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FAYETTE VILLE, IN". O, TH UR SD A"5T, FEBKTJARa.-
G RAH HER, I1X A NUTSHELL.
Three Htl word- you often e
Are nt'u-:$ a, An, a& l lL.
A .i the name tf at-.j thin.;;
A (k:Iiu1 or grJcn, Luop cr wbi.
AJj'.ciit'i n'-ow the titid f nouo t
A grI,' uri all, prrttr, white or brown.
Iiitead (jfnnait the j-roiwe ttaiid
II?r hra 1, I,! f.ice, ro.ir nr:u, Dir hau l.
1'rrl I-! it iMint!;ii to W !
To trad, cijiit, Iauh, i!ti;.' j amp or run
How tl.InM are done the aJrerlt tell
A !ov1r, n'li.eUjr, ill or tfell.
Cuxjunrtlnm J.j?ri the nurU t"rtht-r:
A tu?n ami Women, tviiJ aii'l weather.
The '-tpi-ti:!on unli b-f..re
A mom ft in or through tL ih-or.
The iUry-rlti ylmw urTe;
Ajo!! Lo.t prrttjr ! ah! how wl-e!
The whole are called niie .r: of j-t-eh
Which rea-Iiin., writing, .kifi jf t-.i-.!i
UxX AVAIL. AE LE TALENTS.
My w ifu n tnl' I looked at each other in
Llauk despair. We are such lively people
that it is very seldom we arc both blue at
oncc,bnt this tiin v had good nnd suITi
cient reason. We laI ci;i" to our List
dollar. Wc Ladjio certainty of r t:ii.;
any more money, and we were too Loriust
to wi.-di to lie in ilelt. This was ati extra
ordinary position' for n, as we were con
sidered by all w li knew u.s to le suili
"uncommonly tab nted" people. I was
always told in" college that if I wouM r.p
ply myself I might ea.-ily stand ir.-t in i.iy
class, though in point f fie I stood f-oin-where
in the twenties, I l-!rve. I Laic
since sometimes w !.! red if application
miyt not be iiM-lf a separate talent, iutc 1 1
of being will.iu the rea-Ii o ;Af a M ofion
fiipjo.-.fl. My wif; wan alVuit th" life of
any company. S!e vv:i n-t ; r. t'y an 1 t;iiu
a uoiu iu j yo t im. tu fi r.n-i
f.Le p.nn la!!.i I willi realiv ti; lfifiii ct-prc.-i
m. I i;-v r a wi,i.m v. ta ap
preciate.! a j tUt fi ju;i-!ly, an-l n in?ati-ur
theatrical i-he wa irrc.-t.-tiuli'. 1 1 -r tl-t-nts
wei:t ivcri f.irtli'-r thin tl;:.. S!i"
real poetrv lifar.tu'ull V tlia". e V ervll
"ciiol; ari'.l. on the tl:r linn-l, u n'a.i
fuml of laatUeai ilii-js that -ln tn Hcl c.:tt;
peolit)i:s one virit rl-y I.t riclf, l"r f'lrj.'
. Wo were l.t!i vetsatile, t were Imi!i
lively, were wen llli tu'-rcarial.
Now. I.M'.ve'.'t r.' we Lvl ii-i taorifr, atol
very mile a ir
L:kI mak a i.i. i
. . . . .
in II. c linn..-. ,.uy wile
j-hu: v-cake for the de-
Ltctiiou . cf the chiMrea at upper, ail
thev Lal C""'- t letl ciitent. ni'l wett
tonv H'art fa!Iy !el piic. Meantime it
lecaiae nlIistely iire?.,iry fr n to fat e
onr fut. I was a lawyer.. 1 el r.. th.it
. profry-iou, iut fr ia any i : t nV ? vnipit!ii
with it. liicm-M' I eotu l n f t-c a ch i
pvtuan. atvil nni'l in! j :i p!. v.-l -iati. .."
