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THK WOMAN TO MARRY. Bob llurdette Take Unnrt In the eueelon ill thm Marriage U""""" "You ay you demand a domestic, rueful woman aa your wife. If tltftt ta so, marry Nora Mulligan, your luun dro' daughter. She wear cowhide hoc. guiltle of cornets, novur take In washing, goo out house cleaning, and cook for a family of oven children, hor mother and three wet i..u men hoard with her. 1 don't think he would marry you, bocauao Jon l: i.' i' the track walker, U her tyle of a Data, !. ' u examine into your qualification a a model husband After your tiiatrimotiinl Idea, my hoy. ,'n you Nhoulder a harrel of flour and carry It down collar? Can you aw And split Um cord of hickory wood io the fall ho at to have ready fuel all winter? Can you spado up a half aero of ground for a kitchen garden? Do you know what will take the lime tate out of the new clntern. and can you patch the little leak In the kitchen roof ? Can you hring home a pane of glass and a wad of putty and repair damage In the little ittlng room window? Can you hung ome cheap paper on the kitchen? Can you lix tin: front gate so it will not awog? Can you do any thing about the houe that Con Reagan can? My dear, dear hoy, you no Nora Mulligan want a higher type of true manhood. You expect to hire men to do all the man' work about the house, hut you want your wife to do any thing any woman can do. Ilellev j ine, my on, that nine-tenth of the girl who play the piano and ing o charmingly, whom you in your limited knowledge net down a mere butter ftleH of fashion, nre bettor tilted for wive than you are for a huband. If you want to marry a flrat-elaa cook und experienced housekeeper, do your courting In the Intelligence office. Hut if you want a wife, marry the girl you love, with dimpled hand and face like the HUnlight. and her love will teach her all thoo thing, my ly, long bo fore you have learned one-half of your own lesson. tiurdcttc, in llrooklyn Kaijlr. RAISING A BLOCKADE. A P d I levy Told at Hi" Kipeiue of an .IrgiM-Kynl l.ailjr Tearlirr. A certain educational institution not a hundred mile from Albany ha a aerie of very rigid rule relative to the conduct of It Htudcut outside of school BOOM 'hie of these rule 1 to the effect that no young lady student mtiKt go out after dark In the company of a man, lie he of high or low degree. This rule i enforced very strictly, and the young ladle are much In terror of the penalties alleged to he Inflicted upon any unfortunate creature caught violating the rule. 11 uitly. however, A young lady student attended an en tertainment upon the Invitation of a gentleman of her acquaintance and was unfortunate enough to be discovered by a grim faced teacher of the Institu tion in question. The teacher was evi dently not uro of the girl' identity, but decided that on her way home she would wait for n while hi front of the girl' hourdiug-house, which wa directly on her route, und confront the culprit In the very act of disobey ing the cast-Iron law of the school, The young people were just behind her, however, and saw 1: r pause before the boarding-house. They retired to the shadow of the tree i uinl walled. The grim teacher never stirred. It was growing late, but she evidently in tended to secure her victim. The young I pie were just beginning to grow uneasy, when a brilliant thought struck the young man. With the fair student upon his arm, he did what is usually deemed impossible he found the offi cer on that lioal. A short explanation and a glance from the bright eye of the perplexed maiden settled the mat ter, and the stalwart "copper" walked bach to where the lone watch stood and said roughly: "Come, now, you've been here long enough; move on, or I'll pull you In." Thoroughly frightened, the poor woman stood (or a moment, mid then walked on as rap Idly as offended dignity would permit. When she wa out of sight the smiling youngsters made their appearance, and with a demure countenance the young lady bade her friend good-night and entered the house. The teacher, some how, never reported the c.ise Albany Jiprta. i m e The Effect of Opium. Opium-enter take the drug In every variety of form. In thecrude state the gum 1 eaten or smoked. In the liquid preparation! the tincture is the most popular; but paregoric is a fuvorltu form, especially with women, w hile the ollxlus