold medal given him by tho Berlin exhibition, whicli asserts that lie is the largest man of recent times. He also has half a dozen immense diamond rings given him by Rajahs in India, may ors in Australia, and potentates from all quarters of tho globe. While talkiugto the reporter he suddenly dived into his vest pocket, which was Jarcc enough to hold an ordinary man’s head, and brought forth a ring with tlic official seal aud mon ogram of Francis Joseph, inscribed to “Cliang.” He also has a watch, given him by Queen Victoria, which weighs two pounds and a half, and has a chain nine feet long, which barely reaches around his neck and down to his vest pocket. Chang was brought over by Baroum, Bailey & Hutchinson, the new Darnum firm, who give him $500 a week for one yeqr.—New York Sun. j — 1 “• The Value of Carrots for Stock Food Mr. J. F. Elmer, in the American Dai ryman, says: Among the many foods used for dairy stock, carrots hold a prominent part; they ate, indeed, one of the very best known, inasmuch as, subjected to an analysis, we find them to be composed of— Water 87.8 Flesh formers . . . .0.0 Fat formers . • . . .0.6 Accessories ..... 4.3 Mineral matter . . , U By comparison wo will see that tho fat forming elements surpass the nitrogenous to such an extent that other food, as the potato, Is absolutely essential to give this root Us highest value. AU writers and experimenters agree in pronouncing it of considerable utility, not only in its fatten ing propensities, but for Us medical char acteristics. Many experiments have been made to ascertain the economical value of this root. My assistant has taken great pains to get the result of an experiment near the laboratory, and tells me that tbe profits and advantages of this root are more satisfactory to the proprietor thain any other experiment yet tried. This root has, upon repeated and extensive trials for the last three years, been found to an swer most peifectly as a partial substitute for oats. When ten pounds of oats were given per day, four pounds maybe taken away, and their place be supplied by five pounds of carrots. Again, the experience of Mr. J. Quincy In tbe cultivation of carrots, was that they cost him about eleven cents per bushel. The average cost of this root, every ex pense Included, is probably not far from thirteen cents per bushel. This very small cost when considered in connection with tbe value of the root, at once establishes the value of Us culture. The leaves of tiie carrot are almost of equal value with the roots, as their constitute elements are very nearly (lie same. They, are most valuable when given to milch cows, as they not only increase the flow of milk to a surprising degree, hut also add to its quality. This hardy vegetable is exceedingly prolific, and a rich spot of at least one half acre should be devoted to tbe culture on ovary farm in the country. What Does Cookery Mean?—Mr. Raskin takes no mean view of tho digni ty of the cook’s function. “Wlmt,” he asks, “does ‘cookery’ mean? It means the knowledge of Medea, and of Circe, and of CalypSo, and of Helen, and of Rebekah, and of the Queen of Sheba. In means knowledge of all herbs, and frnits, and balms, and spices, and of all that is heal ing and sweet in the groves, and savory in meal; it means carefulness and inventive ness, aud watchfulness, and willingness, and readiness of appliances; it means the economy oi your great grandmother, and the science of modern chemists; it means much te ting and no wasting; it means English thoroughness aud French art and Arabian hospitality; and itmeans, in fine, that you are to be perfectly and always ‘iadies,’ ‘loaf-givers;’ and as you are to see, imperatively, that everybody bas something pretty to put on—so you are to see, yet more imperatively, that everybody has something nice to eat.” Cause and Effect, Tbe main cause of nervousness Is indi gestion, and that is caused by weakness of the stomach. No one can have sound nerves and good health without using Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify tbe blood, aud keep tbe liver and kidneys active, to carry off all the poisonous and waste matter of the system. See other column.—idvance. dec 14 2w MALIGNANTDIPHTHERLA. ATsattlaa laddwSsf Hw Mpfettie- rla EpMeale W Brooklyn. The New York Sun, of Monday, says: The funeral services of Dr. Wilbur F. ' Sanford, of Greeapoint, L. L» who died ot diphtheria on Suuday morning, were yesterday performed in bis native place, Middletown, Conn. Dr. Sanford was only 36 years old, but he had attained an emi nent position iu bis profession. AU the people of Greenpoint seem to mourn his loss, especially as he lost his life in trying to save tliat or a patient. Two weeas ago Dr. Sanford was called to the bedside of .a chUd who was suflerlng with diphtheria. It was a very ma lignant case,.aud- Dr. Sanford watched the child day mid night. At last tho air passages were filled up,, aud the child would have been choked to death liad not Dr. Sanford, who had his knife in hand, immediately made an opeuing in the wind pipe, through which, with a small rubber tube, be drew out with his own mouth the poisonous fluid. He prolonged the life of tbe child for several hoars by the oper ation, but sacrificed bU own life. This way of conducting such a:i operation is regarded by ail surgeons as extremely hazardous to the operator. Three French surgeons are known to. have lost their lives iu the same way. Young Dr. Hucli- inson,the sou of a distinguished surgeon of Brooklyn, was the only American vic tim, as far as known, prior to the case of Dr. Sanford. • 1 ! A