California democrat (California, Mo.), 1874-12-03

              :"-4 'California' gcmarrat. DEVOTED TO Home Interest. News and Politics. PUBLISHED EVEKY T1UTKSD.J.T. Terms: $1.50 a Year, in Advance. U All communications on business connected viin the office should be directed, and all drafts. money orders, etc., should be made payable to "" J. II. AXDKRSON, fT Publisher Ss Proprietor. ADVKIITISIXG RATES: $75 00 ..; 45 00 .lo.Oa Id.l 3 00 )() ; S.M) One Column, one year.. JRJf . .. "ourth One inch of Jess, .. Administrator' Notices. . Final Settlement Ksrray Notices, one animal... Kch additional animal. AM . -I PROFESSIONAL CARDS. .T. X. II. GHAY, PHYSICIA1T & SURGEOH, CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI.-Office two doors south of II. C. Finke's store. mhl4y Q. I. SHEPARD, RESIDEIVT UEKTIKT California. Mo. , OFFICE N. E. corner Public k square, over John 1. wood s "store. Ofllce hows from 8 a. m. to 12 m.. and from 1 to 4 r. m. . Jan. 23, ' 3-ly r ' ; ALBERT G. BYLEB, " ATTORNEY AT LAW, California, ;fo. wlli jpinctfc! In ail the Courts of the Krrt J uditUi Circuit. Collections -promptly mde throughout Central Mo.- JSO. W. MOOSE. J. M. WILLIAMS MOORE & WILLIAMS, 4 TTORNEYS AT LAW. California. tV Mo , have the oulv Abstracts ot Title to all l.ands and Town Lots in Moniteau county, dec 21 6AML H. OWENS. LASHLET F. WOOD OWENS ft WOOD, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW, California, Mo., will practice iu the Circuit ! Courts of Moniteau and adjoining coun-v. ties, and in the Snppwno Court and T". S. District Court at Jefferson City. 4aSpecial attention given to coliectiotu ' EDMUND BURKE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, California. Mo., will promptly attend to all busr I ncss confided to his care. Debts promptly collected and immediately remitted. RtFKKEXCKS : ' -- Field Brothers ; llanin-nkfui,p & Hums, Simon A Gregory; J. Weil Brother & Co.. : John Shields. StI Locris. Mo. det-2stly C. M. GORDON, TTORNEY AT LAW, California, . i!L AIo., will practice iu the several Courts of Moniteau Co.. and adjoining counties. Also in the Supreme Court ot th' State, and in the Circuit and District Ourts of the United States. Win paV special attention to collection of Back pay. Bounty, Pensions, etc. AH business entrusted to his care will receive prompt attention. ...... dee21 HOTELS." CITY HOTEL, SEB. HOFFMAN, Proprietor, CALIFORNIA, - - - MO. House and Furniture entirely new. Accommodations first-class and charges reasonable. A share of patronage solicited. Oct. lti 73 ly. MISCELLANEOUS. FRANK GENTSCH FASHIONABLE BARBER and Hair Dresser, -shop one door east of the Bank. Shavinjr, Shampooing, .Whiskers J-.TSwTid Hair colored in the met approved - "style." rtair"6ir and Hair Restorative for Kale. Patronage respectfully solicited. C. GROSS. Manufacturer of Wagons. Plows, etc. .- Docs' all Jtinrts ol Blacksmithing. Uses nothing but the Dest SEASONED timber. All work guaranteed. Souhcast corner of ; ' North and Oak streets, opposite jail. - California, Mo. RUDOLPH BYERN Manufacturer of and Dealer in r- 1TGARS, CHEWING AND SMOKING j . : TOBACCO, '. ' 'pjjVes and Smokers' articles. Opposite the Court House. '- - tnhi-ly : CALIFORNIA, Mo. Ruber's Marble Works. VICTOR ZUBER, - . MAXVFACTCRER OF , .... -i j" s , Foreign and American Monuments, GRAVESTONES AND TOMBS, JEFFERSON CITY. -' - MISSOURI. sewing machines: AMERICAN BUTTON-HOLE -, r AND COMPLETE . DOES DOUBLE WORK,-Costs No More than Other Machines, MAKES LESS NOISE, RUNS LIGHTER AND GAINS GENERAL FAVOR. Call at (he residence of J as. Jordan, and examine the machine before purchasing elsewhere. . , 908 north Fourth. Street.. ...- : ST. LOUIS. : 2.-.V ,-.-. T. A. BUCK, Manager. . July 13, 73-tf. CHURCH DIRECTORY. M. E. OirRCH; Sornr. Rev. J. L. D. Blevins, Pastor. Services on th first and third Sabbaths in every month, morning ' and evening. Services on second Sabbath by Rev. J. M. Hardy. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Sabbath school Sunday mornings, at 9 o'clock a. m. Coxr,ROATTOWAL Citcrch. Rev. F. G. Sherrill. Pastor.; Services on the 1st and 3d Sundays of each month at 11 a. m. and 7 p. w.- sabbath school every Sunday at 1 8. u. Pntver meeting every Tuesday at i p. m. Children's meeting first Sunday : of each month, at 7J p. M. ApponrniEXTS. Rev. W. W. Brannin will preach at Gray's School House on the ' second Sabbath of each month; and at night at Bailey's school house; 3d Sabbath at Jamestown, morning and night. 1st Sabbath at New Hope church ; 4th Sarj- bath at Hopewell, in Morgan county. First Baptist CHrRcn Tiptox. Rev. J.H.Jteiilcr, Pastor. Service every Sab- bath morning and evening. - . - . CL00K4A; LITTLE OUT! ! i Dot Lumber Peesnish vas best made , by George Ross. He sells cheaperas any man. Of you don't pelief it yoost gif him a drial, and den you find out dot is no joke. Ain't it? OFFICE, NEAR R. R. DEPOT. California, Mo S e wing Machine CALIFORNIA VOLUME III. rOETHY. TUB OLD SOME: . y BV WILL WALLACE IIAKNEY. . Xn out-door qiiirt held the earth Remth Uie winter tnouiu The cricket rhirped in coy minli , And the kettle croons I upon Uie hearth, ' A aweet, oid-lashiuiel tone. The ofa okick ncknl, a drotrsv race. WiUi the-li-kiiiirof the' cricket. And red aial in the chiinaoy-jilace Pwiiert out wiUi many a roT lace, Like berries in a ttik-ki t. The crane's arm, emptr, Mtuk out stiff, Aud tinware tu the shcIvD Twtnklel aixl inkl at evcrv cliff. In the flirkerinf fire-liclit. as'if They w hiiH;red to Uiruiselvcs. Tlie pood (l.'iincin her ruffled cap, CounU-d her sbk'hes slowly, And the old man, w ith full many a ?.p. Bead from the big Hook on his lap, The good words, wit and holy. The old clock clicked ; the old man read. His deep Tok-e pausinp, lotuiruii;; The gl wife nouled, dmpiied Ikt bend-. . : Ine fids of bh wervheary aJraV-t . . They were eound asleep and aneifBa;. - ' Oh, hale old couple! eweet each dream. While all the milk-pans tiltine Puss paints her trliiskers in Uie cream, Till John and the helaleU team J'.riug Maggie Jrom the quilting. May time. I pray, wlien failing years : JlaLe tiiiu my voice aud thrapplo, Find uir last dars of life like theirs. As sweet with children's love aud prayers. And like a winter apple. - -" Scribna'tfor December. MISCELLAXY. -rrz ; ; ;A'5IlReiAGE OX SPCULaTI0X. . t . - The French entered Amsterdam tlie 20th of January, IStt. 1 he soldiers stacked j vnr daughter oulv four thousand ducats, their amis on the pavement, awl-waited I coi j not opposethe ishes of the young ai.xwasly frr their bJlleU for ejuarters ! people ; hut, when I consented to their LM-spite the severity of tlie weather, the ! ionf i determined to comjcl vou to do citizens "turned out in large numbers to . Tonr,,tirv toward them. With this ohu-ct welcome and admire the veterans in tlwir ., view contracted with vou tor four hun-rags. -JhcrewasgcneralnjoKingthrough ',ireA thousand herring, at ten florins a out tlie city, wfucli tor tlie most part was illnniinated. At the extreme end of the iuf buil(tiitir it win the if$ijcuisc of the ! rich merchant Meister W oerden. lie was completely aosorlied iu commercial opera- tions, and neither knew nor cared to know wnat was g.ung,ou. in pie poimcai womu : and. then , tie vt .is iftf laiujiuir wiui uie . i... . . r . : i :.. i i. . i . rules ot economy to think of siuaiidering candles on an illumiuation. At this wouieut,. . when all was joy and enrliusiasm throughout Amsterdam, Meister Woerden sat quietly in his big arm-chair beside the Are. On the table there was a little bra-8 lamp, a mug of " Dw-r.anii a wg ciay pipe, on tne ouier muc vi Hiir cut an uiiA ndiu whose rotundity betrayed -her Flemish origin. Site was occupied in shovlug back the coals that had fallen out on the hearth, when there came a loud knt ck at the street door. . . - "Who can that be? Go and see," said the old merchant to the maid, who had risen to her feet. A lew moments later a stalwart young man entered the room. He threw off his mantle and approached the fire. Good evening, lather," said he. " How Is it you, William ? 