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■JUBL-L—L URXAT HALT LA HE. Ita Trobable OvtlH Accidentally Discovered by a Boy. ^Tater Whitford, a farmer, living a law miles southeast of this city, and hda son Frank 19 years of age, were lnnk ing for some stray cattle. They non horseback, and followed the of the cattle to within a few of the most southern point of Frank was riding some i In advance of his father, and I gazing intently on the ground, as tha tracks of the cattle was somewhat indistinct. While they were riding qaiatlj along in this manner, Mr. Whitford was startled by a shout from fciaaon,and looking quickly up, ho ■aar Frank throw his arms about into tha air, while his horse wns plunging wildly as if terror-stricken. At the ■Mae time thoso was a deep rumbling , sound, that seemed to coine from the •enter of the earth. In an instant, and before Mr. Whitford hud time to think, his son and the horse he rode had disappeared from view, and in theplaoe where thevliad been a yawn on chasm appeared, from the sides of which the earth was still caving and dropping down. Mr. Whitford tor several moments wns stupe lied with terror, and then, as ha began to realize the terrible situa tion, be became almost frantic. The last piercing shriek of his son was ring •■gin am ears, and he could not toll how far ho hail fallen, or what dread tal fate he had tnnt. The aperture ■owned to be about fifty feot in width, wad waa nearly circular. Mr. Whit fond noticed that on tho opposite side from where be was standing the earth named comparatively solid, lie there fore proceeded cautiously around, and, dnoe downward, crept slowly and ■arefuily forward until he was enabled a peer over tho brink of the chasm. >t first he could distinguish nothing hut inpenotrable darkness. The faint cash ot waters far below was the only mod that greeted bis ear, and after nsing intently for several moments ho beheld the glimmer und foatn of tho water. He then began to “hello” tastily, and waiting a few minutes for a reply, ho hoard a faint response aoasa np from tho depths below. Ho ■raa overjoyed by the discoveiy that his son was still alive, and immediately oat about to devise some means for Usmsene. FortunateIy.be carried upon tha born of his saddle a stout lariat (•■•.about fifty feet in length, which he 'hastily procured and lowered over the aids of the opening. Frank shouted up that it would not reach by several feet, aad Mr. Wbitford lengthened it by ad ding the bridle reins, when he was •varjoyed by tho discovery that it (•ached his son. Frank fastened the (•pa securely around his body and •boated for his father to draw him up. Although be is very small in stature, aad does not weigh over 126 pounds, it was only by superhuman efforts that Mr. Whitford succeeded in drawing him ap, and twice he came near being dragged over the brink himself. But ha was finally successful, however, aad the emotions of tho father anil eon, when the latter was safely landed wa solid ground, can be more readily imagined than described. Frank was entirely uninjured except a few bruises smi the left leg. He described his sen sations while descending as most ter rible, and owes his escape from injurv to the fortunate circumstance of Ins hone remaining under him. The an mal struck the bottom first, and this broke the force of Frank’s fall. The horse, Frank thought, was not dead, bat be intended to return and shoot him. Frank described the cavern in •hieh he descended as being about seventy-five feet in length. Tie had fallen on the west side of a shelf of rocks, just below which a foaming atresm of water was rushing madly past. This stream appeared, as near *• Frank could tell in tho dim light, to fee about fifty feet in width. Tho ■pray that was constantly being dashed over the rock on which he had fallen had left a heavy deposit of salt, from 'Which it was evident the stream came from Great Salt lake. The cavern narrowed down at either end, just leaving room for the channel of tho stream. Young W'hitfordsescape wasno less marvelous than was the wonderful discovery he made. This underground stream was flowing in a southwesterly direction, directiv from tiie lake, and If it is not an outlet, what is it? Thu place where this occurred is about twenty-live miles from tho city, anil tha locality will probably be visited by a party frim this eity m a few days.