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VOL. IX.
Nativual Coflon Excliaofa
Aiiirrlcn.
(iFFK'IAI.KKrOKr
or
comix hiivi:mivt ix tiik rxin:ti statks,
MONTH KVPI1U CI.OK MAV.
JOHN n LAFITI K, K-n,
l'leaiitrnt National C'oltan Y.x-
clmnge f America :
We Iuto t he honor to unbuilt with otir
approval the lnlU mg report nl Iho Sec.
reinr? :
TIKIS. II HUNT, Chairmati.
A II MAY.
VF.nnr suhknt,
Of Committkh on Chop Statkmkkt
To tlm Chairmaa anil Meaihera nl llic
Committee nn Crop StaUmeols, Na
tlnnal Cotton UtchaotiV.
Qrntlr mi-n :
Annelid finurtM nl t lie general Gotten
Movement ol tlm Utiitcil Statin, are
rcupect (ulU lubinitted lor jsur iospectien
and approval.
Ai will be fceu they present u leatuie
worthy nl apecinl coiumeut beyoiul u I ne
ther inarkeil redurtion in thionioiils iivnr
Ittnrl to mills anil the ronlinueil Kinallners
of the aciregatc tkini;a bj Northern
spin tiers.
Aeiual cottnta ol to k durinn the pa t
mi titli have almwn an cxre-a at New Or
lea'ia ol 10(H;J nulia, at Mobilo ol 1091 t
Wilininctn ol 80 ami ut Norlolk ol 4317
32B?etaliii(; 16 0'J4 ba'ei, which have
been include I in tho receipts at those
point'. I hese correction h ive lieretnlnte
n it bicn n(l1eil until the close, ol t lie a it-
son, but as the custom interferes with a
correct teu'Iuiiu", ol the mill takings Iroui
tho porta, I have thonght proper to change,
it Actual counts ma le it scvernl points
May 1870 cave nn i xce?a of 14 40(1 bulcn,
which ilul not appear in receipt until the
final crop statement was citmplicJ. I have
chiinutil lust tear's lioures to tho close of
Miif bv the ail it i 1 1 ii n of tho above rxcers
in order to secure a proper comparison. It
It is li aril 1 y neceesurv to say 1 but the
chango U'iviiUb to only t ihiltirip ol fig
ures to uuko the monthly record more
precine and that it does not alter the year s
totals, which wcto carelullv proven befoto
mailt) up, and enn be virifi d even in the
minutevt purliculiirn.
No further statement will bo issued by
tho National Cotton Exchange until thu
rtuuual report nl the crop of 1879 SO in
September D'Xt. Fur all practical in
tents anil purposes tho main points (ex
cepting Southern consumption) to ba cle-
velnprd in thu mniutl repoit, buvc been
given tho traile through Iho monthly
statements. In other words, itichiiliui;
about 150 00(1 bale stock at tho principal
interior towns all but a very small perc-p,
tage of the crnp ol 1879-80 is now in sight
anil so lar as tha interest nl tlm trade are
concernol the supply to be matketiil from
plant ituins anil ml nor Interior points is
not likely to pru luco any mitrked varia
tion from calculations based upon known
lata.
Th's has been the prime otject nl the
nt at i stic n 1 ilep.ittnient nf Iho Nutioi.nl
Cmton Exchange Irotn its incept ioo. The
woik, at II rat etude, ban luen steadily per
feetcd, until now a!mnt the rnllre crop
movement is brcuuht down month by
month, in such a manner a to put the
tra lc in posae-isiiiD ol the inunt irrpottatit
facta necessary to guide it.
Nearly one hllh ol the cotton sent to
porls an 1 to mill direot this season, ha?
crinsel the Ohm and MiVmippi rivers by
the overland routs, their handlings for the
nine months past having reached 1 OHO.
329 biles. Without the m-ntliy state
ments of the Niliimal Cotton kx"hnil",e
the disposition ol a ooniil. ruble, pmt ol
this a mini nt would limo been largely a
matter of conjertnrn. nn 1 the cnrifq ienl
Uncertainty relative to the actual pnmtinn
of the Northern mills of lo miall moment
to the trade.