mr.-e 1 liean t pra lice in tt t.Iiy ; I l
though there ecti'.l 1 1 le on 'pcn:n
there, I li'Ml t. live in the ti:y. Va
tv ii'' vv the tiu-:;t an-l eiu'i anl lok.",
an-1 picture.-', anl f; ty. cm har.Hv 1C
ha-! in the country. 1 1" I 1 a! 1-eeii le.-f
talei'.leJ a i:ierce.?ho;j-er I t'iM havfr
tonc wit!i'ut the retinemeiit f life, atrl
iecu l.aj pv. A it w .i.-, it li I not one
occur t int.' tl.at-l iniil I l.ve ut the e w
ttv. I i.ie.l ti L mv in v fr.iUee nnionnt
e.l to tiott.ifo'. I Tin'se v. h have irie-l thJ
frame exj-entuen
kno-.v
that rai. years
elapse I tt--re a maiiitt-n mee can Le c untf
cd upon. IIov.ecr, I lived man wl.il
on it modest legacy w hit h !i 1 1 ih-scemtod
to me from an aunt, and married a wife,
Floreuee had no money and no experience
of housekeeping; but I hope I should not
marry as I would select a servant. We
got on beautifully in spite of the quick
sands wl.ieh alrt ady pre.-i-ut them.-elve to
the reader's mind. In the first p! ieo wo
had no end to g-o 1 times together, so our
life was a success so f.ir, at: I I kno' wo
were so happy that we made everybody
around ns happy too. And we lived with
in our means, small a they wi re. Wm
o-iM Lave liked a million, nu I I really
tk we c-m'id have spent i. profitably
ft'ti-e were n exrravaguil, an 1 both f
us wei.Ijt,M,rul,l !io.lo.j. ie!itious. WJ
were at p'v.c" with nil the w.ihl, and con
sidered ourselves tioble in character and
talented in mind. , -1
l"nf..rtunate!y the f.ib;re of the bank
in which my legacy was in -vested cha'nged
the aspect of things. We smiled ut futj
leca'i-: lt.nl. vstioutl rcsin-ct our
selves more if wc were brave. And our
frkni ls said we bore it charmingly. "Hut
of course it i not as if yon had not your
practice." Thi3 was very well, bu; pri
vately wo knew that the practice would
Lardlv kecfi us in ln'nits and shows: and
then 1 had practiced lang enough now to
find out I hated it. I was n-i meant f-r a i
lawyer, and, to speak afler tLe matter of
the Methodists, it would hare been "it.-
d ulging a falso Lope' to suppose I ever f
s:,..o!d u-ceed. It seemed imperative that
I shoul ! look to some other source for an
in toe. I had written a play for the
tittcian Club,", to which wc belonged,
t! r.ir before, which had been received
wi'l prolonged applause, but now, wheu
I wrote another, and oiTcred it to the min-ftg-r,
.,' dccliacd with th inks. I Lad also
wt'utea virs de societe which had been pro
no i. i d bv g.Mid critics as witty a
II o. ..--'; but "when I tent them 1 1 th
in a i .im ,1, I ieceUcd a neat printed c'r
cul..r tiii.g that; "owing to the nver
cro.v dV'.ate of the market," they could
not accept anything more at present, but
tirgi: g me to believe that "want of littr
rary no-ilt" Lad nothing whatever tu t'u
with t'. if rejection.
Fh-r. io e, getting desperate, advertised
for private pupils hi mathematics; but the
only o:.e who appeared was lent on study-
i.tf li" .illlm j tv:1.Ti-ti n t. i.1 f. ntn.t m
tcliom when a school hl thut f!ie hal
hkipjKil tl;em altogether. I his was too
la, fvr she is really a FplenliI mathema
tician, as far cs the principles gn, ainl thut
is the reason probably the hates eternal
finnnij bo much.
With Ler music the contrary is true.
She knows nothing about the tbedry, tut
Ler practice is exquisite j so of courge the
cannot give lessotifi.
She tows very 4cll, I believe at least
we are all kept neat an. I whole ami the
ha goo. I taste; but sho says her ttitches
will not tear examination, ami if?hetriol ti
tew better, shefc'uoul ! work so fclowly tliat
iho cotil.I not cam her salt, llcr hon.
kecping is very pleasant, I know ; but we
have, a hnnrlreJ little iilio.-yiicraies which
wouhi make taking boar-iers itaposaible,
even if it wero cot intolcratile, go wo have
never Friouly considere.l that ipietiori.
It will pnbaby Iks thought c! J-bloml.
eI in me to Ppeak in this way of my wife's
earning an vthmg. ?pcciallv when, uo-.v we
hail ilismissc'lnurgirl, she hal even tiling tu
ito f..r the cluhlren aiifl for me; ai:l, in
fact, I ili-1 not mean she fhouhl ! any
thincr. but she was always pondering the
matter, ami in some lark moments 1 gave
in a little myself. I thought I would com
mit puicMe, ami let her support the chil
dren! It is obvioas that now neither of ns felt
as pure f our elevated character or of o-ir
talent as before t!o legacy was lo?t, and
we h id at hi arrived at the above-mentioned
ftatf of blank despair.