are also largely used. Morphia hold ) ever n large proportion of ' Consumer, either by the stomach M hypmlcrmicnlly. The amount of the sulphate of morphia that can lie toler ated by a continued subject Is enor mous, sometime reaching a high a sixty grain lit twenty-four hours. Kvery phy eJfltM has seen in opium habi tues cases illustrating, to a greater or 1M extent, the stimulant action upon the intellectual centers. There are case of society women who, having spool uio-l of the day in Ih1, will flash inosl brilliantly In the evening under the Influence of the drug. And the fascination of literary and 1lhttlC conversation, so captivating to tho habitues of salons, la not uufrequeutly the Inspiration of the Hilent stimulant. When the hulnt l given up, the miud usually is restored to Its normal activ ity; but when Indulged in for years, opium may produce a permanent ener vation of the mental and moral facul ties, and this deterioration Is no doubt due to organic degeneration of the cerebral center, ityi Ur Seu . MviiMy. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Over a thousand women and (rlrU Id Pittsburgh work in the Iron mills, principally making barbed wire. A noted chemist ha Invented a aolldlflod gas which can bo immediately volatilized for the special use of bal looulsU. A patent ha been granted In En gland for a new process of purifying alcohol by mean of hydrocarbon, n U claimed by this new method that a pure spirit can be readily obtained by removing from the crude alcohol it fusel oil And other noxious Ingredient. China crape, as it name would In dicate, wai originally manufactured in China, where tho process was kept a secret and for a long time baffled all attempt at imitation. M. Duga was at last successful In discovering It and Introducing the manufacture Into France. Wood-creosote oil I rocommonded ! by Captain W. H. Blxby. In the For estry Department' "Heport on the e tattoo of Railroad to Forests and For estry," a poesing vuluablo antiseptic properties. It I an efficient poison to ' animal and vegetable life; it thoroughly repels moisture, and Its tar acid pos sess the power of coagulating nlouml nousunil other fermentable matter. A new proces baa been Invented In Chicago by which cold can lie a ruodlly conveyed to building and a easily controlled n water and gas. With anhydrous ammonia sixty degree below zero can be maintained. Klevcn vcar at'o a chemist named I. ueas dis covered the peculiar cold-producing properties of ammonia. Beef can by solidly frozen after having been placed In refrigerator cars for transportation. Lead in the form of filing, undor a pressure of 2.000 ntmosphoros, or thirteen tons to the square Inch, be en nc compressed into a solid block, in which It I impossible to detect the slightest vestige of the original gnilns. Under a pressure of .',(W0 atmospheres it liqultlo. Tin, when compressed in powder, becomes solid under a pres sure of Um ton on tho aqunro Inch; zinc at thirty-eight ton, antimony at thirty-eight tons, aluminum at thirty eight ton, bismuth at thirty -eight tun, and copper at thirty-three ton. (J,iileknud i composed chlofly of nmull particles of mica mixed largely with water. Tho mica 1 ao smooth that the fragments ip upon each other with the greatest facility, M that any heavy body which displace them will sink and continue to sink, until a solid bottom I reached. When particle of sand are jagged anil angular, any weight pressing on them will crowd them together until they are compacted into u olid mas. A sand composed of mica or soapstone when siifllciently mixed with water eems in capahle of such consolidations. It Is claimed that cotton of a low grade Is a perfect substitution for jute in hanging cotton bales. The New Orleans Timef-lhinoe.ral say; "The bagging I us elastic as jute, as strong, as well adapted to covering cotton; it will stand hooks, compresses and hand ling of every kind; it will protect tho cotton better fromdirt and from water, and Afford it ample ventilation. In the matter of price It can compete with jute, and u it can be used again, it will actually prove cheaper to the planter lhaO the Indian product." An Intelligent Monkey. An Instance of the instinct and fidelity of a jrOUng monkey from Bntlg nolles, u suburb of I'uri; A little boy, the son of an Inhabitant of thut part of the citv. was plnylng In one of tho room of