— Salt Lake Democrat. I m rThe Joke of Idle Soldier*. We were lying in winter quarter*, and bad day* aud day* of nothing to do. I did not play card*, but tuy tent, mate did. Hu uUo had three special friend* who played, aud their tuuuliug. place was In tuy tent, Tltore they wet day after day—in the morning, in Ut* afternoon, and in the evcuiug until lata at aight. Our teut was built for permanent quarter*. In one cud we made a door eighteen incite* wide by three feel high On the opposite side men e fireplace built outside of small etiahs, like stonework, aud eaverml in aide with clay mortar The buys, as usual, were at tbelr card*. 1 took a ho ud into ntv conn eats, we procured a shell w Web had Wes* the luatl out without bursting. We fastened iato this shell a long fuse, I then told my Irtensl to go a*** sets anl rod* to ait empty dry-gootl* but, m4 strike upon it a* to make it annad like the bwssiumg of distant can •on ' lUfk"'said one * d ysni hear tkstl That'* from bee's battery on lb* heft. We may hate other business (>h*e eardplaying by daylight." Ju«* then "auumM> went the sdd *n goods hut. and instaa'ly I drop ped the shell. With the butHiUg lu>e, down the chimney. The shell fell wpsrn the lire end ro'isd under the baah on wh *'h the buy* writ sitting ••Tab leh ls-h went the burning fiaea. The bay* thought it * message Afreet from Uee's faailery Two tried la famp through the d>««r at the aame time, and MwM up the narrow iM m that aettb- • < as aide t* * get out * fwit esaematmn <*f the tent was linsd. * fended end a fwtieal made asst, h*»w • *1*1, ta good ngd-» No uus >s SS till ed but tan bay* w ailed bnhia*l distant owe* fat mala khan thirty mssttai m.u* iites momentarily expecting to ace the tent blown to atoms. After a while these heroes came together, and in tho council of war they held on the Held of fright it was decided that they had been the victims of fraud. Hut there was no more card-playing in my tent. — Wellsboro Agitator. & Disgraceful Match-Making. Mrs. Grundy and her circle of socie ty gossips look askance upon any one who presumes to criticise marriage as it is, and these people cannot think of any word more appropriate than horri ble by which to describe tho ideas of social reform. Neither can we, who see tho need of social reform. And any more fitting word than horrible to ap ply to some of the customs yet in vogue in “our best society.’’ Tho Ixmdon correspondent of the New York Daily Hun in discussing social topics has made a very just review of the pro ceedings by which Lord Durham en deavored to get a devorco from his wife. It appears that this gentleman met the young woman whom he mar ried but' littic previous to marrage. lie was attracted by her physique and beauty, but did not discover her men tal failings. A match was practically lixed up by the lady’s friends, and soon after the marriage the lord dis covered that the lady was a tit subject for a lunatic asy lum. Thereupon, he naturally sought a divorce aud en deavored to prove that she was men tally unsound before marriage. He was now not successful in this nor in obtaining a disvorce. The London correspondent says: “The greatest proof of the sad’ tragic character of this suit is that it has evoked less acrimony and more sympathy with with both parties than any of a similar nature; that the enormous expense of the trial sinks Into insignlicance before the magnitude of the moral interests involved, ami that all contumely will be reserved for those who were agent* and tools in the execution of this cruel, unholy contract. We stand face to face with one of those transactions which in business would be called sharp practice, and in society pass under the name of u splendid match. Such transactions, so numerous and so common that unless their pitiful results come glaringly before iis in the scathing lights of the divorce court, wc hoodwink ourselves and at tempt to hoodwink others into the belief that in England marriages arc never of ‘convcnanee,’ never arranged, but that in our national and noble dis interestedness we follow only the dic tate of our hearts. To all appearances, judging from the list of fashionable weddings, our feelings invariably walk hand in hand with grosser considera tions, and hardly ever allow them selves to stray into impecunious and untitled grooves. Nothing apparently can be gained by not dissolving tiie marriage, while the maintaining of it would bind the husband eternally to a cyazy wife and debar him from ever forming happier tics.” Some English families are so anxious to make u good match for a daughter that for the sake of it they will sacri