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if DAILY NEWS SUM'AY APRIL 20. 1 nnisr 4t job DA.riuriirroH J Oil 31 B. Hl'MET, TUEirBIDiA"TCO,!f BILX. When the commits on Coinage Weights and Meaaurea wu called on Wdnday the following bill wu re ported on petition from the New York Gu Light Company : That the holder of any of the silver olnaofthe United Statea of amaller dauominationa than f 1 may, onnrweo tation of the same f euma off 10 or any i.u ihtfr t tin olllce of the -r,..i,r.r or nv aiitant treasurer of the United State. receive therefor United bUM letfal-teuder money. t" ) That the Treasurer or any aasia tant treaaarer of the United States who mar rewUe anv eoina under the pro iHi'oiof thiaa'- i, shall exchange the umciiiiumsor U or any multiple thereof for Untted States legal-tender money on demand of any holder there of. il.) That the present fractional or ..,Y;.4iir .LlTtr coin shall hereafter t a legal-tender to all snms not ex reeding f 10 in full payment, and shall h la kan ud aud legal-tender money given in exchange for them when pre sented to the Trfurer or any lUnl Treasurer of the United Stat In nn of id or any multiple inereoi. This la the flrt cae in which lgi- lalion haa ben reports I to the Houw nnder the method af reaching it through tuition and not bv the introduction of bill. aftr th hill and report were read Conger made the point of order th.it thU abject had not bwen referred by the Ifouae to thla committer and that the committer could not report on a petition. Conger'a point was uiadeaa a part of the regular Itepnblioen pro gramme to prevent geaeral legislation at all hazards and confine the, House exclusively to the appropriation bill. 8tephena said this bill had been intro duced In an unusual but a propor way. II had been compelled to use this way becaas Conger had obstructed the or dinary channels of getting bills before the committee. While Conger had eload the door he had got bis bill In through a window. Conger asserted that this petition wa never intended by thoe who signed it to be presented to thi Con grew. It haJ been sent to Chittenden, of New York, t the last Congress, and had ln pre nentad by hlui a year ago or more. Now. Stephens had withdrawn it from thenleaof the HouManJ re-introduced it so a to attach a bill to it. Conger argued that Stephens had no right to withdraw the petition from the tilc-s of the House, and that he had not the authority to reintroduce it without the consent of those by whom it was signed. Stephens defended his action in this particular, and road the rule which au thorlied him to do it. Randal! decided that under the rule there is nothing to prevent ineuibtra of the Houae from getting legislation be fore the eommitteea through the peti tion box and that the action of Stephen was regular. This is tho rlrsl time this question baa ever arisen in parliamen tary practice. It makes it ue'es for the Kepublicaua to trv to prevent le UUtioo by opposing the introduction of bills and leaves them no reoirce. Conger, however, prevented the con- i.irtion of the bill bv obiei-ting to ita second reading under the rules. Ituckner. Chairman of the CouuuiUee on Banking and Co rrency , then made a point that this petition was Improperly referred to the Committee on Coluage, and should have gue to the Banking ami Cnrrency Committee. This subject occupied the "morning hour" of Thursday when Buckner's proposition to refer to the Committee on Ranking and Currency waa defea ted. The bill Is still In the morning hour and will retain ita parliamentary advantage under the vigilant and per aistent "little man on wheels." until the House is ready to vote on it. Til K Seaboard it Roanoke Railroad haa been contemplating the building of a branch road from Boykins to Mur- frees bo ro, making the latter point the head of navigation instevl of Kranklln, Va. It would only require ten miles of railroad through a level country and would save over thirty miles of steam boat navigation, thus potting Edenton Plymouth, and the upper Albemarle country two to three hours nearer Ral eigh and Norfolk. noil la to commence very soon on the WlUlAmslon and Tarboro R. R. It Is thought that the cars will nan through to Williams ton by Sept. 1. tiik aorrn africati war. It turns out not to be child's play. It la war. The British loaa at Iaandula ad mints bed the Knglish government that the Zulus meant war. CoL Pearson Is at Ekowa with thirty-five thousand ef the blood-thirsty savages between him and the relief column of six thou sand Kngliah, which started from Tu gala ota the th of March. Pearson's force baa been depleted by slcknee-t to five hundred men, and the fate of his command Is a matter of great anxiety. Thursday 'e (N. Y.) Herald's despatches Indicate that on the Transvaal frontier the situation la equally bad. Col. Wood, anxious to avenge the slaughter at Kn torn be, attacked Utnbilinia strong hold on the th, but, although success ful at the outset, the .ulus were so strongly reinforced that they retook the cattle captured by the British, and at last acoounla the latter were holding their roaltion on the defensive with dlfSculty. The Boer and Baa u toe now threaten to enter the atruggle against Kngland. Although the Utter people are of Caifre origin they have, like their Dutch neighbor. Imbibed considerable of the so-called civilization. They have grown to appreciate the aeml-independent form of government which they have enjoyed, and do not contemplate th redaction oi tneir country tu iue con dition Caffreland and NaUl. They are allied by ties of ra.e with the Grl quaa and some of the tribe of the Or ange Free Stale. "Tpb Jfrwa agreee wjth its esteemed eotnroriT P1 Charlotte