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AN ODD BAPTISM With a Chain Rattling Around His Neck. CHARLEY EDWARDS MAKES HIS EXIT. Clarkesville, Ga., October 14.—[Special.] gThis morning the clock in the steeple struck One, and Charley Edwards, the murderer of William Echols, realized that this was the first hour of the last day of his existence on earth. The sun rose and Charley might look on him for his last time with mortal eyes. The waves ©f human beings which passed by told him that many would come from far and near to Witness his awful departure. He now felt the Sting produced by murdering an innocent man. He could look with the,eye of imagination and (Bee the house of William Echols empty. With all this weight and crime upon him he said that God has forgiven him, and that soon his Spirit will be in a better world. Ho says the iron chains which hang about his neck soon Will be off, and in its stead will hang a robe Washed white in the blood of the Lamb. A sensational incident occurcd on yesterday. Thomas Scott, colored, of Toccoa, arrived at the jail where Charley Edwards is confined. Xie had been sent for by Charley for the pur pose of baptizing him. The authorities had granted him that privilege, and soon the male members of the colored Baptist church were at work building a dam across the branch, just below the jail, for the occasion. The hour of twelve came, and with chain around his neck, accompanied by the sheriff, his deputy, and a guard of five, with double-barrel guns,. Char ley came out of the jail and slowly walked down to the water’s edge. Ho stood by the Bide of the old preacher, looking calm, not in the least excited. The third chapter of Matthew was read, af ter which the preacher said: “Charley says he b und Jesus precious to his soul on July the 7th, and let us pray.” The prayer was fervent and earnest. He then sang, assisted by the surrounding few : Down to the sacred way, The Lord of him was led. He then went down into the water, and Charley was baptized. He rose and imme diately exclaimed: “Glory, glory to God !” Then with a more satisfied look he was led back Io the cell to spend his last night this side of eternity. ■ Sun-up found your c i respondent at the jail, .snd found Edwards awake. “How do you fe< l, Charlie, this m- 'iiing?’’ “I never felt better.” “Did you rest well last night?” He did not answer to this question, but ro. e slowly from his couch and knelt down and prayed about five minutes. He then rose and ’paid: “I retired at 1 o’clock and did not go to sleep till 3 o’clock. 1 then slept soundly till ■you came.” “Do you feel prepared to die?” ' “Ido. The thought makes me happy.” “Do you feel more satisfied to die since you Was baptized ?” “I do. All is well now.” “Do you still claim io be guilty of killing Echols ?” “I am guilty of that charge, but have never Killed any other man, as. has been reported. 1 wilbmake a public conie.-sion and toil you all except what 1 want to come out in my life Which I have written.” “You expect to have it published, then?” “I will give it to my wife, and she can do as she pleases with it.” He then took out his pipe and lit it, and fiecmed to enjoy the smoke. By 1 * o’clock the throng was immense, numbering ower five thousand. At that hour the prisoner was taken from the jail, drawn by two horses. Ho sat robed in white with black cap on, and was carried slowly Io the gallows. He .sang hymns all the way to his last place of existence. At 12:20 the sheriff led him on the sc.rtfo’d accompanied by rhe county officers, Solicitor Ervin Thompson, Drs. Houston and Burns, A. J. Ketron, McJunkin and Moss, also two .pr I three newspaper representatives. Preacher Scott, colored, presidedin the reli - ions exercises. Charley rose to his feet and said: I want you all to know this, I am the man who killed William Echols ; no one but me and the Al inighty know X did it. No man knew that I was Hull g t-» kill him. I willdie feeling >• r_, for what I have done; 1 outfit to die. I have been licensed of killi.g three other in;. j did not kill them. I only killed William E hols. You v» ill find what I >a-.' in my Mfe written by my own hand. Before Ihlling Mr. Echols I stood by the i <l, one mile » cow Mmt Aiiy. and when ! saw h.m ecmin ;1< i I m»t n i to kill him, hut in tin- • !.■. \1 t nought 1 s.i.. him put his hand in his bosom, s > 1 shot him with a pistol twice. Lie tell, but not (ivad. Ii- said: • Oli, Lord! On, Charlie, do not leave me; lamin trouble! I dragged him out of the road and itirk’h; i tin co time' with a stick. I was sorry ah the time that I shot him. A question was asked from the multitude: “Did you shoot him for money?” “I did not shoot him for money. Lizzie Jxinsy was the cause.” He then said: “1 love everybody. I hold no malice toward anyone. I hope to meet all my friends in a better world. Grieve not alter me. I a a sorry to my heart. The Lord is my help. Farewell I” The rope was adjusted at 1:30 p. m., and the trigger sprung by T. J. C.istley, sheriff. The body was suspended fifteen minutes. One minute before his pulse was 130, temperature 99. The body was tak( nto Mount Airy by his friends for interment. Order was preserved all day. STORY OF THE CRIME. It was on the 29th of May last, at 9 o’clock at night, that William Echols, of