1 did not expect you back so soon." I K-lt Brock this inormilg. bUt the roaUS u c-,... ,.....-v ....l-.-v m, i piy w un iuc terms oi your agireuieiii, you bidding aspect;, was m strong contrast to j nulst bnv lroin me at wr prkn of fillv the brilliant apiearance of the neighbor-; unrin ithr.ns1iid vou'liave. therefore. have been made so bail by ihe army trains , 0f the festival of Santa Ro-a, at .Santa rV. that we have been the whole day on the x.w 3,.xico, is from a h-tter in tlie Chi-way. 1 ragi Intrr-Octan. Alter l'semlng tin- " Well, did you see an Llburg ? j religious ceremonies the writer savs : -Y'es." Mid the young man. seating 'l hm came the fun. Riders rode fitri-himself br-fore the tire ; " Meister V an ' 0,Isiy j, :in.i ,own t,c streets. The Irui;-Elbunr consents to the marriage, but he I s. llerstiihtwl their .-o.n.t. rs ro tho shelter adheres to his detcnmnatioii to give nis daughter a dowry of only four thousand ducats." . . . . , "Well, then he ma v keep his daughter and his dowry," replied v oerden, with a frown. ' But, father" "Nota wonimy son ! At you rage we have more sense than to sacrifice every thing for love, and to despise riches." "But Ilerr Van Elburg is the richest merchant in Holland, and what, he does not give now will be ours at his death." 44 Nonsense," replied Meister Woerden. "Am I, too. not sick? Listen, my son. You will soon follow me in my business. Never forget these two rules : never give more than you receive, and never further another man's interest to the deti imcnt of your own." ' Guided by these-principles, one will better his condition in marriage as well as in trade." " But, father" - 44 Not another word," my. son not another word ! " William knew hi father too well to say any thing more, but lie could not avoid evincing his displeasure by his manner. To ttis, however, tin- old man paid no attention; he calmly tilled his pipe, lighted it, and began to smoke. Again -hue was a loud rap at the street door! while at the same time the dogs be gan to bitric, "Aha ! " said Meister Woerden. " it must : bea straneer. or the dosrs wouldn't bark' so. Go ami see who u is, iiliaii." The young man went to the window. " It is one of the militia horsemen," said William. "A militia horseman! What can he want?" At this m otnent the maid servant en tered and handed Woerden a letter. He carefully examined the seal. ""From the Provisional Government," said he. - His hand trembled as be hastily opened the letter aud read it, but suddenly the old tradesman's face Jigh ted up w jih,a joyous expression as he cried : ' - Good good! I accept." j The letter contained an order for four hundred thousand lierrings for the army; to be delivered within a month. " William," cried the old man, 44 1 have a capital thought. Yon would marry Van Elburg' 8 daughter, and have a handsome dowry with her f" 44 Y es, father, I would ; but" 44 Well, leave the matter to me," intcr-rupttdtheold man.' " But see that there are two horses ready for us to-morrow morning, early." Tlie next morning, at sunrise, father and son were on the high road frosi Amsterdam to Brock, which they-readied about mid-dav. They repained"immediately to the residence of Van Elburg, who, when he saw them enter, cried out : ' "Ah, good morning, Meister Woerden ! Have you fled from the Parlezvous? In any case, you are welcome." 4'No. I flee from nobody. You know I have nothing to do with politics. I come to propose a good speculation to you." 4 Yea? - What is it?" "I have an order from the Government for four hundred thousand herrings, to be delivered within a month. Can you furnish me with that number in, say, three weeks?" "At what price?" "Ten florins a thousand." "Ten florins 1 Y'es, I will furnish them." "Very well and now to dinner ; I am half famished. At table we will talk of another matter." Woerden Introduced the subject of the marriage, but Van Elberg could not be persuaded to increase the dowry he had offered to give his daughter to the amount of a single stiver. They nevertheless decided that the wedding should take place that day week. . The following day Woerden and his son returned home. Hardly had they left Broek when the young man asked : "Then, father, you have changed your mind?" . "How so?"' Have you decided to accept the dowTy offered by Meister van Elberg r" "Let me manage the matter In my own way, my son, and ask no questions." When the wedding day came, Woerden Devoted to and his son returned to Broek. Van Elburg received them kindly, but he was t.tlur-rit-d aud nervous that William feared he had some bal news for them. His fa her. however, had no such misgiviugs; the old fox knew to well the cauc of his colleague's disturbed manner. What is the matter, Meiter van Elburg V he aked, with a sardonic smile. "You seemed to be worried aboutt-ome-tlling.', Ah, my friend. 1 am greatlv ciiibar- Si.en. 1 miisi SIH'aK Willi OU. What is it? Have you ihangetl your mind with regard to the marriage? Speak i-y Mak ! frankly; it is not yet too l ite. I No. no: it is Miother matter entirely." ) " Well, then, let us liist proeeetl with j the wed-ling ceremony; afterwards I shall D.1 ij'uieat your service. The company therefore repaired to a neighboring church, ami in a lew minutes the young jteople were husband and wile. When they returned to the house. Van Elburg asked Woerden to go with l.i.n into Ins private room Mr fH..nH Tirvnu Van Flhnror. wUiJjaltiurv lor the Ulal 01 1-teui he had carefulfyelosefl the" door. ,lin :ic- cordanee with our asrreeinenf, I siiouhi. I w ithin two weeks from now. deliv r to , j'ou four hundre I thousand herring. Thin I far, however, I have not been able to e-cure a single on'. There are none in tlie ! . . . , , i, , , . . iiiarKei: in y nave in- n nil iMuigiu up. "Certainly they h.".ve: I bought them all nr myself.' replied WMTden. smiling. But--but how about my contract ?"' stammered Van Elburg, You will fulfill it. Listen, friend Van Elburg. You will some day have your daughter a handsome fortune; I shall leave my son at least as much; it 8 therefore unnecessary to discuss their future. j This, however, is not true of the present. I shall soon give my entire business itn nnr son. win!.' von mve j thousand, although I Uien ha.1 all the her- j ring in the market. Now. in order to com- , Uioiisand florins, and we shall be square."' ; while Meister Wocrdon was arriving at , t;s nierisuitile de.Iuetion, Van Elburg re- j mined bis wonted eonaniui tv. r- . . I see, I see," said lie : you are a clev er tradesman. I am lairly uauht aud mnst bide the consequences." . The conference endeU the two old merchants rejoined the wedding company, as though nothing unusual had occurred between them. i a liner. ;n i-.i mrrrupnrrn .