EUGENE CITY GUARD
LATEST KKWS SUMMARY.
MY TELKUBirH TO DATE.
D. 0. Mill lift resinned a directorship
n the Western Union.
The stesruer Carrie Hopun, with 7WJ
bale of cotton, was burned on the 7th lu
tlio Yhzoo river. A cabin boy whs
drowned.
It Is unofficially announced thattheAt
eliiiton, Tflpekn t Hunt Fe railroad made
connection with the'Suutliern Pacific Hut
uiday last.
Mm. Klizabetli K. Churchill of Provi
dence, It. I., widely known as a speaker
and writer In behalf of tlio riubt of
women, la dead.
Charlotte Thompson, mi actress, when
about to eV3 Toledo diecovered that her
jewel casket w'tli diumoudi) valued at $13,
000 was uiie tug; no cine.
The revised new testr.nient will bo pub
lished by the Fnirluh university presse
in May next Indifferent sizes and styles
of binding ut corresponding prices.
One thousand iron workers are out of
employment by a strike at the rolling
mills, at tiriiii(iieiu, in. i lie company
will till their place with workmen from
abroad.
Hubert C. Bates, of H. Louis, sold, bia
Union pacing mare, iwattlo K. Hunter,
to John frqilan, who Kavoiiu order ou C.
F. Emery, of Cleveland, for the purchase
money, ilL',000
Itev. F. Wendele of the Unitarian
church In a sermon denounced the school
board of Cincinnati a composed princi
pally of men of low mental culture and
Social Standing.
C. A. Iteimeiisoyder, of Toledo, Ohio,
a prominent member of the Into general
reform party which elected him treaHiiror
and secretary of tho city water works, has
absconded for Kurope leaving a deficit of
from 50000 to $ 10,000.
Tho prohldent, JJlai ne and Windom now
favor an extra session, and unless the
present status (lumpen an extru session
will bo called about the. middle of May,
when the republicans can control the
hoiiHO and ptobubly the senate a I no.
The senate has confirmed the nomina
tions of F.varts,Thiirumii and Howe, com
missioners to tlio international monetary
conference, Ixt M. Morrill, collector of
customs at Portland, Maine, and 1). D.
Medium:, surveyor of customs at Cincin
nati. V ,
Another Ohio man I.iih come to the
front In tlio pen-on ol Judo James V.
McDill, appointed by Gov. Greer, of Ohio,
to succeed Kirk wood in tho U. 8. senate.
McDill is jiint 47 years old, was born at
Monroe, Ohio, and lived In that stuto un
til 1850.
Edward, Ynunir, son of a prominent ul
torney In Geoigntown, Ohio, nhot and
killed'deortfe Ahhmoieatabont 10 o'clock
on I lie 6th, und seriously if not fatally
wounded James Ashmore and Clinton
Campbell. Yonn and James Ashmoru
had previously had eevnral (piurrels. Tho
two Ashmores aud Campl1?)) '?ro tjrunli .
and forced the quarrel, ,
The ClafcdSO Lu"rincula Exchange
holi Its alltU mooting ou the 7th. Tho
'prvBiuvUl'a address contains tho start
ling elattuient that owbtf to the onormous
growlli of the lumber business it will take
only 20 years to exhaust the great pine
forests of tho country if the present rato
of tleplo'ioir Continues. Tho receipts nf
lumber of all kind lit this port during tho
- 18.SQ.wero 1,581,(100,000 root.
Senator Bayard vW bo chairman of the
finance committee; lavls, of llliuols, of
the judiciary; Jcihnsun, of foreigu rela
tions; Junes, of Florida, on public landH;
Hater, of ngrieulture: Cottrell, of military
aiTalr; Hampton, of mines; (.iruome, of
petitions; and tho other principle com
mittees will havo tho same chairmen ns
before. Several ol tho new democrats
will get chairmanships.
It In nsscrtod that General Manager
KlmUII, (Jeneral Frylyht Agent Vinlng,
and General Ticket Audit Hlebbing of tlio
U. P., went to Topeka recently to hold a
conrurrvneo with olllciiils of tho new
Southern Pacific route, tho object being
to arrango a friendly basis of doing busi
ness and agreeing upon pnssonge'r and
freight rates, or in other w ords, to form
some sort of a pool, The new southoru
route will have rail connection completed
by tho 15th. of March.
Tho president has nominated Levi P,
Morton V. S. minister to France, and
Win. M. Kvart, Allen O. Thurmaii and
Timothy O. Howe commissioners on the
partof tho United Mates ta tho Interna
tional monetary conference nt Pari.-;
Uavid D. Mi I'lung, surveyor of customs at
Cincinnati; John V, Oreen, collector of
internal revenue for tho second district
of Iowa, and Hubert S, Taylor of ludiauti,
member of tlio Mississippi river impiovu
mcntrommlsiiioii. The caucus of deruoeratic rctintors 1ms
determined to continue the organization
of senate committees, and iiillnf (ieorln,
1'eudletoii, Ijinmr, Harris, l urlcy, llaii
soui, Garland, lavht of West irlnia,
and Cockrell, the committee appointed to
arrauiie standing and select committees
beliu not ready to report, another caucus
was held after the session adjourned and
Is still sitting. They will prohsoly rcHrt
to-morrow, und ttie ripublicaus will be
asked to fill the minority. It was tho
unanimous opinion of the" caucuses that
business should be expeditcuby riant'
m oommittees at once.
