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NUMBER 10.
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for Infants and Children.
"Castorla is so well adapted tochildren that I Caatorln cures Polie, Conntipatic n.
1 r'fommenl it as superior to any prrstTiption I Sour Sumurh, Iiarrhosa, Krnouition,
known to me " H. A. Aacnm, M. D., I KUUtl'0'nll',, g'vt"'S slocP- BQ(1 rr't di
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. WltSotitlnjurious medication.
ifiimiMlliliraiIllfl
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11 An absolato cure for Rheumatism, Sprains, Pain in
u the Back, IJurns, Galls, &c. An Instantaneous Pain
H relieving and Healing Remedy.
They aro the most important
rseretory crg-ans. Into and
through the Kidneys flov the
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containing poisonous matter
tiken out of the system. If
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!,-ht n t:i enj'irni'int of pert -"t j
:. u'.U-villHUWUOlia'l tH'PTl giv.-n
. v-'y to l!'i by pby.i.-ian and
. f- !. In const-qncnee of its rii'o
. : i,.: i"ioTt to t.:e s ipp.rt of weakened
i-is ii i i ha only me-licin'j needed iu
i.i ciiamon ilia of life.
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CARL RIVIMIUS,
Itctical WatciTunter an! Jeweler
f I VN a. ways on haad a larae. rartert and ele--I
:u. r!ment ol WATC4KS, (JLOIJKS,
Kr.HT.SI'M-TACfiKS, EVK-CH.ASSEii
1 " nr onr tor saie at tower prices than
' J 'her n)rr in the county. Persons needing
r' n-'ntiillnawil!dowelltoplTetlmacall
,,J"i,r"ml'! attention paid torepatrlnc Clocks
i w. ' ''"'ry. C and satisfaction sjiiaran
M'.nhoMi work and price.
f - rfk ,.avhijf strufrgled 20 years het ween
jPt and d.ath with ASTHMA or
( A'-- PHTH!SIC.treatedhy eminent phv
- I t"7 ". ',tcin and receiving no benetit. I was
iT T my illnrM to sit on rnT chair day
1 r ' Pa-'HiK for breath ; m y xuf-
f-tl ,'r'"C were herond deai-riitioTi. In
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iTApUL CURE for ASTHMA
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. ne-tti:rd of a Ijox.een return the remain
,i 1 l'r i'fi" tor and the money will !o re--j--"'
,re your address for atrial pavk
Or CHARGE. Mrs. V. T. Hrown,
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One trial will prove its t
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Andrt l: t r.' 1 it tor oil'-ior I lii-ni t !i:i;s .if.
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Hex ? I:-iii-.;!i! With tin-'
This laiiu.eti benril. und tl:oe bi-nr ejes o
mine '
A rr-iy oi l Ivniifer with the rtimntiz
An' iimiiui-r ti:.it v as never xuia-rline?
.My sort ? I j: in "t ito mi t I'm r.'.l alone.
1 :. iv .iiii t i H .l'.v. l:,tt vi.wl i.ia .v to me.
'i i .-.' .;e ae-it :n ; me citov r.-eeliHi ilive
Is all tlie Sin- o' home I ever see.
On it '..-!. t y. ! ure. it " Hs not ;.. .
1 Ooi: i pretend as iio-.v it :un't my titult
'! ii'it ! k fiown f;..m itiul to u ie ir;t:l
I'm.' i. i.-t t.i where I':o n v not worth my a!t.
H'tf let i:.p T -1 1 th;-fTie thii-tf I'i'ht h-re,
I don't uo ( liar-e no woniati itn ::i i-jie.
V hate r e -e i tUi. I'm fiiir and v:.iie.
And' don't i.'" ioiidin' Iter with my disrat e.
Wife? M;iy be she wna. What's that to you?
She -.mis a --lint on earth - not still him! prim,
I'-'it lus' t . oi!ui.-n Koiwlne-s ev'ry tiiiy.
V ho ne i.-i sp.,kc it prayer or stnitr a i, ymn
l'ut lid her duly patii-ntiy and meek,
.-'.mi ! 'k e ii.id t .-id wi'li -mil: nn faro.
1 used to flunk the lrd used her to prove
That e 'l " . here IK- hn.- a d ciiilin piaee.
Well, v iien s):e died I Just let iro ; that's all.
Ti.vte ' oti't Mitt j.reaeli. I know nil that dry
n::'.
1 heie a.n'i no use in do-im? nie with hell
A ii-.l j.- lor he. i veu -it rob lied me. i hat's enough !
What's Now Year, then, to su h as me? And
et.
oim time- it -ei ms us jf she came n'nin,
Witii all the w.iiii'.:!' sw eetness of hei Hie,
To make i.ie a. to lir.r .iad day. Amen ;
Ftiitli! Thanket ! And who knows but you nre
rh.ht.
A prayerful won! l as made God's Rlory shine
l'i er( d; i:. :):ie! 1 fiat Mirned to 'hrist--Ah!
v.ell. ;is rieiit her eyes may beam on
m. I.e.
A NEWSPAPEK FILE.
It was two diiys after Aunt PrisciVa's
funeral, ttnd St.e a id I were sitting to-i
g: ther by ti e kitchen fire witli that hush
over our spirits still whieh follows a death
and a I uriiil. AM the aftrnoon we had
fcesn busy petting? the hou-e to rinhts,
not nied 'I;nz yc-t with the th;nij which
h id been hers and were now onrs, but by
dint of f, jien windows, sunshine mid furni
ture dusted and re-arranged, tryinir to re
store to thero.niis t)iat familiar look wliich
they had lost during these weeks of
aiix'ety and trouble. A few days more, and
we must face a future which was full of
terrors. Munnwhilentstnm ns well as in
climiiioii aieoidt d a brief respite in which
to think of her who was pone and of each
other, with ' he )'. irinix fondness of those
whose lives, never before parted, wero
about to separate.