Rabun Gap Junction, Habersham county, Ga., was on his way home from Mt. A ry, wiienJJharlcy Ed wards, colored, met him, one mile below Mt. Airy, and with a 32-calibre Smith Wesson pistol, si tot Echols dead. He was not satisfied with one shot, but re peat* dit four times. Edwards told one of the Important witnesses that after he had shot ids victim the first time that Echols liked his hands .and exclaimed: “Oh. Charley, what have I done that you <sho i’.d treat me in this w. y?” Edwards thought he heard some one com ing, .:o be dragged the dying man o : <-f the road and down the hill, and there riddled Lis body ■■•- ith bullet . N< atisd with took a club and beat the dead man’s brains out. Edwards was arrested immediately after the murder, and on circumstantial evidence was placed in Habersham county jail. The circumstances were so strong that no one doubted his guilt. The fact that he had rmule murderous threats rind that he was missing at the time of the murder, and stronger still, that his shirt, panis and hat wore spattered With blood, all told th( ' tory of the deed. B :t again—he told one of the prisoners was i® the same cell, that the pistol with which In* killed Echols was buried under his hon e, and on examination was found where he had pat it, and showed traces of blood. This cvid neo was enough, but what war. still sty i. ger, Char ley E-l wards says that ho himself committed the dec 1. On Thursday morning, the Bth in-tant, the town of Clarksville wa crowded to hear the trial. At 3:30 the shvrhf and deputy -i<‘d the prisoner into the courtroom. A g:eai many tallymen had been .subp -.nacd, but h< b re t. c regular twenty-four nd b- «-n c?.’•.• u.t -1 twelve men were sole cd to sea! his fate. Ax Edwar '•> had no art v th? state appointed one ; nd the case wa > •«< n opened. The evidence win so o'.envUliiJiig that all the w :iu . -es wore not -v. »rn. Th: attorneys did i.or argue the co , for to speak for or A'ya’nM w's uncles-. J id.e Welborn, in mak ing h charge to the iy, id: II y : •.1 ; p< ■ u Edwa- . irn?y. i' l ’’ "• d : eyms ; ‘ I dcs.r ■to imnrixm I r !•?, \i.i* •yr’ ve J.' • We, th- -y. find th- >■ .i-i-t-_-u.it>- wiia u : . jsivnd.m »• tonur• y. In a ry .-'bort tnnr th r vevdmt was r*nd r ed with ntore emph » i than the j- . • re quired: “We,the j oy, end tho < nd::i.t, Charb y Edwards, y m ; of murder in t:.c ii: t deg- .” This sealed the ft to of tho poor wretch, but co him it was no su.f..r he knew v.Lat his doom would l»e, an i , <r rnouthj had pr: yed that God might e him. In fact, wli< n Vie Sentence of death was paxstd upon him on the following Saturday, he seemed to be better satisfied; and while in his cell, with a chain around his neck, tho jailer says he seems more content than before the trial. There has been no effort whatever to post pone the hanging, the time being set for Octo ber 14. The doomed wretch requested tho ordinary, . D. Hill, to come to his cell and allow him to make his will. He gave one of his town lots at Mt. Airy to his adopted son, and the other,with his dwelling and personal property, to his wife and only child. Charley Edwards, previous to tho time that lie commenced to visit Mrs. Lizzie Kimscy, was considered to be of very good character, being accused, one time, of stealin g a pistol from J. AV. House, while employed by the Northeastern nil road. This pistol proved to be tho one which shot William Echols, and the property of one of our fellow townsmen. Edwar«ls was twenty-six years of age and born 111 *L ;:{ ‘kson county Georgia. William Echols was a man of very good character and of some property. He was born in this county, and had never been looked on as a bad man. It is true, ho visited the house of Lizzie Kimsey. but when he found Charley Edwards was visiting the sUme house he told his brother he would never go there, again. Mrs. Lizzie Kimsey is a citizen of Mt. Airy, and was indirectly the cause of tho Echols murder, but was not tried in the superior court under charge of being an accessory to the crime, but has been tried and convicted of adultery with Charley Edwards, and sentenced to pay a line of and cost or twelve months in the chaingang. The evidence in the com mitment court was not sufficient to implicate her in the murder. When the woman was sentenced she giggled outright. John Brown—Felon or Saint? Ex-Congressman E’.i Thayer in the Boston Herald. In the August number of the Century Maga ; i io Messrs. Nicolay and Hay have made seve a e rors of omission and commission which sliovl .l be corrected in the interest of true history These wr.ters say, on pate 317: “In asto iation, habit, lan guage and conduct he was clean, but coarse; honest but rude.” Two circumstances, however., indicate that l:c was practicing a deception upon the com mitteiS '.nd the p üblic, lie entered into a contract with a b u ksm.th in Collins\i le, Co m., to manu fat ture for him 1.000 pikes of a certain j attorn, to bo completed in ninety days, > n I paid 5730 on the con tract. There is no record that he mentioned this matter to any committee. H’s proposed Kansas minute men were only on • h mdredin number, and the pikes could not be for them. His explanation to the blacksiu h ‘hat they wou’d be a good weapon of.’, 'use for Kansas settlers was clearly ft subter