In hort, the main features of tho pres
ent erop ate umv known. lis extent ran
bo close'y approximated trom the ullieial
lata already luiuishv l through tho .Nj-
lional Cotton K.ichange tnteincnts, and
tho movement lor the three, inonihs to
folliw, betorc. the close of Ihn 9'aaon, will
derive Hi iniiortanc alone (torn tha dis
pusition of th tinumially large stncki at
parts aud ititcl T points.
OvKltl.ANll MoV.CMKN t DtUKl'TTI Mll.LH
lit Month.
Tills VI' AH. LAST V It lit.
SeptimVer SJ4; S3;j
O.rtobi-r 4S4d0 IIS 7l.'
Moveml.er l'Jl 914 5( lil.'i
D.remlier 1112 147 (10 1)5 J
Januarv (17 W. .15 (IOO
FcWuary 40 IBS l5L"i
Maicti '.'(11104 OoCiitt
Aprd 19N74 51 797
May 0 TCI 17.310
Total nine months 48S 873 414 H.Vi
June to August . 84 !I87
Total 439 81J
AUIIItlirvm TAKINIIS OK MllilllKUN MILLS
1ST 'J SO
hi :tin
149 315
309. nt
37- 070
20.-1 11 'J
107 ssn
83 ,V-'S
fi5 805
41 430
1873 9
S.'pteinber
Ouniber
7i a i2
141 709
101 37".
131 837
15S743
103(191
174 714
1155 491
85 902
1.277 228
98,t30
1 373,381
189 489
November
December
January
hebitiarj
Mrli
April
Total nine nionthi 1.418808
June to August, inclusive
Sout'.ein Ciiomu j tioo
year, total
Total U. 9. coonumption
year 1,301,873
Average weiklv takings
Northern Mills, nine
uionili, end'g ilosn
May 30 254 32,719
Average werkl? takuigi
Northrto Mills for to.
tiro year 20,143
The total movement si ait fnrlh in H e
recapitulation below indicates that 5,275 -650
bales ol the crop ot 1379 80 had com
nto light at the ports ind at points of
crossing overland, hy the close of May, or
in excess nl 450 208 bales over last Jar
and 823 090 over Hie ycr belnre.
The total movements to port! and tt
mill dinc.t. up in theclo.c of May Ii r the
three years aud subwi'itully timing 1879
WELDON,
and 1379, c impare at follows, viz:
1879 80 1373-9
Port Receipts
and Overland 5,201,811 1,313 038
to close May,
including rail
shipments to
Canada.
Ditto chmo May
to Aug. Slst
including cor.
rrctions end 70 123
ol year
Total
4,890.210
128 944
Southern Con
sumption for
year, exclusive
of amount tak
en from psits
Total crops bale 5,004.155
HKNKY O nESTF.Il,
Secretary Nat Cotton Exi.haugo.
Nherlilim'H I'oril.
Psnator U.iriliin, of (Jeorgia, his bren
K vinsi a corrrspnndent uf the I'hilailrl.
pliia Times aotini rsininisccnccs nl the
dosing recites of the war, in which he
played a leading part ns one n Ueneral
Dee's corps commanders. We gtvo I his
cxtnitt :
I had a message Irom General Leo tell
ing me a Hag of tuicii was in existence,
leaving it to my ilincjrtion as lo what
course to pursue. Mv men were still
pushn g their way on. I sent at once to
hear lro,ii Ueneial Longstreet, feeling that
il he was n.aichiog toward me we might
s'illcilt llirmigh and carry thu army lr.
ward. I Ic'irned that he was about two
milis oil' mill his men taced iu-t opposite
from mine, tlghting lor his life, I thus law
that llv; case was helpltss. The (urther
each of at drove thu eiumi the lutther we
drillsd apart aud the meto rxposrd we
Ui 1 1 our wagon trams ami arlilleiy, which
was parked between us. Kvery time either
of tis broke only opened the gap the wider,
I saw olainly that the Federals would eonn
rush in between us and then there would
have been no army. I therelors deter
mined to send a llig ol truce. I called
Mu)nr Humor, nl my start, to me end told
told him that I wanted him to carry a flag
ol trucu lorward. lie replied :
'Oeucral, I have no Hag ol truce.'
