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THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BY vVILLIAVl J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor TgRMS TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable tutes, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will i ,e charged for at advertising rates. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Mason hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DliUGS Chemicals, Patent Medicine, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, - Dve Stuffs, Fancy aii'l Toilet Articles, which he is determined t hc-11 at :lie very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1S"5. J. P. McCombs, M. D., ffers Lis professional services to the citizens of ( harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both iiMit and day, promptly attended to. Oltice in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C. All calls promptly answered day and night. Ollice over Traders' National Bank Residence opposite W. 11. Myers'. Jan. 18, 1878. Doctor D. STUART LYON, Charlotte, N. C. Okkice : Corner Trade Street and Cemetery Avenue (next to residence of Mrs Fox.) Residence with llev. Theo. Whitfield, D. D. Calls from City and country will receive prompt attention. April 19, 1878 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15, 1878. CENTRAL HOTEL, Charlotte, N. C, Located on one Corner of the Public Square. Re cent Internal improvements have been made for , accommodation of guests. Rates f 3, $2.50 and $2 per day, according to lo cation of Rooms. II. C. ECCLES, July 5, 1878. tf Proprietor. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. E. J. ALLEN, Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street,! Charlotte, N. C, PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER, Repairing of Jewelry, Watches and Clocks done at short notice and moderate prices. April 17, 1876. y R. M. MILLER & SONS, Commission Merchants, and WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Provisions and Groceries, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Molasses, and in fact, all kind of Groceries in large quantities always on hand for the Wholesale trade. Jan. 1 1875. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Bells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. D. M. RIGLER Charlotte, N. C. t)ealer in Confectioneries, Fruits, Canned Goods, Crackers, Bread, Cakes, Pickles, &c. tST" Cakes baked to order at short notice. Jan. 1,1877. B. N. SMITH, Dealer in Groceries and Family Provisions of all sorts, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Consignments of Produce solicited, and prompt returns made. Families can find anything at my Store in the Grocery line to eat, including fresh meats. Jan. 1, 1877. K. S. BURWELL. 1878. E. B. SPRINGS BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 4, 1878. LEWIN w. barringer, Bon of the late Hon. D. M. Barringer of N. C.,) Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 430 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Prompt attention to all legal business. Best references given as to legal ana financial responsi bility. Commissioner for North Carolina. References. Chief JuBtice W. N. II. Smith ; Raleigh National Bank ; 1st National Bank, Char otte ; Merchants and Farmers National Bank. March 15, 1878 ly-pd DR. RICHARD H. LEWIS, Raleigh, N. C. Late Profetsor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the Savannah Medical College,) Practice Limited to the EYE and EAR, Refers to the State Medical Society and to the Georgia Medical Society. Oct. 12, 1877 y Central Hotel BARBER SHOP. GRAY TOOLE, PrpDrietor. keeps the best workmen employed, and guarantees pleasure and satisfaction to customers. June 8, 1877. USs" A disturbance took place at a mar riage at Hauley, in England, the other day. An old man of seventy, with several grown up children and grandchildren, had ar ranged to be married to a girl eighteen years old. On the party arriving at the Chapel they were attacked by a mob and their clothes were torn. Ten policemen were present, bat were overpowered, and the mob rushed into the chapel, and kept up a continual noise throughout the ceremony. A window was broken and a great dis turbance followed. The married pair finally escaped by different doors, and were es corted home by eight constables. THE TRADER'S NATIONAL BANK, Charlotte, N. C. Officerb-S. P. Smith, President ; Robt. I: Mc Dowell, Vice-President; C. N.G. Butt, Cashier; J. H. Ross, Teller. Directors S P Smith, Robt I McDowell, John E Brown, John W Wadsworth, Baxter H Moore, W M Shipp, V Q Johnson, Philip Schiff, D F Cannon and B R Smith. Jan. 1. 1878. First National Bank of Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N. C. Paid up Capital $400,000. Officers. R. Y. McAden, President. M. P. Pegram, Cashier John F. Orr, Teller. A. Graham, Clerk. Board of Directors. R Y McAden, J L Brown, Wm R Myers R M Oates, S B Alexander, S A Cohen, R Barringer. Deals in Bills of Exchange, Sight Draft, Gold and Silver Coin, and Government and other Securities. Jan 1. 