fuge. Tas pikes, ordti d about March 23, 1837, were witbo.it doubt intended for his Virginia in vasion, and, in fact, the identical lot, finished after lorn; delay, under the same contract, were shipped to him in September, IS">9, and were aetiitilly used in his Harper’s Lorry attempt. Tho otiO- circum stance is that a’ out the time of his contract fur the pik<he also, without the knowledge of commit tees or friends, engaged ft worthless adventurer named F nbes to go west and give military instruc t uiis to his < o npany, a meam e neither useful nor pn cticftble for Kansas’ defense. These two acts may be taken us the first j reia»ati- n for Harper’s Ferry. These aie Cun t active lies. But John Brown made i:of many other- u his preparation for the X i-;a v iwhich were in no way doubt ful or Oiidvocal. 1. He came to me in Worce t>r to solicit a contri bution of arn.s or the defen-e of some Kansasset tlemcnt ', which he said ho knew were soon to be i-.t a . tLy parties already organized in Missouri for that purpose. Not doubling his word, I gave him all t’e arms I had, in value about 530 J. 2. t n :<t the same false ] retcnce he secured an other contribution Lorn Ethan Allen & Co., inanu factme sos arms in this city. These arms, also, were never taken to Kansas, but were captured at Harper s ferry. 3 Before liis attack upon the Unite 1 States arse nal he spent several weeks in Virginia. He pre teiideu to be a mineralogist, and went about w.th a hamniur breaking off the corners of io k I ndcr the ; etc- tof seeking lor copper he found opportu ne os for tryin t» enlist slaves in his little rebel lion. The i;-p.c ontutive in c ingress from tiie H.u pei's Furry district gave me these sac s. I. I’nd r the same fake ■ retcncc of aiding the settle:.s in Kai:, as he procured funds from several New 'i < rk merchants, one of whom says that he gave him ?50. 3. In I'3) ho made a raid into Missouri, murdercd Mr. Crews, a peaceable old farmer, and took away eleven slaves, with about St,OuO worth of oxen, mules, wagons, harness, .‘addles and oilier property. As soon as he had got outside of the state he sent agents in ail dir? tionsto solicit and gff the eleven ne. ;• 03 to Can. di. He was from December to April Leiting th m through. This sow movement was <’oiii>ii ■ for the purpose of pro! n .ng us much us possible the tim fur his agents to procure funds. His plunder ai d Ms collections went, probably, to mctua e his liar, e. ’s Furry fund. <k He often asserted that in the above raid he liiu:. 1 s-vend slaves without bloodshed and witl o it the us : of we:q onlt is proved that Mr. Crews was killed in that raid. 7. 11“ ic] eitedly s : iid that he was not present at the Pot*l'.walomic midnight ma • acre. It is proved that he was i resent a u commander of the assassins. '. He repeatedly afil med that he took no part in those 1 murders, though he approved of them. It i brew i'.bat th lint unariDcl victim, Mr. Doyle, was killed by Brown’s own hand. There is abun dant o'her proof that in all his murders and rob berics, whether in Kansas, Mi-souri or Virginia, his creed was that'‘The end justifies the means,” and that lying in his case was a holy vocation. Docs the e.-. pics ion ‘ honest but rude” truthfully describe John Brown? . . . At th. ! time (1859) I was serving my second term in congix: s, and ha I every opportunity to know the minds of members regarding John Brown’s raid. There was not one member of the house of repre s. n .dives wh > considere 1 his punishment unjust. A very few (an • I was one of them/ thought it inq o litic, and said that it 1 ave been; better to put the criminal in a madhouse for life. This method w-.uld have made ridiculous any atteuqts of the ra i n disanioni.sts to consecrate “old Brown” either as a “martyr” or a “saint.” Had any repub- Ecan member <d’congre-s defended the course of tl’.e in vader and murderer, or denounced the courts of Virgin! if< r properly punishing him capitally, such a re; üblican would have been, expelled from the party without notice or delay. Henry Wilson was one of the iii'i> r Mical of the republicans, hwt he said .i E .htun, alter Brown’s raid and before his cxv-u’.ion, in wor Is m r emphatic than elegant, “John Brown is a d—<l fool.” Later he said in the ('nit -I '•bates senate: t ic allegation that Mas- s.icl.o t s wjjqa-hi.e 1 wiili John Brown's inve lon df Vi n and ted i ? vera >r v.: o n dor rl it, I wish to in’e po e n emphatic denial. .Such a charge i a iibul upon th..- republican party, upon the state of Mas.-aclu s :tts, and upon her gov ernor. ’ Only a ! w months after Brown’s ezecution the national republican convention met in C i at o to noinii.ate a candidate for president. That co:: .'uDtion pa-au l unanimously a resolution denouncing the - arm'; 1 invasion of a state, under whatever pretense, as one of the gravest crimes.” .. .. Eve;y stump s/icuker for Lincoln in the can v: s denounced the John Brown raid unsparingly and inc-saintly. Had there been any doubt upon tais subject, the republican party could not have carried a single state, and probably not a single town, incl! the northern states. T i aui.ve men at that time in urging the claims of Jo’.n Brown ns a “saint” were the same ones ; who, at the South Farmington meeting on the sth <1 July, i d. apMaiv'el William Lloyd Garrison v. o' : " He p<:eieiy l.'urn-.d a copy of the constitution of the United Sti.tes. They arc the same who have writ'en now- claiming to be John B own’s biogra j/ ie-'. f h-y are tmj decorators of their “saint” I wi'h the u.