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{folnmbia HaU.EM GEORGIA I’l gVKRY THURSDAY. Bnllnicl •*- Ail*.ln«oji, Mis* Sarah A. Hiigli<», of Raleigh, X. C., wa» ordained recently by Bishop M. M Turner, of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Kh< is a bright mid lato, well educated, and ia, it is believed, the flrat colored woman preacher in the world. _ ________ Dakota ia well scattered over with col )»[«ud people from the eriat, who, ruinei. by (peculation, are end, avoring to grow up new fortune* with the country. Gen orally they have little knowledge of agri culture and no aelaptability for the new life. A* a conw-<|ii<n< e they are pretty miserable. The United State- Marine Hand nt Washington, in addition to playing on the “marine pnrwle” twi< < a day, fur niahea nil the music nt the White Hou*e, and nt the receptions of the secretary of the navy, according to an old usage. The bandmaster, Prof. Sousa, compow a a new piece for each “grand occasion. r T. I). Curtis, of Syrni us--, anyn there an- 10,000,000 cow- in the United States. Tie money value of th- ir yearly product is f 1,000.000.000. mid the total cost of the land and plant necessary for their sujs port |U, 800,000,000. Last year 00,000,- 000 pounds of imitation butter Wi re sold from a capital of 02,000,000. This is hurting the dairy Interests. Thomas A Edison is thought to have cleared two millions out of his electrical inventions. His purchase of a rural resi dence nt (UOO.OOO i ash, to take his bride to. ia regarded by his intimate friends ns no great extravagance in appearance he in a clean shaven nimi. youthful in face, and so nearly deaf that a talker has little fun in imiking himself understood. At the recent annual < onvi ntlon of the National Sugar growers' assoc intion, nt Ht. I/iuin, it was shown that the amount of gold and silver si nt to foreign conn trie* from this for sugar hn* exceeded the amount of money coined nt home in one hundred years. “And no better sugar than w<-can make- right lu re in Mis souri," says the Ht Louis RrjnMiran. A petroleum region about one hundred mile* lung mid from ten to seventy miles wide has In i n di-eovi r< d in Wyoming ter rilory, north of RattlcMinko Hills. Near Independence Rock, on the Sweetwater route of railroad, are lakes which con tain ninety per cent, of pure soda, “n< bottom" to which has been found to a depth of forty fe< t. By pipe lines mid (injected railway* Denvi r is in cxpci ta tion of reaping the usufruct of these val uable fiat Uriel pioduetions, as well aa of a largely increased live stock trade. Notwithstanding th- swia-pingdestruc tion of cuttle during tin- war, says the Nashville Amartnia, there are ten highly bred auiiiud* to-day in the south where there was one in 1860. The stock nu n of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and other southern States, where natural grass, - would flourish, entered with n seal and energy into this business, which lias wrought great result- The south ha> now over eight hundred millions of dollars invested in milch cows, oxen and other cattle, sheep, hogs, horses and tnulns. Fully one-fourth of all the live stock ill the Vnited States is owned in the south. House keeping in Japan lias few trials, according to a lady w riting from that country. Siu says: “Ido not visit my kitchen once a mouth, never give mi or der outside of a spoken wish, yet the do nu stie m whim ry move* with mi ease mid perfection unattainable at home by al most any i Ifort on the part of the- mis tress. The manners of th • servants arc •musing, not to say startling. Even night at liedlime our live retainer* ap peas, provtrat-- themselve s in succession to the earth, ami retire. This is to wish me good night and to renew their testi motiy of profound resp. - t ami pleasure over the privilege of serving nn I.a-t ye ar the Signal and Weather Bu reau announced that »|>ecial weather pre diction* would be tc-l-graphed to anv place, provided the residents thereof would provide a set of flag signals ami make arrangement* to notify the neigh borhood with them of the predicted change sin the weather. The people ol a large number of towns ami villages, es pecially on the a-a and lake coasts, act ing u|w»n the suggestion, bought the n«H < ssary flags ami made the ne.-css.iry arrange im in - R , uitly the Second Con trellcr decided that no telegrams could lie paid for out of appropriations forth. observatiou and re|x-rt of storm* "except for report* at stations." Vndcr this de ciaion the Signal and Weather Bureau has diacoativued th- up-eial telegram* U particular (daces, confining its announce ment* to the regular general bulletins. NutE r iur too niodrM, and HupuJent. to accomiUi»h thei twt wvrk iu th * work!, 1 favor jast tcoleitf tvcjuceal iiuj er tineace The National Muwum ha« recently plac ed on exhibition a collection of rel ict pcMiM*aMid of more than ordinary in* h*n*t. It inc-lu<l<■*the original draft of the Dec laration of Indejiendenre drawn Up at Philadelphia July H. 1776. The signature of John Ha neo* k, President of the Continental (V»ogr<**>*. in attached to a doc ument giving Washington full com mand of th<-troop*, with all the powero of commanding general, Ik/*. 