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THE-ERA- x I. a RHrUllt-IUAN WEJICLY.NEWS- .ttnnnxr'rrniT nun tv PUBLisnEDv-fekY TifuiisbA SEE RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION OF THE PARTY. ON THIS PAGE.) I V. 31. BBOWN, Manager. TV rtr- Job Woiik executed at short no. tleo and in a, style unsurpassed, by ajiy office over the North Carolina Book t..n comer of Fayettevllle and Mor similar establishment in the State, ' mi" streets, fint door south of tho State r RATES OF ADVKRTISINOT loue. r.rr. MATHS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One square, one time, - . - $100 " , 4" two times, - 160 I " 'three times,- -- N ' 00 ; Contract advertisements taken at ()iio year, -Six months, - T2 10 1 05 Three months, - . I N VARIABLY IN ADVANCK. "fle VOL. V. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER :2, NX). 11. proportionately low rate. ?dJ Ut in .!i the ;e:ra. lIIti:CTOItY. l?Hit1 Ktnte liovcriiment. Clvs. S. irant, f Illinois, Presi- ' lil'iirr Wilson, of Ma., V. President. lUinilU)ii Fib.ofN. Y.v'vofbtate. Uciijamiii II. Bristow, of Kentucky, s, vretary of tho Trea.siiry. William W. liclkiiH., of Iowa. Sevre l irv of War. ;,rc,.M. Uobeaon, of New Jersey, s.-.-rHarv of tlie Navy. ('Iiuiilxi" iKflanu, of (hi. Secretary (l! tli Interior. j;,lwnrls Pierrt-j-nit, f Nw ork, f'..rnev Senrnil. . ' an.haU Jewell, of nne-tieut, Pont :,i'ister (ieneral. supreme Court t ! Morrison K. Waite, of Ohio, Chief JiMicu. N.itli.in t'lirtonl, of Me., ...ih H. Swayne.of O., stiinifl K. Miller, of la., I itvid Davif, of 111., Stephen J Field, of Cal., A-so. Juhtiee. it ; .li P. Ura-lley ,of N.J. W.u.l 1 hint. of N. .. Cuurt meet first Monday in I-eni-l..-r, tt Washington. . I . l-reenialioit in i:iu(fr. sKXATE. .. S. .Merriuion, of Wake. !Ut. XV. 1Uii!hi, ol Northampton. HOt'sK OK RKPHIMKNTATIVKS. 1-t Ii-tri-t Jesse J. YeatoM. J. A. Hvnian. A. M. Waddell. Joseph J. DavL-. A. M. S-ales. Thoiiijis S. Ashe M. Hinv. KMTt 15. Yaiu e. I'h I'h Til. 1 nilt'd suite Court. Th vtatM terms of tho IT. S. Circuit uikI Iitri-t Court are a follows : Ciiia-d States Cireuit Court l'lasUirn !i-liit North Carolina -Ih'hl in Ral . ih lirsl Monday in June and la.st.Moii ,l iv in Novruilier. II. I. IIon-1, Cireuit Court Judge; r.-i.h ih'c. Italtiinore, Md. W. lirooks. District Court JudRe, Intern listri t : reid. Klizaleth t'ity. I'. S. Marshal, J. II. Hill; oil'.. HaloiM. X. J. Uiddirk, eVr.uit Court Clerk; ..lli.-n, llalriiih. KAsTKItN nisTUTCr (MITUTS. Kliz-dxtli City, third Monday in April And i h'l.ler. rhrk, M. 11. c ul t llr ; rssi., Eliz. S'cwIktii, fourth Monday in April ind clilier. 'l-rk.Ce. !:. Tinker : rei., Newlern. Wiiiiiin.loii, l"ut Monday after the l.. mill Mnd:iv in April and October. n-rk, Wni.Iirkins; rcsi., Wilming-t-.n. Marsha!, J. II. Hill, office, Raleigh. Ihstrirt Attorney, Richard C. Badger; n .i.lciicc, Raleigh. Assistant, W. II. You lit;, Oxford. I!, s. CIKCI ir COURT WKSTKKN DIST II. I.. i; .nd.lT.S. Circuit Court Judge, I i:l 1 1 1 II !". Md. KoU-rl P. hick. U.S. District Judge, W, i.-ru District ; resi., Greensboro. KoUrt M. loui;las, U. S. Marshal; "llicc, Grensloro. i "in-nit mid District Courts in the V.tcrn District are held at the same 1 1 1 1 1 . Oreenslioro, lirst Monday in April and tirlolr. fl.-rk, John XV. Payne; resi.. (ireens t m r . stately ille, third Mon.Liy in April and Molier. Clerk, henry C. Cowlos; resi., States vdlc. Asheville.lirst Monday after tho fourth Monday in April ami Octoler. rierk. K. R. Hampton; vesi., Ashe villc. Vir-il S. husk, U. S. District Attor ney ; n-sidcneo, Asheville. Assistant, W. S. Bali, CJ reonloro. I Hilrl Mnrr liitfriinl Ifvenne. 1. I. Young.Coilector Fourth histriet, .;"a' ', Kaicih. ernuiciit of ."Morth Cnroliliu.. KXKCUTIVK DKPAKTJIKNT. rnrtis II. Bngdeu,of Wayne, Governox. John l. Neathery, Private Secretary. IL I. Armtield, or Irelell, Lieutenant Uovernor, ami President of the Senate. W. 1 1 . 1 Iowerton, of Rowan, Set of State. I iv id A. Jenkins, of Gaston, Treasurer. A. h. Jenkins, Teller. h..iia!d W. Bain, Chief Clerk. J.