his father's flat with the monkey, which i a most Intelligent and domesticated member of It specie. The hoy, in a lit of juvenile caprice, tied the cord of a window-blind around hi neck and pretended to hang him self, to the Immense amusement of hi Hlmlan playmate, which grinned and chattered on a chair. Suddenly the boy became livid and began to cry, for the cord bad got Into a real noose around his neck. In u very short space of time the monkey took In the situa tion and tried to undo the noose with its paw, but had to give up tile at tempt. It then hopped to another room, where the boy' grandmother was sitting, and begun to pull at her gown, to chatter, grimace, and look wistfully toward the door. At llrsl, thinking the animal wanted to bite her, the old lady was frightened, but seeing that it wa endeavoring, with might and main, to drag her toward the door she arose from her seat and went, pilot ed by the monkey, to the room where the grandson was moaning. The hoy was Instantly extricated from his peril ous position, though it was some time before he recovered from his pain and fright. London Teltgraph. Firt Principle of Trade. Jake Mrs. (Irowler want two mora yards of that cloth ho bought hero yesterday, but she say s we charged her ten cent more than Wool A- Co. IVnlor How much did thev charge her'" Jake Sixty cent, and we've been getting seventy for It. ltalcr Well, why don't she buy It at Wool' then? Jake They haven't any; nobody in town ho it except u. Dealer Mow much did you say it wa a yard? Jake S'veuty .-.sits. Healer And she want two yard more? Jake Yea. Dea'.cr Neho.lv else has it? Jake Nobody. Dialer Wall, let her have it for ninety cent. then,-A'frvrt t'txt VHm. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS, A South Wind hum (Me.) man at tribute the cure of a cancer on bin none to the application of a plant known as "wood sorrel." Tho fleah of tho crow, while not exactly toothsome, is aid to produce a 1 quu,itivene In other people soem In thoughtful mood and to render the con- ollrM,ivea only a laudable thirst for auraer exceedingly humble and some-, ulMjful information. -Homcrville Jour what morose. -N. T, Emit ' ,, It U said that a man can live and jj 1h ftn oft-quotod saying of Dr. support a family on ten cent a day In jonnHOn tnut -a man is bettor pleased Mexico. It's a wonder that there hasn't nen no nit4 a fcrooj dinner on the table been an excursion of editor to that country before now. - Liwoln Journal. "I any body waiting OH you?" said a polite aulesmui. to a girl from the country. "Yes. ir." said the blushing damsel, "that s my Idler ouisiuo. no wouldn't come in.' Visitor- " 'an you toll me. doctor. what there i in this Christian science method of treating disease?" Doctor (testily )-"Yo. I can." "What?" "Lot's of humbug, madam." Tciat Sifting: Lady (delightedly, to new boarder) "1 must congratulate you, Mr. By seps. on your ability as a carver. You dismembered that chicken beautifully.'' Mr. Hysops "Thank; I deserve no special credit. I'm a tone cutter." 1'itt.ihunjU llullitin. From the total number of letters dispatched by every nation it has been calculated that an Englishman allow himself on an average an Interval or ten day between hi letters; a French man, twelve duy: a Swiss, a fortnight, and a Russian. NO days. A Reasonable Demand. -She- "No! Mr. Harding. It can novor bo. But 1 will always be a sister " He (riing) ). that' the deal, is It? Well, then, sister, ifyou'vegot yourthimblo handy, I wish you would sew up the knee of my trousers thut I have saerilioed in Ilnding out our relationship." Lift. Young wife (gloomily) "Do you suppose our husbands really wont liah- Ing last Saturday?" Second young wife (confidently) "I am sure of it." First young wife -"They didn't bring homo any fish. " Second young wife - That' my principal reason for beliov- Bg they went Hhiiig." -Cartoon. "Are you quite incoro?" asked a Detroit gentleman of a friend last week, altor hearing tho latter say a number of pleasant thing to an acknowledged luo !' ntirolv so." wils the answer. .... The coin i genuine. It i the small change that courtey throw to that abject beggar, stupidity." Detroit Fne fy.'