Immk itlf0ft H. V. Mohteimee Proprietor. INDEPENDENT" Live and Let Live." Sl.OO a Year if Paid in Advance. VOL. V.,No. 38. LEniGHTON, CARBON COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST, 18, 1877. Subscribers out of County, $1.2o Railroad Guide. JJORTH VENN A. RAILROAD i Passengers for Philadelphia will leave Lehigh- ton aa follow) i It47a. tn., via. L. V. arrive at VIM, at IM a. m. m a. m. via L, V. " lls-Sa.m. IliOT p. m. via L. V. ' ". 2-iop.m. f.ttti !m. via I A 8. " 6:40o.rfl. :p.m.viaI.V. " . !.Mp.m. Returning, leave depot at Berka ana Ameri can St.. Phila., at 8:15 and 8.43 a. m.i 1S, p. m, Jan. 1, im, ELLIS! ULAKK. Agent. jpIULA. tb RESADINO RAILROAD. Arrangement of Passenger Trains. ATJOUBT JND. IS77. . Trains leave ALLElsTOvVN asfollowai- . , . (VIA PKHKIOMES MUKCI1.) JfrTbllidoIphle, at'.c.io. li.oj. a.m., -.1 and P'm" . SUNDAYS. tt raiadatpfcla at 3.23 o. m.' IV1A EAST Id SNA. BIUJICU.) . tax Reading, 1 2.30. 5-W, S.W m 12.15, 110. 4.30 and a 05 p.m. Ter Harriaoiirg. 5.80, S.SS a. m,. IMS, 4 30 run. lor Lancaster and Columbia, to, aan. ana 4.30 t SoSmt ran on Mnnflaya; ' SUNDAYS. Ter Beading, 2.30 a-m. and a.06 p.m. VArll.rrl.hnrv OMn. m Trains JPOU ALI.1INTOWN leave a) follow : ivt. miinfluf.LiiiiiHrn.) XaTorhtUUMlphla,7.30 ..ID., 1.0O, 1.30 and 8.13 t p. m. SUNDAYS. Leave Philadelphia. 8.0" a. m. iti. rii. piimi nRIHrlt.t Leave Reading, 7.1 1, 7.4i, 10.33 a ra 4.00. 4.10 and lt.30 p m Leave llariisbarr, 6.00, 7.30 a. in., and 1.40, 3.39 p. m. Leave Lancaster, 7.30 a. m., and 3.23 p. ro. Leave Columbia. I.ia k. tu, and 3.15 p. m. eUMDAYa). Leave Reading. 7.33 a.m. V.av.i 1T.rrl.hnrv. S.O.I am. Train, maiked thus () run to and from depot Sth and Green atreets, Philadelphia, other trains to and from Broad street depot. To. ft.60 .. m and fi.5A n. m. trains from Allen tarn. and tfaa 7. Iff) m. and n. m. trains from Philadelphia, have .trough carato and rom rnuaaeipnia. . J. K. LWOOTTKN. 0iiral ilanactr. o. a. Hancock, aen'i Ticket Astnt. HENRY A. PETER, (Successor to C. W, Lektz), Bank Street, lehigliton, Fenn'a, OBera to tbe publio a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, t PATENT MEDICINES, Horse and Cattle Medicines A Camplete Asaaortment ot Wiall .Papers, rium the Cbaipeit Brown to tbe rlneat a lit. Fancy Toilet Articles, SPONGES, cnAMOlSE SKINS, Plain & JFancy Stationery, ABdavarUtv of noUSEHOLD ARTICLES tee numeroui too mention, all of wlxicli he Is offering at TEBY SEASONABLE PBICES I PURE WINES and LIQUORS for Medicinal and Sacramenul purpose. .PHYSICIANS PRE8CI11PTION8 rareful'r and acenrately compounded by UYSKLlf, at alihouraDttliedayandslKbt.' Patronise Invited, H. A. TETER, Leuckel'a Block. March 24, 1S77. QARBON ADVOCATE v JOB PllINTINGi OFFICE, LKDIQ QTON," rA.' Every description ot Pnntlnr, from a Visiting Card to d Posfer. CABDS. BILL 'HEADS, LETTER IIBADS, NOTE HEADS', " 8TATEMENT3, .PROGRAMMES ruarisua, HAXDBILLS, DbuoEna, CincULARS, SHIPP1KO TAOS, ENVELOPES, PAMPHLETS, 48 ? " 4 ' 1 B.iws7ci,c; . v D oae U the best manner, at very Lowest Prices. We are prepared to do work at ss cheap rates as anv efflce in the State that deals honestly w a Sraav vMwuui.sja ou'R1Mbrrois' Cheap, Prompt & Reliablei t . ! I I ' ri L XTWni by mall receive rronpt Itttstlon, ma CARDS. Furniture Varelioue. V, 8chwarti.I.atik utreet, dcahr in all Unit of Furniture, CoJJlntmadeto order. itnnt tul Rime Makers. Cllnlen Bretney, in Levari building, Uank trr tt. All order t promptly jiuea vjutk warTn..u. Jt P. LONGSTllEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Next door tothe " Carton nonse. BANK STREET, LEniQHTON, P. December HJ-6m. w. sr. rapsiieu, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, BiXK8tT,LI!I0nT0X,P. Real Estate and Collection A cency. Will Bar and Sell Krai K.tate. Convejanclnn neatly done Col. leetleni promptly made, Settling Ketatei or ut eedenti a ipeclalty. May be consulted In Knllsh nd uerman. ...... a. JAS.R. STnUTHUIlS, ATTORN ST AT LAW, J0-0fllco: 2J