Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 24, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 April 1881 — Page 3

MBEBIA3ST CIVIUZATIOIf.

Mir. Morris, of Philadelphia, Leeturss on the Country's Kesources and Weeds,

STlw Yoilt Itaes. ? "Iiiberia as I Saw It," formed t he subject, of an interesting lecture by Ed ward S. Morris, at the Brick Presby

terian church last evening, ftlr. Alor- - riii is a Philadelphia business man, who

nfi-,KTipnt vears in stuuyiii ilw

manners and needs, of the .African people and in developing the rich natural products oMjiberio. He was introduces by the Rev. Dr. L D. Be van. Among the auditors were ex Governor Morgan ?atid the Hon. William E. Dodge. Accompanying the lecturer wore Alon.o Miller, a young son of an At riean chief, and Thomas Roberts, African, both of whom were members 1 of a company of 10 native African boys who came to this country to be educated at Lincoln university. The republic . or Liberia. Mr. Morris., said, was a miniature of our own republic. Its fteg was a single star on a blue field, arul six red stripes on a white .field. It b&it its president and vice-president -elated by the direct vote of the people its senate, house of representatives, i& courts of law, common councils, m iyora, aldermen, custom houses, all modeled after the American governments" Every civilized government ! bet the United States was interested in that country. Its soil was of the rleh--&si and its orod cts the . finest of their kind. The coffee products of Liberia al me 'constituted' a great mine of , w.alth. Twenty years ago 1,509 ' pounds a yearwas the limit -f their" ' coffee exports. Now they exceeded that in a 'single day. The coffee exhi bit at the Centennial exhibition re-

C ived a special diploma in addition to tl' e goi I medal, and Brazil's own Ten? resenta ive w. a forced . to agree with ti e award to the coffee. " The indigo p'ant grew in great profusion, steel ore oi the finest quality was even more plentiful, and couid be found by the 'ten on? the surface of the ground, and ei-uid, be obtained without digging for it . ; - - ; - Alter a glowing tribute to the natural wealth of the country, the lecturer sj oke t:fie3tively of the. need of evau Iodizing tbe country in order that it a' id its people might the more rapidly a" tain The prosperity that surely awaited ttiera. The aborigines thirsted for ciiristi&n education. "Chiefs implored tl ie lecturer- to educate their children, :ati they saw in them their successors, IT x-Fresideni Benson, of the Liberian republic, himself born in Maryland, . Makhicror this matter in an inntiiriiral

aiareas uaa eioquenttv saia mat trie

Africans only awaited the blessings of civilization and christian ..education., to bs elevated to prosperity and glory as a . nation, for they possessed all the elements that go to make up a nation. The ! natives were anxious to be on equality ydth the civilized races in all ;thirig.-v

Crradu ally even, now the- peaceful X lowshare and the loom were supp.au t- . , ing the warlike sword and the spear. 3 leathen worship and heathen customs " ereteing swept away. A negro from Amei. ca, be him as black as the see of T spades, was always call a wfelie"man iy the natives, and a white man they iiirly worshiped, and called ua Godraan1,V They were a temperate peo3 le, and some of the m would actually , k to their grave rather than drink ' JiqnQr,even if a physfsiaa reeommendi d its The lecturer then spoke of his scheme of educating the Li berians. His design was to place schools upon t racts of 100 acres of land each, scattered in various parts of the country. The ri chocls were to be evangelical, tmde'Jiominational, and to teach industrial att, as well as the religion of Christ. In five years each school would be f-elf-supporting, as the scholars would devote their leisure to the cultivation tiff the coffee trees; one of which, would deld an annual revenue of$l. Each' School tract would have a thousana or '2nore such trees upon it, and thus have f ample means of support Five thousand dollars were required to build this :ropcsed school and of this $3,000 had dready been raised. At the close of Mr. Morris's address the lad' Thomas Roberts, who, ten years ago, knew not , a word of English, delivered an oration m Economy, an Element of Success.9 It was a plea for the elevation of the t African .race, and, the boy delivered it '; with the accent of a native. American, - and with an eleeutionary finish that I elicited merited applause, .." ' '

i Woman's Intiuencejin Russia. Philadelphia Record. ' " Womi-n have played an important part in Russian "history, from Olga, a wise and ableraler. of the embryo, empire in the 3 ' middle of the ten tli centurvt of Catharine If, whose long and brilliant reign of thirty-four years ending ' in J 786, e xhibi t s her as the most successful soveretgh of Russia since Peter the Great. It was Sophia, a niece of Constantioe, the last Byzantine Em perpr, and wife of Ivan Illf who; toward' the close of the fifteen th century, caused - her impelialt spouse to introduce the arts of ! civilization into the almost barbarous ' realm. Trie, good Queen Anastasia' ' first of the royal Romanofe, is related ! to have exercised a most beneficent

influence over her husband, Ivan the Terrible. The Grand Duchess Sophia, half sister ! of Peter the Great, was a singular able s;nd ambitious woman, and her administration as Princess Regunt, though brief, marked a notab e epoch in the annals of her country. Catharine I and afterward An na, in the first half of the eighteenth century, were weak enough to allow themselves to be controlled not unlike many male rulers; by persons of the opposite sex: and they may he regarded rather as administrative figure-heads than otherwise, Elazabeth, : who reigned from 1740 to 1762, was an empress in fact as well " lis in name. She de-

th toned her immediate predecessor j

after ne had been the nominal head of the nation for about a year. During h er regin t he German party was deprived of the" undue influence it had acquired only to abuse it; .the Senate who restored to the power assigned to ; it; by Pater th3 Great, her father, and her career was altogether worthy of her illustrious origin. ' Her successor, Pete? Ill ; was by a noteworthy repetition of history, detlironed by his gifted and energetic consort, who, as Catharine .11, entered upon a reiga whose splen dor of aebie vement and sagacity of govemental methods compare favorably with the career of any monarch the world has ever seen. Tiie American Danger for Europe. Vienna Deafcsc her Zcitaog, Jan. The really greatest feature of the rnneteenlh sentury i3 tho gigantic growth of cereals in the (Jnited States of America. Ko mortal, be he ever so shrewd, can estimate the retrogressive elfect of thss production upon Europe; that a mighty stream comes from there; ".hat it threatens our farm lands and makes them unfit for rental ; that a shrink age in the rent of farm lauds will err sue; that the entire social system s effected ; that, in one word, a storm is gathering in America that promises to cause sad havoc to old Europe with i ts d tvei si tied . aud traditional allien! rural; social, and political institutions, cannot be' doubled. The wheHt-celiis of the United States produced from 14,000,000 bushels in 1871 to 22, 00is000 bushels in 1878, The prod uctif m t if-, h pat increaseti from 27,400,000 centimeters in 1S to 114,700.000 centimeters in 3S79, of which but C4.85 per cent, or 10,000,000 centiweters, . were exiorted to Europe, where fheV largest wheat crop the Austro-Hur garian t er known, that of 3668, did not' amount jtoV ,000,000 centimeters. ; . The "c rh crops hav6 leen about three times as huge as the wheat crops. Qvicg to tho direnceia tho price of

