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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
ConJensc3 from Telegrams of Accompanying Bales.
3Ioxdat, February 2:5. Late dispatches
from Nagasaki, Japan, announce the preva
lence in that couutry of an insurrection
caused by the failure of the Government to in
" augurate war against Corea. At last accounts
the insurgents were bo near Nagasaki that the
foreign residents were preparing to leave....
According to dii-patchcs from Madrid severe
lighting has been going on in Biscay for
several days. Portugalife lias lccn aban
doned, and the garrison of Vinarose,
numbering 200, were taken prisoners by the
Curlists. Gen. Dorrrgarray ith 2,500 insur
gents hold the heights above Somorrosto. The
Republicans have tai.cn the first height with
heavy loss Cardinal Antoneili has ad
dressed a circular letter to all Bishops, citing
them to Rouie, as the Pope wishes to see them
before he dies According to telegrams re
ceived in London the capital of the Ashantets
has surrendered and King Collee and his family
have been taken prisoners On the afternoon
of the 'J-Jd an engine ran olTthe track at Union
dale, Fa., ou the Jefferson Branch, between
Susquehanna and CarUmdale, and fell down
an embankment seventy-five feet, instantly
killing Conductor John K. Harding, Engineer
Cramer, Fireman David Cramer and Brakeman
Thomas Kapley... A New York dispatch says
a praying crusade against intemperance has
commenced in that city and vicinity. The
churches arc generally moving in the matter.
The Trustees of Trinity Church have decided
to no longer lease the property of the church
for purposes of liquor selling, and other
churches are requesting their members to
stipulate that their property thall not
hereafter be used as saloons.... A boy ten
or twelve years old, the sou of T. Jones, of
Windfall, Ind., while his parents were
at church a few nights ago, attempted to
kindle a fire with coal oil, with the usual re
sult. The boy died the next morning The
Missouri State Grange on the 21st adopted a
resolution requesting the Missouri Senators
aud Representatives iu Congress to use their
Influence to secure the improvement of the
Mississippi River and its tributaries Ac
cording to dispatches of the 22d the Women's
Temperance movement was spreading in
Iowa and Illiuois. In Oswego, Lexing
ton and mauy other places iu Illinois, and
in Davenport, Dubuque aud elsewhere in Iowa
organizations had been formed and prepara
tions made for a determined assault upon the
saloon-keepers and their patrons. The same
condition of affairs prevailed In Indiana. In
Chicago a praying band consisting of 3,000
womeu was about to be organized, according
to the Timrx of the 22d. The city was to be
divided into districts and each district given
over to a band of fifty praying women.
Tuesday, February 24. Late dispatches
state that 200,000 persons in India were fam
ishing for want of food, and that half a mill
ion would have perished had they not lcen
relieved by the Government At a late
meeting of the Royal Geographical
Society Sir Bartle Frere announced that
he had come to the conclusion, after
conference with Dr. Kirk, that the re
port of the death of Dr. Livingstone was true.
The Queen, at the instance of Mr. Gladstone,
has granted a pension of 1,000 per annum to
the children of Dr. Livingstone A Wash
ington dispatch eays the friends of temperance
in that city have determined to commence an
active crusade against liquor selling
in the capital A call has been
published for a convention of dele
gates from the Northwestern- States to
be held at Rock Island ou Tuesday, March 51,
on the subject of cheap transportation. The
call is issued by Major James M. Allan, dele
gate from the Illinois Farmers' State Associa
tion to the late Cheap Transportation Con
vention at Washington, he having been ap
pointed by the Decatur Convention Three
hundred men went adrift in East Saginaw
Bay on the morning of the 2:d on a cake
of ice, on which they had built a fishing vil
lage, and which was driveu away from the
shore by a strong southwest wind. They were
carried out Into the lake, 'when a change of
wind to the west brought them up to the east
ern shore of the bay, where two hundred of
them managed to escape at different points.
Two of the men were drowned in attempting
to reach land. One hundred men were still
on the itc up to the night of the 2od.
Wf.dnesda Y.February 23. Chin Lan Pin
the Chinese Commissioner of Education, was
a recent visitor at the Executive Mansion in
Washington. He expressed a hope that the
intercourse between the United States and
China would grow more general and
that the existing friendly feelings may
never be interrupted. .. .The Rhode Isl
and State Prohibitory Convention, re
cently in session at Providence, made
the following nominations: For Governor,
Henry Howard, present incumbent; Lieuten-and-Govcrnor,
W. F. Sayles; Secretary of
State, J. M. Addernan, present incumbent;
Attorney-General, Edwin Mctcalf; General
Treasurer, Henry Gaff A State Temper
ance Mass Convention, composed of womeu
and men engaged in the temperance crusade
in Ohio, was recently held at Colum
bus. Dio Lewis was made President. The
proceedings consisted of speeches, one of
which was made by Van Pelt, " the reformed
saloon-keeper," singing of hymns, reading
letters from sympathizers, and the formation
of a State Bureau, which shall seud speakers
and workers to any place in need of them.
The convention formed a permanent or
ganization to be known as the Woman's
Temperance Association of Ohio.... The
temperance excitement in Valparaiso, Ind.,
on the 24th, was at fever heat. For several
days before the ladies had besieged the
leading saloons after the style of their Ohio
sisters. Their services were largely attended.
On that day the Mayor issued bis proclama
tion ordering them to desist. The ladies re
plied with a counter proclamation, in which
was embodied the following extracts from
the Scriptures: Psalms ii. 1 4; Acts iv. IS,
19; Acts v. 29, and a short address to the public-
The Grand Jury was in session and had
f ound a large numtier of indictments against
the liquor-sellers. At one saloon in the after
noon, whiletbe ladies wereconductingaprnyer
meeting on the sidewalk, a bucket of dirty
water was thrown upon them from the balcony
above, completely ruining the dress of one
lady and thoroughly sprinkling the rest. The
ladies of Richmond, Ind., visited about thirty
saloons, but their efforts were not crowned
with success up to the 24th. The movement
bad developed to considerable extent in various
towns in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
TncitsDAT, February 20. A report has
been received in London that a great battle
has been fought at Aeroomha, on the Gild
Coast, between the Ashantces and the British
forces under Sir Garnet Wolselcy. The Brit
ish papers say a great disaster has befallen the
British arms, and the only course left for the
commander is to retreat to the coast
Peace negotiations had been pending.
and had been 60 far advanced that it
was announced that the end of the war had
been reached, but these have all failed in
consequence of the determination of Sir
Garnet to treat with the Ashantee King at
Coomassic. The battle lasted from six o'clock
iu the niorninjr until three o'clock in the
afternoon. A large number of officers and
men were killed. It is reported that
the communication of the British with
the rear is threatened The Boston School
Committee, notwithstanding the decision of
tie Supreme Court of the State, have voted
44 to 40 not to reconsider their former action
refusing to allow the women elected to oc
cupy scats as members of the Board.... The
Maine House of Representatives has refused
to pass the bill abolishing the death
penalty, the vote leing 57 to 73. . . . A Detroit
dispatch of the 2ith says no definite informa
tion had been received in regard to the ice-tloe
at Bay City, but the general opinion was that
all had escaped The Iowa Anti-Monopoly
Convention met at Des Moines on the 25Lh,
with sixty-four counties represented. Thomas
Mitchel was elected President and J.
