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OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishes ONION. OKKUON. SCHOOL ANB CHURCH. Tlicro nro in tho Church of En r land ono hundred clergymen, con "verts from Judaism, and over three thousand communicants. Do littlo helpful things and spoak Jielpful words whonovoryou can. lhoy are better than pearls or diamonds to trcw along the roadsido of life. Colonel William C. Morrill, secre tary and treasurer of tiio Western & Atlantic railroad, formerly of Maine, loft $23,000 for Atlanta University and $20,000 for the Y. M. C. A. of thosamo city. Levi Prosser, of Hartford, Conn., has presented tiio City Mission of that ity with a 208-acro farm, to ho used as an industrial school for homeless children. The monetary value of tlio irfft is a little short of$G,',0.00. Princeton CoITcgo has decided to break up hazing. Already a number of students who have interfered with freshmen have been sent home Haz ing is a relic of barbarism t lmt should not bo tolerated a single day, and it only thrives in colleges where disci pline is lax. Central Christian Ad vocate It was In 1810 that tlio American jjoaru, tlio lirst lorelgn missionary s cicty in tills country, was formed; Binco tlion it lias received from thu church for its world-wide mission work over $18,000,000. During this period tlio contributions to all the foreign mission societies of tlio country have amounted to over f57.000.000. Writing from Capo Palmas, LI onria, nisnop William layior says: "Tlio king and chiefs bind thomselvcs by written agroomont to give us all tlio land wo need for our mission and industrial school purposes, to clear land and lirst crop, to build good kitchen and school-house, and all free of charge Wo hope (D. V.) to build seventeen houses between tills and -Christmas, and to occupy thom by thirty now missionary men and women by January, 188a" If lam asked what is tho remedy for the dcopor sorrows of tho human heart what a man should chiefly look lo in Ids progress through life, as the power that is to sustain him under trials and '(nablo him manfully to confront ids afflictions, I must point him to some Tiling which, in n well-known hymn, is -callod "tho old, old story, "told of in n old, old book; and taught with an old, old teaching, which is the greatest and best gift over given to mankind. Gladstone. Tho piety that Christsmilcs upon is piety that will stand a pinch and face a storm; that would rather eat an hon est crust than face sumptuously on un holy gains; that gladly gives up its couch of ease to sally olV on its mission among tho outcasts; that sets its Puri tan face like a Hint against fashionable nlns. Wo talk glibly about "taking up a cross" but a cross is intended for somebody's crucifixion. On Calvary's cross wo know full well who bled away Ids precious life. On our cross solf is to bo tlio victim. Dr. Cuylcr. SCULPTOR 'ST. GAUDENS. "fact Conrrrnlntr tlin DrilBiinr of tlio Ni Lincoln Ktutun In ClilenRo. Ah tlio lirst step in tlio resuscitation of bculpturo was the abandonment of the stilted imitation or third-rate Ro man antiques, and tlio study of the works of tho Italian Honnlssanco, it vns a happy coincidence that Augus tus St. Gaudens should have had much such an apprenticeship as a Florentine iiculptor of tho fifteenth century might have had. St. Gaudens' father was of Southern Franco; his mother was Irish. Ho himself is a Now-Yorker, woll-iiigli lrom birth - having boon brought to this city from Dublin, his birth-place, -while yet an infant. Ho was early apprenticed to a Now York cameo cutter, and faithfully sorved his time, ami oven during tlio period of his ntudy in Paris ho devoted half of bin working hours to broad-winning in tho nxereiso of ids trade. Ho attributes much of his success to tho habit of faithful labor acquired at this time, and speaks of his apprenticeship as "ono of tho most fortunate things that evor happened to him." Perhaps one may attribute to it, also, part of that mystery of low-relief which is such a noticeable element in his artistio equip ment. In I8G8 lie went to Paris to bo gin tho serious study of his art, and after working for some timo in tho Petite Ecolc, entered thu studio of JoufTroy in tlio Ecole des lkaux Arts. Tills was tho j oar of tho Universal Exposition, and in that exposition ho nvr tho ""Florentine Singer'' of Paul Dubois, which had received tho medal of honor two years before tho Salon. This statue, in which tho very spirit of Renaissance breathed again, must titivo marked an epoch for him, as it did for modern sculptors. Many of tho brilliant sculptors of to day were educated in tho studio of JoufTroy; Falguiero and St. Marceau bad left it shortly before St. Gaudens entered it; Morel was Ids fellow-student there, and he thus became a part of tho young and vigorous movement of contemporary sculpture. H afterwards went to Koine, and dually, returning to this country, was given in a happy hour thu commission for the Furragut statue hi Madison Square. From tho timo that statuu was exhibited lit tlio plas ter, at the Salon of 1880, his talent thh recognized uud his position 'ua tmvd. Centura, THE MATCH-MAKER. A Woman Who Woulil 11 Unlmppr In a IMacM Wlierx I'eople Do Not Mnrry. Mrs. Hartmixum, before her mar riage, had been very liko other young women, so far as ono could see from goneral observation, but sho was mar ried hardly six months before the early symptoms of tho match-making disease discovered themselves. A month later her ailment had developed itself com pletely and witli unwonted virulence From that timo to the day of her death b!ic never was free from it. Whether Mrs. Hartmixum's mania for bringingsusccptiblo pctsonsof different sex into propinquity was born of a de sire to make others as happy as sho had been during tho budding period of her own and John Hartmixum's loves, or whether it was intended as a tribute to tho happiness of tlio marital state, of whose blessings she unreservedly recom mended nil humanity to partake, is not positively known; but it could hardly havo been tlio latter, for it inevitably happened that no Sooner did she suc ceed in getting two young persons mutually interested than sho changed Iter manner and did nil that sho could to separate them. It would seem, thorefore. that