"It i-i really too Ind," nai l l'lorpncp, at
lat; '"it would take w little tu muko us
hapi and yet we can't have i:." ,
:'l 'here is nothing under heaven to be
l-ine,n said I, gloomily, "but for me to go
as a day-lilH-irer in a factory; and as I am
unskillful, and very old f t a beginner, I
r u.not earn enough to support the family,
so I think, my dear, that you had better
go into the same factory; that is, if we can
find work, which I think doubtful in these
times. And we will apprentice the chil
dren to the trade, so they will be better
able to tako err . f themselves than we
ncro when ihf-y grow up.
l'b-renee made no reply to "this remark,
but shortly nf.er b-gan a ihort 'catechism.
"Van, are vn Rri-turiatie V
' "No, not eYietly,' sail I; "I like the
things aristocrat;'; people have, you know,
but it is not for fear of losing cate that I
obj'ct to the factory."
"I thought notaid riorrr.ee, compla
cently; "hut of c ::rse you oljei-t to the
'griad,' and so do I. Now the jaesii.iii i --,
"what are the nfcesnities of life to von?"
I II. t'hfi
t. :i i tii':. . ...... ... i .i.
' , I ,
Ml It. 1 1..-1, UII Mill IH-
children ; second, a hom-e that docs not
leak to cover us ; third, corn cake and salt
il.-f ; foi.n'u, a goo.,Toi hi iho hiiari ;
fifth, a warm. v. !en suit f r .eacli of us ;
ixth, sonio light netie out-door employ
ment, wl.M-h will not reduce my spoil to
such n o;ut that I can't enjoy vo ir s i .
when I have leisure to ;U dw'.vu in the
fVeiueg.
"And you would like to Uc p a horse ?
sui-l rioience, ciMifi lently. '
Why, yes," I s.d I, lather surprised ;
"but store we have never kc-pt one s'm o
we were married, it sei-ms to mo we might
disrti use wit! it dw."
i ,l."n!e-s it I' lm? in the uv.y of bu-Ir.ess,
sai l l'lorence, calmly. "Now that I kuu.v
j what your real iw of the. neeer -sries of
! life are, I haven plan wl-ieh I had Lesd-
l j t ited to ptepo.-' before, thinkii.g you raigi.t
i dem irid !:;ore." SIiO iinfo! tt d a new-
p-r, and pointed ti aa advertisement.
-iir Al.i:. The l,..r
I" -t...A ,.f i' j-, ! t:. r.
r. c.irt n: 1 e-tn: !re
I x---!irtil l! Of. 1;
i r. piv" i-I. ri- i!r- l--.'io ro-.iov mat
riiir a rr:ui..yl t the V'. T-rtn -.ir.
A'Mii A. Vii k-.
l!al) ville.
I felt a spark of hope. "I suppose you
are in fun, I'liKcnce,'' I sate ; "but I really
think I should not hate thi.j as much us
anything else I see any prospect of trying.
Ilo.vevei it will probably nmoua; to no
li In g."
It then appeared that it was several
hiys since l'h.rence had seen tho'iiotic-?,
and she had taken pains to inqnir. into the
matter befire speaking to me. Sho knew
someone in I 'lain vil le wLo Lal learned all
the particulars. It really was true. The
I s.-ii;es was good, that is, of its kind. "Of
course." iotr informant said, "it did not pay
anything like the law; an! we Lpe I he
was right. The peddler rcallv was g dug
W
est,
for he had money enough to live
on, nt. his wife's health demanded change
of clirnite. He would tell cheap, and let
us p iv in intaUii-,f and wo could lent
hi c itage for a very small sum.
It did seem providential. Hiding aboct
the country, even in a peddler' cart, hud
f.ir more attractions for me than toiling in
n factory. Besides, I had a teerel assur
ance tllal I Lad nocapaeiry for "toil," and
I knew I could drive any horse i a Plain
ville at least. Then the selling, my good
I mUs (1 lelicve 1 forgot to mention that
lietorei, my gentlemanly manners, my
persuasive a.n.ress, on wtocii l nal ieen
complimented ngaiji and again, would a!
U of the utmost service tu me iu this busi
all
ness ; and here I had been almost tearing
lay Lair iu my anguish at thinking that
none of my powers wero of the least avail
Iu tbu bread-;d-butter question.
And so We purchased the business by
sdliug some of our furniture, and went to
PI iuiile to live. I seriou-!y believe that
'.here is :i niche for every one. Invoking
back on my time of despair, and compar
ing it with my present, I am grateful that
I can say that while I then thought I was
s-o constituted that I could be neither use
fit n.-r happy in life. I now find that I
Lave been endowed with abundant capaci
ties for both usefulness and happiness and
thut no talent I possess Las failed of bear
ing some fruit. And Florence says tLe
suae tLing about Lersclf. " t
Let me c daborate : .