. Hubond-"My dear, didn't you ay you oni c owned a parrot and it got ife-"Yos. poor, poor I oil! away?" Wife "Was it u large green turd witn a Roman nose bill?" "Yes, ye. Have you seen it?" "Well thoro I a parrot on (iroen street which I th'xk may have been your." "How lov.ily! Did It keep asking for cracker?" "No, It kept asking for monoyv" fMdtlfkin Htcord. "Can 1 ee Mr. Hnggerty ?" in quired the caller at the jail. "Before ho was arrested he owed mo a little bill that he promised he would pay at this date, and he has always been a man of his word." "You can see him if you will wait a few minutes,'' said the turnkey. "Hi attorney i with him now." Th( tailor shook hi head and sighed deeply, "There l no use in my waiting," he said. Chiaijo Trib une. At a social gathering the other evening, while the wild and elevating game of "blind man's huff" was in full blast, a young IBM fell and frac tured hi right arm. Something less dangerous than "blind man' buff'' should be introduced to amuse young people on such occasion. There's the French duel, for instance. That might bo quite a exciting, and perfectly harmless. Praki 'f Statjazint. CANES IN HISTORY. ImportMiit laforaaattoo (lutherm! for the HsmII of Daaaa, That canes have been put to nobler uses than that of affording nourish ment to tbt nbynuU mouths of dudes Is proved by history. In fact, the cimo is surrounded by historical memories of surpassing interest. The Mexicans Drat used cane in America. When the Spanish conquered tho country a queer custom wa introduced. The chief executive of the town carried a stick with n gold or silver head. It wa a kind of scepter. The people, of course, rarely knew how to road or write, and when any one was wanted for a crime one of the mayor's sub ordinates would take the cane, find the culprit, and place it horizontally upon the latter' chest. The proceeding was equivalent to n summons, and the man bad to appear lieforo the mayor under t he pwtall of Is'ing cast into prison The custom was borrowed from Spain where it still prevails in the more itn portant sections. The cane of early American history, like that of Biblical times, wo part of the repertory of the leader of tho church. It was the principal badge of the deacon. 1 he cane was about tive foot long. One end was embellished with a big knob, the other with feathers. When the small boy rebelled against the straight-backed pew he got a nip on tho head with the uncharitable end of the cane. If the hood of the family got to dreaming about hi old F.nglish home and the oozv little nest in one of the shin- the turkey's plum-1 age on the deacon', oano feathered the age on the deacon cane feathered the ! sleeper into life again. Tho Irish have always boon associ ated with a blackthorn stick of short and thick dimensions. They used these queer little sidearm in thelnva ioua of the F.nglish kings and iu the roltgiou wars. F.ven in its unpoliahcd st ite the blackthorn stick is one of the most cticrished hy cane connoisseur, ClMMMM IhftNNR PITH AND POINT. Tf you have enny doubt about the propriety ov a thing, you may be pretty certain that the doubt la right. -Jot liillinqt. What wo call curiosity and in than when hi wife talk Creek." Poitivene I a most absurd foible; if you are In the right it lessen your triumph; if In the wrong It adds tQ dof).aL sterne . tinlr a pleasant . . ., huke hands with It, will genorally end by going with it wherever It chooses to lead him. When men of rank sacriflco all Ideas of dignity to an ambition with out a distinct object, and work with low instrument and for low end, the whole composition becomes lew and Ho who respect hi work o high ly and doe It so reverently that he PHD little what the world think of It. is the man about whom tho world come at last to think a great deal. L' 1 N I' " " ' " Wo ought not to judge people by their beliefs, because we do not know how they hnvo been brougtu moo) but we may justly apply the crucial tost to our own view, and honor or dishonor them accordingly. You can not trust a man perma nently to do any thing that he does not like to do. Virtue is never safe until it nli hnvond the noint of taking care of itself. Wo are not safe until it is safe for us to do exactly as wo want to. Or. C. II. Parkhurtl. i these day half our disease romo from the neglect of the body in the ovorwork of the brain. In this railway ngo the wear and tear of labor aj intellect go on without pause or m.f-plty. We live longer than our forofathers; but we suffer more from a thousand anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscle; wo