liee all moral considerations and bet ter feelings. One of the most brilliant and lovable of English women who has recently become a favorite with the American public, was married at tbe early age of iifteen to a man old enough to lie her grandfather, simply because he had wealth and good post- j tion in society. The result could not be other than unfortunate, and in less than a year the young wife left pre cipitately the “happy homo” wliieh had been provided for her. Such match-making in a Christian com munity is as degrading, unholy and immoral as the worst things which arc charged against Mortuouism, and in such a community which assumes to be Christian and is credited with being in an advanced stage of civiliza tion such match-making is vastly more reprehensible and wicked than is the similar custom among barbarian tribes of selling daughters for live stock or other commodities to the best advantage.— Dr. Foote's Health Month The Prepared Sermon. At one time, when the writer was pastor of the Summertield Church, 1 the Uev. Herman Hangs was the pru ■ tiding elder. His appointment to preach was for Easter Simday. Ho ! came and preached an admirable ami { appropriate discourse on liie rosur ' reetiou ot Christ. At the dose Mrs. Auuit Knapp, a widow of fourscore year* and daughter of the Rev. .Smith Arnold, one cf the pioneer*,, came to the altar, and in the hearing uf the j writer thus 111 hi rested “Uncle lleman,'' a* the venerable preacher was affoc J lionatelv called by those who had ; known him long. “Brother Hang*, 1 enjoyed your seruiou very much. 1 heard you preach it forty year* ago. I liked it tlicu. I heard you preach it again about twenty-throe year* ago, and it was good then, and to day it wu* a* goo.t a* ever." “Uncle lle man." with a look which those who *aw it will never forget—of mingled good humor and a <|Ui«alcal spirit - replied: “Well, Sister Kuspp, has there bee It any ebauge iu the facia • bout the resurrection of our Lord in the last forty sears? If it was good the Urst time you heard It, why should it not lie just a* good now.*" SaUI the old t»>lv “Well, Brother Bang*, wv shall soon tw where you won t have to make an argunonl to |«rov* it, a* you did to day. ' Neither their piety north* inlirm ly of old age had dulled the f Wilt. tVolwS I'fiw.tfs* lb* I'utr* of UnlHl. One uf th« dry good* stores Km lost n customer, u*« «I the hanslsom* rlsrli ha* tost hi* *il«iatt*«n, and all through hi* n«‘s«rah|* vducat «>n at ti>« | telephone, I b* ladf in i|WMil«Ml I* deal and earn** a hi tie tubs*, with th* usual mouib|»*s-« to speak lal-s t a* other day she cam* up tw tha counter, and a* a prwUutmary to th* eon**t«m* turn touching her pfufmamf pur, has*. *h* put th* tub* ts« her ear and h iuM th* KHMtlhpt*. s* Iu th* clerk lie tm Molistrh put hi* mouth to It and rail* mi out ' ‘11 tlo' and hvfot* be lvc»d ie. le t himself th* i osiomer had thorn y I out of the e* *W rhurchl, t it is f*iii to.,* y%< so «. The Last Day* of the Year 1000. It was believed in the Middlo Ages that the world would come to an end at the expiratiou of one thousand years of the era. Thisexncetation in Christ ian countries was universal. The year 1(XX) was a year of suspense, terror'and awe. The histories of this dark period give vivid accounts and Incidents of the state of tho peoplo under tho influ ence of this awful apprehension. A writer in Sunday of Home reproduces the picture with much distinctness, ami relates an incident of the manner thut the hours were numbered on the supposed final night of that year, which might aptly suggest a dramatic subject for a poet: When the last day of tho year 999 dawned the madness had attained its height. All work of whatever kind was suspended. The market places were deserted. Tho shops were shut. The tallies were not spread for meuls; the very household fires remained un lit. Men when they met in the streets j scarcely saw or spoke to one another. Their eyes had a wild stare iu them, as though they expected every moment some terrible manifestation to take place. Kilenco prevailod everywhere, ex cept in the churches, which were al ready thronged with eager devotees, who prostrated themselves before tho shrines of their favorite saints, implor ing their protection during the fear ful soenes which they supposed worn about to be displayed. A* the day wore on, tho number of tlinsii to !