-ni. .terdatn, ostensibly to see liis daughter. -ow the tanusweivnirnpa. " Ah, meister," cried v m-rdon. on hh-intr his colleatrue from Btoek. -" I'm in a terrible dilemma. Tlie time is approach- mtrwhen I must deliver the lour hundred thousand herrinsrs, and notacaskcunltlnd t- put them iu !"' " That does not surprise me," answered Elburg, smiling ; " you bcught tip all my herring, and I liouglit up all your casks !" Appleton' Journal. ' A Religious Festival in Santa Fe. Tlu. follow intr aeeom.t nf tlio .l..!ntlon ! Gf the nearest salient an"lc. 1 j xv& across tlie way with due ; to the in. heeding "horseman. ulestriatis d. feren, i - LlXC the j charge of cavalry, with rush and i in im tu- osity came the rati rs. a hundred after one. This one, whose horse was of unbounded mettle and uufathoincd bottom, canie , .is a trophy ot detiance, a proud aud j null gaiuiiK-k. lie braiidi-hed the bird liili in air; with aswift cut and -la-h hebni-lied with its bathers the faeeot his nearest pursuers; again he twi led it high above his head, that the who'e town might suit. As long as be held the fowl rut was the king of the sports and the admired of the ladies, and, elate with iis possession, he dodged, wheeled, and clr.rged with a vim that was dangerous to his fes. Now I liey had him cornered, but be plow, dan aisle through their midst and was gone: now Iks Whr surrounded, but his gray charger reared, pawed the air, striking right and I it. and, panting and triumphant, was off and away. At last then; was a confused mele.-, every horse plunging ti-ward the center. Loud words and angry ge.-ticulatious, but never an unseated rider, came from tho entangled mass of horse and man. Slowly there was a disbanding. The proud leader came lorth dejected and crestfallen, and with never a plume of the original fowl. One of his rivals pointed to his shirt-bosom all siain- eu with blood, as a token mat ue ocen in at tlie death; another boatil a tail-fe.ith- er and wns happv;'a third dispIaVel a drum stick with tlie fibres still quivering; and. taken all in all, the difjecta membra ot this unfortunate rooster were scattered as widely as John Wycliffe's ahes. For the next game a fowl was ouried in the sand, nothing but the crest protruding, and a road was made through the iopulace, down which the contestants spurred at gallop, leaning from their sad dles as they went, anu concentrating all their energies in a f rantic snatch lor the head of the prize. The reward of the suc cessful one was a pullet-broth for dinner, and he deservnl it for his " address and adroitness for it requires great knowledge of tquihurium and great. U-uacity 111 the legs to - reach to . the ground from a running horse and recover position again without mishap. Such was the character of all their sports with which they paid tribute of reverence to Santa liosa, each play, which was fun to them, being death to a chicken. If ever I get rich enough 1 shall outfit a missionary at my own private expense and send him to' New Mexico.. . , . .. J A Queer Dncl Fighting in the Dark. A rather mysterious affair occurred a few nights ago in the Louisville Medical College building, corner of Fifth and Green streets. Two of the students have been paying attention to a young lady, who lives but a stone's throw from the Medical College, and they got into a quarrel with esch other about her. 1 1 was at last proposed that each take a pistol aud tight a duel in a dark room in the college buiM-lug. So the pistols were selected, seconds chosen, and the party, when no one was 1 1 the house at night, entered a room, and locking the door behind tliem, prepared for the encounter. The light was extinguished, and at a proper distance from each other, at the word, each fired. The gas was lit. and an investigation only proved that the powder and ball had been wasted. The light was again extinguished, aud again at tlie word the pistols were again discharged. This time one ol the duelists was found slLhtlv wounded in the left arm. Tlie honor of the medical gentlemen having been thug satisfhil. the two became fricnii- ly again and shook hands with each other, CuurieT'Journal. Prison architecture has reached the acme of perfection at Due W st. South Carolina. They have a building there in w h ch windows "and doors are entirely dispensed with. The prisoners are hoisted outside by means of a rope and dropped in from the top. Once in, it is evident that they must stay in a place so wonderfully deficient in egressive facilities. A captive mav have kind friends out.-id willing to aid him. but what friend can secretly bring a derrick and rope into the prison, and if he could, how or by whom is it to be worked? Politics, Literature, News, Agriculture, Science, Wit, Humor, and CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI,' DECEMBER 1871 NEWS SUMMARY. PEKKOM 41. AND POLITICAL. A. B. Mullett, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, has tendered liUresiftnation to Secretary Iiristow, and the latter ha actvpted the snine. According to a regular H'ahing-ton dUpatch, it appears that Mulletl wax in the b:iliit of controlline a eonlinpont fund, amounting to a!otit $1(10.(MH. which the law sav shall he uuder tin: ooutrul of the Chief !n..ri.,.r.i..T ...... I ......m Mnlllt'. r .. . ,i :Z .V,. '.Z: " . , i " " ' . - : law, when he said he would rather resign ban not control ibis expenditure, whereupon the Seeretaiv remarked he w as only doiag iw, and that if his duty in accordance with law. Mullett was not willinjrto be governed ly law he would accept his retaliation. Mr. ISristow did not in anv manner, it is added. express want of confidence in MulkU's in tegrity. . JW'IHS A court-martial has been ordi son, upon charves prefcrre.1 by row, vfh' was seut to invesligateJ8nTa action and conduct in Korth Louisiana. General do Tro!riuud will le Tresident, and C:i-tain Luke O'lteillr, of General Emory's staff. ! JuJ,re ,.h'oca:e. Governor Houston of Alahaiirt was in-auzuratcd on the Sl'.h. In hii address he said: ' I will regard it as one of my hithest and nnt sacntl "1. ligations to see that the tiws aro t'aith-fully exeruleit, and the rights of all citizens, wiUiout revant Ut nice, clir or previous condition, lie duly filar, led and protected, fhecitiieiis of Aialiaina trulv U-sire jieiiee and icrt"vt tvtoratioo of fraternal relaUons Itetween aU sec tions of our cuiumon country. Tliey are loyal to Uie ioveninient of the 1'iiitcd StaU-s, and will readily yield cheerful obedience to its autlioriiy an.l law's. They onlv ask to lie iennilt'd, aii'W the Constif urion'anil law s of tlie eonntrt-, to exercise, secure lroni unwatTantaliln iuk-rfenmre,' the riplit of poveniini ttiemselves at home 1 just aim uy eicrciseu laws tor local stu-govern-mcut." A convention was held at Indianapolis, on j the 25th, in pursuance or a resolution passed at the Indiana independent State Conven tion, at its session on the 12th of August last, for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps for the formation of a new national party, lion. James Buchanan, of Indiana, presided. The Iierlara'irHi of Principles adored favors the withdrawal from circulation of the notes of all national and State banks, as well as all local currency, and the