Deemocrat, (tai Xkm $ablt 'of puffing judg for merely doing their doty should be ue Tub News haa unwittingly done So- faaki a great wrong in charging him with the recent attempt to assassinate theCxar. It waa not Soflwklj and the News mAates U amende honorable to that diatinkukhed nlhiliL Alexander SoloTleffb the would-be assassin. He la a schoolmaster of Torgpex, in the government of Pleskov. An attempt to lynch him was preventeu iy me p lie. TtxX RIUHT apiBIT. ' Mr. Sain ford, of Alabama, is one Of the rising new members of the -kith Congfeaa. Hla speech ou the legislative bill Wednesday breathea the true spirit and does him great credit. He said he waa rejoiced a few weeks ago at the ex pressions of good will uttered by gen tlemen jn hi side of the House toward gentlemen on the other side. But bo waa startled from his reverie when ho heard the. gentleman from Ohio (Mr. liar held) distinctly and premeditatedly annonnre that gentlemen from the South ha-1 returned to powerand opened the book at the very page at which they had turned it down twenty years ago. He relatod an incident which occurred ou a battle held in North Carolina. Twb brothers, one wearing the blue and tb other tl gray, had by strange coincij dencf shtnl their life-blood on the nam battle "field. A tender father's hand gathered their remains together and .a . X aama ma a A AVPT ouneu w.eu, . - y . which he raised a shaft bearing on Ita northern ace the namaof him wlionaqi worn the blue, and on its southern face ... . a tl. & the name or hlra wno naa worn th wMtern fc) was the inscription : o O Vnvthl hv the lovimr hand of a i father over two boys equally loved. O 4 n.i . ,..fArn frt the initcrip I It I .... -lit- v - i w. . tton O o Who waa right and who was : wrong shall be decided before that : Grtat Tribunal to which both have : gone. I,, their father, will not de- : cide who was right and who wrong. o He aloqaently commendel this senti- . ' . . t.JL.1 n ..1 .1 nr.t irn nf I ment tome mougnuui both parties. Tart Massaehusetts iOgisiaiure "w. . i i A. i. . . t bv msjoritiea of two 10 one in Houses, passed a bill securing what is called Vhool HUflmge for womon. That is to aay, every woman who is a cititen of the Commonwealth, twenty one years of age," and possessed of the other qualifications of male voters, may partM ijxtte in the ela tion of schxl conmmu-e. ine r"""-1 latelv Kon accordel in New Hamp- v,!, n.i Htill earlier in Kansas, l ne atlmis-sion of women to the Boston school committees had paveil the way for the larger lilerty In Massachusetts ; hut tmth tho one and the other are a natural outgrowth of tlie enormous part allotted in our educational system to female teachers, as in no other coun- trv in the world. In the public schools of the United States, according to the last census, they outnumbered the male teachers by nearly fifty per cent. ; but when abstraction is made of the Mouth, where, in ouly four instances iDela- . a . 1 , : ware. -.Mary. ana. irifinia. una loms- iana) the male teachers are exceeded by I - t ti 1 W. lemaje. ana generally from tweniy-nve 10 inree iiunuum i cent., the proportion Is vastly more fa- vorahla to the latter. Thus, in li70 there were female teachers in New Hampshire to 310 male ; while In Mas- arhuneLLa there wore 5.3-. remale to 753 male. ' Improv km knts continue to be made In fire-arms. Not only have breech loading guns and rillos superseded all others but now thev are made haai- merles?,'thus preventing accidents by the striking of the hammers against buaho and troos in huntiug. The new Bittmar powder which makes scarcely any report Or smoke and does not foul the gun, is also coming into general use. Theae improvements must make a irreat chancre in the art of war. A noise- lews and smokeless battle fought with breech loadiug and hammerleas rifles accurate at over a thousand yards range will he a different thing from those witjieased in the late unpleasautness. Tit k short form of deed enacted by the last Legislature which is opposed so strennously by Mr. Henderson ami some other lawyers is a suflicient deed without any statute, according to Lord Coke and Chancellor Kent, sec. 4, Kent'M commentaries 41. This was one of the most commeudable acta pass ed by the legislature and it is only to be, regretted that it did not pass the act doing away with the present cumler- ome forms of indictments aud enacting short common sense ones in their place. The din of black letter law and use less verbiage have gene. TiiF acts of the Legislature of 179 are more than half way printed and lefore manv davs will be readr for distribu tion among the magistrates. The Nkws correspondence indicates a general desire and expectation to hoar from Governor Vance on the pending legislation in Congress, (tov. ance is suffering from a serious throat affec tion, and has been advised 'officially" not to attempt a set speech. Ransom that big-MOuled, patriotic and eloquent North Carolinian, is there. iatieuce. friends, the country Is safe. Cahliali:' aeoch on the legislative bill brings to mind the time in the dim past when Congressmen were made of lawyers and statesmen. Bcttkr times are evidently ahead. Advices from tne ortn indicate a steady improvement in all lines of bus- ineas. Money having reached the gold baa is there is no danger of further ahrinkago in the price of property and the money owners are again investing in property and thus putting money in circulation. Gradually, but steadily, the times will improve and the long ulght of the panio is over. Debate on the legislative bill in the House haa been limited to ten days. Over 100 member are booked for apeechea. Can the country stand the strain T TH News haa ao many enquiries 