Flie sat on a low stool, her head nca'uist
the chimney , a'nb. It was the chimney of
Aunt I'risi ilht s youth: she would never
n'ter it me of the wide i l l-f.'sl i' nod
kind, wilh rx.t-ho ks an'l bla7inr lo's.and
n 1 nke oven ;it 01 e s'ele. The soot black
ened bucks ;nd fniiit red l'Iow made a
b;i kirro;;n i for my sister's head, with its
p.i :-.t twist of 1,-tir hair and lily
like rlf-nier throat. She is very pr t'y,
P'e!ti"r than rnikmly I ever saw 1 recol
lect a pietnro as I looked at her a picture
of 'indi.-reM.-i sit i i:ur in just such '-n atti
f-.nle by the chininy side She was
equally pict uresfjue (it 'h.-it moment; so
far j s lo.oks mi. eo' ally worthy of a
prncv. but i.las : no fn.ry cod mot ',ier was
i.k 'l;. t i ei-.-e frotii the atp'e tree for
her bei o:ir. Aunt i'ri-. wl o in .a nmi:l
Way hail en:i ted that iart toward us, was
iroi e, and her bit; 101 kim chair, which we
h.-.d no he, li t to si? in. swrm mtitv m its
nt ci-tomtvl place, t jit-of a like i-'nipl ines-i
which
were fonsin.us l in
I won M fV-el lora iiiz lit
ther
t hitlers'. !i
;e to
ci me.
-Sett her of us spi ke for a while. We
were tired nnd spiii : less, and John PI ride
was coniinc; presently to look over things,
so we saved our words-.
Dr. Sl,id John was Pup's lover.
Their poor little ontrat-'ement had been
forn-edtwo years aim. How many years
it was likely to las! nobody con Id guess,
but 1 licy held on to it bravely, and were
content to wait. Pretty soon, ns we sat.
waiting, his step sounded without on the
pr.ivel. :-.nd wilh a btt'e tap courteous
but unne. i s ai v, for the door was never
locked he entered, fr.tvc Sue a trenile
kiss, me atioi her, and sat down between
us in aunty's rot kino chair. It was a
c- nifoit for him to do that. The bousa
seemed less forlorn at once
" W eb, children, how has theday gone ? "
he asked
" Pretty well," replied Sue. " We have
been busy and are tired, to-nicrht I think.
I'm ft I ad yon aie come, John dear. We
are tret ting lonely and dismal, Tree
and 1."
I.neretia is my name, but Sue and Aunt
Priscilla always cal'.ed me "free."
John adjusted a st ick on t he embers and
n ith one darinu; poke Kent a tongue of
bright flame upward before he answered.
Then he took Sue's hand in his broad
palm, and putting it. ent:y, said : "Now
let's talk over malteis. Vi'e oiiht to de
tide what we are to do, we three."
" That 'three ' was very comforting to
me, but John always is a comfort He
was 'made so,'" Aunt Pris said And he
certainly carries out the purpose of his
cteat on.
" Dui your aunt leave any will t " he
wetd on.
"Only this," and I brought from be
tween the leaves of the J;ioie, where we
had foubd it, a half shert of note paper,
on which dear aunty had stated, in her
on n simple form, that she left all she had
to be equally divided between her nieces,
Susan and I.uoret a l'etidexfer. Squire
Packard's name and Sarah lirackett's, our
obi washerwoman, w re written 1 eiow as
witnesses.
" Very well." said John. " That's pood
in law, J fancy: or, if not, you are the
n-vire-t relations and it's yours anyway.
What property did your aunt own besides
tiiis house "
' .-she I 'id an annuity of a year and
t4i more from some turnpike stock.
That's all except the house and furniiure,
and there is a mortgage of :tU0 on that.
Squire l'ackard holds that. The annuity
stops now, doesn't it?"
John looked as though he wanted to
win d ;e, but refrained.
" Your aunt was n clever manacrer," he
8a:d "a capital manager She made a
vt-.-v little go a great way, didn't she ?
1 tion't know anyi no else who could live
on a year, with mortg.-ire interest
taken out. Von have always .seemed cozy
and comfortai.de."
" W e always have been. Put we had
the garden ou k. ow, and the cow ; that
gave ns two-ili.id-i ot our living Aunty
was a wonderful housekeeper, though.
Isn't itagl'ea, deal cheaper to feed women
than men '! she always said so."
" I suppose it is. Men are carnivorous.
A diet ol ten and vegetables tion't suit
them very well: they are apt to grumble
for something more solid. Well, my dear
g rl. our sumo dug up isn't very satisfac
toi y. Kven without the mortgage you
couldn't lie on o0 a year."
"No. And I've been t hinking what we
could do. So has'ree. though we haven't
on k u to each other a hot: i it "I mi ;ht
ti a. h a district school, perhaps. And
Cr.e "
" I could take a place ns p'n'r. cook.
There isn't any tiling e.se I can do so well.
I .am cook nil, witn dripping and soap fat
bv way of perquis t--s ; " and I gave a
lauh winch meant to be merry "
"It is hu-d," fa.d John, with a moody
look on ids face which was foreign to its
usual frank brightness. "How much a
little money would sometimes do for peo
ple who can't get it, ami how lb tie it is
worth to other i eople, who fling it away
without a thought of its value: A thou
sand tioilars, now. Any rich man would
consider it a mere bagatelle in his ex
penses ; but if I coul 1 ct-nimand that sum
It would make ns three comfortable for
life."
" How do you mean ? W hat would
you do wiin a thousand dollars if you had
it, Jolin y "
' I'll fell you. Iingworthy is going to
eell his practice."
" ( ih ! :
" H is a large practice, for the country,
vou know. it brings him in six or eight
liundred a year sometimesi more He
has a chance "to go into partnership with
his brother out west somewhere, and
he'll sell for a thousand."
"Yes, some people do. Hut the ques
tion is will they like me better than the
other man who buys Dr. I.angworthy
out ? If I were that man I should com
mand both practices. It is a chance,
don't you see ? Hut a new man coining
in hasa chance to cut me out."
" I see. What can be done "
"Nothing," with a rueful glance.
" That's the worst of it. 1 can only keep
on and hope for the best. Hut it is hard,
when witn this miserable thousand dol
lars I could double my chances and make
a nice home lor jou." Sue, darling, don't
cry."
She had laid her cheek down on his arm,
but she wasn't crying, only looking sadly
into the lire.
" If we sold every thing, all this which
auntv left us the house, everything
couldn't we get the thousand dollars '' I
asked, desperately.
John shook his head. "I couldn't let
yon do that, free, in any case You'll
want your share some day yourself; it
musu't go into buying a practice for me.
;iiut, apart from that, houses sell so badly
now that this wouldn't realize much over
.the value of the mortgage at a forced sale
And the furnilune, though worth a good
deal to keep, rrould go for nothing at an
auction. This plan wouldn't do nt all for
any of ns."