M. Weart Secretary. Resolutions were
adopted favoring the faithful admin
istration of law; demanding honesty,
economy and purity in official life ; favoringa
true system of civil-service reform; opposing
a protective tariff; declaring that all corpora
tions are subject to legislative control ; favor
ing a modification of the banking system ; op
posing grants of public lauds to railways ; de
claring that the pretended repeal of the back
salary law is a gross fraud upon the people,
and demanding ita unqualified repeal; demand
ing that all public work, including printing,
be let to the lo west responsible bidder, aud
Inviting all men, regardless of past jolitieal
views, to unite with them in remedy
ing the evils from which the people
ho generally suffer. The following State
Central Committee was chosen: J. Harten
bower, O'Brien County; Frauk Brown, Wash
ington; J. Weaver, Cedar; J. M. Weart,
Buchanan; J. O. Crosby, Blackhawk; L. B.
Nelson, Tama; E. N. Gates, Jasper; G. F.
Parker, Warren; J. F. Bishop, Union; II.
Jackson, Greene.
Fuiuay, February 27. A dispatch has
been received at the British War Office from
Gen. Wolselcy, dated at Coomassie and an
nouneing his arrival at that place after
five days' hard fighting, and with the
loss of 300 men. He expected to sign
a treaty of peace with the King of the
Ashantees and return at once to the coast..
The Ohio Prohibition State Convention recently
in session at Mount Vernon has placed in
nomination the following State ticket for next
fall : For Secretary of State, John It. Buchel,
of Summit County; Clerk of the Supreme
Court, B. Foster, of Logan ; School Commis
sioner, B. M. Weddcll, of Montgomery; mem
1h.t of the Board of Public Works, E. G. Col
lins, of Hocking; Supreme Judge, G. J. Stew
art A Detroit dispatch of the 20th says it
had been ascertained that all the men afloat
on the ice in Saginaw Bay had escaped to the
land.
Saturday, February 23. The French
Court of Appeals has dismissed the claim of
Naundorff, who styled himself Louis XVII.,
and declared the man a crafty adventurer
An extensive conflagration i3 reported as
having occurred at Panama on the 15th ult.,
m hereby the large.-t portion of the business
part of the city was destroyed. The losses
are estimated at over a million of dollars,
mostly insured in London companies. .. .The
official report of the Secretary of the
Wisconsin State Grange announces 39SGranges
in the State up to February 20. The State
Agent of the Indiana Granges had reports up
to the 27th ult. of the organization of 1,450
Granges in the State, an average of sixteen to
each county The Colorado State Grange
has voted to establish a co-operative associa
tion in the Territory for the benefit of the farm
ers Christopher Raflerty, thrice convicted
and sentenced to death for the murder of a
Chicago policeman, was hanged at Waukegan
on the 27th ult. Great efforts had been made
by the friends of Ihe criminal to induce Gov
ernor Beveridge to commute his sentence to
imprisonment for life, but they proved un
availing. Rafferty claimed that he committed
the crime while under the influence of w hisky.
..The Wrtrn Jiaral (Chicago) of a recent
date says: "A pretended law aud collection
firm are sending out letters to v etims of G. B.
llodge & Co., saying they will try aud col
lect (claims on that concern on receipt of 25
cents ! An examination shows us that the
paper on which the said letters are written are
the old letter-sheets of Hodge & Co., with the
printed head cut off ! Tell your neighbors
not to give those scoundrels any more i-
cents."
rouTY-THinn congress.
Saturday, February 21. Senate not in
session In trie House, a pennon was presemeu
to have the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's
birthday declared a public holiday Several pri
vate bills were reported from Committee of the
v noie anu passed. ...a motion usiwu iu
li:ioKs to adiourn over nulil the 2tlh, on the
ground that the 21 was to be generally observed
as the birthday of George Washington.
Tuesday, February 24. Senate A
joint resolution of the Legh-lature of Wisconsin, in
favor of the removal of Indians from that Mate,
was presented and referred.... Bills were Intro
duced and referred to regulate the service of the
collection of customs; to regulate daties on im
ported wines; to enable the Mcnnomtes of Kus
sia to effect a settlement on public lauds;
to abolish Ihe offices or Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, the Commissioner of Cus
toms, etc Petitions were presented from mer
chants of Chicago against any further issue of
irredeemable paper currency, and in favor or a re
turn to t-peeie payment ; of l,!Xi7 business men of
Cbica?o. asking an increase of the currency; of
two hundred and seventy merchants and
business men of Chicauo auuiur-t anv further issue
of irredeemable paper" currency . A number of
private bills were passed ibe Din 10 extend tne
time for completing the Wisconsin Central Kail
wav was reported favorably from the Committee
on Public Lands The bill to equalize the distri
bution of the currency was further considered, and
Mr. s-cburz spoke at length in opposition to an in
crease in the volume of the currency, and Mr. Mor
ton tmeny replied to the arguments ot sir. t-cuurz.
. . txecutive session and adjournment.
House. A bill was passed to facilitate
the exportation of distilled spirits. ...Bills were
introduced yielding to the State of Indiana the
lands covered by Wolf Lake and I.ake George ; to
increase the currency and provide for itsinter
convcrsion with Government bonds, and to abolish
the siukms fund: to abolish canual iiunisbnieut.. ..
A lengthy discussion was bad on the bill to provide
for the distribution of public documents printed
by the authority of Congress, of seeds furnished
by the Agricultural Department, for the free ex
change of newspapers between publishers, and
for the free transmission of weekly newspapers by
man within l he couuly w here pu hushed, and no
tices were (riven of an amendment to and a sub
stitute for the pending bill. ...Adjourned
Wednesday, February Si Senate.
After the introduction of a few petitions and bills
the bill to provide for the appointment of a com
mission on the sabject of the alcoholic liquor
traffic was taken up and briefly debated
....The bill to legalize the distribution of
the currency came np and was further
discussed, personal remarks aud explanations
taking place between Senators Schurz aud
Morton, both of whom were. In the course
of the debate, c'alled to order for un
parliamentary personal allusions. The dis
cussion on the bill was participated in by other
Senators, the pending motion being to recommit
the bill to the Finance Committee with the in
structions agreed upon, directing the committee to
report in favor of increasing the volume of the
National Bank currency to $4O0.PO0.0Ol A mes
sage was received from the President in reeard to
the Centennial exhibition, which messa-re was
ordered printed and to He on the table.... Execu
tive session and adjournment.