-c of various u .lore-1 feather;:, stuck here ' Rnd there, an ’ man / bits of picturesque a lornment ■ In riM • :a’.d !!ann 1 rags, all of flaming colors, so j that L“ h -> h ■ m.o at Inst much more grotesque i than Ihidge W.ldfire e.ur w.us, sin;?, unaided. . vu... r ...r. OftbU Hurt •l.cu; tile anarch;*-'- 'ho sought to make a “.saint” of John Br mnumbe: they.woreuttctlyinslfpolficant, . c ni-ti:’. g lv-.: ts.un on in 20,»0r jxjople in the i r.uit*.•••;■• .V vo'ers they were nothing, since they u gii l not contaminate their sing t- or their !co jh -ic:; with any vet whlsh had the proto-lion I .ti j : ji, '. i’ I by them “a league w.th , da L and a cove::, nt with hell.” But in brazen ; c ;H'u <■; 1 w’, and ,n rp.t.ml din and no-se, ; l ?. 'A idisw'-hy, these “howling dcr • \ . r I ;I i a iucd V> call tfrm— | cquJl M -jiympian Jo .' with all his thunders A W s Age. i A woman, it is said, is no older than eh c looks. M '.uy women, however, look doubl o ; tin ; r actiml a_c by re:won of those functional j ilisoj ders w;.i i) wear upon tho nerve:-, and . vb dily, and wl 'h, if unc’u? ckod, are liabul to ! cl ang j the moot r bust woman to a weak, biokcn-dov n alid. Dr. Mercc’s “Favorite PruKciiption” will positively cur© every irregu larity and weakness peculiar to the sex, and | require , but i* single trial to prove its surpahs ing merit. Fciuo reduced to ouu doli<u-. By THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18.1881 A SAD STORY. Material With Which a Nove] Could be Written, A PECULIAR CASE IN BROOKLYN From the Brooklyn Time?. In a little white frame cottage on Liberty avenue, near Wyckoff street, in tiro town of New Lots, twenty-seven years ago, lived Louis Hart and his wife, Catharine. They had four remarkably pretty children. Throe were boys, and the other, the youngest, Marguerite, was a beautiful little girl but 18 months old. She, of course, was tho pet of the family. The father of this interesting family was a hard working man, and earned but small wages, barely sutlicient to supply the neces saries of life, In addition to this ho was af fected with lung trouble. Ho was a brush maker by trade. Next door to tho Harts lived a>middle-aged gentleman by tiro name of Edward Wilder. This Wilder was a rich man. His east New York residence he occupied only a few months in summer. His winter quarters wore in New York city, not far from Fifth avenue. He formerly had a butcher stand in Washington Market, where after years of patient labor lie amassed a competence. He then retired from business. Some lucky investments in real es tate made him a millionaire. Mr. Wilder, although passionately fond of children, had no little ones of his own. Ho often called upon tho Hart family, and ad mired the little Marguerite. He had noticed tho struggles of tho head of the family to keep the wolf from tho door, and observed with sorrow that the poor man’s strength was unequal to tiro tasks imposed upon it. Tho baby antics of the little Marguerite had also worked upon his affections, and a great love for the little one arose in his heart. Ono day Mr. Hart returned from his work sick in body and mind. Destitution stared him in the taco. His rich neighbor’s sympathy was aroused, and, calling upon Mr. Wilder, tho latter made a proposition to him. Ho stated how he had become attached to little Mar guerite, bow bo had noticed their circum stances, and wound up by offering to adopt tiro little one. Tho poor man could not bring himself at once to let the child go, and asked for time to consider the matter. But Mr. Wilder had set his heart upon gaining possession of the little one. and offered to settle an annuity upon tho boys if his proposition were accepted, lie also offered to divide between the boys a valuable plot of land lying in the northern part of New York state. Ho .stipulated that when he should once have possession of the child it should never again be reclaimed by its parents under any circumstances, and that. Marguerite should never bo made acquainted with the fact that he was other than her own father. Quite an affecting scene ensued. The parents did not want to let the child go, but. at last cantc to tho conclusion that it was the best thing under the circumstances, and gave tiro child into Mr. Wilder’s keeping. Mr. Wilder immediately took Marguerite to his New- York establishment, and she grew up to be a very beautiful young woman, admired by all. She w-as of the blonde type, with deep bine eyes and golden hair and sirin like ala baster'. Her figure was superb. She was the belle of her set, and many were In r suitors. But she had not as yet met her atlinity. In the summer of 1883 her father took her to Newport, where she was tho acknowledged belle. It was generally known that she wa.an heiress, and that, with her beauty, brought many suitors to her feet. Among these was a handsome young lieutenant of the L'liited States navy. He was a young man with many virtues and but few- faults. He was a fre quent attendant at divine services. They met at the church. A mutual reciprocation sprang up between the young people, and they were often seen upon the sands of New-port enjoy ing one another’s society. 