1876. LAW SCHOOL, Greensboro, N. C. For information as to Terms, &c, apply to JOHN H. DILLARD, May 10, 1878. ROBERT P. DICK. THE "RISING SUN." According to the command of Joshua of Old, although repudiated by the "Jasper Philosophy" of the New, is now standing still, at the Old Place, on Trade Street, opposite the Market House, plus Hornet Fire Engine Hall, where the light of reason illuminates the surrounding atmosphere, which in vests all things with the glow of inspiration, and the world no longer seems "A fleeting show, For man's illusion given." For right here you will find C. S. HOLTON, Who has in Store Oranges, Lemons, Candies, Cakes, Pies, (The Great Washington Pie included,) Corn Starch, Sardines, Pickles, Fresh Bread, Canned Fruit and Vegetables, Sugars and Coffees, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Toys. In fact, everything found in a Confectionery, including Ice Cream and Lemonade. June 21, 1878. C. S. HOLTON. FRUIT TREES, &c. T. W. SPARROW is now taking orders for Fall delivery. Those he may fail to see can leave their orders at the Store of J. II. Henderson, stating the number and kind of trees they may wish and he promises to give them the best assortment he can make out. T. W. SPARROW. P. S. He will furnish the best kinds ot Straw berries at low figures. May 31, 1878. Guano, Super-Phosphate, &c. J. C. BURROUGHS Has now in store a high grade of Acid Phosphate, Soluble Pacific Guano, Whann's Raw Bone Super Phosphate, Merryman's Ammoniated Dissolved Bones and Peruvian Guano. Feb. 15. 1878. BUYERS OP DRY GOODS, Ready-made Clothing AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Will find at the old established house of ELIAS & COHEN The largest, best assorted and cheapest Stock of Goods ever brought to this market. We are prepared to prove upon examination of our Stock that we make no vain boast, and solicit buyers, both Wholesale and Retail, to look at our Goods and prices before purchasing. Our stock of Dress Goods, White Goods, Alpac cas, Embroideries, Kid Gloves, Sun Umbrellas, Fans, Ties and Fancy Goods are complete and will be sold at astonishing low prices. Carpets, Oil Cloths and Mattings very low. Fair dealing. Polite and attentive Clerks. Call and see us and judge for yourselves. ELIAS & COHEN. March 22, 1878. "Down by the Sea" Season of 1878. OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, Beaufort, N. C, GEORGE W. CHARLOTTE, Proprietor, (Late Proprietor of Atlantic House,) Was opened for the reception of guests on the first day of May, 1878. The above Hotel is situated immediately on the waterfront, in the business centre of the town and offers special inducements to commercial travelers, and has a view from its promenade on the roof un surpassed by any other building in the town. BALL ROOM. This Hotel has a splendid Ball Room attached, and a Band of Music has been en gaged for the entire season. BATHING HOUSES. Commodious Bathing Houses have been erected on shore and beach, for the benefit of the patrons of this Hotel. CROQUET GROUND. For those who delight in this innocent amusement, provision has been made. BOATS. Fast sailing and well managed Boats will be in readiness at all hours to convey passen gers about the harbor, and will connect with all trains. The United States mail boat lands and sails from the Hotel wharf. FISHING. Beaufort offers superior advantages to those who delight in catching the finny tribe. THE TABLE will always be furnished with the best that this and the adjoining markets afford. THE SERVANTS will be required to be polite and attentive. THIS HOTEL will be second to none. REDUCTION IN BOARD. Per Day $1.50 ; per Month $30.00. Beaufort, May 17, 1878. tf Democratic Prospects. From the Salisbury Watchman. "In unity there is strength," but without unity, weakness. There is no need of a Daniel or a Jeremiah, just now, to cry aloud to the Democratic party and show them the fate which awaits them. They would not heed if they heard. Like an angry sea, the conflicting waves will con tinue to lash each other with fury until the storm shall exhaust itself. "Democratic prospects !" What are they in North Caro lina ? If scores of "independents" and fac tions with cross purposes in almost every county ; if secret supplanting and heartless selfishness, accrimonious words and con flicting actions, count for anything, the prospect is bright that in a short time the Democratic party will exchange attitudes with the Radical party will stand with hat in hand and downcast eyes and meekly "accept the situation" and enter upon a season of repentance. If it shall not so turn out, repentance of the present folly should begin now, and every one consent to prefer another to himself. Magnanimity is a virtue and its reward sure. Narrow minded selfishness may sometimes seem to succeed, and its reward of detestation and shame is also sure. It is better to have a conscience void of offense than to fill an office richly endowed. It is better to pro mote peace in non-essentials than to make strife. The