'I told him to get one. Ho replied:
'Oenerul we havo no flail ol truce in cur
command.1
Tlieo.'said I: 'Then cot your handker
chief, put it on a stick ai d go lorward,'
'I have no bundkerchicl, lieneral,'
'Then borrow oue and go fotward with
it.
'He died and rcpott.'d to me that there
was no hiu'ilkcrchiel in my stall.'
'Then Mujnr, use your shirt.'
'You see (leueral, that wo all havo on
flannel slmls.'
At lust, I believe, we found a man whn
had a white shiit. He gave it In us, and 1
tore ill the luck and tail, and ringing this
to a slick Major Hunter went out toward
the enemy's lines I in-triieJcl him lo
simply say In Oeneral Sherida that (lens
uriil Leo had written me that a 11 g ol truce
hail been sent Irnm his and Urmi a head
ijuaiters, and tiirtt he could net as he
thought best on this ii.l inii i: i,m. In a
lew momenta he eume bark wi'li Major
, ol Sheridan's stall'. This nlliccr sanl:
'Oenerul Sheridan iriiieated me to pre
sent his compliments to ou nnd to de
mand the ui:i nu'litional .-tirnndcr of your
army.'
'Major, you will ph ase return my com
pliments to (liii 'iul Sheridan and say that
I Will H it suiiender.'
'Hut (leneral, lie will annihilate you."
'I am perfectly well aware of mv situa
i tn. I simply gave (Irnend Sheridan
some I'llnrmvhm no which he may or may
not desire to act.'
'He went back lo his liirs and in a slnrt
time (lenoral Sheridan came gid'nping lor
Maul on no nnmen-n home and attended
by a very Ur'C si. ill'. Just hen: an inci
dent oeeuried that came near having a
ser;iois en ling. As Oeneral ShrriJan was
approaching I noticed one "I my sharp
shooters drawing his ritle down upon hull.
I at nnee cille I lo luin 1'ut down your
gun, sir; this is alia,; nl Irui'i!' Hut be
never raised it. He omip'y aiMlrd it to his
shoulder nil I was drawing a dead on Sll- r
I, lun when I leaned lorward and jeik.-d
his gun lie sinietlrd with n,e, but I
t'u. nl y nose I it I lin n lo.su 1 it and he
slatted to u'ni again. 1 caught It again,
h ti he t'jine I his stern winie luce, all
l.r k"n witu griel an I slieuining with
toais, up to me paid. 'Will, tiemral, let
Mm keep on bis own side!' The lighting,
ha I continued up to thi print. In. lew I.
aitil 1 1 1 m 11 g nl truer, a ii'gimint nl my
ii, eu, who hid luen lighlmg their way
thrangh '.uwiid ahcie we we'e an I whu
did ti;it kuoiv ot a (tig n( ttu-e, Orel into
s. m.' ol She i Inn's cavalry. Tina win
epenlily ttolied hawivcr. I shnwtd
tlriicraj Shrtl Ian Cemral Lee's noto and
he iletctiuinc I In await cvnits. He ills
iiinuntnl ;m I 1 di 1 the same Thru fur
lie 111 s-t tiinii, fie nirii s.eine.j to iiinter
aland hat il ad meant. And llpn the
poor ttiiowa broko down. '1 lion mm cried
like children Worn, starved and blind
ing aa I hey were, limy h.d lather have
died than have stirrnulen d. At one word
fioul rue they would have hurled them
A'-lvcs on the rticmj and have cut their
way through or lallen to man witli their
guns in their hands. Hut I could not e'
ni 1 1 ii. The ;re.il diauia had been played
to its end.'
Oit iskii to Matrimont. The talk it
dinner is a''Out vaiiou ai n iain.infc. how
I hey have married, and their domestic
lite. Alter numerous obscrvationi from
one and another, a guest addressed the
host's daughter, a little girl nine or tea
jears old, who wea l a very thoughtful ex
ire iio'i :
Well, imi'lemnisi He, what is your opin
ion about all this! Shall you uiirry or
reniain singlet
Neither. I think I shall be a widow.