meat in this country and America, discoveries are being made every season of the year that will obviate the difficulties of transportation across the ocean, and such progress is being made that living cattle have been shipped from Buenor Ayres" which reached .England in twenty-live days rf the shipper can make money with so lengthy a shipment, it can easily be believed that the trai shipment of cattle from North America -the time for

which is on an average eleven or twelve days--will increase. Au association has just been formed in London for the shipment, in four large steamers each of 4,5r)0 tons c:pacity, of American cattle and poultry to England. ibis shows that this branchof commer.ee is considered a safe one.

The exportations from the United States and Canadas are not con fi n ed alone to grain and cattle, b . t include also a large amount of provisions. We do not speak' first of pork from the old and new "Porkonoli:" (Cincinnati and Chicago), although in Chicago alone some 5,000,000 hogs were killed. But we think of cheese, butter, and salt meats, preserves of all kinds, even fruit a;ad California wines American cheese has a large market in England. Condensed milk begius to appear in the list of American exports The ex portation of salt meats amounted to 15.000,000 gulden in 1870, besides 6,250,000 fornickted fish, and 2,000,000 for fresh and dried provisions. Ameriei;u oysters have by this time been introduced in England, and even prepared plum-puddings were recently sent to England bv an enterprisiner Yankee.

This may appear refreshing, bat the fact is a-verv serious one, that Ameri

can exports (including pork and bacon Of course i amoun ting i h 3,370 to 233, -

000,000 gold gulden. -

One sometimes consoles mrase it wrtn

the thought that only a epmbiuafcion of circumstances, as in Autro-Hun-gary " in 1S67 and 1 868, caused the American exports of 1870 and 18S0. But one saying that America is overexerting itself.-that its fertile fields will beovereuit!vated, and ; that a natural competition will then ensue. This last conjecture may be ad m i tted with sora e degree of truth. America has enjoyed really good harvests during the late years, while those'of Europe Were but passable or bad : . especially the latter in England, But a country that,

runfh q oViivrT horvnf VflTi ex'nOTr one-

third of its crops, will have sufficient

in case of but an average crop. Besides, in America the wheat crop increases with each successive year, and covers , and area; blessed with such variety of climate as to insure a certain regularity of harvests. The Americans ; are to be credited with an agricultural system, for of the wheat and corn area capable of producing 959,000,000 bushels, but 315,000,000 are-under the plow," that certain portions of the farm lands may regain their fertility. Until a , real scarcity of fertile area is noticeable, will the Americans have : accumulated so much capital, they will have become sorich. their lands so well cultivated, and the pebble so indrustrions that they can easily inaugurate a domestic business system. It is not to be doubted but that: they will attend to their domestic business affairs as energetically as they do to foreign business at present. , ' - . iuir ... i

Apprenticing Boys. The IiOgansport'JonTTfal. The age i3 one tint requires iutelligent workmen iu every stage of mechanical life. The mechanic of today, if he desires to contend successfully $ gainst competition, and wield an influence in ' social arid political affairs, must be possessed of knowledge that extends farther than the mere deft handling of tools or that which immediatel3' concerns the mysterious mechanicishi of his workshop. He : must be educated, though having no more than the public schools afford. True, some of the most brilliant men. the country has known were without even such an education, but this number is few, ...an.d is? constantly. growing less. Taking this in consideration and the future of the -workingmen hinges upon rit it might be well to deprecate the sorrowful practice of placing boys in bondage at the age of ten or twelve by apprenticing theni to some trade, at a paltry remuneration of a dollar or two perf week. The pecuniary returns amount to nothing, but the injustice is done in depriving them ot their most favorable years for mental culture and deveiopement the period above all others, in , which they grasp most readiiy the carefully prepared thought of the tutor" or the studies. Besides at the ace of twelve he does not possess -the 'strength or hardihood to undergo the drudgeiy of a dark an i dismal workshop! l schooled until fifteen or more, no little embarrassment estranges him from1 a newly created ambition and while he is pursuiug his trade he constantly adds to his mite of knowledge. Because the seed has bu sown and taken root, and because inviting surroundings cannot destroy after bay ing taken such liol d . 3 f cut oft from thl, if this seed is permitted to lie dormant, it withers and dies; aud the man is as the youth, ignorant of that which most he 3hould know. Besides this, all' will concede there is far less liability to dissoluteness and decay of body and mind. 'Twould be far more beneficial to the boys were they not apprenticed before fifteen or eighteen years old. To begin at this age they would be proficient in their trades in much less time than those commencing earlier, and they would always hold the esteem of their Jellow workmen and fellow citizens from being able to en tertain and- discuss the questions of the day ably and in! elligently? Send your boys to school first,

, learn them a tradeafter wards.

Becolections of ,a Highland Census.

: Chambers Journal.-V

The Misses McFarlane are three maiden ladies sisters. It seems the one would not trust the other to see the census paper filled up, so they agreed to bring it to me to fill it in. Would you kindly fillin this census paper for us?" said Miss McFarlane. uMy sisters will look over, and give you their particulars by and by." Now Miss McFarlane is a very niee lady; though Mrs. Cameron tells me she has been calling very often at the manse since the minister -lost his wife. Be that as it may, I said to her that I would be happy to fill up the paper; and asked tier in the mean time to give her own particulars. When it came to the age column she played with her boot on the carpet, and drew the black ribbons of her silk bair

J 1- i r. -w .

rnrougn aer ,nnger3, ana whispered: 1 1 You . can say four-and-thirty , Mr. MeLauo:biin.,! liAi rierht, ma'am"

says I : for x knew she was four-and-

thirty at any rate . Then Miss Susan came over that's the second sister really a handsome young creature, with fine ringlets and curls, though she is a little tender-eyed and wears spectacles. Weil, when we came to the age column Misswusan played with oneof her ringlets jxd looked in ray face sweetly and said; "Mr. McLaughlin, what did Miss McFarlane say? My sister; you -know, is considerably older than I nm there was a brother between us.u . "Quite fio, my dear Miss Susan, "said I; "out you see the bargain was that each of you- was to state your own age.??.., . r- : .f&WclVBfM.MiB8 Susan, still playing with her ringlets, you can say age, , thirty-four years, Mr. McLaughlin." In a little while the youngee t sister came in. Miss McFarlane," said she,