''Still, there's no harm in thinking about
Jt, and seeing what we have and what it is
worth." I urged, loath toefveupany ghost
of a chance. "We may do that, mayn't
we John 1'"
"Of course. That is a tiling yon must
do sootier or later. T.ook over the house,
and make a list cirefully, and we'll con
sult tind fix on approximate values. Don't
hurry about it. though. Next week is
time enough, and I know yon n- ed rest "
"Hest is the very thing I don't need and
can't take." I cried, imuetuon-ly "Some
tningto fill up the long days and keep us
from thinking and getting blue is what we
want. We'll make" the list tomorrow,
John."
A little more talk and he rose to co
"Did you stop at the postonice, John'"
"Yes There was nothing for you "
"Not even the I itlrltiji nci r " asked She
languidly. .
"I forgot to fell you. There has been a
great tire in New York, and the It.tilli
ji tirrr is burned out. Abiicr brought the
news over : it was telegraplid to the junc
tion. Thev say the building is a total
loss, so I suppose there won't be anv pub
lication for a while some days at ie ist."
"I'oor aunty! how sorry she would be!"
sighed Sue. "Aunty took the paper ever
smce it began, forty five years ago. She
never missed n number. There it all is up
stairs stacks and s'.acks of it. Shi- was so
proud of her file. It's no use at all now, I
suppose, is it, John:'"
"The ragman will give a penny a pound
, for it." I sug .re; ted : "t in! 's something."
"We'd weigh the lot one of these days,
and see what we can realize," said .John,
' fiood niulit. children."'
It was a ghost Iv irisk which we s t out
J to do n -xt day. The past itself, the faint.
fr.i . 'ne:oa-v past, eems to be wrapped up
; and inch)',d intlios. bundlesof lime worn
, nrfie'es with which eldei 'y j eo; 'e encum
ber th-ir storerooms and closet shelves,
i Some air of antioiiity exhales ;s vmi ojx-n
them, and mingling "with our modern air.
produces an irnj.r s-jo:i half laughable,
hnlfs.-id. Aunt l'riscilla had been a born
collector. She lov(-d old things because
they were old, .mart from n-ed and value,
and in' tinct and principle combined, hr-d
, kept her from ever throwing away anv
1 thing in her life. Our list was a very short
i one A few chairs and table, a doen tin
spoons and a small teapot in silver, the
hwirh newspaper l eap which I had ap
praised at a penny t he pound- these se-.-mcd
1 the only salable things; and we looked
comically and grimly into each others
faces as we sat lliem dow n.
".I wish it were jo-sible lo eat fntiUi-
! fjt DC, 7'S," t-niel I.
" They say newspapers make excellent
counterpanes," replied Sue "warmer
than blankets."
John came us usual in the evening.
" Here's enterprise," he called as lie cain
, in.
"What is enterprise ?"
' "The Intr 1Ui;i -net r ! Heboid it. large ns
1 life, and looking just as usual, only forfv
i eight hours after the fire ! That's 'what I
call pluck."
"Isn't it ;-' cried Sue admiringly. As
1 she drew the paper from its wrapper, and
I held it to the t.lae that she might see the
familiar page. .Meanwhile I took from my
pocket our melancholy little list.
" You were right," John. Sue and I
have searched th- house over tod.iv. and
this is all there is of any value-the" furni
ture, a litt.e silver, and those wretched
I ii tell iyi iu t r.s.''
I was interrupted by a startling crv.
Sue was gazing at the newspaper in her
hand with large, dilated eyes. Her cheeks
had flushed pink.
"What is it? What is the matter?"
both of as crierl In a breath.
" Just read th it. ! Oh, John, I don't be
lieve it ! Head."
She thrust 'he paper into his hand, aud
he read :
Tjt ) ill The office file of our
Om been destroyed by tire
iugo the i;J,i li inst., we offer the
The office file of our paper having
on me evcu-
ie dlMlve nricA
ior n complete ana periect set or the intelli
gencer In mi its lirsl number, march 4th, lsjil,
to present date. Any i-erson able lo supplv a
set, as stated, will please communicate with
the publisher. I". O. box 2151. New York.
"A thousand dollars! Oh. Sue! oh,
John ! what a ph-ce of gool fortune ! Dear
nunt think or her rile turning out such a
treasure! It is too wonderful to be true.
1 feel as though it were a dream ; " ami I
danced up and down the kitchen floor.
John and Sue were equally excited.
"Only," permised the former, "we
mustn't forget that some one else may
have a file of the Intclli'jriircr, and get
ahead of us."
This wet blanket of a suggestion kept
me awake all night. My thoughts kept
flying to New York, anticipating the letter
which we had written, and John posted
overnight for the early stage. 1 it should
be lost in the mails ! When morning
came I was too weary and tco fidgety to
employ myself in any way. Hut about
noon John walked in, comfort iu his
eyes.
" Why, John, how funny to see yon here
at this hour! V hy do you look so You
haven't heard yet ; you can't, for the let
ter is only half way there."
" But I have heard ! I got ahead of the
letter drove over to the junction, tele
graphed, paid for the answer, and here
it is."
Blessed John ! This was the telegram:
"Send file at once. Check reidy to your
order." i Halmkax.
How we cried and laughed and kissed
each other! How mu.-li that message
meant! To John and Sue, the satisfac
tion of their love, life spent together, the
fruition of deferred hope; to rue, th' lift
ing of a heavy weight, home, security, the
shelter of my sisters wing, the added
riches of a brother who was brotherly in
very deed. And ali this for a thousand
dollars! Oh, how much money can tio
sometimes! and at at other times, how
little ! We had grown soinew hat calmer,
though Sue slid kept her sweet, wet
face hidden on John's shoulder, and
quivered and sobbed now and then, when
1 turned emotion into a new channel oy
seizing a tumbler of water and proposing
this toast ; "To the memory of the late
Samuel K. Morse,"
.1 oh n seized another and added: "The
1 ntclli'ji ti r may it rise like a phrenix
from its ashes ! "
I leave you to guess if we did not drink
this heartily. liarpe-' lUizar.
He was at. breakfast wrestling with
piece of remarkably tough veal. His wile
said to him: "Vou always say there is
Bo.i e'hing to be thanklu'l for in every
thing. I guess you'd be troubled in this
ins'ance " "Not at all," he responded,
-toi-ping to breathe. "I was just thinking
how grateful we should be that we met it
when it wa-s voting "
Kev. Dr. Fnrness, of Philadelphia, re
cent ly married a bride, for wtiose ii-otl el
and granilniottcr he had perloi meii the
same ceremony.
ruCH CHi.P.CH G0EHS.
