Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1883 — Page 3

THE BAD BOY.

“Yon seem sort of broke up this morning, ” said the grocery man to the . bad boy, as he came in and stood against the counter, under<the kerosene lamp that was leaking on his hat. “And I knew you would be when I saw you going down the dark alley last night with that ragged girl that peddles i apples. Oh, you are a sly one, and I have watched*you, and I am satisfied you are on the wrong road. Yon better let up, young man, or your people will be ashamed of you. When a boy that belongs to the better class of society goes down a dark alley with a low girl—.” “But, gol-darn it, she lived in the alley. If she hadn’t lived in the alley I wouldn’t have gone in there,” said the boy, a little nettled at the Remarks of the grocery man, and trying to explain. “Yes, that is *all right,” said the cheese fiend, winking at the carpenter, who was nailing a weather-strip on the door, and who looked as though he needed a weather-strip on the bottom of his pants, to bank up his low shoes. “Of course she lived there, and she inveigled you, a respectable boy, into her den, and you didn’t have to have your coat-collar pulled off to get you to go. I am ashamed of you, to go off down a dark alley with a disreputable girl —” “There, hold on, condemn you,” said the boy, as he grated his teeth and picked up a stick of stove wood and drew it on the grocery man, his face pale as a ghost, while the carpenter stopped work to look on. “You say a word against that poor girl, and down comes your grocery. She is a Christian, that girl is, though she don’t put on airs and go to church with silk dresses and rich duds. But she prays, by jingo, better than any of ’em. There aint none of these prayer sharps that get up and talk big words, that can make me cry, but that little girl made me cry last night as though I had broke a pair of skates. You see her father is a drunkard, and he takas half she makes peddling apples, to buy gin, and her grandmother has got the consumption, and that takes the other half to support her. I knew that girl when I went to school, and yesterday she came to me crying, and said she was going to ask a favor of me ’cause I had a heart in me. I don’t know how she found it out, but anyway she said she had knowed it for years. It seems her drunken father had taken all her money, and had gone on an awful bum, and she didn’t haven’t any to buy some of those cough-sirup lozenges for her grandma, and the old lady was chokin up pretty rough, and she wanted me to lend her a dollar till she could realize on the apples she was going to get trusted for. Probably you noticed I haven’t got any watch this morning’ I have got my chain, with a bunch of keys on it in my pocket, but nobody will know I haven’t got any watch unless they ask me what time it is, and then I will tell them it has run down, and I guess it has, ’cause pawnbrokers never wind up watches. Well, sir, I got $4 on my watch, and I went and bought apples for her and’medicine for her grandma, and then I went down home with her. You are right about the allev being pretty rough, but when I went in the little roon, where the old lady was on a bed, and heard her let off one of those regular hark-from-the-tombs coughs, that sounded away down cellar, where it is damp and moldy, I tell you it made me feel serious. And when that ragged little girl got down on her knees and prayed, there in the dirt, and asked God to bless the friend that had risen up and lifted such a load off the sufferer, do you know, I felt as though I had swallowed a piece of turnip or something hard/ and couldn’t get it up or down, and the tears come to my eyes just like when you peel onions. ■ She didn’t use any of this highfalutin language, such as the highsalaried preachers use, where you want a dictionary in your pew to find what the words mean. It was no full-dress, formal prayer, like some of the ministers give us, when it seems as though they had just been given a letter of introduction to God, and wanted to show Him that He was in luck to get acquainted with so distinguished and educated a preacher. She didn’t go on and advise God how to run things, like some of the preachers I have heard, and act as though if God didn’t take thei r ad vice He would lose his situation and be mighty lucky if he got a job carrying around a collection plate. It wasn’t that kind of a prayer. The little girl got right down on her knees, and said, ‘Oh, Father in Heaven,’just as though God was sitting right there in front of her on a three-leggea stool, and she seemed so confident that the Heavenly Father heard her that I could almost see His band on her head, petting the poor child. She didn’t tell God anything about my pawning my watch aiid buying the apples, and she didn't mention my name at all, but I could imagine that even He who watches the-sparrows fall, was onto the bujieh of keys in my vest-pocket, hitched to the watch-chain, bigger than a house. Say, do you know, some of these long prayers by the dress-parade preachers, who get a salary big enough to own a yacht, make me tired, and I want to go , put in the woods and hear even a flock of praises, in preference to listening tO'-a-Inng recital of what a lot of miserable sinnerS" 11 #!! tjie people are who are being prayed for; but I could have listened to that dirty, ragged girl pray for an hour, she was so natural and pitiful, and talked so God could understand it whether Ho had ever graduated at college or not. But she wasn’t talking against time for wages, and she just seemed to have a ittle conversation with the good Lord just as a child would with its father, and then she got up and fired some medicine down her grandma, and made her a cup of tea on an oil stove and , toasted a piece of bread and poached, an egg while I sat there thinking. Do you know she broke me. all up. If it wasn’t for that old calico dress, and the shoes run over at the heel, and the moth-eaten stockings. I should have thought she was an angel, and, by guni, 7 1 will pawn everything I have got for her to get things for her grandma, Vut someliody 'else has got to chip in to buy gin for the old man. I can’t run a hospital and a distillery both on one cheap