-sent me over mr tne census paner"

;Oh, no, my dear," says J: can

not part With the paper." "Well, then," said she, tsjust enler my name too, Mr. McLaughlin.". . , "Quite so. But tell me, A! ha Uobitia, why did Miss Mclarlano not fill up

the paper herself?" . for Miss llobina aud I were al ways on very confidential terms. "Ob," she replied, 'there was a dispute over ; particulars, and Miss McFarlane would" not lot 2 my other sister see how old she was ; and Miss Susan refused to state her Jige to Miss McFarlaue; and so, to end the quarrel, we agreed to ask you to be eo kind as to fill in the paper." .11 Yea,, yes, Miss , Kobina," said I; ''that's quite satisfactory: and, so I'll

fill in your name now, if you please." " Yes," she said, with a sigh. Whoa we came to the age columd "Is it absolutely necessary," she said, ,(to fill in. the age? Don't, you think it a most impertinent question to ask, Mr. McLaughlin?" "Tutsi it may be so to some folks; but to a sweet young treature like you it cannot matter a buttou." "Well," said Mrs. Kobiua, '-Out now, Mr. MeLauchlin, I'm to tell you a great secret;" and she blushed as she slowly contiLued: "The miuister comes sometimes to see us." "I have noticed him rather more at

tentive in his visitations in your quarter of late than usual, Miss Robins." " Very well , Mr. Mc La ughli u ; bn fc you must not tease me just now. You know Miss McFarlane is of opinion that he is in love with her; while Miss Susan thinks her taste for literature and her knowledge of geology, .. especially her pamphlet on the Old Ked Sandstone and its fossils as confirming the Mosaic record, are all matters of

great interest to Mr. Fraser, and she

fancies that he comes so rreqnenuy ior the nrivileee of conversiua with her.

But," exclaims Miss Kobina, with a look of triumph, "look at that1." and she held in her hand a beautiful gold ring. "I have got that ironi the minister this very day I" I congratulated her. She had been a favorite pupil of mine, and I was rather pleased with what happened. -But what," I asked her, has all this to do with the census?"

aOh, just this," continued Miss Kobiua "I had no reason to concial my age, as Mr. Frazer knows it exactly, since he baptized aie. He was a young creature then, only three-and-lwentyr;so that's just the difference between us." "Nothing at all, Miss Robina, "three-aud-twenty years are not much after all, Mr. McLaughlin?"

i Much !" said l. ..VTUts, my oear, t's nothing just indeed what should be:'"4 "I was just thirty-four last birthday, Mr. McLaughlin,' said Miss liobiua ; "and the minister said the last time he called that no young lady should take tho cares and responsibilities of a household upon herself till she was well, eight-and-twent3r; and he added that thirty-four was late enough." "The minister, my dear," said I, "is a man of sense." So thus were the Miss McFarlanes' census schedules filled up; aud if ever 3ome one ill search of the euriosKies of the census should come across it, h e m ay think i t stran ge enou gh , . for he will find that tie three sisters McFarlane are till ae year's bairns !

Latest from Japan. The American Consul General in Japan, T. B, Van Buren, recently sent the Department of State an elaborate account of the present condition of that empire, which is full of interests, and from which we give the following particulars: The soi l of Japan is a veget able mold from two to ten feet in , uepth. The highest temperature during the last nine years was 03 degrees, and the lowest 21 degress. The average number of rainy days in the year is ninetyseven. Contrary to former usage, farm lands are held in fee simple. A new judiciary system is now, in operation, by which the rights of foe poorest people are protected. Although society has lost much of its former patriarchical character, the authority of the father is greater than . among the western nations. The number of elementary schools in the empire is 25,4-59, with 59,S25 teachers, and it is believed that another decade will see a useful education withiu the reach of every laborer. While there is much licentiousness among certain classes, the wile i3 almost invariably true to her husband. All the carriage roads of the country would not measure over 1,000 miles, and they are uot good : but tho sea, the rivers, aud the canals afford cheap transportation. The horses aud cattle combined do not number 2,000,000 in all the land. Houses are all: built of vood, on account of earthquakes, and the average number of occupants is less than five to each house, aud city houses are less crowded than t hose in the country. The fuel used is charcoal, wood, and drifcd grass. The rank of the farmer has undergone no change since the time of Tycoon, when his position was next to the governing class. Within the past two years deliberate local assemblies have been .es tablished, to which the farmers are admitted who have paid a tax of $10, The area of J and under cultivation is about 12,000,000 acres, the tillage most thorough, and annual wages' generally 9535 and board. The farmers are very kind to their men, and nearly all of them can read, write, and keep their accounts. The average value of land i 200 per acre, upon which is a tax of $5. Rice is groAvn in all. the sixty provinces of the empire, with an average yield of $40 per acre. The rice, tea, and silk farmers are the most prosperous. Of wheat 38.000,000 bushels were raised in 1S78. The yield of tea in 1378 was 00.000,000 pounds, and of silk, in value, $31,250,000. Cotton is giown, but the quality i3 not good. Alii artisans, like the farmers, are held in high repute. Porcelain is manufactured in all th euro vinces, an annual product of abouk $3,000,000. Physicians do "not charge for their visits, but only for their mediciues. In former times the Japanese "had no call" for lawyers. Fish are abundant in all . parts of the empire, and salmon are most abundant. The principal source of revenue is a tflx ou land, and the esLimate for the present year is about $55,000,000. . The total amount of paper mouey in circulation is about $140,000,000, and this is a calamity from which the ernprre is greatly sufTering at the present time.