8110UTKSIN0 tiik Timr. A viiitcr lo
Dublin htred a car lor an tmur to diivu
around tho I'hvuix Park. No sor ocr was
he seated than the driver pn cecded to
warm hit nag's ribs, and started off at
about teu miles au hour. As ho did net
slacken his paco the piiHsengcr asked tho
reason lor such qn ck travelling.
Faith, replied Paddy, d'ye think I'll be
all daj driving you an hour )
N. O, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1880.
Trawling on wlljniu.
Soon after Circuit Coort Commissioner
Ilandall had got seated in his office yester
day morning, there came a steady tra-tnp I
tratnpi down tin ball, and a solid bearly
voice led nil with :
"There's a land that Is fairer than day.
And by faith we ahnll ace it afar.
JVr our Father wans over the, way.
To prepare ."
"IIihmI morning .ir, I am poinj on lo
Nebraska. ''
"Tina isn't tho route," replied the Com
missioner as ho looked up.
1 know it, sir, hut I'm doing a little
singing and collecting a little money to
help pay my way."
"W hat do you sing) '
'The Sweet live and Hyo. That'l mv
gait, and it baa taken well so far.
"We shall slnir 011 that beautiful shore
Tin uu'li'dioua aoiiH"s- "
''Heeti traveling on that hymn clear from
Providence aud it has struck 'em every
time '
'Wo don't think much ol it out West
hern." remarked the Commissioner.
Yon don't I Why there's nothing like
it I If I had a brother, and he was a
Illumed heathen, and that hymn didn't
melt him light down aud make him con
less to every mean act ol lug life, I'd dis
own him ! Can Michigan people be worse
thai) heathens?''
And our spirits shall sorrow no more,
Mot a mikIi "
"I belirve Ihcy are,"
"I think you will find that our people
prefer something lively, instead of inciting,
c aro not lunch on the melt i xcupt 111
hot weather.
I will xi w sing the "Sweet Rye and
liye," ea'd iho man si ho put his hat on the
desk.
' Djii'1"
"Hut I will. You've never heard it
sung a it should be. Why, man, I cut
across t. cntner ot Cnnrircticiit, in March
and hardened old einners billowed me lor
miles and cried like children! In 0110 cac
1 wcul tueniy miles to sing it lo a bnck-
ilider on Ilia dying bed."
"Did it finish him?"
"No sit! Why, when I got into Canada
they tut red out as il I had been arircua.
"We shall slinr 011 that licautlfiil shorn
1 he inelo "
''Say, what do yon charge not to sing
itt" interrupted the Commissioner. "As 1
told yon belore, we want oomethlng out
this way sum 011 the order ol "Old D m
Tucker," with a piccolo accoiiipanimen'! "
"I don't know nothing about, the Tucker
family, nor nothing about piccolos. I'm
square up and iliiiyn on the "Sweet llye and
liye." li lits tn 0. We sing right up to
gether like tw in, i'.l sing it and c dlect
ten rents. lietily now "
"Here's a i)iiartrr nut. to sing it."
"8 ly " said the man after a long pause,
"I won't take 11! No sir. I'm traveling
on a i;.it ol my own. My peculiar line is
" The Sweet liye ninl I've," as I may have
accidentally mentioned belore. 1'vn g it
1 lie ail 111, lit iloe.ii ,ine. iiml I can knock
the sin ks nil any church choir 111 Ameiica
on the chorus, (loud iLv! I might sell
my vote on a pinch, hill 1 can't bo bribed
to give my hymn the cold shake.
"Ill tin' sweet I've un.l I've,
llmi.'-l'V
III lli.'swi'.'l -In Hie sweet,
W si, all ..in;;- -
And h" Hi ver h dte I nor looked
around, although the Commissioner hit
Il i nt III the hues. mi.Ii a ipiaiter.
'I lie Voice.
Socrates divided the quality ol a nine's
voice, mind, or soul, by iho tone til his
voice nud all Ktudcina ri niember his ex-pre.-sion:
"Speak that I may see you."
Dr. Puiant ex rilains 1 liuiucter by voice,
and tells us these bicts:
Wa perceive in a stutterer one that is
ca-i'y i niiiited, and as easily ptci'ied, vain,
olfo'ious, ipconstant, and oriliiiahly quick
A person Vtlniso utterance- is thick and
course, is malicious, cunning and disdain
fill. A inirsc voice indicates a robust iihysi
iii, a gicut talker i nck-tcnipered,though
coiisiiciio!l"!y discreel.