The democratic cutieiK with iiinch dilIU
cnlty arrived lit the conclusion to put
Cuunlen, of West Virginia, ou the liunnce
commiuee. Many ilemocrats demurred
at ttils act ion because Camden is president
ofatmlional bank, und the democracy
are opjwsed to national banks. He muy
even yet Le changed. The caucus has
decided to ashln Mutunie to three or four
committees, iocludlnir the railroad and
inuil.irv committees: The folluwlnu chair
mauhhliis were agreed on: Klectlons,
KsuUlmrv; forctpD relations. Johnston;
tluance, Psyard; sppMpriatiuns, lavis of
West Virginia; commerce, Kunsoni; jildi
ciary, Pavis of lllinuiir, military, (trover,
naval, Mcpherson; pototllccN Maxcy;
public lands, Jones ol Florida; Indian af
fair, CKike; pensions, tirover; claims,
Cockrill: patents, Coll; territories, Butler,
railroads, Jjrmar; revision of laws, Gar
land: agriculture. Plater; manuf.n tores,
Vtlilui; eJucation and labor, Pron;
mines and miuinir, Farley; llatrict of Col
iiiubia, Harris; civil service. Walker; pub
lie luillui);s, Vest; Improvement of Mis
sissippi river and territories, Jones; trans.
jrtation routes to seaboard, Feck; pri
vate laml claims, F-duiunds; revolutionary
t'lsiins, Anthony; cneroosed bills. Conk
line; enrolled mi!, Puch; rules, Morjrsn.
to examine the several branches of the
ivil service, lIauipton;renus, Pendleton;
library, Viornees; profcidtfnti.il elections,
Morsn; epidemic disea-a, Harris; print
ing, Hill of ivHirgla;contim;ent expenses,
Vsuce.
Louis C. Ross, contracting agent for th
Wabash railroad, commiuee suiciue on
the 7th with a pistol; cause,, nervous de
prestion.
Atsnlnoucst held over the body of
Harry r rleburn, an iiK"'re l" "'
timoreand Patomao Itallroad ()., who
Uied from Injuries received at the r :ent
collision near Severn, among the viu
ucsses was John Hoy, conductor of .
extra train. Jmrinj? tho examination be
said: 'Fricburn and 1 haJ oruors read
nvur In im taicfl bv tile dispatcher in
Ualtimore, ami the accident was duo to
our carelessness, llarrv 1 oeuu now, ana
I alone am responsible, The jury found
that Friolinrn cauio to his death by a col
lision which occurred through the fieitli
gence of said Frietmrn, engineer, and John
lUjy, conductor of tho south bound train.
The democratic caucus acsiirned sena
tors Farley, Grover, rilater and Fair It
committee positions as follows; Farley is
to be chairman of the commltteeon mines
and mining, and retains bis present posi
tion on the committee on commerce,
postoflice and naval aff.ilrs. Hlator Is
given the chairmanship of the committee
en agriculture, is nude a member of the
rietiKiiitis committee, and remains in me
committee on Indian affairs and territo
ries. Grover. by oroiuotion, becomes
chairman of tho military committee and
remains in tho committee on public lands,
railroads and manufactures. Fair is pro
vided for by assignment to thecommiUee
on mines and mining, public hinds and
railroads,
Tho appointments of Mefsrs. Kverctt,
Thurman and Howe, as tho United States
commissioners to the International mon
etary conference, appears to give univer
sal satisfaction, especially that of Judge
Thtirmsn, which asido from its being a
graceful compliment is notably suitable
alike, by reason of his familiarity with
the subject involved and his fluent com
mand ol the French language. Thurman
and Ilowo were among the lirst members
of the senate to follow Jones of Nevada,
in his pronounced advocacy of bl-metal-ism
and tho re-establishment of a double
standard In this country, und Everett, al
though not oni to an far advanced in his
position on this subject, isequally earnest
in his desire to made the coining confer
ence a complete success.' Senators and
representatives from mining states are
greatly pleased that provision has been
made for American participation in this
Important council and aro very sanguine
that the result will be hmhly beneficial to
our mineral interests. Senators Jones, of
-Nevada, and Hill, of Colorado, both ex
press the belief that with an international
acceptance of the rates of V to 1, as the
standard equation of tho two precious
metals, silver will at once advance in price
from o to 30peronncuaiid maintain that
vidua for many yeurs. The cited of this
ofcoiirse would be to glveagreat impetus
to silver mining mid especially tend to
make prolitablo I ho working of low grade
ores, Tho Colorado papers havo beeu
nolle earnest In urdnir the appointment
of Senator Jones as a member of the con
ference, but in view of iys already hold
ing nn oflice ho could not bo amiolrlLed
legally, even if willing to servo.