Fretting Life Away. . All people in this country are in the continual pursuit of wealth and exalted stations and political preferment being open to all men these are almost universally sought: not in a temperate way, but with the utmost diligence and avidity. In cities, it seems io me that people devote themselves most especially to fretting life away. Even in the pursuit of pleasure, city people manifest a feverish auxiety, that but ill comports with the purpose. While ht the lecture hall, or the party, or at any scene which should be "gay and festive," they do not entirely abandon themselves to tho amusement for which they profess to go, but with only one-half the mind occupied with ;sport.they keep the other half intently fixpd upon the severe and serious nur- . ' 1 1L 1 I .

suits auoLieo uo me next nay. io one wholly divests himself of business harness. If the heavier and more cumbrous parts of businessgeur are once in a while lain aside, there I enough of the paraphernalia left fo gall and harrass the suicidal wearer. Steam and lightning have become so largely incorporated with the physical machinery of our lives, that wo endeavor to be like steam and lightning in our mental and muscular movements. We think, eat, write, barter, traffic, plan, and progress wi t h electrical vol oci t y and restlessness, and wi th steam -1 j ke force and rapidity. We are all the While on the wear, and the wonder is that we doHttot v ear out sooner than we do; aud that mere of us do not so early to the grave mere wrecks c i human beings. In days gone by, these

rushing aud crush tug methods of ex isteuce. were con lined to the men; but now-a-days tho women enter in the race, aud contend for the privilege ol chasing for notoriety and positions with a much clamor, and as much wear and tear of mind and body, as is possible. Some f them have shown that they are by uo means contemptible competitors. One of the results ot this universal pell-mell, torreut-like expenditure of vitality, is seen in the alarming increase of sudden deaths, and the wonderful prevalence of diseases diagnosed as having their centre in the heart. Maladies having their

nucleus and formation iu the nervous system, are also fearfully rife, and are all elapsed by a nomenclature that is dreadfully on the increase. Softening of the hraiu aud insanity are common, wheie they used to be so rare, as to he marvelous. Continually new forms of brain disease are being manifested. The fret and wTorry of city li e sufficiently account for all this. This

iro& ami worry are uany growing greater. As before stated, nobody is exempt. Even our school children

a grand rush. Education is acquired by the cramming process. For all this high pressure of steam, there should be at least something like a safety-valve. If the victims of this pernicious strife forwealih, which they cannot take wi th the m i n to the o ther w ori d , an d for a notorietv that is not worthy of

consideration, and for honors that are evanesce n t and u nsatisfacto ry , cann ot

break awav from such snares and il-

iusions altogether, at least let them go

into the country every summer, for a

month or two, and submit themselves

to the reoose, the beauties, and the

soothing and recuperating influence;) of

Nature. She is bountiful. She is good, supremely good! Her kind offices are administered by every breeze, making every breath of air laden with lifesaving p-ceiiee, and are discovered in every I tlidsCapv.

Targets for Laughter. Thackery, who was much more of a

satirist. than a cynic, said that one of the purposes for" which laughter was invented, was to 'combat knaves and fools." The New York Post , in considering the field for a first-class humorous paper, gives a striking list of "things that ought to be laughed at in New York." The targets will do for more than one city. 14 We see the pranks and vulgarities of the new rick as fair game for the shafts of satire as can be found in the world. We see the pretence of liberty and the reality of tyranny in shameful local misgovern men t. We see a generation of young America ns growing up to imitate the follies and Vices of a sickly and outworn society. We hqb people living in grand houses for the sake of outside show, while pinching iu food, in service, and in all that makes life comfortable or useful within. We see the wives of poor men going about in costumes that it would take a year of their husband's earnings to pay for. We see Wall street men and other heavy 'operator?,' who are bankrupt, and who owe countless thousands, living in pal ices, flaunting in showy carriages and consuming the very fat oi the land. We see young men of "fortune, with their arms akimbo, simpering in Fifth avenue.. and club windows, and battering each other's skulls and shins in silly games, instead of tryi ng to do thesr country that needed good which they have

, leisure and means, if not the brains, to

bestow. We see foolish matrons and maidens, the wives aud daughters, perhaps of respectable tradefmen, striving and toady iug to impose on the

world by getting their mines thrust into so-called 'society journals,' under the head of 'fashionable intelligence.'

We see men keeping yachts who do not; pay the butcher and the baker; slander more rife than when : it provoked the sparkling yet bitter irony of Sheridan ; lives and characters stuck all over with veneer that alone holds up the rotten wood behind; sham and pretense everywhere, leading astray alike the young and the old, and destroying the sweetness and wholesomenessof life. Bogu3 Wedding Presents. A London correspondent says; "Whenever a scion of the Kothschiids is married it is always sought to impress the public with the number and value of the ivedding presents. To sepaiate the idea of wealth from these people is almost like abstracting the breath from a human body existence ceases. For several days before the recent nuptials of Leopold de Rothschild and Mdlle. Marie Perugia, the gifts were exhibited at the residence of Alfred de Rothschild in Searaore place. The custom in this instance would probably have been 'more honored in the breach than the observance, for, truth to say, some of the articles exhibited were mean and shabby enough. What would be the tl' ought of a gentleman who presented a gi'.t ring or gilt ear-rings to a bidy.V Yet many of the presents were only gilt or plated. For example, the Earl of Beaeonsfield gave a silver-gilt tray; Lord aud Lady Beaumont.a si Ivor-gilt waiter; the Earl of Clarendon, a silver-giit traytrays would appear to bo very essential Jnr young couples; Lord and Lady Wynford, a blotting-book, and so on. Of course there were some valuable gilts, especially from members of the Rothschild family. But those individuals who are too poor or too mean to present any hut imitation bronze and gilt articles should probably reserve their gifts to themselves. White the practice of giving newlyarried persons a good "sendroff" may be justifiable, or even praiseworthy, the taste of making a parade of the articles is very questionable, especially when m.ny of them are of a cheap and tinsel character. Even the names of earls and lords can not impart value to counterfeit goods, . . Power ot a Plug Hat. The plug hat is virtually a sort of a social guarantee for the "preservation of peace and order. He who puts one on has given a hostage to the community for his good behavior. The wearer of a. plug hat must move with a certain sedateness and propriety. He can not run, or jump, or romp, or get into a fight, except at the peril of his head-gear, AU the hidden influences of the beaver tend toward respectability. He who wears one is obliged to become thoughtful through the necessity of watching the sky whenever he'goes out. The chances are that he will buy an umbrella perpetual and exacting as il; must ever be edds to the sweetness of his character. The man who wears a plug hat muurally takes to the society of women, aud all is elevated tendernes3. He cannot go hunting and fishing wkhout abandoning his beloved hat, but; in the modern employment of croquet and lawn tennis he may sport his bearer with impunity. In other words, the constant use of a plug hat makes a man composed in manner, quiet and gentlemanly in conduct, ami the companions of the ladies. The inevitable result is prosperity, marriage ami church membership.