TLe cottage we lived iu was not .tti-tiy
beautiful, but it w as coujfvitub!e. and in a
pleasant place, with an orchard l-eforo it
anil we trained' creepers on trellises about
it, and planted roses and ilowerinir shrubs
along tho t-tono walls. It was a fresh
sweet p. ace to live in, and tho children
had a lovxVr plavground. At first Flor
ence had no servant, and worked very
hard, but the was yoong and well an
strong, and sho declared that she did not
get so tired as tho had often done in
our old home with the thonsand aud one
society duties from which she was exempt
no
"And the balance in favor of this is,"
she al le i, "that now I get tired in accom
plishing something."
I enjoyed my life even the first day, for,'
cs nobody Knew me, I had no loss of caste
to fear, and it was amusing to me to see
the nuzzled faces of my cr.stomcrs, who
seemed to feel that in some way I was not
to tho manor born, and wero evidently
pieced with mv humble airs and graces.
I like to stu.lv human nature, and now
I suv much of it at home and olT its guard.
I Ins delighted rac. Two rules I observed
which made mo respected and popular:
Jirs I never entered a house unless I was
invi:ed; sccoud, I never Insisted that people
suoaM huv what thev did not . want. Uut
I ahvavs had nn excellent assortment of
things, and anv little ncveltv I might have,
I took pains should ba seen at a glance,'
that it might recommend itself.
I am passionately foi.d of out-door air
and scenery. "I nted to enjoy fa.t horses,
but I have my dreamy side, and I hardly
know anything more crqni.-ite than to jog
leisurely along the country roads at six
o'clock on a May morning, when tho buds
j rr fA rt.(rn qtiietlv Imtne in the lato June
twilight, just as the stars ato coming out.
I like to bo out in a soft sntnmcr ram, too.
There is enough to see and enjoy iu the
cri-p autumn weather to reconcile me to
the on wieldly cart I ride in. Kvcn on
ninners it is not to 1e despised. I believe
I like nil winds and weathers. Then i
e.scd to give myself holidays, ofu n in w in
ter, when Florence and the children and I
had no end of fun. Of course we helped
Florence to do the house work first, ami
then had the day for pleasure.
l'roin Mar 'to October I hnrdlv cer
T 1
went alone on r.jv ionruev l.verv plea-
iiit 1 uy Florence, or one of the children, j
r all the familv, went with mo u our '
rounds. How exciting it was, and how
liappy we were ! We took our dinner w ith ; The I'resident's private room is finished
ns sometimes, and played we were gypsies, ' in ebony and gold, and is elaborately do
aud camped ont in the mast enticing places f signed and goigecusly decorated. The jo
in th, bean t if n I woods.' i side finish of the car is ebony, mahogany,
If I bad to go ai m, I often took butternut, oak and holly. The carving is
book : sometimes I learned a poem, som.-i
times I even composed one, and. stra -II
to 'tho'nlaguv.'.:? -'..oh isa-l di.di.e
mv contiibutious i.u the davs when I des
perately nee.K I money, now often acccpt
p my effiisi his with compliments.
In the evenings Florence and I rang
duets, and popped cf n, and read novels.
As wc had no social dignity to keep up,
we felt at liberty enjoy ourselves even bet
ter than iu tho law nays-, which is saying
a great deal, f-.r wo always ha such -a
good time then.
Then mv business kept improving, so
Florence could have a servant. Thn we.
hud iut.ro lime for "1 uks" than ever. Wc
got acquainted v.i:h our neighbors. There
was not a person of auy literary preten--ioji
in town except the minister and doc
tor. This state of. things had Us advan
tages as well as its di.'a d rati t ages, because
it is !e)iai.t to be IV-ur even iu a coun
try village. l'h.rence nod I ".wrote a
comedy f.ir tho Sons of Temperance, and
performed in it with great applause. I
suppose Shaktspearj went to his grave
nithcut such recognition as we received.
Florence sang in tho choir so sweetly that
several people who hud hardly been to
church twice a year before began to go re
gulai'y. We formed a reading club of ail
the young people who showed a spark of
piomisr, and they h el a delightful timrt,
and thought they were I'terary, and wc had
a delightful " time, an 1 the modest con
scions :.r..s that wo were great benefactors
of our race. -
Once a year we put on our best clothes
and went to the city for a week, and went
to the theater, opera, concerts and art' gal
leries, and came home tired and happy,
md convinced that tin peddling was a far
he ihhier at.d happier life than it was pos
sible to lead in the midst of such effete
civilizations.