■<■ uoiurlil ui f in i j u ii ,it irciiur greater ami greater, until every corner of the sacred edllleea, large as they were, was densely crowded; and It he* came impossible to find room for more. Hut the multitude outside still strove and clamored for admission, tilling tho porches and doorways, and climb ing up tiie buttresses to liml refuge on the roofs which they could uot obtain inside. A strange nnd solemn commentary oti the text which hinds men to watelij because “they know not whether tiioj Master of the house will come ut even or at midnight, or at the cock-crow ing, or in the morning,” was preserit edby t! e multitudes which tilled the churches that night. Watch in very truth they did. Not an eye was cl.oseil throughout that lengthened vigil; not a Knee hut was bent in humblest sup plication; not a voice but joined in the pcnotcntiul chant, or put up a fervid entreaty for help and protection. There were no clocks in those days, hut the flight of the hours was marked by great waxen taper* with metal balls attached at interval* to them. These fell, one after another as tho llarne reached the strings by which they were secured, into a brazen ba/.ln be neath with a clang which resounded through the churcn. At the recurrence of each of these warning sounds the awo of tiio vast as sembly seemed to deepen and intensi fy, as each in terrible suspense sup posed that between him and thu out br.rst of Divine wrath only the brief est interval now remained. At last the night, long as it was, be gan to draw to an end. The chill which precedes daylight pervaded the air, and in thu custom sky the first pale gleam of morning began to show itself. The light grew stronger in the heavens, anil the tlainu of the candles paled before it, and at last the rays of tiie risen sun streamed through the windows on the white, anxious faces of the watchers. The uigiit had passed away. A new day, a new century had begun. The text that says that “no man knowetli the day nor the hour,” had a new meaning. — Youth's Compute ion. Kiss Me Good-bye, Dear. That is tho phrase heard in the hall way of many a home as the man of tiie house is burring away to exchange daily labor for daily bread in the mart of commerce. Sometimes it is thu wife who says it, sometimes infant lips prattle the caressing word, holding up a sweet ilower face for the kiss that is its warm sunshine of life, and tiie strong man waits a moment to clasp hi* treasure, and is gouo; and all day lie wonders at tiie peace of his heart; at the nerve• with which he meets business losses, or hears business ; crosses. Tiie wife's kiss did it, and • lie realizes that it is not wealth, or position, or luck, tiiat makes our happi iic.'H, but the iiiMiicttcc we In-ar with us from the presence of those we love. Kiss me good-bye! O lips that have said It for the last time! would you ever ask again iti those pleading tones j for the kiss so tardily givenf Would we not remember that the relation the llower hears to the tiuivorso is as care fully provided for as that of the bright est star; that the little actloii of a lor j lug heart goes side by side with tho deed of heroic worth; that love is the I dew of life; that the parting of a day may Ih< the purling of a lifetime. "Hew many go forth la th* iic-nrug That srwr emw tenor at night 1 Alef lirsria have hruknn fur khel wonts stolon Thai wifiow > an tn-'er set right." Mauy tears ha To t>een »hed over kisses over those "draft remeiufk-red kisses after death." Kiss your child ren, tuau of hit smews, before you leave home, kiss the mother of tour children, and theu go about your day's work with a "thank lord" in your soul that you have some one at home tu Wi-*». -» i'hfx Mohryc wf Jvttru it. Again 'I a liulba* hsUL I hear that M«<ia*oni«r Alnia.lrv l*ohi vs are leading the raiopaiga a gainsl the evnd'rlature uf the llaro t kl IdoMtsO de ffothss hild at the Instttiito, >hwm iswi ih n that the H-Uk tchiUia ought to content theois, lies with Is* •** { mill uttinvi, and M- tewisr share* that opinion, all the more heartily an his own gel, «» la not raplesen'ed in the lim w Hi trail* in thatgwllery »f paU ales and oi.pl* of art »h.h M de Molh-ehiM ha* lufm**l without au« effort* or research#* *»« his own pan Hist all, when imp 1* rsdltng in gold there ta mm pairi. utar merit .