27, 1776. Another revolutionary doc ument is one aigned by Waahington him*< If in 17H.3, giving a private’ hi* honorable di*rniwuil from the army. The Itahi'jh (N. C.) Nftrn wiys that there are execllcnt ground* for the belief that to Captain William Boudinot, an old naval officer from thin utate, and now a r<-ident of Pittnboro’, Chatham county, the country owes the aignal service ayic t< in now in uae. A gentleman who wa* a fellow ofllf < r of Captain Houdinot tell* ir that he knoKCaptain Boudinot had jx rfc< t< d the plan of nignalling nfter ward* adoptee] tern years before it was heard of a* l»/ ing conaide*r(*d by tlw gov e rnmrnt, and < orroborativej to this the Qlim l-er learn- from Mr. Eel ward Eve rett of V, ilmiiiL'ton, that Cap tain B Mjelinot carried on a correnpond e’life‘for twelve; year* with the *<•< ret ary of war in regard to hi* theory of the aig nal mtv if f-, when it was finally ae|opf«*<| nnel put into mh f < s-ful o]M*ration by the United State* government. There ia really very little; <loubt about this fact. Mr. Everett hay* further that Captain Boudinot hn* ne>w e opie-s of letters that p i u d be twee n himself ami the secretary of war em the- subje et of his tlwory, so that hix claim may be* e stablishe-d be yoml epieMion. Snm .Jones. Os the now famous Southern preache r the- Cine inna’.i Cotninfn'bil- finzettu speaks as folleews: Whe re lies the power that enable <1 thift man to preae h twie-e- a dry (•ve ry day in the- we e*k nnel draw to eve ry one- of his me e tingM rreiwela too large* fe»r e ve*n Music Hall, and to hold the*m from the beginning to the- e-ne| of his elise-ours csf Eurthe rmore*, people? not only liste n to Jernes, but the y read Ilia se rmems. We foun<l the- memt eminent state smen in Washington reading his sermons from day to day and talking about them. 'l'he y are* elise tiAse*d in parlors, at the* din tie r tablett, ami even in barrooms. Pe*o ple- ne ve r tire- e>f re-aeling them. He* de»es not re pe at himself, and this is extraoreli nary. lie can preach a new sermon from the* Mime* text m vend time s. Anel he dew s not wear out, nor <l<»<*s he-ever we ary ! an amlience*. To ineist e ritie al pe*e»|.U' Sam .Jones is a puzzle; but the- fact remains that he* is a great powe r. He is not a ranter. He is not a humbug. He <l«k s not preach Sam Je»n<**-. lb* keeps iiimself in the-hack ground. He- places in the* fe>refront the gre at truths that till his mind anel control hi* life. He lx lie vc* w hat he says an<l is full e»f hi- stibjce t. The he-ad e>f most me n we>uhl be turned by the tremendous < rowel* that hang upon his utterance**; but instead of hi* being elated he see-ms to be* huinili.itcd. Ile spends no time on tc< hniealit ies or disputed doc trinal ques tions, and evidently the Sermon on the Mount and the Ten Commandments arc hi* inod»*l. That he* does good no one can Bucci s-sfully dispute. If people wowld do as Sun Jones advises there would b<* no need for eiiminal courts, and society wouhl be elevate d and there wou'il be happiness and contentment in all grades of life. Os technical theology he probably knows little, but of the troubles that ntlli< t mankind he knows much, ami thes(* he knows largely from c\|M*ri< nee, and when he rotnes to talk about th< - r he rails things by their right nanu s. He* talks t > the people in the language they understand. The Worth of Missions. Sp- nking of foreign missions Sir A. Bivcis Thompson, the Lieutenant-Gov* c-rnoi of B< ngal. say* they arc “valuable in tl • cause of gocxl administration and proper order. Missionaries shelter the distressed, fearlessly wrong-doing, and nrv ever on the side of a ju*t and upright rule. They are lovcil and trusted by the |x*ople. and are the* true saviours of India.” Sir C. N Aitcheson, ti c Lieutenant-Governor of thr ihinjaub, write* “Thr changes that are to-day N ing wrought out by Christian mi*dona nr* in India ar. simply marvelous. Teaching xvhervvci they go the universal brvthrrhtMsl of man, and animated by s faith which govs Ixyond the ties of fam ily cast-. and rclationshi|\ Christine missionaries are slowly, hut none the les* surely, undermining the foundations of Hinder sufs-rstition, and bringing about a peaceful, rxligious, moral, and social rx x olution,” Kcsullh of Ills Training. “Then's nothing like hwncsty .” said the Indiana inn-ktxqvcT, “and I’m proud to say every onvof my childn*n is carry ing out the noble pnx'cpts that I infused into their minds whrn the. wen* young.’’ “By the* wax. Mr. Hushcr, what has Iwcome of your children!" “Well. Harry and Dick are manufac turing ohvqnargarinr in N< w Y- rk; George is running a |>olicy shop in Uhi cagv, and Lizzie and Ella are just now Circassian girls in a Buffalo dime mu- •cum.— Uow to Live. Live for giMxl that you rnay do; Forth»- errors you may fight; For the aid that you con give; For th** nneds you can relieve; For th** wrong* tlmt you may right! Live thus -God will protjjer you. Live for brave and noble dc«bi. With an aim and puryxi** high, With a faith and courage true, With a future still in view, Beating, when you come to die. On God * love. To heaven it leads. Live, affliction to console, Giving strength unto the weak, Giving hoj»* Ut dumb despair, Like an answer to a prayer; Be a help to tho*e that seek, Oanforter to heart and soul I Live to k*arn. and to he wise, An<l to scatter what you know; Live to Bwcpten sorrow h cup, An<i to lift the fallen up; Live for vice’s overthrow, And to rewue truth from liea! Live to say : “Thy will be done!’ 1 Even though it seem unjurt To your dim, irn|>erf»<’t night; What He ihw-th must be l ight. Keep a firm, unwavering trust, Diubtmg none and questioning none. Live, that men may all lie wci To lie followers of the Light; Live in fellowship of love; Live so that, when called above, An<i you bid the work! “Good-night!” God shall welcome you: “Well done!” —(lenrtje Hirdte ye. THE FOUNTAIN’ Out of the shadows of the garden two people came into the moonlight, and i leaned over tin- little chain that encircled j the small fountain, into whose basin a i marble Hebe continually emptied her ever-brimming cup. As the girl looked down into the water her fingers trifled with a lily, and .she re marked that one of the leaves hail been breken. It is strange how wo notice such small things when wc are thinking of greater ones; yes, and remember them, too. Evi r after Lina Michel remembered that broken lily leaf, and the fluttering reflection in the water, and the scent of the roses, and the few wind-blown drops that were cast pon her neck from the cup of the lb be at the fountain in that old garden at Munich, on that sweet midsummer night. The young man stood very near her. He had a sweet, grave face, and eyes that were as soft and dark as a gazelle’s. | They were not unlike, these two; both were spirituelle both were dark, both were romantic. The tie of blood was between them, for they were cousins, though, as flic Scotch folk say, “far away cousins,” and bearing different names. They had been brought up un- ! der one roof, and Lina Michel’s mother i had bel li all the mother the little Henri Kleber knew. When, after a little silence, she tumi d her eyes toward him, she looked into his without reserve, just as a sister might. “It is cruel of grandpapa,” she said. “It is very cruel, Henri. These old peo ple think only of money. Why can they ■ not let us have pence, when we could be so happy ? It is such an absurd idea. You and Ito marry each other! We are I like brother and sister. Nothing can change that.” “But we ire not brother anil sister,” said he; “and even first cousins marry. I have been thinking that—” “Oh, don’t, don't!” she said —“Henri, for Heaven’s sake, don’t begin to be as bad as the rest. Be my good brother still. It would be frightful for us to marry. Besides, one should fall in love first should not one? Think how ab surd to marry without that.” "But I like you so much,’' said Henri. “Dear Cousin Lina, let us talk about it." i “I will not," said she. “If you desire ; to ipiarrel, you can talk about such fool- i ish fancies, not else. Os course, you like me; of course, I like you, and that is just why it can't be. Grandpapa ought tube ashamed of himself.’’ She paused a moment, then turned her ! lips toward her cousin. “Give me a kind kiss, brother Henri," said she, “and never, never, never speak of this absurdity again. As for marry ing. I shall never marry any one. Why should 1, when I detest the thought?" Henri gave a little sigh. “I shall never marry either. Cousin Lina," said he; “but you sec we are not brother and sister. You can't make it <•> by saying so." . Then he kissed her and they walked back into the hoire ■•, where Grandpapa Kleber and Granduncle Michel had just settled the matrimonal prospects of these two young cousins to their own satisfac tion. The result of the young pyxiple’s rebell- ; ion was a quarrel. Lina escaiHal very easily. It was only | pnqwr for a girl to be coy ; but the young man was so beset with reproaches that he ■ finally defied his relatives much as A i\ • •’I did the lightning. In his ease the lightning had the best of it, and the end of all this was that one , fine m ruing Henri Kleber found hituaflf . turned out into the world t<> neck his for- , tune; ami long ere his cousin's black eyes were o|a nesi u|x>n the dawn, had left [ Munich and his furious relatives behind him. From that day nothing was heard of him by his f-ieuds in Munich fur many a long