Wlicrf Nrn VorkN XVealtlilcst IIcn
mid 11 ouiru AVorKliip.
'Wm. II. Yaiiderbjit pays $."fK a year for
n l ew in St. Ha; tholomew's Church, but
this does not imply regular attendance.
The Astors are also Episcopalians and
attend Trinity (lhapel. which is an up
town branch of Trinity Church. John
Jacob, Sr.. is a memlier of Trinity cor
poration, which is the highest honor this
Church can confer on a layman. The
Ciscis are in the same Church communion,
and the founder of the house was also a
member of Trinity corporation. Kussell
Page calls himself a Presbyterian and at
tends John 1!. Paxton's Chun h, which by
the way contains a number of rich
families. Horace B. Claflin is one of
Heet her's best supporters, but docs not
pay as heavy a. pew-rent as in former days.
Cyrus W. Field aud all that family are sup
posed to hold to old-fashioned orthodoxy,
of which their father was a preacher, but
their resilience in this city has not
strengthened the religious character of
the family. The Harriers are fashionable
Mel ho lists, and so was D iniel Drew, w ho
was a liberal contributor until he got
cleaned out, and then his broken promises
led to great disappointments. Jay fiould's
folks were also of Methodist turn, but
Jay Gould himself has no time to waste
in church-going. He showed his idea, of
Improving the Sabbath by calling on
William M. Ynnderbilt one Sunday even
ing to arrange for mutual co-operation in
the Western I'nion movement. Gen.
Grant was one of Newman's pillars, anil
his illness had been a serious injury to
that disappointed pastor.
Mrs. Commodore Yanderbilt attends
the Church of I he St rangers, whose pastor
( Deems) owes his present independent po
sition to her patronage. She was the means
of his acquaintance with the Commodore,
who bequeathed him iO.tNio in cash and
also the life use of the church in which he
now preaches. Mrs. K. D Morgan is a
member of the Brick Church fPresbyterian)
in which her husband was for some years
the chief pillar. Mrs. A. T. Stewart" is a
member of St. Mark's (llpisri pal) Church,
where her three children are buried. Her
husband's remains were stolen from the
same vault nine 3-ears ago and have never
been recovered. A sarcophagus, how
ever, of g'-eat lieanty and cost, has been
placed in 1 he Stewart Memorial Church nt
Hempstead for the merchant prince, and
it is a small matter whether his liencs
are there or not. Mrs. Stewart will even
tually be buried in the same place with
similar honors. Miss Kitty Wolfe, who is
also immensely rich, and liberal to a cor
responding degree, is a member of Grace
Church, which has enjoyed her benefac
tions in an nnst mied manner.
Miss Harriet Lenox is a member of the
Prcsbv toi inn Church, of w hich her father
was an elder and her brother James a
trustee. She is the sole legatee of the
estate and keeps up her brother's me! hod
of silent and hidden charity. Mrs. Hubert
Ij. Stnart is also a Presbyterian, her pas
tor being the eloquent John Hall, who has
the richest n ntegation in America. Mrs.
Stuart inherited, without, restriction, the
en t ire wealt h accumulated by her husband
and his brother Alexander, and hence it
Is expected that she will make some very
liberal bequests. Troy Times.
MEN AGAINST H0RSE3.
The Latter Beat In Short It area; flip 1
Former in Long Ouch. j
As regards speed for a mile or two, or '
even several miles, there can be 110 com- i
parisoii lietween the pace of a horse and i
that of a man on a bicycle. The horse is !
far and away the speedier: but after ;
about twenty or twenty-rive miles the ;
horse, it seems, begins to come back to the 1
man. The relative speed of horse and
man, quite tinimcumbered hy weight, has
never been tried, as it is always necessary
either to ride or drive a h.ir-e w hen he is J
being tried. J
But in comparing the best times on
record of u trotting horse driven in a I
light gig, as is the fashion in America, j
and a man riding ami propelling a twenty- i
seven-pound bicycle, the conditions, taking ;
the relative strength of the contestants
into consideration, may be thought toler- '
ably equal. Maud S., Mr. Vanderbilfs 1
celebrated horse, trotted one mile in 2:ffi; I
the champion time for the bicvele is xmi' I
Leaving out intermediate instances. I
find that l.ady Mack did live miles in
l;i:0.1; Mr. Hillier has ridden it on a
bicycle in 14:13. Controller did ten miles
in 7:i3 1-t; Mr. English accomplished that
distance in 2H:lf 3-6. Twentv miles was
done by the horse Cant. McGowan in
.Siii; Mr. English, who holds the record
for twenty miles, accomplished it in
59:06 3-5. Twenty miles well within the
hour must surely be looked on as a won
derful performance. Hut after twenty
miles the man rapidly begins to go to
the front. The best fifty limes on record
has been done by Ariel in 3:5.:4n 1 -2, but
Ion Keith-Kalconer rode that distance on
a bicycle in si:!: 58 3-5. Conqueror traveled
100 miles in r:3.V53: K. H. Fry, on a
bicycle, did 100 miles in 5:a0:0") .'-5. The
same distance, 100 miles, was done on the
high road by George Smith in 7:11:10.
The other times mentioned were per
formed on the cinder-pnth. No tri tl has
been recorded fora horse beyond 10 1 miles.
Hut a tricyclist has ridden :ti 1-2 miles in
24 hours, and a few weeks ago a pet former
on a newly invented little two-wheeled
machine of strange appearance, called a
kangaroo, traveled 2tio milts within the
same time. It is. therefore, plain that in
staying power a man on a bicycle, or even
on a tricycle, which is a much heavier
machine, not primarily adapted for racing,
is inlinitely superior to a horse. Probably
up to twenty-five miles the liest horse
would beat the best bicyclist, but, after
that distance, the horse would, in yacht
racing phra.se, never seethe way liis ad
versary went. l-YinctccMtk C'rntitrv.
Brother (isnlnor's ; o o I Ads-fee.
" Gem'len," began the old man as he
smiled benignly down upon the shining
pates of the lirst row, " de Fresunideiishul
leckshun am a thing of de past, it am
gone forelier. It am gathered into de ar
chives of de forgotten, dar to lie kivered
wid de cobwebs of decay. It am well. Dar'
are some things we donn' want too much
of.