'They were a handsome couple, admired by all but en vied by none. Society began to w hisper that it was a match. Society for once was right. Tho friendship of tho young couple in course of time ripened into a warmer feeling, undone beautiful moonlight night the young man rose to the occasion and the inevitable “proposal” was made. Marguerite had been expecting this for some time, but, like a dutiful daugh ter, asked for time to consider her answer, ami in the mean time referred tho whole matter to her father. Her reasons for so doing were that she was an heiress and he was compara tively poor. I’eoulo would look upon this as a misalliance. She was not sure but that iior supposed father might also. Mr. Wilder listened attentively to Marguer ite's story, and at tho conclusion he smiled, and, clasping her to his bosom, kissed her, at the same time assuring her that if he found the young man’s character ami antecedents to be satisfactory, liis poverty need be no bar to tho consummation of then- happiness. That same day Mr. Wilder went out and did not return until late. He appeared to bo de pressed, and went to bed without saying a woid. 'Tho next day at the breakfast table he proposed to his little family that they take a trip to Europe. Marguerite had noticed ids altered manner, and when this proposition was made she understood it as meaning that her father would not give his consent to her mar riage, and her heart failed her for th.' moment. There was something wrong. She asked him for his answer. Mr. Wilder evaded her ques tionings as long as lie could, but when she stated that if she did uot get his consent to their union she would leave her supposed parents and go to her lover, tho old man was obliged to divulge tho secret of years, and in formed her that the man she loved was her own brother, Frederick Hart. Tiro poor girl fainted. When she camo to she was delirious. She was removed to her bed, where she remained for several week,;, and when she arose it was seen that her brain was seriously affected. Her lover’s name was constantly on her lips. When Mr. Wilder started out to inquire into the young man’s character and found that he was none other than his adopted daughter’s ow n brother, Fred Hart, be was stunned. The young man was made acquainted with tho fact of his relationship an<l took it to heart. A few days afterwards his body was found in tho river. After Marguerite had recovered sufficiently to bear the news, her adopted parents told her of the death of her lover. She became rileetcd with melacholia, and has gradually grown worse, until now it is thought necessary to place her in some institution whom she will receive proper treatment ami possibly recover. With that end in view Mr. Wilder visited a well-known medical expert in this city yester day and arrangements were made for placing her in a orivate institution in this county. ■< .. PAltlS AND LONDON. A Bundle of Contrantß- I‘oDilm of I>iffor<-nc in the Social Customs of the Two Cities, In n book with the title Anglotorre o France, M. Felix Pvat—who knows England well, having lived there as a political refugee for thirty yean; - has indicated, in an original aud picturesque fashi<»n,inany pointe of dis.si dence between the social customs of the two nations. Tho following is quoted from the preface of M. J’yat’s work: Paris is right-handed, London lefL-handed. The Parisian coachman keeps to tho right,the London one to the left. The former is seated in front of his carriage, the latter behind. Paris is comp;u:t, London scattered. Tho heart of Paris is the Hob 1 <le Ville, that of London is the bank. Paris has '» din of fortifications am! an octroi, fjondon has neither wall not town did les. Paris increase 1 b/ air sorption, m by expan ion. Paris i.s built with stem >, London with bricks. Paris has high ho:i.->es ami narrow str cts, London wide streets and low hoc «s. Ho.; u-s in Paris have wide doors for carriages, in London the doors arc small. In fa<q, Paris ha» its doors' larger than its windows, whilst London has its windows larger than it; door.s. Paris has espsignolette windows opening like doors, London guillotine windows. Paris Las its shuttles outside, London in side. Paris is ». , ojlcctivi >t, London imlividi.mh.st. Paris dv/f-l's in mt. cs, in.dde barracks and convents; lomlon lives in pri vate, a home for each family. Paris has its j orticr tdc-orkerp' r/, London its keys. Paris lias its public cases, London its exclusive clubs. Paris ttloeps in a Led placed alongside the wall, Ixmdon in the middle of the room. Paris rises < ally, London late. Paris pro nounce* cocao, Jxindon <%x>zu. • * • I'ar wu» | Los.dc r; cuonnom. l'»rru diuc.i, London oats. Paris takes two meals a day* London four. London, says Voltaire, has a hundred religions and one sauce; Paris has a hundred sauces and no religion. London has a throe-pronged fork, Paris a four-pronged one. Paris uses a napkin, London the table cloth. *• * * Paris eats corn, London drinks it. Paris eats boiled meats, London roasted. Paris eats fried potatoes, London boiled. Paris loaves are long, Lon don loaves are square. Paris likes tho white of turnips, London tlie green. Paris serves oysters on tho concave shell, London on the convex. Paris puts butter in its brioches, London on its bread. Parish drinks wine, London beer. Paris takes coffee, London tea. i aris at table is sociable, London isolated. 