* order ing one'* *(tew*rd tu pay tabu o«* sum* (or rare work* »*f art, duly guaranteed according to In voter* hy ihtw who ufht th-rn fi't tale, the more so as this guarantee i* not alwsy* a proof of n*hwih*ne** l, wdvm II arid L’PPKR CANADA. A Country Which Had Slavery Until 17W— The Days of No Stoves—The Old-Fashion ed Fireplace- tubing In the Ashes-Leeks as Food—Popular Belief in Witchcraft. In a former letter, writes n corre spondent to The Toronto Ulobe, I brief ly spoke of slavery as once existing in Ontario. Many persons who have cot looked into the history of our country closely have been almost disposed to doubt my statement. The subject is so interesting that I will speak more fully on the |>oint. Great Britain abol ished slavery in tho British West In dies as lata ns 1833, and naid £20,000, • 000 for the slaves to their owners. It is dlllieiilt at this time to tell why our forefathers in Ontario were so much in advance of the mother country ns well ns the United Btates, for wo'Ihid that they abolished slavery from Upper Canada In July, 1733. Of course there were not many slaves in Upper Canada at the time; still there were somo, but it seems no compensation was ever paid to the owners for such slaves. Just think what a fearful cost of treas ure and precious lives the United Ktatus were called upon in the into war to stand, in order to rid their country of slavery. Had they abolish ed slavery at the lime our forefathers did, no doubt tho great war of the re hellion would have been averted, and besides, in 1733, when we abolished slavery, they could not have hud very many slaves at the most, and even if they were paid for they would not have cost anything like so great a sum as Great Britain naid for her West India slaves in 1833. Then 1 maintain that, our forefathers in Upper Canada in 1793 were fur in advance in public spirit aud true phi lanthropy of our American cousins, for wo do not find that the Americans at this time made any great agitation to riu their country of the curse of slave ry. If there were no other fact to be proud of in our early, history or proud of our country, this act of our fore fathers is one in which we can justly take pride and makes us more fervent ly prize our peerless Upper Canada. Not wishing to bo too clul>orate on this subject, yet I feel that I must in sert tiie act abolishing slavery in full. In July, 1793, the iirst Parliament of UpperCanada, at its full session,called together at Niagara by Lieut. Gov. John Graves Sirucoe, passed an act as follows: CiiAtTKit 7, Section 1. Hereafter no person shall obtain a license for the importation of any negro or other per son who shall come or be brought into tliis province after the passing of this act, to be subject to the condition of a slave; nor shall any voluntary contract of service lie binding for a longer term than nine years. Sec. 2. 'i'his clause enables the pres ent owners of slaves in their posses sion to retain them or bind out their children until they attain the age of 21 years. dec. 8. And in order to prevent the continuance of slavery in this province the children tliat shall be born of female slaves after the passing of this act to remain in the service of the owner of their mother until the age of 25 years, when they shall he discharged. Provided, that in ease any issue shall be born of such children during their servitude or after, such issue shall be entitled to all the rights of free-born subjects. liy this simple act of our iirst parlia ment our country was effectually rid of this pest without shedding a drop of blood or the expenditure of a sin gle dollar in money. All honor to our forefathers and a thrice for our ban ner free province. Our forefathers at this time and long after had no stoves : in their log-houses. All cooking as well as heating was done by the tiro place. A crane swung on hinges into this great fireplace, which could be swung out from the (ire at pleasure. Attached to this crane was an iron having notches therein, and tilting over this pendant iron rou was an- \ other shorter iron, with a link as of a chain on the end thereof. This link fitted Into the notches on the Iirst men tioned iron. Hy this means the lower •.lit I I. — I ... iiv/u \.uuui uv mnt'i iwn v>ivu« **»»»» • by hanging a pot. on the lower end of the shorter iron rod it could ho raised or lowered into or ubovo the tire at pleasure. Thus our forefathers did their lirst cooking in Upper Canada. The corn cake, or wheatencake, when they hud it. was baked in the ashes, and wonderfully sweet old | ter sons thought it. The fact that it was cov ered with some loose nsties tlid not de tract frout its sweetness; these were soon brushed away, leaving the tooth some cake within. The first Improvement in the culin ary art of our forefathers came the hake-oven. These