A pirceiving tine rr weak voice is ind:
caliveol timidity, cunning, and gi ui rally
ol ijiilt k nil.
An a' tractive, clear voire i xpte-scs a
rati who is pi 11 lent, sin ere, inpl ingenious
hut proud and iiicrediilou ; heiras, a linn
voice w 1 1 (mot barshne, ilenot, a a person
who is robust tnti llitnt, ciicuinspect, and
helll'V"!enl.
A man piissesii g a trembling and hini.
luting voice is limid, weak, vain, and
sunn limes jealous.
A void' combining gr at soun I mid
DnniKss indicates a iiiati win is firing,
audacious, rli, obstinate, mi l self impor.
A sharp, tilde voice, in S'ligiug as well
as 111 coiivi iMitiun, deimtea a coarse mind,
inleiior j i.li nu nt, mid ilrong appe ites.
A linais" voice, seemingly the 1 lici t of a
Co'd, signill. s a pi is a more sinip e 1 1 - I
wi.-e, cradiiluus, IMthlul, vain, and incon
stant. A lull and s ii ot voice denolia a man
who it praeelul, imiined t tiuudily, (lis
cnet, and sel'r.l. willed.
A voice at I'ust grave ind then sharp
and piercing denotes ihe quick temper id
an ! prudent u.an.
A sod, sweet voice is found in a prr.
son ol a peaceable and suitable character.
I'hImC Toe Hi and Oult'lien.
Among Die passeiigen who boarded Ihe
F.a-t-bound train at Holly, Michigan, the
other day were a bride and groom of the
regular holly-hock order. Although the
car was full ol passengers the pair began
to eqnci . bauds and hug as s.-on as they
were it ate. I. This nf course attracted at
lentiuo, and pretty soon everybody was
nodding nnd several persons 10 lar lorgot
themselves as to laugh outright. By and
by the biiiad-shoulderril aod red-handed
groom became awaie of the fact that he
was bcinf, ridiculed, and he unlinked bin:
sell to the height of six feet, looked up
and down the ai!?, and said: "There
fecma t be considerable nodding and
winking around here because I'm hugging
the girl who waa married to me at 7 o'clock
this morning. If the rule! f this railroad
foibid a man Irom hugging hit wile alter
he's paid lull late then I'm going to quit,
but if the rules Con't and thia winking
and blinking isn't hit ten short crT when
nt pass the next mile post, I'm going 14
begin on the I rout si its and cieate a rising
market for lalaa teeth and crutches!" Il
there were any mere winki and blinks iu
that car the gioout UiJu't Caleb, 'em at H.
Olil Ml and the Onau Taker.
From tho Atlanta Constitution.
Obi Si came in rather Into yesterday,
looking somewhat latigued. Alter a min
ute he said :
Dis am er moughty kurus perseedin'
dise nun kerryiu' on 'lound hjar wid
dese lorfoljns.'
'Do yon mean tho cenma takers t'
'I hleeve dat ar' de namo dey goes by.
What have Ihcy been doing now I'
'W'y iley'o bin down dar in my nabor
bond Jess stirrin op mo' 'rath dan all de
parsous inside do korpyrashbuu kill put
down In er moiilh.'
That i unfnrtouito. Havethry visited
you yet t'
'Dat'a what makes mo so behin' time
ter day. One ob dem rum downier my
hoiie dil mo'tiio' an' tap on rle gale; 1
nxed Ii 1 m what's do matter an' he say he
dune cum ter take any sensiu; an' he
hain't no eao'in got hit out dan I sed ter
him Jess go 'wy ftom dar 'kuso dar
won't no biness in dat sliantv lur e any
drummers lr in dc loonyiiilt 'sjlumsl'
What did he say t'
'He say d it el I fools wid do senilis he
done gwine ter put de law ter me; an' den
ho Vplancd do law. Den 1 seed hit wuz
all rite an' I axed him in.'