1 arts has the table d bote, London tho dining room box. Paris is gay, London dull. Paris whips the horses, London Ilogs its criminals. Paris lounges, London goes. Paris makes laws during the day, London during tho night. Paris has spring showers in March, London in April. London has but few soldiers, Paris too many. In Paris tho soldier is a power, in London a nonenlity. The Paris soldier wears rod trous ers and a blue coat, tho London soldier a red coat and blue trousers. The former is always . tll ° hi ter carries only a short stick. .1 he 1 arts soldier is a conscript, the London sol dier a volunteer. In Paris priests celebrate marriages, in London they themselves get mar ried. In Paris girls are rigidly kept, in Lon don they are free. In Paris married women are tree, in London they are not. Paris opens its museums on Sundays, London on week-days. In Paris churches are always open, in London they are nearly al ways closed. lans has sedentary judges, London ambula tory. Paris has her milkmaids seated, London her milkmen with “ rounds.” Pari . warms her selfwith wood, London with coal, I’arisbinies her dead too soon, London too late. Paris throws her refuse into the streets, London keeps it inside. Paris retains her sewage in the house, London throws it at once in tho river. Paris has more mad people, Len lon more idiots. Paris has more suicides, Loudon more homicides. Paris is more of an artist, London more of a merchant. In Paris men are more, lively than horses, in London horses are more frisky than men. Paris works, I on don traffics. London is religious. Paris humane. Pari , is democratic, London aristocratic. Paris workmen call each other citizens, London workmen mechanics. Tho former work in their blouses, tho latter in coats. Working Paris wears a casquctto (a cap), working Lon don a hat. Canaille Paris fights with the, feet, a l.omlon mob fights with its fists. Working Paris calls the pawnbroker “my aunt,” work ing London “my uncle.” Working London says, like its queen, “ ’Dion ct mon Droit,’ Huie Brittania,” working Paris says, like the republic, “Kights of Man, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” THE LOWEICINIM ALS. Fromthc Pittsburg Dispatch. The Teuton who, in response to an inquiry from his spiritual father as to his creed, re plied: “1 fear God, love dor viinin ami hato schnakcs, especially doso rattle-heads ami cop per sehnakes,” camo very nearly expressing the popular idea of the relations existing be tween us and the brute creation since the days of Moses. Indeed it would seem that Moses ami tho rest of tho hierophants who assisted him, if he had any assistance in getting up tho code named after him, interpolated their own and tho thou generally prevalent idea regarding onr dumb friends, viz: That they must of necessity bo enemies of the human lace. There couldn’t, indeed, bi any doubt about the status of tho serpent, bat one might, suppose that Moses, who got his edm ation ami early bias in Egypt amid tho worship of cats, onions ami bulls, would have been a friend of the lower animals. Unfortu nately lor the brute creation, tho early impres sion that “in Adam’s fall wo sinned all,” and that brutes also shared in the decadence of morals, was widespread among the children of Eber. They had been taught that the Lord said: “[will destroy man, whom 1 have cre ated, from the face of tho earth; both man and beast, ami the creeping thing, and the fowls of tho air, for it repenteth me that I have mado them.” Only the fish escaped the proscription, and yet our brook trout would have been unclean to Moses, 'i'lio idea almost every where sot forth in tho Old Testament is that brutes were allowed to exist solely for tho uso of man, and while his weapons wore confined to the swoid, spear, bow and arrows, some of the brutes were no mean antagonists. Whether i: he true, or not that a serpent once obstructed the passage of a Roman army across a river, in I'l'un.un that until lire arms becamo commo) the lion and tiger had but little fear of man ami they did not decrease visibly; and we are fold in Exodus xxiii., 23, that the Hivite, the Canaanite and the Hittite w<‘re not driven out of their holdings in a year, “lust the. land be come desolate ami the beast o the field multi ply against thee.” A,inf in Leviticus xxv i., 22, the Israelites were threat cm d in case of disobedience .with this, among other evils: “1 will also send will beasts among you, which shall rob you of you, children, and destroy your cattle, and make yon lbw in number, and your highways shall Ik; desolate.’’ Ina nation whieTi numbered fitX),(XX) lighting men, a population of 3,900,000, it n ads strangely now that fears existed that wild beasts should inullply against them to an injurious extent in a country about one-fourth the size of Pennsylvania. <>!•• MODEKN BIRTH. Th? idea that the brute creation Lave any rights that humanity is bound to respect is of lucent growth, and it is not much Io he won dered at in countries whose laws ami religion are strongly tainted with the teachings of tho law of Moses. The American Indian ethnolo gist seemed to .