" Iiet lis now turn ober n new leaf. If
political bigotry has fur the pas' three
months prevented us from borryin" coffee
of a Democratic navbur. it need "no longer
Stan' in de way. If de bias of our feelings
has made us hesitate to lend our i'.at-irons
to a Hepubliean, we mus' now oiler him
our wheelbarrer as well. It has been a
long, dark night. We hev called each other
liars, horse thieves, cheats, swindlers, rob
bers nabobs, tyrants an' corrupshunists.
We has sot each odder's houses on liah. an'
burned each odder's hay stacks. We has
pizened each odder's dogs an' shot each od
der's cats. We has stood an' glared at each
odder wid murder in our hearts, an' we has
skulked along de alleys wid clubs an'
brick-bats in our hands
" De long night am ober, an' daylight has
broken. Let us forgive an' forgit. De
kentry am all heah yit. an' sich of ns as
hev survived de struggle mus' purge our
hearts of rancor an' bank up de house agin
cold weather. Detroit Free-Press.
Facts relating to the wardrobe of the
Empress Eugenie have recently come to
light. The story above the Empress's
apartments was devoted to her wardrobe.
The rooms were lined with presses in new
oak. A room was given tip to boots and
shoes, another to hat- and bonnets, a third
to furs and opera cloaks, a fourth to
dresses, a fifth to laces, a sixth to silken
stuffs that had not passed through the
coutnriere's hands ; and over the dressing
room there were figures exactly her size
stuffed with bran, which were dressed
daily in the toilets that she meant to were
between the early morning and the even
ing. Everything that should go with the
robe was put on the mannikin, which,
when it waa wanted, was let down by m
lift into the dressing room.
INTELLIGENT B0Z.
A Srotrb ollfe Xbat C nn Tto Krery
thlug but Talk.
There has been in this city during the
past week a dog called Boy., which is
really a wonderful animal. He is a thor
oughbred Scotch collie, twenty months
old. He is of about ordinary size for one
of his kind and age, light brown in color,
with white breast and nose, and weighs
thirty-five pounds. He has a very intelli
gent look and a great deal of grit. When
three weeks old he came into the posses
sion of K. B. Williams, of New York, who
soon after began training him in Newark.
Boz was an apt pupil, but it required a
large amount of patienreand persistence
on the pnrt of his master to complete his
education so to speak. It is undoubtedly
within hounds to say that this is the best
educated dog known in this country. Mr.
"Williams says that he has been offered
$5,000 for him, but will not part with him.
Boz was aw arded the champion collar for
educated dogs by the Medford fancy
goods company of New York a silver
trophy of con-iderable intrinsic value,
and highly prized for its significance.
Within certain limits, yet covering a
wide range of subjects, p.oz seems so well
informed that he will at request do any
thing asked of him. Hr responds not
only at the command of his owner, but
just as well to that of any spectator.
This in itself is something remarkable.
The appliances used to show Boz's knowl
edge nre a set of blocks, with leather
handles, each bearing a letter of the
alphabet ; a set of similar blocks wit h the
numerals from 1 to 0; a pack of playing
cards, a number of coins, pieci s of t aper1
books, pencils, pocket knives, etc. He rili
pick up any object mentioned,
110 ma'ter how many dillerent
ones may be placed before him.
He can find any card of the pack, ami
pick out a good hand for euchre, poker,
casino, etc He ran ndd. subtract, multi
ply and divide, by means of the num
bered blocks. When asked how many
times a person claps his hands in his
presence, he gives lh same number of
barks or picks up the corrospomling
block. Asked to bring a certain figure he
does so, and when told to ad 1 another
to it he gets the one showing the sum.
He ran give 1he product of one figure by
another, even when one is fractional.
He shows the numler of days in a year
a month, or a week, also the number oi
working days in a w eek : whMi asked
bow many days he would like to work he
picks up the cipner. Coins representing
;i, 5, 10, 'St and -J cents being placed betore
him, he singles out any one asked for,
either a' cordmg lo vnine or size.
When asked if he were sent t." a store
with fifty cents and s; ent haif of it, what
change would he bring back, he takes
up the quarter. In answer to the ques
tion what he wruid write a note with, he
gets the pencil ; and fora letter he takes
the pen. He will junr- over a chair as
many times as requested, an 1 on 11. 1 ac
count will he do more. He distinguishes
colors correctly : also the quality 01 cloth,
as silk, cotton, etc. He spell- ip,- pumps or
the alphabet blocks many wor 's of three
or four letters, as rat. corn, dog, etc.. and
picks out cards, showing the words nolk,
beer. Cow, yes, no. etc. Asked what heiikes
to drink, his answer is milk, and where
milk comes from he signbies cow. When
asked what he would do if he were sick
and in a hospital, he lays down and
(groans, and when a" doctor comes he ! o! Is
out ins paw and puts out his tongue.
When requested to do a certain thing he
barks vigorously if attempts are made
to direct him wrong. Buz is continuaiiy
learning new things, many of his own
accord, and some of these utterly unlike
anything lie has ever been taught, it is
interesting to rellect on the rffeans this re
markable dog employs to perform these
feats. It would seem that he must have a
better guide than mere instinit: indeed
he shows not a little reason in many
t nings he does. That he has a most won
derful memory admits of no doubt. Buf
falo Vouricr.
Wlilttier to the School ;lrl.
A gift id seventy-seven roses to mark his
seventy-seventh birthday, last month,
drew out these lines from the poet Whit
tter :
To the (iirls Kich School, Junior Class, llos-
ton
The sun of life is sinking low.
Witl.e.'it, a winter's failing snow,
W-thin. voi;r summer roses fall:
The he-art of B2c your o!Tt r:nc cheers,
Vou count in !!ow"rs my many years;
God bless you one and all !
Telegraphy in Japan.
I remember when the telegraph was first
introduced into Japan, there was always a
native staff with one Kuropean in charge
of the ortice At t.rst. while the Japs were
learning to send messages, they had to rely
upon that Kuropean entirely The natives
themselves were too proud to acknowledge
ignorance of English, and when a message
was brought in, if the native operator was
there he would look learned, as if he un
derstood all about it, and w hen the sender
left he would show the message to some
other foreigner and ask him to read it.