1a regard to the Census law thai a ayuop si of it le pabliahed elsewhere to-day; What Senator Beck said he would do ia Ue ev;aUf a veto is not very clear but lO his colloquy with Hoar in oi f in, ,, p-,i v he used Ken- tucky vernacular that was painfully free from ambiguity. They call It ly ing in Kentucky. Ah ! he whole thinir has gone to tne At smash now, The Boston Herald, with nerfect composure, saya Mr. Hewitt, the major-general of the Tilden campaign, claims the authorship of the present Democratic programme in Congress, his object being "to pre sent now political issuea 10 uiu ivw.t try." Kbfuxtion haa sobered the debate in Congress. We hear less of "revolu tion" and "starving the government to death." Such nonaeuse is dincred it- able even to Congress. rr-.. . nv.ii. riA ploaneTit sjieeches of 1 II r. 1 ' " - l I ewis and Mmiora, i awimih, i the Legislature bill and the masterly effort of Senator Morgan on the army bill brings Alaba-na promineptly to the front in the 3th Congress. Tne VaVniflr .t Mechanic began its Knurth volnme with its last n urn oer Messrs. Shotwell A Iowd are improv K-r, t .rroatlv and it has become one oi a IUS " . ... the necessities to the farmer ana tne household, capu anoiweu s uamo a . . . in. i . household word in North Carolina. H15DAY NALAD. A Russian scientific expedition will to Ccntrai Asia in the Summer, JJmler tnP leadership of the Grand IHiko ji.hola t'onstautinoviten. Rerlln is experimenting with elec tric light for the illumination of streets and lactones, in respeci vo mis mai ler of lighting there Is more enterprise MllOnil inuciiimnj iii.ii.uv.v " - - roimnl to street railroatls, wnicn were intrryliiced there until long after ' . . avarv one-nOrSB CUV 111 lun i-iuicvi States could boast of them. a Krfrrt hov who fsrnH an honest iu i.nr is, , irroiiter hero than the bully aviaap m who dies with his doois on. lUn. Franklin introducHl the game known as "Itostoii' into France. Mr. ("urrie. the Texas assassin, says he has no doubt he shall lJ cleared, &fk 1 1 w nretiv certain that the lurv in - ..,, t h shot While manv raembors of the Bona- nirt.l fjlllllV aliailieil 10IIK1.V, UUl . . . " . . i :. .... .n. r thnni aiiro;u'hed the late .Mine. ratterson-Bonaparte in this regard, ii i except the nioliier a w oriu-renow n-w M.ldier. She was a Corsican. leautiful and patrician; was married to Carlo iiii-.virt. her maiden name was ria l-tizia Romaiino at the age of 17 urn iuw:imip ine inoiin-r ii uiiht" children, though her huslKind dieti eighteen vears after their union. rue of her offsprings died in infancy, but the others became distmguisueu inrougu thtir all-eonquenng, crown-grasping bniher. lv has touched the heart of n italtiuiore burirlar. The office of J. . - V 1- Graham, a lawvor. was recently broken into and robbed of a cash box containing Mr. Moody, about that time, nreached a sermon on restitu tion, and the thief happened to hear it. lie nickiHl not a pocKei : ne iook now a ' . w a 1 a , , i . . . 1. . . i , . -. j- ' .i liMmn and left with the servant a spool cotton t.ox carefully tied up and containing 40. accompanied by a letter, stating that he had been sei7.cn ny remorse aim ' . . I. . m . ,1 tt-nuld ii.iv back the remaining eu as soon as possible. I dream of thee bv night, love, I think of thee by day ; Thou art in every thought, love. My heart would wish to aay. If fearful I forget thee. My own my Leonore ! The'fearing I forget thee Reminds me but the more. It is renorted that the lamest dia mond in the world has recently been diseov ered at Parteall. India. Its weitrht is sahl to be four hundriHl ka rats, which is thirty-three karats larger tlian the Raiah of Mattau'a celebrated diamond, and nearly three hundred karats lancer than the "Kegent atone, for which the Iuc d'Orleaus paid Bix hundred and tiftv thousand doLlare. A scientist convinced the orange Cal.. that a growers oi ix Angeies. certain application ot his invention would kill the scale bti scale bug. lnev triea the mixture and found it roused the nd found it insects into life sufficient to make them crawl lO a iresu irt't- i-iuri- mu- unc I . r 1 . n 1 f I . thev were on died. That scientist is supiosed to be wandering through the basin or the proiosea r remont laicc trying to rind a hole big enough to creep into. The ntimlvdr of land owners in France is more man live million, ine perma nent prosperity of a country is, doubt less, largeiv depemlent uiKn such a ireiieral distribution of tho land. The greater the nn!nler of holdings the deeier is the national patriotism, while material interests are less fluctuating than where the tendency is to the ten ant system. A farmer named James Keetor, rosi ding near Deep Creek, Norfolk county, a., while plowing on vv edneday last in an old field tha- had not been under cultivation for several vears, unearthed an Iron chest, containing several thou sand dollars in American gold coin of dates as far back as IfCKi. The treasure is iHilieved to have leen buried during the last war. Mr. Keetor is a poor man, aud the treasure is very acceptable. The son of the principal of one of the St. Ixuis public schools is a ten-year-old successor of Jesse Pomeroy. The other day he hit upon a plan for having tun by ruuning into a crowd ot small girls and sticking as many as he could with a small pocket-knife. Not satis tied with cutting one severely in the right arm, he stuck the knife into the back of a girl of twelve. I'EKNOXAL. Speaker Randall contemplates a trip to California after the adjournment. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has a Massachusetts cent of 17s8, and a Con- uetieut cent of 17S7. He has also a scent for office. No German emperor has hitherto lived as long as tire present sovereign. Next to him comes r rederick 111., who died in 1493, aged 7S. The Abbe Liszt's hand is described as large and square, with knotty fin gers. The force of the little finger on tM)th hands is tremendous the knuck le seems as if made of iron. There is no doubt of people living to bo over UK) vears of ace. Cunnn Hah. den, of the knglish church, is still liv ing, lie waa ordained in 1S01, and had to ie twenty-three, or he couldn't have taken orders. There is a lad in Machiasporr, Me., who, though not more than live years old, lias already succeeded in having a father, a mother, a grandfather, two graudmothera, two great-grandfathers. three great-grandmothers and one irreat. great-grandmother all alive. No Frenchman vrho is under twenty flye years of age can be legally married without the consent of his parents. If he is over tweutyiflVe, and his parents, refuse, he can onlirhecome eligible by taking prescribed legal fcteps. More, liberal marriage laws would, no doubt, be a good thing for French morality. Sl'SDAY SEJTTIMEVT. WHY? I wouldjuestlon not the jnstico Of the thimsr which meet my eye, Still this thought keeps struggling up ward, i Evermore unanswered- rhy ? I have seen the just man punished For no deed that he naa aone ; I hare seen the unjust girded. Still his wicked course to run. I have seen the weak back bended With its load of toil ana care : I have seen the strong man idle Through the day so long ana iair. Yet T knpw th toiler trained not, Tho' he strove with might ana mam ; To the idler came the treasure. Which he moved no hand to gain. I have seen strange, tangled mysteries, Which I may not now reiaie ; Yoir have felt them all arotma you Thines voii sometimes term your " Kate." Though my heart will keep repeating. Ktill thp inner nnanswereu uv Yet, God's wisdom never doubting, We shall know ait uy anu uy. HOME OF THE WOXDEBFI I. IX HTAXCEJi OF HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES. - Human Mtm Save rnaer tiinu-. Clreumstaneea. We propose to offer to our readers a few instances or iiair-nreama escnpw, bv which various human beings have been saved from death. Col. Gilmer, relating tne story oi a fight in which he ngureu, says i "i.- " Four Years in the Saddle : " " Turning half round in my sauuie lo call on my men, I received a huu t-ii shock, and felt deadly sick, ami at the same instant saw a iu " i nd run off. I killed him before he had eouo three steps. His ball had passed through tWO COaiS aim b-"1 " 1 of cards ill my left side pot-Kei. iney were quite now, the wrapper noiecu having been broken open. The suits were each distinct. The bullet passed through all. stopping at the last card, which was the ace of spades." Such another literal Illustration oi tne phrase " Within an ace of death is not fi..t, record : but hair-breadth escapes . lottlr if . i,-m till 111 111 nni. .11 in rti.i.v- cma. r v v.. ..--- Laon, Stetlons saw a sneii striKC uh horse of a I'russian omcer. r.uiciiiif; near tho shoulder, it caused the poor animal to make a convulsive spuiig uiil throw its rider, the tragments oi the shell being projected on all sides, while the rider jumped up ironi in ir round unhurt. uii ring ni' 1 1 n . vv - iwinn u'.ii- I tl W n ( I ham disiMitchcd to find out how mailers were going in the first attack on the Redan, saw a soldier walking along tne trench two or three vards ahead of him. Presently a round shot came nying over the parapet, and the man was muueu from sitfln bv the dust. When it subsi de!, th Colonel was astonished to lind i,in, v.. if beside a livimr man. w nose .niiiitAiiHiicH uresented a curious ad mixture ot Iright and joy, as, scraicnin his head, ho exclaimed : "YVhv. dash mv buttons, mil mat was :itii:i7.imr nirli! " Av, av, my toy, responueu mo Colonel: "we'll much better be dig ging trencnes at iurec-ciicc u iu m Norfolk To which his fellow countryman onlv roiiliA.1 ; "What! are vew tew trom Norfolk? " Amazlmrlv niurh death, although in blissful ignorance of the fact," was the Confederate staff officer marked down bv a Northerner's rifle, and only saved bv the officer commanding the platoon happening to recognize in him a client of the insurance office of which he was secretary, and striking up the leveled weapon with " uoirt snoot : we ve goi a nolicv on him." Dr. Brydoi, the sole English survivor o the retreat from Cabut, during the last Afghanistan war, was quite aware of the narrowness oi nis escape, imi never could understand how it came about. After a long and terrible ride. he was just congratulating himself upon having at last got clear of the enemy, when found hiniselt pursued by a solitary horseman. He had but a bro ken sword wherewitii to ueienu nun- self, and with this he managed to inter cent a cut at his head, directed with such force that it cieii tnrougn tne uase . . . . i . i - -i of Ids blade and lettonly the hut, which the doctor hurled in his assailant s lace and the next moment the Afghan cut through Brydon s headpiece and the magazine he had that morning placed inside it. Unarmed, half stunned, and hoieless, he mechanic-ally stooped to rMHiver his fallen rein. when, to his surprise and relief, his foe turned away and mil loped off, leaving tiie doctor to draer hiniselt to Jeiaianau. The sword of justice is not always rightly directed, and sometimes comes near perpetrating murder. A young Yew Yorker, named Wells, went one evening to Booth's Theatre.. Taken with s lit of coughing, he loft" the thea tre, intending to go home ; but, after iroing some little distance, it came on snowing so fast that he retraced his steps. As he strode along, two men came rushing down the street, one of them dropping