TJie pnlj nporsiMon of rents in
Chicago uC...ng to be a serious matter
with tenants. They find themselves con
fronted with a doublo dilemma ol very
much higher prices for tliolr present lo
cation, and an impossibility of doing bet
ter by moving, while many who have
thrown up leases bocauso of tho rapacity
of landlords iind themselves unablo to
secure any now quarters whatever. The
condition of affairs arises, according to
real estato men, not from paucity of build
ing operations during the past y ar, for
very many Urge and commodious build
ings have beeu erected, but from tho rush
toward the city of now business tlrnis
What is truo of rents in the business
sect ion of the city is also true of residence
rents, and tlio lirst of May will wittiess
such a scramble, for houses as was never
seen here before. It now looksastliough
many proplo would bo entirely homeless,
allhouith, according to building statistics
recently telegraphed, over live thousand
residences were ere.ted during 1S.S0 lu
Chicago. Homes which two years ago
rented for $.10 to f,S0 per month are now
bringing $o0 to $1U3 and even higher pro
portionate rates aie being fixed in somo
cases. In I ho business portion the nd
vsiico ranges fron 12 to 50 per cent. Ono
ease Is known in widen the furniture linn
which last year paid 53000 was asked to
pay jjiOiKR) for a thrco years' lease, and
after casting about and finding no other
building available, was compelled to Ac
cede to tho terms. In another instance
a wholesale firm on Staio street whose
rent him beeu i'lMO will pay &500 tlio
coming year. Agents as well ns renters
nud owners consider this a genulno risoin
rents, not an engineered scare, and it may
bo stated that the busines prosperity and
grow ing activity in every branch of in .
dustry is a further warrant for the ad
vance, Carljlo aud (Jilflllan.
Mr. Oiltlllan, a man of undoubted
though erratic genius, was a passionate
admirer of Carlyle, and at ono time went
a tour of tlio country lecturing on Car
ljlo and his writings. His professional
engagements taking him to the south of
England, he niudo bold to call on the
sage at a house iu Chelsea. Ou ringing
the bell, Carlylo himself came to tho
door.
"Who aro you ?" ho said, in tho grntV,
abrubt way he had with strangers, for ho
took most strangers who called upon him
without an introduction for uioro euri-ositv-mongers
and sight-seers.
"1 am Georgo Giltlllan," was the re
ply, "and I have been lecturing about
you through the country."
"Yon have! havo you ? 1) n your
impertiuenee, good morning."
It is but fair to two such distinguished
men to add that Carlyle was thus rudo
through ignornneo of the worth and
genius of his visitor, and though for
many a long day afterward the name of
Thomas Carlyle, much less a lecture on
him, never crossed Gilllllsn's lips, the
matter was subsequently settled through
the iutervention of friends, and the
authors of "Sartor Kesartus" and "The
lloudsof tho P.ible" became ultimately
the best of friends. Milwaukee Sen
tinel. A few dars ago one of the rooms in
one of the llartford schools was not over
and above well heated, and the boy
scholars liegan to thiuk they might just
as well have a holiday; so while the
teacher was absent for a few minutes to
look after the fire the mischievous boys
put some ice on the bulb of the ther
mometer. The merenry fell so low that
when the teacher came back and lookea
at it she thought it was hazardous to the
scholars to keep them in, and dismissed
the school.
miSClU AJD COMERCIAL.
' PoSTtisa, Msreh 18, 1881.
Legs! tenders fa Pertlsad, buying, ptr, ,od
wIIIuksI par. , ,
Bilvarouin In rordaad bans quota at I pr
cent, dittouut u par.
CoiaexdiaugeooKew iork, 1 pereeut pre
mium. .
Coin exchange oo Sin Francitco, jr to per
etnt premium.
TaJeirrspbic transfers on Sow York, 1 per out.
premium.
Iloia fraxlaea Market.
The following quotations rprr;iit the whole
sale rates from prudiwer or tr4 knuJ:
FLOCK Btaadanu bratda M bHtyii ft; Ufct
country brauili, HfeH Hi, aiir3uo
W 7.VJ ). .
WOOL Valley 22fl 271c liTn Oregon J0(jjZ3
WHEAT Uoodtocli'M", l ijf'lil 271.
1IAY Tnauthy UM, luyiug tl JlGlS ptr
tn. .
POTATO V.T-1j(a, 0c per cU.
MIDDLING!! J0fa,ri2Ji alwrts fhop feed
tWotWl fine $iHW7J V Un.
PnA.N-Jobl.ii) at per tn. (HrIS.
OATH Fetd, l 'ii(n, pur ecntali feed
tl lOevl HU.
BACO.V-hulcs, He hams, Orep.nSC 12
I4c J-juUirn, 1 kji 15c j aliouldera, 10(Vj, lj.
LARD In kegs, I'i f in Has, Ito
BUTTER Wo quote rhuira dairy at SOnSie
goxl Imlt imiII, 37Ci 4(l; urdiu&ry, IsQj
Jin, whether brine or roll.