year. Tlir old people were unforgiving. Grandfather Kleber died and left all his money to Lina, who had already refused two excellent matches. Grand uncle Michel died also, and Lina became yet richer. At last her beloved mother also left her. She long remained Lina Michel, though her beauty and her wealth had brought many suitors to her door. The lov that she had thought necessary to marriage -the mysterious, wonderful love —hud never come to her; and now she believed that it never would, for she was eight-and-twenty. But, somehow, ever since the morning when she awoke and found that her cousin Henri was gone, her memories of him had grown more sweet and tender with every year. She traveled two years and heard noth ing of her Cousin Henri, and at last found herself in Paris, at the bight of its gay season, and there rested a dove who had not found her olive branch. Tiiere is no place to dream like a pict ure-gallery; noplace like Paris for pict ures. Lina Michel spent many hours with her eyes fixed on painted faces that she never saw, for the living face that haunt ed her; but one day she awoke to a won drous interest in a small picture which hung in a small dealer's gallery in which she found herself. It was a simple scene. A moonlit gar den, the distance dying into undefined shadows, a fountain into which a Hebe emptied her cup, and by the fountain’s brim a youth and a young girl. The moonlight kissed her face. His was not seen. He bent toward her, lover-like. I His hand touched hers, and hers rested I on one of the little posts that held an en : circling chain about the fountain. These were crowned with lilies, and as she looked closer, she saw that one had a broken leaf. It was the garden of her grandfather’s old house at Munich. And this was more than chance. Was there such a thing as magic, or had some artist watch ed Henri and herself on the night when she made that miserable mistake? For that was Henri, and surely that black haired girl was not unlike herself. “Is this picture for sale?” she asked the dealer. He shrugged his shoulders. “I think the artist is mad,” he said. “This is the first picture any one has wanted to buy, and he refuses to sell it. Perhaps a price sufficient will tempt him; I but if I give his address the lady will re member my commission?” The lady promised faithfully to do so. “It is a wretched street —he is very poor,” said the dealer, and gave her the number written on a card. “The fifth j floor,” he said with ashrug of his should- Lina Michel stepped into her carriage fXind soon, followed byvher maid; climbed the stairs of a dingy dwelling, rapped upon the door that bore the word “Atel ier” upon it. In a moment a man with a long beard, who held a palette in his hand, opened the door for her, and stood regarding the apparition of a closely-vailed lady attend ed by her maid, with some surprise. “I speak to the painter of the picture at Monsieur s,” said the Fraulein Michel. “The garden and fountain. I desire to purchase it at any price.” “Madame,” replied the artist, “I re gret to say that picture is not to be sold.” “But I must have it,” said the lady. “I am rich—anything, any price.” “I am poor,” said the artist, “but it has no price.” “Listen, sir,” said the lady. “It is | more than a picture that I want—it is a [ reminiscence. It is like a—a place that ! 1 know. I beg for it. I imnlore you to | sell it to me.” “Madame,” said the artist, -* tree you have a heart. I will speak plainly. Long i ago I stood with the only woman I ever 1 loved, beside that fountain—a fountain j in an old garden in Munich. I was a j voting idiot. I did not even know my ! i own heart; but I know it now. I have known it for years. One day the memory’ I of the spot and of the hour returned to me as if by magic. 1 painted the picture in a few hours. Then again she stood before me. 1 saw the moonlight on her ; face. I saw her white hand lying in I mine. I saw the whole picture. Never la-fore could I put it upon canvas. I know I never can again. And, Madame, while I live, I must look upon that pict- , ure. When I die, I must cast my last glance upon it. I shall never see her again. Long since she has become the , wife of some one she loves well, na , i doubt; but I—l shall never love any , other. So I must keep her picture; I must. You see that, Madame.” And as he spoke, Lina Michel knew Henri Kleber—knew him despite the flowing beanl and all the changes of twelve long years. And as he ceased, *he threw back her vail and held both her hands toward him. "Henri," she sighi-d, “Henri! Oh Henri, do you not know me?” And then he had clasped her in his arms, and she i lav sobbing on his bosom. I When they stood beside ths fountain ■ fn the old garden at Munich again, they were man and wife. “Hope <n. h >)s ev<r. ’ tha motto of : the man who docs no advertising; the man who advertises has no time f«r such sentimentality ; he is kept