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TH0EP, Editor. ROCKY MOUNT, FEimUARY 4, 1876. VOL. IV. NO.

41. Tkn loo lie lmlauu .1 3 Bf nrfiMM Col FOOLIHG WITH DTXAXITE. A Checkered Life. ly down tha cliff 700 feet into the river. There seemed to be very little choice in the mattert tot there waa boot of more A Model Fir Depart meat.

The chief engineer of the Wilmington fire department came oyer to our town Ifests Iaterest, There is a grandmother ia Oregon who is only thirty -two years ejd. THE JUNGLE WEDDAS. fUaaalar Kmc of ItrafHti Csrlea lallaCla AlhlMtM nJ thai Ws flatter ourselves bwM boys That ws an wp, and eoooeal In a neighboring printing offloe i tacked np ta following notice: i Loud laughter is in the mouth of fools Loud talking or whistling In this Crfflew is strictly Some people are rude enough to say to an editor whose writings is not very plain Always telegraph never write we like your telegraph hand so much better than your writing, hand' Milford, N. talks of contributing Jimmy Blanobard to th Centennial, to be exhibited with a picture of the young George Washington, as specimens of two kinds of little boys raised in this oountry. I'd rather hay my tooth pulled -than sit for my picture," said the fair Arabella, a she resignedly took her seat Very well mias, said tha producing a pair of dangerous looking pliers, a you prefer.

The nan rranoisco Jiiuieun says Seals are as intelligent ss dogs, and may be mode to perform as many tricks. But no man will try to keep a pet seal around the bouse until he has first bought bis wife a seskkin cl.ak. What do you mean, you little ras cal exclaimed an individual an impudent youth- that had seized him by the nose upon ths street Oh, noth-' ing, only I am going out to seek my fortune, and father told me to aeize hold of the first thing that turned, up A resident of a Pennsylvania town was muoh troubled with-rata, and having been informed that guinea pigs would destroy them, he bought several and placed them where tha rodents war thickest The next morning he found the cellar strewn with dead guinea The Patron of Husbandry in Ohio are using the power which they posusss It; by reason of numerical strength in con-, trolling elections of effieet of agricultural societies, with the intention of putting a stop to horse racing at fairs. They have trinmphed thus far, and it is said that-they are to make the same effort in every oounty where they ara strong. that ws know, and do, and tol Bat bollav na, sir, they ean tea Bight through and through, both joo and m.

1 Aa If jour ehwe or aardamon aw Could bid your guilt win and weed Ah 1 foohtb aortal, do yon snpposs That only to snuT tha toantof arose, I And not tha odor that's la your clothes, Bhs's got that awnt little, part Uttla noae Tooi Mram la only a pane of glue, Tbroogfa which iha aeaa that you ara alaa I By no mean tha lion Jon think within, But bmg-aared thing la a Uon'a akin. Haw Twa Imelui OofoaiadThoaaalyca Tka Utll. Catlal. We nerer knew their right names. They wore brothers, and oame from Mo-kelamne Hilt; and the Frenoh miner them the Oadet brothera.

It -was in ''68, md there-was as lawlasaa set of roughs around Peoria" Bar as ever mining camp. Whepsnr it was known that a 'miner had strnok it big, this gang of bullies would drive him out of bis olaim, dean up bis aluioea, and take poesession of bis gaoabd. Il was a botorkrds- (aot that a Frenchman or an Italian was not allow- ed to hold a rioh claim for miles around the bar. The toughji ruled the whole eamp. When the Oadet boyseameand began work on ttte riyer' fant above the bar, it was rumored around town that there would be some Irish Jack, and Hookjnoa AnOj bpsted one morning in the corner saloon that they were going to chock tha into the river.

'But Jack and Andy were so drank that they qaarrelad about who should have the first lick at the big Freuohman, and in settling the matter two decanters and pewter water pitcher got mixed np with thoir heade, and the pitcher was the only thing that wasn't broke. It was setVtrat days before either Andy or Jack got out. and several more before -they made bp and resumed their positions as Chief bullies, and turned attention to the Frenchmen. The Cadet brothers were quietly working away "at their alaim. They bad pat up a little brush cabin on: the hill side, close to their work, and wero building a dam.