watch, but I am going to work for the humane society next week, and that girl can have all the money I make as long as the old lady’s cough hangs on. Say, do you think there is any bathroofn in heaven where they can take such a dirty girl as that and;, make an angel of her that I Will pass in a crowd ? Take . the dirt out from under her finger ; nails, and soak her hands in hot water, ; and put cold cream on them, and let her sleep a few nights with rubber gloves on, and I suppose they could make her pass as an angel. Well, I have got to go down to the Humane society i office. I was in a street-car the other night and the’car was full, and got off -the track, and the mules couldn’t pull it. All the men sat there and wouldn't get out. They read papers, and acted mad, while the driver pounded the mules. I was on the back step, and I yelled, ‘The members of the Humane society are requested to get Out of the car and help push.’ You ought to have seen ’em, . They all looked at each other, and then got out, and some of them looked ashamed, but they helped the mules. The bo.-s of the Humane society heard of it, and he said he would give me a job watching for butchers who maul cattle. I guess I can work my way up so I will finally hold the proud position of looking .after lame horses that draw swill wagons. Well, I must go and send our doctor down the alley, to sound the old lady’s cough, and have him charge it to pa.” As the boy went out the grocery man told the carpenter that boy had a heart in him as big as a. barrel, but you had to watch the raisin box, all the same, when he was around.—Peel’s Sun.

Finding a Hidden Fortune.

“I have been seat for very often in my time,” said an elderly detective, “to search for money concealed by eccentric people. There was more of this hiding away of cash forty years ago than there is now, owing, probably, to the doubtful character of some of the old savings banks. “Some fifteen years ago I went up to a farm house in Orange county, at the request of the heirs, to look for money. The deceased had had no striking Characteristics for my purpose, and, after trying several lines of search for three days, I grew doubtful. His riding saddle had been ripped open, his bootheels knock ed off for diamonds, his shoes split up and his upholstery pulled to pieces.’ Bricks had been taken out, the hearth torn up, and the wainscotings pulled down. Even the backboards of picture frames had been taken out, and the boys had dug around the roots of every tree in the orchard, but still no money had been found. The reward was too large to be lost, but I i was nearly at my wits’end. Finally the thought came like a flash: ‘Where was the old gentleman in the habit of sitting?’ I asked. ‘Oh, he almost always sat by that window,’said the brother; ‘but We’ve pulled everything to pieces around there.’ ‘Sit down just as he did.’ The man sat down. ‘ln which direction was he most apt to look?’ ‘Nowhere in particular; out of the window generally. ’ ‘Toward the barn?’ ‘No, this way.’ I followed the look; it was in the line of an old, usedup pump. ‘Which way did he walk when he went out to the field?’ ‘Over to the pump, and then made a bee line for the pond;’ These answers had a certain significance. Men like to have the place of concealment m sight, and it is well-known that they will often walk over money they have buried tn see that the sod is undisturbed. I had the pump taken up and excavations made—no money. The pump was replaced. I entered the room once more and stood by the window. Suddenly I saw a faint, but peculiar-looking mark on the sill; it was a surveyor’s point. I “lined" it up to the pump, measured out to the exact center of the line, and the digging began. A two-inch steam pipe was struck at a depth of four feet. The end was plugged; I took home a SSOO bill that night”— New York Sun. '■

The Chinese “Ten” Nasal and Guttural.