busy pocket ing the receipts. ! A Talk WHh a Taxblermlst. I “We will undertake to preserve and ' fix up any kind of a bird or animal, from a humming-bird to an elephant, said a i taxidermist to a reporter for the New j York Mail and Eryrent recently, “and, I might just well add, from a bee to mam moths. ” “Are there many in this city who pur sue your art?” “About twenty. Too many altogether for any of us to do any decent business. It is not an easy trade to learn. Some times a man may accomplish it in a few months; sometimes it will take a much longer time; it depends upon the natural good judgment and dexterity of the pu pil. A little carelessness or want of skill will often spoil a job. In the prepara ' tion of our subjects we use a large amount of arsenic in a powdered form. During the manipulation this powder is shaken into the air and is inhaled by the operator. As arsenic is an accumulative poison it will remain in the system until there is enough to cause serious results. Very often a man is compelled to quit the business in order to save his life. Life insurance companies hesitate to take risks on men engaged in our business. Arsenic is used to preserve the skin, fur and feathers of birds and animals. Sev eral substitutes for this poison have been tried, but none of them have been found to be any good.” “What do you most work on?” “We drive a thriving business in the canary bird line. People bring their lit tle birds here to have them stuffed. The owners are mostly ladies, and you can imagine what a comfort it is to have their little feathered pets preserved in such a manner that their beauty and form of feather can be seen and admired long after their sweet voices are hushed. “Love-birds are preserved in great numbers. Cardinals arc somewhat rare, and their plumage is so bright-colored and beautiful, that when they die they are seldom thrown away. There is al ways a ready market for them, and we will pay good prices for them. Love birds are brought to us in pairs. It is customary when one of these affectionate little things die to bring its-dead body and the living mate to us. We kill the live bird and preserve the two together." “Could the skin of a man be stuffed?” “Certainly in the same manner that a monkey’s skin is. I would undertake the job, but it would cost a great deal of money. They say that the human skin is very much like the skin of a hog, and that if subjected to a tanning process it would be very thick and strong—the same as the hog leather which is used for saddles and trunks.” A Check on Watchmen. “There has been a great demand of late years for a clock that would record the going and coming of night watchmen in factories, hotels and other large build ings,” said a manufacturer. “You mav provide a building liberally with fire escapes, but they are of little use if the watchman, being asleep, neglects to give the alarm when the fire breaks out. Thus the best of all precautions is the ‘electric watchman’s clock and register.’ Watch men are no better than other mortals; they will grow weary and sleepy, and some of them would rather doze all night in an arm-chair in some snug corner than i march their appointed rounds. But the electric clock and register is an invention that serves as the most potent stimulus to the watchman to make him go his rounds. It is so arranged as to serve for any de sired number of stations, and controlling from one to ten watchmen if necessary. At each station the watchman inserts a key and gives one full turn. This makes its unfailing record on a blank which is locked inside the clock in the office, and which is so placed that no watchman, however ingenius or sly, can tamper with it. The record wht n taken out in the morning shows exactly what stations the watchman visited in the night and the time of his visits.”—Afar Tori Mail and E-rpre»«. Damp Beds. The London Lanett, referring to the death of Mr. Maas, the well-known tenor, calls attention to the peril of sleeping in a damp bed. As a matter of fact, this peril is of the greatest, and it is almost ever-present. The experienced traveler rarely hazards the risks of sleeping be tween sheets, which are nearly sure to be damp, until they have been aired un der his personal supervision at a fire in his bed room. If this be impracticable, he wraps his rug around him, or pulls out the sheets and sleeps between the blankets—a disagreeable but often pru dent expedient. The direst mischief may result from the contact of an imperfectly heated body with sheets which retain moisture. The body heat is not sufficient to raise the temperature of the sheets to a safe jKiint, and the result must be disas trous in the extreme if, as is sure to hap pen, the skin be cooled by contact with a surface colder than itself and steadily abstracting heat all the night through". There is no excuse for the neglect of proper precaution to insure dry beds. Servants are never to be trusted in this matter, and the managers of hotels, even of the best description, are careless iu respect to it.