They bad been warned of their danger, but only laughed and shook their he ids, and one," the little; gray-eyed fellow, said when the roughsjumpod his claim they might bury' him bnder tlA tailings. When the job Waa finally put Up, Andy srxHledJt aU by ej the cluiin the bitjest Cadet brother was wheeUiiKdift on the dam. A long, narrow planllad from the bank to the dam, and just as ho was about midway on this board with his wheelbarrow of dirt, Andy caught hold of the plank and turned it over. The wheelbarrow, the dirt, and the Frenchman were precipitated into the prospect hole, but somehow Andy-was with With spring like a panther, the Frenchman had grab-bod the IxiHt, and together they wae writhing, struggling, and fighting like infuriktvd demons, Andy had found his ronton, but. with the oowardly instinct 'Of the rough, was not willing to take even chances, and drew his bowie knife.

Just thn the little Cmie ajjpesred in the cabin door with bis rifle. He saw his brother' struggling with the ruffian he saw the knife in the-hands of the lat ter and down toward the bar be saw the roughs eoming oa a rtra. BometimPS Andy waa on top, sometimes the Frenoh and it was forty yards away. How-. ever, there was not moment to consider, and quick as a flash the gray eyes were sighted along the barrel, ana the big Cadet was struggling with a oorpse.

Hooknosed-' Andy had a bullet in his brain. The two brothers took their rifles, and Percy Boyd, aged forty-seven, described as a gentleman of position connected with aristocratic families, but who had for soma time post adopted the alia ofTohn Brown, died two weeks ago in oommon lodging house in St Giles, London. At th 'coroner's inquest it was snown that he waa the son of clergyman in Ireland. Ha married lady who was a co heiress and they were in the habit of mixing with the aristocracy. Hi literary taste and acquirements were of a high order, and be was in the.

habit of contributing to periodicals, his connection with Belgravia as a contributor extending up to very recent period. He was intimate with Dickens, Thackeray and other person of distinction in literary world, and was a prominent member of th Oarriok elub. Whan his wife died tha property in her right passed to her sister and the principal aouroe of his inoome was thus swept away. In 1870 he went on the continent, and during the Froaoo-German war he was seized by the Prussians and thrust for one night into a French prison, where he contracted a disease of the skin which subsequently shut him out from society. For some years ho hod subsisted upon the bounty of bis friends, who were many, and what be earned by contributing to Miss Brad-don's magazine.

In the pocket of the dead man the polioe found a letter dated December 14, 1875, fr the Hon. Henry George H. Roper Curzon, sending the sum of two guineas, which he allowed the deoeased monthly. It was stated that although Boyd was only forty-seven years of age, by reason of trouble he appeared to be at least seventy years old. Kills Hl-i Pajmate.

A little boy eight years of age, son of Major James Brady, of Harrinburg, was shot and fatally wounded in Lancaster by a little playmate and friend, only six years of age, whom he was visiting, and who is a son of Mr. James Stewart, of Lancaster. The Examiner thus details the circumstances: Mr. Stewart has a Utile boy, Joseph by name, who is but six years of age. Between him and Master Brady a warm attachment existed, snd in response to on invitation, the Brady boy came from Harrisburg, in company with a sister, to enjoy a brief visit in Lancaster, stopping at the house of Mr.

Stewart. A few days ago Charles Stewart, an elder son, brought home from his office a large revolver, and he placed it, still loaded, in a drawer under some linen. By some means Master Josie ascertained the whereabouts of the weapon, and he managed to get it in his possession. He then ran up stairs to call his little companion down to break- i 1 i 14 Tt a rnnm lin hren In nnrtn- thrr rr-rnhrnr tfl ohildish gleeiand in another moment a loud report rang through tbe and a bnjlet was seut into Brady's brain. He fell forward on the floor, and when the members of the (amilvrlwho were at breakfast, ran up stairs, tliey-fonnd the Stewart boy trying to lift sp lihvdying companion.

Ihe injured lad was a bright, intelligent and interesting little fellow. Good 4drice. Encourage your county newspapers. Assist by kind words, prompt settlement of bills and encouragement to enterprise the editors of. all the papers which are helping to herald improvements, great or r-malL Thore never was a newspaper.

soys an exchange, no matter how small or what its price, that was not worth more than the price asked for it As light is to time, to growth and ripening of fruit so is the press to thought and to progress. Home men are too poor tuae a paper, ujau jo 1 11 11 ouuugu to do without one, and more if he can obtain them. Food for the stomach, food for the brain, are alike neoessary to. perfect growth. Ths editor who is eaoouraged will be a better editor next year than this, unless he be a snarling, selfish, growling, miserly, egotistical old bundle of cross-grained antagonisms, begotten in spite and at natural enmity with all the honest world But such ab normal monstrosities are few.