House. Bills were passed for the issu
ing and recording of commissions to Postmasters
appointed by the President, with the consent of the
Senate ; to amend the Steamship Passenger act in
resrard to the publication of lists of immigrants
Resolutions of the New Hampshire Press Associa
tion were presented in favor of the restoration of
the law allowing weekly newspapers free transmis
sion through the mails in the county of their publi
cation, and declaring hostility to anv action that
may result, directly or indirectlv. in the restoration
of the abuses of the f ran kins privilege The bill
to provide for the free distribution in the mails of
public documents, etc., was further debated, after
which the previous question was seconded 1V to
67 and the vote on ordering the main question
resulted in yea 126. nays 117. No further action
was had on the bill. ...An evening session was
held for the consideration of the bill to revise ihe
statutes.
Thursday, February 26. Bills were
passed prescribing the form of oath to be taken
by Postofflce officials before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties; the Nsval Appropriation
bill, with amendments The bill to provide for
iT""iim-ui oi a commission in regard to
alcoholic liqnor traffic was debated The Army
Appropriation bill was reported from Committee
on Appropriations, with amendments Execu
tive session and adjournment.
House. A bill was passed allowing the
use of the unexpended balance of 'the appropria
tion for the construction of branch mint at San
Francisco.... The bill reviving the franking prlvi
lege was taken np, and, after debate, a motion to
lay the hill on the table was defeated 113 to 140
and then the amendment reported by
the committee, authorizing the Postmaster-
General to delay the transmis-ion
of document whenever the welfare
of the service shall so require, was rejected by an
overwhelming majority. A vote was then taken
on a substitute to repeal the law which abolished
the franking privilege, wmcn amendment w
iertvt.ua so. mvi 19 The vote was then
taken on the passage of the bill, and it was re
jectedyeas 1J9. nays 131 The bill to revise the
statutes was considered ai me eveuiut eessiuu.
Friday, February 27. Senate. Peti
tions were presented from workingmen In different
States against any increase in taxation.... House
bills were passed In relation to import daties on
fruit, being a bill to correct an error in the late
Tariff bill; making available certain unexpended
balances to construct the new branch mint at San
Francisco.... A favorable report was made on the
House bill extendins the time for building the
Green Bay & Lake Michigan Canal. ...The bill to
provide lor tne appointment, oi a commission iu
regard to the alcoholic liquor traffic was taken up
and an amendment waa agreed to appropriating
10.000 for the expenses of the Commission. . . The
House bill in regard to the Centennial Exhibition
was taken nn. and a substitute was offered provid
ing that the celebration of the lOOlh anniversary of
American independence snail be national in cnar
acter; that the arrangements shall be left In the
hands of the original Commission, aud shall be
carried out to conform to the provisions of the act
of Congress, and that no money enau oe appro
priated from the National Treasury on account of
the celebration. After debate and an executive
session the Senate adjourned to the 2d.
House. A motion was made, to be sub-
seqnently called np, to reconsider the vote of the
day before by which the bill reviving the franking
privilege was rejected.... Several bills of a private
cuaracter were pbik:u. . .nui,o o f;ntu
bill for the free circulation or newspapers.... da
journed.
KITTEN DY MAD DOGS.
Fearful Career of a Couple ofjlad Dog
In Chicago -Over Twenty Persona
and More than Forty Dog Bitten
Oreat Kicltrmtnt Among the Deal
zem of the North Side.
Tns existence of a mad dog excitement in
the city of Chicago is unfortunately not rare,
In that city attempts have been made to take
a dog census, but those who have made the
undertaking have always been obliged to give
up before its completion because of its mag
nitude. It is safe to estimate the number of
dogs in that city at 100,000, and it is not sur
prising. therefore that an excitement occasion
ally sweeps over the city like an east wind over
the prairies. In this case there was reason for
it, as the following facts abundantly justify.
About seven o'clock on a recent morning a
large yellow dog was seqp running frantically
along Starr street, in the North Division of the
city, frothing at the mouth and snapping at
every person or animal that came in its way.
There were but few pedestrians on the street,
and the most of these were children who were
out at play or going on errands. The grown
people who saw the mad animal seemed
paralyzed with fear, and, instead of endeavor
ing to stay the animal's deadly career, sought
safety in flight. The brute rushed upon num
bers of little children whom it met in its rabid
career, and bit them wi.h more or less
severity. Every dog that it met received its
peculiar attentions, and Starr 6treet resounded
with the yelping of the poor bitten brutes. The
yaller dog" was having things its own way,
and made a triumphal progress down the street,
driving everything before it and inspiring ter
ror far aud wide. The news finally reached
the police station, and an officer was detailed
to look after the animal. He found it and at
once gave chase. The dog ran out on the
prairie, south of North avenue and west of
Clybourne, keeping just out of pistol range
and stopping now and then to bite a brother
dog or a child. Once the officer came near
enough to fire with effect, but heonly wounded
the animal, and the frantic beast sped along
faster than before. Reinforcements finally
arrived in the persons of two additional offi
cers, and the three men assumed their speed
iest gait in their efforts to overtake the brute.
But it still kept out of range, and jogged
along, snapping at real and imaginary
enemies, and yelping with the pain that
the wound gave it. The chase was a long and
exciting one, and all the observers who were
old enough to be sensible of danger " cleared
the track" aud made themselves exceedingly
scarce. The ollicers were pretty tnorougniy
exhausted before they overhauled the dog at
last. They were nearing the city limits, and
were pressing hard upon him, when the ani
mal suddenly jumped over a fence and ran into
a house, bringing consternation to the women
folks, and sought refuge under a bed, where
it glowered and growled at its persecutors as
they surrounded it, A well-aimed bullet gave
it its quietus. It had crowded into two hours
a big dar's work even for a mad dog. It had
planted its fangs In the flesh of more than
twenty persons, had bitten nearly forty dogs
and had led the officers who pursued it a
chase of several miles and an hour and a half
in duration.
About the same time in the morning, in the
precinct a little further south, a large dog,
frenzied with hydrophobia, attacked a little
boy who was delivering morning papers on
Clybourne avenue and bit him severely on the
hand. Policemen were soon on Its track, and
it was killed before it had wrought such ap
palling mischief aa did the animal whose ex
ploits have just been narrated. Its ravages
were fearful enough, to be sure, for it suc
ceeded in biting five persons, all children, aud
about fifteen dogs. Both animals scumcd, as
a general thing, to avoid adults, though th
list of sufferers includes several grown people,
and passed many children unnoticed, but they
bit every cur they chanced to meet, and curs
are numerous in Chicago.
Medical assistance was promptly summoned
for the suffering children, and the best reme
dies for alleviating their pains and killing the
seeds of the horrible infection were at once
applied. Policemen were engaged during a
good share of the day in hunting down and
killing the animals which were bitten, and
which, if unmolested, would probably be on
the war path themselves iu two or three days.
Citizens also lent a helping hand, and many
of them during the day sacrificed their pet
" Fidos" and " Rovers" for the public 6afety.
The Mayor, too, issued his proclamation, and
for sixty days every unmuzzled canine found
upon the streets, mad or otherwise, will his
quietus receive at the hands of the prosaic
policeman. At the present writing no case of
hydrophobia has been developed in any of the
three score victims. Their wounds were
cauterized and the most efficient remedies
known to the profession used to, if possible,
prevent the horrible disease.
President Grant's Message on the
Centennial Exposition.