above are words of wisdom and prudence from the pen of one of the best Conservatives in the State, Mr J, J. Bruner, Editor of the Salisbury Watchman. The Chinese Famine. The following in relation to the Chinese Famine is taken from the London Freeman of the 17th of June: "We regret to learn that the distress in China in consequence of the famine contin ues to be as great as ever. According to the latest advices, the famine has now at tacked the wealthy and well-to-do, who find themselves reduced to greater straits as each day goes by, and they in their turn are dying off or following those who have already disappeared. The acting Governor of Honan and Yuan Paoheng gives a terri ble picture of the condition of affairs. He says : "In the earlier period of distress the living fed upon the bodies of the dead ; next strong devoured the weak ; and now the general destitution has ariived at such a climax that men devour those of their own flesh and blood. History contains no record of so terrible and distressing a state of things, and if prompt measures of relief be not instituted the whole region must be come depopulated." Local sources of sup ply are said to be entirely exhausted ; the granaries are empty, the treasury drained dry ; taxation has ceased, and not a cash of revenue is coming in, while the few wealthy people the province contains have helped with contributions and loans till they are utterly impoverished. It is estimated that there are over 60,000,000 starving people in China ! LAND PLASTER And Agricultural Lime, Freeh and in good order, kept constantly on hand at lowest market prices. W. W. WARD, College Street, rear Stenhouse & Macaulay's corner. Feb. 22, 1878. Ice Cream. I have opened my Ice Cream Saloon for the season. May 10, 1878. D. M. RIGLER. NEW BUGGIES. At my Shop in the rear of Wadsworth's Stables, I have a few nice new Buggies for sale at low rates. I also make and repair Wagons, Buggies, Car riages, &c, and do all sorts of work in my line. Give me a call. W. S. WEARN, In rear of Wadsworth's Livery Stables. Aug. 31, 1877. Just D. M. Received at RIGLER'S, A fine lot of Florida Oranges, Lemons, Apples; fresh Crackers, Soda, Butter, Oysters, Cream, Nic Nac; Candies, Chocolate, Burnt Almond, Gum Diops, Crystalized Fruit, and a large assortment of fine Cream. Also, our own make of plain Candies, fresh Cakes and Pies. D. M. RIGLER. Jan. 18, 1878. WILLIAMS & FINGER, Dealers in Grain, Flour, Hay, Bran and all country Produce and Groceries. N. C. Bacon, Flour and Meal a speciality. Send for quotations. Charlotte, March 8, 1878. GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE. Terms Reduced to Suit the Times. The 45th Session will begin on Wednesday, 28th of August Charges per Session of 20 weeks: Board, (exclusive of washing and lights,) $50 00 Tuition in full EDglish course, - - 25 00 Extra studies moderate. For particulars apply for Catalogue to T. M. JONES, Pres't, July 5, 1878 2mpd Greensboro, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, Mt. Pleasant, Cabaerus Co., N. C. The next session opens on Monday, August 5th, 1878. The course of instruction is complete, both in the Collegiate and Academic Departments ; the corps of Professors able and experienced ; hence this Institution furnishes the best advantages for obtaining a thorough classical and business educa tion. Tuition is moderate, $2 to $4 per month. Board in private families f 3 to $9. There is also a Col lege House which gives substantial board at $5. Contingent fee is low. Community moral, and location healthy. For Catalogue and full particulars address REV. S. 8. RAHN, A. M., Secretary of the Faculty. June 28, 1878 4w A Lay Sermon. BY JOHN H. MILLS, OXFORD, X. C. Here comes an aged minister. lie has been sixty miles to preach for people who pay him 25 cents for his services. Now, if the Lord called that man to preach, has he not also called some other men to hold up his hands? The layman's call to support his minister is just as loud as the minister's call to preach the gospel. Now, we do not believe in any man's religion, when he says thejLord has, by special favor, granted him a permit to accumulate and hold all he can in this life, with the additional privilege of a dead head ticket to heaven, when old age carries his body to the grave. We believe that some people are elected to eternal life, and the Bible tells us exactly who they are. Those elected to a holy life here are elected to eternal life hereafter. , When a man tries to cheat the Lord out of a free ride to heaven the Devil gives him a free pass over another line. We also heard of another case of ini quity. A minister preached many years to a prosperous congregation and died with $500 of his salary due. The brethren gave him a grand funeral and four long obituaries in the denominational paper, and called it square. What a shame ! It was their duty to pay his salary before they made so much fuss at his funeral. Ladies, be Polite. It pays. A true woman and a true man are always courteous. Nothing is allowed to interfere with their