short time after the operation the poison which had inoculated Dr. San ford’s blood began to do Its work. As soon as it was known that he was suffer ing from diphtheria, all the allopathic doctors in- Greet point offered tlioir ser vices. Two or three were with him con tinually. The:patient had always been very delicate, and this was against him. If by strong nourishment he could be kept alive for a certain number of days, it was known that the crisis would bo passed, and be would recover. Frozen beef blood was introduced into his stom ach, aud brandy was injected uinler the skin. When the patient was able to swallow anything at all be was given ice- cold champagne. Food m the most con densed form was Introduced by every pos sible means. But nothing could save him, and he finally said in a whisper: “It’s no use, geutiemen; I’ve got to go.” . He died of asthenia, or general weakness^ and (lid not live long enough to reach that stage of the disease in which a surgical opera tion becomes necessary. * Dr. Van Giesen, speaking of the the case of Dr. Sanford yesterday, said “Ifhe had been a.strong man I have no doubt that we Would have pulled hhn through. Years ago I strongly advised him, as a good mauy other friends did also, to give up the practice of medicine, as he could not stand it. He finally ac cepted our advice. Hi went through the coarse of the Columbia lafr school, graduating with honors. But soon after being admitted to the bar he returned to practicing medicine. He was liked by everybody, and ho immediately picked up all of bis old practice.” Speaking of diphtheria, Dr. Van Giesen said: “1 have studied tins disease lor more than thirty years. I have read many volumes devoted to it, and I have had a great many cases of diphtheria iu my practice. Sometimes I have said to my self : ‘Well, at last I know what diphthe ria is.’ But if you were to ask me new to describe the etiology of this disease, I should answer, ‘I give it up.* Fortunately, however, we are able treat it successfully iu many cases. My method of treatment is told in just one word—sustain. Tbore are physicians who. assert that they have never lost a case of diphtheria. Those pbysicans are either humbugs or else they have never bad many cases of diphlltoria. I have sometimes treated as many as thirty cases successfully, aud then I have lost, half a dozen, one right alter the other. It is a disease that lias different degrees of ruaiiguancy. One year its attacks may be very mild, and at its next visit it may kill almost every one who be comes infected With it. As for the pres ent epidemic of diphtheria, I am afraid that we have only seen the beginning of iL When I see a diphtheria patient, I can generally make up my miud whether be can be saved or not. But thu treatment is the same for all—lood and stimulants.” There were 108 cases of diphtheria iu Brooklyn in tlio week , ending last Satur day, of which 51 proved fatal. There were 07 casta of scarlet fever, of which 11 were fatal. There were 38 new cases of diphtheria reported yesterday, and up to the hour wheu the health office was closed six fatal cases bad been reported. The li^w scarlet fever cases were less than ten. : ' u . .; • . An Incident of the Irish Trotjr les.—One of the most remarkable incl dents of the laud agitation iii Ireland oc curred a fortnight ago in tiie village of Kyleberg, where a farm of 23 acres was held by widow Dempsey. Sim had five children, aud her husbaud liad died while they were young. At the sessions at Loughrea in January, 1879, an ejectment process was taken out against the widow, and in three months the sheriff carried out tiie work of eviction. Mrs. Dempsey, after the eviction, went to the agent aDd offered him the amount sued for, $1,09.'), but be refused the money on any condi tions whatever, The ease seemed to have dleil oat of memory. When the facts bc- camo known to the men .’con- nected with ' the Land League they took tho matter up. At'l o’clock one morning 500 men assembled, with carts bearing materials for erecting a house, and provisions for night and day. Mr. O'Saillvan, of the Land League, ar rived at 3 o’clock, took his coat pff and went to work.. At the Laud League meet ing subsequently held, which wat attend ed by thousands of tenant farmers, Mr. O’Sullivan denounced the eviction of tbo widow and all concerned in it, and, in conclusion, exhorted bis auditors; with uplifted hands, t<> pledge themselves in future to adhere strictly to the principles of the League presided over by tiie .only recognized leader iof the.Irish people, Charles Stewart Parnell. An amorous Chinaman having become enamored of an American girl iu Oak land, Cal., wrote her this tender missive: “Miss Maly: My name belong Ah Lee. My belong that hansom piece young nn a look see yoireveJiy ; Mine you makee buy curio tiling. My too mtichce Tub you. My likee sec you; Suppose you talkee Sing Foo. What time can do. My come Oakland you? house talkee your father, makee you my wife. Sing say you . lub me, my lub you.