One peculiarity of the Chinese language, which does not occur in any other that I am acquainted with, is the effect of the different tones employed. Two words may be Romanized or spelled : according to our sounds in exactly the same way, but a fiiglFnflssi—Sir oife ease and deep guttural in the other gives a totally different meaning. This is a difficulty that is hard to overcome. A clergyman of my acquaintance, delivering his first Chinese sermon, was very much nnnnyefl at a blunder he made in the word heaven, ten, which, without the use of the nasal, denotes field. He spoke to them at length of the lives Christians should lead, and informed them as a reward for this proper conduct they would go to “ten” when they died. “Humph!” said one old man on the front seat, “we can do that any day.”— Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

Policeman and “Cops.”

Somebody wanted to know how. policemen ever came to be called j “cops.” The term originated in New j York, and first given to the police ‘ force under Mayor Fernando Wood, from the copper badges which they wore. It" Was not long before the dictionary of thieves’ slang was enriched by a aßvy~wer4 r .‘.‘,CQPperß.” Sir Robert' Peel was an considerable official attention to the reconstruction of the London police j force, and hence the terms “bobbies”.; and “peelers,” the last of which waa 1 transplanted in American soil.— Boston Globe.

Hot Ice.

“Marvelous hot ice!” Did Shakspeare, in these words, anticipate the earth-; quake of Java? In the midst of the' molten lava and carried along by the currentwas a solid and enormous bed of ice emitted from one of the craters, : This bed of ice was Surrounded by a thick envelope of sand and scoriae,; which are such non-conductors of heat j that a red-hot stream of lava running ' over ?it will not melt snow? It is sup-1 posed that this ice had formed the crust of some vast subterranean lake. — Detroit Free Press. '

HOME DECORATIONS.

A pretty mat, intended for the top oi a table, is made of drab felt. The edge is cut ip sharp points; between these points are placed -soft little tassels made of high-coloted crewell. The border of the mat is made by working with gay embroidery silks any pattern which suits the fancy of the maker. Thf old-fashioned cross-stitch, or some modification of the feather-stich, is pretty. A pretty chair-back is made of ap antique lace stripe put over silk. Have the lace Ip the center and on the silk stripes of the same width at feach side; embroider a pretty vine. This is lovely, made of the lace and blue silk, with sprays of small pink buds, dr of cardinal satin with daisies and butter-cups embroidered on it. . The top is turned down and hemmed, and the botton may be finished'with lace, or be made in points with a tassel on each point. A handsome panel for the wall is made of a strip of black satin 15 inches long and 7 inches wide. On this is embroidered in silk a bunch of pinks. The top and bottom of the panel are finished with bands of scarlet plush, about two inches wide. A brass wire is fastened to the top, and a silk cord to hang it by. On the bottom are fine silk balls of v lt rions sh:ides of red.Tlie panel should be’ lined with some material oi sufficient body to keep it smooth. Another elegant panel is made of pale blue satin or plush, with a bird and its nest painted on it in water colors. Table-cover.-—Take sixteen blocks of cretonne one quarter square. Arrange them so there will be a landscape on each of the four corners. In putting the blocks together lay one edge over the other and sew. Line with Turkeyred cotton. Put black dress braid down each seam and across, also around the side of border next to blocks. Sew firm on-each side of braid, feather-stitch braid with shaded yellow, red and green embroidery silk. ‘ Finish the lower edge of border with narrow ball fringe. This makes a lovely cover.for mpst anything, and can be made smaller if desired. A toilet set, which is very pretty and tasteful for a birthday gift, is made of blue satin. The set consists of a pincushion and two mats; line the mate with blue silesia, and trim the edge with Valenciennes lace; on one mat work in outline-stich a small horseshoe, work this with olive and pink embroidery silks. Do not put the horseshoe in the center of the mat, but at one side The words “Good Luck” should be worked in the rim of horseshoe The other mat may be prettily ornamented by embroidering a fan on it The cushion should have the monogram of the owner on it, and at each corner put a satin bow, and a frill of lace around the edge of the cushion.

An Anecdote of Gambetta’s Mother.