Tbojx-. dinary editor is a man of thought, power, intelligence. A student of life. A thinker. A sympathizer with his fel low men if they will permit him to grow to Inequality of gcnlenees.

Tha governor of "Ohio, in his message to the Legislature, speaks as fol lows oonoerning tbe want of equality in the punishment of offender My immediate predecessor called tbe attention of the General Assembly to the matter of inequality in sentences to penitentiary. I fully indorse his views on that subject ard invite you to oonsider th great injustioe frequently done to men and women who are more unfortunate than criminal, by the unequal sentenoes pronounced by the courts. The peculiar temperament or condition of the judge, or the attendant influences in a oommunity, as frequently mold the character of the aentenoe as the circumstances of the case. Men are serving under sentence of thirty years for precisely the same crimes for whioh other men are aerving term of three years. There should be some mode of "nend UK HI.

HIV1I IM DVIUH Ui Of course, the pardoning power can rectify the irregularity bnt it would be better to remove, a far as possible, the necessity of the interposition of executive clemency. It is a matter worthy of of your earnest consideratiOD, A Thriflj Youg Ham. The; Ponlbney (Vt) Journal Bays: A few days since found a good economist in the person of a young mechanic He lives in a house of his own, for whioh he owe few hundred dollar. His earnings last year wers $550; from that sura he paid $20, interest on indebtedness: $100 of the 'expended $55 in repair, and supported a family of tour persons. Hs is.

every day at his work, has no fears of what Mrs. Grundy may say. but supports his family eom- Tartably and well! Here is an example worthy of consideration by other young For a straightforward plea to ths question- of Unilty, or not guilty commend us to that Missouri chap, on trial for murder If your honor please, I am guilty. I kilkd the man because be took my gal from me. She was about tha only thing 1 bad an' I didn't want to live after she went, on' I didn't want him to live neither.

An' I should be much obliged to your honor if you would hong me as soon as possi ble." Some years ago a man by the name of Solloro, in Ohio county. bis brain penetrated several inches at the back cf his head by the tooth of thrashing machine, carrying thtvAone from the skull incision to the bottom of tbe wound. The patient lay in a coma- -toee condition until the bone was re moved, when consciousness was immediately restored, ond with' proper care the patient recovered without serious damiige. A hot quarrel between Landers, and Smith in a ranch in Pine Nit valley, Nevada, apparently subsided into good will, ond they went to brd in banks one over the other. In the night Landers, ho was on tha lower shelf, awoko to find Smith's face and a pistol hnniring down in sight from the upper Piaeif.

I've made np my mind -that I want to kill you, said smith ana tut-qbe pred, leaving Landers barely time before death to give this aooount Of the murder. A Dangerous Plaything. A correspondent writing from Chicago tells us about the dangprons practice of gambling indulged in He says: There are two or three reoent practices, however, which will acaroely re- ceive such general approval. Tbe fascinating and delusive game of poker has taken a strong bold upon society people here, and the ladies seem to be even r.uSlas tt wMfe ka Am m4 sfaalas rs It. Thirty' thousand porxads of dynamite ara stored in uoweii, a sudutd oi oi Louis.

The magazine is a small, de windowleas house; and since the Bremerhaven disaster, a St Louis correspondent of the Sun writes, this structure ha been regarded with apprehension by the Resident of the neighborhood. Mr. Julian, the agent in charge, made publio tests of the explosive intended to allay the excitement Dynamite or giant powder is finely powdered silex, or infusorial earth. sanratea in uiree nines its weigut ui nitro-glyoenne. It was discovered three years ago by Alfred a Swede, and, as generally made, resembles damp Graham flour, ft explodes with force seven and ona-half time greater than the strongest blasting powaer, ana in effectiveness is often quite equal to nitro-glyoerine itself.

The generally accepted idea of the peril of handling it, so Mr. Julian says, is greatly exaggerated. He claims that neither light nor electricity, aor ordinary shodl can pos- sioiy explode it in ail the speculations oonoerning the Bremerhaven disaster, and the statement that clockwork Btruok the thirty-pound 4kw, none seem to have doubted that such blow was sufficient to have caused the explosion. Mr. Julian's theory is that there was a fulminate cap ready for explosion, and that a jar of the clockwork caused a premature blow- In conducting the experiments Mr.

Jnlian entered tha storehouse with a lighted cigar in his mouth. The dyna mite was piled in nlty pound br.xes, eaen containing one hundred cylindrical rolls of dynamite, every roil being aoout eight inches Jong, and vary.ng from three-quarters to an inch and one-half in diameter. These rows, called cartridges, were incased in heavy paper saturated with linseed oil to preserve the contents from-moisture." The agent scared the spectators by throwing one of tbe boxes out of the door. It struck forcibly on the frozen ground. Thenoe it was takeh to the edge of a cliff and dropped twenty feet on a rockT The box was shattered, and the cartridges flew around harmlessly.