—Ah Lee.” But .when this too loving heart approached the, house where “Miss Maly” dwelt a stern father mot 1dm with a shotgun, and lie was borne into his lady's presence with blood pouring from cheek and heck. Conklins: and Bayard. The charge, says tlio Nashville Ameri can, which Mr. Conkling really resents, ts not the one Mr. Bayard did not.make, al though he-devoted his “card to that one, but tiie one lie did make. This, was based on a transaction under the nioiety sys tem,’a system worse than highway rob bery, worse than piracy, worse than tiie levies made -by the Texas and Pacific, l’helps, Dodge & Co. purchased $2,000,- 000 ot merchandise in Europe. They were assessed at lower than market figures, the firm claim innocently, and thus rendered, the officials claimed, llablo to forfeiture in tolo. The moie ty system allowed so much to the in 1 ormer, and so much to officials. Jayne- tho informer, got $131,030, Arthur, col, lector, now Vico-President, $21,000; Cor nell, surveyor of the port, $21,000, o $271,017 paid by Phelps, Dodge tb OH, to escape forfeiture of tho whole. Davis, who sigued the card with- Conkling, was Janie's lawyer, and it was by his testi mony before a Congressional committee that it was known that Conkling was present assisting at the compromise. We do not say that Mr. Conkling did any thing wrong or contrary to his duty as a Senator, but be was around when an aw ful pile of Phelps, Dodge & Co.’s money was divided in a way they despised. Chronic constipation is not cured by simply unloading the bowels. The med icine must possess tonic, alterative and corrective properties. These qualities are combined in Tutt’e Pills, and they will permanently cure this serious disease, and give tone to the nervous system. PrO0$edut*» of CoilgifMt. j Mr. Jones, of Florida, from the com- * THX YOilTDWl CfRMTllYYTAf. WAamVotu* DecemW 18.—In the ' B1 ** t *® 011 Phblie buildings and grounds, I ... : . k , Hou^MrFernandoWood, ofNew I f™>r.Wy on tbe Senate ,u- « Win o~»ff YweuSy-mr. York, ehairmau of the committee on ways I ‘honziua the sectelaiy of lbe treasury to I A Washington dispatch says: “Tbla and means, reported a concurrent reao- Pro, ,. MC 8 rou “‘ i snd erect a public , psonjina Messrs. Quid, Cochrau and I'ey- --- - - building at rensacola, Florida, in place of ton, of the Yorktown Ceuteonia! Asaocia- the one recently burned, said ground and i tion, met with the sub committee of the building not u» cost more than two hnn- ! joint Cong regional committee on the lution providing for a recess of Congress from Wednesday, tiie 22d of December, to Wednesday, 5th of Jamiary, 1881. In the Senate, tbe committee on pubiie buildings and grounds authorized Senator Jones to report favorably ou his bill ap propriating $250,000 to rebuild immedi ately tbe custom house at Pensacola, re cently destroyed by fire. Mr. Msxey introduced a bill for tbe re lief of Gcueral Urd—autiiorizing the President to place him ou tbe retired list according to his brevet rank of major gen eral; with the pay and emoluments there of. 1 ■ -i •*■ ' . '■* The Senate refused to adjourn over till Monday, defeating tbo mot’.on of Mr. Burnside to that effect, by 11 to 31.',. list, and a brisk purchasing movement was inaugurated, which resulted in a rapid advance in prices, ranging from j to 10| per cent, the latter in Houston ana Texas, .which, however, reacted 0 per cent. The general market also reacted a fraction. Washington, December 16.—The President to-day sent to tbo Senate the following nominations: La Fayette Mc- Laws to be postmaster at Savannah, Ga.; Silas A. Sharp,. Statesville, N. O.; Edgar Waters, Lebanon, Tenn.; John Mahoue, Holly Springs, Miss.; Woodson H. Ken- non, Columbus, Miss. Washington, December 10.—In the Senate, tbe Vice-Fresidont submitted a recommendation of the Secretary oi War for an appropriation of $10,000 for a mili tary bridge across tiie Pecos river, Texas. At the expiration of tiie morning hour, tiie Senato resumed consideration of the bill devoting a part of the proceeds of the sale of public lauds to public education. Speeches thereon were made by Senators Teller, Hoar, Pugh, Vest and others. On motion of Mr. Edmunds, tbe Senate took a recess of ten minutes, in order that members might welcome Gen. Grant, who was present In the Senate chamber. At 3:05 the Senate was called to order, and debate on the educational bill was continued by Messrs. Hill, of Georgia, Maxey, Morgan aud Morriii. At 5 p. tn. the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, leaving the bill as unfinished business. In the House, tho resolution concern ing the recess for the holidays was agreed to by yeas 125, nays 74. The morning hour having been dis pensed with, the House went into com mittee of the whole outlie pensions ap propriation hill. Mr. llubbell, of Michi gan, explained the provisions of the bill, and said it appropriated fifty millions, or exactly the amount called for by the esti mates. After some discussion and the adoption of one or two unimportant amendments, the committee rose and tiie hill was reported to the House and passed. The House then took a recess of ten minutes to give tiie members an oppor tunity to greet General • Grant; who ap peared on the floor. Nearly alt the metn- beis approached and shook hands with him. After the recess, Mr. Bland, of Missouri, asked and obtained leave to have printed in tlio llecord a substitute which lie pro posed to offer lor tho fuuding bit!,Ad journed. ■ • y New Orleans, December 10.—Tho steamship Scindla, from Palermo, brought 210 immigrants, most of whom will go to plantations in this State. ■ ■* WAsntNGTONjDi c;mb( r 10.—The Sen* ate committee on patents took tip to-day the application for an extension of the Eclipso cotton gin patent, and referred tbe same to Senator Coke as a sub-committee Tor. examination. The electoral vote of Tennessee was de livered to tiie Vico President by a special messdnger from that State this morning. Chattanooga, December 16.