DRIED KltLlirf Applif, sun dried, SaOci
liiachiiit'drjiii, 12)a lVors, mncliine ilrlwl,
lu2e. I'luini, niacliliic ilri.il, l.tlli
Apples, inarkel ovenUx;lccJ, at 4oei;75 p-r
bx.
EiKiH Ssr d
PUl'LTKY lions and roosters, $2J.3J Tur
keys l lnllJc wr pound. (iee, iHaV u-r dux.
niEESlJ Oregon, l.liolilcj Coliforum. iiio.
III'MfHllrvaieiT, Sti,ll Je; on f'l, 4i4ii)o.
UKEK Live wcii;ln, 3e, Rros "!((,, jier It. ,
RIIKEP Live wcisiht, 2ogni.
TALLOW Quotable ato)c.
HIDES The market Is firm at lite for firat vkis
dry; JlfeUJo for green; culls, oue-third on.
nHml MrertiaitUlK).
RICE Market qu tel at China, !iai I Sand
wl li Island, N'J.
C0FKEE Costa Kaa, 17(,20cj Java, 2-30cj
Rio, MJnt7e.
TEAS Wa quote Japan In laqucrcd boxes 50o
75c l pner."(i47i.
8U0AUS Bandwieh bland, iori,!Ic; r.olden C,
In liMs, I U$i hi Ibis, llk; Crushed bbls. 1 He
hfbbls, 12c l'ulvcrizel bblt, 12c, hf bbls,
i;i)ci lirunuhtUxi bbls, 1 tic, hf bb! )2c.
SAnDINJ-a-tJrUiJCM,$l 74 i bf boxs i 75.
YEAST POWDElt Dennollv, 18 V gross .
WiNI'i Whim, er do iu case, J.'i Wie4 wr
f.t, 70c to 51 M; Boumuu, pi-rdos lu cases,
$3 60 to f 'i per gul, flOo U 51 6
Clsret California per gat, 51 lo 5t 2i; irn-
ported per g d, $1 60 to
Sherry -( sla ir nd, $1 6u to $2 K); Span
ish, fl tojdl airtr1 bramlt, iVi to $1H;
Imported par gal, W W to $7.
Tort Vi'ius brands In qrcsks. (2 SO to 55;
(I 40 to $2 ; imported, $3 to $7.
SPIRITS Kineold hennvfsr Brandy iu qr cks
sud otLives.fj 60U tf 60 per gal; Dan
ville's Irish Whisky iu cotes kr iloi, 912;
J.nnes Hteurt It (Vi.'s Scotch Whisky iu qr
rks and ecUives, $t ; lfcnnewy Brandy iu
rose, r dos, very fiuo 1 star $10, 2 star,
;I7 i0,3fti,r Jlti; Holland Gin, hrge caws,
5ltn52'J; UldTomCiu ineaef,512; Rye
Wbiiikv, per gal, $2 60 to & i Iluurlsm, er
gal, 52' 50 toti; A Cutter, $3 26 lo 53 60
K Cutter. 54 40 to 53.
OILS Oidiimry brimIs of coal, ."iOCjhijdiRnfch;
l)owner 4 I o., 374alOc; lioilnl lui.etl, I
raw lineed,l(6c; purelanl,$lal 111; enstor
l Wu$l lUi lunwntiuo,
A Central Initial Meililluu.
In a recent editorial wo commented
upou tho proposal of Mr. Sandford Flem
ing, the Canadian engineor, to csuiblish
a now prime meridian for tho world. As
this matter is of great interest to geogra
phers and navigators, another proposi
tion, emanating from M. do Beaumont,
President of tho Genova Geographical
Society, and fixing up a "central initial"
meridian exactly ten degrees east of
Paris, demands attention. Mr. Flem
ing's suggestion of tho lino 180 degroes
from Greenwich is open to objections,
already pointed out by tho Herald, which
apply with much less force to that of M.
do Iteanmont. His longitudinal division
of tho globo would pass near Homo, ex
actly through Venice, tho northern part
of Spitsbergen, then Capo Prince of
AVales in Behring Strait and Ounaloska
in tho Aloutku Islands. These points,
intorsoetod by M. do Beaumont's contrnl
line, would givo it a oonaniouous placfo
on all maps end charts, and it could be
easily fixed In the "mliliVs cyo" of all
classes n vital consideration iu selecting
flTiy isro point from whibk to number
tho lines of longitude for all nations.
Chief Justico Daly, President of the
American Goographical (society, snys it
would bo "a very desirable first merid
ian, and as there appears no other way
of getting over tho disposition ot nations
to adhere to their own, and of avoiding
tlio confusion of having so many, I fully
conour in M. do Beaumont's suggestion,
and hope, as a practical relief from an
existing difficulty, that it may bo gen
erally adopted."