were tin trays, as it were, ojm-ii on one side. Tliev would Ihi set before the lire place, with the o|h-u side fronting the lire. Thus the rays of heal would h* collected, ami lu a measure conlined within the oven, and the lire id or eake> within were mmiu Uicely browned and baked. It was considered ail Immense stride bv our forefather* when they got these hake-ovens, and for years they did not aspire to any thin* better, tt.cus out of doors werw built by some of stone. Mus h Wi fe con leal !u shape and open la the center. An tmmeu-e tire would be lulllt lu this outdoor oven sad, wbt-n burnt tu leal live co.it*. would lie ail drawn out. Its stottev would thus be thoroughly heal [ t-d. Into me cavity la who'll the lire ; hod I-ecu the breast Would he Insetted ' and the door slopjied up. |h. nigh la i teat heal would remain ia the stoae* i tu thoroughly bake at least two batch es of bread Itul this was done at a fearful waste of s>«sl, which, ol course was no s- ta-nul at that t.ao* | be advent of slaves cnettged all that, aad how a Biepiove of wood ia aatta (arm home is now* a iuvurv thaa a s«. rolls ami but few tlsht be b-usd. it lid levhs were Uvea vised ss an at Ibis of fined A* s-s-a as the ins * disappeared la the spring they would be too led IS tt-MSil IttiS ia the forest*, aad wsrw gathered as the ar*t spring vegetable Ihett shuvurr <«- il, or that impartial tu the htewth id the eater thereof, seemed tu tss au i-lf tu i their tse. he* all p*rt-a»h •-( the | u*h nut one could -I ait the vlur from the other. Likewise the cowslip a little later in the season, which grew in shallow ponds, furnished a diet of frccns to our forefathers. To show ow difficult it was at this early day for the poor settlors to obtain money, I will relate an anecdote of about 1807. Levi Annis, whom I spoke of m a for mer letter, was living at this time with his father in the county of Durham. During the summer and fall of 1806 they had chopped and burned a fallow of thirty-one acres, which they had sowed to fall wheat. As a preparation for sowing the land was not plowed at all, but was loose and leafy and ashy from the burning. The wheat was sown broadcast by band uraong the •tumps. D was covered by hitching a yoke of oxen to the butt cud of a small tree, with the branches left hanging thereto. The oxen drew this to and fro over the fallow among the stumps and thus covered the wheat. This was called hushing in and was the tirsi har row liked bv our forefathers among the stumps. However, the fallow upon which the wheat was so bushed in pro duced as line a crop of fall wheat as ever grew, falling not much below thirty bushels per acre. Now this wheat could be exchanged for store goods at will, but riot for money. Levi Annis, however, took the lirst loud of it to liowmanviile, and was told by his father that bo must get #6 60 on ac count of the whole crop to pay his taxes, for he must have the money to pay his taxes, but the rest lie would tako store pay for. The merchant with.whom lie dealt actually refused to advance the #6 60, saying lie could get all the wheat tic wanted for goods. The young mail had to drive to an other merchant and state bis deplor able case to him and his urgent need of #6 60, and that if he would advance him the money he should have the whole crop of thirty-one acres. Finally, the second merchant took pity upon the young man in his dilemma and advanced the money. Thus it was with the utmost difficulty that he could get $5 00 in cash out of the thirty-one acres of wheat. This shows us to-day how difficult it was for our forefathers to get money. Since the early American colonists burnt witches at Salem, their descend ants. who came to upper Canada us U. K. loyalists, brought the belief of witchcraft with them, and many of I hem who came here about 1800 and before really did believe in witches. I have heard my forefathers relate a witch story in all seriousness which 1 think worth repeating, as showing to us that tins New England people who burned witenes were really sincere in tiie belief About 1800 a settler in the ipring of the year did not enjoy very good health. Nothing serious seemed to be the mutter witli him, only a gen eral want of inertia or a general sced incss. There was no medical man to consult, so lie did the next best tiling by consulting his nearest neighbor. The neighbor upon being told lussym tonis, at once pronounced him be witched. An old woman in the local ity was at or.ee picked out as the be witcher. Now for