How did you get along then V
We got 'long purty well ontell he emit
ter de colouro whar du iliilluni ate sot
down; den he say ter 1110 what am de cnl.
lah nb mv cliillun ? I say 'lo kie hcah,
you Jess llgger on what do law "lows an'
don't cum 'round byar nxio' 'sultin qties
chins like dat I Mo say dat he got ter
put down whether dey is 'black er merlat
ter' and den vie htirrycaue broke
loose !"
'Ilow was tlu.t ?'
"De ole 'omaii was lissnen an' when she
hcah dat she upset de table whar de
lortfulyo war lyin, einptcd do starch bo l
ad ober do reium au' 'giu ter holler
'Heali Tiger' jess like do foity theevea done.
broke in du huiicl Do seosus man he
grahb'd up Irs dockymeuU an' made for
de fence ami twixt lioldiu' da oln 'oman
wid one ban' an' Tige wid de odder I got
mas' tucker'd out.'
'Where did the census man go f
'Do las' I seed ul him be waa up on top
eb er box kvar by de Ar' Linn shop dvin'
do returi ob do dialrick on do tin rool I'
'And how did yuu get the old lady
quieted I'
'Hio haint q liet yit. I jess had ter
make my 'skapo. too, 'kase she was gwine
fer ran ler letlm de man in' and sho say
dat el du Cnilod Stales wanla lo kins' rte
cullah ob her cliillun she ar' bouti' ter
me hit en dn eyo ob rhery niuncrashner
dey sends prowlin' 'lound her camp
giouii ! Shu's cr vigrnus 'iimaii, too, ler er
bo'n lac I'
And tlin old man got up to go lu the
supervisor au I explain matter.
A Ciirlousi Love Morj.
telegram from Shelbyville, Ind., says ;
'Tim vill.ign of Moscow, twelve n dies ol
here, in Rush r.ouutv. is just uow enj. tying
a huge sensation. For I hrcc veais psst a
youth by the name 0! John lluihnv, nge I
niiirtHcn, son of tho Postmaster au I
nii'ichint nf the town, has beon paving at
t 11 1 ion to Miss Nittie Atkins, wli 1,
s'raneii to say, is nine years older 1I11111 the
yotmn mill in iiuestion. She is the only
daughter id a widowed mother, who is ill
relher good circumstance'.
In this cae the age nl the young 1ml y
proved en obstacle, and iho 1'inr were
looked upon as most ardent admirers.
Young Harlow wa lis devoted as eou'd lie
desired, and it became the general opinion
that till" conp'e were engaged, llowevrr,
a few days since t!'e cnuitship was rudeiy
brought to an end, and a consternation
created by I'nrlinv suddenly leaving hi
home. Then the town bceame wild wilh
rumors, and there was lurnishtd much
fond lor gossip.
It appears that the pa'tiea a day or two
bcfori) Harlow's dip.nuie had ha I a
stormy inter t ii iv, occasioned as iollows :
Young Harlow had an intimate Iriend, a
young man namod John I'.cniiclt ; they
iiad taken a wn'k. an I were seated open
a toy in the woods engaged in a rnnversa
tiuii. Hallow, it seems, as making Hen
n dt a ennfi laiit. and was ile'ailing
his love nlUirs. The exact substance nl
the couvri-ntioii is imt known, hut in the
niid-t of it Mi-e Atkins burst upon the
scene.
She had ovethear I a portion nf the in.
teiview, and she iuirrediiitely opened out
on Harlow in a licatcl maimer, accusing
11' 111 ol bfing undue to In r and el telling
their seciets. bhc inded by inlormiiig
him that iin'e-s he inaiiied li r w 11 Inn
two wciks she would 'shoot him on
sight.' This frightened the youtlilul
suitor and was the cause of hit dissr
piarance. It was inpposed that he hid
nne to 1110 Home ol a relative in vr
Sputhe-ti part of the runn'ty. At lat tlie
lining wen an, tree to lier ileclaratno',
hud siartcd on as an h lor her lul-e Invir,
Mil, I seemed bent on biingiug llm boy lo
tunc. She ha 1 anne 1 hersvll with a rr.
volver, and unless Ihe matter tonld be
amicublv settled a tragedy we Uokul lor.
Tee affair has created a great sensa
tion.