For all purposes of mathematical aud
physical geography this new lino pro
posed by tlio Swiss geographer is unex
ceptionable. For more purposes of com
mercial geography the initial meridian
of Greenwich is equally bo, and, as the
world's maritime center is now Great
Britain, the majority of seamen might
think it better than ono ton degrees east
of Paris. But tho advantage of Green
wich as tho xero point is purely subjec
tive, being somewhat uioro familiar to
seamen than Veuioe und other places in
torseetod by M. do Beaumont's
lino. The nautical world would
therefore bo put to but a trifling ineon
veniouee by tho proposed change, while
tho advantages of a symmetrical division
of the globo and tho attainment of woi ld
wido cartographical uniformity are of ex
ceedingly great moment to all other
classes. It is an error to suppose that
aur initial point of reckoning longitude
will do as well as another. Tho central
line should be more than uieroly neutral,
or obnoxious to uo national prejudice;
an indispensable condition is that it
should pass over or very near some
points well known to men of all nation
alities. But, this condition fulfilled, as
it fairly is in M. do Beaumont's pro
posal, 'almost anv meridian which the
chief powers roulA agree on would be
better than none. Oar own government,
by a disinterested appeal to the great
maritime powers to undo on the sugges
tion of the Swiss geographer, might,
perhaps, easily accomplish a great re
form in tho world's eitftography aud con
fer a great bene'lt npou geographical
acieneo every w here. X. Y. Herald.
Youug Hopeful, age 6, who is ahowinu
a visitor his book eoutaiuiug au alleged
representation of a "bird" and a "horse,1-"
aa indicated in the words underneath the
drawings: "These are my worst draw
ings, Mr. Smith." Mr. Smith: "In
deed, Tommy! and where are jour other
ones?" Young Hopeful: "Oh, I
haven't drawed them yet."
T TTlfT'g HEW rttlEJD.
Mrs. Jones has quite a habit of culti
rating sudden friendships, which have
every epiearenc of blooming eternally,
bnt which toon wither in the world s
eohl blasU. I used to think this char
ecteristio was confined to schoolgirls,
bo promise immortal fidelity in letters,
crossed and recreated, but forgot each
other as soon aa they have caught a
lover.
My wife's last acquisition, in tlio way
of a bottom friend, is Mrs. Mortimer
Mowbray, with, whom sho became ac
quainted last summer, while we were
lourdiug out of town. Mrs. Mortimer
Mowbray had her carriage with hor, and
created quito a sensation; iu fact, every
lady in the house was eager to become
her confidant; but tho amiablo deport
ment of Mrs. Jones, combined, I doubt
not, with her iutcllcctuul accomplish
ments, rendered her the favorite; and
she it was who daily occupied tho sparo
seat in tho couch, and hud the honor of
advising Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray iu
those thousand grave perplexities under
which women sutler.
We returned to the city after tho Mow
brays, but my wife, though usually very
firiu on questions of etiquette, waived
her privileges on this occasion, and niado
tho first call. All that evening sho
could do nothing but tulk of Mrs Mort
imer Mowbray. "Such an elegant es
i.tJinhmnnt " she said. "Tlio drawinz-
room was tho perfection of luxury and
IlkLv Mrs. juowoi-av iiau on sucu a
&'nik pan. and altocothcr looked so lady
III- llp manners were, indoed. most
aristocratin, just what one would sup
pose those ol a countess w uo.
In a fow days Mis. Mortimer Mowbray
rotnrnp.l mv wife's call, comins iu a shin
ing new cairiago and with a new spon of
horses. Her cqnipaj;e creaicu quito a
sensation in our street.
Jlrs. Jonos soon after this, began to
act as if brooding over some vast design,
which not being yet quite matured, sho
deemed it wisest to bo silent respecting.
At last however tho secret was broached.
"I was thinking, Jones." she said one
night.as I was composing myself to sleep,
"that wo ought to give a party. Not a
regular ball, indeed, uut a select enter
tainment, wlicro a few congenial minds
may be brought together. I should like
to introduce mv dear Mrs Mowbray to
somo of tho choicest of our set."
Now I detest parties, small or large,
but as tho delicacy of my wife's nerves
l.ipn nnt allow of her beins thwarted. I
mado no objootion to this proposal, ol-
tliongii i sigiicii to myaeu.
"Of course, my dear" I said. "You
know best."
"Wo'll ask about thirty," continued
my wife wanning with tho subject,
"there's Mrs. Wharton, and Mrs. Hor
ace Shinn, and Mrs. Trice and the three
Misses Trolawneys," and thus the dear
croature ran on until she had mentionod
abont forty names and I saw that her
"select party of congenial souls" was go
ioir to bo after all. crowded rout.
"ion liavo lorgotien me two iuisses
Howoll," I said at last, when my wife
slopped for waut of breath.
The two Misses Howell wero amiable,
intelligent and pretty girls, in whom l
41- n tnt!ioilni inttrnnf linpirtaA fhoit
father hod onco been an extensive ship
ping merchant, uut Having becoming ro-
duced end diod bankrupt, tlio Bisters
were compelled to earn a livelihood by
standing iu a store. Thoy had numer
ous rioli rolations on whom they might
hilletnil themselves, but. with a
spirit of proper independence, they pre
ferred to worn loi- iiioir maintenance, ni
Btoad of eating the bread of ohority. I
had long nourished a romantic- idea of
seaing them married well, aud had con
sequently made it a point always to in
vito them to our parties; to praiso them
lnVhW tit thn vounar irentlomen thero
ami iu every other indirect way to assist
in realizing my pet seneino.