a gold watch and chain, which Wells picked up, and then went after the loser, running into the arms of a policeman, who marched him off to the station to explain matters. Pres ently a messenger arrived in hot haste, saving the thief was wanted at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Y ells was taken there and brought lace to tace with a man lying: on a lounge, covered w ith blood. Is this the man who stabbed vou ? " asked the officer. " It is," said the poor fellow, falling back, never to speak again. Wells was tried for murder, found guiltv, and sentenced to be hanged and hanged lie would have been it a fortnight before the day fixed for his execution a prisoner in the Sing Sing had not confessed, on his death bed, that he had robbed the man of his watch, then stabbed him and run off afterward dropping the watch as he ran Among the 1 ommunists tried at er sailles was Jean Baptiste Pigerre, char ged with commanding the firing party who shot the hostages at ii uoqueue. He protested he knew nothing of the dreadful business, and was not aware that the hostages had been shot until after his arrest. His denial went for naught. He had been denounced by members of his own party; three suf them on trial with him declared he was at La Roauette. Mr. Cnevrieu; a pris oner there at the time, said he saw Pi gerre from his cell dressed as a National Guard, trailing a scabbard after him ; his face was fixed in his memory, and Soisson, a police officer, asserted em phaticallv: " That's the man, Only one voice was raised In Piger- re's behalf, that of the Communist judge Genton. " You can shoot me if you like, ex claimed he : ' but Pigerre is innoeent. He had ncthinsr to do with it." The prosecutor summed up. insisting upon fnrerre s conviction wiin me rest; the advocates for the accused said their ineffectual aav. and then came an inter ruption. A man named Jarraud, whom everybody agreed w as implicated in the v. V. . . . j i . murder ol the nosiages. ana wno was BUDrtosed to have im.-c.i killed by the Boldiers. was hi ought into court. Pi gerre was orue.od to stand forward "That's not the man who command ed," said Jarrand. Oh, no ! the leader of the band was Sicard, The proceedings were suspended, and that same evening Sicard was found in one of the prisons. It was evident he had not long to live, but they carried him to Versailles to testify to Pigerre's innocence and convince all the wit nesses, save the three Communists. that they bad been misled by the extra- ordinary resemblance between the two jnen. 'me prosecutor at once aetnano losl tha arvMiaatlnn hA hurl fortrt nlai. i ted against Pigerre should be with- drawn; and so terminated what might have proved aiatal case- of mistaken identity. J Y'eti more stagular was the escape of a young Shropshire lady from an igno minious deatfi. staying in .raris uur ing the Reign of ; Terror, .-he was drag ged with other "aristocrats " before one of the tribunals. She pleaded that she was an Englishwoman ; but was on the point of being hurried out to. ine wan ing tumbril, when one of the Judges asked her what province in England She was a native of. In her fright she exclaimed " Salop," a reply greeted by a general shout and clapping of hands, followed bv an order to let her go ; and amid cries of "Salope! Salope!" the dazed girt was hustled into the street to run home, wondering that ner neaa was still oa her shoulders, little think ing that bv uttering the word " Salop " she had effectually rebutted the notion of her being one of the hated aristocrats thanks to "Salope" being a word tiien used to designate one ol tne most depraved of her sex. t Another remarkable escape of that terrible time was that of M. de Chateau- brim, for he was Hot only concemnea hut. actual I v waiting his turn at tne guillotine, standing sixteen in a line of twenty. The fifteenth head had fallen when the machine got out of order, ana; the five had to wait until it was repair ed. The crowd pressed forward to see what was going on, and as. it began to grow dark, M. de Chateaubrun found himself gradually thrust into the rear of thp spectators: so he wisely slipped away, and meeting a man simple enough. or cnariiauio nju(,", ... l,:.t a wag had tied his hanas ana run off with his hat, had his hands set free,! and managed to reacn a saie niiung place. A few days later he put himself itiiY-omi rne reacn oi uuu cietuuuuci . Mai. Duncan vouches lor ttie trutn oi' the following tale: In 187 the Christian general, Escalera, was muraerea ai Miranda by the uiutineering regiment of Segovia. About two moiiins later, Espaiteto and nis army arriveu at Mi randa ; and on the Wtli of uctooer me whole force was paraded outside the town, the regiment, oiw isegovia, ueius flanked by artiuery aim omer icgi- ments. Accompanied oy nis stau, ji.s- parteto rode up to it, and tola tne men he had come to ask tor his old friend and commander, their chief, Escalera. Wiiereis ho? he cried. 1 hen, point to the dead commander's resting- place, went on: "lie is mere; iouuy murdered! I call upon all of you who are true soiuiers, t iq mo "o"1-3 of his assassins !" Twic e he made the appeal, and silence th onlv answer. li.spartero men ordered the "regiment to be numbered oil' from the right, and every twentieth man to be brought to the iront ana De prepared for immediate execution. At this a sergeant stepped forward and named ten men as the actual murderers of Kscalera. These were marched oft aad placed in a line with their backs to a broken wall, one oniy proiesung ui innocence as he was dragged to tne ena of the line. Ketore the iatai voiiey was fired he darted nimblv round the cor ner of the wall and ran along the front of the troops, but was recaptured and taken back to his allotted place. A voice from the ranks cried out that they had tho wrong man, the real criminal bcino- a soldier of the same name in tne hospital at Burgos. Espartero ordered the man to be removed, while the rest received their deserts. Upon inquiry being made at Burgos the guilty one was found there, taken from the hospi tal and shot, his namesake ot course being set free. A snake once preventeu a miei com ' 1 .