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“ Aeer” writes as follows from Cayuga county. N. Y., to the Country Gmttlmnan :â€"I am surprised that so excellent a manager as Mr.Chamberluiu should attempt to eradicate a patch of Canadian thistles by trying to dig out all the roots, to adepth, it necessary, of several feet. The thing’ cannot be done by any appliance within the reach of rich and excellent farmers. Broken fragments will escape. That mode was tried in the early part of this century in a certain portion of New England, with vast labor, digging to a depth and amount equal to excavating a deep cellar, but it entirely failed. The farmers were terrified at the introduction of the weed, and would have been willing to perform grout labor to get rid of it, but they began at the wrong end. It is needless to go down asingle foot, even if the roots have penetrated to twenty feet. Serve the roots as we do the fire in a. burning building. “’0 smother tile rootsâ€"not with water. but with earth. I have done this so many times that it seems to heavery li-r t trunk. = \Vhpn I was (t young man I had 0. five acre field which mts a (is me mass of these weeds. I let hum grow till about blossoming, when 1h ’ Ut'builltl il leHaVy: of applause. Such a 01 never hemal before. It > head with It rush, and I I straightened up and 1 my hands with all my in in my chair and clapped ‘Who is it ‘2’ I asked th right. ‘\Vhose name dlt “ ‘Snmuol It. Clemens “ I stopped applaudiu more. It kind of took tl I sat there like a munim; up and bow. It was on: tressing fixes I ever got i many a. day before I forg FSEX EEQDURKUI (From the New And now Bliss. Currie ltlll'fl, a your ‘gzuished ho -H' by her v (uidurrmee. A‘: the two Club. held on Fourth st ievcning; she zirtonishm ~ \vultzezl into public notori ten o’clock in the uvouing This sh » whole w“ mg,“ gintlie morning. A uhuin served l nnsmon, and she used up The 2.10“va i didn’t even have :1 bllFlCl‘ mass of green hurl)" . turned deeply under the . to roll them into the furrows. _ was repeated oftmu enough to prevent any l 130$ “MW?” in “I“ “MEL fa green peeping above groundaubout once a truortlinury 1,:erformunee. month. Edythe first oi' October the grt 1nd, _____.,____., was in a clean and Vi v mellow 00nd. on, i urlt is very ditlleult lo: the decaying thistlog u ' mueh to its for- ‘ tues of others unless he Sility, and it was in oxuellont shape for sowing i hiinrwll. The had min at crop of winter whoztt. E0 tnistles ever iof falsehood, and so ov made their appearance afterward, except at {t I while the good man is z atone heap which prevented plowing. In an- lbody, and so gets chem other part of the country, a, hundrod acre i world to lim in: and )‘0t ‘1 farm was nearly covered. with Canada thistles I stay. Seasonable Information for Tillers oft thefioil. It should be the especial eiloit of UKL)‘ horseâ€" breeder within this month to 5116 that the foals 01 the bi “@011 are in pr-op11 condition to be easily wintercd. If they are thin in flesh and unthrii'ty, it will be a difficult iask to bring them thromgh the cold and storm of Winter safely. They will require much closer attention, more careful housing lrom storms, and better and more food than those that, commence the cold season in good lie-h. They should have been taught to eat 11111b 1 be» fore this time 1 11d by fillowing the 11115: mo tions which we gave a month ace, in lefei- ence to feeding, they can soon be not into very fair flesh. We do not advocate high feeding: on heated grains, with CIOse confinement in the stable, but we do urge that 13 end feeding on oats, With a little oil»1neal or wheat-bran occasionally added, and plenty of grass, with protection from storms. is essential to a l>Cl'« feet development of the colt. We reject in tom the doctrine that the way to make a hardy horse is to starve the coltâ€"~it is against nature. Starving and freezing in the bleak fields during winter, on the one hand. and pampering on corn in worm stnhlos without exercise, are the Scylla and Gharybdis that must be shunned- with equal care by the breeder of horses. Both extremes are injur- iousâ€"it does not pay either to pamper or starve the young things. 1t 31 ll not do to keep them always shut up in a mum stable, nor to turn them out in the fields to take the weather as it comes. The “golden mean” lies in an abundance of wholesome. nutritious food, with plenty of room to romp and nice: and play at their own good pleasure, when the weather is fair, and a warm shelter to which they can resort when it storms. 'l‘urkvy Fullening. A nice plump turkey. Well we all have a weakness that way. and most of us are look- ing forward to the Christmas holidays, when we hope to help dissect a nicely browned turkey and discuss its merits along with the many other good things provided at that time. Turkeys are undoubtedly profitable to raise when they have been reared on 111 opcr principles, which means plenty of food, care and exercise. Tl1e1e 1s a great dii'feiein e of opinion in regard to fattening; turkeys, but experience has shown breeders that the best way to get the greatest 1mm. ber of pounds of flesh is to feed the bird-2 all they will out right from the time they hatch out till they are ready for market. While they are running at large is the time to develope them. They undoubtedly get much food in the fields, the scattered grain. the ”hoppers,” worms, 1%.,liut then they must be supplemented by daily or twice daily iecds of grain at the barn. Turkeys cannoi bear confinement, especially when in small ilocks or singly, and should never be confined long;- er than a week or ten days before killing, An ordinary rail pen is one 01' the best for flu pur- pose, for they like to be on the ground. At this time feed principally on cooked or soft food and plenty of milk if you have it to spare, giving occasionally hard whole grain, to keep the flesh solid and firm. Erndiculing ll , t‘uuxuln'l‘an Ho, FARM AND GA} \"inluriug Com ,0 { (From the New York Star). m And now Misc‘ Currie wWilling of Williams- e burn, a young liu ' of Eighteen, has distin- IԤ{llii§1.(3dill‘,i‘ l" by her wonderful powers of [g endurance. 1 ‘I rho rcmption of film Unique, g 1 Club. hold on Fourth struck on Wednesday ‘6 i ewning. she :mtonishl-‘d her friends, and 1] i waltzuzl imo public notoriety by dancing from y . ten o’clock in the waning until ‘four njcluck .] [in the morning. This she did Without inter- (1 l mission, and she usr-d up nine partners. She ;: i didn‘s even have :1 blister on her tent, and Lhrl y i not appear in the least fatigued aft-or her ex- ,L traordinni‘y performance. ii i . '_"'T' ,. I A . .1 -â€"IL IS var intimnlt for one in see the v11- ' ‘ hers unless he has some virtue in . 