The following is a copy of the President's
message sent to Congress on the 25th:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I have the honor herewith to submit the
report of the Centennial Commission, and to
add a word in way of recommendation.
There have now been international exposi
tions held by three of the great powers of
Europe. It seems fitting that the 100th anni
versary of our independence should be marked
by an event that will display to the
world the growth and progress of a
nation devoted to freedom and to
the pursuit of fame, fortune aud honor, bv
the lowest citizen aa well as the highest. A
failure in this enterprise would be deplorable.
Success can be assured by arousiug public
opinion to the importance o'f the occasion. To
secure this end, in my judgment, Congres
sional legislation is necessary to make the
Exposition both national and international.
The benefits to be derived from a successful
international Exposition are manifold. It w ill
necessarily be accompanied by expenses be-
vond the receiDta from the Exposition itself,
but they will be compensated many fold by the
commingling of people from all sections of
our own country, by bringing together people
of different nationalities, and by bringing in
juxtaposition for ready examination our own
ana foreign skill ana progress m manuiac
tures. agriculture, art, science and civilization,
The selection of the 6ite for the Exposition
seems to me appropriate, from the fact that,
100 years refore the date fixed for the Exposi
tion, the Declaration of Independence, which
launched us into the galaxy of nations
as an Independent people, emanated from
the same spot. We have much in our varied
climate, soil, mineral products and skill of
which advantage can be taken by other nation
alities to their profit. In return they will
bring to our shores works of their skill, and
familiarize ourpeople with them, to the mu
tual advantage of all parties. Let us make a
complete success of our Centennial Exposi
tion, or suppress it in its inrancy, acKnowieag
ing our inability to give it the International
character to which our sell-esteem aspires.
U. S. Gkaxt.
Executive Mansion, Feb. 25, 1874.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
FXBKnABT 28, 1874.
Cotton. Middling upland, 15 S3 16c.
Live Stock. Beef Cattle $'J.9'iaii.50. Hogs
Live, $5.756.00; Dressed, $6.757.00. Sheep
Live, t5.758.00.
BnEAnsTcrrs. Flour Good to choice, $6.65.
6.83; white wheat extra, $6.857. 40. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $1.4701.41); Iowa spring, fl.48t.50;
No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.501.52. Rye West
ern aud State, $1.001.01. Barley $1.75&1.85.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 7?&S0c. Oats New
Western, 61g,61'ic.
Provisions. Pork New Hess, $1B.6515.75.
Lard 9iS.0c.
Wooii Common to extra, 4070c.
CHICAGO.
Livb Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.4O5.0; good.
$5.10Zi5.30; medium, $4.75&5.O0 ; butchers
stock, $3.50&4.50; stock cattle, fJ.254.50
Hogs Live, $4.50(26.00; Dressed, $6.00(&6.25.
Sheep Good to choice, $5.606.00.
Pbovisions. Batter- Choice, 3540c Eggs
Fresh, 1020c Pork -New Mess, $13.87H
11.00. Lard 8tf8?,C
Brkaostutfs. Flour White Winter extra.
t6.f0&9.25; spring extra, $3,1246.00. Wheat
Soring. No. 2, 1.15L16J.. Corn No. 2, 57
57Uc. Oats No. 2, 4i4iAc. Rye No. 2, 85
85'4c. Barley No. 2, $1.6o1.65.
Woou Tub-washed, 4358c : fleece, washed.
3fi48c. ; fleece, unwashed, 2534c. ; pulled,
3540c.
CINCINNATI.
Bueadstctfs. Flour $6.50(7.00. Wheat
$1.40. Corn &9&62c Rye $1.01. Oats 44
52c. Barley $1.75(21.85.
Provisions. -Pork $11.5014.75. Lard 82
9c.
ST. LOUIS.
Livb Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1.50
5.75. Hogs Live, $1.505.EO.
Brbadstutfs. Flour, XX Fall, $6.23-6.50.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.551.60. Corn No. 2,
6(KfihOV4c. Oats No. 2. 46k 47c Rye No. 2, S3
92',4C Barley $1.701.75.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $14.2514.E0. Lard.
8!-i8?iC.
MILWAUKEE.
Breadsttffs. Flour Spring XX, $6.00(26.50.
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.221.23; No. 2, $1.18
1.19. Corn No. 2, 556Kc. Oats No. 2, 40
40!4c Rye No. 1, 7!K5.S0c. Barley No. 2, $1.65
1.70.
DETROIT.
Breaostutfs. Wheat Extra, $1.591.60.
Corn 66tc Oats 4850c.
TOLEDO.
Breaostcffs. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.45
1.46; No. 2 Red, $1.441.45. Corn Mixed, 61
64c. Oats No. 1, 484c.
CLEVELAND.
Breadstitffs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.56
1.57; No. 2 Red, $1.451.4b. Corn 6367c
Oats 17249c.
BUFFALO.
Lrvs Stock. Beeves $4.756.12'4. Hogs
Live, $5.87H5.90. Sheep Live, $4.805.60.
Wanderings of an Insane Man Through
the Snow.
Among the boarders in the family of
Sirs. McCabe, on West Newark avenue,
Jersey City, is Thomas Brannon. He has
recently suuereu Irom typhoid lever to
such a degree that his mind became af
fected, ana he has been frequently delir
ious. About eight o'clock on Sunday
night he arose from his bed and quietly
passed out of the house, unobserved by
any of the inmates. The only clothing
that covered his body was an undershirt,
a pair of drawers and a stocking on one
foot. In this condition he set out across
a bleak section of the meadow flats for the
County Workhouse at Snake Hill, and a
more dreary, cheerless journey, in even
the mildest weather, it would be difficult
to trace within twenty miles of Jersey
City. Through the wild waste of track
less snow for a distance of four miles
wandered the raving man. He must have
been insensible to suffering or he would
have succumbed to the attacks of the
keen, biting frost. Yesterday morning at
six o'clock one of the keepers of the
I'enitenti&ry in Snake Hill saw a man
clinging to the bars of one of the windows,
and, observing that he was in almost a
nude condition, he hastened to his relief.
This man was Brannon. His hands were
frozen to the bars, and were so stiff that it
was with difHcultv he could be extricated
The extremities In short his whole body
were frozen, and there were no indications
of life. The keeper remarked when he
called for assistance, "Come out ; there is
a corpse hanging out of the window!"
The resident physician, however, applied
restoratives, and with such success that
the wretched man returned to conscious
ness so that he could speak. He now lies
in a precarious condition at the hospital.
N. Y. Herald.
Brief Savings by Josh Billings.
Eskt man who will spred a slander iz
a sekond-handed liar, mutch meaner, if
possible, than the one who originated it.
Menny people are like an old hen with
one chicken a grate deal ov fuss and
hurry, but very little dispatch.
All lies, belore they bekum current,
pass thru three hands; the fust iz sum
very diskreet person, who looks wize, and
only hopes that things ain't so and so;
the sekuud iz a lawless gossip, who haz
no doubt but what things are so, or even
wuss; the third iz a malishus vampyre,
who fully endorses the foul blot, and
spreds it broadcast thru the land.
l'ride and anger are closely allied.