suavity, and it is as tonishing to see how easily such people get along in the world, Machinery unlubrica cated runs rustlly and creaks. So a great many people grunt and grumble through life, very much disgusted with everything, and making all they meet very much dis gusted with them. Give us a smile and a pleasant word, and we will make you the most polite bow that it is possible for us to accomplish. Riding down in a Sixth Avenue car, one moonlight night this week, I found it pleas ant to stand upon the platform for the sake of the soft air that blows freshly up from the river, and, while there, fell into con verse with the conductor, who appeared to be a man possessed of shrewd sense and much intelligence. "Pray tell me, sir," said I to him, "do you not find this square bit of board that you stand on for hours each day a capital spot to study character ?" The man's tongue loosened instantly. He told his experience. And among the items came in the ladies. I asked Mr. Conductor to give me the average number of women who returned a simple "thank you" to a gentleman vacating a seat in favor of a lady. The man hesitated was about to speak, and checked himself essayed again, and said he was ashamed, for the sake of the women, to say it but "he didn't believe that one in a hundred did it." This made an old fellow like me feel very unpleasantly ; chiefly because I had had a similar experience. Not that women are by nature uncourteous. Not at all. But simply that the female sex receives so much attention in this country, and travels so much alone and unmolested, that some of them seem to be beginning to look upon acts of delicate courtesy as a thing of right. I feel moved, my dear lady reader, to beg that you will mudge Sister Jane's el bow, and beg of her not to omit next time in the omnibus to return the same acknowl edgment of civilities that she feels it her pleasure to give in her drawing-room. Her smile and yours is always cheerful and gladdening, in-doors or out-doors, and none is readier to do her and you all homage than me. New Plan to be Agreeable. A correspondent of the Golden Rule tells a humorous story of what happened to a lady at a dinner-party in a western city. Seeing that the gentleman who handed her in to dinner was not of a literary turn, the lady, a good conversationalist, entertained him by talking of hunting, dogs, horses and fishing. The man was entertained and the lady exhausted. It was not many days after that she en countered the same gentleman at another dinner party, and lo and behold ! it again fell to her lot to go out to dinner with him. Turning frankly to him then when they were seated, she said : "Mr So-and-So, you know quite well that we have talked up every subject which would mutually interest us. Come, I pro pose that instead of talking, (since for the sake of our hosts we must appear happy and pleased with each other,) we begin and count like this: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and then laugh ; and then the other take it up and go on in the same way." She had counted nearly up to fifty before he saw the joke, when suddenly he let forth a perfect roar of laughter, and catching up the idea, went on one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, etc., until she had to laugh in spite of herself, and they began to be the envy of the whole table, and were pressed with queries as to what so amused them. The lady told this in the presence of an other bright woman, who lives in quite an other part of the country. They both hap pened to be in New York on a visit. The story pleased her very much. She went home, and being at a dinner-party herself, she narrated it, producing peals of laughter from everybody but a single man. He did not even smile. Their hostess at last cried out : "Why, John, by your looks I should think it had been you !" With an indescri bable expression he answered : "It was." "What," asked Professor Miller of the smart bad boy in the history class, "what did the Pilgrim Fathers first do after landing at Plymouth Rock?" "Licked a hackman," replied the smart bad boy who went to Niagara. The Greatest Duel on Record The famous duel in which forty or more gentlemen were engaged, in 1828, is still remembered in Natchez. Col. Jas. Bowie, the famous fighter and inventor of the knife which bears his name, used to spend a ereat deal of his time in Natchez. He was challenged by a gentleman from Alexandria, La, whose friends to the num ber of twenty and more, accompanied him to Natchez to see fair play. Knowing that Bowie was a desperate man, and had his own friends about him, all parties went upon the field. The combatants took their places in the centre, separated from their friends in the rear, or enough not to endan ger them with their balls. Behold the bat tle array thus : Twenty armed Louisian ians, fifty yards behind their champion and his second and surgeon, and opposite them, as far behind Bowie and his seconds and surgeons, twenty armed Mississippians. Behold the heights of Natchez thronged with spectators, and a steamer