My wife heretofore had soconded me
in mv lionevnhmt tduii: lint on tho nres-
1 . - .
cut occasion cho hesitated to reply, and
I !iuer at pnco that tuero somctuins
tlifl nutter.
"Ahem!" sho said at laid, clearins her
"hiin! Tim Misses Howell
aro very nice girls, to bo sure that is.
in tin. i. 11 miAimt ns it is 10 ue a Buiect
party, and as I havo already mentioned
rather too many, ana ns aiis. .uowuiuj
may not want tb moot nil sorts of people,
and as "
"Stop, my dear," said I, with a sigh,
for I saw that my favorites wero not to
bo invited, "you have givon reasons
U i a proat tntv. thoilirh."
And I sighed again a sigh eloquont of
passive resignation.
My wife heard my sighs, and her ten
der 'heart was touched. Sho paused a
moment in embarrassment, and perhaps
even revolved tho idea of yielding to my
wishes, but, iu tho end, she raised her
self ou her elbow, nnd said:
"Mr. Joues, do listen to reason. Yon
don't know how foolish yon make your
sell about thoso Howell girjs. They've
been unfortunate, to be sure; and they're
vert passable, indeed, but there's a
prejudice, you are aware, against girls
who stand in Btorcs; and who knows but
what Mrs. Mowbray woold take offense
at my inviting such people to meet her?
I shouldu't like to do it. indeed, without
first asking her; aud I can't do that this
time, She's very particular, and so ex
cessively hish-bred."
"Thou I don't think sho'd regard you
tho less, my dear," I ventured to say,
"for being acquainted with two such ex
cellent girls es Tattio and Lizzio
Howell."
"Mr. Jones, don't bo a child," replied
my wife, fiiugiug herself to the other
sido of the bed. "At your age you
should kuow something of tho world.
Exclu-ive people, like Mrs. Mowbray,
don't care to meet nobodies. Sho was
very chstiee, as you saw, as to Whom sho
n.l mi t tml to hor ociinaintance this sum
mer; I may say, iudeod, that I am the
only ono ol all she met w 110m suo recog
nizes now."
Tn lmva protracted the conversation
would have excited my wife's nerves and
deprived tier ol sleep, so i saui no more,
but eloeod sy eves and courted slumber
anew. I Iw.e uo roco'.Ioctiou ol any
thing after that uutil I woke the next
morning, aud leaving Mrs. Jones abed,
as usual, weut down to see that the tire
were right, and to do the marketing
w'niiej breakfast was being prepared.
Tho invitations to the party were issued
that week, Mrs. Mortimor Mowbray
graciously promising to attend.
When the importaut evening arrived,
my wife was all nerves. At every ring
of" the bell, the color roee to her face
withexpecttion; but gneat f IP1"1
rnteredithout , Mrs.
Bearing. Hr nervoueuc.. o
anxiety, and this, a. the how wore
on to disappointment and dumay. She
Llavcd the supper for a full hour, think
hg : SS br new friend might jet arrive;
bnt in vain. . ,
"What can be the matter I wondor?
she said to me, as seen as we were alone.
"I hope the dear babe is wol . Perhaps,
however, Mrs. Mowbray is herself sick.
Dear me, I am so afraid I shall not sleep
for anxiety. The first thing I "1to
morrow will be to call ou Mrs Mowbray
and see what is the matter."
"Wouldn't that bo against etiquette?
I ventured to ask. "It seems to mo that
Mrs. Mowbray should send yon a note or
mossage or somothingof that sort, at
least to apologias for her absence.
Mrs. Jones did not reply in words,
but sho gave me a look, nnd such a look!
It expressed all tho indignation which
her outraged bosom felt at having the
slightest suspicion cast upon her friend.
When I catno home to dinnor that day
I saw, at a glance, that something had
occurred to rullla my wifo's nerves. She
had nothing whatever to say to me, but
she scolded the servants and children in
ccssantly. I was too wiBO to inquire
what was wrong. I knew that Mrs.
Jones, if she thought proper, would toll
me; and, if not, that idle questions
would only aggravate her secret troubles.
But tho'next day, having 'heard some
thing that cast light on Mrs. Mowbray's
absenco from our party, I conld not con
tain myself when I came liomo.
"Did yon ever hear, my love," I said,
as I began to carve the tnrkey at dinner,
"that tho Misses Howell Lad a married
sister?"
Mrs. Jones looked eharply up, as if
slio suspected I meant more than I said,
and then answered laconically:
"I heard it casually, but never asked
furthor."
"It seems," I continued, that Mrs.
Mortimer Mowbray is that Bister."
"I've heard so since," said Mrs. Jones,
sharply, and turning to our second child,
who was asking for tho wing bono, bhe
rapped him over the head, exclaiming,
tartlv:
"Havon't I told you to wait till you're
helped? Take that, now, and lenrn man
ners."