—Sam Cunningham, freight conductor on the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, tell between the cars of a tnovingi train to day, and both legs were cut off. Death was instantaneous, hi ifo’ooa , Washington, DecembeM0.4-The fol lowing is a summary of the debate in tbe Senate on the education bill: Mr. Teller said lie approved of (lie purpose of Urn hilt, bnt doubted Its adequacy.' Illiteracy in tliis country Was largely in the South ern Slates. The present bill would not realize more than seven cents for each child or school age in the whole South. Iu view of the fact that tbe, Southern States have already appropriated an aver age of one dollar per capita annually: for educational purposes, h? did not tliiuk the national appropriation ol'a few cents per capita would materially increase their ed ucational facilities. He was in favor of devoting tiie cutiro proceeds of tlio public lauds to tliis purpose. Mr. Hoar said ho thought iL would be unjust to devote the whole of the proceeds of the public lauds to the education of a single generation. Ho regarded the pres ent bill as entirely adequate. Senator Pugh delivered'’a written speech in support of the bill,,which he said was of vital interest to the part of the country he represented. Representative government depomlod upon the Intelli gent co-opcifttlon of its people. Slavery and the civil war have incorporated in tbe population of the Soutii four and a half, millions of col ored people too ignorant to exercise intel ligently tho right ofsuffrage.|They should be educated. Slavery had beeq a powder magazine in the superstructure of our political institutions. It btRl exploded In the war, and now there remained ouly tho danger of the sectionalism growing out of distrust and ' ignorance-ignorance of the real feelings, disposition and pur poses of tiie white people of the.South, and ignorance of tiie colored voters >ntlie business of lawmaking andcivil au min istration. 11 "I emphasize the declaration; made on personal knowledge and in full view of my responsibility as Senator, that tbe white people of die South have been com paratively united in their working power for no objeict or purpose unfriendly to the rights, interests or pursuits of any sccttion or of any people,’ white or. colored.' They have been and are comparatively solid for self-defense and self-preservation against an unfounded distrust by a ma jority of their fellow-citizens of the North and against tbe dire evils that have and must again follow the domination of ig- uoranco in the State governments of the South. Tho unavoidable and unal terable results of tiie war have made my conviction exceedingly deep and : unchangeable, that the highest inter est aua . greatest satety and prosperity of the South arc to, be found ;in a har monious, confiding nationality; not a nationality resulting from a centralized government; hut the nationality secured by fidelity to tho constitution with all its delegations, prohibitions and limitations of power, ana to the promotiohlof all the great objects recited in it as niasohs for the formation of our iudissbluble uuiou of Indestructible States. . . “No leglslatiQu xviLliln the range of the constitutional power of Congress can bo more uniformly beneficial than that pro posed by this bill ill strengthening the basis bf American institutions, in freeing tiie, masses from .’sectional, distrust, sec tional jealousies, aud rivalries, aud sec tional criminations and recriminations, and in raising the people to a higher plane whore they wil, sea and understand each oilier and be above the arts aud appliances of, the demagogue aud mischief-maker, and where they can’ cultivate sectional pacification and harmonious union. hlr. Hill, of Georgia, said Ills only ob jection to the bill was its inadequacy. Mr. Maxey supported the bill on the ground that In a government resting on universal suffrage, universal education is the element ot strength and vitality. The ignorance of the colored population made some provision like this bill absolutely necessary. The national government bad made the colored people of the South citi zens; it was only fair' tliat tbo national government should help tbe States to edu cate them. Mr. Morgan spoke at some length upon tiie importance of technical and practica ble education among both sexes. Washington, December 77 In the Senate the nouse joint resolution, pro dr ed aud fifty thousand dollars. Tbe bill was passed. Mr. Blaiue offered a resolution directing the judiciary committee to Inquire into tbo expediency of increasing the number of judges in the Supreme Court to thir teen. Agreed to. Iu the House, the morning hour having been dispensed with, Mr. Felton, of Geor gia, moved that private busiueas be laid aside for tbe purpose, as he stated, of then ,moving to go into committee on the mili; taiy academy appropriation bill. Washington, December 17.—In the Senate, tbe pensions appropriations bill was read twice and referred to the com mittee on appropriations. The Senate, iu committee of the whole, then resumed consideration of the public lands and edu cation bill, and brief remarks thereon were made by Messrs. Cockrell, IogeRe, Davis of West Virginia, Bailey, Morris, Allis'jn, Hoar, Morgan, McDonald, Pen dleton, Blair and Teller. Tbe amend ment offered by Mr. Teller, providing that the entire proceeds of the safe of pub lic lands for the next ten years shall be devoted to public education, was adopted. In tho House, the motion of Mr. Felton, to lay aside the private business calendar, was rejected. „ • On motion of Mr. Harris, of Virginia, a bill was passed changing tiie time for holding the terms of the Circuit aud Dis trict Courts of the .United States for the western district of Virginia. , ; v4j! Tiie House then went into committee of tbo whole on the private calendar, and subsequently reported to tbe House bills for the relief of Jsmes D. Grant, of Texas, and William S. Burgess and oth ers, of Tennessee. The bills were passed, and at 3:45 n; m, the House adjourned until to-morrow. Washington, D. C., December' IS.