floor of Rboad'OIlall, Mauolt Chunk, Fa. All baitnen entraited to Mm will be promptly attended to. , May 27, ly. JANIEL ICALBPUS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Mnuoh Chunk, Pa. AWOfflce. aboe Doton'i .Tewetry Store.Droadway JSO. P.DSBlOLltlTB. J iS. 8. LOOSE B1 KUTOLIiTTE & LOOSE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Omci Corner of Suvquehanna and Broadway ItAUCU CHUNK, Pissl. Can be con.ulted tn Ocrmn. Uulv 24 137 p J. MKKIIAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Kelt Door to Pint National Bank, HAUCII CUUNK, PA. SCan b ronaulted In fterman. fjn9. iqp, a. nnLTz, JUSTICE OP THE PEACE, Obert'a Bulldlns, BANK-St.. Lruiontos. Conveyancloe, Collecting end all other bus!, nr., connected with the ofllco promptly attend. ed to. Aleo, Agent lor tho Pui chase and Sale of Real Estate. April r-yi rplIOSlAS 8. BECK, JUSTICE OF THE TEAOE, BANK Street.'LKtlianfON, Ta. Conveyancing, Collcctlnir anil all business con neeted with the otTic romptly nttonded, to. Aa-Afr.nt for first-lass Insuraee'Coinpsnte.i ud lllilLS of all kinds t.ken on the inot 'I'"'"! TT- A. DEUIIAJlEIt, H.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attrntton paid to Chronic Diseases. Office: South East corner Iron anil 2nd sts.. Le hlnhton. Pa. prll 3. 187i. TQU. S. B. REBEK, PnAf!TIt!INa PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON OnlrA. IIinc 8treet. next door above the Postoffire, Lehlitbton. Pa. Office Hours ParryTille each day rom lllto 12 o'clock remainder of day atotllritln Lohlthton or, is. yjy a. si seiple, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Neit to E. n, Snyder'a a:oro, HANK ST., LEUIQHTON. PENN'A. N.B.-SDccial attention civcn to tbe'Cnroot JL CONVEYANCER AND GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT The fwllorfina Coinpanltts are Represented LEHAN JN MUrDALFIBE. UCAIUKU MUTUAL 11 HE, WOMINO PIKE, i'OTTrtVlLLli FIRE. LEHIOli FIHKand theTTTAV ELERs ACCIDENT 1NBU11ANOE, Also Pennsvlvanln aud Mntual Horse Thief Detective and In.urauce CNimpanv. March 2S. 1873. mua. Kiimsiiiiii. 11. Y-'IDDOSS, PRACTICAL BARBER, Opposite the First National Bank, Bank Street, Ledighton, Pa. ltiinraTTmn. shaving, shampoo. I.nu aud UYKl.su niomtitly and ortistlc.liy attended to. Patronage solicited ana satisfaction iruaran teed. July 14. 1977. QIDEOIW UOSTCrVIIADER, OlLLIEV NEAB TUB LEUIQU VAUXT HOUSE, Bankway, Lcliigliton, Pa., Ispreoared to make UTS size PORTRAITS OV PEIiMONa FROM PUOTUOItAPUti In tbe most artlstio manner, equal tn all respecM to -teel Engravings. He makes a specialty of KNLAIU1INO POIITRAITSOI' DECKASED PEUbONS tiotn types ot a'l kinds. Charge, very moderate aud patronage solicited, m.v 12 J)A.VIO BUGRTS Livery & Sale Stables DAMC bTUEE'l'.L,Elltuli roN, Pa FAST TROTTINOllORSES, ELEGANT CARRIAGES, And positively LOWER PUIOES than any other Livery In the Coauty. Large and handsome Corrlagea tor Funeral purpose and Weddings. ' DAVID EJIDERT. Jf 0T. S; 1073, ' ' I UJ--1 -rSBJ fcaataB SS .1 Rcforra In Mohammedanism. Tho rcllalous liistory ot maDklnd shows thai while a creed lias olteu bcon destroyed by attacks from without, It can bo regenerated only rroin wiiiiin. But where, III the bosom ot lalnm, could we hope for a regenerator? From the hour ot his birth, the Moslem becomes ameinberofauystem In which every act of Ills life U governed by a minute ritual, lie is beset on every eiue uy a circle of Indexible furmalltlcs. lie Is told that even his prayers to God will be'null and void, unless at each prostra tion his oose U lightly rubbed in the dust. lie Is told warned against "the turtlp.dy of thought," lest he should be come the occasion of dlvblous omone the people of God. lie Is told on the authority ot tho prophet that "lie who dissents Irom assembles of Moslems one span, verily takes oil the rope of Islam Irom uls own neck," anu "is 01 me people of hell," although ho says his prayers, keeps fasts, and thinks himself a Moslem. Ills Inner, as his outer, lite must