-! mitting something worse man men. woman of Oude and her daughter once alighted at the station at Hurdee, and hired a conveyance to taka them to their village. When they had gone half a dozen miles on their way, the driver, nulling ud in a lonely spot, demanded their jewelry; and, upon their demur l ino-. tied the pair to the vehicle and seized the trinkets. Then, bethinking himself that the dead woman could tell no talcs, the ruffiian drew out his kniie ; but, slipping from his grasp, it ieu into a ditch. He plunged his hand into tne water to recover his knife, and, as he clutched it, a black snake fixed its tangs in the would-be-murderer s nana, lie succumbed to the poison, and, in ten minutes, was past hurting any bod; The women were discovered by some villagers, and released, but the corpse of the driver was left alone until tne nolice. coining on the scene, removed the body to the police station. Of all the wonderiui canyons or gor ges of Colorado, the Grand L'anyoii ot the Arkansas, witn almost perpenuicu- lar walls, in some places several thou sand feet high, is the most wonderful. 'I'ka ,ni-irn if thia nsinvnn IlSAfl to he impassable except in winter, until rail .wav operations were commenced, and tuttlw of a sort cut in the sides of the oreeiniees. Wishing to see how the said operations were progressing, Prof. Mallet and a party of friends set out one afternoon from Canyon City. As long as they kept to the horse trail, an went well ; but upon reaching a point iust beyond it, Airs. Mallets norse stumbled ana ieu. ine way inca i lisentangle herself from the animal, and dropping some ten feet, caught with her fingers the end of a narrow- shelf of rockfand there held on, dang ling in air above the rapid rolling Ar kansas; and, to make matters worse, following its mistress, naa fallen or slipped on the same ledge where it stood close to the wall, and al nfost as motionless as the rock itself. The horrified? party hastened to the rescue, and the professor, alter some anxious minutes, had his wife safe and sound by his side. The horse was next attended to, and in a short time was on the sure footing ot the pathway above Tbrongh Peace to Light. I do not ask. O Lord, that life may be A pleasant road; I do not ask that Thou won Ids t take from me Aught of its load. I do not ask that flowers should always spring Beneath my feet ; I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet. For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, plead Lead me aright ! Though strength should falter, aw though heart should bleed, Through Peace to Light. I do not ask, O Lord, that Thou shoulds' shed. Full radiance hero ; Give but a ray of Peace that I may trear ithout a lear. I do not ask mv cross to understand, Mv way to see : Hotter in d'arkness just to feel Thy hand And follow lhee. Jor is like restless day, but peaco divine Like quiet night. Lead me, O Lord, till perfect day shall shine Trough Peace to Light. " Amid my vast and lofty aspira tions," says Lamartine, "me penauy of a wasted youth overtook me. Adieu, then, to the' dreams of wasted genius, to the aspirations of intellectual enjoy ment ! " Many a gifted heart has sighed the same sad sigh ; many a noble nature has walked to the grave in sacKciotn, for one brief dallying in tho bowers of Circe, for one short sleep in tne casue of Indolence. Bayne. When the Angel took up the plant of Eden and carried mem away- to transplant them above, one little flower dropped upon the earth and took root, wherever there were pure and gentle hands to rear and keep it a wee, wmie flower of wonderiui sweetness -aim men called it Love ! , . , x It is said when a Hindoo priest is about to baptize an infant, he u tters the ifoiiowinff beautiful sentiment : 44 Little 1 child, you entered'the world -weeping, I while all arounu you oiuuw. I an. n lttr that tnumV leave the WO rid I in smiles while all around you weep Unseen Influence. ntollitrencer. .f ? 1- 'Vf rerhaps we cannot estimate correctly ' "-o- - t . "the extent of our Influeilbaover fevery one with whom we comft an contact, liecause in the'majority of cases we are not trying to wield any mnuence. o meet -casually With ImUozen ac quaintances in the course of the day we taiK on amereni ouujcv , , and straightway we lorget an mat P ed between us, or we think we do. -But the impressions given and received are as ineffaceable as they might be slight i and we can never noia converse 101 a. brief half hour with any fellow creature without leaving some mark and carry ing some away. It is said tnat ii a com mon door-key, for example, be laid on a sheet of white paper and then placed, without moving, in a dark closet, the impression of the key will be distinctly seen on the paper, ior a uiviubiiii ui twv when again brought to me lignu ,xow much more certain is the contact of two souls to . leave mutual impressions, which, unlike the fleeting image oi cue key on the paper, are destined to en dure, perhaps to deepen with years! How careful of our words and actions, we should become if we realized fully; and clearly this truth. Ifow many in foneirleraVfi speeches would be left un made, how many harsh judgments1 tempered with charity. it the full effect of each was recognized. J. FUST