Diskre6hun iz the smartest thing enny
man possesses. If he haz cot plenty ov
branes with it, he iz a giant; and if he
haint got much ov enny, he iz a respek
table pigmy.
lie who haz got nothwrr to do in this
life but toamuze himself haz got on hand
the hardest kind ov a job i know ov.
I hare iz nothine we are more apt to
parade before others than our cares and
sorrows, and thare iz nothing the world
kares so little about.
Take affability, good sense, honesty.
and good breeding, mix them together,
and shake them well and vu hav the in
gredients for a gentleman.
ihe goou things a man duz are hard to
remember, the evil things are dredful
easy.
Truth kan stand alone, but a lie haz to
lean on sumthing, generally another lie.
A. tru mend iz one who am t atrade to
tell us ov our faults. iV. T. Weekly.
Half of all the ordinary diseases would
be banished from civilized life, and dvs-
pepsia become almost unknown, if every
body would eat but thrice a day at
regular times, and not an atom between
meals, the intervals being not less than
five hours, that being the time required
to digest a full meal and pass it out of the
stomach.
THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW.
(KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY.)
1873.
" Wht, as to that," said the engineer,
" Ghosts ain't things we are apt to fear;
Spirits don't fool with lovers much.
And throttle-valves don't take to such ;
And as for Jim
What happened to him
Was one-half fact and the other half whim!
Banning one night on the line, he saw
A house aa plain as the moral law
Just by the moonlit bank, and thence
Came a drunken man with no more sense
Than to drop on the rail.
Flat as a flail.
As Jim drove by with the midnight mail.
Down went the natents. Steam reversed.
Too late! for there came a 'thud.' Jim cursed.
As his firemen, there in the cab with turn.
Kinder stared in the face of Jim,
And says, 'What now?'
Says Jim, What now?
I've just run over a man that's how!'
The fireman stared at Jim. They ran
Back, but they never found house aor man.
Nary a shadow within a mile.
Jim turned pale, but he tried to smile
Then on he tore
Ten mile or more.
In quicker time than he'd made afore.
Would you believe it! the very next night
Up rose that house in the moonlight white;
Out comes the chap and drops as before,
Down goes the brakes, and the rest encore
And so, in fact.
Each night that act
Occurred, till folks swore Jim was cracked.
JInmoh! Let me see: it's a veer now. most.
That I met Jim, East, and said, 'How's your
gnostr
'Gone,' says Jim ; and more, it's plain
That ghost don't trouble me again ;
I thought I shook
That ghost when I took
A place on an Eastern line but look:
What should I meet the first trip out
But that very house that we talked about.
And that self -same man 1 " Well," says I,
guess
It's time to stop this yer foolishness."
So I crammed on steam.
When there came a scream
From my fireman, and it broke my dream.
"You've killed somebody!" Says L, "Notmnch;
i re been tnar orten, and tnar ain't no such.
And now I'll prove it." Back we ran.
And darn my skin ! but thar was a man
On the rail, dead.
Smashed in the head
Now I call that meanness!' That's all Jim said."
Bret Ilarte, in tM New York 'Imes.
A HOMELY HEROINE.
" What can hae come owre Archie?"
murmured Kirstie Brydone, as, for the
twentieth time that da3r, she rose and went
t the cottage door to look lor her hus
band. It was between two and three on
the afternoon of Hogmanay, the last day
of the year. On every side undulating
ranges oi nms mei ner eye ana seemea
to close in the wide valley from the world
beyond. The sun was low in the west,
enveloped in a strange reddish haze; be
hind the hills to the north great masses of
heavj clouds were rolling up, piled one
above another; a bitter icy wind whistled
down the valley, bearing on its wings an
occasional snow-flake; while to the south
the great range of hills rose up, clear and
distinct in their slight mantle of snow,
against the purplish sky. Kirstie looked
round in all directions, but could see
nothing of her husband, who had been
absent since the early morning, and say
ing to herself, "I wish I saw him safe
hamc; it's gaun to be a wild nict, I
doubt," she closed the door, and returned
to the fireside. She put on some more
peats, made herself certain that the kettle
was boiling, so that she might " mask"
the tea as soon as Archie came in ; then,
drawing forward the little table which
was all ready set for tea, she sat down on
a low hair and resumed her occupation
ot rocking the cradle. As she bent over
the fair little baby it contained the fire
light lit up a very homely face; a mouth
rivaling in width the. famous Meg of
Hardens; small gray eyes, and alow
forehead ; and yet the face was not with
out its redeeming points. The large
mouth disclosed two rows of pearly teeth ;
the eyes were frank and sweet, with a con
fiding trustlulness in them; and the fore
head was crowned with masses of thick,
soft, brown hair. She was remarkably
tall, nearly six feet, and splendidly pro
portioned, with the exception of her
arms, which were rather long. And at
the time of her marriage just a year be
fore this there were many jokes passed
upon the fact that she was two or three
inches taller than her husband, who was
little and slight, with a fair, boyish face,
which made him look younger than
Kirstie, though he was twenty-five, and
she was only twenty-two. Archie Brydone
let them laugh away, and could well
afford to do so, for none knew so well as
himself what a treasure he had got in this
homely wife of his.
When Kirstie was a little lass of eight
years old her father and mother died of
lever within a lew weeks or each other,
and left her a friendless orphan. Strange
ly enough.Jier father, who was a shep
herd also, had had this very herding of
Dynefoot, and the cottage to which she
returned as a bride was the same in which
she had passed a happy childhood. Mr.
Gray, the farmer ol Auchensack, her !
father's master, took her to the farm-'
house, and there she remained till she was
married, first as a little herd-girl, then as
nurse to the children, and finally as dairy
maid. It was during the two or three
summers which she spend herding the
cows that she first-knew Archie Brydone.
lie was a delicate, puny boy, who even
then looked young for his years, and his
parents feared at one time that he was
going to be lame, though he grew out of
it afterward. His father had taken a
dairy on the neighboring farm of Bar
breck, and Archie was set to the task oi
herding, a very necessary one in those
great stretches oi moorland and pasture,
where there were few, if any, proper
fences.
In their pastoral employment the two
children became inseparable compan
ions. Archie was a smart boy, and a
ood reader, and manv a lesson he cave
Kirstie, who was a diligent, though not
very apt, pupil, for at all times her
heart was infinitely greater than her intel
lect. At other times he would read aloud
to her while she worked her stocking;
and sheltered by an old plaid, which pro
tected them alike from sun, wind and
rain, they passed many happy hours.
Finally Archie thought he must learn to
weave" stockings tor himself, and under
Kirstie's tuition soon became nearly as
clever at it as she was herself, and so her
dream of a companion knitter under the
rowan-tree was realized, though very dif
ferently from what she anticipated, as
dreams so often are.