work In prescribed grooves. And the consequence Is that those faculties starved to death by which nlone the re generating Impulse can be given But we may, for the sake of argument, con ceive ot some rdrely gifted nature who has passed through tills ordeal uninjur ed, lie has arrived at manhood, aim desires passlnuatcly, not to destroy Is lam, but to reform It. But now is lie to begin" There is not a crime or de fect In the history of Islam the counter part ot wlilcli is not to be found lu me history of Christendom. Christians have mistaken a lifeless formalism tor the vital element in religion; christians have Interpreted the gospel as giving a sanction for the worst cruelties of re ligious persecution, Christians have done their utmost to condno the Intel lect and tho moral sense within limits defined by a human authority; but the strongest witness against all these errors lias been Christ Himself. Every reformer who rose to protest ogalust them could appeal to II I m and His teaching, as his authority aud justifica tion. But no Moslem cati lift his voice In condemnation of polygamy, slavery, murder, religious war, and religious persecution, without condemning the prophet himself, and being thereby cut off irom the body of the faithful. There Is no escape from this vicious circle. A Moslem, so long as he remains a Mos lem, must acquiesce la a moral and in tellectual life which Is Incompatible with progress and humanity. No relig ion "can rise higher tliau Us source. Christendom will never ascend to. a higher spiritual level tliau that mani fested In the life of Christ; and the Moliatnmedan world, at its best, can never be more than an image of the gross victs and Imperfect virtues which made up the character of Mohatuiucd. How hopeless In Christendom would have beet, the cause of humanity it Jesus of Nazareth (claiming to be,. and accepted as, the Sun ot God) had prac ticed polygamy, connived at inuider, traded in slaves, sauctloued and super intended a massacre of Pharisees, aud preached tho prosecution uf leligious wars as the surest passpuri, to ueuveu i Mohammed did all these) things, and the Muhdmmedan world is the result Nothing less .than the destruction ot Islam cun heal the diseases ttom which the faithful suffer, because the vices which occasion them are Inseparable from the profession of Islam. Tne vices will lint pphsh tn bn regarded an akin tn i -- -- - " virtues until belief In the rellmou la do stroyed. It, V. Oaborn, lu the Con temporary Review. Killing the Jlorrlsltcs. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A COLD-BLOOD ED MORMON BUTCHERY, Salt Lake City. July 31. rerhaira the greatest crime to which tho present Grand Jury has the clews, was the Morrisite mussacro ot 1802. Since the establishment of tho-Mormon Church it has sustained from eight to ten serious schism, Among the most formidable was one caused after the accession ot Brlghain Young as Trophot, oy Joseph Morris. lie appears to imve oeen a man of some remarkable gifts; he drew after him several bishops and elders, and laymen, numbering some five hun dred. Ills finer counselor was John Ranks, a native of Manchester, Eng. land, well educated and very courage ous. Between the doctrines of Urlgham Young and Joseph Morris, there was no marked difference save In one particu lar llilgham taught that ho was the true l'tophet, "anointed of tho Lord," and Monis that he was "God's anoint ed." Roth claimed 'to have the girt of tongues, lbs power of healing, and lay ing on ot the bauds and "casting out devils." Early In 1803 the Morrisite, as they were called, left the Mormon settle ments lu Utah, and gathered "In tho name of the Lord" on the Weber river, forty miles north of Salt Lake City. They took all their movable property with them, Including a large quantity ot grain. Various charges were made against them, and legal executions quickly followed. Fines were assessed for tbotr relusal to drill In the Mormon militia; some ot their