A Big Cattle Sale. TriMdmi (Ool,) Republican. The largest cattle sale t hat has ever taken place, we venture to say, in the world was consummated the other day by the Hall Brothers, the Nesv Mexico cattle kings, who disoosed of their ranch and stock in Colfax county for the immense sum of $400,000. About a year ago one of the brothers, of whom there were three in partnership, sold im to the other two his interest, receiving, if we.rememcer correctly, $100,003 and 6,000 head of cat tie. He then removed to Texas, where hestill is, The two other brothers continued the busi

ness till the present time, and may now

says,"

PITH AND POINT. "There is music on tho nddniglit," From a rinrk hc-i it rins, As a 1cm ale Cam pan in i To a tabby (Jerster sings. lint as she begins her answer. Through the air a;b(iofjack floats, And the operatic art: sts" Climb much higiior than their notes. High tied a fellow that's hanged. A kid-napping case a baby asleep. Beats awl the patent shoe-stitching machine, When politicals i re weighed they are found wanting every ofllce in the country.

You can he cremated for $45 in New

York, and people there are just dying

to be burnt Boston Transcript Says a cute observer: ''The man who stops his paper to economize, is like a man who 'goes barefooted to save shoes." The author who was discovered in the act of robbing a bank has been released ou the plea "ho was only taking notes." William H. Vanderbilt is ? convalescing, aud in a few days will be able to get around to the auction stores and buy a railroad or two. If an untruth is only a day old it is called a lie; if it is a year old it is called a falsehood; but if it :s a century old it is called a legend,

"Jiiveryoody is speculating now-

moralized Ferguson, "and n

you go tnrougu the streets at midnight the mud will 3peck you late." Mrs. Liver more in lecturing on 'How Shall We Reach the Boys?" This question can never be satisfactory answered until every saloon has a telephone.

Chicken soup can be made, it is said, by hanging up a heu in the sun so that her shadow will fall into the pot o f sa 1 1 an d water ; t h a on ly trou bie is , on a cloudy day the soup is liable to be weak. According to the Boston Globe, Veuuor applies a red hot po&er to the nose of his cat, and then predicts that "the soring will be backward." When Vennor puts a tack on his chair it will be early. No, Eloise, dear, the getlaeamn that you saw taking six reserved seats for the opera with the eeslskin ulster aud the $500 diamond pin, is neither a banker or a broker. Ho is a plumber who has scooped in several millions since the 1st of December last. Passion for the anti rue: u What in

the world does j that pretty Miss Young sao in old Gray, I wonder?", remarked a lady in a horse ear yesterday. llI don,t know, unless she fell in love with

him as an especially old antique.

She's au enthusiastic collector, you know."

The steam cars run so ..rapidly that they get way ahead of a child's age, so hat the boy or girl who was fifteen

when he entered xhem is not more than

six or eight by the ticae tho conductor

comes along. Boast of our progress as

you may, mere's no denying tnat tne

children are behind the age ou railways

and at the entertainment ticket office.

it

Umbrella Flirtations.

Boston Transcript.

To place your umbrella iu a rack in

dicates that it is about to change own

ers, .

To open it quickly in the street

means that somebody's eye is going to

be put out, .-. To shut it, tha t a hat or two is to be

knocked off.

An umbrella carried over thejwo-

man, tne man getting Doming out tne drippings of the rain, signifies court

ship.

When the man ha; the umbrella, and

the woman the drippings, it indicates marriage. To swing your umbrella over your head signifies, "I am miking a nuisance of myself." To trail you umbrella along the sidewalk means that the man behind youi thirsty for your blood. To carry i t at righ t'angl as under your arm signifies that at eye is to be lost by the mau who follows .you. "To wipe your face with it means, UI have no handerehie;'. This is a severe wipe." To pu. a cotton umbrella by the side of a nice silk one sig nifies. "Exchange is no robbery." To purchase an umbrella means, "I am not smart but h Driest." To lend an umbrella mean, MI am a loch" To return an umbrella means never mind what it means; nobody ever does that. To turn an umbrella in a gust of wind presages profanity. To suck the handle of your umbrella means, "I am not vi eaiied." , To carry your umbrella in a case signifies that it is a shabby one. jgToounch an .umbrella into another's ribs means, ! hope I don't bore you."

To press an umbrella on a frieud,

monopoly would be broken down, but subsequent events have destroyed that hope. The three com patties have consolidated, divided their stock, which is fixed at $80,000,000. and will proceed to fix the rates to suit themselves and make their patrons pay for the music. With the announcement of the consolidation of these three companies comes the information that the ocean able companies have buried the hatchet and will hereafter act in harmony at the expense of those who patronize them and to the increased profit of the stockholders. The people are becoming awakened to the extent of the imposition to which i:hoy are likely to be treated bv

such a gigantic monopoly. TueKew York legislature has taken steps to es

tablish two or more companies, but for

lasting relief congress must be looked

at.

Last spring Mr. Elite, of Louisiana, introduced a bill whfceh has for its ob

ject a postal telegraph system, it di

rects the postmaster general to estab-? 1 ...U I -

isnn, vv purcuuse or oonscmction, a

telegraph line c r Hues between Wash

ington, by way of Worcester, Springfield, New York and Jersey City, and at each and o,rery post office on the

route of said telegraph line. The

postal telegraph officers are to be lo

cated a,t the potornces under charge

o. the postmasters; it is provided that messages shall be protected from . be

ing divulged; provide3 tor postal

stamps, gives the rates and gives govern ment messaires the preference. Di

rectioi.v ts giver; the postmaster general to extend t he lines to western cities.

The bill has been oelbre tbe committee

since its introduction with action.

but it will immediately be considered.

together with a resolution passed by

bpringer instructing the committee ro

report as to the eo3t and exnedienev of

establishing postal teJegraph. . The postal telegraph system was en augurated by the British govern mntabout twelve years ago, and has been a paying institution ever since. Those who wish to use the wire can send twenty words to any part of the United Kingdom for twenty-four cents, date and signatures not counted. In 1880 the government had in operation 101,854 mile3 of wire, and forwarded 26,547,137 messages. At the same time the Western Union company had 233,54 miles of wire, and (luring the year forwarded 20,215,509 messages. These figure; are very suggestive and show the advantage in favor of low rates. The goverment could manage it as .economically as a private corporation and as it would not bo run as a money making concern the people would bo greatly bene fitted by it.

be somewhat larger than for the current year, and will call for over thirty m illions of dol lars. The principal reason given for this is that the army is burdened with too many officers. Under this appropriation the average an ¬

nual cost of the army is about; $1,200

per mau. ...... , - , At the present time the army number about 14,000 enlisted men and 2,100 commissioned officers. The pay of a private soldier is thirteen dollars per month. At this rate the pay-roll of the arrny f r, the entire year would amount to 3,744,000. If the same stun be allowed for boarding the men. the enlisted men in the army cost the country annually about $7,500,00-1, which leaves the snug turn of $25,500,000 to be divided up among 2,100 cornmis id oned officers. Members of Congress say itis an iurpossibiiftty to reorganize the army and cut down expenses on account oi social influence. A prominent Senator said in this connection a few days ago that the social influence of the army was worth to that institution about twelve votes in litio Senate alone. Witit a

saying; "Oh, do take it.