Two happy summers passed in this
way, and then Archie, having outgrown
his lameness, was sent away to farm ser
vice; and when he became older went to
the Highlands as a shepherd. For two
or three years his father and mother re
mained at isarbreck dairy, and Jbvirstie
heard of him occasionally from them;
but eventually they went to a large dairy
down in Galloway, and for several years
she did not know whether he was dead or
alive; but she did not forget him, and
,on fine Sunday afternoons in summer
sometimes walked as far as the rowan
tree, with which he m as inseparably associated.
A great surprise was in store for her.
however, for he came back to Mr. Gray's
as a young herd. Kirstie had not heard
the name of the young man who was
coming indeed, had heard nothing about
nim, except that he was coming Irom the
Highlands. She was in the kitchen alone
when he came in : it was dusk, and she
did not recognize his voice; but the fire
light was shining lull upon her as she
6tood making the porridge, in the cook's
absence; and after a minute's quiet sur
vey he was certain that this tall girl with
the grand figure and plain face was no
other than bis old iriend Kirstie.
" DS you ever her 1 the coos for ony.
body, nowadays!" he said'at length, very
quietly.
" Preserve us a ' ' " exclaimed Kirstie,
nearly upsetting the porridge in her agi
tation; then, as the fire blazed up and
disclosed the fair curly head and the
merry blue eyes 6he remembered so well,
she said with tearful eyes and trembling
voice: "Can this be you, Archie Bry
done? Glad am I to see ye back again.
But what a start ye gied me, for mony's
the time I've wondered if ye were alive."
"Alive and hearty." replied Archie,
with rather a forced laugh, to hide the
emotion he really felt when he saw how
1 agitated she was. " But the truth is, I
wearied o' the Highlands; it's a dull
thing being one's lane in a house for
months, and I thought I would try the
Low Country again."
Archie was surprised to find as time
passed on and he and Kirstie dropped
into their old friendly terms how little
changed she was in mind from what she
used to be; the same simple, guileless
creature, strong as a rock for truth and
right, and thoroughly unselfish.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray were so much
attached to her that they looked, on her
almost as a child of the house, and yet
she was so unconscious of any special
favor that she quite avoided all jealousy
on the part of her fc-1 low-servants. Archie
stayed steadfly on the Auchensack, and
became almost as much a part of the
household as Kirstie; the other servants
went and came, but these two remained
xtures.
When Archie had been three years with
Mr. Gray, the shepherd at Dynefoot left
to take a small farm, and Mr. Gray offered
it to Archie, adding, with a sly glance,
that he would have to look out for a wife
ia that case. Archie thanked him, and
asked for a few days to think of it, which
Mr. Gray willingly granted. That was
on a Saturday ; and on the afternoon of
the Sunday, which was a bright beptem
ber day, Archie asked Kirstie if she would
take a walk with him to the rowan-tree;
and there, at the place where they first
met, and where they had played and
worked as children, he asked her if she
would be his life-long companion. No
one can doubt what Kirstie's answer was;
he had been the one love of her childhood
and of her later years, and the sun never
shone upon a prouder, happier bride.
It was an additional source of happi
ness, too, the fact that they were to live in
her old home, though many a one would
have thought it a solitary place enough.
It was three miles from Auchensack, and
about as far from the nearest shepherd's
house, and was away quite up among the
hills, commanding a splendid view of
one of the lovelfest of the lovely Dum
friesshire valleys. It was a roomy, com
fortable cottage, whitewashed, with a
thatched roof, a nice garden in front, and
two elm trees at one side. Inside it was
the picture of comfort; the kitchen es
pecially, with its sanded floor clean as
hands could make it; the dresser gay
with willow-pattern plates and many-col
ored bowls and " pigs ;" the long settle by
the fire; and the antique clock, which
had belonged to Kirstie's grandfather.
It stood about a hundred yards from the
mouth of the deep, dark, precipitous glen
which took its name from the Dyne, a
little burn which brawled along at the foot
Archie entered on his duties at Martin
mas, and they were married at the Hog
manay following, at Auchensack, when
there was a dance in the barn and general
merry-making. And so time had slipped
away, every season seeming happier than
the last, Kirstie thought, and happiest ol
all the dark days of winter since a little
blossom came upon a November day and
filled their cup of happiness to overflow
ing. It was a lovely, fair little infant,
with Archie's blue eyes and flaxen hair;
and he was, if possible, more passion
ately fond of it. than Kirstie herself.
Kirstie thought of her happy lot with a
deep, unutterable thankfulness as she sat
absently rocking the cradle. She was one
of those women who have great difficulty
of utterance ; whose words are few but
their thoughts many; and, above all, her
religion was truly a part ol hersell and ot
her daily life. The sun had now set, and
darkness was coming on, while the wind
whistled more shrilly than ever, and with
an eerie sound which made her shudder.
She was becoming really anxious about
Archie's long-continued absence, lie had
left home in the morning with the first
peep of daylight to climb the hill, accord
ing to his custom, and intended to come
home, as he usually did, about eleven.
She tried, meanwhile, to calm her
anxiety by thinking that something might
have happened to one of the sheep, or
that he might have been detained gather
ing them into the folds in preparation for
an approaching storm. At length she
heard the dog scratching at the door; and
joyfully said she to herself: "He cauna
be lar on noo ; " out on opening tne aoor,
the dog, instead of running joyfully to
the fire or curling himself up beneath
one of the beds as he usually did, began
to jump fawningly upon her and to whine
pitifully; 6he could not understand the
reason of this at all, when suddenly an
idea burst upon her mind which speedily
became a certainty. Archie was ill, had
hurt himself, perhaps, somewhere on the
hills, and the dog had come for help. She
shook off a deadly faintness which crept
over her at the thought; and, rousing her
self, she drew the fire together in case of
sparks, placed the cradle on one of the
beds for safety, and throwing a plaid
about her tol lowed the dog.
During these preparations "LadJie"
had stood still and motionless as a statue;
but when she moved toward the door he
jumped with delight, fawned upon her,
and licked her hands, and then bounded
hastily forward in the direction of the
glen. The ordinary route along Glen
Dyne was to climb the 6teep hill which
rose behind Dynefoot, and then to keed
by a footpath which wound along the top
of the glen for about a mile. There was
no fence or protection whatever; and
there were several sad stories told of peo
ple who had missed their footing, or, in
the darkness, had wandered too near the
edge, and so had come to a violent end.
Just two winters before this an unfortu
nate man had perished not far from the
mouth of the glen. He was a packman,
with a donkey, who was well known at
all the farm-houses ; and was, in a way, a
well to-do man, with a well-assorted pack,
the contents of which ranged from rib
bons and jewelry to note-paper, hair-pins,
and stay-laces. In fact, it was designed
to supply all the little wants of a female
population, who were seldom able to
indulge in the luxury ot going a-shop-
ping. lorn uarson, the packman, was
therefore a great favorite, and not only
because of his wares, but because he was
a cheerv. nleasant fellow: and Kirstie
remembered well what consternation was
caused in the kitchen at Auchensack
when a rumor arose that Tom Carson had
disappeared; and it was thought that
some one must have made away with him
for the sake of his pack, which, as it was
New Year's time, was unusually heavy.