4 tires nf ()t , ihnu: if. The bad nun alwm ‘ suspectsother groom made no further interruption, either by word or bullot. and the cormmmy came to 2m and. All might have mnhni pwncuably, had not Mr. Withurs,‘dutm‘miimd to do his whole: ;duly. supplumented the torcmony by kissing the bride. The first, bullet miss 1 its mark, and the bridegroom, \rliilo paumng in adjust his aim, remarked that " L1,. painful immoraliry on the, part of the clergy irixwt be checked.” :Just as he w; 11mm; to lire :5: and Shub~ ‘having gut the clergyman‘s right im' in line â€"tho, lirvther of tho bride sprang on him V his pistol. _ At the same mo- fniont, Mr. Withers are 01? his surplice, and, leaping; ' the m ,w, struck mm at Mr. Roaring Bill in a most beautiful and scientific . way. and took av. from ~110de 1': the uz‘um'. Hum 11 new occupant took posse ' when 1' ride pix L 1 do )mt aw u; l'Ifl‘t‘M many . Manges». ltlmm more fur land \vzth a hmvy 21' cum-‘1 Turn in ‘ 1‘ gram; 111mm that has nothmg gnmmg on it. Ii‘m‘r‘s‘n'y t0 lull them pays in L}: ditim] in which it lunves the soil Cayuga County, N. Y. -â€"»h is wry [11(11an for one Ln see the vir mes nf others 111110th he has some virtue in himwdi. The bm’i mun always suspects 0th of fnlsdluou‘, and so uvcrrcmzhe-s himself ; while the good man is apt. to trust every body, and so gets cheated. It, is a funny world :50 Jim ,i_v1, and yet we are all anxious to stay. .“hl‘llcl' (m- . whu‘. Pugs that have always been kept in comfort- able pens are Vui'y susceptible Lu cold, and 1113' unusual exl'uosure will he likely to induce diseaw. We once knew a fine herd, that had been carefully fitted for the autumn shows, almost ruined by being turned out when the fairs rare (m r, and left to shift for them- selvos without Llicl’tu of any kind. A cold 13in stmm coming on, neurl) eveiy hog in tl1<.l1md caiitmcttd a same cold; in many llllllVlLlulllh this tomiiimtod in 111cumzttisni, while, in «film‘s. 11 chronic cough and :1 gradual dccliim, Ullilillfl fatally, was the result. It was 0111i1111uily proper to turn the hogs out after the, (1112'. but the neglect to provide suitable shrlim' and protection from storms was a piece of fully that merited the punishment which the loss inflicted. While on the subject of shelter for swine, ii is mall to «all attontmn to the importance of securing good ventilation in their sleeping npni'tniults. “’0 have not the slightest doubt that many cases of the H()»cnlled hog cholera originntn in blood poisoning, the result of crowding; largo nuinbors of swine together in close and half-ventilated quarters. The atmosphere performs the same. oiling for tho blood of swine that it does forhnmmi beings; and the heart and lungs, the Veins and the urterios, perform the same office in each. Oxygen is inhaled, catholic acid gas is given off; and without sullicient menus for the mlâ€" niission of fresh air, and for the escape. of that which has been Vitinted by having been once inhaled, disease is quickly engendered. Pens may easily be so canistructed, that, while thoy are warm and comfortable, and form umplu protoction from chilling winds, the ventilation will also be thorough.â€"National Linc Stool: Journal. “Speaking of banquets remind me of 8. rather amusing incident that occurred to me during my stoy, in smoky, dirty, grand, old London. I received an invitntioll to attend a banquet there. and [ went. It was one «if those tremendous dinners where there am from eight hundred to nine hunâ€" dred invited gueats. I hadn’t been used to that sort ofa thing‘ and I didn’tfeel quite atihome. When we took our seats at the tables I noticed that at rneh plate was a little plan of the hull, with the position of each guest numbered, so that one could see at a. glance where u friend was seated by learning his number. Justhefore We fell to some oneA the Lord Mayor, or whoever was bossing the oeeusionâ€"â€"ar050 and began to read a lis=t of those presentâ€"N0. 1, Lord So-and-i‘io; No. 2, the Duke of Something-erother, and so on. \Vhen this individual rend the name of some prominent political character or literary e Alehrity, it would. be greeted with more or lea-us applause. The individual who was reading the names did so in so mono- tonous it manner that I became tired, and began looking about for something to engage my attention. I found the gentleman next to me, on the right, it well informed person- age. and I entered into conversation with him. I had never seen him hel'ore, but he was a good talker, and I enjoyed it. Sudden- ly, just as he was giving me his views upon the future religious aspect of Great Britain our ears were nssuiled by :7, deafening storm of applause. Such a clapping of hands I never heard before. t sent the blood to my head with It rush, and I got terribly excited. I straigh .ened up and commenced elnpping my hands with all my might. I moved about in my elmir and chipped harder and harder. ‘Who is it ?’ I asked the gentleman on my right. ‘Whose name did he read ‘2’ “ ‘Snmuel Ii. Clemens,” he answered. “ I stopped applauding. I didn’t clap tiny more. It kind of took the life out of me, and I sat there like a mummy and didn’t even get up and how. It was one of the most dis- tressing fixes I ever got into, and it will be many a day before I forget it.” No other epidemic disease of late years has wrought such terrible havoc among children as diplitliei‘imand in someportions of our own country its ravages have been peculiarly so mre. In fact, there are tow communities in which its effects have not been felt to a heater or less degree, whole families of chil- «iron beingY carried off in some cases. The disease l'ri one of the most difficult of treat ment, the off”; ' ' f "Txe medical faculty often proving utterly {111. \. In View of these facts any efieetive remedy for this terrible malady must be regarded as egreat boon to humanity. M.Shiskin, the Russian Minister at Wash- ington, publishes‘ a letter in the New York Herald in which he makes known a. very simple cure, which he Says has been success- fully used in Russia and Germany and may prove effective in this country. We quote the following from the, letter referred to : “ Out of several othors, Dr. Letzerich, who made extensivr; experiments in the applica- tion of this I'umudy, has used it in twentyâ€" soveu cu , eight of which were of a very se- rious nature, all of which had a favorable result except in one case, when the child died from a complication of diseases. For children of one year he prescribes the remedy, for in- tm‘ual uso every one or two hours, as; fol- luWH:â€"â€"Nut1'. benzoic, pur. 5.0 solv. in aq. distillat uqi month. piper. aim 40.0 syr. Cort. uur. 10.0. For children from one to three years old he proscribed it from seven to eight grammes for 1w) grammes of distilled water, with same syrup; for children from three to seven years old he prescribed ten to fifteen grammes, and for grown persons from fifteen to twenty-five grammes for each 100 grammes Besides this, he usvs also with great success the insufllation on the diphtherial