FROM PARIS. Reeent Translations of the-Sayinfs Wits. of French At the barber's : "How does monsieur wish to have his hair dressed ? " " In silence, please. ' A keen man of business sends his son a chip of the old block on a trip round Europe, charging mm to note ma impressions of the different cities he visits. From Madrid the young man writes : "The river, the Manzanares, is always dry. No money in the milk biz. A prisoner who firmly expected that he would get his deserts, and be sent up for life, is astonished to near tne jur fix his term of punishment at two years: "Two years, only ! ' ne exciamieu in delight: "ah. then, gentlemen ot the jury, may heaven do likewise unto you a thousana-ioJd. At a country hotel : The bov Yer put ver boots outside every nighi to git 'em blacked, yer say? The traveler cm course, you oio-k- head ! " The boy Why didn t yer say so be fore? I thought it was because, they were disagreeable to yer." At court : Eminent Counsel Yes, gentlemen of the jury; you will oh, I know you will restore my persecuted client to me arms of his wife and little ones, who The Court Your client is a bachelor Counsel (with reproach) four honor would even deprive my unhappy client of the pure joys of home and the family. (W eeps. ) Worthy Magistrate What ! a man . . i. i. can be cruel enougn to maltreat nis lawful, wedded wife, and even to hurl her a plate at the head Prisoner But, yer honor, do yo'.i know niv wile ? Worthy Magistrate I have not that honor. Prisoner Then just you go slow. A KftWHiint of Zouaves had. at the battle of Orloans, his thigh smashed by a fragment of shell. "Well, mv poor fellow, said nis cap tain, who visited him in me nospitai, vou must hna it pretty lonesome work being laid up here." "Oh, no, Cap, not at all, was the re ply. "I suffer a good deal, and that makes the time slip by." From the humorous Russian journal, Strekoza : Family colloquy after the christening of the babv : Papa Children, I fancy you are sat isfied with this day s work. You have bad ice cream, sandwiches, nuts, raisins, caramels, custard, pudding, cake, or anges, figs, and the lord knows wiuu else ! The children, in chorus Oh, ain't it nice, ain't it nice ! Good papa, dear old pigeon, an expression ot love in ruis- sia.) do let us have a new little brother to christen every week : In the Criminal Court They are try ing a murder case, which grew out of a row in a whisky shop. "Witness,'' said the Judge, "you may tell us the origin of the quarrel.'" The witness, turning to the jury: "You see the prisoner, gelling angry at nothing at all, began to shout, lyoure a pack ot idiots! loure a gang of liars! f Witness raises his voice and grows red in the face.) You are a set of slab-sided, lop-eared luna tics ! You're a lot of '" The Judge, interrupting : "Cease addressing vour remarks to the iurv. witness, and speak to the Court! " The unhappy man who had been run over was carried into the police station, where the surgeon examined him and said : "It is a mercy the wheels passed over him as rapidly as they did, for if the carriage had been going slowly there would have been no hope of his recov ery none whatever." "Precisely." cried the radiant hack- man, desirous of backing up his favora ble opinion as strongly as possible; "when I saw the gentleman crossing the street a little in front of me, instea Of pulling up the horse I just gave hiui a clip with the whip, and yelled, 'Get ud there !' aud that's how I saved the gentleman's life." X, assaulted by his tailor : "I really cannot understand why you do not pay me mv little bill. You had a good salary, and it has been raised." "Yes." "And vou promised me faithfully that you would pay me out of the amount vou saved from vour extra al lowance' " Precisely." "Then you have lied to me, for you haven't paid me the first red centime. "Not at all I haven't saved anything from mv extra allowance. When I do I'll pay you." P. has a family which i insupporta ble. One night,' having been made the victim of a combined assault from his wife, his mother-in-law, his sisters, his cousins and his aunts. P. rushes out into the onen air. He is met on the corner by a beggar, who accosts him thus : - "Monsieur, give something to a poor blind man ! 4 "Poor fellow," says P., compassion ately. , " I have eaten nothing for four days." "Frightful!" said P., feeling in his pocket. "And I have no faraih-!" adds the beggar, seeking to make his situation as bad as possible. ')No family!" exclaims P., "fortu nate. . happy man; you don't know when, vou are well off. mv friend! " (Puts his alms back in his pocket and disappears.) i Sorrow harmonizes our race ; Tears are the phbwers that. fertilize this world : jThe memdry'of things procious keep- i eth Warm And heart that once did hold them, Look not upon the strawberry when it is red, when it giveth i:s color in the short-cake; for at the last it biteth like a serpent and is indigestible like unto a Welsh-rarebit eaten at midnight. This is abont the time, When robins in the grove pipe, Aud the paragraphs trie To write about tho stoyepipe, Something'-which has not already been written. ' pf rw-wotnarrH 'trallcTng ' "match took place several thousand yoars ago. Madame Junp,, Miss Mjnerya and M 1 le. Venus walked all the way from Mount Olympus to Mount Ids, and Venus took the belt. .i "I He murmuretlih Clafmda's ear; " 'Twould heighten much my .bliss If you avou hi kindly give to me One tender little .kiss." ..