-lm Reillv, of Cumlierland, AudiUr. Win. P. Wetherell, Chief Clerk, s. I), pool, of Craven, SupU of Public Instruetion. John t Gorman, of Wake. Ad j. Gen'ral. T. 1. Hargrove, of lirauville, Att. Geu W. T. Kerr, Mtvklenbuig, State Geio- L'ist. Th. R. Pnrnell, of Forsvthe, hibra'n. Henry M. Miller, ot Wake, Keeper of lite C'apitol. OOVKRNOK'S (Dl'SOIU The Secretary of State. Treasurer, AndiUr and Snpt. of Public Instruct'n. Hoard of i:ducA(ion. The (tovernor, lieutenant Governor, Seeretarv of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Niierintendent of Public Instruction nd Attorney General tnmKtitute the state Board of Kducation. The Gover nor is President, and the Superinten dent or public Instruction, Secretary of the Board. supreme Court Richmond M. Pearson, of Yadkin, Chief Jtlstiet. KdwinO. 1 lejule.of Person , Asso.J ust ice. Win. B. Hodman, Beaufort, " ' W. P. Bynum, Melenburp,, " Thomas Settle, Guilford, 4 Tazewell L. HarRrovc, of Granville. Ite- lorter. ' ' W. II. Bagloy, of Wake, Clerk, h. A. Wicker, of Wake, Marshal. Meets in Raleigh on the first Monday in January and June. Nnperior Court. Samuel W. Watt, Judge Sixth Judi cial District, Franklinton. J. IT. h. Harris, Solicitor, Raleigh. Wake County UorcriuucnU r -CommiHs'ioncra Solomon J. Allen, Chairman; Wru. Jinks, A. G. Joues, Win. I). Turuor, J. Robert NoweU. , SherilTS, M. Dunn. SuperiorCourt Cleric J no. N. Bunting. Treasurer David he wis. Register of Doeda W. W. WbRe. , Coroner James M.Jones. Survoyor N. J, WMtaker. . City Government. Mayor J. U. Separk. t' Aldermen IHrt Ward J as. McKee, John Armstrong, II. J. HamilL Second IVartlJ. J. N'owoll, W. II. Martin, Stewart EllLson. Third H'urd P. F. PeRcud, Jr., John C. Blake, Win. O. Stronach, R. II. BraIIey, J. C. U. LUtle. - '""". r 1 '"- , .?' ; r Fvurth. Ward If. C. Jones, James H. Jones. '.Tames II. Harris. Fifth Ward P. C Fleming, J. Rnffin Williams, R. H. Jones; ...... r , Treasurer Teo. D. Ileartt. Clerk and Collector George II. -Williams., .... , ' Marshal -B. C. Manly. P0ET11Y. SonK. I wore your roses yesterday ; About this light robe's folds of white, Wherein their gathered sweetness lay, Still clings their perfumo of delight. And al' in vain the warm wind sweeps These airy folds like vapor lino, Among them still the odor sleeps, And haunts me with a dream divine. So to my heart your memory clings, So swoet, so rich, so delicate ; Kternal summer-time it brings, Defying all the storms of fate ; A power to turn tho darknoss bright, Till lifo with matchless lieauty glows ; Kach moment tom-hed with tender Sht, And every thought of you a roso ! misop:ixeojjs. O'Cotincll and the Hank Crisis. In tho town of L , a run was iKung made, on one occasion, for cold, by tho peasantry ofthoneigh- loring counties, and crowds of clamorous applicants were seen pushing and fighting at the doors of all the banks in tho place. The Hank, however, (which after wards proved itself to be as solvent as any establishment in Ireland,) enjoyed at that time the least con fidence, and was, of course, the more set upon. At the bank doer, the Babel of nixed Irish and English was ter rific. Men and men, and men and women tugged and struggled to gether for precedence, amid such exclamations as, " There you have orn the coat off my back and mak ntr as much fuss about your dirty thirty-shilling note, as if it were a hack load of ten pounders that you had." " Arrah, ye'll alt be . served," cried out a droll fellow on the very;ft of the crowd. 44 Here's the Counsellor coming, and a bag of gold on his back." All looked in the direction the last speaker pointed to, and there, sure enough, could be seen ap proaching the burly figure of O'Con nell, who was one of the directors of tho bank, and had just arrived from Dublin. He had not exactly a bag on his back, but he carried a parcel in his hand. 44 Let mo'pass, my g60d friends," said he, 44 and you shall bo served." And he pushed shoulder foremost through the crowd, who made way for him, and gave three cheers for the "Counsellor" as he passed. The Liberator, as ho was called, might have been twenty minutes in the bank, when a hurrah was raised from those who stood nearest the bank door. 44 Didn't I tell you," cried a fel low, crushing his way outand blow ing with his breath to cool five hot sovereigns which he held with dif ficulty in his hand ; 44 Didn't I tell you the Counsellor would settle it ? There they are at it, hard and fast, as tallow chandlers on a melt ing dayt making sovereigns like winky, and they're shoveling them out upon the counter as hot as boil ed praties from a pot." 4Glory