MvsTRiiiors Kscm'K For some time
past a co Inied woman by the name of Li cy
llrnwii, liirmciiy owned by Dr. J II.
Hutching, has been confined in our cnyn
ty jail upon the charge 0! Itinnej, suppmtd
to havo been caused by relinious excite
ment. She appeared to bo very well ac
quainted with the Bible, quoting mnv
apt anil beautilul passages, and did that
she didn't know a letter in the hunk, but
that the Lord had taught her how to read.
She preached and prayed the bent part of
her time, made some startling S'atein'n's
about various people in the enmity, who
have died, b einjr poisoner), an I wh.t poi.
soned them, and abeutthx "traves of ret
ain pcrsonos beiinf robtied. When a-k d
how she got thia inlormatlon. she said :
' Thy Lard thy (Ind snye so," She said
he was put in jail for ligMennanrss Sik
but that her time teas almost out; ""thai
the I.md would release her jnst a he did
Pa il aid Silas. One night last wc-k she
made her ccpe Irom the Jail in such a
mystoiioos way that it amounts to a miras
cle. Tt-o door ol her cell was lin ked at
n ght a usual and the windows all Ic'l
in peilect condition, hut the next morn
ing she was gone, leaving the door locked
tod the window! uninjured, and nothing
tin been aeon or hrarj ol her liuca
l'lUej Ivunla Tribune.
NO. 18.
Sympathetic Women.
'Sytupathv," s-iyi Adam Smith in bi
"Theory of Moral Sentiments," though its
meaning was perhaps originally the same
us pity or compiiasioo. u a word that may
now. without much impropriety, mo made
ue nl lo denote out fellow feeling with
my passion, whatever." The deliniiion ol
a word round which clus eis the moat pre
cious as-oci tio s of ho hum n heart a
plies to much smiting sentiment that
passes lor sympathy now-a-dnya, when tl
highly wrought nervous system is in tl
ascendant, A vivid fancy, and excitable
disposition, a quick susceptibility to im
mediate 11 tluetices, are ea-entially conttits
units of lb sympathetic temperament
Women are pre-eminently gifted with that
rapid impressionability that puts them eu
rapport with their surroundings. In it
lies much nl their power and their charm.
Many thus endowed, however, lack the
sustained lorce that gives cohesion to
character. The influence withdrawn that
called forth tlm emotion, the purpose
b.11 11 with It begins lo (lag. Th se impul-
8 ve sympalliisi rs rejoice witli Ihe happy
and mourn with tlie sad; they give you
smile lor smile and tear lor teat; but the
moment yon leavo them they lorget you,
and the object ol your joy or your pain is
nothing to thcin For the time being they
aro entirely Hinceie; hypocrisy or affecta
tion has not eutvied into the tokens ol
lending '.hey have ehow; they havo simply
beon impelled by iho impassion ol the
moment. This kind of sympathy snsweis
belter to tho definition ol the luadern
philosopher than Unit which inspired the
injunction ol the w ie man, "Sorrow is
bi tter Ihmi laughter, lor by iho sadness id
the cotinteuiiiico the heart is made hitter."
.Hurried or Mingle,
If we may believe our Pans conleiipi r
ary, Le Globe, tho married state is 01 e
which every man and worn in should de,
vouily pray lor. Not only i life prtiloui.
ed, but society is brtinlited Is a decree
tlist fear have conception of. According
to thu statistics given, whieh ire siid to
bngatheiuil Irom other coiintiiti lictide
Fiance, marriage would appear to be the
best assurance against death, sickness,
crime and suicide. It seems, that tin Ii t
ol a kiugle man at twenty-live is no bell r
than that ol a married man ol Inrty live,
ami a widower ot Irom twenty-live
thirty is nut likely to live longer than a
married man ol Irom lilty-livo In ml ,
In fact, celibacy ages a man by ai Ira-i
twenty years, a d the slate of a widawir
is still nioiu deplorable. Single women
aim mows aie, 11 appears, similarly at a
disad .antage, except la the case nl earn
maiiitge, w .11:11 1,- iduhg stalls it a
hint ui cause nl dctiih in women wlnn it
is contiiu lc.il holme thu age of (n eulv ti v .