-; .. And she turned round and said to him; "I like yod muchly; Bill,' ' So if vou . really want kis-, t Sail in and take you till. That's thekifid of hairpin I am.' Manv a sick man looks through pain to a brighter prospect, and so does an editor when he glances out the window in anticipation of a walk oti a fine Spring da- look through pane to pleas ure be vond. Serenely bv the woodland brook The violets ale blowing, And brightly on the breezy meads The buttercups are glowing. Above the trees right merrily The happy robin passes, The while the maiden, tall and pale, Takes sulphur and molasses To purify her blood. The rejoicing of the vouth whose pan taloon s pocket has felt the depleting influence of the seductive stew is short lived. Are not strawberries and cream in our midst even before the festive ovster has said "Ta-ta?" 'Tis now the fair maiden loth gaze oii the sky, And thinking of summer. Doth languidly sigh; "Full soon in the garden The roses will group, And then with Leander i ll sit on the stoop- And talk about the weathfi etc This is a delightful season for tli impecunious young man who spent all his money on his Easter bon that, is, trousers. lie need not buy a-Spring ovcrco.it, but can weir his Christ mas ulster right up l the edge l' unmier. Full soon on t he powerful meadow, The lambkin w ill gambol and play; Full soon in the aisies of the orchard. The blossoms will fall in a spray. Full soon in ;omi ile scrubbing, The rirls wiii '.vax angry and faint: Full soon we Miali sec m a placard, Look oiit for tin- par.it. A debating association in Michigan is known as the Kalamazoo nogicai ?vhi- . .-w r: ........... CI V. yj- I n-;i uni. ..... What's the use calling them an mat .....l. .1.. ii'ith v - name io as i.oimonci s o vim. .;t!-,i to the Zoological (.aniens, c an- i' . , I 4 eni-a-y.oo, ku- sicu u There was a young maiden natneo . . .. i Mary, Whose characteristic vagary Was to play the coquette, For a man never yet 'Poppet 1" to her "Narv that she didn't say fnnViml ding with a desperate at tachment to an vthing which they de votedly love-in wlii.-h their existence V . . .. i MM.,.. lrrti. if i I, seems to tie w rappe i. i nc- ivp . the jniddiw olihoir souls, as it were. That's where a womsn puts a French heel. linbitM of lliiiiie !!n. British Trade Journal. A sacred regard to the principles of justice forms the baois of every trans- action, ana regulates me conuuet oi me upright, man oi business. Ho is strict in Keeping m engHKi- ments. Does nothing carelessly or in a hurt y. Employs nobody to do what he can easily do himself. Keeps everything in its proper place. Leaves nothing undone that ought to be done, and which circumstances per mit him to do. Keeps his designs and business irom the view of others. Is nromnt and decisive in his deal ings, and does not overtrade his capital. Jrreters snort credits to iouk ones, cash to credit at all times, eitner m buvingor selling; and small proms in cases with little risk, to the chance oi better gains .with more hazard. He is clear ami explicit in an un bargains. Leav es nothing ol consequence iu memorv wnicn ne can aim " commit to writing. Keeps copies of important letters, and has all letters, invoices anu misi- ness documents put away In an oraeri v manner, so that on occasion may be easily referred to. Is always at the head ol ms uuBinj, well knowing that H ho loaves n, will leave him. ... Holds as a maxim thai lie wncwe credit is suspected is net one to trusted. . . , , Is constantly examining nis oookh, and sees through all his niiairs as iar w care and attention will enable him. Balances regularly at staieu times, and then makes out ana transmit an his accounts current to his customers, both at home and abroad. Avoids as much as possible, an sorts of accommodations in money matters, and lawsuits where there is the least hazard. He is economical in his expenuitures alwavs living within ins means. Keeps a memorandum look in his pocket, in w hich ho notes evory partic ular relative to appointments, auu resv and pelty cash matters. Is cautious how tie nccomes wimi. for any person, and generous wnen urged bv motives of humanity. Let a m.in act strictly to these habits, when once begun they will be easy to continue in, ami srtceess will aiienu nis efforts. , i' lke p'eesure in your business, ana it will become your recreation. Hope for the best, think for the worst, and manfully bear whatever happens. The Ilayew Organ jnOrant. Cincinnati Com niercial. The call for Urant is first and loud- e-Jt from the persons who interest them selves in Administrations for money making purposes. . They would like Grant during lile and lor nis son to succeed him. Then their season of prorit would not be limited by elec tions. If Grant is needed for is0, "till more will he bo needed for 14. "be nomination of Grant as tho one man capable of saving the country, would . 1 . .. I.I..,, tr. tlK be unrepuoiican ana iuumns -v. public intelligence. So Fault to Find. Springfield RepubllcaD. Through the entire South, to wnicn Blaine directs constant attention, mc Federal Government is oleyed. lhere is no new rebellion, no revolution. Mr. Blaine knows it. The representa tives of the people elected by the peo ple are legislating for the people. By constitutional means they are in time Of peace repealing a law passed in tiny of war.If thev act wisely the people win sustain; otherwise, not. QroTH, the idiot of the Washington Republican: "There is a report that Jen uavw soon Tisn wasntfigwm. ever doubted that he would do so about the time tSenator Bruce's term pu:,h: but it now appear that the dis111!", " i ed ".honors .of hU presence is to tT to ferted upon us before be is reaJ resume his senatorial roues. Bool O..H chei aiaii b t oil ti iA 1 Ml ry noi liii nasi the will 4IHI svi and ha-i CO vl D , f I ot OJ a to de cit at si L. fr oi el d rontlaued. It 1 DtuaeeUng.
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