This lasted for awhile, until the firms
began to find out ail about each other's
business, and then it stopped But the
Japanese are very precise and correct, as a
rule, in their pronunciation of English, as
they learn more or less like parrots. One
day a man went into the Hiogo telegraph
oflice w ith a message to be sent to Osaka.
The polite Jap took it from him, looked
blandly over it and then said :
" You cannot send this message to
day." " Why '"
' The gentleman who takes charge
of the telegraph oflice is drunk. "
"Indeed ! Is he often taken like that?"
" lie is very frequent ly drunk."
" Will, what a:n I to do ' "
" If you will leave your address I
will send aud te'd yon when he
is sobei." San Francisco Chronicle.
The Pig a Loaded.
"Talk about dynamite, I can tell you a
true story of what nitro-plycerine once
did In our State. It was out near Prairie
du Chien, where they were blasting on
the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
Road. The contractor had several kegs of
the stuff in an nnderground piace. one
day a workman left the piace open : by
anil by some hogs came along, tound a
keg open, a.nd, as glycerine is as sweet
almost as honey, the animals Idled them
selves. One came out by and by and soon
wandered into i stable which contained
about fori y horses belonging to the con
tractor. The liorpo: fooling around among
the horsi-s' hind iegs. when one of then
drew off and gave Mr. Hog a good one.
The concussion started the business, and
not a ve.st ige was ever discovered of the
hog, of a single horse or the stable. And
where the stable once stood there was a
hold in the earth fifty feet deep and more
than 200 fet t in circumference. Fact, gen
tlemen !" MuiJimoh (H i.) .Lc7HOcrat.
Inflammable Ornaments.
Pampas grass must now le put among
the tilings ixrautiful in their place, but re
quiring caution in placing either of them
near a light, or in striking a match loo
near their vicinity. An example ol recent
conflagration by pampas grass is sent ns
by a Philadelphiun who had received a
large packet of the showy and feathery
grasses from California in a Christ mas
box. The grasses were laid on the table
under a shaded lamp, w hose flame was.
rovered by a chimney. In moving them
about, a sort of light dust or down was
released from the plumes, and so, in the
most unextK-cted way, the grasses caught
lire when they w ere simply lilted fiom the
table. The flouting, cottony substances
from the pampas, must have settled over
the flame of the lamp, or in some way
communicated fire to the whole parrel.
Cottony dnst. is quite as combustible as
flo .r dust is known to !, and as the
pati. pas grass is quite a popular ornament,
it is well lo tie a little careful in handling
its downy stems alter lamplight.
Ut.H I'lIOTOf.U (I'll.
11.111! i.r.iiM.n.
I know tfie photoKrrp!,er pinned
A !il T V . 1 1 ; e card t.rt 1 .e- -. It en,
Wl.er. he'd r:.pped up his head in a cloth
And fo,-i;se.l n is pet m re T-nct.ine ;
As be turned rack to tie- el. air.
I am eoiiMliy rerlain inm be
Sn d. " . n't yo.i look l '--bt at this curd?'
Yet sihr seems to 1 -e loomm; at me.
Ard aftT arranglnc her rl.in.
Ai.d t w ist i tut and turning i.. r bead.
Ann ad his inn he to ds ol bei b
1 am sl.re file phot.,,:; -.pher said.
"Now pl-ase for a moment s;t s;il
And smile till -ni le-nr in-- riemt three,'
As be whisked t!.e camera's cap:
et siie s-cmed to bo soliliilijX ul lne.
I presume that she t'.oiel.t tt a Is ire.
A ltd 1 bat i-be was , n;ie i! a' a e -Paw
little black sp'ks in er eves.
And flt a ten.p'Mt.,,,, t.i sn,-e4-:
That she womb-red how onK it would taf;e.
And what sr! of .- picture 't would lie;
And yet. when I loon .-t the face
she seems to Iv : hiV-insr of me.
And v lien the brief seconds were pasi-l.
And the artist bad tsnj,i pi,at l- ail ;"
I presume, as lic rose run: : be cb i ;r.
She only " Vi"! en shall ler.ll r"
Put t h- ni'-ssatrt- t hnt wnits ,n these lips.
That smilinsr, half-parted. I s-e.
Is as sweet n nd as fair as ber f -u-e ;
And it seems to be wr.itint; for ice.
UMisTo ti v s;'!-i; ovi:itcoT.
Tiioii fickle 'liinit:
Oh. I eould smi' thee wit a a ton true of "m ass.
Put words are dumb mid so -but let it p 'si
For thou art fnls. s other men.
I hitte the now as I did love the then.
Marly lnsi spring.
hy, falsi- one, scr!
Thou one,. .-;..t warm enoiiirb tor n-y cl'me:
And mark, how short auo v.as that sw eet time
In August last, when sunstrokes tilled the -.(.v,
Ann for the link of otle-reoat I wit- thee- ae !
Thou smotheredst me!
And now? The brerob
Of r hill November makes me wist, thee w.'--n :
Lean leav es m t he shivering e-iiiies round me
swh rm :
Thou art as cold as frigid (ircenhiud's snows.
And every one who sees thee l.mghs and knows
I'll freeze to deal h.
15. .T. l;urdotte.
THE BRONCHO,
lie Is sOrnllr Looking ISeast, It tit la
Full of Cm lie.
A broncho is a horse. He has four legs,
hke the sa w hoi so, but is decidedly more
skittish. The broncho is of gentle deport
ment and modest mien, but there isn't a
real safe place niton t him. There is noth
ing mean about I he broncho, though: he
is per fectly reasonable a ltd act son principle.
All he asks is to he let alone, but he d. s
ask ihis, and even insists on it. He is firm
in this matter, and no kind of argument
c.iti shake his determination There is a
broti' ho that lives out some miles from
this city. We know him right well One
day a man roped him and lied him to put
a saddle on him. The broncho looked
sadly at htm, shook his head, and begged
the fellow, as plain as could be, to go
away and n-t try to Intel fere with a
biou'-hn who w;'s simply cug-iged in the
pursuit of ids own hanplnes, but the man
' n.iie on with the saddle and continued to
ng gross. Then the broncho readied out
with his right hind foot and expostulated
with him so that he died When thorough
Iv .-iron ed the broncho is quite fatal, and
jf y-iu can pret close enough to him to ex
amine his cranial structure you will
find a cavity just altont the eye where the
hump of remorse should le. The bron- ho
iswh.it the enwdoys rail " high strung"
If von want to know just how high he is
strung. : limb up on!o his n:'x.