cattleyycre seized ou execution and otlers werotaiuped ed. Many cattle, there Is good evid ence, found their Way Into the Church coral. Morris was goaded to retalia tion. In tils turn ho ordered a raid upon the Mormon stock; lie even direct ed that the owners of tho stock should be captured and held as hostages. Young determined to crush out the Morrisites. Following legal, forms for form's sake, he tbtalned writs of habeas vviiu3 suu ususuia uuui vuici iru.uco Kinney, which wero placed In the hands of, Deputy Marshal Robert T. Button, lie called ou the acting Gov ernor, Secretary Frank Fuller (a broth er to the nortorioiis Fuller of the Mor mon Salt Lake Ileiald), for an armed posse The request was granted, and Burtou left tho city with 500 armed r.,en and five pirces of artillery. Oa the way he received volunteers to tho number of nearly five hundred more. Many of these Jolnod Burton's forces, as they said, "to see the fun." They marched to within half a mile of the Morrisite camp, which consisted of a few tog houses and several others made ot wtljows Interlaced with basket work and plastered inside. The Mormons first took possession of tho Morrlslto herd, and killed such animals as they required for beef, while the boys In charge of the herd were sent In by Bur ton with a paper containing a notice to Morris that If ho did not surrender un conditionally within halt an hour firing would begin. Burton then placed his cannon In such a position as to rake the camp. lu the Morrlslto camp at this time there wero not more than, ninety able bodied men, with over 300 women and children, Morris called his pecple to the Bowery, a groat shed roofed with limbs ot trees, for consultation, or rather to await a "revelation" from on high. lie told them the Lord would reveal their duty, and stationed himself on a platform, with Imploring hands and eyes turned heavenward. Bunks, his chief counsellor, stood by tn a simil ar attitude, both believing the revela tion would como In answer to their uravers. From time to tlmo Morris encouraged the congregation, remind ing them of tho promises: "They who wait on too Lorn shall not perlsn." "One shall chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight." But no revelation came. As the last hallelujah died away the sound ot a cannon suioto upon the melody. Tho shot felt short ot the camp. (Some of the Brlgamite pusse testify that It was n blank shot). The next Instant another cannon was fired, the shot struck the Bowery; two wqtneti fell dead, horrloly mangled, aud a ulrl of twelve years had her cuiu torn away. One ot tile women who fell held a child In her arms, which was un Inlured. This cannon shot caused a ftarfui commotion In the Morilslto camp, in the midst of which the doom- L ".-I.... ...niwl lf.nl.ln,. .... ... hn.ii.i.. . Now commenced assault and repulse which continued all night ot tho lllth of June aud the next two days, borne ten persons were killed in tho camp of the new prophet, and two ot the Urlgham lies were felled by tho Morrlslto sharp shooters. Tho third day (Sunday, June 15, IbuS), the uesleged beltig eX' haustcd. n whito flag was raised as a signal ot surrender. Immediately Bur ton rode In with one ot his nlilcers be side hlra, his forces following. Ho or dered the womeu and children to sep arate from the men. This was dune Next ho ordered the men to stack their arms. The Morrlsltes did so. Burton then called out; "Show him to mel" (alluding to Morris). A pale disciple ot the new prophet pointed to where Morris still stopd, his eyes still raised, and his hands uplifted to the sky. Burton, spurring his horse und draw ing his pistol, rode swiftly up to the poor fanatic and fired, the shot taking mortal effect In the prophet's neck. As the latter sank to tho earth, the brutal Deputy Marshal, turning, shouted: "There's your prophet what do you think ot til in now?" In sight of the suddqrlng multitude, a woman of the camp,' named Bowman, rose up in front of Burtou.aud exclaim