Asthe “Bazar Ge no is” was in the market-place, its business lay in a greal degree with rustics. Leon got sick oi dealing with haggling rustics, and prayed to be removed from behind the counter to the desk. As he was a quick accountant, and wrote in a neat, legible, and flowing hand, this was granted. He did his best to give his mind to the business, but failed, and his health sanl under the tedium of uncongenial pursuits. No device to which the watchful and tender mother resorted could get the better of his splenetic i state. He had a fixed ambition which, ■ as it appeared to him a chimerical one, i made him restless, discontented, and miserable; it was to study law, and be- ; come a teacher of a Legal Faculty in s ; provincial city. One day his mothei called him to her. She said she had been unhappy in witnessing his growing depression, and she handed him a bag of money which she had saved unknown 7to anybody—-enough to defray the cosl of his journey to Paris and enable him to study law there for some time. A trunk full of clothing had been pre pared, and was at the office of the stage coach, where a place was booked foi him to the nearest railway. Madam* Gambetta instructed him to slip quietlj away, in order to avoid a painful scent with his father, who was determined that his son Should suceeed him in the business. This communication was sc unexpected and delightful that for the rest of the day Leon was in a state oi He rose Tetimes nexi morning, and. BeforeMaiTame Gambetta had Instructed her son to follow his vocation, She had taken steps to keep him out of ruiserj when the hoard placed in his hand should be exhausted. In 1856, the yeai in which Gambetta left Cahors, M Emile Menrer~wont there on a tour. He had just opened the chocolate factory at Noisicl, and traded in medi cated biscuits and sweet-stuffs. Calling at the “Bazar Genois,” he was received by Madame Gambetta. In answer tc his proposal to sell his goods on commission she, with tears in her eyes, mel it with another. It was in the nature of the one enunciated by the unjus* steward. “I have a son of great prom ise,” she said, “whom I want to send tc Paris, against his father’s will, to stud] law. He is a good lad and no fool. But my husband, who wants him to continue his business here, will, I know, try tc' starve him into submission. What lan I about'to propose is that if I buy you) chocolate at the rate- you offer it, and buy it outright instead of taking it tc sell on commission, you will say nothing if I enter it at a higher price, and you Menier, from whose lips I had this an-1 ecdote, agreed, and for some years car riecl out the arrangement.— The Cen tiiry.

The Moonshiners’ Whistle.

The moonshiners of the South have t little instrument with which they whi» tie to each other. It is made of copper .fiat ayd hollow, about an inch and t half wide and three inches long, with i kind of scroll at the end farthest frorr the mouth-piece. By placing the fingers at each end of' the scroll almost any kind of shrill whistle can be pro duced, which in the night may be hearc a mile away. An old frame honse in Winthrop, Me, built 114 years ago, was moved half s miles last w eek Without even cracking the plastering. r .

HATTON’S REPORT.

A Year’s Operations of the General Postoffice. Annual Report of the First Assistant Postmaster General. The annual report of Frank Hatton, First Assistant Postmaster General, has been laid before the Postmaster General , The reporter says: The average amount of work performed in each division of the office exceeded that of any previous year, and the bureau has, so far as the appropriation would permit, endeavored to meet the necessities. It is believed that in no preceding year have fewer complaints been made concerning incompetency or dishonesty of Postmasters or delay or confusion in the delivery or dispatch of mail matter in the different postoffices. The whole number of pqstoffices on June 30. 1883, was 47,863, an increase ol 1,632 duringthe year. Ap[X)fitioned by sections, the increase in the New England States was 36, Middle States 223, Southern ; States and Indian Territory 720, States and Territories West and Northwest 580, and the ! Pacific slope 68. Pennsylvania had the largest ; number ot postofiices—3.7l6. New York fob ; lowed with 3,082, and Ohio third, with 2,620. i The number of money-order offices is 5,857, an increase of 421.■ ■ • ■ The removals and suspensions during the 1 year were OiGless than for the year before, an indication undoubtedly of the improvement in character and habits of the persons now serving the public as Postmasters. During the year 10,705 letters were written to ; Postmasters and to private individuals in- | volving decisions under the jtostal regulations 1 and laws, and $2,000 was collected from publishers of second-class matter for the violai tion of the law in inclosing third-class matter in second-class publications. Publishers of . legitimate newspapers are specially interested in sustaining the department, in its i efforts through the division of postal Itfcwsand , regulations to exclude from the pound rate , all publications designed primarily for adver- ; tising purposes or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates. The enforce- ; ment of that law will enable legitimate publi- ■ cations (favored.by statute as an instrument ; of popular education: to sustain themselves by securing such local advertising support as , would naturally come to them. The adjusti ment of salaries of Presidential Postmasters ■ is now far enough advanced to warrant the i statement that the result will t e satisfactory, 1 and for the first time in the nistot yof the department thesalaries of “Presidential Postmasters will be equalized and placed upon a 1 basis of the gross receipts o’s their offices. | Beyond the benefits of the free-delivery service as at present restricted is a class of towns in densely-populated portions of the country which it is believed could be served by carriers with benefit to the people and economy to the department. These are towns within short distances of one another, which have not singly required the qualifications in population or gross revenue. The law should be amended so {is to authorize the department to extend the system to such places by establishing it at the principal or central office of the group and discontinuing the other offices, or substituting for them inexbranches of the main office, from which carriers could‘serve the surrounding localities. Excess of postage on local matter over the cost, of free-delivery service, and taking into consideration the fact that ; local coriespondente increases in proportion to the .'facilities offered, it should be extended and liberal appropriations made to bring it up to the highest practicable standard iff cities where it is now in operation. This service eueots the general demands of by s.ne-s and social life, but fails to the dispatch required in the delivery of letters of Cxcepii: nal importance. Under the present system fetters received after the carriers go out 'upon their trips, whatever their importance, must lie in the office till the next trip. At 6 o’clock p. m., when the delivery closes for the day, they must lie over till next morning, and this delay frequently fails to meet the object of the eommiinteation. Out of this want off More speedy delivery’, have grown up in several large cities private enterprises, which are now conducted in competition with this service and are diverting from thelegitimate revenues of the department thousands of dollars yearly. The patronage bes'.owod upon them evinces a public demand for a more speedy delivery of a certain class of correspondence. To meet this want it is suggested that a special stamp be provided, which, when affixed to a letter, whether local or otherwise, shall entitle the letter to immediate delivery up to 10 o’clock p. m. To provide for their delivery it-is suggested that boys be employed, and required to procure receipts from the party addressed, or some authorized person. In view of the excess of the receipts of postage on local matter alone over the coat of its delivery ($1,021,894), it seems the time has arrived when the postage on local letters at offices where the carrier system 'is in operation can be reduced from 2 cents to 1 cent. Such a reduction will surely result in a very large increase in local business. I <