The dynamite was then gathered in a heap, and pounded by heavy blows with an ax. JMext it was set on are. The flame caught, slowly at first, rapidly afterwards, now on a little projection, then on a round surface, until the whole pile was burning with a fierce pink flame and intense brilliancy, and sncb great heat that no one could stand within a dozen feet of it. For several minutes it hissed and glowed, ond then subsided, leaving a rock-like residue, which speedily hardened to the similitude of white anartz. Though the nmsing was ire- powering, there was not tue iaintei explosion.

Frozen dynamite was subjected to the' same tests. Next snot-tempt was made to fire a stick of frozen dynamite with an ordinary miners' fuse and fulminating cap. The cap exploited, but the dynamite was only burst asunder and was found a oouple of feet away in an unchanged condition. Three ounces, unfrozen, were then exploded in the open air with a fuse snd fulminating cap. The ooncussion was very heavy.

The points claimed as demonstrated were these That dynamite, as ordinarily manufactured and sold in this country and Europe, cannot be exploded by a blow or shock; that when frozen it cannot be exploded st all; that when burned in the open air it is Jos harmless as a tallow dip: and that it is the safest of all the explodents. Mr. Julias soys that there are only twq faotories in the United States where dynamite is made, and the lurgexl is in rDrakeville, Drakevule, f. where more tnan three hundred tons a year are prepared. The silurious earth used is bronght from Germany, and it will absorb and retain only about three times its own weight of nitro-glyoerine.

When more than this percentage is used it is apt to leak out of the packages, and, collecting in drops, becomes a source of great danger. For this reason great care is used not to exceed tho limit of per cent. Mr. Julian also said that -two thousand pounds of dynamite were burned in a warehouse Jersey City a short time ago. There was no explosion, although the fact of the storage of the stuff in a crowded city was doubtless unknown to the authorities.

Desperate Women. Jennie Collins, in the Boston Won tenpf, tells the following story ol the working girls of that city On a oi: urday 'night, not long ago, three girls oame home with their week's pay, apd, as said, "Mother, hold your apron," all threw their money into it I congratulated ths mother, because they were-sagood. She answered I wish they were bad, then it would not break my heart to see them deny themselves every pleasure and work like slaves." One girl, whd was out of work and in debt last spring, could not bear the cross looks when she went to the table, so she in her despair wandered into a street car boose, sleeping under a car three nights and sitting in an office in the daytime. This exposure to the cutting cold winds nearly eont her her life. When IA, (ottlld mething Ao do she dropped KDon ud began to pray.

Well HasnertdV' Japanese women ara charming in manner, and would be in appearance, were it not for their ungainly forms, which are ruined by a clumsy mode of dress, and, rmg the poorer classes, the practice of carrying burdens upon the back. When a Japanese girl reaches the age of sixteen without having undergone either of the processes of d- fortuity she is a wonder to tha aye, and remains so until twenty-five, or possibly httle later. Then she eeases to charm for oertain period, in any way excepting fa her manner, and that ia generally pre served to tha last But as she grows. old she has a chance of becoming quite delightful again. There is nothing nteer than dignified and white haired.

old Japanese lady. She is alway happy, for abe-is always much respactedVaod hWhAd hw bar vonnof rL and at a osr- Uin an tha natural hiffh breeding of it orysUiisation. the other day, say Mai Adeler, upon a visit to the chief of our department, whose name is Jaoobs; and it struok Jacobs that it would be first-rate idea to show the visitor how very efficient our fire department is. So Jaoobs got an old tar barrel and set it upon the roof of his stable, and touched it off with match. When it began to burn pretty freely he gave the signal for the alarm, remarking at tha same time to the Wilmington man: You'll see that fire put out in about four seconds by tha boys." They waited four seconds for the boys, but they didn't oome.

They waited fifteen minutes, and still nobody came. Jaoobs was furious? Jbid as the barrel was burning very near to the roof, he sent a boy around to the nearest engine house to ascertain what was the matter. When the boy oame back he said the firemen were all out at a picnic excepting the members of the Washy Hose, who had gone over to Panoader to fight a oouple of roosters. By this time the roof of the barn was on fire, and Jaoobs was pretty near crazy. The visitor wanted to telegraph over to Wilmington for his department, but Jaoobs alleged that he'd let the eternal earth burn to charcoal before he'd consent to such a thing.