issue by the Government of paper money directly to the jieople without the inlci vention f any sv stent of banking corporation; which money shall le a Ical tender in raruent of all debti. public and private, duties on imports included; this money to be interchangeable at the option of thehoiter with registered Government bonds bearing a rate of interest not exceeding CM iercent. per annum; and that interest on the present public debt, as well as that por tion of the principal of the same which is, by express terans of the law creating it, payable j in coin, shall lie so paid. Atiotner conveo-! t'on was called, to meet at Cleveland, Ohio, j on March 1 1, ls75. to perfect a platform in ac cordance with the above financial proposi- t.on,aodto designate the time and p.ace lor - . . w. holding a National Convention to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President. Kidder, Republican Delegate-elect from D ikota. has an official majority of 2.ts0. The King or Hawaii arrived at San Francisco, on the steamer Beiiicia, on the 2Stb. The ollieial canvass of tho vote in Missouri irtroc the following totals : G;v--rnor II ir-din(IVm.), Gentry (People's), 112.- I'4. Lieutenant Governor Coliutn, HH.-U!fc; IIead.ee. 111.414. S crelary of Slat- M. K. MiGraih. I-VMCi: Ill-t. Ptl.llt. j Auditor Ilolljilir. 15 .T41 : Hile. piti.. ! Trearltrer Mem r. i;srs4; Fis-c, ,,,, ...., V11, ,1 nv.l :.ner:il ll..-L:iiliV 1.VI.NW: Tvv:!.h-il. I10..VHi.Regis-t.-rnf I.anls Diegel, ISO tVi; tj iisenherry, 110 117. Superiulendeiit l'ublie Schools Shannon, 1").'27: Monieiih, 1 T0..VJ . S11-pretne Court Ju.lje (long term) Hough. 1I!?C; Knsworth, 1"2.7JS: (hort term) N'apton, 1IS.37.S; B.and. lill,i;27. l llitNI KIE , IVUI STRT. Gold closed in New York, on the 2-th, at !12. The annual statement of TreasnrerSpinner to the Secretary of the Treasury exhibits the transaction- ot the ufliee in detail for the year ending wlih June, l7t. A comparison of the tables of receipts with those of the year prc-rding shows a falling off from customs of J4,lKi.fis, aud of 11.13.-VJ9 011 account of Internal Revenue. Nearly, if not the whole of the decrease of receipts from the latter source is stated to be due to recent charges in the law, while the falling off in the customs duties seems to have I teen caused solely by the panic that occurred early in the ti-cal year, and made itself felt to the end. The expenditures, exclusive of those on ac count of tho public debt, as compared with the year before, have been decreased $I,tS0,-CV."Reports from the trades unions of New York and Brooklyn show three times as many men out of employment as at the same time last year, aud the suspension of building on account of cold weather will add still mort to the number. According to the report of the PontmaHer-General. the revenues fof the year ending June 30, lt-74, were J24-'iOCiftS; expenditures, $32,120,414. The estimated exiendi-turea for the-year ending June 30, PC, are f3.9C4A34; total estimated revenues, $29,-I4S,I"0 leaving a deficiency to be appropri ated out of the general Treasury of J7.S15,- These estunates do not include the a- propriatious for the steasi-diip service and stamps, amounting to $2,WH00. Following is the comparative cotton ftate-ment for the week ending Nov. 27: . Is74 1S7S 12S.7.TO SW6, 21 65.4 il 426.500 432,691 Set receipts for past wi aU U. S. port"-. 163,118 l,i77,lj 6S.39I fi;;,eii STO.iSil Total receipts from Sept. 1 to date all U.S. pons.... kxports for past week frurn all porta Total ex 1 rta from Sept. 1 to date from all pons.... Stock now on band at all U. S. porta Stock now on hand at all interior towns Stock at Liverpool Stock of AmenniB afloat lor Great ilritain ii.f.6) 523,ui 217.WO 79.1 9 477,01 0 114. fOO The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell $300,000 gold each Thursday during December. 4KIHKN A Kit 4 AWFJAI.TIK. On the evening of the 22d, about 6 o'clock, Tuseumbia. Ala., was visited by a obstructive tornado, which demolished nearly one-half the buildings in the town, and caused the death of at least twelve persons, besides many others being more or less injured. Among the killed are.Mrs. William Winston, mother of the late ex-Governor Winston ; the wife and two children of Hon. J. B. Moore. State Sena'or; F. D.nolgins.editorof the Chronicle, his wife and two children. The Catholic Church, Dishler Female Institute, two flouring mills, and some of the most substantial brick buildings ia the town, besides many of the finest residences, were razed to the ground. A bridge on the N. and C. Railroad, near the town, was destroyed, and the eastern-bound train' was precipitated into Spring Creek, but fortunately no one was killed. The Mayor of the town telegraphed as follows to other neighboring cities and towns : Nearlv half our town if in ruins. Twelve nersons'have been killed, and many wonnded. A tanrc nomlier of families are enurely destitute. The tornado came from the southwest, passing northeast. I'nless immeiliate aid can be extend ed to ns. much suffering will be the result. We appeal to Uie charity of a Christian public in be half of the unfortunate. B. . Newscm, Mayor of Tnsenmbia, The storm in Alabama, on the audit of the !!. was very serious throughout the centra! iortim of the State, and extended into Central Georgia. In addition to' the frightful disaster ciiised at Tusrunibia. the town of Moutevalli) also su tiered severely, ami two persons were kil'cd and twenty wounded. Considerable damage to property was reported from other points. The storm also extended somewhat through Kentucky and Ohio, unroofing several bou-cs in Covington and Newport in the former State, and tbenee passing up through the Little Miami Valley. The Virginia State Board of Canvassers have declared Goode, Conwrvative. elected in tue Second Congressional Ilistrict, instead : of Matt, Republican, heretofore reiiorted eieoien. Wesley Underwood, who was sentenced to lie hanged in Palmyra, Mo., on the ISMi nf SepU.nber, lsTl, for the murder of Kichxrd . beptj-nber, 1ST1, Tor tt w granted a rr-pito to wdrespite to Xovemlier y fiangmg nimeir in ,Jkse25th. - ' fff).riru irspccuvcry u ami years, sous of Anton Neighton, of Cbx-cro, were sutr-a-ated in a burning building in that city, on the night of the 21th. Four Italian coal miners were killed in a fight at Sianer's,WestmoreluuJ County, Pa., on the 20-b. - .. is KiiAJiroiis. The cenus of Indians belonging to the Red Cloud Agency, just completed, shows 9.0 Orailalla Sioux and 3.001) Arapahoes aud 'hPTennes. liesidesfoinoWM) Ogaliallas who are hunting on the Republican River, and about 1,0(10 UinnecoiijoiM .and other Northern Sioux w'jo rtn away from the Agency rather than heconnti d. All these Indiana submitted to the census being taken only tin-, der the influence of hun?er and l.avoncts. Reil Clonr.s effort- to secure the census, it is stated, have had the effect of reducing the numW of his ,rsonaladh renU from many thousands to barely five hundred. A general order hs been promulgated from the War Department, announc-in that re- cnuting will ue resumed uu-lcr certain rc- strietions. The firsn.l Jnp th fht.or rrimin.l Court, at its recent session, found ninety-two indictments against burglar. It is stated loai too city is imesteu witn i.urgiars. and roblieries are of daily and nightly occurrence, A communication having been received from the Cheyenno Agency. I.ikola, to the effect that about sixty white men. miners, are workiiig in the Sioux reservation in the Black Hills. 