I allowod a minute and more to olapso,
iu order that my wife's ebullition might
subside, when t remarked:
"Mrs. Mowbray, it seems, expected to
meet hor sisters here."
"I shouldn't wonder if sho did," snap-
Iiishly said Mrs. Jones, looking down in
tor plato, and apparently absorbed in
parting a wing joint.
"When she found," I continued, "ihat
her sisters wero not asked, she grew in
dignant. She heard tho reasons, it seems.
Your friend, Mrs. Wharton, whom you
had made a confident, told somo lady,
who told her; and honce her anger."
"I am sure I don't caro if I never seo
tho proud thing again," euid my wife,
reddoning very much; but still without
looking up. "Ono could not have sup
posed that she was a sister to tho Misses
Howell." '
Aftor another pause, Psaid :
"Did you call on Mrs. Mowbray, as
yon intended?'
Mrs. Jones was silent for a full minute,
and seemod half disposod to decline an
swering altogether; but finally she
blurted out her reply aa follows:
les 1 did, since you must Know. Ami
she wasn't in. So, at least, the footman
said; bnt if I didn't see her at)the drawing-room
window," aud here sho burst
iuto tears of mortification and rago,
may I never eat another mouthful.
I saw that it would not do to continue
tho conversation; so I quietly ato my
dinner, kissed the children, nnd like
Christian in tho 'Tilgrim's Progress,"
'went my way.
Of course, the iutiniacv of my wifo
with Mrs. Mowbray ceased from the date
of that fatal party; and I am sorry to say,
that the Misses Howell also liave, as me
phraso goes, "cut our acquaintance."
A Ff.ble.
Ono ilnv as a haro was pursuing hor
way through tho forest she was overtaken
by a wolf, who had no sooner come in
sight than ho called out:
v- .. ... ti-Ai;
"By what right ao you wain in iuis
path?"
"I thought it was a publio highway,"
humbly replied tho hare.
"Suppose it is? ion aro notmng dm a
hare wliile I am a wolf. It is your busi
ness to follow on behind me if you want
to go my way. How it looks to sco a
biir. strong wolf following a weak and
cowardly haro liko you."
"Very well, answered tuo nare, wuo
daro not dispute for fear of being still
worse used.
Tho wolf was in no hurry. Indeed, he
did not caro to travel that way at all, ex
cept to humiliate his weaker neighbor.
As he possod along at a slow gait, he
looked back over his shoulder and ob
served: "Don't keep so near mo. If we meet
anybody I don't care to have them think
we are traveling in company. It is only
an act of condescension that I allow you
to travel this path at all." .
The haro fell back a few feet further,
feoling that any dispute would result to
the advantage of the wolf. They had not
proceeded far when the wolf suddenly
uttered a howl of surprise and pain, and
as tho hare come up he was rolling over
tho ground with his fore feet fatt in a
trap.
'Help! help!" shouted tho wolf.
"But I am nothing but a hare," re
plied the other. "How would it look to
see a weak and cowardly hare rushing to
the assistance of a big strong wolf ?"
"I shall be here until the huuter
comes to knock me on the head I" moaned
tho wolf.
"If yon had permitted me to go on my
way in peace I should have been first at
the trap," answered tho hare.
"Yes, but please do something for
me.
"I'd be glad to, small and weak as I
am. But if anybody should come long,
I don't care to have them think that we
are traveling in company. Tra-Ia, Mr,
Wolf."
Moral There is never a safe timo to
pnt on airs. The man you kick to-day
may drive a grocer's delivery wagon to
morrow.
"When a man puts down a bad um
brella and takes np a good ona," said
Josh Billings, "he makes a mistake; but
when he puts down a good one and takes
w. 1 1. - u 1.1 1 n
op vau uuc, ue tuaaea m uiuuuqi
The reerlesi rAlautto.'
. ' . r 1 , . 1
A Columbia, S. C.j correspondent of
the 1'ioneer Press, under date ot Feb.
lDtli, says: . 1 '
, The "sunny south" seems all the more
warm and delightful aftor reading ol the
storms of snow and wind which yon have
been enjoying (?) so recently. Scarcely
does it seem real that this is indeed the
far-famed rebel city this the goal of so
many long and weary inarches tho cap
ital of the Palmetto State; yet such in
deed it is; the Southern mansions with
their wide, sweeping porticos; the
dreamy air, the magnolia trees, tho
dreary landmarks of war and devastation
all those are convincing proofs of the
reality of the scene, South Carolina!
the State of chivalry and State righto of
cotton and tissuo bullots, is the result of
thoso mighty convulsions of nature by
which the stupendous granite ridgea
forming tho eastern vertebrce of the con
tinent were reduced, rocombiued and
wore away, until the alluvial soil washed
down from the higher ranges of hills
oovered tho sea marl twenty or thirty
feet in depth. By a gradual subsidence
of the sea or a gentle upheaval of tho
land, slowly emerged a vast, plain 100 ,
miles in width, forming tho present low
country callod the new morning land. 1
The division between this section and
the up-country is ninrkod geogradhically .
by a line drawn from the mouth of Ste
ven's creek, on the Savannah, north, and
crossing tho Saluda nnd Broad rivers near
the junction of the Watoreo at the canal,
and Thompson's crcok at the point where
it enters the State in Chesteriiold county. .