membrane through a. glass tube in serious cases every three hours, in light cases three times a. day of the natr. benzoic pulver. For grown peo- ple he prescribes forgarpjiug a dilution of ten grammes of this pulver for 200 grammes of wntur. The effect of the remedy is rapid. After twentyiour or thirty~six hours the feverish symptoms disappear completely and the temperature and pulse become normal. This remedy was used also with tho same success by Dr. Braham Braiuu and Professor liiuhs, in Plug; Dr. Sunator, iii (Jassul, and several others in Russia and Germany.” (Frum the Chicago Times.) Thutqiiaint and original wanius, Samuel L. UIOIHODSAMILI‘kT\V:l1]1â€"t01d a story at his own expense while hrcukfusting with a journalistic friend on Tuesday morning, which is too good to be lost. and which by his consent, is now publishvd forthefirst time. Thule has been some talk at the mhle about the Grant banquet, whchr. Clemens remarked with a smile and his pe- culiar di'mvl :â€" A REMEDY FOR DIPHTHERIA. [WA Rh ‘i‘33’Alffi ‘ LA‘SECN’E‘ .iflliE REX EEQDUKK 0F DANCING took posscwziull. and now § «L 1 do )mt SW 0111:. I could wtuncos». 1 thina I would give ‘ \vzth a hmvy gmwth, that I ‘ 11' gram; 111mm 11121110)" such] +9; gromng on 1t. The plowing; 1“ them pays in the, fine conâ€" 1 1 neglect Aumn , (leoi'ge Vail llollnn, who has bten residingr ‘ ll‘ llanzilton for sometime, is new in Chicago, ins former pane of abode, 1 iviog evidence in 1 a law-suit against William Voclie, who had been assignee of the Germania Fire Insur- ance Company. Van Hollen, who had filled the position 01 tax collector in Chicago, and who was obliged to leave that city owing to some alleged crookedness, is to be used as a. iwitncss both civilly and criminally against Mr. Vocke,â€"for the purpose, in one case, of impeaching certain receipts purporting to be signed by him, which Mr. Voclie holds as vouldiers for $13, 000 alleged to h: vc been paid as e, y peisonal p1opeity taxes in the assess meat of the Germania; and, in the other, as a witness before the Federal (Errand Jury, now in session, against Mr. Vocke, on the charges of conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to comirit a forgery, etc. In a deposition made by Van Hollen 011 the 11th of this month, before Hon. Mr. Leland, U. r S. Consul at this port, he sa : “ The tax , to the amount of, 31,000 for‘he year 1871 , was paid by said William Yockc, as Assignee of the Germania, on the date as stated in the , receipt, March 24, 1876. The other 136.000 1 were never paid to me by said Voclie or any- : body else. These 30, 000 weie, in fact never 1 received by me as City Collectm of said city 1 of Chicano, oi as an individual. The ieceipts of Ap1ill'1'1nd 15, and May 4, 1870,11ave not been written, made out, or signed by me 1'11 the city of Chicago at the, day mentioned in said receipts, but were made out, written, ; and signed in the city of Hamilton, Province of Ontario, at a much later time, to wit : in . the month of May, 1879. The circumstances 1 under which Iwas prevailed upon to Write, make out and sign said receipts of $2,000 f ‘ach,wero as follows: Last winter my wife lfiKand children lived at Chicago. I was here alone, without occupation or money. My family was without means, and I was unable to furnish them any. Then there came thotempter, in the person of a man from Chicago, whom I preler not to name at present, and who represented that he was au- thorized by William Vockc to get receipts for taxes to the amount of $0,000, as all that amount had been paid to me as City Collector of the city of Chicago. He brought the tax book of said \Villiam Vocke with him, and proposed to me to write out and sign receipts for the personal taxes of said Germanic In- , surance Company of ~02,000 for the years 186“, L 1869 and 1870 each, of which he paid me 31235. In consequence of this proposition. 3 and on his representation that it would not ,bring me in any dilliculty, and it was only a 1 i matter of form, and pressed by my impecuni- S ons situation, and desiring to get the means V which would enable my family to come here ' from Chicago, I wrote, made out and signed the receipts here in the city of Hamilton in l: the month of May last.’ '7 ~w~w. 1.11.4.“ A ring was: immediately formed The bridu climbed on the baptismal [out and alter- nately (encouraged each combatant with such inspiriting remarks as " NOW, then, Bill, bust him in the eye,” or “ Hooray, Parson, Huck in ('inii'ngn F"!§V§FI3{ Evillum’cin r firm“! (“nu fire, or whether he would merely mark him wich a bullet for future identification. Gon- tmry to the general anticipation, the bride- groom made no further interruption, either by word or bullot. and the cormmmy came to an (End. All might have tsmltui p-umuably, had not Mr. Withm‘s,‘dutm‘mimd to do his whola: duly. supplemented the menony by kissing the bride. Still the clergyman pursued the even tenor of his way. One might have imagined that he was deaf, sn utterly headless was he of the irregular responses made by the bridegroom. The spectators who had assembled to witness the ceremony were making bets freely as to whether Mr. Bill would kill him at the first The service proceeded smoothly until the clergyman reached the point where he asked the bridegroom if he took this ”woman" to be his wedded wife. To this Mr. Roaring Bill replied by remarking that ho was about to marry a. “lady,” and any man who called her it “women” must be remarkably anxious to incur the expense of a personal funeral. Payâ€" ing no attention to this remark, the clergy- man proceededfind inquired if the bridegroom would promise to love. cherish and protect the bride. This was regarded by Mr. Roaring Bill in the unnecessary asking of foolish questions. “In course I do,” he replied ; “what do you take me for ? Do you mean to insinuate that I am a ployin’ it on her '2 1 want you to understand that tliiohyer's a square deal, and if you don’t just go ahead with your inarryin‘zind drop this askin’ of iinpertinent questions, it'll lead to diiliculties. You hear me.” Still the courageous clergy- man, licedlr-ss of the brewing storm, ignored the bridegrooni’s interruptions, and read the service with cool and steady courage. l’re- scntly, he inquired of the bride if she would promise to love, honor and obey her husband. At this point, the latter drew his revolver and informed the 0101133 iii: that he was fast ripening for the grove. “Any more personal questions will require me to answer with thieyer weapon 1 don‘t wish to make :1 row in it church, but if you will have one just continue as you. have begun. For :1 permeable loxig-suflerin’ man. but the holiest feelin’s of this lady’s heart isn’t goin‘ to he pried into by no man without he hours from me." From the above it would appear that Van Hollen himself is mixed up in another bad SCl‘flpi,‘â€"â€"110 lesg than being concerned in a conspiracy