ed : "Oh, you cruel murdererl" Wheeling his horse and glaring, Bur ton shot her dead. At this Juucturo a Danish woman, brave and fearless, who held the dylnc Prophet writing in her arm, lilted her laco aud shouted: "So this is another Mountain Mead ows affair, you miserable assasslnl" Said Burtou: "No woman shall say that and live." He raised his revolver, took deliber ate aim, and tho bullet laid the poor woman low beside Morris, who at tbe moment gave his last gasp la her lap. This was tho triumph ot Burtou, a roan whom the fanatic Mnrman, Daniel II. Wells, is pleased to call "one of the best citizens of Utah,'" What was the part ot Dr. Jeter Clinton ? Jeter, it must be remembered, wae acting as surgeon to the Mormon raiders. Ho was not a very good surgeou himself, aud does cot seem to have owned a case ot Instruments. Oue Dr. Talt, who was aloug with him, had the requisite knives and lances. Early In the atfray Batiks, Morris's chief counsellor, was wounded by a shot In tho back of the neck. Fearing another shot, he fell by the side of Morris aud pretended to be dead. One n( the Brlghamlto approach ed, turned him over, and remarked "Oh, no; tbls wou'tdo, youdamued 1 You're playing pos sum 1" "Very well,' said Banks, rising up, "finish your work," The Brighamite did not feel author ized to accede on the spot to this re quest. Bank was delivered over to Sur-gt-on Jeter Clintou, -.ho, seizing aknife from his brother Talt's case, escorted the wounded counsellor over a hill ad Juinlug the Morrlslto camp, with the usteubibla purpise of dressing his wound, lie dressed It thus : Inserting the knife into the original wound back vi ud una, u?Baro i. a nviw.a mu-i dislocating tho vertebral and kilting his man instantaneously and neatly. sirrino, wno was present wnen ur. Jeter returned and handed the knife back to Dr. Talt, recollects that Talt exclaimed : "Well, I'll bo damned It Clintou ain't poor surgeon ; look at the way he's mauled this knife I" The bodies ot Morris and Banks were tin own luto an open wagon and brought down to Salt Lako City, uncovered and undraped, in tho heat of a Juno sun. They were hurried to the Strangers Cemetery, a desolate and neglected spot, and burled without mark or stone. me careers of the principal men con cerned In this tragedy throw fresh light upou the pillcy of the unscrupulous and cruel leaders of the Moimon Church, Robert T. Burton, the princi pal actor, has not only since been Sheriff u. Salt Lake county, but Deputy Mar ital ot tho Territory, appointed through tho InDutnce of Brigham Youuii. Hold ing these oniccs he could commit mur derthe most relentless murders un der tho protection of his blood stained commission. It Is a fact, suggesting commentary upou Federal administra tion In Utah, that this red-handed crim inal has, since his butchery of two men and two women who were at his mercy after their surrender in tho Morrisite camp, been appointed by tho President and confirmed by tho U. S, benato United States Collector of Internal Re venue for the Territory of Utah I Dr. Jeter Clinton, who used his office as a surgeon to stab to death tho patient whom he was bound to cure, occupied at that time and has since held tho offi ces of police judge, coroner and quar antine physician. French Teachers. Female lay teachers In France are, It must be acknowledged, very greatly In ferior to the teachers lu tho United States, It Is said that in England when a roar, has failed at everything else he becomes a coal merchant. We should not dream of applying this remark to French ladles as regards school teach ing. At the same time, it is an estab llshed fact that tho l rencli girls' schools which are managed by nuns, and espe cially those of the Sisters of St. Vincent do Paul, are far above the other female educational establishments. Most of the male lay teachers are appointed from the primary normal schools which exist In toe ciilot town or every department; and it is a notewortuy lacitnat me ma jority