to you, Dan !" shouted out the crowd, who now readily be lieved that the Counsellor was mak ing sovereigns in the back parlor to meet the run. 44 What's the use of . crushing ; you can't break a bank when they are melting out money like that." Sure enough, the clerks were ladling out burning hot sovereigns from copper scoops to the people, who crowded to the counter, and who, snapping and blowing their fingers, were , picking up the coins as you might roasted chesnuts. - They say that the rose was not a new one, and that O'Coiinell only revived it in the case of the Bank ; but it was not the less meri torious and successful on jt hat ac count. ' The clerks were really engaged in the back parlor heating the sov ereigns on fire shovels over a large fire, and rushing out with red faces and in a furious hurry, they threw them 14 hot, all hot," to the cash iers, who counted them out with curling tongs" to the customers, who believed that tho work of coining was go! ng on in thq hack parlor.''. ' The p Ian had a. 'double advantage, it inspired confidence, and. made the process of money taking so slow on tho part of the public, who were perpetually burning their fingers, that tho bank, with a limited sup ply; ' waa able to meet a demand which under the circumstances, was necessarily slow. The . clerks could serve the people as fast as the people could count the hot coins. The ruse which had an almost in stantaneous effift in allaying alarm, O'Connell maintained was perfect-lyJustiflaMe. The Log Cabin mid Hard Cider til 1840. Those only who were 44alive and kickiner" during the nolitical cam paign of 1810, in which Van, Van, Is a used up man, was defeated by 44Tippecanoe and Tyler too,'r can realize the excite ment of that camnaicrn. Not the ill-natured excitement that attend ed tho Jefferson ian era rupturing social and religious ties but the perfect rollicking furore and effer vescing of enthusiasm that made it the hard-cider, log cabin, coonskin and singing campaign. The young people of to-day hear about that campaign ; how Van Buren was ab solutely sung out of office and Har rison was sung in, yet many who relate those incidents that were within their personal knowledge, have forgotten why that campaign was called the log cabin campaign ; why a veritable log cabin in every city or town of considerable size was tho headquarters of the Whigs; why coonskins were nailed on the logs; why a barrel of hard cider stood on tap, with a gourd hanging right by it; why the door fastening was a wooden latch with its string always hanging outside. In tho Elyria Iiepu6lican, among reminis cences of Loraine county contri buted by N. B. Gates, we find the origin of tho log cabin and hard ci der features of that campaign.which it is worth while to reproduce, as part of the political history of this country. The raising and dedicating of log cabins was one of the common oc currences in Jhe Whig campaign of 1840. It may not be fully under stood why the great Whig uprising of 1840 was called the 44 log cabin," 44 hard cider,'44 coon skin" cam paign. When Gen. Harrison was first nominated, and the people be gan to show signs unmistakably that he was a popular candidate, those who were, opposed to the Whig party began to ridicule their nominee, and an influential oppo sition paper in Indiana, I think, came out in a leading editorial, ask ing : 44 Who is this candidate that the Whigs have nominated for their standard bearer in the coming cam paign, that they are making such a noise about ? It is nobody but Gen eral Harrison, whom the great body of the people know nothing of; a man of no military fame, although the Whigs call him General ; of modest pretensions, if let alone, and having no political aspirations high er than a log cabin for a dwelling, with a barrel of hard cider and a few coon skins hanging on the out side for ornament." The Whigs of the nation took the above for their text and utilized it. The Wheelbarrow. It takes a great man to do a little thing sometimes. Who do you think invented that very simple thing called a wheelbarrow ? Why, no less a man than Leonardo da Vinci. And who was he? Ho was a musician, poet, painter, architect, sculptor, physiologist, en gineer, natural historian, botanist, and inventor, all in one. He wasn't a 44 Jack at all trades and master of none," either. Ho