Then he sent a nun on a fast horse to bring the boys in from that picnic, and by the time they reached the engine house the stable was in ashes, and Peter's stable, next door, had begun to bum. So when the engine arrived, Jaoobs directed them to play upon that, and then they got to work; but after pumping for awhile without getting any water, Jaoobs was just about being his senses, when Mr. McAllister oame up and mentioned that the supervisors had let all the water out of the reservoir so as to clean it. Then Jaoobs sat down to fan himself, and to try to decide whether to commit suicide or to leave the oountry. And the Wilmington man went home with the idea that he hadn't muoh to learn from Jacobs about extinguishing fires.

Fashion Holes. A new style in trains, called coulisse, that In wblob the train Is crossed horizontally with gatherings at regular intervals, snd the gatherings barred over with bands of faille. All trains are stilt long and narrow, With the skirts more and more clinging to the figure. The latest polonaise buttons under the arms with large buttons made of gold and steel threads. These some buttons also ornament the sleeves from the el bows to the wrists, i f.

For small evening and dinner parties and operas Paris fashion recommend oream colored bareges trimmed with 00rn 1 cream colored ribbons. White Indian cashmeres are also sug gested for the same occasions. Ureases of soft brocades nave trains of faille. New robes de chambre, while still cut in one piece and buttoned straight down in front, as of old, show a novelty in the arrangement of the trimming, which simulates at the back a short cosaque. The trimmings are also comparatively new, being the ecru worsted laoe, which is embroidered with wool either thosame color of the dress or one that harmonizes with it Neck chains, with pendants attached, remain lashionable.

Bracelets are not as fashionable as formerly. Hair jewelry is out of style, and in its plaoe stones indicating the several months, ss garnet tor January, topes for turquoise for December, diamond for April. emerald for May, ara exchanged in articles for presents among mends, the stone ohoson being, of oourse, the one that suggests the month desired to be remembered. Among favorite rings for ladies ara opals and solitaire diamonds set in block onyx; and amethysts set with small brilliants. Silver and pearl ornaments in new de signs are in great demand.

A Woman Asking to be Hanged. A writ of habeas corpus was grouted by Judge Bingham of the oommon pleas court at Columbus, Ohio, commanding that tha body of Sarah M. Victor, an inmate of the penitentiary, be produoed before the court waa returnable at onoe. There" are some curious facts connect ed with the ease. Over seven years sjo Sarah M.

Victor was convicted at Cleve land of murder in tha first degree ami sentenced to be hanged. Before the day of execution arrived, however, the prisoner became insane, and upon being aatisnea oi tnis Tact -the governor or dered bar sentence oommuted to solitary oonnnement tor Ufa in the penitentiary, A simple oertiucate was therefore made out. from th court in which she was tried consigning her to imprisonment for Ufa Now, after this long lapse of time. oomes a petition claiming that the warden of tha penitentiary, ha not tbe proper papers or authority noon which to bold this prisoner. It is churned tht in commuting this aentenoe to imprisoB- ment tor Ufa, tbe governor should nave prepared, under hat haud and the seel of the State, papers to that effect, and before being carried into execution tha same should have been submitted to the prisoner to allow her to accept imprison ment for life in preference to hanging.

8b now desire to be and hence these proceedings, nave been instituted to declare null and void the certificate under whioh she was entered at tha penitentiary. Tbe condemned woman ia afflicted with paralysis, and had to be carried from the penitentiary to th court room. EL He Knew All Abort I suppose there are1 plenty of saw mills in your State," said man to partyfrom Michigan. "Well, I should say there was," re- 5 lied tha Miohigander. "Why, sir, ichigan is gettin' ao full of sawmills that yon ean hardly meet a man over there with more than two fingers on a hand." And slicking np a paw on which dwelt a lone digit a proof of his assertion, he quietly continued: anooc nana wun em myssu.

of armed, men below them, Al soon. ter were ao utterly amazed that they wheeled ana ran, ana rolled, ana rambled belter skelter down the mountain. nailed osa of them, however, a poor old i ih-m. Tnnn. fellow whose name I forget, as- belay wounded and forsaken in the path of the Frenchmen.