of them are ardent republicans, notwithstanding the fact that during the emptro every eliort was mado to win them over to the Imperial sldo. In every normal and primary school was the bust or Napoleon, and a liberal ills tributlon took place of tho famous "Jorunal des Instltuteurs, "every para graph ot which, political and education al, was dressed up In Napoleonic attire Possibly some of the lay primary school teachers may have adopted republican ism out ot a spirit of natural opposition to their old adversaries aud competitors tho Instltuteurs congreganlstcs, Ot these, too, a word must be said. While in the secondary clerical schools roost of the instructors are Jesuites, in the nrltuary schools most of the teachers be long to the confraternity ot the "Ecole Uliietlenne," ino memuers oi which, without taking the vows and assuming a lire-long engagement, agree, never theless, to remain single, to submit to the discipline ot the society, and to wear the ecclesiastical dress, btrict ultra montanlsts, these brethren have been somewhat unjustly nicknamed the "ire res Ignorantins." Living as they do In comiuun, with but rew wants, aud re ceiving, whenever they require It, pecu ntary aid from tho wealthy party to which they belong, they ate satisfied with a rate ot pay less than one-halt that of the lay teachers, and are thus preferred In a large number ot com munes on the simple ground of econo my. The plan of instruction is the same as that adopted in tho secular pri mary schools, except that religious In structlon and exercises, of course, play a larger part with them than with their lay orelliren. Mtie intra raotcais, wno in a large measure control tbe educa tlonal appropriations in the town coun cil, are opposed to any portion ot tho publio instruction remaining In the bauds of the clerical element, and their most strenuous efforts are used to have all these congregational schools of both sexes closed. They would concentrate tbe entire national educational system under the control of a body ot lay teachers to be paid by the towns and by the stale. In these views they are sup ported by the republican party, whllo the clergy have ou their side the major ity of the senate. Whether the absence of clerical competition would be likely to prove advantageous or not to the sec ular educational establishments, we shall not attempt to say, but certain It Is that the long continuance or mis ou ter feud between the two parties has been anything but conducive to mo ed ucatioual progress of Frauce. Llppln cott's Magazine. An unusually sensational story Is coiut! the rouuds in Brussels. A man who, flvo years ago, had an interview with the Pope and who again recently called ou him, declares that tbe Pope of 1873 does not at all resemble the Pope of to-day either' lu feature, voice, gull or manners. He believes, from Inform ation he pretends to have received, that Pope Plus IX died three years ago, and that Cardinal Antonelli substituted in his stead a wan who much resembled him, bat nho wa not a priest. PARAGRAPHIC. Bogus Charley, tho Modoc. Is a ro- cent'eouvert to Christianity. Tho university of Lelpsle has B0 students from the United States. Senator David Davis, of Illinois, Is seriously ill of cancer of tho stomach, at his home In Bloomlngton. Within n month Pennsylvania oil speculators have recorded 250 leases ot land In Rockcastle county, Indiana. During tho Grover Senatorial In vestlgatlon, out of 103 witnesses sub poenaed 175 were examined at a cost of $2,023. The Commissioner of Agriculture of North Carolina has established, a museum for the exhibition of .the re sources ot the State. There are now in Philadelphia 450 co-oporatlvo, and building and loan as sociations in which workingmen havo nearly (70,000,000 Invested.