to forgoâ€"â€"a conspiracy in which Mr. Vocke, Mr. Van Hollen, and that indi- vidual whose name Mr. Van Hollen declines to give, seem to be equally criminal. Allud- ing to the matter the Tribune says : “ The city of Chicago has Something to say about this. So long {is Mr. Van Hollen while 001- lector took this: money, no matter What he did with it, the city could look to him only for redress. But, if the money has never been paid to him, then the city has been do: frandcd out of $0,000 to which it was en- titled, and would be justified in commencing criminal piocooding< against the Assignoc, if he had tnlccn it. This is Lhc reason why Mayor Harrison wrote the letter he did to the State’s Attorney, asking that Mr. Van Hollon be allowed to return.” The Rev. Mr. Withers earned this enviable reputation a few weeks ago while engaged in nmrrying the well known Mr. Roaring Bill to one of the most beautiful and accomplished daughters of Loudmlle. The bridegroom was :1 man of most excellent repntmion, havingy killed three men in l1und»to-lmlid fights and wounded 1i number of others. He was not accompanied to tho ultnr by any groomsmnn, and the bride was similarly devoid of brides- maids, though their place was to some extent taken by her three brothers. Mr. Withers, who up to that time had been known as an extremely pmeoable man, and was not sup- posed to have a particle of ability about him, had boon warned that the bridegroom was quick-tempered and (ixeeedinglyjealous, and that he would do well to “ladle out the sor~ vice pretty considerable mild.” To this warn- ing, however, he paid no attention, being de- termined to do his duty, no matter what the consequences might be. There is no doubt that the Rector of St George’s church, Leadville, belongs to the Church Militant. He has just proved it be yond contradiction, and at this moment pub- lic sentiment in Londvillrz m'nnouncns him the ablest and most powerful clergyman for his weight in the United States, while a com- mittee of leading citizens is about to present him with a silveixmountcd revolver as a tes- timony of re pest and admiration. A LEAD‘1LLE FIARIRIAGE Giflffllil V 9.51 Efiflhhf; V (N. Y. Times.) { yo” eye I” Ephamham‘s mother happmed to be just around the corner of the house hoeing the vmm'melons, and hastening around in front she almost yelled in bar indignatio the eyes: of the Church is on you! Hui-l: 11.“ your rtl‘igion like alittlcinim!“ ' The egg. ' spectatm'r swarmed into the church and fought for good positione in the pulpit. The betting at first wa-i on the ‘xu Ailegrnom, but at the cnd of t. n minutis large odds Were offered on the clergyman. His courage was was undoubted, and his pugilistic skill was simply astounding. His adversary scarcely touched him, while the clergyman danced mound him, near closing an eye and now shaking the foundation of his teeth with a smiling confidence that created the wildest enthusiasm. In twenty minutes and five rounds he had reduced his man to perfect helplessness. Mr. Roaring Bill cried "enough,” the spectators cheered, and the bride descending from her perch, kissed the clergyman with hearty frankness, and inâ€" formed hnn that she should never allow any husband of her’s to come between her and ‘ her religion. â€"0ne spoony girl in the deserted conserva‘ tory is worth two in the crowded ball-room. “ See llezilx. honey, you héb all you kin ’Leml to ef yo’ take (lat chalk out Oh yo’ milk l” â€"â€"Cmcinnati Enquirer. Such was the public enthusiasm in Lead- ville over the clergyman’s victorytliut no less than thirty lending citizens came for- ward and offered to be confirmed as an evi- dence of their good will, provided the Rector would refrain from interfering with card- playiug and other usual Sunday recreations. As has been said, the admiration of Lead- vnlle is about to be expressed in silver- inounted pistols. and there is no doubt that the prosperity of St. George’s Church and the popularity of Mr. Withers are fully as- sured. GRANT BEFORE THE WARâ€"Strictly fresh reminiscence of Gen. Grant: When a boy in Ohio, or somewhere 03w, Grant drove a milk- wngon. Among: Lin customers was a colored fumiiy. AR he drovu up one day to the domi‘ (tile of his colored patron he bothought him to have a little fun at the expense of a pick - ninny that Wis making mud pies in the door- 31m], and so addressed it : “ You, Ephmhnm, take Gut chalk out ob Professor Mudge has presented some inter- esting evidence relating to the antiquity of man in The Kansas City Review of Science. He starts by assuming the correctness ot the geneally-aecepted opinion among geologists that man was on the earth at the close of the Glacial epoch, and offers evidence to prove that the antiquity of the race cannot be taken at less than 200,000 years. After the Glacial epoch, geologists have recognized, by their effects, three others, namely, the (lhamplain, the Terrace and the Delta, all supposed to be of nearly equal length. His argument for estimating the duration of these epochs is as follows : He takes the case of the Delta of the Mississippi, and notes the fact that, for a distance of about 200 miles of this deposit, there are to be observed buried forests of large trees, one over the other, with interspaces of sand. Ten distinct forest growths of this nature have been observed, which must have succeeded one another. “ These trees are the bald cypress of the Southern States. Some have been observed over twenty‘five feet in diameter, and one contained 5,700 annual rings. In some instances these huge treesliavc grown over the stumps of others equally large, and such instances occur in all, or nearly all, the ten forest beds.” From these facts it is not assuming too much to estimate the antiquity of each of these for- est growths at 10,000 years, or 100,000 years for the 10 forests. This estimate would not take into account the interval of timeâ€"which doubtless was considerableâ€"that elapsed be- tween the ehding of one forest and the begin- ning of others. “ Such evidence,” concludes Professor Madge, ” would be received in any court of law as sound and satisfactory. We do not see how such proof is to be discarded when applied to the antiquity of our race. There is satisfactory evidence that man lived in the Champlain epoch. But the Terrace epoch. or the greater part of it, intervenes be- tween the Champlain and Delta epochs. thus adding to my 100,000 years. If only as much time is given to both these epochs as to the Delta epoch, 800,000 years is the total result." There are some Gui-ions things about the working arrangci‘nents of the Bank of Eng land. No note is issued of 11 less denomina- tion than £2. Every note is numbered, and the name Of the party to whom it is paid out is carefully recorded. The practice of keeping £1 memorandum which will show from whom he 1eceives every 1111111 .zote that passes tlnough his hands is