‘ how a descent from tho people of whom Columbus supposed him to be, when he, the 1 ndian, classified the dog as a connect ing link between himself and tho negro. Ho put the while man first, the Indian next, the dog next and the negro next, and ho shows his regard for tho dog in his belief that his faithful friend shall accompany him in the happy hunting grounds, but be comes very no;ir cannibalism in his partiality for roast puppy. It is true that Solomon said: “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast,” but. Solomon would have fell himself defiled if a dog had licked his hand in friend ship, and would have been ill at ease until he had gone through a purification. Ladies did not. pet poodles in Judea. Among people in which man’s most faithful dependent was thus contemned wa m ed not wonder at the order: “Now go and smite Amalek, ami utterly de stroy all that they have, and spare them not: but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.” Doubtless the impression that everything created below man is wholly devoted to minis ter to his comfort ami amusement is as old, or nearly so, as tho race itself, and it rapidlv de veloped into another that tho powerful had a right to convert to their pleasure tho weaker of their own brethren, hence slavery, which exists, and al was has, in some form, since the beginning of history. But the sentiment of love and pity for dumb animals i.s strangely distributed. As Borno one has said, it may inspire the heart of a Toruue rnada ami bo absent in that of a Howard. Two centuries ago tho Society for Prevention of Uriicity to Animals would have been regarded by the pious bull ami hear baiters an<l cock fighters of the restoration as an assemblage oj loony cranks, ami the members would navs been fortunate if they escaped tho Block'-; There are people still living (who can remember when cock fighting was a fashionable amusement, witnessed by thousands near the Jones Ferry landing on tho south side, and it is compli mentary to the civilization of tho present that people who still enjoy such brutal spectacles are forced to do it by night or in out-of the way pirn es. The ex predion, “Spare the rod and spoil the child,” is not heard so froquonty as it was forty years ago, and school “masters” arc no longer eho' cn, mainly on account of i their ability t<> whip the largo “scholars.’* PROTECT 1 HE GAME. But while the most cruel may forselfish mo tives take some measure of care of domestic animals, the law for the protection ol game in this state is almost a nullity. The claim of rilit to kill, maim and harass the wild animals in our forests would scum to be an outcrop of the spuit that, lid year-) ago tho leg i laturc to pass “an act to oncouDigo tho kill ing of Squirrels in the provin o of Pennsylva nia,” and today under tho clause allowing farmers to kill g:iino in jurious tx> ciops, squirrels and birds, oven song ami insectivorous birds, are slaughtered in season and out of season, ami even a member of a society for tho protection of game has been charged with killing fish with dynamite. But notwitstanding infractions of tho law, squir re’s and birds might stand some show were it not for the, senseless vanity that prompts oven men who seek to dignify themselves with tho title of sportsman, to kil as many as possible, merely for the pleasure of boasting thereof. Tho pot hunter who kills for the market is proba bly beyond redemption, but the unprofitable ness of his vocation in the thickly settled por tion of this country protects them from his ravages. Though tho woods are at present glorious enough to subdue the passions of an observant person, the following couplet doos not reach the perception of the average hun ter, even though he may be a member of a sportsman’s association: Not a beauty blows, And not an opening bl< -s-om breathes in vain. You hear tho average squirrel shooter boast that he killed so many squirrels, ami it is evident that ho, while sneaking through tho woods, was oblivious to forest charm. These murderers do not in the hWo of nature hold communion with her in her visible forms, as Bryant ex; rosses it, but, animated by the spirit that King Saul was exhorted to show in his war on Amalek, they are beat on indis criminate slaughter of the innocent denizens of tho forest, that aro thought by experience to dread man more than the rattlesnake ami all other marauders combined who merely hunt to support existence. Tho first of September is the last day of grace for the squirrel in each year. From that.day until there is scarce seed left for the next year’s crop these hunters sneak into the woods before daybreak and like assassins lie in wait for their prey. The squirrel comes forth with sharp ap petite for his breakfast ami i.s shot by sports men (?) with a shotgun that covers a circum ference 30 inches in diameter with its leaden hail. Aud this is called sport! Any boy who has patience to sneak can perform the feat ■with ease, ami with mo t of these hunh rs any thing is fish that comes to their nets. They will shoot grouse or quail as quickly wit hout.giving it tho option of flying as they will a squirrel, and once they get it into (heir game-bags they are as secure as though the 15th of October had come. The result is that although there are yet noble forests in Allegheny county that tho woodman has spared, they are so completely despoiled of animate charm* that they would not now inspire the desci iptive genius of Bry ant. or give Mrs. Sigourney heart to discourse of the beauties of Indian summer; nothing that suggested to the imaginative Gruek Naiads, Oreads, Zephyrs, Sai; rs or the mighty Ban, but. on tho contrary su st ions of. waitings of tnc spirits of .