WORK AND WAGES.

The Senate Labor Committee Among the New Englanders. (Boston Telegram.] Samuel D. Warren, a prominent and extensive paper-maker, testified before tho Senate Labor committee to-day, and showed an exccUcnt condition of things .atmang tiieir. labour “eW&Tifaiiie. E. L.UaVefipbFr.acompositor, thought grinding superintendents the greatest evil, and that employed children should be protected. M. H. Enwright, a grocer, thought the Government ought to regulate the standard of wages, as manufacturers’ goods are protected while labor is not. Dr. T. W. Stow, of Fall River, said operatives there were physically dwarfed and mentally wrecked by long hours, over-work, and starvation wages.’ The tenements are poor, ventilation bad, and facilities despicable. He favored the breaking up of land, money and transportation monopolies. Thos. O. Donald, a Fall River spinner, earned $1.50 a day and had worked not half the time. Many Fall River laborers are obliged to dig clams and get their driftwood to eke out a living. Senator Blair said his story was too accursedly true. There were several other less important witnesses.

AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

A California farmer has raised . three watermelons weighing 104, ninety-Wgnt and and eighty-four pounds. ’ v A large cougar killed and partially dCr voured a 2-year-old bull belonging to Charier.; King, of Whatcom, Washington Territory, recently. RoosBfELT street. New York, has suddenly become famous as the residence of the only man in the United States who owns a white I. li 11 n,I ITffl- n | , The stomach of a di-HU eo'irififlrwßk'wnwl' by M. Kennedy, of Wallingford, Ct., contained a steelyard weight, a nut screw, the blade of a knife and a king-bolt. Is the year 1872 the consumption of copper in the United States was 34.000,00(1 pounds, and Since that time it has steadily increased. Last year it was 77,000,000, ', A Vermont man, who stole a cow from his neighbor’s barn, found on getting her home that it was his own cow, which his neighbor had stolen earlier in the night. The funeral of Lucy Fish Curtis, who died at West Randolph, Vt., at the age of about 100 years, was attended by all her six children, the youngest bein g 55 and the oldest 83 years of age. A sta-TCe to the inventor of the manufacture of soda is about to be erected at Issoudun, his native place. When this great chemist was alive tide world refused him a breakfast; now that he is dead, why, a monument, of course. John P. Howard, of Burlington, hat given to the University of Vermont, ■ ' ; A - ' " ’ ■

OLD COMRADES MEET AGAIN.