It was only conjecture, however, for noth
ing could be heard of him ; but when at last
the snow, which lay that winter for several
weeks, had melted, the mystery was
solved, and poor Tom Carson with his
donkey and his pack were found at the
bottom of Glen Dyne. It was supposed
that he had been coming to Auchensack,
where he wa3 a great favorite that lie
had been overtaken by the storm that
the donkey had lost its footing, and in
his efforts to save the poor animal he had
perished along with it. It was a sad
story, and cost a deeper shadow of gloom
over Glen Dyne, which indeed bote no
good name already. As Kirstie toiled up
the hill, it all came back appallingly
afresh to her memory.
About half way up the steep, precip
itous side of the glen there ran a very
nanow, insecure footpath, called the
"Tod's Path," owing to a fox-burrow up
near the head of the glen. Few peple
everventuicd along it except the game
keepers and the shepherds, and even they
did not care to try it except in broad day
light. At the point w here this path turned
oil from the lace of the hill "Laddie"
began again to jump upon his mistress,
then, running a few steps along the path
and coming back, he wagged his tail and
looked up at her with beseeching eye,
saying as plainly as dog could say in his
mute but expressive language: "t'ome
this way." Kirstie did not hesitate to
follow, "bad though the way was, for it
led, she was suie, to her husband; and,
besides, as a little child she used often to
come with her father before she knew
what fear was, and therefore knew every
turn and bend in the path. Toiling up
the wild solitude her feelings overcame
her, and unconsciously forced from her
lips the cry: "Oh, Archie, Archie! my
man, whprc -re yc?"
Just at this point a little runlet of water
which came down from the hill had
spread itself across the path in a solid
sheet of ice. Kirstie hesitated, but there
was no other way; it was life or death,
and she must hasten on;, so she did cross,
but her foot slipped, and she narrowly es
caped falling. The snow now began to
fall more quickly and in large flakes, and
6he had to trust more to memory for the
path than actual sight. On and on she
went, however, till she had gone nearly a
mile up the glen, when suddenly Laddie
gave a short, joyful bark, and she saw a
dark object stretched across the path. It
was indeed Archie; he waa leaning
against a large stone, which seemed to
have broken Install; his hair was pow
dered with snow, his face was white and
rigid, and his lips were livid. Kirstie
never doubted but that he was dead, and
threw herself on the ground beside him
with a cry of agony, when suddenly his
eyes opened, a conscious look came into
his lace, and he said in faint, low tones
"Is that you, Kirstie? I thocht 1 was
gaun to dee my lane, and never see ye
mair."
"Oh, wheest, Archie, whee6t," she
wailed; "ye'll break my heart; dinna
speak that way "
He continued, aftera moment's pause
" I slipped at the tap o' the brae, and I
maun hae dwamed, for I wakened as cauld
as a stane wi Laddie licking my face; so
1 sent him name, puir neast. iNo help
could do me guid now, Kirstie," he said,
as if in answer to the thoughts which
were passing through her mind at the
moment. "My leg is broken, and I've
hurt my side; and wi the darkness and
the storm there's nobody fit to help me,
gin they were here, and it wad be hours
before anybody could come. O Kirtsie,
woman, I maun leave ye and the wee
bairn." he added, with a choking sob.
Kirstie did not answtr for a moment;
and then her face was lighted up with a
look of high resolve, and she said:
"Mony a time, Archie, have I won
dered why the Lord gied me my great
strength and my lang arms, but I see It
now ; and if it be His will I will save you
this nicht."
" Ye're no fit to carry me," Archie re
monstrated feebly ; "and think what a road,
Kirstie."
" Do I no ken the road better than ony
herd in the country," she replied; "and we
maun ask for help higher than mau's."
As 6he knelt beside her husband, with
the snow falling on her upturned face, and
the wild wind whistling round, and-in
few and simple words, as if she was
speaking of a near and loving friend,
asked the aid of the Almighty arm to
guide her on her perilous way, and to
keep her feet from falling, Archie Bry
done, even in the midst of all his pain
and weakness, felt that he had never be
fore truly known his wife. She then
lifted Archie, as gently and tenderly as
she could ; but he gave a deep groan, and
she found that he had fainted quite away.
" Maybe it's better," she murmured; "he
winna know till the danger's past." Then,
with another upward glance for help, she
set out on her dangerous way. It would
by this time have been perfectly dark, but
there was a little moonlight, just enough
to show the mere outline of the path and
glen. The path itself was by this time
covered with snow; every step was taken
in uncertainty ; she hardly knew if she
were keeping the path at all. Strong as
she was, she staggered at times under her
burden, while everything around looked
wild and weird in the halfdarkness and the
thick-falling snow. Laddie trotting in
front of her, and guiding her on her way,
was the only gleam of comfort she had.
She went along more by instinct than
sight, and after a weary while she began
to think that she must becoming near the
mouth of the glen, when suddenly she re
membered the sheet of ice across the
pathway. If she could hardly cross it
then, what was to become of her now
with a heavy burden, and the snow cover
ing the path, so that she could not tell
where she was going? Her heart sank
within her; she remembered lhat it was
near that very spot that poor Tom Carson
was killed, and she felt as if she could not
move another step. Just at this moment
a ray of moonlight pierced through the
drift, and showed her young Archie's
head resting on her shoulder; the face
was more boyish than ever in its pallor,
and the rings of fair hair lay damp on his
forehead. Xew strength seemed to come
to her arms with the sight, and new
courage and faith to her heart, and she
went bravely on a few more steps, and
then, to her joy and surprise, found her
self safe out on the hillside, and far past
the dangerous place. She had passed it
safely and quietly, not knowing of the
danger till it was gone. She had the
wind to contend with now, and the snow
drift in her face; but in her thankfulness
she felt as if she could overcome every
thing, and soon was within a few yards of
their own door. Then her strength utterly
failed; she struggled with beating heart
and laboring breath against her weak
ness, as if it were some physical
obstacle; and she did manage, though
how she never knew, to reach the house,
enter the door, place Archie on the long
settle by the fireside, and then fell on
the floor perfectly unconscious. Poor
Laddie ran from one to another, not
knowing what was the matter, and howl
ing pitifully, while the baby was wailing
in the cradle. Help, however, was near
at hand, and in a few minutes two men
from Auchensack entered the cottage.
They had been sent rather against their
will, and felt as if they were on a wild
goose chase; but wLen they arrived at
the house they were horrified with the
state of matters, and thankful that a
childish fancy as they thought at first
should have been the means of bringing
them to Dynefoot so opportunely.
The children at Auchensack were ex
tremely fond of Kirstie, and it was a
favorite amusement of theirs, every after
noon as the dusk came on, to watch for
the light appearing in her window.
When, long after the usual time, none
appeared, they could not understand it
at all; the anniversary of her wedding
day, too; what could be the matter? At
last Mr. and Mrs. Gray became uneasy
themselves, and sent off the two men,
who arrived at the very time when their
help was most needed.