exhaust lno jjnor 8trungth of the nerves. Lord ,on. ,t ,8 ony th Hmal man wno f(.clg h, u u only tho mon of small hnli , ., o . ...u nr. anu ine men oi suiau near wi ov and flaunt thomsolve in brainless o tonlation. Tho men and tho women of tho largo heart and of tho largo brain do not measure themselves by common taodardl of tho pulpit or of tha pint- f()nn ()p gtaimiiru thttt . . . ,h . , men set up. And when men thus stand by the side of those great pillars planted on the earth und lost In tho ky, they are, and fool thomsolve to be.oxceodingly hum be.Ciionjo Advance. Impetuous Fashionuble (meeting old friend in tho street "Oh, Count ess, how do you do? I'm glad you're back. I haven't seen you sinco your brilliant wedding. Of course the Count i with you." Countess "No; 1 left him in Italy." Friend"! hope you had atrood time there. lijs grand old castle." CoUBt33l -"Well, you see, it took all my money to pay his debt on it, but n friend lent the money to come hack with. By tho way, you can do mo great service." Friend (weakly) "Certainly! What is it?" Countess - "(live mo some sewing to do." C'urfoow. THE MAGNETIC POLE. How it ihlft its Posltioi na i i-1 to West iitel front Wt to Kust. When the magnetic needle is brought within the influence of an electric cur rent, it always show a tendency to put itself exactly at right anglos to that current. Reasoning from this phenomenon we infer that what causes the BOedU to point always northward when it is not disturbed by a local cur rent, is the circumstance that currents of electricity are all tho time flowing about the earth from east to west. , The magnetic pole stifnds related to those currents as tho geographical pole I does to the parallels of latitude. But the magnetic north, or pole, i does not correspond with that of the I earth. It is, therefore, probable that the line of direction of earth electric ! currents are not parallel with the equator, as are the parallels of luti- ' tude. This pole was found by Rosa, in ix:ln, to be in lilt - 70 (leg. ;" min. 17 sec. N., and long. dog. 4t) min. 45 cc. W. The magnetic pole la constantly j shifting its position from east to west j and from west to east ugain, within certain limits, probably on or near the same parallel of latitude, though it is I not fully known that the pole does not have a north and south as well as an east and west motion. In lOtilt it was directly north of Paris. It then moved westwardly till about 1H19, when it turned back toward tho east. In this direction it is still mov ing. It is calculated that the eastern limit will be reached about A. D. '.'140. There arc so many points of agree ment between the distribution of ter restrial magnetism and heat thnftnuny persons think the two may be connect ed, the one as cause, the other as ef fect. The magnetic polo has Ij-cn in the region of greatest mean cold over since any thing has been known ol electricity, and the temperature of "n M soon bother or not the place of extremes! cold la moving eastward with the magnetic pole. It i a reasonable inference from what is known, that no auroras are produced in latitudes much higher than the magnetic pole. If auch is the case, the spectator between north latitude 80 ieg Rml lh po10 wo"1,, these uoquays io me auuia oi uuu louth i (AiMyniMiim. NEW FIRST READER. Human Natur. a.im.plr ""- an aaa Hirei comer. Lrwis I. "Shall wo make a trip on the street cor And study human nat ure?" .... "Ye, let u go. They run o swim j that It I like flying through the air. How exhilarating! What a moving pan orama of human life i horo represent ed! Ah! but why do we stop?" For that woman a block and a half away who 1 waving both arms at the driver. Now that she ha stopped the par she Isn't In so much of a hurry. She fools for ber purse, rearranges her clonk, draws on one of her gloves, and detain twenty passengers for two min utes." "She must have very important bus iness?" , . "She ha. Her neighbor got a cloak which she ay cost )b but this wom an thinks she saw one like It for 1!. She is on her way down town to make ure. There-she is on-and wo will now fly again." Le;n II. "Street-car conductor are great students of human nature, arc they not?" They aro. They can pick out ft man who will take a three-cent plee for a ten aimoat nt a glance." "Are they often annoyed?" "Very often, but the company pay 'cm