Let me be clearly understood. I did not
continue the' business when I had laid aside
enough money to live upon without it.
Meantime I can truly say I enjoyed it a
thousand times better than 1 ever did the
law, and to me at least it was a hundred
times more lucrative, aud I bless the day
when my clever wife discovered a sphere
in which all our odds and ends of talent
would be available -llarjxr's Hazard
A Mathematical Ccuiositv. There
is a mathematical curiosity discovered by
S. S. Cox in con si leiing the Apportionment
bill nndcr the new census. If the House
cotisis's'of 203 members Alabama, will be
entitled to only 7 ; .if it consists of 200 it
will gain an additional member and have
a Congressional delegation of S. If the
House bo still further increased to 300
that is. one more member added, Alabama,
instead of gaining a member of Congress
or keeping its representation, w ill lose one
member of Congress and have only 7 re
presentatives. That i.;, with a House of
g'JD members Alabama will have with
a House of CM member only 7. Hero is
a mathematical cuuundrum for some one
to solve.
Fanny Davenport pay twenty-fear hun
dred dollar to Anna Dickinson fur her
new play, and fty dollar a night for
every performance after it Las run three
Plymouth Swept Away,
THE Ut'SINCSS PART OF THE TOWX nKSTKCY
t
y.lt UX HliEJlOXDAV NIOIIT TIIirn V-THKl'.t:
BL'ILDXXGS BCnXKD LOSS 17,500
About 9:30 oc!ock Mondav night a ke
rofcno lamp exploded in the warehouse
oCice of James F. Norman, Esq.,! which
was tho beginning of a conflagration? which
swept r.way nearly tho entire business part
of lMymanth. . , '
The town, which is situated on the cast
bank of tho Iloanoke River, not fair from
its mouth, is one of. tho oldest in the State,
p.n was forinaly prosperous, with a largo
West India trade. It is composed almost
without exception of wooden buildings.
It is well (aid outj but tho business portion
which is down on Water 6treet, at tho
river-side, was thicklv built no with stores
and ware-houses. The coert Sonso vp.s of
brick, and was iormaly the curioa house.
nil . i . f -
, no lire, neginning in lue omce uear the
centre cf Water street,' worked its wav
both up and dqr. n that street, nntil it had
swept it clear, not a building being ljft.
Capt. Colon Askew, of tho steamer
Oriole, tho .mail boat on tho Itoanoke be
tween illiamston aud llenton, vras m
his boat, which was lying at tho wharf.
lie steamed np in rear of the burning ware
houses and save! considerable property.
Tho losses amount to C127,50Q.: (Be
sides tho buildings destroyed, 250 bales of
cotton were, burned, as well as 100,000
shingles.
Ilorcthal & Iro, and J. F. Norman
wero partially incurred. The other losers
had no insuraneo whatever, thus making
the loss a terrible one. :
Tho chnrch burned was of brick and
liandsomo in design. We are indebted to
tho kindnes of Senator S. 1$. Sprnill; Jr.,
of Plymouth, for tho facts as above given
of the losses aud values. A 'c$ ami Obscr-
cr.Fcb. 2.
Tire Splexdoi: of a ILailtioad Gr'a'x-
DZi:. (Jen. Washburn's costly private car
u;iijnst reached its ow ner at Minneapolis.
1 hw middle panels cf the car arc adorn
ed with a lino view, elegantly painted, of
i .scene on the Dalles of. the St. Croix,
md a view on Lake Mmnetonka.
There is a dining room, a general soc:al
room, tho President's private
eral wash room, a china (
rcotu, a gca-
closet, a wiue
cioset, and a general parlor.
very delicate and elaborate.
The parlor is furnished with tl
roblo uih-.l;U:r eLcrr- T1'
ie most
c. r. s
fifty-three- feet long, and the President's
room alone, with its finish, furniture, and
appliances, cost about S2,C00. : !
The construction of the car embraces
all of tire latest and best improvements-!-
Westinghoos air brakes, Miller plat-forms,!
Baker Leatcrs, & ?. " :
There are sleeping accommodations for
four-teen persons, and these appliances arei
air hidden away and covered np with carv-j
ings and e Jierdecorations so as to entirely!
elude the du-covery by a -novice. CinciH-l
iiuti Enquirer.
Kespect rem Jcr.nn Swayxe. A
meeting of tho members of the Bar cf the
Supreme Court of the United States, was
held in the court room of the Capital yes
terday morning, to take action on the retire
ment of Mr. Justice Swayne from the bench.