common, also with the painstaking London tradesmen. lt ploved a foitunate thing fol 11 gentlemen of whom a little steiy is told. He had given his wife 11 1510110178. Their little child got hold of the nortemonnaie and destroyed the noteâ€"as they 5111111111)se~1,l1y throwing it on the open fire I‘heie would have 111% n no hope of 11111lizing on a. 111-1321111101 under sueh ciicumstunpes. But $110 was worth tiying £01 The nuuihei of the note was asceitained 110111 the panties through whose hands it Lame to the gentle man, a sworn statement- of the facts we1e filed at the bank, and after a year or so 111111 passed without its having been presented £01 1Cdempâ€" tion the bank paid over the money The bank takes 111 and pays out its gold coin by weight Sometimes it sends out a sealed pagkuge and receives it again before the seal is broken, 111111 yet deduets quite a sum from the amount at which it paid it out, to make good the lossâ€" deteeteii by the unei‘ring scale~which oc- curred by the abrasion of the coins in trans- portation l Prupnrnuons [or the (areal Council to be Held at Philadelphia Next Year. A conference of leading Presbyterians was held in Philadelphia to provide for the grand Pan-Presbyterian Council which is to take place in that city next year. The first of these International Councils of the spiritual descendants of John Knox was held, as our readers will recollect, in Edinburgh, in July, 1877, at which time forty distinct Presbyten ian organizatii us were 1" presented. The second Council will, no doubt. be a much larger body, as Americans not only travel cheaply, but think nothing of n jaunt of a thousand or so miles to pay honor to their trade, or party, or church. Europeans are not so easily moved, and Presbyterian minis- ters in Europe have usually little money for travelling. It is stated‘that the expenses of all the Continental delegates were paid to the Edinburgh Convention, and it is proposed that the ocean passage, at least, Sllttll be paid for the European guests to the coming Coun- cil. The Philadelphians pledged over $5,000 the other evening for this purpose. There is little doubt that the sum requisite will soon be subscribed among the members of achurch which is both wealthy and liberal. The topics for discussion have already been chosen ; ten are theological. ten pertain to church affairs, and ten are practical. This Council, like the Episcopal Church Congress, has no authority in the denomination; it is simply a friendly conference of representative men in the sect to compare opinions and strengthen their brotherhood. Among the prominent clergy- men who have promised to come are Drs. Blackie and Rainey, from the Free Church of Scotland ; Drs. Flynn, Mitchell and Principall Talloeh, of the Established Church of Scot- l land; Prof. Calderwood and Dr. Cairns, of} the United Presbyterian Church ; Dr. Dykes ‘ and Dr. Erwin, from England; and Drs.‘ Knox and Stevenson, of Ireland. Some of; those men are known its leaders of thought to all Americans, and will be welcomed as warm- ly by men of all denominations, or of none, as by the Presbyterians.â€"«i\'0w York Tribune. CURIIEUN ’i‘lllNGS A BOUT 'I'IIE BANIC OF ENGLAND. ANTIQUI 1“ ”F HAN PRESBY'I‘ERE INIHH After urging him vainly to make a hold at- tempt to introduce her to his family and enter into the possession of his fortune, She ac~ quaintcd him with the fact that she was a widow with a twelveAyear-old daughter. and that having a strong inclination to go on the stage (for which she had been preparing), she had resolvud t0 carryout her purpose and that they must come to America. Remonstmnces were of no avail, and last spring the trio ur- {From the Cleveland (Ohio.) Hamid.) Not long since in a certain house on Cross street a young and beautiful girl lity dying, For days she had tossed in feverish delirium upon her sick bed, Without a friendly hand to soothe her throbbing hem]. or wet her parched lips With a drop of water. A few weeks before she had moved into the house an entire stranger. Severalpersons were seen and heard to enter her room when she first became an inmate of the house, but the people saw them. knew them not, and cared so little that they made no endeavor to become acquainted. After a while the visits ceased and the girl was seldom seen. Occasionally she would go with abasket and return a. short time afterward with a. few vegetables. The balance of the residents of the building seldom or never thought of the strange girl that always appeared so sad and friend- less. Sm 11 after the marriage a friend was intro- duced to the husband as the adopted father of the lady. They treated each other with great familiarity, and provoked the high-toned husband into making gentlu remonstranccs. The lady rebelled and frequent bitter quarâ€" rels ensued. ‘ ' He proposed to her, and she accepted him, with the provision that their marriage should take place forthwith. To this he agreed, hog- ging her to keep it secret until he became of age, and could claim possession of his estate. A clandestine marriage took place at the hotel in wliiuh she resided, a Protestant minister officiating. One morning as a woman was passing the door of the girl’s room she thought she heard a groan, but paid little attention to it. as she was used to such things. Later in the day, as she was again going through the hall she heard a iaint moan and stopping at the door looked in. There lay the girl burning and raving with fever. All that poor and laboring people could do was done for the sufierer. but it was without avall, for a few days afterward the “king of terrors laid his rude hands u; on her lovely form, and blasted her beauty with his icy breath.” No friend was near, nor did she leave behind her any trace that she ever had any one that was near or dear to her. The people in the building were too poor to pay for her burial, and so one of them told a policeman of the ease. and he informed the authorities. The same day an undertaker with e pine coffin proceeded to the house to prepare the dead for her last resting place. It so happened that he was a kind-hearted man, and when he saw the sad but beautiful face of the dead girl he could not place her in e pauper's grave until he had satisfied himself that she had really no friends. So he began to search, and before long ascertrtined the dead girl‘s history, and besides found Women that had known her before she bccume a. reâ€" sident of the place wherein she died. He learned that she was one of the many women that had fallen. She was the promised wife of a man whom she loved better than her own life, and in a moment of weakness was crushed by the one whom she worshipped. Time passed on, and the girl entered on a life of sin and wretchedness. Little by little she sank lower and lower, until finally, becoming almost driven to frenzy. she forsooli her com- panions and tooks up her abode in the room