5-ecTetary Delano has requested ! tlie War Department to remove any per-on , who may be found trespassing, that trouble ' wiih the Indians may be avoided. j The ciiizen of Tuseumbia. Ala., have ap- ' Iiealed to tlie President for relief by the issue of Government rations to the destitute of their unfortunate town. They say there is no money in that country, and that relief by individuals is therefore impossible. The President replied, through the Secretary f wi- th.t ih. ii-,i.i .nnmnrutin fnr - -- . ; tuWllteBee for Uie Hrmf wouIJ not permit him to is-ne the subsistence requesteil. j plate of the finest st tl uuder a magi i-It is stated that the House Committee on I tying glass, mid a comparison of it with Appropriations will reduce the appropriation ! o'ther plates from which counterfeits have for the Indian si rviee $iVUH)j from that of I been successfully printed, leads us to de list vrar. This reduction is instilled lv the expiration of several Indian treaties The bmtmt rmf: -truilm J uial at VVvlilnic- ton terminated on the 27:h, the jury returning a verdict of not guilty in the ca- of Arthur 1!. Williams, and failing to agree in the cises of Harrington and Whitley. After an vfuVial investigation of the rumor rnrrent that parties of miners had succeeded in reaching the Black Hills mining country. General Sheridan publishes an ep'i-it de nial of the report. The comm.ind;iig officer at Fort b inders reports that a party is said to have found good diggings within forty or fitly miles of that place, up tin Big taramie Rivef. This is not, however, in the Iudian country. There was a heavy fall of snow throughout the Wet oa the night of the 27th. In central Illinois the snow fell to a dep. h of from twelve to li teen inches, seriously impeding railroad travel. The storm extended with less severity ver a large area. North, South. East and West. The safe of U. W. Hi'debraiid Co., lumber dealers at Indianapolis, was blown open during the night of the27ih, and $f.o00 currency and 34J-0.1 United States bonds taken I herefrom. The money was received by Mr. IIi!d brand aftvr banking hours the previous day, and it is supposed he was spotted. ruateiea. In view of the Arctic expedition to be fitted out by the Briti-h Government, Lady Frat klin has renewed her offer of a reward of $10,000 for the recovery of the official records of Sir John Franklin's expedition. The infant son of the Duke of Edinburgh was baptised on the 23.1. His name is Albert Alexander Alfred Ernst William. The sponsors were Queen Victoria, the Emperor of Russia, represented by the t zarowitch. the German Emperor, represented by the Duke of Connsught, Prince of Wales, Ciown Princess of Germany, and the Duke of Saxe Co-burg.A dispatch from Duunville. Out., 24'h. says that during the preceding night the schooner Augustus Ford went ahore at Port Maitland, and four of her crew were frozen to death. A recent letter from Havana says that a party of tvwenty-flve Spanish soldier in the Central Department revolted and seized a coasting schooner at Puerto del Padre on the. north coast, and under threats of death ordered the captain to take them to Key West. St. Thomas, or any of the neighboring islands. The captain, while seeming to accede, ran the vessel aground oa a neighboring key, and then in a small boat, under the pretense of getting aid, went to the nearest military headquarters and informed the commander, who sent a force to arrest the deserters. They were tried by court-martial, and on the 6th inst. eleven were shot and the remaining fourteen imprisoned. A Madrid dispatch of the 2.th states that the Carlists had made an attack on San Mar-cial, but were repulsed with heavy losses. They had also recommenced the siege of Irun. and had opened a heavy fire upon the city. A majority of the Legislatures of Mexico have approved the establishment of a Senate Chamber and other constitutional reforms, which will be declared integral parts of the Constitution September 16, 1.S75. Aieonling to a Berlin dispatch of the 2-"th, the Government had relaxed the rigor of Count Voa Arnim's imprisonment, and be was no longer under police surveillance. A storm of great violence prevailed on the English coast on the 29th nit- The'bark Veteran was driven ashore and became a total wreck. Eleven of the crew were drowned. Many other casualties are reported, with heavy loss of life. Dan Davis of Virginia C'ty paid a visit to Promontory, on the Central Pacific Railroad, and was charmed with the manners and customs almost patriarchal in their frank simplicity of the people. He stopped at the principal hotel of the town. It was a nice place, and tlie landlord was a very agreeable and friendly sort of a man. Says Dan : " When dinner was ready the landlonl came out into the street in front of his hotel with a double-barreled shot-eun. Raising the gun above his head he fiied off one barrel. I said to him, 'What did you do that for ? Said he, 'To call my kA.nfi.ra tA rlinfiAf. ' I fiuiil- H'hr itdll't 'Ik. o.vr, ..... ..-. ..... you fire off both barrels Y 'Oh 'said he, 'I keep the other to collect with.' " DEMOCRAT. Home Interests. THE PRIXl'E OF COUNTERFEITERS, A Yiit to the l(ne or Tom Ballard. kVVV.. rrlalhe Wurhl-llii Wrkbsp. bw. Krom Uie Erie (Pa.) Ih--patrh, Nov. 1. Aopos ol i he articles rccen 1 publish d with reference io counterfeiters in general, and in which FecLil mention is made of the not oi ions Tom Ballard, any one who had seen the handiwork vf that masttr of counteiieit rs, and visited his workhoji could nadily l-eneive why As sistant Chief S. B. Benson places ercdeiic iu Tiu Ballard's assertion that he has, in his possession, a Hi-ret of pap r-mnkhig aud Mini in'' that would make counter- i f'i-itii!g an iniMs.-iti!iiy. His home on Ferry Street, Buffalo," quiet and nnj.rv-j tending as t 'was iu outer apteariiin, was the lalioratory of a man w ho could i teach professors of clicuii-try new facts relative to any thing iu which that sci net could lie used to aid his m-vall v art. '1 h l! l.it... I ;.i ..r i .. i..... .. wis Im r()oiury-. of powerful -lctrw battcrie, none the - less potent- neetuse they wen- not C Histrueted acironling to i to regulations, 1 O Have purchased gfas- jars of stilhclent size might have ex. H.sl . ot -. rlt MlsrtH a4 jt is a prize on ac-sit pioion. and so strong ly hooptil bnlfteouut ol its great age. its history, and re-barrel ale casks were Mlbstitutcd and big ; .;., ir u nr il... nht-rimr j open mouthed stone jars, such as a house- ! k.i-per niight pnrcha-e to ti 1 with pickles. Jwereu d, and only a chemist could guess-, i .ii lih .'iiieio.s. iu luiiviiilill a j.u, iiir iq the exploring party had a few tiny drops oi ir.c coioness iioiiiu o king like Clear water sprinkled on Ids coat, aj.d lo! ev ery spot soon tunietl the cloth a beautiful crims4li. The visitors were ulad to give this (Kir.iphi.rnal a o: the conn erii iters a troot letting alone. . A slick stirrc l nil ii vui nr.- mxiuui in Mi..