Hon. Samuel Shellabarger was elected
chairman and Mr. James II. McKenncy,
Jerk of the Court, secretary. A commit-
tee on resolutions
consisting of the follow'
r. Philip Phillips, f Ala
ing gentlemen, Mr,
bama; Georgia II. Williams, Oregon;
Kicbard T. Merrick, Districtof Columbia;
Col. Elliott F. Shepard, New York, and
J. Hnbley Ashton I'ennsTlvaida, was ap
pointed by the chairman and they, through
Mr. Phillips, reported suitable resolutions
which wero adopted. These were subse
quently; presented by Attorney-General
Devens to the Court and ordered entered
on the minutes,' speeches eulogistic of
Judge Sway no being delivered by both.
Wasfuttgtun 1'vst, lb. 1. '
The present Congress expires on March
3 some fivo weeks hence. Mr. Martin,
from the First District, in this State, has
held his seat until now, and has draw n
nearly $10,000 ns his pay. The commit
tee on .Elections report that Maj. Yeates,
the Democratic contestant, u entitled to
tho place. Ho will of course drav. the
SI 0,000 also. This is by no means an
isolated ca.e; If Mr. Yeates is entitled to
the place w hy wait two years to so declare I
The re is no sense or justice iu such delay.
There is no reason or honesty in paying
two men when the Constitution allows but
one Kepresentative. There has been cul
pable neglect in this and olh
upon recently. People should see to it
that there is reform just here. Congress
men do not appear to think a few thous
ands worthy of consideration. The whole
thing is rotten and wrong. Wil. Star.
Massachusetts Values axu Deet.
The preliminary exhibit of the financial
condition of Massachusetts, made to the
censes bureau, shows the assessed value of
real estate iu that State to be SI,111,1C0,
072, personal .property $l,5Si,75G,S02;
State tax $1,500,000, cdunty tax -SSG3,000
citv and town tax, including highways,
-$21,904,323. Tho net indebtedness of the
State i S20,139,4TS, orSll.30 per capita;
of the counties Sl,2Sl,929; of the tities
$o4,03G,13G; of the towns S15,6S 1,529
Total net indebtedness of Stale, counties,
cities and tow ns .4)1,159,072, or Sol 12 per
capita, the gross debt being S12I,G22,245,
and the gross amount of sinking funds $30,
4G3.173. Bait. Sun,
Ikelakd vs. Exg'lAnd.'
the trial of M'r. Parnell and his
is practically a defeat for the Briti
eminent ia the cause of Ireland vs. ir
land. Indeed, it would be folly to expec
that a jury of Irishmen could be found to
convict an Irishman of seditious language
agaiust. the Crown, whieh in their eyes
means simply a defence or vindication o
Ireland. In the outcome of tho trial of
tho traversers English influence will suffer
a serious damage in Ireland, and not tho
least significant of the incidents connected
with the current agitation is the enthnsi;
asm manifested by the people at tho an
nouncement that the ir.ry had disagreed
The process of revolution iu Ireland is slow7
but certain.. Iho time has not come yet
for that action which shall confront the
British authority in this island with some
thing more tangible than anti-eviction mobs
and "Boycotting" gatherings of the - peas
ants: but the hour is approaching. The
drum must beat, and the line of march be
taken np by contending armies, along the
Mediterranean bea before Tara's harn
shall souud the anthem of Ireland strug-
ling to" be free, for invisible as are the
workings of tho present European comnli-
cations to the. public. eye, the fact is that,
as'ouco all roads led to Home, so now are
all the developments of military prepara
tions in Europe leading up
Washington Go -ef'c.
to England.
New York Reforms Proposed. The
special committee of the New York Senate
which investigated the affairs of New York
city intends, it is announced, to submit a
bill with its report to the Legislature, mak
ing radical changes ia the government of
the city. In tho proposed law the mayor's
term of oDice is made threo instead of two
years, and he is to havo the full power of
ippointinent and removal of tho heads of
ejiartmont?, without the consent of the
loard of aldenuen, AH tho departments
are reduced to a singlb head, with the ex
ception of the police and tho charities and
correction and the taxes and assessments.
The first mavcr elected under the. system
will have the power to appoint new chiefs
of all tho departments. Largo reductions
iro made by the lull in the indsciarv de-
Vartment, by cutting off useless nCicials.
A large number of oflices tiro abolished.