Archie " came too" after a little; but
nothing they could do had any effect in
rousing Kirstie; so one of them wen
back to Auchensack, and from there was
'sent on for the doctor. Poor man, he
waj ju.it sitting down to supper, at acosy
little party which had assembled to see
the " old year out and the new year in,"
when he was told that the shepherd at
Dynefoot had had a bad fall in the glea,
and his wife was " near deid" with carry
ing him home.
" Carrying him home," said one of the
company, incredulously; "why, it is im
possible; the woman must bo an Ama
zon." " So she is, both in body and soul," re
plied the doctor, who had known her for
years; "and as it is on her account and
her husband's I don't mind the long ridu
over the enow one bit; so good night, and
a happy new year to you all."
Kirstie was " near deid," but she got a
great shake, and for some time was graver
and quieter than her wont; as if the wings
of the Angel of Death had really passed
closely by her. One lasting trace she hud
of her exertions that night her pretty
brown hair was ever allcr thickly streaked
with gray.
Archie, after being ill for a long time,
became eventually quite strong and hearty
again; but all his life after was influenced
by that wild night in (Men Dyne, and the
lesson in simple faith taught him by his
wife.
When the " Laird " enme to Auchen
sack next autumn, for the shooting, he
was so pleased to hear of Kirstie's ex
ploit, knowing the glen well, as ho did,
that he gave the cottage at Dynefoot to
her and Archie for their lifetime, prom
ising to build one, if required, for another
shepherd. Kirstie was amazed beyond
measure with this gill, and it was a mys
tery to hr why people called her a hero
ine. Ciambers' Journal.
The Czar's Winter Palace.
The Winter Palace at St. Petersburg is
an enormous pile, constructed of a stone,
reddish in hu which, when fresh hewn
from the quarry, can lie carved almost as
though it were wood, but which hardens
considerably by exposure to tho atmos
sphere. The Winter Palace communi
cates, by a bridge somewhat resembling
the Ponte do Sospirl at Venice, with an
older palace tho Hermitage, so much nf
fected by the Empress Catherine. The
old Winter Palace, burned down in 1H:J7,
was built by an Italian architect named
Kastrelli, in the Empress Elizabeth's
reign, and so vast were its dimensions
that it was said to be inhabited by more
than 0,000 persons. The Imperial High
Chamberlain used frankly to confess that
he had not tho least idea of how many
apartments there were, or who lived in
them; and it is said that when, while tho
conflagration was at its height, ihe fire
men ascended to the roof, they found tho
leads inhabited by whole families of squat
ters, who had built log cabins and kept
poultry and pigs and eveneotr among the
chimney-pots. The origin of this strange
colony was ascribed to the circumstance
that it was customary to detail for service
on the roof of the palace a certain num
ber of laborers, whose duty it was to keep
the water-tanks from freezing in winter
time by dropping red-hot cannon balls
into them. Perhaps the oversetting of
one of the stoves used for heating the bul
lets was the primary cause of the lire of
'37. Naturally these poor fellows tried
to make themselves as comfortable as they
could in their aeries. A chimney-pot
does not afford a very complete shelter
from the asperity of a Russian January;
and logs for fuel lxdng plentiful, what
was more reasonable than that the cistcrn
thawers should utilize a few billets to
build themselves huts withal ? And a
calf, discreetly smuggled up to a house
top in its tenderest youth, will grow into
a cow in time, will it not?
Eighty thousand workman had been
employed at the erection of the old palace.
which was most splendid ly uecoraieu,
and the loss of valuable furniture and
works of art at the fire wa, of course,
immense. The catastrophe took place in
the night, and it was with the very great
est difficulty tha; the guards and polico
could prevent the mob from rushing into
the burning ruins, not for tlte purpose of
plunder, but with the view of ssving the
goods and chattels ol the "Lime rather."
The soldiers were imbued with Ihe same
feeling; and it is said that the Emperor
Tsicholas, who was watching the progress
of the flames with the greatest composure
was only enabled to put a stop to the sell-
sacrificing efforts of a party of grenadiers
who were trying to wrench a magnificent
mirror from the wall to which it was
nailed by hurling his double-barreled
lorgnette at it. Nicholas had the strength
of a giant, and the well aimed missile
shattered the mighty sheet of plate-glass
W iragmeillS. JUS injcsiy luinvu,
laughing, to an aid-de-camp, as the gren
adiers held up their hands in horror.
The fools," he said, "will begin to risk
their lives in trying to pick up my opera
glass. Tell theni that they shall be fired
on if they do not desist." The story of
the sentrv who refused to leave his post
and perished in the flames, because ho
had not been properly relieved, is prot-
ably apochryphal at least it is told
half a dozen sentinels, at half a dozen
fires.
The Winter Palace was rebuilt in a year
The Emperor sent for an architect and
told him that the new house must be tin.
ished within twelve months, or he would
know the reason whv. And Nicholas was
not a Czar to be trifled with. At the end
of the stipulated term the new Winter
Palace tea finished. A grand ball was
given at court, and nobody was sent to
Siberia. To be sure the enterprise had
not been completed without a considerable
expenditure of rubles, and even of human
life. In the depth of winter more ;than
six thousand workmen used to be shut up
in rooms heated to thirty degrees Itcau-
mur, in order that the walls migntdry ttic
more quickly, and when they left the pal
ace they experienced a difference of fifty
or sixty degrees in the temperature. These
little atmospheric variations were occa
sionally fatal to the peasants; but what
cared they? To die for the Czar (there is
a popular Kussian drama on that theme)
is a sweet boon to the loyal Muscovite.
The actual palace i? an enormous paral
lelogram, of which the principal facade
is 450 feet long. It has often been com
pared architecturally with the (ex) royal
palace at Madrid; but the Czar's residence
is on the bank of the broad and beautiful
Neva, whereas the abode of defunct Span
ish royalty only overlooks the miserablo
little streamlet called the Mancanares.
During eight months out of the twelve
the Winter Palace is inhabited by the im
perial family. There is one apartment in
it, however, which should not be paed
bv in utter silence. It is a little plain
room, most modestly furnished", and con
taining a simple camp bed without cur
tains. It was here in the beginning of
1855 that "Gen. Fevrier turned traitor,"
and that the Emperor Nicholas died from
a terribly brief illness, which, at the out
set, had been deemed to be merely a slight
attack of influenza. The room, as is cus
tomary in Iiussia (and in some parts of
Germany likewise) baa been left in pre
cisely the same state in which it was when
the spirit of its mighty master passed
away. The Emperor's gloves and hand
kerchief lie on a chair; his military cloak
hangs behind the door; a half-finished let
ter is on the blotting-pad on the bureau.
There is the pen with which he wrote;
there are the envelope s and scaliDg-wax
he used. The shadow of the hand of
Death seems to pervade the whole place.
You creep away hushed and awe-stricken
from the potency of that presence. Har.
per' a Weekly.
About 10,000 barrels of shell oysters
will be shipped this season to foreign cit
ies from Norfolk, Va. Shipments to va
rious dealers in the United States amount
to nearly -400,000 gallons. The canning
business is rapidly increasing, and now
amounts to about 130,000 cans each sea
son The oyster beds of Virginia cover
an area equal to 040,000 acres.
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