I much signifies

rather you would than not,"

that you are lyinpr. To give a friend half of your umbrella, means that both of you will get wet. To look at a silk umbrella earnestly means. 'I long for an acquaintance with you." To carry if from home; in tho morning means, '-It will clear off."

r tne to private me Willi tne sung Ue bank account of $200,000 each.

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Aaron Burr and Mm. Hamilton. Notes and QAterles, When on -an 'official visit to the United States in 153, I spent a day or two at Mr. Stuart Browne's place on the New Jersey sh ore of the Hudson Rivwyabove Hoboken. General Taylor, of Ohio, was another guest, and, as the house was no great distance from the spot where tha fatal duel between Burr and Hamilton took place (July 12, 1804), a conversation arose on the event, and the.' characteristics, public and privatt, of the two nieii. General Taylor told us that when a very youug man, studying at West Point, he was one day on board a river boat, and among the passengers were Mrs. Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, and Anton Burr, who had returned to the States after his enforced absence in Europe, in consequence of his proved treasonable practices. Burr was then an old man, but still retained much of his former confidence, and manner, especially with ladies. To the astonishment "of those who knew him, on discovering that Mrs. Hamilton was on board the isteamboat, I e approached her, took ofl: , his nat, and., bowing, said: aMrs. Hamilton, I believe? Mjvname is Bum" The effect upon the lady, now stricken in yeais, was electric. Uisiug from her scat, she gathered up her dress, as if to touch Burr with it would be contamination, drew herself upj and looking at him from head to loot, swept away with.a dignity and grace worthy of her best days, and left him standing abashed, if he were capable of feeling so, before the spectators. Burr replaced his hat upon his head and slowly moved back to the seat he had left purposely to make t his oxperiuien t upon the feelings of the widow of the man he had slain, for ono can not suppose that he had uuy intention to apologize or explain, since thin was impossible.

on with the payment of

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Postal Telegraph. Terre Ho u te ExprCKs. Recent transactions in telegraph stocks in this country have awakened the people to a lively sense. of taking some stops to protect themselves against monopolies. No lino of telegraph yei established has succeeded in auccesafully corny et ing with the established Western Union company. When the Atlantic and. Pacific company was started the Western Union soon secured half its stock, which oT course rendered It powerless to bring down rates The formal ion of the American Union by Jay Gould gave encouragement to the hope that the

Tricks of IPemale Smugglers. New York Times. Chief Special Treasury Agent Adams, hnvkig received information that a certain New York modiste intended to smuggle a large quantity of goods from the Germauic, went to t he White Star pier, on Monday, in person to watch for her. She aid not arrive in that vessel, but while Captain Adams was waiting, he saw a well-dressed woman pass down the plank whose attire aroused his suspicions, and he ordered the inspectress in attendance to examine h er. She wore a silk mantle, whose bottom was cueked in. This having been pulled down, a large quantity of valuable black lace afoot deep was

found to bets.cked on ro the garment-

withstitcues eight inches long. The woman boldiy claimed that the lace was for her personal use, and that she had a right to sew it and wear it in any man ner she released. There being no

means of disproving lin statement she

was released. A moment later two othej women quit the steamer whose apparel also attractt-d the Captain's attention, and he gave them in charge of the inspect ress. One wore a new silk dress that did not fit her around the waistit by four inche?,and the other, under her ulster, had ex a magnificent silk cloak trimmed ail over with beads

and reaching to the ground, 'ibey abused Captain Adam in the most voiuable manner, and threatened him with all sorb j of disasters for putting such an indignity Upon them. At length, when the older pau ed an instant Co catch her breach, the Captain tooK. advantage of the oportumty to ask whether she would candidly answer a question or t wo. Receiving an affirmati'e response, the following colloquy took place: Are you a dress-maker?" ,:1 am." v uDo you intend to o;fsr those goods you are wearing for safe?" 0 'do, if I can get a customer for

tuetD.'7 "Did you put them intention of evading

duties?" "JE did. But I have been instructed that I have a right to fcring iu free o duty anything 1 can wear." CUptain Adams said there was a difference of opinion on that point,and infer mod the deputy surveyor present of his discovery. The4 women were told that the goods were liable to seizures, and they then offered to pay the duties. This was agreed to and an anpraiser was sent for. When i he silk cloak wa3 being, removed by he inspectressfor hisexamiuiitionho noticed that it was unusuaty heavy, aud asked the reason. One of the women replied that it was. made so for the purpose or warmth, nut on closer investigatio?. the inpeet!ess discovered evidences of "lacking," and in a few nionieuts, by the rupture of a . few stitches, had resolved the apparently single cloak into two, both equal in eo3Uiness aud beauty. The women paid the amount demanded, which was 120, without another word. "Dutch Irritz" A queer character is "Dutch Fritz," who relieved the men on the ice bound Chicago tug by carrying provisions to them. The Times says: He has made Chicago his headquarters for ten or twelve, years, and is known far and wide for. his eccentricities. Only a few know his surname, and doubts are expressed by his friends whether ; he has any name than the one given above. He is as nearly amphibious, as it is possible for a human being to become, aud numerous stories are told of his daring recklessness. He had rather be in water than on dry land, and his endurance as a seaman has often bee: put to the severest test. He has swam from the south pier on two or three occasions, and has frequently made trips-a la Boy ton, of three or four miles without rest. In the summer time it is a favorite trick of his to throw himself in to the .river or lake, from the dock or from the bridges, and create a Hensation. He would linger around in a convenient . locality and attract tho attention of the pa?sers-by ?or a while by incoherently muttering xhat he was "tired of living," that 'he had seen enough of this world," etc., and then precipitate himself into the water and disappear from sight, to poke his head up a few seconds later close to the shore o? adjaecut piers, where he could quietly watch the efforts of the startled specta tors to save the desper rate suicide, without himself being seen. Then, when the joke had gono fareiiovgh, ho would reappear and relieve the anxiety of the people. Ho is described as a man who is utterly devoid of fear of water. He is sometimes put in charge of excursion sailboats, and stories aro related of mad pranks ho has cut up with timid excursionists, taking them out beyond the breakwater in rough weather in his cockle-shell barks, and pretending to lose control of the boat. When his compart ions seemed about ready to die from fright he would run his craft safely into porti Tile Army Appropriations. Terre Ihmte Kxpress. Advioes from Washington state that tho appropriation bill for the support of the army for the next fiscaiyear will