where she died. Once entered upon their travels. the accom- plished companion acquitted herself admira- bly and became the center of attraction when ever they went. In their wanderings through fashionable resorts, she drew the attention of a young English gentleman, quite handsome, with an air of distinction, and encouraged his attentions. She had been represented tohim as it young lady, and he made no further en- quiries concerning his enslaver. She, how- ever. took pains to ascertain that the young gentleman had just left his elmu mater. and having no father was allowed by his indulâ€" vent mother to enjoy his tiip over the conti- nent of Europe. she supplying him with evmything a fond mothei s hemt knows how to bestow upon an early son. His father had been 2111 oflicer of the B1itisl1 Anny and his gimidmthex had been :1 highlyâ€" honoied Ad miral under Nelson and the young man was s. lenial descendant of an ancient Northum brian family of the emly pmt of the reign of Henry VIII. The .10qu man became desperately 111 love unde1 the impression that the lady was not only a maiden b11t also a. member of some wealthy family in the United States. The fact of hex widowhoad \yiph a phild 12 years old, and her dependant position, she stud. iously guarded, not only from 1161' adorez', but also from her employers, fondling Examples of Fallen “’omz'uw Libernlhyâ€"-Aflmsting Sconce nl flu: flu: - in]. After the prayer a solemn line was formed and the body was taken to its last mating place. There the colored woman oflerod another prayer, and as the clods fell inta the open grave, giving a dull sound as thuy atruok the rough box. the scene that ensued was inâ€" deed touching. The events of that day will undoubtedly exert a good influence among even those outcasts. A Gay Young “’iclow huu'nps a Rich Englishman. Season before the last a wealthy Southern family about to take a trip to Europe adver tiscd for a female companion, young, well bred and famihar with the continent, to travel with them. They selected from the runner. ous applicants {1 preposaessing young widow, a natlve of Georgia. who was vivacious, gen- teel. and spoke French quite fluently. Upon learning the fate of their old friend, the women, hardened by sin and neglect, pro. eeeded to the bedside of the deceased and did all they could toward preparing herior the tomb. The pine coffin was ordered to be sent back, and a handsome casket took its place. Beau- tiful flowers of pure white were wreathed in the trcsses of the dead, while a handsome wreath was placed upon the casket. These women, shunned by the world, despised and denounced, freely spent their money in giv- ing one of their own class a good burial. The day of the funeral came. The hall and room of the dead girl were crowded with genuine mourners. The undertaker and hackmen arrived, and were the only men present. The hour approached for the funeral procession to take up its solemn march toward the city of the dead, when the undertaker noted the fact that there was not a person present to conduct the burial service. Going up to one of the women pre- sent he inquired whether the girl was to be buried Without the aid of a minister or even a prayer. The women said that they had thought of that, but they knew no one near at hand who would attend such a funeral and offer up a prayer for a woman of that charae~ ter. The neighborhood was searched for a minister, but none could be found, and the burial was to take place without even a prayer being offered for the soul of the poor dead girl. The women were appealed to by the undertaker to say a. few words, but none of them had prayed since they were children, and considered it a mockery and a sin foz such as they to attempt it. Finally an old colored woman was called in, who said she would offer up a prayer to the throne in Heaven for the dead. She knelt down, and the courtesans followed. The aged colored woman began, and solemnly proceeded to ask God to deal gently and to judge mercifully. As she prayed for the souls of the living, and asked God to forgive the company for the lives they had lived and to make them better women, not a dry eye was to be seen among all in the assemblage, some of whom had not wept before since the time that they knelt at their mother’s knee, HIIE \VIDUI.D BE AN AC’I‘IBESS. “URL/Kl. OF AN ”FTC/1 “Mrs. Langtry‘ the great English beauty, wore a hat thn other day made by herself out of one of her mother‘s “Legllox‘ns.” Now, girls, it you will just follow Mrs. Langtry’s example in this and some other fillings you may become a “ professional.” AN association has been formed in West phalia for the extinction of poverty tlnouqh» out the world. The thomy of its promoters who are not Socialists, is that the wants of mankind have so increased of late years that luxuries am now looked upon even by the poorost classes as necessaries. Life, it is urged, may be sustained and comfort insqrod {it a trifling cost by simply putting aside the superfinitios of 1110110111 existence. This oh- 'eut son (1111 y be attained l:_',' a complete revo- lution in 0111' social and domoatio habits. Children should be trained from their earliest infancy to look for no other sholtur than that afforded by woodm huts. Their food should consist only of broad and vegetables, 31.1111 their drink of pure mm 1' The style of modern clotl1ing,m1 rogmds lJULl) 1111111 and won‘en is yondomnid as whmugnnt, 1131111110111, and n11whp’19sonie. tine thick garment of good material for winter. and one of slighter to): two for summer. is all that is roonirod It is estimated that under 1.30011 Winâ€"154:1 want on the new system if 10 11 y'mu will be a sufficient '11; 03399 :01 any 11m son to exist upon comfoit- .fibly, and will lo we a small inmgin whinh, if laid aside annually andcmcfullV‘1vostod,will amply provide to: all the wasonahle wants of old We In a. recent lecture on the chemistry of food by Professor Church, some suggestive points of dieteties were well bitinght out. Of all the cereals, says Mr. (' liuieh w heat yields the best breed. This IS believed to be due principally to the character of the nit- rogeneous matter of \\l1ezitThc 11min con. stituent is 21 fibrinc. and it can be loadily 0b- ltained fur exmnination by making a little flour into 11 dough with water, and then washing the starch out by means of a stream of water. There is then left a gi'uyith-yel- low, tough, elastic mass, which is gluten. Speaking of peas, beans, and various kinds of pulse, it was pointed out how much more nearly the different kinds agree in ccmposi- tion than the cereals do. The great dltthv ‘back to the use of V‘mions kinds of pulse is ‘thet they me so dillicult to digest They l are an excellent theeietieal food acemding to analysia, but they 1116 a. 511.1. 