was a real mas ter of many arts, and a practical worker besides. Wrhen did ho live? Somewhere about tho time that Columbus discovered America. And where was he born ? In the beautiful city of Florence, in Italy. ' ' Perhaps some of you may feel a little better acquainted with him when I tell you that it was Leon ardo da Vinci who painted one of the grandest pictures in the world V The Last Supper," a picture' that has been copied many times, and engraved in several styles, so that almost every one nas an lucaoi me arrangement and : position at the table of the figures of Our Lord and hi3-disciples; .though I, am" told that, without seeing the painting itSCIi, no oue mu iuiiu , a iiuuuii ui how grand and beautiful it is. t ! - And only to think of the thou sands of poor, hard- working Amer icans who' ' really own, ' in ; thei r wheelbarrow, an original ".work " of Leonardo da Vinci! St. Nicfiolas. A Story for the Girls. Sit down on the porch, children, and let me tell you about Aunt Rachel, and the story she once told me. One day, when I was about twelve years old, I had planned to go after strawberries, but Aunt Rachel said, to me: 41 A girl of your age should begin to learn how to do housework. Take off your hat, roll up your sleeves, and help me do the baking." I pouttd and sighed and shed tears but was encouraged by the promise that I might go after the baking. Under good Aunt' Rachel's direction I mixed a big loaf of bread, placed it on a tin as bright as a new dollar, and was rubbing the Hour off my hands when she called out : "This will never, never do, child you haven't craped your bread-bowl clean." I shall never forget the picture she made standing there, her eyes regarding mo sternly, one hand resting on her hip, while in the other she held the untidy bowl. 44It will never do, child," she wrent on ; 4it is not only untidy, but it makes too much waste ; to be a good housekeeper you must learn to be economical. You have heard the story of the young man who wanted an economical wife?" "No," I answered, and I might have, added that I didn't wish to hear it cither. 44 Well," she continued, 4,he was a very likely young man, and he wanted a careful wife, so he thought of a way he could find out. One morning he went to call upon the different girls of his acquaint ance, and asked them each for the scrapings of their bread-bowls to feed his horses. You see they all wanted him, so they got all they could for him. Finally he found a girl who hadn't any,' so he asked her to be his wife, beeause he thought she must be economical. Now," said Aunt Rachel, triumph antly, 41 suppose a young man should ask you for the scrapings of 3'our bread-bowl, what could you say ?" 44 What could I say?" I repeated, scornfully, "why, I'd tell hirn if he couldn't afford to buy oats for his horses they might starve. I wouldn't rob the pig to feed them. I suppose Aunt 'Rachel thought that lesson was all lost on me ; but as true as you live, I never knead the bread to this day without think ing of her lesson in economy. Detroit Free Press. Gather up the Fragments. How many lives are, so to speak, mere relics of an ended feast, frag ments which may be either left to waste, or be taken up and made the most of! For we cannot die just when we wish it, and because we wish it. The fact may be very un romantic but it is a fact, that a too large dinner or a false step on the stairs kills much more easily than a great sorrow. Nature compels us to live on, even with broken hearts, as with lopped-off members. True, we are never quite the same again, never the complete human being ; but we may still be a very respectable, healthy human being, capable of living out our three score years and ten with tolerable comfort after all. These 44 fragments " of lives, how they strew our daily path on every side ! Not a house do we enter, not a company do we mix with, but we more than guess we know thai these our friends, men and women, who go about the world doing their work and taking their pleasure therein, all carry about them a se cret burden of bitter, disappoint ments, vanished hopes, uutilled ambitions, lost loves. Probably every one of them, when his or her smiling face vanishes from the cir cle, will change it into another, serious, anxious, sad happy if it be only sad with no mingling of either bitterness or; badness. That complete felicity which the young believe in, and expect almost as a matter of certainty to come, never does come. SoonJ or late we have to make up our minds to do with out it, to take up the fragments of our blessings, thankful that' we have what we have and are What we are ; above all, . that we have: a i ' 1 aJ our own Duruenr. io . near, anu not our neighbor's, i But, whateveritis, we must bear-it alone; and this gathering up of fragments. which I am so earnestly advising i also a thing which must be done alone.