— .l ril€r ican. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Statistics arc said to show that over ninety per cent, of mad dogs are re trievers, or animals so-called, and that mongrels are much more liable to hydro phobia than dogs of pure breed. The generation of heat by friction hag. been applied in England to the produc tion of a friction still, with which sur vivors of shipwrecks may obtain steam and fresh water from sea-water without the aid of fire. A paper machine shipped from South Windham, Conn., recently, weighed ninety-five tons, and is declared to be the largest machine of the kind ever manufactured in the east. Nine freight cars were required for its shipment. It is computed that a twelve-inch wall of hard-burned bricks and good lime and sand mortar could be built 1600 feet high before the bottom layers would be crushed. If Portland cement were added to the mortar the height might reach 2700 feet. A comparative statement of the death rate in England and Wales in the two decennials periods 1871-1880 and 1861- 1870 has just been published, and shows a decrease of 1100 deaths a year in each million inhabitants. The deaths from diphtheria and fevers supposed to be due to unhealthy surroundings were greatly reduced in number. The Paris Figaro has published an ar ticle on the “manufacture of skeletons,” in which the writer says that just outside of Paris there is an establishment where human bones of all sorts are collected, and after being carefully prepared are fastened together with wires, and when the work is done it is impossible even for the scientific eye to detect anything wrong in a skeleton that has been made up from the bones of several different in dividuals. Perhaps no more striking illustration of the wonderful reproductive powers of certain insects could be given than that contained in a new work by Mr. Theo dore Wood, an English entomologist. It is assumed, first, that 100 aphides weigh no more collectively than a single grain; and secondly, that only a very stout man can weigh as much as 2,000,000 grains. Then it is found that if multiplication were entirely unchecked, the tenth broad alone of the descendants of a single aphis would be equivalent in point of actual matter to more than 500,000,000 very stout men, or one-third of the human population of the globe supposing each person to weigh 280 pounds. An L'mler-w.iter Boat. A boat has already been invented, and is actually in existence, which can sink below the surface of the water at will and travel many miles entirely out of sight; and many keen and fertile brains are at work perfecting the horrible in vention. Such a vessel, on sighting a hostile fleet or vessel, would immediately dive down and make for her foe unseen, and absolutely impervious to attack. Her enemy can not tell where she is, or when she may blow her to pieces. She has absolutely no means of defense. Flight is her only resource. The difficul ty the under-water boat has to contend with is that of seeing through the water. Even now there are signs of the solution of the problem, but even if it is not over ' come the boat can rise to the surface when she likes, take a fresh observation of her enemy’s whereabouts, and dive down again preparatory to the final blow. A few such boats would be more terrible j to a hostile fleet than a whole row of ! ironclad forts. They would be an in tangible, haunting danger that would demoralize the stoutest heart.— All the Year Round. The Weaker Force Generally Worsted. From Gen. Buell’s “Shiloh Reviewed” in the Century we quote as follows: “Nowhere in history is the profane idea that in a fair field fight, Providence is on the side of the strongest battalions, more uniformly sustained than in our civil war. It presents no example of the triumph of 15,000 or even 20,000 men against 25,000. It affords some such instances where the stronger force was surprised by rapid and unexpected movements, and still others where it was directed with a want of skill against chosen positions strength ened I yy the art of defence; but nowhere else. The weaker force is uniformly de feated or compelled to retire.” Unable to Tell. “Hello, Ned! You’ve been getting married, have you?” “Guess I have, Tom.” “Good move, I suppose? Father-in law well off?” “I hope so.” “Hope so! Why, don’t you know?” “Nothing definite. You see, he died, about two weeks ago, and we haven’t any information from him yet as to whether he’s well off or not.”— YonkeAt Gazette. He Was in a Horry. “Do not intercept me, or delay me a moment,” said a gentleman to a friend, “for I am in an awful hurry.” “What’s the matter,” replied his friend. "Oh. nothing, only I have just bought my wife a new bonnet and I want to get home before the style changes.”— Carl Prclzti.