statement rf . this kind made by one who is looked to for reformation, it is no wonder that year after year the army appropriations are growing constantly larger. In the face of all thh Congress keeps running a snob factory at West Point for the purpose of keeping up 1 he nerease of army officers. Since 1802 this institute hai graduated about 3,000 o Ulcers, of whom half are dead, and

half of the remainder are still in the army. From its inauguration up to

the present tune West Point ha-j coat

the country nearly $12,000,000, or an

average c f about . $140,019 per sannum. The young men who attend the academy are educated ac Government ax-

pense and paid S540 per annum each,

yet it is doubtful if these ycung men's

services are more valuable to t he Gov

ernment than those of their less favored' brethren who were educated at their own expense and who hold similar po

sitions in the army. The war demon

strated that the regular army soldier

was a failure in comparison with the

volu n teer. The former is lacking in intelligence and courage compared

with the latter. If the Government would turn its attention to the thorough organization of the militia of the

country and plaee that arm of the

seriee on a sure foundation, the uselessness of the regular army and its

burdensome retinue of officers, whose

principal business now seems to be to quarrel with each other, would soon become apparent, and it would soon become evident that a thoroughly or

ganized militia in each State would be

much less expensive and would per

form the duties which now devolve on

the regular army much more efficient

ly than that overpaid burdeu.

. ... . -e - - A Stranger in the Court. "The apparel oft proclaims the man,"

said Polonius. He was j udicious i u n o fc substitutiug always for "oft." For;

not un frequently, it has been found

that the flues t bird is not the one that wears the finest feathers.

Years ago. the staid citizens of

Washington were : astonished one

morning at the appearance of a strange figure in their streets. He was dressed

in an old pair of corduroys, ripped, at ankle for convenience in rolling up, a dra b overcoat, m u ch th e worse for

wear, and furnished with several canes,

hung at his. heels. Worn-out, untied,

unbuckled shoes, and a"shocking hat"

completed his costume. Solemnly be .stalked through the streets, six feet in height, leading a little black, rough-haired filly, her tail matted .with burs- A pair of small saddle-bags hung over the sad die. on Which were stuffed papers, and gingerbread and chr ese. Stopping at an obscure tavern, he put up his mare and relieved himself of his great coat. Into one of the pockets of a short gray IShsey roundabout he stuffed some bread and cheese, and into the other a bundle of law-papers, tied up with a yarn string. ..-." Inquiring the way to the Supreme Court., he walked forth, the wonder of the negros aud idle boys. Arriving at the court-house, he sauntered, within the bar, took a seat, and began munching bread and chee?e.. The iawyers and spectators smiled at the awkward countryman bn his first visit to the capital. ...... ...... Soon a case was called which seemed toiuterest the countryman. It involved the title to a large tract. of land

lying in the "Green River country" of

Kentucky. A Mr. Taylor, of Virginia, a leading lawyer, began his argument by abatement of tbe facts. AU at once the countryman stopped niuucrjing,and tap ping the counsel on the back, corrected one of hi "facts.". The lawyer paused, frowned ac the busybody, and went on. The countryman resumed his munching, and in a few minutes again corrected the coun? sel. beg the court to protect me from the impertinence of thatjperson," said Taylor, showing much irritatm, Taylor finished his powerful argu? meni, and then, to the amazement of spectators, the bar, and the judges,f(the stranger arose to reply. His manner was wholly changed. He stood as if he had practiced in that court ail his professional life. His argument was so

clear and forcible; and his reply to the

This enormous loss is occuring at a

on our timber were never so $ Teat, and when it is obvious that our tiifc her supply can only be kept sufficient for our n ec-ds by the great est care i if preser ving an of replacing our , forestts. More

over, instead of diminishing' with the ad vnrsrma nf rtlvilizafimi'. fhfei fircR . am-

rather increasing., There is more danger of ihem from the sparkssof passW ing ioeomotives and from the Citreles3ness of the multiplying popidation". Last summer the fires were specially

ac-structive, and they are sure to rage to some extent when the seaSpit is dry and the winds favorable. " The wan tori wasie of valua btS timber

tiim iu uuiaiu nil 11 L'wuuu. Ikfei LO li i

nu luieaia urt?. nuw ja prevent

wiese xorest nres is one or ;xne ,most serious of quest-oris.. '

ABOUT WOMEN

Miss Mills, who is , soon to bo Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, is a charming and excellent young lady, of strong character, great cleverneness, . ?aad with; many accomplislimenbi.

The r, e west Mrs. Kothschilo did not

wear zi siuHitj jevvei vvuen uc ikwuu; uo

to, be married. All the worlirk hew she had plenty of gems, so theo waa no use in bothering with them J i' -' The prettiest and lightest" -of hand--kerchiefs are brought . froril Fayal. They are woven from the fibre of the 'doe, or century pSant, as it; is often ;alled7 and are not like silk feotton, .pr, , woolen. - r'l'; I . 4 ' ". ' Nothin g can be more elegn tit and fashionable than trimmings for teagowns made in Jace, copied from the antique. Ladies of rank and -fashion have, given orders for these laces f The work is done by poori Irish wo- 7 men. ...... t :; h' ' . Truth says : "Another, marriage i f arranged between a London lady oj ? mature aee and much wealth acquired; by brewing, who is well known for ? charities, and a young gentleman only a little above 20 years or age:" L Owing to the costliness of flowera this win ter, the ladies have found a f very pretty substitute. They buy arti licial ro3es, and mingle witn; them a ; lew sprays of . . s m i lax; the effect; ; being that of a bumch of natural flowT 4 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin booth were reS : cently the guests at a luncheo:a party given by the Baroness Burdetl-Coutts,