Street-cleaning is put under the charge of
tho mayor, w ho can appoint a man to su
perintend the work. A change is made in
the board of apportionment, which; in the
future-is to consist of the mayor I comp
troller the president of the board of alder
men and three citizen taxpayers, toi be ap
pointed by tho mayor, for terms of three,
four and five years Senator .Bisby, the
only democratic member of the committee,
will prob-iMy. rjduei; a minority: report.
lie approves of many of the snggested re
ductions, but others ho thinks unwise.1
Haiti more Sati. ' . .
Prof. Kemsen, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, has been lecturing on impure drink
ing wr.ter. Many of the cities are aiiiictcd
in this way.. We quote a p
sage from
a brief abstract of his second lecture before J
a large ar.1lier.3e iu Baltimooe". We copy T
from the Gazette: - - .. "
"He said pure water is a necessary con
dition of good health, while impure wrter
has been the cause of an infinite amount of
sickness and of an uutolK number of deaths.
Typhoid fever especially has been com
municated by waters which were agreeable
to the taste. Not only is there danger of
communicating active' fevers this way, but
it is presumable that less serious diOjculfies
may arise from the n;e of impure waters.
Now, waters when contaminated with cer
tain definite impuiiiies,' recognized by
chemists, aro dangerous. Tho impurities
pronounced dangerous by sanitarians aro
such us arise from refuse animal matter,
which contains a carbon, hydrogenj oxy
gen and nitrogen. We speak of its as or
ganic matter. Water for driuking purpo
se's should not contain more than 50 parts
total solids, organio matter 5 parts, chlo
rine 0.S- parts, and nitric acid 0.4 parts.
This statemont is the result of the com
bined wisdom of hundreds of able men."
ill. 7. Star. '
Repudiation in the West and
JEiouTll. Recently the Supreme Court de
cided that "the principal and interest of
bonds issued by a town iu Illinois named
Litchfield,, to construct water-works, could
hot be recovered because of a provision in
jhe State constitution prohibiting the in
curving of any indebtedness by cities, towns
cce., beyond five per cent.' of their taxable
valuation. The bonds to constrnct the
watcr-worlrs were issued by authority of
an act of the Legislature, and the town
paid the interest on them for a while and
then flatly refused to pay another cent.
The bondholders sjed, and on appeal to
the Supreme Court a decision as ahjovo
stated was rendered against them. So this
bondholders will have to whistle for their
money; and here is another instance of out-and-out
repudiation by Westeru1 commu
nities, yet wo hear little or nothing about
the dishonesty of those repudiating com
munities of tho West r. hich decline to pay
a cent of their just debts, while an iih
inensa amount of indignation is expended
upon Santhern communities, which are at
least willing to pay what they can. Bait.
Sun. . '
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Mr. Dortch has again introduced his bill
punishing grave robbery. It passed both
Houses last-session but for some reasons
failed to become law. It ought to pass.
Another way of punishing grave robbery
is reported faom Mount Vernon, Ohio,
where, ono night last week, three men at
tempted to pillage a grave, aud when
nearing the bottom of tho grave which
they were excavating, they struck a tor
pedo that had been placed pa t p of the
coffin for protection, which exploded, in
stautly kilting a man named IJipper, and
breaking tho leg of auoHier-ZIesscnjer.
Of a mrs. - Tin u rir anil f -vo.
playing tluN en upon another once i ,
credulous chap irTather an old one, but, rr0R1 V
there was a caso of jt at one of the fash-, on the fi
ionablo receptions in this city last week,
which, for mastodon conception, monumen
tal" cheek and general immensity of its
success,- leaves all others, far 'behind.
Young B was from Virginia, and was on
a vi&it to his cousin, who boards on Charles
street. B s cousin. was widely known
a "young man about town," and knew all i
the "boys" was a favorite amor.g'jho girl?)
and consequently was invited out a great
deal, and universally dubbed a goin fed
low. Receiving invitations ,for L'..c evvcll
affairs which calne off fast week, as night
be seen by the daily papers, L
to obtain invitations for B-
cousin from Virginia." Yt-J
years of age, with a 1
singularly beautiful co-y
he had largo blue
month. Alfogeth
man upon whop j
that he would f
woman tharr
Tho ide
cousin that J
dress, B
into coin .
on the bo
grappled
ness thai
cuticle v
shaving
with con i
also tac'J
went of
ady fi,
.all-re
down
a - v
carjo i
turae
ffon
Then,
and a
charm )
sf linn V
practi
with
thuse V
ed aniA
hired .
the roe-
TOCA l
rrivir
ralbei
lie hos
Arri
ed ra
to the hos
?ivevT thtti
.1 w hen shCy
ceiv
cd
ilil WoitiM To'-
a man
She h
the remainder f
arranged that B
'Miss Mclyor.