— Tbe House, the morning hour having been dispensed with, at 12:15 p.m. went into committee of the whole (Mr. Reagan, ot Texas, in the chair) ou the mllitajy academy bill. . _ p i : ■" Mr. Forney, of Alabama, made a short exploration of the bill, which appropriate! $322,135, after which it was read by sec tions lor amendment. , Washington, December JS—Ir, tbe House, tbe committee at 1:1$ rose and re ported tbe bill, wheu it : was passed in pre cisely tiie Same terms in which iti was re ported from the committee on appropria tions. * Tne House again, at 1:45 p. in., went into committee ot’tho whole (Mr. Hill, of Ohio, in the chair) on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. . Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, proceeded to explain tbe provisions or the bill. It appropriates $1,190,435—an increase of $10,000 over the bill of Jsst year. Iu tho .diplomatic portion no change-whatever is made from the law of last year. In re gard to the consular service, tiie commit tee on appropriations had adopted some changes proposed by the Secretary of State, comprising chiefly the transfer of consu lates from one class to another. After some debate the hill was read for amendment,' but none being offered, the committee rose and reportod the bill to tho House, when the vote was taken, re sulting: yeas 140, nays 2 (McMillan and O.,Tumor). .. , j “ As there wa3 not a quorum voting, tiie House at 4310 p. m. adjourned, aud the hill weut over until Monday. Furniture. We are told that before tiie middle agaTthere wasno.such thing as furniture. There was a bed and there was a chair —tuore like a throne—aud there was a ta ble almost like a platform; but there was very little else. The ancient sculptures and the contents of museums of antiqui ties arc appealed to in support of this view. Even the middle ages supplied few additional items to the furniture of a no bleman's room. Ai t iiad chosen auother direction for its civilizing influences, and carvings in ivory, enamel, jewelry, Uzzas inlaid with gents, cameos, chalices and il luminated missals usurped the tkste of ar tists and tbe patronage of amateurs.' Even tho carved woodwork of Bel gium ’ ’ and ‘ Switzerland seemed to be lunited to church decora tion and pulpit ornaments; but it was the carvings of pulpits which supplied the transition between sculpture and furni ture. At first oak, front its hardness, was tbe principal material used, find soon af terward ash and walnut came iqto vogue.' Tho introduction of light fancy woods, such as satin, maple,, tulip, belongs to a much later date. France was, of course, the originator of art furniture, and the Gobelins tapestry, whicli Louis XIV. patronized, and which came from the institution which lie founded, was incon sistent with dark woods or delicate carvings. Tiie style known still as “Louis. Quinze” also demauded profuse gilding and florid decoration for tho framework of the delicate needlework whicli adorned tlio chairs cf the period. It was not till the end of the seventeenth and the beginning the eighteenth. centuries that polished woods aud severe out line took the place of the flamboyant carving and gilding which preceded them. It was at this period that maiioga- ny owed to an aeddont its introduction, aud itjnadc its entry into tbe salons of Europe, not through Parisian influence, hut through the London market. In tbe year 1720 a ; Dr. GU»oii received front a brotuer of his, the captain of a trading vessel, several balks of a new kind of tim ber just imported from the Indies. The doctor, who was furnishing a house which b* had taken .in .King street, thought to utilize the.wood for the doors and wlitdowfi’of his rooms. But tbe build ers and carpenters refused to have any thing .to do with it.:.- Tbe grain was ao close and tho surface so hard that they could not work it with their tools. Dr. Gibson toots specimens of the wood to Wollaston—at that time an eminent cabi netmaker. A whole suite of furniture was planned and executed, and at once a new fashion set in. This was tbe'origin of mahogany furniture, which in England, at least, lias survived a 1 ! the changes or a fluctuating fashion for a period of over a century and a half.—London Globe. Attention is called by lbe Raleigh Kiwi and Observer to tbe strange mis statement circulated by many Northern journals, whose conductors ought to know better, that the South has gained thirty- five Congressmen by tbe enfranchisement of tbo negroes. The actual gain of rep. rcsentatives to tliat. section was only nine. The mistake arose from counting the ne groes in a mass, in ignorance od the im portant fact, or witiiout stopping to con sider it, that when they were slaves five of them were reckoned as the equivalent of three persons in ascertaining the basis of representation. S^»r from tiie ante bellum enumeration ot three-fifths ot-the slaves having given the Squib any ad vantage over the North, so emiuent a Massachusetts jurist as Judge Story de clares with emphasis, In his “Commenta ries on the Constitution,” that the priva- tioniof representation of the other two- fitths to wbicli the South submitted was a concession in thu interests of tiie Union of the inof-t patriotic character. Among tbe outrages reported from Ire land in a single day are these : A landlord