- Fashionable ladles in Paris havo begun to wear dresses that permit the feet to bo seen, and, there are rumors that the day of long trails Is over. The formation of a new volcano la Finland Is expectid. A hill near tho river Tana Is emmlttlngsmnke, and the snow tn the neighborhood has sudden ly melted. Apropos of tho Prince of Wales un veiling a statuo of King Alfred, a gentleman writes to tho Times that tho prince, Is that monarch's thirty-third great grandson. Tho American Board of Foreign Missions has received $20,000 less la deuotlons this year than last, and ap peals for money to savo Itself from "an embarrassing debt." A woman In Cynthlana,Ky.,murd' ered her baby, and was not suspected of the crime; but remorse compelled her to confess, and she furnished undoubt ed proofs ot her guilt. The proposed exodus of South Car olina negroes to Liberia Is said to moro and moro enlist tho attention ot peoplo lu that State. The negroes aro ceuct- ally infatuated with the project. Piece goods from the Lonsdale Mills, lu New York, are now sold In every town in England at a lower price and of a better qaiillty than English goods of (v nominally corresponding grado. Many of tho old citizens of Louis iana who left the State In the disastrous period between 1805 and 1870 and set tled elsewhere, are now returning, at tracted by the present prosperity ana the Indication ot a bright future. -A number ot lads havo been ap pointed "whipping boys" to the young Emperor of China, who for valuablo considerations to themselves and fanll- lles, receive the flagellation which the sovereign earns by his sins ot om mis sion and commission. -A swarm ot bees escaped from, a hive in a commune ot the Aub6, France, nnd established Itself in a letter box. When tho postman went to the box tho next morning tho bees rushed out ot tho silt and so blinded him that ho. could not Insert his key. The bees had to he smoked out before the letters could be leinovcd. The capital Involved in tho banks of Australia, Tasmania, and New -Zealand may bo put down at (50,000,000, Tho bulk ot it is owned in London. The great bank managers of Sydney and Melbourne nro absolutely poten tates, to whom all the world there dues homage. Nothing can be done without the yea ot these magnates. It Is estimated that between 1848 and 1870 British and Irish emigrants to the United States and the colonies sent to their friends at home about (100,000, 000. An Iilsh Protestant clergyman of long experience says that he grieves to have to admit that to one Protestant emigrant who remembers the old folks at home at least three Roman Catholics do. Mr. Walter stated rcpently In tbe the House ot Commons that the mortal ity In the great criminal lunatlo'asyluru at Broadmoor was only 2!-f per cent, and that there was no Institution of that class In tbe kingdom which could show anything like so small a mortality. "In fact, It seemed to be a place to which people who wished to llvo long should be sent." At a letting for the building of the new Columbia county jail on last Wed nesday, the commissioners made the following awards: Tho iron work to Crulkshank, Moyer & Co., ot Danville, (8,003.15; tho stone and mason work to John S. Sterner & Ell Jones, ot Blooms burg, for $30,000; and the steam heat ing, gas-fitting, plumbing, etc., to Rollins & Holmes for 6,4G3 00, The painting, plastering, wood and carpen ter work was not to let. One of the greatest changes which have taken place In Now York of late years has been In the matter of mar riage. Thirty years ago the money question entered comparatively llttlo luto consideration, but now among the upper twenty thousand, or those who consider themselves so,lt has very great weight. Mothers -keep their girls as much as possible out of the way of pleasant but pooryoung men, and many girls are quite disposed to discourage thi attentions ot men who could not even afford a house lu the city. The number ot spinsters in the higher class here, and more especially in Bos ton, goes on Increasing, and early tiiar rligea become fewer, every year, It Is the penalty paid for a roqre hghl v civil ized and nrtiadal existence,
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