for it. It is vory annoying when a conductor helps a woman and seven children on and off to tind that she lb only a wash-woman und can never leave him a legacy." "Is a conductor expected to boa gen tleman?" Certainly. Ho is supposed to lift hi hat to every lady, wish every pas senger good-day, and to indulge in tall linen Dollar, kid glovos and swallow tailed coata." "Why does he have to ring upn fart for ouch pnasenger?" "To prevent his changing placet with tho owners of the lino. But for tli is wise provision of nature he would soon be seated at tho cashier's desk, and the cashier would bo on tho rear platform of a cur." LISSOM III. -"Why does tho pas senger put his hands in his pocket and stretch his lega across the car?" "Because he passes for a genius." "But it looks loaferish." "It might, in cuso of a poor man, but this one is wortli $7o,IHK) und any thing ho does' is credited to eccentrici ties of genius." "Ho seems half-drunk." "So he does. In the case of a man earning two dollars a duy he would Boem all drunk, and tho conductor would give him the collar, but money and genius are big excusea, my boy." LASSOa IV. "Why did the lady give such u sudden start?" "Because she realized tho fact that tho conductor had been holding out his hand for two long minutes for her faro." "But didn't she notice him collect ing?" "Oh, no. It wouldn't be fashiona blo to notice any IU00 thing. Her mind has been fur, far away, and now that it hua returned she foela in differ ent pluees for her purse -rises up, sit down three times, shakes out her skirts and unbuttons her cloak, and finally produces u cur ticket from her glove?" "Didn't sho know it wua there all tho time?" "She did, but if sho hndn't gone through her performance tho rest of us might not have noticed her now hat und sealskin." LlSSOM V. "I the man mad?" "Ho is." "Why is he mad?" "Because ho says ho whistled for tho car lust evening and it didn't atop." "Didn't tho dtivor hear him?" "That's a quostton. Tho man say he couldn't have been over half a mile away, and tho night was vory still, und ho wants it understood that if it hap pens again he will go to headquarter with hi complaint" "But he got the next car?" "No. he didn't, und that's what hurts him. He was standing on the curb atone, kicking the heedlesa driver of the other car in imagination, and was so deeply interested that ho let two cur and a good-looking seamstress pJM him without seeing them." Dt troit Frte Prcn. TRAIN MANAGEMENT. Lantern Signal Taken from the Amerl mil "Stsnilaril Cmle." A train while running muat diaplay two green flags by day and two green lights by night, one on each side of the rear of tho train. After sunset, or when obseeured by fog or other cause, must display head light in front and two red lights in rear. Two green flags by day and two green lights by night, displaved in tho place provided for that purpoao on the front of an engine, denote that the train is followed by another train run ning on the same schedule und entitled to the same time-tablo rights as tha train carrying the signals. Two white flags by day and two white lights by night, carried in the same manner, denote that the train is an extra. A blue flag by day and a blue light by night, placed on the end of a car. denote that car inspectors are at work under or about the car or train nnd mut not be counted to or removal until tho blue signal i removed. Short accounts mako Ion? friend Ue not credit too frequently without iiling with currency. . - V...II.I. ..... .. There I one thing beyond tnm', control, and the grandeur of a pralri. atorm can only lie Imagined by wno have seen it or witnessed a stop, at sea. Such a storm awept over Uj, prairio in Augut laat The mornl. was warm and bright, but shortly noon there came an Indefinable change. The sun still shono, but lis rays thr,, . e . a 1 1 A. .t an altered llglll, anu oruugni tin. p, ria flowers Into brighter relief, wh.ll. it east a darker shadow where ohudott fell. Away toward the horizon the wuvep. ing glimmer that curtained the tnew. lag place of sky and pluin booaaj more fungible, and a thin black hu, framed tho landscape, tirauually ft grew broadnr and higher, und as (j overlapped the bright blue sky th, bird flow hurriedly from before It, And such cattle a were In sight closer together for protection. Cugt, of wind that shook the train followed, each