- vi uii-w j.o! .i i j :IHI the stin k and lermied rummer are ap-of counterf.it c:ectrotye plates, whicrf uirentlv in a perfectly sMtnd conditHm. were partially eaten?, way. " " u.uinj,w uc i""- j tier-iiorn or lM-aiililiil snape. carrying a water eounterf, i:ers st-ldoiu indulge in I forge supply ol powder, and sniting the strong driHks ami inhKisivd was a lilr. r. , us,. f ti e hunter as well as tlje onlinarv lathioued by himself out of tlie simplest sln:lj huiitiug-ila-k or horn, its sh:tc u'-ma'crials. It was only a canvas bag llial ;7 .s wi ll ail.ntted to tlie mimose. The in"n point , and in it ws ; p.iuu(iVd charcoal and other art was. piaii-o p.iiih(iVd charcoal ami oilier .articles, t.itt fioui it the not evtrclcail Well wuter I dripjied into a recetacle below, in drops 1 as cieur as uui nouns. i I he ' Study. house was his workMion and his j ,av readers oi the Courier-Journal fauiil-The building was about 20x.sif. cf. i ur ,.'1.1, the lives of the irlv seflers: . asuigw story, wuit sharply piu-iicl root. 1 near the apex of which was a small win- 1 dow. The' lowtr rooms were sufficiently : lighted, aud yet so j.tdiciou-Iy curtained j j j,:,t there was no danger ot the proah r ' j from the outside discovering the character f i of the occupation there carried on. En-j j firing the front door the visitor found Iiim- i -c" n a 4Xio nan. me. passage-way run ningcrossways of the house, and at the extremity to the It ft was a door, and this oiened into lout ISallard s workshop. The windows were curtained with white material, t.ud besides the curtains then-were white screen that might be placed before them. l'pin the tabic near the center of the room was all the apparatus necessary for the engraver, and here.when interrupteil through the investigation commenced bv S. Ii. Benson, and so ably earrit d forward bv bis assistant, Gilbert 1 lk.,L'd 'l',.m 1T.iII..m1 r .t-L- .i 1 V --"- -- " " - rim iii.irn Unit nuj riv iiiirn ri- 1 1 l- 1-111 n 1 nil ! rC,,5 i, ""wV tho 3 heve that loin S expression was 110 Klie wast, a-in apiearaini't!ie otht rs were no more to be compared to it in fineness of execution than an ordinary wood-cut is to a line steel engraving. In this room, be.-'uh s the counterfeit plates, were the ii.ks and dyes and nameless preparations in little glass liottlcs, the uses of which could only be gue-sed at. Pieces of chemically treated paper, which to feci could not be di-tiiiguMied from the ua.ionid bank currency, were lying about, and ben- and there a rough proof where tets had been made of colors or ill stamping. One bit Isire several impressions of thecuriuiM-Tn-asury stamp," which, upon the scientifically treated paper, was so exact that we cuiild not ilis;ingui-h the differenceln-twii-n them and the g- niiine. The tlie with which these impressions were made was picked up there. Besides the stmt in vials, there wen- little papers lu re an i there nihil w ish crystals of gn-cn, crimson, blue, and some colorless as a drop of water. Like the eNitric batteries in the barn they were severely let alone by the uninitiated. Iu the hurried search through Uie premises some few smalt vials were upscc and where they fell the flour was stained with hues as indelible as though human blood had been spilled and tint d there. A spring-tiottoiii single lied occtipitil one corner ol thetooiu.aii.l here the iui.-ter of the estublMimciit workulnnd watched and slept as best hecould, with the know ledge that he was each day adding to the chances of his - detection by manufacturing and setting afloat spurious money, and that there was already a standing rc-wanl of S j.OOii for hiin,ile-.id or alive. But if his workshop would have Isi n a curiosity to the:skilled mechanic, thesit-ting-room, which wits his study, won Id have been none the less so to the rifie scholar in chemistry. Files of the Scttn-t fie American, andother scientific perioil-icals. were there, uio-lv arranged. The iable was covered with books, treatises on practical cliemistry. and metallurgy, electricity, paper making and photography predominating. Catalogues of books on chemistry were there; fusion of metals and books of leeipes : some of the modern days and some in the inflection of which an an tiquarian would have reveled, it wasea-sv to see that Ballard had applied himself iartictilarly to those branches of chemistry w hu h related to coloring, electro-plating and paper making. There was. little or nothing 111 the room -imt wount iiisiiu-guish it from the sitting-room of awell-to-do mechanic except in the exclusively sci entific character of the books and papers. But few newspapers were there, but we noticed that a slip cut from one of them contamexi tne expose t Nettieship by ZcroLh about the Washington safe burglarv. as clipKil from the iSua a month before Ballanl'a arrest. Besittes these rooms there were a couple of ordinary sleeping rooms (Ben Ballard, his reputed wife, and an old woman were the other occupants) and a kitchen and woodshed, but the counterfeiter's business and materials seemed to be confined to Uie two rooms particularly specified and to the attic, which was the printing department. There was no stairway to the attic simply a scuttle hole which could be reached by a short ladder -and here the floor that was laid over the joists came against the rafters of the roof on either side, leaving a space like an inverted A in which the operators might work. Here was the printing press, and here were the different colored inks, prepared and testui in the laboratory below. Only under the center of the roof could a man stand up right, and the light from the single nine window in the gable end was dim, and yet the amount of spurious money issued from that press proves that it must have been nsed pretty faithfully. An 4 artist's proof " of tlie back or a five aoliar note was amonir the articles found among the litter, and a counterfeit proof being a rari-tv however plentiful counterfeits may be it is now in the museum of curiosities of the Harugari Society in this city.. Among the odds and ends picked up was a piece of something that looked like a mixture of putty and wax. bronzed over, and bearing the figure " 10." By careless handling it became bent, but it was nevertheless handed to Ballard (while his hearing before the United States Commissioner was in progress), for explanation as to its uses. Ilis first glance noted the defect, and he said: "Why, you've spoiled it. When you found that it was ready to have had iut as nice a SIO medallion (the fig ures and border in the left hand corner of the note) electrotyped from it as any body ever saw." That Ballard possess a secret which would be iovaluabe to the Government, NUMBER 50. seems not only posMblebut probable. The Government paid a Frenchman S-WOO ! for the secret of manufacturing tilar-patier ' S. "H-ing that would Stop their being counterfeited. one i oui liaiiarii wiicllier Dy the same method or not is not known makes iu.