Successful Reunion at Cincinnati of the Army of the Cumberland. Cena. Sheridan, Rosecrans, and Other Noted Warriors Present. (Cincinnati Telegram.] The reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cutaberland commenced with a march of the members, headed by its President, Gen. Sheridan, and a band, from the Burnett house to the Grand opera-house, where a business session was held. Accompanying Gen. Sheridan were Gens. Hosecrtr.s, Wood, Logan. Newton, Mm soy, Carlin, Morgan, Kimball and Parkhurst. The Frea.dent called the meeting to order, and Chaplain Earnshaw offered prayer. It was decided that a sketph of the late Gen. Steed.nan, who was not rt member of the society, tie published in the annual record: The Treasurer's report showed a balance in haiid of $197. He also said that many members were delinquent, their whereabouts being unknown. Committees were Appointed nnd invitations accepted from several clubs, and the society adjourned. In the evening they marched to Mhsle hall alone, the local military organizations whi.h were to have escorted them failing to turn, up. An audience of fully 2.IKH was airca<ly in the Kall when the society marched in, The stageand xva!is were benuUlully dt-corattgV flags, stacks of artns, teats and cantton bf-ing scattored around in profusion. Gen. Cist called meeting to order and introduced Gov. Foster, who welcomed the society. His refttrsmees" to the Uinnerous distinguished military men present called forth loud applause, upon which Gen. Sheridan, with mock sternness, called for order. Gen. tfffiith D. Atkins was then introduced as the orator of the evening. A reunion of soldiersr said- the speaker, <loes everyonegood. The stories told, by the gray-haired veterans are incentives to youthful patriotism, and cl: Idish hearts barn with awakened love of, country, ami childish chocks Hush with desire of emulation, when they hear the fathers unrt grandsihese reciting their warlike deeds and ■ ling how they left home and families to bear privation and peril in defense of a common country. Aug. 15, 18UJ, continued the orator, Geh. Bobcrt Anderson, “tht? hero of dttmtnr,” organized the - Army -of<. the Cumberland. His department comprised Kentucky and Tennessee, but those States were neutral then, and the headquarters were established at Cincinnati. Don Carlos Buel was its first commander, and at Mill Springs was won the first decisive victory for the Union cause by Gen. Thomas and a portion or the Cumberland corps. At Shiloh, .April 6, 1862, the armies had been fighting all one day, aqd step by step the Federal forces were being driven back, wfien Gen. Buell led the army of the Cumberland upon the flehl and saved the day. Then came the race to Louisville, and Buell beat Bragg into .tfie- city, which was the “miss” of“tlie campaign. Then Gen. Rosemans took command, 4nd the I victories of Stone river, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma and Chattanooga were achieved by hl's corps. At Chickamauga they met with defeat, owing to the faiut-beartedness of the right wing; bqt it was atoned for at Missionary Ridge, when, without orders, they syept Bragg’s oentqr from its strong poßitipn. Part of the Army of the Cumberland Wedt td the Sea W ith Sherman; “and,” concluded the orator, “ Gch. Gborge H. Thomas was the hero of the war, and his army was the Army of the Cumberland.” ... . Capt. Millard sang a song of his own composition, written for the occasion, after which Gen. Rosecrans responded to a call in a few words. Gen. John A. Logan was also called out, and said that, though not a member of the Cumberland army, he felt like he was a part of it, owing to the close relatiofcsblp between it and the Army of the Tennessee. Gen. Barnett, Chairman of the Committee on the Garfield monument, reported that a place had been selected in Washington, but the selection would require an act Of Congress to make it final. The committee thought the monument would be completed in time for the reunion of 1885. Capt. Ford reported the accession of 150 new members. The following officers were elected: President, Gen. Phil. H. Sheridan; Corresponding Secretary, Gen. H. M. Cist; Treasurer, Gen. G. S. Fullerton; Recording Secretary, Col. James W. Steele; with Vice Presidents from each State and Territory representer Tin the society. Rochester, N. Y., was selected as the next place of meeting, Sept. 21-22 (Chickamauga week). The society then .invitation, to the Chamber of Commerce, where Capt; Forakey, Vice President for Ohio, made an .address. President Peabody,, ot the Chamber of Commerce, responded, and was followed by Gens. Sheridan, Rosecrans. Logan and others. The closing session consisted of a banquet at Music hall. About 600 sat down to the banquet. Gen. Rosecrans presided. Much satisfaction was expressed at the success of the reunion.