‘.laughtered innocents that once by their gambols ami melody lent an irresistible charm loan American sylvan scene in autumn. SHOULD AMEND THE GAME LAW. The legislature ought to add an amendment to the game law, making it a punishable of fense to shoot a s<|iii rrc I with a .shotgun, and requiring every hunter to depose under tho temporal pains and penalties of perjury that lie. had shot every gray ami black squirrel found in his posses ;ion with a rille. By this means squirrels would bo given at least one year to multiply, and it would greatly dimin ish tho slaughter for many years. At tho same time an army of .skilled marksmen would grow up, the services of which the nation, under our imperfect civilization, may yet need. Formerly very few squirrels were shot until tho leaves fell, until Tho groves Tn fleeting colors wrote their own decay. Ami leaves fell eddying on the sha: pjned bl.ill T hat s ing their dirge, and then there was some chivalry among the hunters. They used rilles, and many of them disdained to shoot a squirrel anywhere except through the head. There are a few of tin so old-timers left, and they still prt for the muz zle-loader; and there are still a few sections in this state where their style of squirrel hunting can yet bo enjoyed. They and all other game ami song birds in this section aro so ?t»-rroriz<‘d that the hunter (an only bear the plaintive notes of the clu-wink or ground robin, the defiant squall of tho oat bird, tho tapping of tho si) sucker seeking for worms, and the discordant cries of the chickaree, or redsqu’nrul, sciurus Iludsonius. T he latter is an ishmaelito among squirrels, and should bo held in abhorrence by tho friends of the gray and black squirrels. He wages relenth ss war on th<- malt sos these species, and miscegonatcH with their females, producing a mule of tho meanest appearance. This variety is very easily killed, for it is as impudent as a weasel, but its agility and ferocity makes it a match for half a dozen of the larger kinds. If you would enjoy a squirrel hunt to tho utmost take a train some day early in October when the frost has stripped tho leave'; fioni the trues on tho mountain ridg.s of eillu-r l’< nnsylvania or West Virginia. Find some place remote from towns. The hotel accommo dations will not be iiist-ela: s, but the faro is abundant and clean and b-ds warm. Arise early in tho morning, and with a good rille sally out before dayl»rc;'.k. T’hc more frosty the morning the belter, provided (he day is a clear one. About tho time tho sun reddens the eastern horizon is the best for operations. Il you haven’t secured a dog you can generally get one at the first farm hou.su you come to by SHOWING YOUR GI N to the first cur that barks at you. Give him something agreeable to a dog’s palate, and that and tho gun make him your altemlant as long as you stay in the neighborhood. If with in a few minutes after you got into t he. timber you do not see what you wan 4 , tho dog by yelp ing at the root of jsome tree, will inform you there is a squirrel on that one. Uso a long, muzzle-loading squirrel rifle. Don’t lake a rest—it isn’t fair. If you have Jncrve and uyo you can kill squirrels by shoot ing olf-haml. Wlrn tho dog has indicated tho tree, if it boa black squirrel you will generally see it at liirtt glance, if agrav you will at first be apt to take his bushy tail for moss, but a short experu neo will soon <-n --ablo you to determine at a glance. You have now an inch and a half to shoot at, at a dis tance of twenty-five to thirty-live yards, much better than target practice, and you need not bo nervous, for, “if at first you don’t succeed,” all you have to do is “try, try again.” The squirrel is usually more afraid of the dog than he is of you, and tho practice is better than any to be found in shooting galleries. When the squirrel drops you must allow the dog to give tho body a shake. He regards it as his right and as his part in the exploit. After he has tossed the squirrel as a terrier do's a rat, his work is accomplished, so far as that squir rel is concerned, and he starts to tree another, and If you aro not quick at loading you will generally hear him yelp again before yon have your gun capped. If you arc at all expert ami tho wind docs nut blow, you will have as many squirrels by night as anyone not a hog can wish. Almo t all tho dogs on those ridges have been taught to tree s»|uiir» ls, and a cur of low degree is apt to do bettor than any dog of fine breed. Ho enjoys the sport with as much zest as the keenest biped hunter. Some of them show the utmost contempt for a poor marksman after the failure of his tilth or sixth shoot--words could not expn s it more plainly. No more than two hunters should g<j together. 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