018 tax on diges- t10n.Of:\lltl1e beams 110111l present 11 better typical food than the Soy bean. Lentils have been much spoken of lately as a good food, and they undoubtedly approach a. good typi- cal food, but they are bitter, astringent, and not easy of digestion. It hes now come to be pretty well recognized that the feed of it man doing hard work should have flesh-formers to lieatrgivers in proportion of 1 to 491, and that the food of 11 child shouldhave 1 to 7. Bread gives 1 to 7%, where the lieet~givera are more than the child wants ; so it is not 11 good food by itself. Pulse gives (taking an avenge) l to 2* which is far too small. In these eul- euhttions heat giveis ale reckoned as starch. Potatoes give 1 t0 16,:Icco1ding ta tln.1 latest analyses, the old 1 to 8 being rvidently 1111 error. Union is 1 to 4,11n exeeli nt propor- tion, though onions are not muh in favor as food. In looking; at the relative values of flesh-formers and heat-givers in foods, the actual amount of water must not he forgot ten. ANTI-SNEKZING ltncxmisxvlliw to prevent sneezing was the subject of several euinnm- nicrttions in the New York Sun recently. One correspondent says that if 9. person d< sir s to avoid sneezing let him press 11p\’211'(l 7 min underneathâ€"the nasal cartilage. To do this elegantly use the mouchoir, and press with considerable force. This is the method adopted by thick hunters when lying in the marshes, if their proximity to the water give them an inclination to sneeze, since the least noise would frighteniiwny the ducks. Another writer, who is an old soldier, says that the, easiest way to stop an inclination to sneeze without attracting {my attention is to press the tongue as for book aym'nst the, roof of The mouth as possible for 2']. feW seconds. it is u never-failing remedy. ' rived in this city, and she Indy devotvd hm'ss if no theatrical studies. The wife is at, present trawling thrrmgh t} 0 West with the Mary Anderson troupe, m d expects to make her debut in New York 500 1. The; oung man’s family refused to sanction the 2:11:1'1‘i21g0, and, although they can not disinlierit him, the prnparty being entailed, they will not allow him a monthly stipend, While exerting all their influence to have him repudiate the wife, obtain a divowv ml re- turn to England. The husband is in trenty with a law firm of this city to obtain 11 divorce without publicity. Once flee he will 1etu1n to his motlim and sisters and the enjoyment of all the luxu1ies and plcasun ) ,clv 1 z ‘1' ,iâ€" tion and means can afforul The very name of the amber fluid, with its fizz and streaks of hmd at the glass-brim, is savory of frosty nights. crackling logs, the flame‘s glow and homely cheer. Who reads the sign “sweet cider,” but his thoughts re- turn to the circle gathered about a hearth- stone, from which possibly has faded faces never again to be lighted by affection, the romping. merryAgo‘round of youngsters’ pret- tle, or the interchange of loving words at the family fireside. To sweep away the sentiment from cider, let one visit the mill where is pressed the saccharine juice. Like the boy who preferred chestnuts boiled, that he could eat worms and all, one discovers at the cider press that to get the true wormy flavor of apples, which is said to impart the snap to cider, he must drink the juice of the fruit. After seeing bushels of windfalls, speckled, rotted and covered with soil and damp leaves, thrown into the mill, from which the juice trickles out into ll. vat ridged with scum and slime, one requires :1 strong stomach to relish cider. The old cider press is hauled out but annually, and the dust and webs of a twelveâ€" month gather to he racked. off in sweet cider. The straw pitched down for the mash has like enough made :1 warm bed for fowls since frost came ; hornyhauaed men work the press and watch the “worms crawl out and the worms crawl in” as the apples are squeezed, A rusty dipper or leaky measure hangs near, from which visitors are treated to a drink. Should you shrink from the refreshment, the spirit of the press cries out: “You can’t make good cider from sound fruit but from pig apples, wormy and half decnychfor the twang !” Clieerfulness is one of the prime secrets of success in life. A dismal men will fall where a cheerful one of but a tithe of hi»: ability will llO well. The man who is always at war with the weather, who is posted on current coni mei‘eial mishaps, who is chronically satisfied that the country. materially and morally, is fast posting to the dogs, and who greets his customers With {1. glower, is foredonmed to failure let his surrounding be ever so favor~ able and his method of doing business ever so upright. A customer’s intention to buy sel (10m goes beyond a. dealer‘s capacity to sell, and in selling lienrtiness is a. chief ingredient Even affected cheerfulness will go a great way. The pretence of being pleased with things in general, of having faith in people, and of getting on as well as one’s neighbors Will help any man who is in business. The real thing is. of course, incomparebly better. The genuine cheeriness, the sunny smile, the mirthful remark, the disposition to put the best construction on everything are together almost irresistible. They checkmate all hostile feeling in those with whom we have m do. They givv a fancy value to every thing we say. The“; make it :1 plansul'oto others to [)0 firm: ‘3 h} us 01' to svrvi- us. If we are not conniiiiuiunuliy cheel'inl Wu cannot do better than acquire the art of cheerful- ness. It is the only sort of hypocrisy on be- half of which anything can be said, and it is the only sort by which a man is sure to prefit. ’l VIC VALUE 95‘ F001) d‘J’llg‘fiiEfiFULNEHB IN I‘llfliNESPE. VEE'I‘ ( EDER yumwsix, and the fourth act by that. 0t a. double recitnlivo for Valentine and St. Eris. {in {<11 8 Flynn-11., which has composed the actfi ing rim with the u: ginnl scam. \Vhat be- l‘mno of the chips 1’ They Would serve to light the fire of many a mudcrn compost'r. HThe $115k sent by Cc'cyxmyo aa a herald (if peace was brought over from Zululand by SirEvolquood. and, {it the command of of thv (91.0911 ML; immediately sent. to Bal- moral, ntgimt exponfw and inconvenimce, or 11*: cmious iuslieclim}. It has now come hack, .111 udis being: (exhib md. as was King 'i‘heodoru’s 1111111161111 and the King of Da- humcy’s throne. The tusk is said to be the largest ever seen in Europe, being seven feet in length and over a half a yard in cit~ cumlerence. ubvcr‘s “ Les Huguenots" receiver} acme inmudabln suppressions by the comâ€" mmer after its first pc-xformfince. 