SOUTHERN PROGRESS.

i. Remarkable Increase of Material Wealth. [From the New Orleans Times-Democrat;] The TirfiM-Democrat pregejitf. this morning a complete review or all the South, from the Potoraacand Ohio to thejGulf and Rio Grande, in the form of interviews with the Governors ■of Ibe- Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. The assessment rolls have just been completed in most of the States, which enable us to show in undisputed fig- ! ores, in dollars and cents, the exact growth iof the South since the census was taken. ■ This showing is far more flattering than weimagined a few weeks ago; is almost Startling in the wonderful growth of wealth: , ISB3. « State. Assessment. T«x rate. Alabama .zn. $ 155JZ>0,«)0 6J£ ' Arkansas 128,000,000 7 : 1 lorida 56,000,000 6 Georgia 325,000,000 2’6 Kentucky 374,554.979 Louisiana 201.7*>,723 • 6 Misrissi] pi WpxJft.ooo 2J4 North Ca.olitia acnjjoo.OM) 2 4-5 South Carolina I3O.(XC,OOO 5 Tennessee 352,589,873 2 Texas 538,000,000 3 Virginia 332,000,000 5 T0ta15?,824.334.575 *54 . 1879. — x State. Asses ment-. Tax rate. Alabamas 117,4- ,581 7 Arkan-as BJ.’-.:>.-,’41 854 i Florida 20,471.618 7 Georgia. ...Vl., 235,65'.530 5 ■■.Kcntiieky... 315,<>::7,875 45£ Louisiana, 158,787,135 6 E Mississippi.-....: 1(*5,?-94,7C8 354 North Carolina 156.teU.000 2 2-5 Soiith Carolina..,.t 13>,237,986 6« Tonies see. 223,211,345 1 TexaX... 304370,736 5 Vftginfit 315.576,822 6 This is increase of $640,707,02.8 ft*, four years, an average of $160,176,757 a year. How rapfli is the growth of the South is evidenced by\he fact that the increased assessments oveXlß62 amount to $253,C00,000 nearly the va’ue’W the cotton crop.

PERSONS AND THINGS.

The Texas lecture manajfecrs lost money on Beecher. ' xT’ A man at Viola, Warrell couA(y, Tenn., the other day, eat eight pounds oi oysters in Less than twenty minutes. Mr?. Mary P. Jones, of Stevenson. who has just celebrated, her 100th birthday, has 216 lineal descendants. Mrs. Ann Scott, who fives near Hudson, N. Y.. has been married- four UnieS ard has brought sixteen children into this world HpNRY- Ward'Beecher returned from his ecturing tour with $13,0 00 in-cash;

GRAIN-GROWING COUNTRIES.