- Muts MitfocJi. -.ti ?i v ? - v-i A Cincinnati pork-dealer proposes to furnish the World with his ought-? to-buy-hog-raphy. ',' ; ?' ' 1 A'iiew Freak ot" Fashion. . : f" Better bputof! Ihe worl than out of the fashion f' is, and has been the ruling doctrine of the i favored few to whom 'fortune has been lavish of her gifts."' j The latest freal of the : aristocratic world of London will somewhat surprise the time-honored proprie ties of human life. It is coffins! A strange fancy, no doubt, for health, wealth, and beauty, but such it i-:. There has been an ex hibition of coffins at Stafford House, the town residence of the duke of Sutherland, and young ladies in gay bonnets, old dowagers in gorgeous silks, whiskered dandies in all pat terns came to see, and to admire. The coffin show has been the success of the season. There must be some element of cheerfulness in the trap pings and the suits of woe. Other wise, we presume, the countenances of persons who attend funerals hwould not wear so cheerful and even hilarious an aspect: At all events, society would seem to have agreed to accept the most esthetic and pleasant view of the inevitable it possibly can. The coffins exhibited were in ac cordance with Mr. Haden's views of the expedience of using wicker work with moss and herbs in room of a closed box and screw nails. There were about a dozen new styles, made of osiers, white or stained, piain and ornamental. A double basket is provided where charcoal is required, the powdered dust being placed in the interval of two and three inches between the two baskets. It is proposed to fill the baskets with ferns, lichens, mosses, shrubs, and evergreens. It is admitted that in some cases lin ings of some imperishable material are necessary, and in general the wicker coffins, when filled with fo liage, will be less gloomy and re pulsive than the wooden ones. The fashionable world is discuss ing coffins. They are the subject of conversation in drawing-rooms,ket-tle-drums, and promenades. Such remarks ' as the following may doubtless be wafted from the usual lounging grounds of wealthy idle ness r ,4 So nice !" 44 so sweet !" " so cool in Summer !" 4 4 so comfortable in Winter!" and so death would appear to have lost its terrors, and the old reverential awe which used to attend the 44 first dark day of nothingness " to have passed away. Still, the world moves on, and the skeleton grins, and the Mephisto phelean! laugh is doubtless heard above the chatter and the din of careless mockery. A Noble Wife. During the revolution in Poland, which followed the revolution of Thaddeus Kosciusko, many of the truest and best of the sons of that ill-fated country were forced to flee for their lives, forsaking home and friends. Of those who had been mast eager for the liberty of Po land and most bitter in their enmi ty against Russia and Prussia, was Michael Sobieski, whose ancestor had been king a hundred and fifty years before. Sobieski had two sons in the pa triot ranks, arid father and sons had been of those who had persisted in what the Russians had been pleased to term rebellion, and a price had been set upon their heads. The Archduke Constantine was eager to apprehend Michael Sobi eski, and learned that the wife of the Polish hero was at home in Cracow, and he waited upon her. 44 Madam," said he, speaking po litely, for the lady was beautiful and queenly, 44 I think you know where your husband and sons are hiding." ' " I know, sir." 44 If you will tell me where your husband is, your sons shall be par doned." 1 s f i ; " And shall be safe?" : . 