W e r.Kie :i broncho once. We didn't travel
far. but t he ride was mighty exiii la: ' ltig
while it lasted YS m,t n with gteat
pomp and a derriik. but we didn't put on
any unnecessary stvle when we went to
get of The beast evinced considerable
surprise when we took tip our location up
on his dorsal bin He seemed to think .1
moment, and then he gathered up his loins
and delivered a volley of heels and !rud
ware, straight out from the shoulder,
'l'l.e recoil was fearful. Wesawth.it our
fi.'id was going to be con'cs''-d. ind we be
gnu to make a motion (o dismouri, but
t'.e bca-! had go! under way bv this '--;o,
so we breathed a silent hymn and tighten
ed our grip He now went oil into a spasm
of tall, sm:T legged bucks. He pitched us
so high that every time we started down
we would meet him coming up 011 another
trip. Finally he gave us one grand. Lire
well boost and we t love the firmament
ami split up through the hushed ethereal
nut ii our toes ached from the lownoss of
Ihe temperature, and we could ci'sliuctly
hear the music-of the spheres Then we
came down and tell in a li' tie heap utmut
one hundred yards from the starting
point A kind S miriritan gathered upour
remains in a cigar bote and earned us tr
Iheho-p t-il As they looked pit vti:cl nt
us, the attendant surgeons marveled as ti
the nature of our mishap One said It
was a cyc lone, another that is w as n rail
road smash-up. but we thought of the
calico bi'led pony that w as gra.lng
peacefully in the dewy mead, and held our
peace. .So-il'i V 'i noi i.it.
Oood Kidcra.
The Mexicans and South America""
nil good riders and they const an fly perform
feats of leu scmanship which would do
c redit to the Bedouins themselves. It is a
common amusement for ihem to turn a
horse at full spevd upon a point designated
by a blanket; they will charge a solid
1 un j in it wit b the In pal It y of I :gh t ning 11 ml
stop so suddenly that the feet of the hot se
will exactly touch the wall. For a sm.-'ll
wager some have been known to rush at a
clid. rear their horses' lore legs in (!, ,nr.
so that they would fora moment fiem-de
over t he dread precipice mid then whirl
round into safety.
But the feat whi.h ihows most com
pletely the high training of the horse is
that which Darwin saw leibUipcd in
Chili many years ago. The rider hi Id the
reins loosely in his left hand and dashed
at fail fill speed up to a jvost previously
prepared, and made the hers" evecnte a
complete wheel round it. while, wilh Ids
right arm extended at full length, he k pt
one fin per just touching thetiost ;M
ing completed the c iieuit ihe reins wi re
transferred to the right hand, and with- ut
pans;' the horse wheeled round the p.-st m
the opposite direct inn. t'-.e rider keeping a
finger of the oiht r hand in contact with ii.
A Ciood siioosHon.
The diary w hich we r.iinoiend is a book
in which t he affairs of the whole family
are succinctly recorded. Appoint une of
the family journalist. If t here tire set era!
children, let each take the duty in I urn a
month at a time: but if the c hildren are
too young, let fat her or m oilier look after
it. This family diary should brlelly
chronicle the weather each day, -with any
inc ident of note1 the arrival of a visitor or
caller, anv sickness in the family, the
deaih of a friend 01 anv ix-rson well k:i ovu
to t he family in 'tr out of town, the pur
chase ol art ides of wearing apparel, or of
coal or other supplies for the house, S. c.
It should tell briefly what has la-en ac
complished on each clay. Any matter
talked about in the "house and of inter
est, to the whole family should go down
into this familytdiary, and the more de
tailed you make it the more valuable
and interesting if will le to look over in
alter years. W hat would you not give if
you could look into the trimilv life of your
ancestor by means of such a record Ami
would not your childien and vour c hil
dren's children delight in reading such a
record of your family 111 the years to come?
Spriitij'iclil ilotni sit ml.
It is interes ing to learn, in view of tha
general Iwlief in the lengthening of the
nverageof human life, that Mrs. Sarah
llowlett, of Amelia, Virginia, has just
cut a third set of teeth, and that Sir
Moses Montefoire. at the age of one hun
dred, has recovered from a severe attack
of pneumonia.
THE BOY'S PROFESSION.
Let II I tn follow (He a 1 oral Rent
of Ilia IMInd and He'll Sneered.
Parents often make grave mistakes by
choosing professi..!.. for their son without
reference to their fitness. A mnt who hns
risen ftmii poverty or the lower levels
of. business life to comparative- wealth
doe not rnre to have his ssms pns
through nil that he experienc ed. It is m.t
necessary that thev should 1,,-t th'tu
profit hy h's hard earned kr.cwU-.'ge,
Siiiietie:i do n-t -ve 1 to know- how- to
make this knowledge available lor their
Sons Instead of endowing them with a
k te -w '. el .'c of l.ow to make inocey and
hi W to-tIM- It to tlie last : i'.. lit." thcT
give them till I hey want if it Itnvs in
sl iti trv cly k now b ow to spend ni'm -, .
Sou:; of the m 1st tiotts! spendthrif'i, and
tot. 1 wreck- are the sons of men whr
lani. the r fortunes by hart work
11. id tile c ni-) st economy. l hroug'a a de
sire t j S't- the ir sons cn.j -y the fic.'s of
thei lilxir. thev made gent h-ini 11 c-J them
instead "f i usiness men.
A. boy v'th a derided tnste ot aptness
for n calling is i-a.-iH tisos-t of It
is the one with 110 swciul genius who is
hard to !;x Suc-h a one is a pood all
round scholar, can make a slcL liiiki r a
sewing machine, play the pi nv mat- e a
puss iii c draw ing. l..ni e w -ii. writ a fair
e-say in sin rt do almost any . lv.r-g t. ler
jibly w 1..
Now what is to he done tai-h sue h a
clinp He d'i not play tht fid J well
enough to m. ke a good hiig inldllng;
his sketi ln-s are not strmut eno'igh to
gmravtee success as an artist ; his tenia
scarcely trem haiit enough to justify
making an editor of him; his ski. I as a
tinker does not indicate (itiv special
me hau'c.-i 1 genius in short, the surfaces
ind allocs are 111 a maimer useless, none
of them 1-e ni strong enough, to warrant
an investment na.t is to be done w ith
him :
If he hns no money and has to nuike his
own way in the w m Id. pci iiaps the best
th.nr is t- pay strict .itteir.i ui to hii
habits ni. d ms morals and let him go.