-t as good fiber paper as the Government tloes. and he is the only man who has eoun'er- feiren it successfully, and it is rather diffi cult to determine the exact limit to which his knowledge of chemistry in connection with hank note making extends, but it is well known that lie is ol himself a lir-t- class engraver, printer and chemist, the proof of whose skill is shown by his handiwork.Interesting II lstorj of an Aucicnt Rifle. Mr. Andrew Whitley, of St. Louis, en route to Lexington, visited theCowrvr-J-umat olllee vestenlav with a rare relie ' ! of the earliest days ot Ken'uekv. It was a rim-, niuue i)j iaco l vung. -oi irginia, in 1711. and owned by Mr. W.'s grandfather, WiUianfr Wbitley, who "Wait, one ot the first whiUt HieaXhaXcainoJu,'Ptnciyv aii'I was a companion ot Ihmiel li i ertiiiniiitiiiii lit I hiliii! Kawo.i j na nin. h .. nrinsitv on iwuinl flintlock mttcrii. ahout See fi-et riveinches j length, with ii silver plate mountiii"- on ,he t.toek,lanriugfheiiisr-ription,."W.aud E. W. " which stands for Wiliiain and Eas ter Whitley. The gnu", in the days of its usefulness was a ph-tv of the family property, and the wife learned as well as the husbjnd to coolly draw tlie bead on a deer or an In-, dian whenever od.'nsioii rwu'nvd. The wea;oii i or large ootv. with p'rft rule, i Accompaiiying the gun is a large jmw- horn is well known ttirou-rtiour tne rate. a, on ftne. S;(H! thetdiouing verses, i ,-,rrt.l in the honv substance. Tlie w ords j were coirpo-ed by Win. ! and will doubtless lie Whitley himself. rememnereil by William Whitley, I am your hers; Tlie truth I love", a lie 1 scorn. Fill me with liest of xiv,ler, l ie make your rifle crack Uie lowder. See how the dread terriflck ball ' Make I n-liana bleed and torrys fall. You with pon.lerl'le supply For to defend yor Liberty. The belt to which tilt- horn is attacluil heavily ornamented with heads made of tm. of porcupines, which are said to have been killed in Kentucky. After passing through all the scenes of terror enac -d on the dark and bloody ground, incident to the settlement of the Commonwealth by tlie whites, the faithful old ritle was associated with events which add gn-.it l fi-n-st to its hi-tory. Wm. Whitley wa a soldier in the war j of 1S12. and directed the bullets of bis old time iricnd against tne uritisii ami imiians .1 tl,A hirtlA ttf rlL-. I h.oiM2 I Hnniti lli-r ' . ... . . , . , 1 . : lie was kuieii in ia imck oi me ngur. mil ' a a a . the gun was pn-served and returned to his people in Canada. Some time before the recent civil war the present owner came to this State, found the gun in the possession of Mrs. Sallie Ann Uii'gius. near Crab Orchard, and purchased it at a cost of $l."o. ne carried the relic to his home in St. Louis, w here he kept it until tlu; breaking out of the war, w hen he was arrested at Camp Jackson during thedenionstration there on the llthdayof May. lsiil, and was for some time a prisoner in Federal hands. A short time pn-vious to this occurrence, while contemplating entering the Confederate army, he placed the gun in the kecpinsrof a man named l.ates the janitor at v y- maii's Museum, St. Louis-. A short time afterwards the museum changed hands. a".d Bates wenr to Canada, taking the irun wiih him. At the close of the war Whitley returned home, and immediately afterward commenced looking alter Bates and Ids gun. but .-ill efforts to find the man proved fruitless nntil about twelve months ago, wl ii Bates r turned to St. Louis, mid was engaged in the business of stuffing birds and animals for a natnral histwry ilci-or. His name app ami soon after iu the public prints, and by this nn ans his whereabouts was reveahtl to Mr. Whitley, lie went immediately to the place, found Mr. Bates, who readily nvognized him as the owner of the gun. and in due time de livered to him the valuable family relic, which he had kept in good order for twelve years.. i n returning W Kentucky on a visit a few (lays ago. Mr. Whitley went down to t'mb Orchard and obtain d from Mrs. Higgins ihe horn and belt, which were ih-oniy aiTOtitn aunts Belonging to the higlily-rrie l piece. Mr. Whitley has refused an offer of $."i00 for the gun. and would be loth to part with it at any price. Louise Me Ccurier-Jdurnal. Subterranean Fire burgh. Beneath Pitts- A subterranean fin- is raging in the portion of the city of Pittsburgh known as Ilernai's HilL which threatens serious eon-sciuei ces to about 500 acres of improved property. In digging out for Thirty-third stm-l against tlie bank some three or f ur months ago. the workmen discovered a stratum of the coal which Is so plenty in tin- city. In order to warm ttiecohee ior meir lunches they discovered this to he just the placed and wi-ordinyly lit tires at the mouth. Gradually th s slight blaze ha lcvcloncd itself fill now It is a perfect vol cano, w hose ominous roaring can easily be lieard bv persons traveling over the surface. No efforts have been made to extinguish this blaze, and now it is spreading fearf ully fast, endangering life and proji-erty. Hi rron's Hill is the highest point iu AlU glieny County, and ot its s mmit is locate 1 one of the water-reservoirs, w hich has been bnt lately erected. Water was recently pat into it, but it leaked out. l-atcly. however, it was fojnd that this wafer did not pas out altogether from leaks but that a portion has evaporated in steam, caused by the immense fire raging below. There is danger of the work caving in, and should it go, the flames w ill receive additional draught, and will thus be the harder to subdue, and have a tendency of spreading the fire still further. Tlie ultimate result of this subterranean fire can liardlv be told at present. Millions of improved property lie on the bill and In close proximity to these burning mines, and, should any settling of earth occur at any point, the result would be most disastrous. Efforts will be made to conquer the flames bv sapping and mining, bnt it will take months, and perhap3 years, in ovrino-uish this mass of burning coaL much of which Is burning hundreds of feet below the surface. tor. Utteayo ir-bune. - - - The Science of Health thus calls attention to a fact which cannot be too fre-nuentlv enforced on people's minds: "The K-rillCIUUn IlilO.. tM UltaiLiliu ikiavrujtjU um. mouth while sleeping or waking is very hurtful. There are many persons who sleep with the month open, and do not know it. They may go to sleep with it closed and awake with it closed ; but if the mouth Is dry and parched on waking it is a sign that' it has been open during leep. Snoring is another sure sign, mis habit should be overcome. At all times, exceDt when eating, drinking or speaking. . . - . .. . t . keep the mouth nrroiy closer, ami oreaine through the nosmis, anu retire wim a nrm determination to conquer. The nostrils are the proper breathing apparatus, not the mouth. A man mav inhale poisonous gases through the mouth without being aware of it, but not through the nose. A St. A lb ax s cat is a sure but painful burglar alarm. W hen she heaw an u - usual noise in the house she scratches her master's face until he awakes. PITH AND POINT. The last thing a man should be out of Temper. If a young man spends all he earns, employers shoidd look sharp to s-c that he earns all he spends. Wuat is the difference between a spendthrift and a pillow? One is hard up and the other is soft down. Whex a naughty litle boy breaks a win dow, he should be Dunished on the iirin- ciple that panes and penalties go together. Or.D Mrs. Pntterkin says she has been threatened with brain fever in the head. and the doctor told her that was the very worst place to have It In. A Brooklyn man who felt called upon to make his mother-in-law a present, pur chased her an umbrella with a lightning coudiictoratfaehe I to it. A roETicvt New Hampshire editor. speaking of trcts. says, "Every tree is a feath: r iu the earth's cap. a piunieiit her bonnet, a tress ninrn her forehead ; wherefore, plant