The two divisions are as opposito in chnr-;
acteristics physically as socially and polit-'
ically. Tho long leaved pine and scrub "
oak aro the most common trees, while
vast quantities of animal remains (ehv
pliant, horse, cow and hog) mingled J'
with marl rock, have converted the phoa
phatio rocks into the basis of a most won-
ilerful fertilizing substance. These ;.
phoBphatio deposits aro now supposed to
underlie 250,000 acres. The Carolina
marl uou, one 01 ine iuic&est ana ncuest
in the world, contains from 55 to 95 per
cent, of carbonate of limo. Tho chief
building stone is granite. Blocks of this ,
material rough, as thoy corno from the ,
. .11 . il : 1 1 1 . l .
quarries, thirty feet long and six feet '
wide and thick, lie in tho Statu house
yard, ready for erection to their proper
places in that, beautiful capitol. whose
completion the war arrested, and which '
stands after these fifteen yeur3 of time's
ruinous touch a splendid monument to .
the cultured taste, wealth and gonitis of . .,
what the State once was. South Caro-
una is ncu in mines, n o aro inuooiea w
the State commissioners ol agriculture
for many facts with reference to these
matters. Gold is found in soven coun
ties, silver in one, iron in four, copper
in three, manganese in ten, bismuth in
two, load, plumbago ana coal in one or. ,
more.
Unroll tho map of tho world and find
the people of this State holding posses
sion of about 32,000 sqnaro miles of land '
lying in the sbnpe of a triangle botneen
parallels thirty-two and thirty-five north
latitude. Trace these parallels eastward '
and find that thoy embrace Palestine,
Persia and part of Southern China.
These peculiar physical conformations
present every diversity 01 temperate cli
mate. If the orange blossoms in her
southern borders the pcoplo of her- j
mountain lands sleep under blankets in
Angust. Isothcrmally tho State is also
related to Italy and Greece. The forests
bordering the plain and peaks of the
western mountains nrresi, anu percipi
tate tho moisture of the winds, arising
hcavy-ladon from the broad Atlantic, in
abundant rains. , Tho inference would
therefore be reasonable that a sou so
varied andibundantly irrigated would f
disploy a corresponding variety aud
rii'liness of vecrctation.
South Carolina produces oM) species
of plonts. There aro tweuty-one varie
ties of oak, of which t;.o live oak is
chiof. A peculiar feature of many of
these oaks is their singulnr beauty in
form and gracefulness resembling our ,
northern clnssio elms.
For all mechanical and economical
purposes, there are five varieties of pine, '"
tho cypress, cedar, magnolia and mul
berry, besides our northern hard and
uof t woods furnish ample variety and ex
cellence. ' The fruit trees; shrubs and
vines are pur own familiar npplo, plum
and cherry, besides tho peach, nectar
rine, apricot, pomgranato, iig and olive,
together with soveral kinds of grapes.
All cereal crops are well adapted to the
soil, esncciallv Indian corn. Of courso-
tho great staples are King Cotton and
rice. The celebrated Sea Island Cotton,'
so yolued for machino thread, grows
upon tho islunds of tho coast.' It is a
matter of surprise that these streams;
abounding in excellent water power J
flowing ns they do, through the cen
ters of the cotton-growing' districts,
should be allowed to roll to the sea nn
fretted by the busy wheels of manufac
ture and prosperous industry. The peo- '
pie of South Carolina lose annnully.
between 2,WO,U0O and 53,000,-
000, because tho raw material cannot bo
converted into fabrics at h omc. But there
is no room here for northern enterprise '
and capital, unless in the words of a dis
tinguished statesman from South Car
olina, "Northern capitalists can come
hore and invest their money, but keep
their month shut on polities." South
Carolina is one of tho healthiest coun
tries in the world on paper but is not
totally exempt from some of the diser.3ca
which flesh is heir to; though we have ,
seen more aged persons here than in any
other State in the Union; e. g., a short
time ago we met a colored woman 10
years of age, who remembered distinct
ly her African home, and who
was stolen while picking up coeoannts,
brought to Charleston and soli just at
the close 01 tno revolution. Strong
efforts are being put forth to attract
emigrants to the State with some de
gree of success.
The era of prosperity which blesses
our great nation bring with it hope for
the South, and with temperance, in
dustry and frugality, guided by'cdtca-,
tion and skill, this State, one of. "the
old thirteen," where was built tho first
railroad of any length in the world,
which has produced somo of America'
greatest statesmen, may,", ero ' long,
stand shoulder to ehoulder' wifV her
more fortunate sisters, competing suc
cessfully for honor, famo and wealth.
A Portsmouth baby which recently
died was mourned by a father and
mother, two grandfathers. ' ami - two '
grandmothers, three great-graidmothers '
and three great-grandfathers.
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