other nt interval that grew short, er and shorter, and the frame of hiac was once in uwhilo illumined with flashes of summer lightning, which, us they came nearer, threw heavy biiiiku of aulphurous-looking clouds in to bold relief. Still there was no rain, nnd the thunder of tho train was ail that broke tho atil'.ne. F'or nearly two hours tho cloud maintained the ame slow approach, und left the spectator to run fancy-free and imagine the outstretched finger of some great ghoul to bo slowly closing in to crush him. So strong did the feeling become that the more nervous passengers drew buck and shuddered ut each succeeding gust, while other clustered round windows and gazed, fuMoinutod, ut the coming storm. At lust it came. One huge cloud hot out from tho approaching bank, and for a moment poiaed in mid-air. F'leecy clouds, that looked ghastly by contrast, hung round It like fringe on a funeral pall, till with a crash that outweighed tho roar of tho train it seemed to be rent in two with one streuk of fire that turned the entire cloud into gold. From that on und for nearly nn hotir it wo one continuous rumble, broken occasionally with a sharper crush, and accompanied by tho putter of tho ruin that fell in torrents. Both sheet and forked lightning played con tinuously, and, while tho former turned tho clouds from blackness into light tho luttor seemed to rend them in frag ments und atnnd out in lines of lire for second ut a timo. At Inst it piiBscd awny and tho flick ering flames thut illumined tho south ern horizon seemed like the volley fir ing of a retreating urmy; but so great was the expunso of prairie that they wore never entirely lost sight of, but iignin grew more and more vivid until eighty miles further west the storm tiguin crossed the track, moving northward with diminishing force. Slowly us it uppeured to move, it had in five ahort hours traversed the half of u ciivle not less than one' hundred mile in diumoter, which would give it a rata . upward of thirty miles an hour. ir. Omaha Ilec. FOUR DECADES AGO. Only Sixteen Mllliointlrc In lloston In the Karly i - No longer ago than tho year 18.51 toO.OOO made a largo oatato and $100, 000 made ita owner a rich man. Only sixteen residenta of Boston in that your were millionaires. ThcApploton fam ily made three of this number Nuthnn Appleton was wortli $1,500,000, Sum uel Appleton, his brother, tho same, and Willium Appleton, his couain, t-'iOO.OCO more. All throe began life poor, Samuel with ti cents. Tho dry goods buainoBB and manufactures gave thorn fortunes, which they used most generoualy, William appropriating hia ontire income beyond his farait ex pense to benevolent purpysos. John Bryant made a million nd a half in the Northwest coast and China trude. F-benezor FVaneis, who also begun life poor, made thro, millions in the Fust India trude; John L Gardner and Thomas Wiggles worth made half that sum In the sumo way, and Joshua Senrf us much in West India trade. These were the days of commercial prosperity in Bos ton. Abbot Lawrence, then Minister to the Court of St. JameB, had three millions, and his brother Amos half as much nnd their house was the heaviest American good house in the country. Thomas H. Perkins, familiarly known as "Long Tom" Perkina, began hia mercantile life in St. Domingo, and when driven away by a revolt of tho slaves came back to Boaton, began (lading with China, and acquired a very large fortune. David Seara inherited $800,000 from his father, tho largeat amount ever inherited in New Fngland up to that timo by a single individual. Robert (i. Shaw wus called in one of the lead ing newspaper of thut day "the old est aottVe merchant in his city, as he is the most opulent one," William sturgis was another Capo Cod sailor who commenced life poor; ho arose to the command of his ship, finally mo nopolized the northwest coast trade, and became rich. John E. Thayer is the only example of a broker who ttso was a millionaire, and John Welles of a land speculator. There are no lawyers in the above list In deed, the returns in the profession have never been so lnrge as to make a iuwyer a millionaire, though the Bos Ion bar has held a most distinguished place, not only in our commonwealth 3ut In the country. Several, however, .vero then numbered among the rich nen of Boston. Boston Globe tM I'lrtlire at ...i r.airmw In Ijr-Orand Scene. m