the remedy to break the spell of the witchery. A ball must be made of silver, and they minted a silver coin and made a rifle hall of it. An image of dough must he made to as closely resemble the supposed witch its possible, and it was made. Just as tiie sun rose the bewitched must lire at it with his ritie and the silver ball, and the dough image was set upon a top rail of the fence, and as the sun rose he tired and just gra/.ed the shoulder of the dough image. In about an hour the old witch came to the house in great haste, anil wanted to borrow some article. Were they to lend her the article desired the spell would come on again, hut refusing, the spell was broken; of course, like sensible men, they did not lend the article. Even they wont on to say further that the witch was hit anil wounded slight ly on the shoulder, where the dough image was struck by the silver ball. However, be that as it may, they asserted that the sick man speedily got well, and was never again be witched by tiie witch in question, nor any other. Of the efficacy of the uner ring aim of the silver ball I do not vouch, but 1 do vouch for the real bona tide belief of the old narrators of the whole tale. Muscles and Brains. One of tiie strongest arguments that can he brought to bear against the present usceudancy of the athletics in our colleges is their damaging etl'eot upon the studies of the men making up the teams. In the college offices the other day the register kindly showed the records of the university huse-hall lime* ill 1HM1 to 1MMU, 111 eluaire. The nine of'Ml had nu aver age rank of 7b in n elm* of 100. The nine of 'Mg averaged ilk The nine of ’m:| average4 !>'J, while the nine of ’Ml average*! of. With the exception of mJ, each nine cuntaineil two or three uiuu of hgh atumling, wbuae recurti aliowml that a loan can atmly an t play ball aa well. Knell nine allow e«l also two or three men atnntiiug in the uiul lile of the cla**. KmalTy each non* contaiueii aetreral prufenaional hall player* with whom every examination must have beettiathu nature of a lotte ry. I * poll the w hole, however, the ligures were higher than we vxpecietl. ami were encouraging tonne who leii*««t that running luw* itwi not unlit a maa for intellectual work. One of the hr»t ilulteaof a eaplain la to look kfter the college *laa<|ilig of the men Ui 4* r hi* charge \ I w o tin* in go-nl *t vail ing will Oka e the eftliva >4 culivge alhietica. i‘o»e haw*. The Hu b -siI'nbtnef I. civ. The *i<he»t lot* la tt a*hiagt»n now prs»tw»hl* ia Mi* Vt hit mo », wh«*»e bust** mi I* heofelary <4 the Nat}, ami whose 1*1 hai ia the millionaire **«*• tut t*kik*. >4 t*h •«*■ it I* wiii on- uf her bwthera gate her a tnmi million within a tear **r »•*** aa«l at a tattling l hrutmaa gift gate her a •MM*** ornament *4 ikW fh* 4om>mhIi the woe at kt tint W*4ne*4nt re esplu«n la Washington were *«•»« huge *ml totUiaat II* r watting* *4 *., ii ,ue •|ian*oa4s Oil the tin** *o|t In if** which w*fe aet in a bar klwul (•■n art- oau*w*|iy luge an4 p *tt * I* a tiibr. A. H. Stephens. The following letter was written to one of ttie two biographers of the lat<* Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, who was chosen by himself to write his life. The gentleman, now in this city, was preseut with Mr. Stephens in his last hours, and knowing how Mr. Stephens estimate*' ,he general, felt sure the regard wi, reciprocal. His own acquaintance witii Gen. Grant having been limited to one interview across the lines at Vicksburg, and to. letters, the request lo which the fol lowing is the reply was sent, by their mutual friend, Gen. James Long street. "Nkw Yoiik, June 14, 1883.—Dear Silt: Your letter of the 13th of May, inclosed to me by Gen. Longstreet, in which you ask a few words from mo in regard to my estimate of the lato Alexander H. Stephens, reached my oflice iluring my absence in the west. Since that time I have been in my oflice but three or four days, and, finding an accumulation of letters, which fan not yet through the disposal of, is my apology for not answering you at an earlier day. I never had the pleasures of a personal acquaintance with Mr. Stephens until lie, with Mr. Hunter anil Judge Campbell, visited my head quarters ut City Point, Va., during tlio last year of tins civil war. 1 had, how ever, known him by reputation for many years, and placed a high esti mate upon his character and ability, as well as statesmanship. Our per sonal acquaintance, though we differed so widely in matters