named Kennedy,' living near Loughrea, was fired at as lie was walkiug in his gar den ; the Rev. Mr. Biddulpli, sou of an extensive landowner In Tipperary, was fired at from behind a hedge; a landlord, named Robinson, was driven ont of AUieury by a mob, who kqd learned that ho had come to collect his rents; a case of cattle mutilation occurred iu tiie Parsons- town district; the Itev. Mr. Vereker, of Ciaremoms, was assaulted because he answered a mob, who interrogated him, that he did not belong to tbe Land League. Yorktown celebration to confer with re gard to preparations for that affair. It was agreed that the Yorktown Centen nial Association should to-morrow submit a programme for the celebration, and that Urn congressional committee should adopt ft. This will give to the Yorktown Asso ciation the duty of arranging the pre liminaries. Under the programme to be submitted to-morrow tbe celebration will last twenty-five days. The United States government will be allotted the open ing day (October 6,1881), tbe day of iay ing the corner stone of the monument and the doting day. On the opening day the United States troops and civil officers will participate, and formally receive the French visitors. * Then one day will be allotted to each of tbe original thirteen States for a display in tbe name of.those States respectively. This will bring tbe celebration up to the 19th, ou which day the corner stone of the monument will be laid. On that occasion tbe United States troops, Masons, Odd Fellows and other organized societies of all kinds will take part. After the 19th, one day wil! be al lotted to each of the States that have been admitted to the Union since the revolu tionary war, and on the cloeiug day the United States Government will again take charge with'a’grand display. The above Is the proposed ‘outline of the celebratiou which will probably bo adopted. Senator Beown’s Speech on the Educational Bili The Constitution has the following blast upon Senator Joseph E. Brown’s late speech in the Sen ate on the educatioual bill. Next to tusk ing a good speech is the securing of a good trumpeter. The Constitution’s tel egram displays the powers of a master upon that wind instrument: Washington, December 15—Senator Brown to-day delivered a characteristic and able speech upon the subject of the education of the masses by the general government. In March ofiast year Senator Burnside introduced a bill to establish ah educa tional fund by forever consecrating the net proceeds of the sales ‘of public lands and the net proceeds of patents to the ed ucation of the people. The fund will be a large one, and will increase from year to year, it is thought, for many years to coma. The distribution will bo made for the first ten years upon the basis of illiteracy, which will give tbe South for ten years nearly seven-eighths Of the fund. ■' ... '■ I, Senator Brown’s speech attracted pro foaud. attention, and- the ucauimotis coa- tueut was that it was replete with states manship and common sense, as all his speeches are. When he concluded, Sena tor. David Davis seized his hand and said that it was one pf the best speeches he had heard delivered in the chamber for years. Senator Hill, ot Georgia, and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, compli mented it highly, as did other Democratic Saunters. Senator HaoiJiii, of Maine, walked over to Senator Brown and shook his hand and said that tiie speech contain ed more good sound business-like, practi cal common sense than any speech ne had heard for years. A dozen other Republi can Senators warmly congratulated him on his effort—one of them remarking he liked It because Senator Brown confined hintself to tbe practical question before tbe Senate, and there was no politics in it. He bas been requested to have it tx tenslveiy circulated iu pamphlet form. A prominent gentleman from Louisi ana remarked this evening that he had al ready subscribed for a considerable num ber of copies to be, sent to his own State. No speech this season has attracted any* thing like as much interest and attention, and the Gaddistown boy who ploughed tbe bull, is ..taking rapid, strides to tbe Democratic leadership of tbe Senate of these United States. A Lstdy’a With. “Oh, how I do visit my skin was as clear and soft as yours,” said a lady to her friend. “You can easily make it so,” an swered the friend. “How 7” inquired tbe xunc luo nuun jutuv imnuuuu, pm-. first lady. “By using Hop Bitters, that riding for an adjournment from Decern-1 makes pure, rich blood and blooming iter 22d to January 5th, was disagreed to I health. It did it for me, at you observe.” her by a vote of 27 to 30. Read of it.—Cairo Bulletin. 2v The Young Woman Poe^Ji It is at this time of year,’especially, ■that the presence among us of the young- woman poet is discovered. With an ear nest desire to meet tho holiday demand of the public for a liber&i allowance of verses in handsome bindings, the publishers give her her head in a way that at other seasons of .tbe year, and in their calmer moments, they would not even dream of —aud she is the sort of a person to make the very mostot this favorable opportuni ty. With the best heart aud tbe liveliest confidence in her own powers, she dashes blithely into print—garnering what she heretofore has given utterance to through the long-suffering kindness of newspaper editors, adding thereto some fresh lucu brations pertinent te the purpose and in spired..by tbo splendor of book-making, and casting the whole collection hope folly out into tiie literary highways of the world, with that most exacting