in the river rounded to, its decks black with passengers, watching with deep interest the scene. The plan of fight was to exchange shots twice with pistols, and to close with knives, Bowie being armed with his own terrible weapon. At the first fire both parties es caped. At the second the Louisianian was too quick and took advantage of Bowie, who waited the word. At this Bowie's second cried "foul play!" and shot the Louisianian dead. The second of the latter instantly killed the slayer of his principal. Bowie drove his knife into this man. The surgeons now crossed blades, while with loud battle orles came on the two parties of friends, the light of battle in their eyes. In a moment the whole number were en gaged in a fearless conflict. Dirks, pistols and knives were used with fatal effect, un til one party drove the other from the field. I do not know how many were killed and wounded in all, but it was a dreadful slaughter. Bowie fought like a lion, but fell covered with wounds. For months he lingered before he fully recovered. A Word for Romping Girls. Most women have a dread of them. Mothers would rather their little daughters were called anything elso than romps. They say lo them, "Be very quiet, now, my dears; don't run or jump, and be little ladies." As if a healthy child could be still ; as if it could take time to walk, or step over what came in its way ; as if it could fold its hands in its lap, when its little heart is so brimful of tickle. It is absurd and wrong, because it is unnatural. Chil dren, girls as well as boys, need exercise ; indeed, they must have it, to be kept in a healthy condition. They need it to expand their chests, strengthen their muscles, tone their nerves, develop themselves generally. And this exercise must be out-of-doors, too. It is not enough to have calisthenics in the nursery or parlor. They need to be out in the sunshine, out in the wind, out in the grass, out in the woods, out-of-doors somewhere, if it be no bigger than the com mon or park. Suppose they do tan their pretty faces. Better be brown as a berry, and have the pulse quick and strong, than white as a lily and complain of cold feet and headache. Suppose they do tear their clothes ; suppose they do wear out their shoes ; it don't try a mother's patience and strength half so much to watch and mend as it does to watch night after night a querulous sick child, and it don't drain a father's pocket-book half as quick to buy shoes as it does to pay doctors' bills. No, mothers, don't nurse up your little girls like house-plants. The daughters of this generation are to be the mothers of the next, and if you would have them healthy in body and gentle in temper, free from nervous affections, fidgets and blues; if you would fit them for life its joys, its cares and its trials let them have a good romp every day while they are growing. It is nature's own specific, and, if taken in season, warranted to cure ails of the girl and the woman. Brooklyn Monthly. How two Sundays can come in one Week. In one of Edgar Poe's stories he shows how two Sundays can come in one week. Capt. Boutwell thus explains it If you es tablish the city of New York as your prime meridian, and dispatch two ships around the world, one by the route of the Cape of Good Hope and the other by Cape Horn, they will, when they meet on the other side of the globe, differ a day in their time ; it may be Saturday on board of one ship, and Sunday on board the other. This is owing to the fact that the planet on which we dwell revolves to the eastward, and the sun appearing first in the east, it is noon, or twelve o'clock, on board of the eastern bound ship before it is noon on the western bound ship. The ship sailing east gains time every day, while the ship sailing west looses time, and when they meet the differ ences of time will amount to a day. He adds that at Samoa he found the Protestant and Catholic missionaries celebrating dif ferent days and both were right, because they sailed by different routes from Europe. Z3 When we are young we waste a great deal of time in imagining what we will do when we grow older, and when we are old we waste an equal amount of time in wondering why we waited so long before we began to do anything. 3? The man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. Character is like bells which ring out sweet music, and which, when touched accidentally even, resound with sweet music. 