He was too badly shot to move, and when 1m saw the big Oadet come, up and club bis musket and raise it to knock his brains out, he eould only shut his eyes and pray that the last blow might be effective. The little Oadet had lingered behind a moment to try and get shot at the retreating foe. He arrived where the wounded man lay just as the butt of the musket, after performing a very swift, bnt deliberate, (rirole round the big Cadet's head, was descending Upon the" old man' skull. With a quick bound the little fellow pushed his big brother aside ana warded off the blow. "Let him alone, he can not hurt ns, he said, and the next moment fas was drawing a bead on a deputy sheriff far down the mountain, who reemel to have forgo ten something in he canyon, and was) harrying down to get it.

Well, after awhile, when no one dared to hunt them any longer, they quietly alipped down to the bay, and the last ever beam 01 wem tney naa shipped as sailors to Australia. Somewhere in California the old fel low who was wounded is living, and he still entertains a high opinion of the li tie Oadet, but think the big one an in feraal aoomdrel. An Ilrpbsnt Fight. One who has seen an elephant, like old Hannibal for instance, would natu rally suppose that II the beast was in fighting trim he eould make the dust fly in the ring. The ranee ol wales in India was treated to an elephant fight, and here is description of it, showing that it was not Such terrible- snair ai tcraU: Now the gateways have been barred with massive beams." The polioe peons, after clearing the arena, are scuttling swiftly, with many demonstrations of terror, into the manholes.

The chains are loosed from the legs of tha two fishting elephants," and these slowly advanoe to meet each other, goaded by men with javelins, entioed by picadors dangling red scarfs before each. Some of the latter appear recklessly bold, and run. or seem to run, narrow escapes, as the huire beast, with raised trunk, comes charging at them. Now the two elephants closely oonfront each other, and their tuskii clash together with a mighty bicker. Their trunks interlace they push against each other for the mastery, thoir flanks heave, and the muscles stand out under the thick hides.

Weioht tells at first, and the bigger. lighter colored brnte bears back the less massive, darker bued elephant; but the smaller one has greater gamenese, and constantly confronts his weightier antagonist. The latter ignobly "outsit," and, turning his pachydermatous back round, seems in a supine, languid fashion to bid bisopponent take hhrehange out of that." The combat now degenerates into a farce; the smaller animal keeps butting fitfully into the great rump of the other, wno siuvgisniy ueounes me sustains pbiegmatically a good deal of punching against the barricade and walls from the blunt tusks, of the animal which, for form's sake, must, suppose, be called his antagonist. It is the fuse-bearers advanoe and flare np. The elephants clearly understand, and act with alacrity on this signal that they need sham to fight no more.

The big fellow stands fast among the smoke, for ha is already at his own end of tha arena; the smaller chap scuttles off in ludicrously clumsy haste to his own corner. Again, however, they are induced to renew the semblage of a struggle, and there is some aimless butting with foro- hiWU -Whins of tusks, and intertwin ing of trunks. But it is so evident that the brutes understand each other that, I-in the language of the P. the fight is a the nice grows teal- ous, and is ended by attachment first of clamps and then of ropes round tha hind legs of the buy oombatants, the blitzing and smoke of the fuses, and the flaei tying np of the unseainea impos tors. ALanj0ne Hundred and Three.

'Tha Heading (Pa.) Timei asserts that Mrs. Mary Bohnebly, who lives near Hagerstown, wss.boin on the fif teenth-of February, 1773. It sey: Unlike very aged persons, she has bo wrinkles in her faos or on her hands, nor has the weight of years caused her form to droop, but she stands and aits perfectly straight, uses none of the common artificial aids in walking, moving "abmit freely and unassisted. Hha was married Ho-CoL David Schnebly in 17M, and tlieylivedjpgetborjustnxty years, ana without vsae. She was invited by Bar.

Mrs. HoOsuley, of Beading, who is connected with her by marriage, to pay her a visit and to remain a day or two to rest herself on her. way to the Centennial exhibition, which she proposes to attend if her life- is spared. To this Mrs. Sohnrbly replied that when she nude the trip she intended going to- Philadelphia without stopping anywhere.

-T i Sack Glft. Eosnei a New York street oar two little girls, with very pretty dresses) and ladylike manners. Uotty, a ear, ao you sncrw a an going to give yon for Christmas Oh, don't tell ma, let it be a surprise." Oh, I most sell yon, bo that ww can arrange it all. You know my mamma has aboautiful sealskin sack that papa gave her last winter. Well, I am going to get that and take it over to your now and give it to yoo.