44 Yesi inadam j I swear it. I Tel 1 me where your husband is conceal ed, and both you and your sons shall be safe and unharmed.?' ! - Then, sir," replied the noble woman, rising ' with a dignity sub lime, and laying her hand upon her bosom. he lies 'concealed here in thO' Heart Of his wife and you will Iidive to tear thii'fheart :out tp find f i Tyrant as he was, the Archduke admired the answer, and tho spirit which had inspired it and deeming the good ; Wi IP of - such a woman worth securing he forthwith pub lished a ' pardon of the father and sons. it ii' if "I Ladies of stay belle mind.j Fash ionable old maids. r ; ? j lutual Iistrust. , ; Ohl Bijah Lamb and his wife had lived together nigh on to forty years, but of late they had come to quarrel so often and so seriously (hat1 they thought it best to sepa rate aud so agreed. Accordingly they advertised their furniture at auction, and sold it. The return surprised them. It amounted to justi about nothing at nil. In this extremity they mutually proposed to end all their troubles by com mitting suicide, and they went to the river to execute the design. 'Bijah jumped m first, and after remaining under Water a few mo ments (he was an expert swimmer) became to the scrface, and found his i wife still standing upon the bank. "Betsy Jane, why don't you jump in? Io vou mean to have me drqwn alone, you miserable 1 bag gage "Now, look here. 'Bijah," the wife retorted, "you're a sweet lamb, you are ! I know ye ! I can see, : You mean to let me drown and die while you swim ashore, and live in 'comfort; but I won' have it so." If such had been 'Bijah's inten tion, he claimed to be innocent and indignant. But he urged his wife in vain. She would not budge. Finally, he came out of tho water and gave her a sound beating, and then went to his dismantled home. The night had fallen when Betsy Jane followed him, and they sat together in the dark. 44 Well, Betsy Jane, haint ye got no fury for me 'caus I beat ye ?" "No, 'Bijah, for I had really meant to let you drown, without drowning myself." "Just exactly what 1 meant for you, Betsy Jane." "So here we are both alive." "Yes." "Well, 'Bijah, s'pose we fancy that we was both drownded, and that we was L'oin' to beirin life fresh cj t andneV. Don't ye think wo could do it better?" . "By crackee, old woman, I'll tr it if you will." "I'll try, 'Bijah." They tried it, and succeeded so well that they really came to love each other almost as in the morning of their lives. New York Ledger. Andrew Johnson's First Kead- ; er and a Historic Bible. Among the numerous books to be; found in his library is a small volume entitled 44 The American Sneaker, a selection of popular, parliamentary, and forensic elo qtience ; particularly calculated for the seminaries in the United States. Fjfth edition, Philadelphia: Print ed and published by Abraham Small, No. 142 Chestnut street, two doors below the Post-office, 1818." The original binding of the book has long been worn off, and its place supplied by a back made of common writing paper and proba bly pasted on by the dead states man himself. This volume is of especial interest, because it is said to be the first book ever owned by Mr. Johnson, and to the reading of which he devoted much of his time soon after he learned to read. The Bible upon which he was sworn into office as President of the United States was kept in his pri vate office, at Greenville. It be longed to the Attorney-General's office, and wras sent to President Johnson after the inauguration by Chief Justice Chase, who adminis tered the oath of office. Upon the margin of the right-hand page i3 written in the handwriting of the Cliief Justice, the following : 44 An drew Johnson kissed the book at thq passage marked, when sworn as President, April 1.1, 18Go." The passage marktxl i3 verse 21 of the 11th chapter of Ezekle. Nctshville Union and American. The Model, Hog. In a discus sion before the St. : Loui3 Farmers Club, Mr. C. W. Murtfeldt said : , Since the attention of fanners has been given to developing tho hog, animals eleven months old that weigh 300 or 325 pounds, are often seen. It used to be consider-; ed a good hog that reached 300 pounds in his eighteenth month. mi1. iL . t ,1 f tl 1 ' f xnis is mo most uesirauie nog lor packers, and the 44 Berkshire!1 fills the bill nearer than any other breed. The, 44( Poland China" is considered unprofitable fexcept- for the matter of j lard, Iri'tliis latitude,1 and south fjitablack hog 'la preferable to a wfiitq ,one IIs T -'hted!a' plg.'to catj drink 'and sleep, I should choose , the . 