affecting our com mon country; only served to increase my admiration for the man. As 1 un derstood, without being a man of large means. Ins devoted largely from wluit he could earn to “the greatest good of the greatest number.” Through him many a deserving young man has found the means of acquiring a fine i.:. ... *1,,, world, and in most cases, if 1 am cor rectly Informed, he has been coin- . pensated for his generosity hy seeing m those who had these favor* conferred do honor to their benefactor. ••In all his public utterances Mr. .Stephens impressed me as a man who was never afraid to speak his honest convictions without regard as to wheth er they would he popularly received or not. To the day of his death I retained the high estimate of his life and char acter formed before 1 knew him, in creased hy a personal acquaintance. Very truly yours, U. 8. Gkant. It may he said that two copies of tho above letter exist, both in the hand of the great general, and that the second one was made with rare delicacy, seemingly to correct the inadvertent use of the word “rebellion” which was corrected in the second copy to read “civil war.”—Louiivitle Cuuricr-Juur •»al. Jewish Longevity. In enumerating the causes which have made the Jewish people so strong and vigorous, particular mention oust lie made of their observance of the Sabbath. This day was appointed for the double purpose of securing a set portion of time for the worship of God and affording rest to the body wearied with its six days’ labors. Obedience to this primeval law is held by the Jews to he as strictly binding on tiieni as any other religious obligation. In Christian countries where tho Sunday is kept sacred or observed as a holiday, another day of rest in addition to their own Sabbath is obtained, thus forti fying them against the crushing toil and nervous strain of modern life. The loss accruing from this enforced ab stinence from business worries is more than counterbalanced hy the gain in nerve power with which periodical cessation from any harassing employ ment is compensated. This is doubt less one of the factors which have helped to invigorate both mind and body, and to develop in them those high qualities for which they are just ly distinguished. To sum up: the longevity of the Jew is an acknowledged tact. In his sur roundings he is on a pur with his Christian neighbor. If the locality in which he dwells is unhealthy he also suffers, but to a less degree. If the climate is ungenial, its influence tells on Him, too, but with less injurious ef fect. His vigorous health enables him to resist the onset <>f disease to which others succumb. These advan tages are for the most part owing to his food, his temperate habits, anil the care taken of him in sii-Lnoss anil poverty. No doubt be is specially fortunate in inheriting a constitution which has been built up by attention, (or many centuries, to hygienic details. His meat is drained ot blood, so that by that means morbid germs are not likely to be conveyed into bis system. It is also most carefully in*|>ected so as to prevcut the consumption of what<g is unsound, hence bis comparative ' immunity from scrofulous an,I tuber* culmis form* of disease. The bible is regarded hv some scientists as au old 'fashioned book; tint its leaching in relation tohvgiene, even they will confess, has not become antiquated. It must ho credited with has tug anticipated and recorded for our instruction and profit doctrines as lieyoud dispute tu this department of knowledge. In the Mosaic law are preserved saint an rule*, the habitual observance of which bv the .lew, frotu generation to generation, ha* made him superior to alt other races in re* • peel of health and longevity, l.umrt ifattr, "llurklng Agm t apilal" Every »»ne in 1 'leveland know* Jacob 1*' mins, the millionaire philanthropist. Not lung ago Mr IVrkin* wa* w ln«sw ing the raising »( a delink in U > ,t I leveland. Mote kelp * o weeded and the mdtious rv i*ml the end of a twye 1 *ft t began pulling. lit* us a vis was i * stwrdv, rawb netl Irishman whs* •ut »*d when Mr tVtfcits >. /an cull u d It < it mats ’ I tolled and Mr INirknts puiW.l fhe nsd* lonaire who te a strong man w ** grndn* I alt show ing hts supper tor strength ••*«* I the Irishman, when the latter threw 1 down hit end «f Ike »„p„ m disgust. M ny, wb vt is tfc* mvtier. "askevtVer* | in- * 'lather, I* h.'* replied |*at, aw* i gtdyi "tndn t I always m it was ns* u*e tor labs.tr to iw buck a* ag,n oje I tat tWwmf Inasr, #W,