Then you muafrgiv it to me, and take it back td mamma's room. Than when those horrid Ritchie girls begin to tell about all their presents and things, we ean say that we each got a perfectly lovely seal-akin sack, that cost over so mooo. Oh, won't they be jealous, though pologioal Institute of London, an inter-eating paper waa read by B. F. A.

on "The Weddas 1 1 .1 1 1 5 01 wtelhgence in the world. Some of these singular people two men and three women were exhibited to the Prince of Wales before leaving the island. The remnants of the Weddas occupy the eastern portion of the island, and are spread over an area of ninety miles by forty in extent. They are divided into Jungle Weddas and the semi-civilised or Village Weddas, and it was to the habits of the for mer that the author of the paper had particularly directed his attention. Their habits make estimation of their numbers mere guess work, but they were not supposed to exosed 880 in 1868.

They have no sortof dwellings, but pass weir lives roaming about in the open sir, taking shelter from storms under rook or in hollow trees. Their food consists of boney, lizards. monkeys, deer and wild boars. Their arms are the bow and arrow, and they are assisted in the chase by dogs, which are their only domesticated animals. They drink nothing but waiter, which, however, is never used for ablution, they having an idea that washing would take away, tbair strength.

They chew the bark of certain trees, but do not use tobaooo in any shape. The tallest Wed das described were about five feet three inches, and the shortest four feet one inch; but Mr. Hartshorns had seen one, a young male, apparently of eighteen. who stood five feet four and three-quar ter inches. Notwithstanding their small size and slight physique, the strength which they possess in the arms, and especially in the left arm, is very remark able.

This is due to their constant use of the bow, which is six feet long, and pulls from forty-eight to fifty-six pounds, with as arrow three- feet six inches in length. This is nulled to the head, and they dwell on their aim sometimes for a couple of minutes without the slightest tremor of the left arm being perceptible. On one occasion the author saw a Wedda shoot a dog thirty-five yards off, the arrow passing through nearly the whole length of the animal. entering the hind quarter and ooming out at the shoulder. Their only other weapon is a small ax.

ire is still occasionally produced by the flrestick, which is made of the same wood as their arrows, but mora fre quently by flint and steel, whioh they obtain in exchange for hides and bees wax. holographs exhibited to show their general appearance, and these broughtouteijroststrikiiig characteristics, extreme shortness of the thumbs and sharply pointed el bows. Their countenances are abso lntely devoid of any expression of intel ligence, and their utter neglect of their persons gave on air of extreme bar bar ism. The women wore necklaces and orna ments in their ears, for which beads and empty cartridge-cases are employed. Their faces wear an expression of great unbappuiess, and tucy never laugh, all attempts to induce them to laugh utterly foiling indeed, the exhibition of laughter by aoothei person produce unmistakable expressions of disgust.

When asked why they do not laugh, they reply Why should we? What is there to laugh at They have no words to eonve the idea of colors or numbers, and they cannot count on their finger. One of the most intelligent of the men had utterly forgotten the name of his father and mother, "who were dead, and had great difficulty in recalling the name oi ins wue, wnom na naa seen only three days before. A ViUngB Wedda, confined for the murder ot a person who ho thought had bewitched him, after three months' attendance at school hod only been able to learn nine letters and eighteen numbers. Xbey have no idea of the soul ox ol a future state, and though they speak of superior being. a man questioned ou this point did sot Know whether it was good or, an evil being." He was not afraid of it, nor did he prey to When death occurs the body is wrapped in hid and buried by the men, 'who dig a grave with their hatchets and pointed stakes.

No women are allowed to be present at the interment. Nothing is put into the grave, nor is the spot ever revisited. An offering of food is made to the desd, with the adjuration: Ye dead person. take ye this food:" but the viands are then divided and consumed by those present. The have no idea of steal ing, and polygamy and polyandry are unknown.

Though they marry their sisters, (hey never many the eldest sister, and there is no marrisge eeremony beyond pre sents tion of food to the parent of the bride, who has no choice in the selection of her husband, the subjection of women being complete. The eldest male Wed da is regarded with patriarchal respect. bat all other are equal, caste being un known. rery little information isto be derived from their language, except that it seems to be agreed among philologists that it is the only savage language which is of unmistakable Aryan origin. -w Crookea A Washington letter say that the value of the property seised and libeled in the several collection district of tha United State since Msy 10, 1875rTn eonsequeno of frauds on the revenue imposed on oisuuea spirits, is fi.xiz,-Q3X and the amount assessed upon the prcparty and bonds of guilty parties is $927,975.

This last named amount was assessed a follows Illinois, $427,570, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, $176,975. number of persons indicted for defrauding the revenue in the same period is 135, which is olamriftsd thus Distillers, twenty-nine rectifiers, forty-one; government oncers, fifty other persons, fifteen. The seizure mad at Chicago are not included in the above statements. These last seizures, it is expected, will result in the confiscation to the government of about $500,000 worth of property and the assessment of an additional About fifteen persons will be implicated. -r more devoted to it than th men.