1n the first not, an entlet for A’arrai, .111 air for Valenâ€" ii 2. , and u good deal of the orgie and recita- tive weanling the romance for Raoul were; out out. From the avg-0nd an air for St. Bria ”mi from the thn'd anoihor air for Valentine we cut out, and an or 25:} choral was re~ moved to maku mom for " Ein feste Berg.” Thu bull-m was shortened by the exeision of a â€"~ William Chennhers writes in Ghambar’s Journal : " Thoughtful persons me begin- ninLr to entertain si'i‘ions (1011th lb) to the propriety of allowing Clubhouses to remain 0),} their present looting. Though nominally of n pi'ivute character, they are, practically, 11n- lieensvd public houses, and offer convenient uppertunities for wasteful indulgence when the different classes or licensed establish- ments are shut. Looking to the abuses (gambling) that have lately crept in, it would not excite surprise were the whole of the club houses subjected to the laws and restrictions which regulate public hotels and taverns." in many quarters, however, it Wuuld excite very great surprise. (15101.1 the New York Tribune) The wanh 11 111 the States Pzison at Bangor, Me. leer-ntly related 11 unions story. A young; woman who served out a sentence of five years found means of education, and be- coming; thoroughly reformed and u Chrirtian left the prison in appearance a lady. She was employed by 11 (lryAgoods firm in Portland 11s snlewvomzin, and HRVU perfect satisfaction to her enquleycrs, till one day a wealthy lady of the place entered the store and recognized her. Calling the proprietor aside, she told him that the girl lmd been in the State Prison. He replied that he knew it, but that she had dune her duty faithfully, and that they were well sntiniied with her. “ Well,” said the lady. “ if you keep her 111 your store I will neither tmde with you 111yself 1101' Butler any of my iends to, if I can 111 1p it. ” So the pmpiie <11, 111tl101 than lose his customer, oil lei the p001'gi11i11 and discharged her. ‘~ to the death,” and at the first movement in this direction all the horrors of the White River massacre would have been repeated. “ Have you not seen around the hills my Utes day and night? Have you not seen all day one of my Indians at each of these win- dows watching 2' Had these Utes attacked you brotlioi's’ blood would have been shed. My word is plighted to the whites. and though it cost me my life no hzmn can come to them." He then said Ungue, an Uncompahgre Ute, would appear to-morrow and testify fully with regard to the 'I‘hornburgh tight and subsequent massacre. linguo, it will be remembered, tried to stop the light, but was not listened to by the Utes. His testimony will bear hard on Jack, us he has before stated that Jack was the leader in the battle. “ The White River Utes," continued Oumy, “ All come in to- gother to tell what they know. They under- stand now, and have not before. that the Commission is not for the purpose of approx bonding a single Ute, not even the one proven to he the most guilty or innooent. They will all come in together, and what they say will be the truth. They had begun to think that I ms working against them and I was obliged to act as I did; to encourage them in their evasions and lies in order that I might retain inv liiiluenao over them until they could themselves see that this was :i peace commission working for them as well as for the whites. They now see it and there will be no further dillieulty in getting them to speak." He then described in u belief- compelling; manner his sorrow at the troubles in the first place, his subsequent anxiety 5.21;}. constant fear that something might happen to the helpless oaptives, his efforts for their release and his great joy whrn he saw the result of the mission of Adams. “I do not want to be chief,” he eon- ohzilod by saying ; “ I grow old and am totter- ing; let some young man with the fire of youth in his veins take my place. I have my farm which I would rather culti- vate and watch the seed planted by me grow up to maturity than be head chief. They all come to me with their troubles. I. know everything mid have all their burdens to bear. Wushington no want me to give up my posi- tion ; wants me to stay and govern the Utes. I want only to be known (is ()uruy, it friend of the white men.” He went up to Adams and prosoiitod him with a bountiful Nzwujoe blanket 21s u present from his aquaw Chipeta. ,lhnn'nnfik'wv. ”ii A dispatch from Los l‘inos s»,;; the hostilwe met the commission- i~ with the intention of telling a consistent lie throughout, but Adums‘ coup d‘etct brought their] to a realizing " use of their position, and they we now pleading for peace. They are tlloluugllly frightened, and the fears of a winter campaign against them have oxneted it promise to exactly testify and abide the consequences. They say, “ One big fight and Indians’ am- munition all gone, no food and we starve.” They begin to understand the utter futility of resistance, and now express not only willing; ness to submit to peaceable arbitrament, but desire that the Commission continue to the final settlement. The White River Utes have left Ouray’s, androtnrned to their camp on the G1 and River. Ouray says they have gone for their lodges, and has vouched for their return in six days, when they will make a complete confession as to their participation in the outbreak. Such is their promise to ()uray, but judging from their past conduct little reliance can be placed on their promises. Ourny sent an order to Captain Jack to appear before the Commission, assur. ing him that no personal danger would be incurred. Curay believes that Jack will respond, and will also ac- C(llllpfilLy the Commissioners to “Irish- inpton should Sehurz follow out the recommendation of the Commissioner in adjourning to meet at Washington. Ouray made a speech which for depth of feeling, eloquence and deep reasoning went far beâ€" yond any of his previous efforts, by his words surprising and gladdening the sorely tried and disheartened commissioners. A flood of light was cast upon the previous efl'orts, all the seeming inconsistency was made clear and Oui'ay now stands before the world as the White man’s friend. He had been listen- ing to the reading of the testimony of the captives, und when the commission was announced adjourned he remained with his head sunk upon his breast in an attitude of deep meditation. Suddenly he lifted his head and began to speak, holding those pre- sent all spellbound by his revelations. At times he discarded the interpreter entirely and spoke in English for a short time. The subject of his speech was as follows : He began by say- ing that be perceived the commission had lost confidence in him and believed that he was playing false. The whole object of the Commission from first to last had been mis- understood by the White River Utes. His authority had gone only so far that they left. their em)? and came here, but every one of them had come prepared to fight. They thought that each witness as he finished his testimony, of whatever character it might he, would be immediately arrested and put under guard. They had determined to resist this 11210 “"53 ‘1 "F UliAlfil’l‘Y ’Q'L‘flf“: EFEHFEANH (30"6’El)‘ 1. Oumy belleves v that Jack respnnd, and will also ac- y the Commissioners to “[21311-