and exalting word “Poems" written upon its back. But the trouble, too often, with these “poems" is that they are not poems at all. Tbe misnomer is Dot wilful,, tbe youug woman does not mean to obtain money under false pretenses by hawking her wares by a false name, she simply lies under • misconception ef the meaning of the word. In her sweet simplicity she honestly be lieve that a pcera is any structure in tl e shape of verse in which tbe metre is smooth, the lines of corresponding length and the words at the end of the lines made to rhyme. Sometimes such is her boundless faith in tbe elastic character of the wont poetry, she is roady to avow— indeed, by her actions she does avow— that metre and feet and even rhyme itself may be slaughtered and yet that through ail this death of its constituent parts poetry may survive. These are her views as to the merely mechanical feat ures of veise. Iu a vague way it is proba ble that she sometimes may have thought tliat -verse, to be poetry, should have a soul; should not be simply au arrange - meut of words in graceful forms, but a grouping of such forms about vital, earn est Ideas. However, her views on this head never have passed beyond the stage of nebuise, and they certainly have not the smallest possible effect in determin ing her practice. Even wheu the me chanical construction of her verses is wbat it should be—and this is not often—of anything more utterly destitute of soul than they are it is difficult to ernteeive. It is out oftbie strange and unhappy misconception of poetic requirements, coopted with a not less strange and even more unhappy misconception of her own invocation, that the young woman poet ia made. Taking a base advantage of the willingness of the publishers to publish anytliing at this iiappy holiday season tbat looks like poetry, aud tliat will serve as an excuse for a pretty binding, she lays her Offering of alleged poems at tbe luckless public's feet, aua softly sighs her soul out, as it were, iu her longing after fame. It is au evil state of society that breeds the young woman poet, and hu manity would be happier were she gone; not gone utterly out of existinence, only out of business as a manufacturer of de fective verses which the world does not need. Even a young woman poet, being placed definitely upon the retired list, may do tbe world good by darning stock-' tugs and making bread.—Philadelphia Times. Try it; keep trying it, and try it again. We say this because we believe tbat tiie health, happiueas and prosperity of the people depend upon the proper use of these medicines, which have proved so successful in eradicating diseases and de feating death. The medicine so effective in its cure of diseases is tbe great South ern remedy, Simmons' Liver Regulator. Try it; we believe that the first trial will be satisfactory. lw. Tis autumn, ana the leaves are cry and rustle on the ground, and chi ) >< wiuds come whistling by with iow und pensive sound. To guard against cot ghs and colds you should go to Lamar, J ton kin A Lamar’s drug store and get. a bTAle of Coussen’s Hooey of Tar. Pries V)c. White's Cream Whits Varmiftige »tbe bwtwonn killer. oet!2tf CoL KoCInre on South OBdat, The brake and faiinted edifdr of tbe Pht^Melphia Times, one of the most in fluential of Northern journals, u traveling Sooth, and thus speaks ot the Palmetto State in a letter written from' Columbia: “There is no State in the South that has more thoroughly learned the true les son of the war than South Carolina. It hag ail of Southern pride surviving its sorrow and desolation; tbe traditions of its people are as sacred as ever, as they must be with men who are worth nation al fellowship; it is not a convert to tbe wis dom of free labor or the enfrenahisement of freedom; hut it does thoroughly under* stand tbat the traditions sndcustoms of the past belong to the peat, and that civil rights are as sacred for tbe lowly as for the mightiest in the land. The two racer are more nearly in harmor y In South Carolina than iu any of the other slave States, and 1 believe tbat there ia more kind feeling for the colored man, as a fellowcitizen, in this State than in any or tbe border States. Wade Hampton made the first successful experiment iu dividing tbe colored vote in 1870, and that ended the rigid colored line in South Carolina. The colored leaders and their fellow carpet-bagger* had plun dered tbe common wealth^ impoverished both whites and blacks, and the. helpless freedman turned to tbe plantation and to his old master for com and bacon as a deliberate and wise choice of evils. Since then, with the exception of the coast region, there ha.s been as cordial harmony - and matnaiitv of interest, in both politics and bdstaee*, between the whites and blacks, as is common in communities of one race, and the men who are ruling the State te-day are as jealous of the richts of the colored peo ple as they are of their own. Schools have been multiplied In every county with the must scrupulous equality of edu cational advantages between the races, and over eleven hundred colored teachers are now teaching iu the colored schools in tbe pay of tbe State. Of the nine colored members of tho Hooso of Representatives five are Democrats, and Gov. Havgood justly voiced tbe sentiment of the State and of its government when be declared, In his iast inaugural address, that lbe fa cilities for the free aud equal education of both races must be enlarged, as intelli gence is tbo safety of free government.” A Ton Cat op the Olden Tike.