trees." A grocer asked an artist, "Is sculpture difficult?" The artist replied, " Why, biers you, no. You have only to bike a block of marble, a mallet and a chisel, and knock off all the marble you don't w ant " A max went home the other evening and found his house locked up. Getting in at the window with considerable difficulty, he found on the table a note from hts witv-: 44 1 have gone out ; you will And the door-key on one side the door-step." The following code of signals is fastened np in sui.dry coal Tards near th cah- : " liell r One All-right : Two Thr w off coal; Three Put on coaL" It generally rings once, sometimes twice, never thrice, not even if there are two men sitting on the load. '. A BKionT 11 who commenced to go to school for the first rime on Sept. 1, is pro- resting -wowdfTlywtQyaiulje--He can mash flics oVtween thr Ti v er . of" ' '' Ids books, and plao crooked pins on the Iwys' s:it with a proticiency seldom acquired iu so short a period. Official Statement or the Destitution In Kansas. Tlie Atchison Dailv Champion of :Iie 21sf published from advance sheers of th- ollieial reports niaile to the State IV rd of Agriculture, some valuable sfati.-tio showing the destitution existing in several of the frontier counties of the State. S. en-tcen counties, in which an nggrcgat.- of llW.flflU acres bail N-en planted in cirri, pnnlured not a bushel of this cereal. Five of these counties irodiii-d an avenue crop J of wheat, rye. oats. ImrVy. and bnekwhea'. and aro aliuudautly able to relieve an v iii.lividuul cases of destitution in t cir midst- The other twelve counties, having an aggregate fiopulation of 2:;.ss7. as shown by the State census taken h'Sr June, are all on the n-mote frontier, and the settlements within them have .-ll b.'cn made within the list thn-r years. The eight in widen the gn atesr destitution prevails, viz.. Lincoln, Nrron. Osbom. Phi'lips. Pawn.. Bice. Rooks and Smith, have all been iK.pulafed within the past year or two. anil the gre iter par: of their'iopu!at'Nn settled within tin ir limits either la-t spring or the pn ceding fall. These eight have an nrrtrregatep-p-nlntion of 17,J:H'.. The settlers aeneniily had their first crop planted. They Ii i expend) d all of their means in building homes and putting in their irop-: the drought and the grasshoppers wrought a total destruction d every thing rhey hml planted, leaving them totally desri-tute. They are without either fi'-od. cloth-ii g or fuel to sustain them until tisey can produce something on which tn iiv. and mnst be sustained. The charitable contributions of the people in other sections of the State and the country st large are needed. The Ciampion compu'es the number of destitute in the State at from twenty to twenty-five thousand, bur i.f these many are located in older counties, where the" croiv--. with the exception of com. were a fair average, and the mom fortunate citizens are able and wilting to help thcirdestitute neighbors. But in the eisht counties mentioned above tlie destitution is very general, and almost the whole population will need more or less assistance. At least 1".000 people m u-t tie assisted during the winter and until another crop is grown. . Prescription for the Care of Drunkenness.Tliere is a curious prescription in England for the cure of drunkenness, by which thou -anils are said to have been assisted in recovering themselves. The receipt came into notoriety through the efforts of John me Ha'l. father of the Rev. Nw nuoi ' Hall and Captain Vine Hall, commander of the Great Eastern steamship He had fallen into such habitual drunkenness ih.it his utmost efforts to regain himself proved unavailing. At length he sought the hil-vlce of an eminent physician, who gave him a prescription w hi h he followed faithfully for several months, and at the end of that time he had lost all desire for liquors, although be had for many years hern led captive by a most dctfcising appe ite. The recipe, which he afrerwanls published, and by which so many have been assisted to reform, is as follows : "Sulphate of iron, five grains; magnesia, ten grains;p.-pi-r-miiit water, eleven grains; spirit of nutmeg, one drachm ; to be taken twice a day." This preparation acts as j tonic and stimulant, and so partly supplies the place of the accustomed Iiptor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral prostration that follows "a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks. Not long ago a Hartford gentleman, desiring to arrange a clothes-line from an upper window "of his house, climbed a iN-lghlvoring tree for the purposesafasten-ing the roe. He had previously ilivested himself of hat and coat, and at a height of about twenty feet was about tving a sailo 's knot. When he was interview-! d by a wasp. He srrmmarilv dismissed the intruder, but presently half a dozen wa-ps were standing upon his bare, bald head. and he iiistinctively dropped tlie rope. It is affirmed that in two minutes there were no less than 1,97J wa-ps holding a conven tion about his person. The man thought it was time to adjourn, which he did with all speed, leaving lut of his rrowscrs at intervals to show where he lufl Oeen. Some of the wasps accompanied him with sharp remonstrance. A old man. litniiing badly, and with green glasses over his eyes, entered a saloon in Detroit recently and 'asked for money. He told a pitiful tale. dui. iinior-tunately for himself, gave as his residence the bouse in which one of the persons present lived. The poor old gentleman's story was doubted, and he was roughly seized, his green glas-es torn off. displaying a perfectly sound pair of eyes, his limbs recovered tlieir strength, and he made a vigorous effort to escape. His tormentor found $:t8.4. in his pockets, and a bank-book with f 40.50 credited to hini. and only released him on his agreeing to leave Detroit at once. Two parties of Dartmouth College juniors will take a pedestrian tour through England and Scotland next summer. Thy will land at Liverpool, journey through London and the south of England, thence going north pass into Scotland, and, it time permits. take passage from Edinburgh to Havre, whence they will sail home, after a flying trip to Paris. They estimate their expenses at something less than $100 per head for the trip. For convenience the parties will divide into squails of two and nnite at the prominent points. Trkrk died, on the 3d of October, at Meriia. Pennsylvania. Mrs. Catherine Keil-ly. at the advanced age of one hundred and J .a n r four years anti nve momns. i ms venerable lady was born near Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland. May 4. 1770. She came to this country in rv, lanuing in rnnauei- phia. and lor many years suosenucuuj j-sidwl there. She had seven children and twenry-fonr grandchildren, anu oeio" to a long-lived family, an auct having recently died in Ireland at the age of one hundred and eight. . In Paris gentleman bet that he would smoke twelvfcigars in one e- 'J was taken sick h'fXr slsted and won his bet. rroi. cnevaiier wacaUed to attend him. the same night. A I orisvn.LK girl, of remarkable personal' attractions, recently destroyed the , , f her face with acid because a voun vr sister had been led astray through -. .. . . - .i AAm,;AnA nf wild rnitnvr 1 1 j&tejieg and attentions of wild young , tne nirie u men.