.Mr. Henry Irving being also present on the occasion. The Baron ens. not withstanding her admiration of -"Mr.Irring's acting, is very entfcnsiastic ..re-r-Hpectihg ,tbe genius of Mr. Booth.? The health of Mrs. Booth-has beeii scjverely :ried by the recent coldi veather in London. The apron dates far back.-Th 3 Greeks and Romans- were famous; for their ; richly embroidered aprons. In the time of Queen Charlotte Beau Brummell showed his dishke to them by de--; i liberately removing the apron of a' :; Duchess and dinging it belli nd a sofa at a ball given at the Assembly Boom at Bath. Mary, Queed of Scots, left 1 nearly a hundred, aprons; fit .various ,: huca and fashions. ... - T he latest freak in jewelry is to wear a great number of bangles on one arm, ; with dangling and rattling corms of . var io us kinds, .ami on the other arm S plain baud, sometimes three inches bread and half an inch thick. Insect i Jewelry holds. its popularity, and new j ; designs in beasts' heads, eaeh mre hideous than its predecessor, are J

brongnt out daily. Cat's-ey brooches j

are iu uigu my or. tuufiti :a uu . w ujo

An Indian Ceisus Supdwisiqn ? Chief Numana is the Census Super! vi3or in Nevada to collect statistics of! the aboriginal tribes, and ho has adoptrf ed a curious niethod'for getting the returns. His enumerators aie all Irirj dians, and their equipment is a single' sheet of blank paper. Upon this paper the Indian inakes a circle to represent' a "wickiup," or camp, and within thei circle he makes figures to represent their umber of person! in the family. The trquaws are distinguished bjr lines representing govns, while the lower ex-? treraities of the bucks are left uncover ed. Smaller fieures denote children of dirTereut sizes. " . Ohiet Numaoa takes the sheet containing the hieroglyphics and with willow sticks from two to four inches in length he makes up his report. For eveiy characteniepresenting an Indian he uses a wi Low stick, maliiug a notch in those intended te numerate the squaws. The shortei! sticks are used to designate the number and size of the vounger Indians. The sticks are then tied up and forwarded to the" census oflira. The method;

thonffh rude, has served to' Ornish au

accurate census of the Piutes.

opposing counsel so masterly, that the bar aud court looked as if they doubted their eyes and 1 ars. Mr. Taylor became paralyzed. The sweat dropped from his face." The rustic he had sneered at seemed a leiral giant. l&vefy one asketi, "Who is he?" It was Joe Daviess, one of the bestlawyers and most eloquent orators of Kentucky, as eccentric as he was gifted. Scarcely one present knewJalm personally, but all had heard of his brilliant reputation. The Greatest Damage Done by Fire. Few people have any proper conception of the magnitude of the damage done by forest fires. In a dry season, like last summer, for instance, they often burn up timber of millions of dollars in value. The total of the immediate loss they occasion iu ths da struction of buildings and growing crops, as well as tho timber, is sorne times greater than that brought about by any of the other conflagrations of which we have experience, even those that laid waste Boston and Chicago. The vast forest fires of 1871 in Michigan and Wisconsin alone caused a pecuniarv loss estimated at hundreds of millions. Including both woodland and prairie, the fires of that year swept over thousands of square miles,- and destroyed not only forests, but, also villages and cultivated farms. Such fires have of recent years devasted man thousand acres in New York, New Jersey, and rensylyania and occasioned a loss of timber alone which aggregates millions more. In a single year forest fires have destroyed as much t imber as would be required for the ordinary consumption of the country for ten years Aud yet t hat is only the fi re loss. We must add the incalculable prospective damage done the land over which the firas have burned. They generally leave it in a condition which prevents it from again nourishing - valuable snecies of timber until after many years

have nassed. Instead of the fine tim-v

her destroy ed, inferior growths appear. The calcined soil refuses to sustain bet

ter species than scrub oak or some oth

er worthless variety of tree, , All through the South, for instauce hard pine is being replacexl by an almost useless species, owing to the annual practice of burning over the forests to improve the miserable pasturage they yield. In our Northern States the white pine au I tho hemlock do not again grow on lar.d previously burned over. In New Yoik regions once covered by ptno forests are now barely able to support huckleberry and blankberry bushes, so frequently have been the fires.

It Does Hatter ;

Fallacies are very long-lived. We overheard , a conversation the other day in which the old delusion came out, as fresh as ever : After , alii it don't matter what a man believes; if he , only does right" We passed on our way, wondering if the speaker would be willing to apply his principle to; anything except religion; Does sit make no difference in a man's bustness operations, whether he believes iu : honesty or kravery? Do( a man worthy of the suffrage believe one way and vote another? And shall it be said it makes no difference in a man's character and destiny whetl er he' believes in virtue, goodness and righteousness? Does it have no bearing on a man's daily life to believe he shall reap what he sows? Is there no in spiration to right doing in a firm be-' lief in a holy and merciful God? It is time that the old fallacy v?hich denies this should be rooted: out;- Thinking, feeling, and acting' are connected einks in our being. As a" tnan ttiink eth in his heart and so heos."- .

Ninety Days Without "Foogs - Ox ford Froo Lanj4j. r ' : ; .4 rma.rka.hie case of fastinfs is re

ported from Gi anville, which eciipsesi the celebrareit feat of. Tanner. Ther faster is a little boy, aaed al(OUt4ears thi son of Mi. N. G. Whitfield, living near Franklintdn. Sometime tefore Christmas the little fellow was at tacked with a disease which was pron outtced measles. It afterwards ssy sumed the forms of consumption, and5 his recovery was conHiderint hopelessi During the period of ninety days be partook of no solid food of any def scription, and wasted away to ar more l shadow of skin and bones. A portion of that time he was too weak to reco nize any one. but he is now gainiu strength and it is thought that bo will ultimately gee well. We have ttie most nositive authority for this stj ment of his arolute,fasUi? such. a period of time. !'- -... . ; - 1: A Cautious :Sort of GifK The Laodicean. - ,. . '

"May I call you laula? asked he.

-Yes, " said she, latnuy. 1 "DearPaula!r-may. I call yohthat ?') "T su noose sd." ;

"Do you know I love ypu?? ; J! ."Yes- ,;. ,-, ' f.

"And shall X love youwayHi?" . - "If yon wish tv." : . ,J& - : 'AndvWill.ybd loveitt?H-::.';;V;,,?-!-; ? Paula, did not renly. . ; : . 'Will you, Paula?" lib repeated. "You may love me," slie said again: "But donTt you love mein iturn(? , "t love you to love meV" -- HWont you say auythiiig. ntore; .explicit?" , C J ! "Lwould rather not." -

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The wife of a New Yoik editor has just given $85,000 to promote tho CJerX man school system; That ed itor iriu?ti have niarried rich. He couJdnti bare: made that much monevout of, his pR)

j fesslou, if he, had Ayorlud steady .fpi

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