—. Genzan Yorimasa was a brave warrior and a very useful mao, who lived more than 8,000 moons ago. On account ot hit valor aud skill in the use of the bow he was called to Kioto, and promoted to be chief guard of ihe Imperial palace. At that time tho Emperor, Laraeito, could not sleep at night, because his rest waa disturbed by a frightful beast, which scared away even the sentinels iu armor who stood on guard. Tbe dreadful beset had tho wings of a bird, the body and claws of a' tiger, the head of a monkey, a serpent tail, and tbe crackling scales of a dragon. It came af ter uigbt upon the roof of the palace, and bowled and scratched so dreadfully that the pocr Mikado, losing all rest, grew weak and thin. Noue of the guards dare face it in hand-to-hand fight, and none had skill enough to hit it with an arrovt iu the dark, though several of tho Impe rial corps of arcliei* bad tried again and again. When Yorim&sta received hU appointment, he strung his bow carefully, aud carefully honing his steel-headed arrows, stored his quiver, and resolved to mount guard tbat night with his favorite retainer. It chanced to be a stormy night. The light-' ning was very vivid, and Karaiuari, the thuudergod, was beating alt his drums. Tho wind swirled around frightfully, aa though Fuden, tlio wind god, was empty ing all his bags. Toward midnight, the falcon eve of Yoritnasasaw, duriDg a flash of lightning, the awful beast sitting on the “devil’s tile” at the tip of tbe ridge pole on the northeast end of the roof. He bade his retainer have a torch of straw and twigs ready to light at a moment’s notice, to loosen his blade and wet its hilt-pin, while he fitted the notch of hia best arrow to the silk cord of his bow. Keeping his eyes, strained, he pretty soon saw tho glare of one eyoj now two eyes, as the beast, with swaying head, crept along the great roof to the place on the eaves direetly under the Mikado's sleeping room. There it stopped. This was’Yorimasa’sopportunity. Aim ing about a foot to the right, of where he saw tbe eye glare, he drew his yard-length shaft clear back to his shoulder and let fly. A dull thud, a frigbtfu! howl, a heavy bump on the ground and the writhing of some creature among the pebbles told in a few seconds’time that the shaft had struck flesh. Tbe next instant Yorimasa’s re tainer rushed out with a biasing torch and joined battle with liis dirk. Seizing the beast by the neck, he quickly despatched him by cutting his throat. Then they flayed the monster, and ihe next morning the hide was 1 shown to His Majesty. Ail congratulated Yorimasa on his valor and marksmanship. Many young men, sons of nobles, begged to become his pn^. pils in archery. The Mikado ordered a noble of very high rank to present Yorfe mass a famous sword named Shlsni-no o (King of Wild Boars), and to give him a lovely maid of ltouor named Avaml to wife. And so the brave and the fair were married, and to this day the fame of Yorimasa is like tiie “anre-take-matsu” (plum blossom, bamboo and pine), Irag- raut, green and ever enduring.—Japanese Fairy World. Cheap Light Wanted.—In a suit pending at Cleveland between the Stan dard Oil Company and outside refiners, it was in evidence tbat the price of oi! for household use is about 20 cents per gallon, whereas it could be sold at a ^ood profit for 12 cents per gallon. An unjust corpo ration tax of 8 cents per gallon upon the poor man’s light is a bard thing to bear, in the course of a year si amounts to mil lions of dollars. This is the penalty paid lor sending dolts to the Legislature to grind out charters for scheming monopo lists. For many years there bavo been ten Representatives at Harrisburg inter ested in laws to prey upon the people, where there has beeu one with ability and courage to expose them.—Record. Tbe \ oltatc Belt Company, Marshall Michigan, will send their celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon thirty days trial. Speedy cures guaran teed. They mean what they lay. Write to them without delay. Or. Wllllta A. Gnstw, Macon, Ga., writes: I hare tested the virtues of Coldeu’s Liebig’s Liquid Ex tract of Beef in debility, weakness, de pression, dyspepsia, loss of appetite and nervous afflictions, and have found it the best remedy I aver used. Sold by all druggists.^ lw. A Poster Mode Happy. I have been- greatly troubled with my kidneys aud liver for over twenty years, and during that entire time I was never free from pain. My medical bills were enormous, aud I visited both the Hot and White Springs, noted for tbe curative qualities of the water. 1 am happy to say that 1 am now a well man, and entirely as tbe re sult of Waruer’s Safe Kidney aud Liver Cure. Not only this, but ray little dough ter has been cured of St. Vitus’ Dance by Warner’s Safe Nervine, whicli I always keep in my family. With such glorious results, 1 am only too glad to testify re garding the remedies which have made me so happy. Rev. P. F. Markleb. Coai Run Crossing, Arkansas. A roal-tsMiM Naosn is even worse lhau a foul-mouthed man. But no one need be foul-mouthed if they will only use Sozodont and rub it in well. Don’t spire tbe brush and spoil the mouth, as some parents do witli their children when they withhold the rod. lw. Sara Bernhardt had the duties on the contents of her truuks remitted by claiming that her magnificent stage dresses were the necessary implements and belongings of her profession, which she could only wear on the stage. “Wearing apparel in actual use,” and “implements and tools of trade” are on the free list. While tbe stage paraphernalia cannot be said to be in “actual use,” yet such arti cles are Sara’s “Implements and tools at trade.”