44 Suffolk," but the I model hog is the 41 Berkshire." -' i A Year of. Disaster. ! !'. ! Tho year 187S , has ; thus far been one of unprecedented disaster to humanity. Fr$m every part of tho earth wo havo reports of terri ble devastation and lorw of life.. Earthquakes, famine, and j tho plague havo destroyed, countless thousands, and , whole countries have been desolated. Iu thq South , American Republic of . Columbia, an earthquake has killed over 1G,000 , people, and entire districts have suddenly been -swallowed by tho yawning earth. In Asia Minor a famine has carried off thousands, and depopulated many nourishing localities. On tho Fiji Islands tho small-iox and , other i epidemics have committed fearful i ravages among tho unhappy natives. In some of the States of Central Asia the terrible scourgo which nearly decimated Europe in tho middle of tho fourteenth century,, and was known as the " Black , Death," has raged with fearful . violence. In the Loyalty Islands of tho , Pa cific Ocean a gigantic tidal wavo swept away two thousand Inhabi tants. Tho water spout at Pesth, in Hungary, has drowned hun dreds. In Franco tho waters of the Garonne havo spread destruction over a large and fruitful region, and destroyed moro lives and property than the last war. Cyclones and tornadoes havo caused the loss of live hundred lives at Hong Kong, China ; of three hundred and fifty in Georgia; of sixty in Chili; of thirty in Louisiana ; of fifty odd in Franco making - an aggregate of a thousand and more. In addition to these visitations thero have been an unusual number of disasters from landslides, avalanches, shipwreck and other csusQ8.-lxcJiange T Eggs mid Financial Wisdom. Sho said she'd take a dozen of eggs, but while tho grocer was counting them out she asked the price. He told her and she shriek ed: 44 Seventeen cents ?" 44 Ye3, ma'am." 44 Why, that's outrageous!" 44 Well, it's hard times ami every thing is, up." ' ; She sat down on a sugar, barrel, sighed several times, and askel If eggs were likely to bo lower or higher. ' , 44 1 don't claim to be prophet," he replied, as ho twisted a sheet of paper into tho shape of a'funpc, 44 but I daro say that they'll , lo down to sixteen and one-half cents in less than a week, and perhaps go lower. Trade, which is naturally depressed during July and August, is looking up a little. Our exports of gold are now equalled by our im ports. ' The calling in of bonds puts more ready money ailoat, and capi talists are much moro hopeful this week than last. Tho crops aroalout ready to mpve, navigation pros pects arc brighter, and, public con fidence in financial measures is rap idly returning. One thing, moves around another, , you see, and though, as I said before, I am not a financier, and' my predictions aro not entitled to any great weight, jt seems clear to mo that eggs have got to come down. . A great current of eggs is setting. toward iihls, point from a dozen different directions, and even if tho calling in of londs and the sale , of surplus gold jlon't produce, .lower prices,, I cannot see why figures should go up.7. ". Sho reached into the picklo bar rel, nipped a cucumber, and went away wondering why her husband never knew anything, Detroit Free Press, ; ,, The sensational' trial of Colonel Valentine Baker, of tho 1 10th Hus sars, for an alleged assault on a Miss Dickenson, in ' a? first-class carriage oh tho South-Western -Railway, in Englandj resulted In tho judge pass ing a sentence on the would-bo rav isher,; of a fine of 500, imprison ment (without hard labor) for a year, and tho costs of tho trial. The young woman, according to her own evidence',' entered into a smart con versation with a man sho had never seen before. ,We. say this not by way of palliating any offence of the kind, but simply, to. npto it as a dp plorable spectaclq of femalo culture. The majority of tho officers of his regiment were " so r well awaro of their Colonel's, amorous propensi ties that ; they concluded it would only be a; matter of tinio as to when hq, would, meet his .match.in the person , of somo , femalo . roaily, find willing to gain af character for. pu rity, and, that in the prosecutrix ho 44 caught a, tartar," who, in addition to the role of a distressed Virginia; peradded a claim for dramatic cour $ ago and sensationalism. ; .