3T" The Communists of Chicago appear to be awed by the formidable military pre parations that have been made to meet any outbreak on their part. Chinamen in-California. From the New York Times. In California, Nevada, and other regions of the Pacific slope, where the male Chi nese have settled in unusual numbers, the female Mongolian is so rare an animal aa to be in active demand, not from her special loveliness, but from the mere fact of her rarity. The proportion of female to male Celestials is not more than 1 to 100, and as the latter find no favor with women of other races, they are necessarily dependent for feminine society and sympathy upon women of their own blood. It is easy to see, therefore, why the Chinese female, (she is rather a female than a woman, in the Anglo-Saxon sense, particularly to the male Mongolian) should be regarded as a desira ble object, and should have a certain com mercial value. In the Flowery Kingdom, women are in such abundance that thAy arc a veritable drug. They can be had not only for the asking; nobody will ask for them, especially in cities where there is al ways a glut. In the small towns and in the tea raising districts, they are occasionally inquired for, though they bring a very small rate, seldom selling higher than a Mexican dollar apiece. That they should be marketable articles shocks onr notions ; but we have other opinions and customs than the Chinese, besides a totally different civilization and not nearly so many women. The Chinese female of the ordinary sort being but a chattel at home, she remains such in America, with this difference that here she is in wholly inadequate supply, and consequently commands a high figure. A Chinese female, rating from fair to mid dling, is worth about $300, though a com mon article can be had for from $200 to $250. Some extra specimens occasionally bring $350 to $400. Such prices as these seem fabulous to the average Mongolian, who likes women very well Dut feels that he can not afford to pay so exorbitant fig ures. He prefers, therefore, stealing them to buying them, and thus they lecome prizes on which much energy, enterprise, and dishonesty are expended. The Chinese, always fond of commercial co-operation, form associations, offensive and defensive, for stealing females, and hardly a week passes on the Pacific slope that they do not run off two or three and hide them in some inaccessible place. They often enter into marital partnership, having one wife for a dozen men, and it is said they get on very harmoniously, considering the circum stances. Some enterprising Chinamen in San Francisco have contemplated import ing women regularly ; but it is feared that if they should, the market would grow so dull, and prices so decline, that John him self would he no longer tempted to Steal women, and stealing women is one of the greatest pleasures he enjoys in this country. Deprived of this excitement and joy, he might return home, and if he should do so in a body, the Californians would all die of broken hearts. The woman-dealing will be likely, therefore, to continue among the Celestials. The Women of Vienna. At ten or eleven o'clock supper is an nounced, and a supper it is in good earnest. People do little else in Vienna except to eat and drink old wine and beer. The ladies in general dress very richly, wearing soft silks and exquisite laces at dinner par ties. Jewels, too, are never lacking, and are always worn with good taste. The young girls and ladies I should say, from fifteen to twenty, have the most perfect forms imaginable. Their waists are round and slender, the shoulders slope with Venus like accuracy, but the bust is the crowning beauty. I never saw any thing to equal the Vienneoise decollete. It is the form and development of a woman with the face of a young girl ; but what perfection ! I have a weakness for beauty myself, and never see a slender waist and shapely hand but I think, "What a gift is comeliness," and when, as in Vienna, the hand is only halt the beauty of the neck and arms, I think that the fashion of dressing the young mai dens in the Austrian capital something quite perfect. Usually they wear white and fleecy folds of soft tulle adorning every "corsage" (waist.) The arms are always bare from the shoulder. Up to the present I have never seen but the most perfectly shaped hands and arms, and the slender wrists that look so white and beautiful arc like carved marble or the pictures in the gallery at the Hague in Holland. We can see that the Flemish and German artists have not far to look for their models. At present all the ladies wear black shoes, like those known by the name ol "Oxford ties," and, if not always appropriate, they are much more convenient and cheaper, al though the general richness of toilet hardly suggests the idea of economy. Correspondent. tW Nothing is more fatal to the true prosperity and moral vigor of some of our churches than the willingness of a few rich members to pay all the bills. Whole con gregations grow selfish, servile and beg garly, because they are not called on to share the burdens and sacrifices of carrying on the common affairs. Let the widow and her two mites have a fair chance, or the church will be to her no better than an almshouse. IdT The number of Americans who have attended the Paris Exposition thus far is said to be immense. Philadelphia alone has sent more visitors than came to the American Centennial Exhibition from all Europe, leaving oat those who attended as officials. A bag of hops as large as the two fists, placed in a bin or store of grain, will, it is said, kill or eradicate all grubs and in sects from the grain. The dead ones can be removed by fanning.