Card. parties now mean poker parties, snd the checks are promptly brought out at an evening call. Whist aud euchre are now t.K slow to satisfy anybody, and no -well regulated house i now without a set of. white and red poker chips. Young and pretty Miss Twolips otters i Jin nve nunnteswere np in the chapparal on the mountain' was too much consternation the roughs to ad-; mUolimmeiUata piu-suit, bat that iuty of the dead man's friends weV3 hunting through the bushes ami along the steep mountain sides, resolved on vengeance.

That night midnight the Cadet1-brothera came ink' eoria Bar, and wefeSnpplied with an abundance of the best ammunition and provisions by their, French Fur three days the search unavailing, but on the fourth a gang of eight or ten men discovered tha hiuiug place the Cadets. That is. they nU Ui Hoovered it but the head man, who. fell dead in his tracks jmtas ha came in sight of the jagged ohff where they were oonoealed. Vou my, bali ova if or not, bora, but every man who lived on the Stanislaus in those, daysrkaows that the stayed Oa tire mountains and around to the slang of the game with the ease ond freedom of a turfite, and that whioh was formerly abandoned to the back zoom of saloons, and was sufficient excuse for a polioe raid, now finds recognition iq the i parlor.

Can trace this new mania no further back than Mr. Scbenok's namnliUt nn mmA fit nnVm. rtrirtff1 for private circulation at the leanest of some English ladies and gentleman who preferred it to whist at sixpence a cor- ner. The publicity which this eireum- stance afterward obtained all over this. oountry advertised two things to Ameri- can society first, that it was the custom of English society for ladies and gentlo- men to ploy oaros lor amau siasea, next that after learning poker they pre- erred it to the games'! hey had been ao-l i customed to ploying.

Wbat was allowable and even foahionabls ia England re- oerved quick indorsement here, the quicker and readier perhaps because the game is ao fascinating. But the result is that the playing of card for money -has got start in American social airoiee, where it was formerly tabooed andL there is danger that there will not -be the same cool and phlegmatic control of r-it as in English social circles. 1 Wt th Land. ward Yankee Hill lot two or three weeks, and defied every man that waa sent after them. Bill Carter, the city marshal of Columbia, swore he would take them or diet, bui somehow Bill never managed to find them.

Others did, however. Mo- Kinney, SB bold a-maW as evrt lived, was very eager in the searuh until a bullet struok him in the nppr part of bis forehead, arid glanoing npwar I gourged an qgjy holeja, his 4nlp, klsKinney wlludis living nowt trnt-ue brfvor afterward iudnlfpd. 4 the" pleasqra of hunting EtpdimmJ pniy.4ha aiaal(er ''ens did the shooting. VTiie big broth or -Ulwayw loaded the gnus. Their asers often shot at tbom, and aeunes snrrewnded their pomtKm so as- to oota-- pel them to rvtrwt.

The littlsV Cadet would fire a nhqtJ'hSoJIbe nt; nn to his brother, and the latter wouli load tha musket while tetrring nr tUe hHU By the time it Was loaded the Utile fpl-'Vjw would fire. and then hurry up to hi brother and exchange RHaa. They -killed two man eutritfuk'sud' seriously WMinaed tlujw others.4 V-'-' if. you have ever tewn oatW- Staois-Jaua, yoo know that (he- grmati liffs rue almost ppendicTiUrly upward in many places from the river. On one of these cliSs the Frenchmen found it nt- terly impoBsihle to ascend further.

Thrir enemies were in hot pursuit and a ehange of position became inevitablo. They had to choose between facing their enemies or jumping perpendicular- A. curious case ha oacuiTed in tbe-tdwn of Oxford, Me. Ia carrying out tbe vote of that district tha town authorities purchased a lot of land and erected thereon a aehoolbonse, st an expense of some seven thousand dollar. Afterward tJ-we ascertained that the vote of the district authorizing the pur--i -j th Unit and the boildinar of the house waa illegal, and the courts have so decided' tbe matter.

So the gentleman wbo previously owned tbe lot t. mnA minima Aia land, to gether jwith th sehpolhotiae) that Iwen erected thereon I we nnaarsuna that the district will PP' th legislature for authority to bold the school. hoase under the Betterment act "-4 ol all young or old would do Well to papflnV woe appear in her to attain men. It a good example tor tern from it.