Interesting Report by the United States Consul at Copenhagen. The Grain-Producing and Grain-Con.-suming Countries of the World. Henry B. Snyder, United States Cortsnl at Copenhagen, has submitted to the Department of State at Washington, a very interesting report on the grain-producing and grainconsuming countries. He says that by dividing these countries under the category of grain-exporting and grain-importing places, and putting them in their order according to the relative extent of their supplies for ex* port, or again fox the magnitude of their TOqulrements; 'Be obtains the two following lists: First, as grain-exporting lands—The United States, Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Danubian Provinces, British East Indies, Demark, Algiers. Australia, Egypt, Spain, Canada, Chili and Sweden. As grain-import-ing lands—Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Greece. On the list of grain-exporting lands the United‘States ranks pre-eminently first and foremost. Not to many years have elapsed since Russia occupied this position, and. in 1877, these two countries ware nbout on an.. equal footing, but in the later the United States has largely surpassed Russia. These large supplies from the United States naturally had great influence upon the European grain markets, and the severe crisis, which the farming interests in so many parts of Europe are now passing through, is doubtless due to this severe competition. Many writers on this side of the water seem, to be of the opinion that the culminating point has now tlicit tho v try io YhA Western States will- shortly be exhausted, and that with a largely increasing population in the States, hnd with a ealled-for use of artificial manures on the soil, thte export surplus will be diminished and the cost of production so much augmented that European farmers will not long have to contend against this formidable competition. These views, in his opinion, will scarcely be realized. There is still in our Western States an enormous asea of- fertile virgin soil ready to be brought under the pl° w by annually-in-creasing immigration, and it is more likely that the culminating point may only be looked fbr in a Very remote future. The constantly-increasing competition of the United States, combined with the political disturbances in the Balkan peninsula, and the bad harvests of 1879 and 1880, have conduced in a great measure to lessen the influence of Russian supplies on the world’s grain xiarkets. Austria-Hungary is likewise mainly an agricultural land, and r with its fertile soil and not overdense population, will doubtless for a long time be able to rank among the grain-exporting countries, Until a few years back attention in the British East Indian territory was mostly Concentrated on the production of rice, other cereals being cultivated to a very slight extent; but since 1871 the cultivation and export of Indian wheat has largely increased. In England attention is now being strongly directed to the furtherance of ' all possible means? through an improved transport system, either bf canal or railways, to an increased cultivation of wheat, so that eventually India may be in a position to compete with the United States on the European grain markets. The grain production of Australia does not appear to have made such nrogress as was expected. Wheat atone is shown to yield a surplus of any consequence for export. These exports go to England, which in 1880 received about 1,000,000 quarters, the largest quantity ’ yet reached. Egypt, which in remote ages was the most important of agricultural lands, has still her natural resources; but the disastrous tax systenyirevents all developments of agriculture, which is mainly of wheat, and scarcely exceeds 500,000 quarters. GRAIN-IMPORTING COUKTRIBB. Turning next to the. list of gram-importing lands, it will be seen thatGreatßfttSwi sf&Ms prominently forward in the first rank at a pace increasing year by year, and due to three causes, namely: The large annual increase of population, that more bread is now consumed by the people than formerly, and, lastly, that wheat cultivation, owing to unremunsrative prices, is yearly reduced, the wheat lands being either sown with other cereals, or else turned into pasture land. Even with the most favored harvests, the home crops do not afford more than six months* supply, and the remainder has to be looked for in Importation; but still, with these large imports, the price of wheat is less now tbAn when England depended mainly upon het home supplies in former times, and England is probably less exposed at the present day to danger of suffering from dearth than in the days of its home supplies. In France, although the yield of crops has increased during the last fifty years, still it is only in exceptionally good harvest years that the home supply is sufficient for its own requirements, and during the last three unfavorable seasons a heavy importation has been required. These imports are chiefly obtained from Russia and the United States. In Germany, where agriculture may be considered as of, a high standard, even this eountry4s iia&Ute. (o Mpport its populgtiOT with breadstuffs from its own supplies. These supplies were in the first instance entirely obtained from Russia, but now they are likewise received from Hungary. ■

THE COLORED MAN’S KIGHTS.

A Southern Railroad to Run Separate Cara for Negroes. 4---Senator Brown, as President of the State road of Georgia, and head of the new Georgia railroad syndicate, says an Atlanta dispatch, announces that his policy, under the altered condition of things made by the civil rights decision, will be to be more careful than ever that colored men shall have full rights upon trains. He says that colored people will not be permitted to go into a car intended for white ladies nor to invade upon white people who do not desire their society, but that comfortable cars will be arranged on the Western and Atlantic for both races, where they can travel comfortably and safely. Conductors on his trains, under his orders, will no more permit white people to intrvde upon colored than they will permit colored to intrude on white people. His orders will be stringent to conductors to see that.colored people paying the same price paid by whites shall have as comfortable accommodations, but they must take it in different cars. Senator Brown said a little common sense, with a desire to do what is just in the premises, would regulate the whole matter to the satisfaction of both races, and, so far as his road was Concerned, it was his determination to see that justice was done to all. ,

PERSONAL.

The Russian Grand Duke Alexis will pass TBeyrtnnii |ii Pat is The Emperor of Austria while his wife tips the scales at IM. ' Miss Cora Benxisox, the Quincy (IB,) female ' lawyer, is making a tour around the world. Howells, the novelist, parts his hair in the middle, and shrinks from mingling with the human race. Ex-Gov. Kemper. of Virginia, says he has been and is for justice to the negro, but he never saw the day when he would knowingly clothe him with authority over the schools of the white race. Johx Cabling was fixing a freight-car of the New Jersey Central road, at Philadelphia, when the train started ahead, and the carwheels run over his breast, leaving the marks of tbnlr passage on his manly bosom. Except that,tfife«p is nothingthe matter with Mr. Carling, as be U. attending to business as usual. The car weighed 18,000 pounds. j The very latest fashion indinner-plates to iquare in shape, beaafittuDy hand painted.