from fcTu"!
cordiuglv 'MissMcI-vor' walN
and iutrudn
I introduced promiscuously v
accomplished dancer, even dai,
an
? ot iho -U
1 ' eelmg rather a
figure of the - German with a young
Io
awkward and uncomfortable
during the early part of the evening, how
ever, "Miss Melvor remained with, her
cousin ranch cf the time, and with him
visited a certain buffet so regularly that,
tinder the mellowing influences of Am n--tillado,
Sec, Sc., she felt ia for anything",
and resolved to sling on'.n little style and
captivate one or two of Ihejcuncs LmuIacs
who floated aronnd. There w'as one 'par
ticular good-looking young man -who, by
tho way, is well known on "Change whom
Miss Melvor resolved to ensnare last. She
obtained an introduction through the me
dium of her cousin, who added, sett,) voce,
to aforesaid good looking 'young man,
"She's up to' a thing or two, my boy; go
in for some fun.', The good looking young
man,
i 1 wnra -.ndt tik r a 1 V TO--
ramus
for short, took the sotio voce advice and
went in for a flirtation. "Miss Mc-Tv-wr"
played him like a fish, and led him like a
lamb to tho mint sauce. Jw f
They danced a figure, and Miss McIycr
thought it was so warm; couldu't they, go
into tho conservatory and cool off? Py ra
mus said ha-ha way down in, the depths of
his diaphragm, aud tUey went . to the con-;
secvatory. They sat down in a retired
nook, under the shelter of a" large group
of potted ferns, and there they staid fori a
long tiijie. Then it is alleged that Pyrh
mus made the' most desperate love to Miss
Melvor, and ; Miss Melvor responded to
his fervid utterances with words of shy-but-
not foi bidding remonstrance, and
finally gave way and allowed Lim to put
Lis arm around her waist, and even to kiss
her, which would have been, an exceed
ingly reprehensible proceeding Lad not
Miss Melvor been , bat no matter,
they had a royal old flirtation, and after
the dashing young belle had gotten- all
the fun she could out of Pyramus, she led
him gently back and set her nets to catch
other fish. Five blessed iambs in swallow
tail and white tig did she lead to that hal
lowed seat in the conservatory one after
the other. She -pursued the same tactics
hwith anil got all the bus iness of the role of
"beautiful and fast young Iadv"down fine.
They all did exactly the saraething. Who
would nc,t have done so under the circum
stances, .at. ;much less provocation than
what was, apparently, a handsome young
lady fascinatingly "up to snuff!" Of
course, each of the "tin gods on wheels''
who were "iaken in," came out and con
fidentially l'ut rapturously told his inti
mate friends about the dashing vo:cg
damsel. In this way it was jvLispcred'
about, and "Miss 3IcIvor," became the'
centre. of a large circle, and proved ar
irresistible magnet to the men andaji ol '
ject of supercilious looks and sniffs oftl
real young belles, who wero very bitt '
against the young lady who-.drew -iho m '
away from them. - '
In short, the young damsel fairly ;
waste tho male portion of that asseml '
V
IV v
then sat
their head,
ribs, or burs
of merriment
adventaies.
cor.rse. Ital.vr.
actually Lad to iiec
vengeance whjch Lis
to r. reak vyon Liu:
dupes arc about tl,,
JOit now. I f line
hiiu g .
buton-hole
j'.-i r
cai-V
day?. i.
Appletons
eeedeu m tho p
with tuo utmost
AifcilO-..
grant,:-!, .
ken nothing for
ed into th
e sniaaesc ::;: :
lie was ':'
records
the
work such a se-'te as t
pr-jhensi ve
as" well tl.-.'
crefore. been :
bor hro
name first delennm-.-d o: f
"The History cf the C-i.k
Independence: Its Cause-
but the one
better one.
now adopted
is ov
Tee Kaik Ship Railv.-a
i st ii m ian c an'.vls. i ' l 3
oceanic h5p railway project i.
the position that t!;e traji-dy
would if Hamlet were
Saturday .the IIo:-." c
oceanic canals referrcvi i :
comniittco the bill f i i .v
tioh of the Ship.R-.ilvvay
instructions to strike o.;,
thorizing an
meat
of sixty
niiii:
bonds. .This, if s
all probability s
shin railway aer"
the is'thmiau co:
the Amerit an ;
way of Lak
schetue for a
What ,
1 aK nu
load, thei
1)1J: Co'
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wheat,
flaxsee--'
potato
salt, i
barre
hog"'
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