Wiiloweis. according to these autistic ,
are much mom likely to 1 0 slum lued
than widows ; in lai t, below the age nl
twonlyllve tin chances ol death are three
ur lour times that of married mm. This
danger, however, diminishes after tho age
.d lion lmty to lilty. Widows also an-.
s a ru'c, much shnrtiii -lived than married
women up In lmty. Willi ngard to
i' 1 1 ai i'. I.ik no l'i) crimina's, Ihe piopoi.
lien ol sipge lo (named is about two to
one.
In a population which liirnishes MO
iiiuiu inarrm I rinniiials, tln-o aio 170
single 11, eu, nnd III one with 100 leuialea
tho unmariied ol the same sex teach Ihe
high figure nl 240. Ti e number of nn
cidrs nuioiig nuglo persons, including
wid ivvs and widowers, is also out ol all
propnitinn to that ol married men and
women, the relative lain beiig five ;o 0110.
Thu saiim set ol figures point to single lile
as ir,ot piejiiiln.ial lo health. Cinsiinip.
linn is a disca'o which lT els single per.
Suns much more than those who are Mar
ried. M. Jaiitisseus, of Brussels, has given
his opinion l!ut it is twice as tut a I in
the rase nl widows and wi lowers th n
wilh mairie I people, aud it is far m or
deadly wilh single persona from the age u'
iwiiiityslive to forty. Le Ohibe sums up
111 view of a'l these fads Iliat a ruariiid
1 1 lo is tho most to be desirvd, aud appeals
to Us couiitiymoii to fnl'ow the example (
nthei nations and not put of ths happy
alate too long. The marriage do conven
anre is loo ilerp-aealrd au iil-tlttlti Ml in
France lor Ihe considiTaSions set 'o tk n
ur ciiutuiiipoiaiy to have m ich wiigh,
and w fear lliut hnwivrr corrrct the
statistics given may be, thai few reader nt
Ihe lV.il paper will be in. lured to change
1 heir bachelor life and biconia good citi
zens aud happy pure do lauiilic.
Hridv Kon CoNvnitsi in. At ths rani) .
im-lting bold al Maspc'h, L 1, this I'll
'on, tlie Itev. II. W. Wiggins, as we will
ca I hill'. Inhered wilh gM'.t success, and
inanv have beru converlrd through hi
iiiiiirino tl rts. Tlicrnwasa young lady
there who was tk!obeet 11! bis rspecinb
atleiiln n llu hit I lisi d every argument
in hi I ower In bung her artund 10 Ins
wsv ol th irking. Hit so Miss Sarah
Nklro'c could not V'C pei-iiU'le l to give
un d. in. ii g end all the lileusines id a
veorlilly li e an i become a staid and sober
Christian. Hue night, while sitting be
side hrr, bv veiv innocciill passed his
hand around hrr wai.t. when she jumped
up and 'tattled the good brother by rx.
canning :
't)h, il it's hugging you mean, I'll be
couveried."
I.tnt.n Fsni's Vikws. Three vear old
Freddie is the a lit tins of the Inllowiug
soliloq ay : 'I don't want to he a cherub
anyway. Cheilitis are little boy without
any bodies nr leg lo them nothing but
lltllu wings right back ol their eat. They
ran't have mustard plasters put nn them,
but then they don't have much lun, and !
gnc-s tho angels ue them lor playing mar
li'es, The other angels are oalled sirups.
They wear night gowns and gold ring!
about ihelr hnada. sad no end of wing.
They haven't anything much to do except
to tot ainiin.! little hatps ind play tag,
and loaf about an Iho clouds. Hut I
wouldn't want to be a sirup imlrsi I could
hive a tail, too, like a mermaid or a lob
ster.
t'NQr'KsTioSAin.i!, The Herald, De
tr ul, .Mich, say of Wanmr'a Halo Liver
ami Kidney cure: "II niUeaoy 14) kld-
linv, ll vor, and urinary discuses la so lolly
acknowledged that it I not worth the
iiiinstinnliii!. lI'Miatldo tost luminal from
welt known riiir.nn 111 pubiln and private
lllo r evidence strong Bunnell lo con
vioee the tuool stubborn doubter.
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