Being forced to earn l is own bread be
wiil very soon find a niche in which he is
comparatively comfortable.
Howe ver, if ht is so situated that he
cioei tint kmc to work for a living, it is
not probable that he will do much skir
mishing, but ail contentedly tor some
thing to turn up. He know s "the dinner
hx ll will ring and the tailor lie paid all the
same, v. lu-ti.e-r he v.rk .-r not. If there
is no way by wliich he cm 1 e dumped
out into llu- world .-nd n-.a ie to feel that
his existence depends upon his own on orts,
lh" iext 1 est t lung, pi ol 1 1' dy . is to a-v-ist
1dm iii ' l-o isl-.,g a trade or profession, and
then put ii.m at it in vatuest, k ep hint
down to it -until he shows signs ot posi
tively l k'.ng i-r disliking it, ami let him be
governed ace; irdinglv.
The d unliy is full of doctors, lawyers
and 1 re aohers. w bo nre such ltinie it
was not known what else to make of
them, and a sorry lot they are.
It is a clear waste of r?;-.v material to try
to lanka a lawyer out ot a born mechanic,
a doctor out of a natural ariist. or a busi
ness man out of t he s-C:fT i'etided fora
dancing master. lr.le it may ; . t le
clear vvaste to make- fit her out ot a mixed
stick, t tie ehnnc-es nre the result will
never lee cou-i.lercd a great sneer ss.
Well f ui-e i h 'bos and go-id m-Tahj
constitute the V. s s a:! a bii-k-o, a!l-tr.ule-ca'i
have. :th lns- theie is but lit
tle d inger of nis going to I he bn 1. even if
he does v ' o -.he a great b-t in life.
Withoui .ln-s, ne is .nisi Panic to go
dow n th ? : iii as up. to s.nk a- to sw
The sv-irs m'takes made by parents are
when thev pay no n't . t- t i.e sur
face iti'iic HtntJis aud se their sons up ia
profession because t.'iev .-ant ' o see tile 111
there. S uue rli this when tin y Rre
morally certain the place is not siined to
them. Failure in nidi e ns is inevi
table. E TRIED ALIVE.
I
A Clilneae I.e-per I"o!Ioie-tt Ills Own
ortln to Ilia el. rate.
In the village of Chlm-loug. where the
Basil Chinos mission hns a station, the
following sad event has lately taken
place. A man of Mxty years of age was
afflicted wifh leprosy and live-el in a hut
within the village. The villagers often
urged the old man to remove his hut out
side the village atid live on the hills to
prevent contamination, promising him
that they would always provide hi-u with
food. However, the leper did not wish to
leave the village, nor dared his relatives
press him to do so.
Irately it happened that tlie lejver was
lying ash- p in h's hut. His sou c-r-me and
wanted to Liirig him something o eat
but, calling into the hut. he received no
answer from the fat he-r. There was soon
a gathering of the pe-ople. but no e.ne
ventured to go inside the hut. Some
stones were tl. low 11 st the door lo see if
the man took any no: ice of it, .tad as the re
was still no sign of "life in the hut the
general conclusion was that the occupant
was dead.
The res. luti'-n was forthwith taken to
have the le pe r buried. His sniwun to a
Iieighltoi ing village tj e ngage coolies for
digging a grave and can sing the corpse
out. During tlm absonre of the sou the
elder of the village came to ihe- sce ne,
and. le.miing how matters stood, boldly
opened the eloor and ei.t red the hut,
when lo and heboid, it turned out that
the-leptrrh.nl mily enjoyed a sound sleep.
However, the e-o-'hes had leen e ngagekl
lor a certain sum of m ei y, and came
along with the son, ready to do the
work which was required of them, or at
all events receive the promised pay. Afte-r
some delilxration the villagers nn mi
mously put it be-fore the leper that, as
t lungs had cotiie to t his pass. ):e ) ad be t
ter make tip his mind ami allow the
funeral of himst-ll to go on. To this the
tiniortunate man con-emed, and took
leave of his ci.-inghti-r in-law nn i two
grandchildren, enjoining ujwti her to feedi
the two pigs well aud also take care of the
poultry.
A c'lffin was now provided and the
Fhrotid redeemed Ironi the pawnshop. A
fowl was killed and rice and !ork pro
vided as a farewell ciinnet lor the leper.
Next morning very early the pr. -cession.
Started from the hut. First came the
coffin earned by the rodie-s, and behind
it walked the lei' -r to Ins grave, the son
and the elder bringing tip the rear, carry
ing the shroud and t..e put wh.ch con
tained the opium. Having moved tip a
hill to a distance of ab.ni' two miles from
the village, the '.arty halted. md a grave
was dug. The lepe-r took it last meai and
then swallowed the opium. After this
he put on the shroud and a pair of shoes,
and laid hini-seif down in Uie coif.n. w he n
the Coolies put the M'l on it, withoui wait
ing till the lept-r should have l t con
sciousness, and lowere- 1 the colli a into the
grave. I On rlmt'l M"il.
When General Hoger A. Pry or and hi
wife introduced t he.r daughter into linmlt
lyn society a few days ago, t here were
present Wd.i.mi M. l.varts. Henry W ard
I ict-chcr an. 1 ivtti ral George H. .U C i linn.
Tea w as served from a sol o, e t service.
" Pre-s nii-ti by t he State ot Virginia to Col
onel ft'.ger A. I'ryor for Val. r-uis Services
in the I ufedeiate Army." were the w ords
the ex-i't... , .t -.eral rea l on the silver.
"1 can v;'.i the valor mentioned." he
remarked, " -.si humore-dly "Tha n k you,
general.'' said I'ryor, and the two uita
shook l.B.ids
A singular esse Is that of May Wilkin
son, of Newark. New- Jersey, who. In 11 !
mute, never ut:-red a sound in her life 1 ill
tlie day before she died, w hen she U-irun to
laugh, and la ughed uninterruptedly till
she died.
Yie-mia is to have a l.--r eh il-it . .n, ia
which ali visitoi-s nre to ! .- llo-- e-d to vim
jde the goods exhibited NiimW-t- of
influential citizens are iiic;t:ii dig of i.- ,f
we k.iow an t hiug nltout excursion i. '-es
to Vienna,