she considered courtship rather than matrimony the climax of oar t hi v bliss, and that, consequently, she en doavored to prevent marriago whenever she was able, not only because it was something sho could not conscientiously recommend, but also because the fewer the wedding') tlio more hearts would sho continue to have at her disposal for the pursuit of lior favorito amusement. It was tlio misfortune of George Ready to be Mrs. Hartmixum's brother her only brother. Had Providence seen lit to bless Mrs. Hartmixum's parents with several sons instead of limiting its benefactions in that lino to a single gift, it would have been a groat relief to George. As it was. ho was the onlv available material in the family given Mrs. Hartmixum to work with. and it followed naturally that sho worked George for all ho was worth. No young woman could como within tlio purview of Mrs. Hartmixum but that lady incontinently discovered that tho voting woman was the very ono of all her sex whom sho would choose for a sister-in-law, nnd tho only woman on tho footstool who could make brother Goorgo hanny. Immediately, there fore Mrs. Hartmixum sot about bring' ing ) two young pcoplo togother. Tho young woman who for tho timo being happened to bo in tlio as cendant was invited to tea, to card parties, to meetings, to any thing, in short, which gayo oppor tunity for getting the young woman and tho young man into each other's company, and it usually happened, ami apparently by merest accident, that the young folk found themselves alone be fore the occasion terminated. Even when it was not convenient to have lior brother at hand, Mrs. Hartmixum would in nowise relax her attentions to the party of the other part, but would have lior near as often as she could and always keep her as long as possible, in order to sound in her ears tiio praises of brother George. On the other hand, when George was present and the young woman not by, Mrs. Ilartmixuni could talk of nothing but tho young woman in quostion. Ho had her for breakfast, for dinnor and for suppoi;; ho was forced to eat her with ids food and drink her witli his drink. Her namo was in his ears as he went to bed, that imply ho might dream of her through tho night. Rut lot it appear that tlio young peoplo were beginning to care for one another, prosto! Mrs. Ilartmixuni would havo none of it Tho young woman was out of her books iustauter. Sho know her no more forever, anil all her failings, roal or supposititious, were paraded before George's eyes, that ho might avoid that.young woman as lie would a pestilence. This might seem unkindiiess in Mrs. Hartmixum. It would havo been, perhaps wore she not always ready to make amends by bringing forward some other young woman who, if not all things to all men, was all things to brother Georgej until in iter turn sho became fond of George and ho fond of her, or, which amounted to tlio same thing, some other young woman happened along; for it was invariably tho last comer who received countenance of Mrs. Hartniixum, who was tlio pearl of groat prico with which she would ornament brother George's bosom. And so witli all eligible young men and young women. It was lior sole pleasure in life to promote love. Sho paired couples as nonchalantly as she pared her nails, and a great (leal oft ener. And though, as has already been said, sho did not press a couple on to matrimony, whole droves of cou ples got there nevertheless for it was not possible for Mrs, Hartmixum to oversee all her work and tho clergy of her town were indebted to her grout lv for tho aid she .rendered them in eking out a living from slender sti pends. Mrs. Hartmixum has passed away. There is no reason why l should not wisli her well; therefore 1 eon not hope tnat slio lias gone to mat place wuero they neither marry nor are given in marriage; for I know sho could never bo happy there. lloston Transcript. Tho Family Supplied. "You lovo my daughter?" said tho old man. "Ijovo hor?" ho exclaimed passion ately, "why, sir, I would die for her! For ono soft glance from thosu sweet eyes 1 would hurl myself from yonder ullir and perish, a bleeding, bruised mas, upon tho rocks two hundred feet below I" The old man shook his head. "I'm bomuthing of a liar inysolf," lu Hiid, "and 0110 is enough for 11 small family llko mine." A. Y. 5mm. ANIMAL FRIENDSHIPS. DlnlntnrmtPtl Devotion Displayed by K! plinnta nnd Other Creature. That the lower animals have their special friends, or show preferences as to their companions, no observer can doubt. In some cases, the friendship is between two of tho samo tribe; again, we find what are generally con sidered the most antagonistic forms united in bonds of good-fellowship, and we see acts of devotion and self sacrilicc that are almost identical witli those that characterize tlio friendship of human beings. It is needless to say that the impulses arc much the samo in all; some professing an in terest that is actuated entirely by greed, or "for pcrsonnl ends; while in others it is unsellish. Any ono who has visited the hord of elephants owned by Mr. Rarnuin must have noticed the laro dog that stood by tho side of ono of the huge pachyderms. To the visitor this might havo seemed accidental; but tho dog was always at its post b this particular animal. If the dog wan dered oft", tho elephant showed its dis tress immediately by attempting to follow; straining at the chain confined to its ponderous feet, or throwing aloft its trunk and uttering the shrill whistle indicative of alarm, and only resuming the monotonous swing of the head when its companion returned. Tlio elephant was often observed caressing the dog, nnd, though the latter always slept in the straw, some times beneath its huge friend, it was never stepped upon nor crushed. W lien t lie elephant was let! out to go through its task in the ring, tho dog would begin to bark and endeavor to join tho throng of performers; so that it was perfectly evident that tlio friendship was mutual. In many of the works of old writers nro found instances of such at aoh monks between man and beast: .Elian records a friendship between a little girl, who sold flowers in the streets oi Antiocli, and an elephant whom sin was in thu habit of feeding. One ol the elephants in the Rariium herd ex liibited great interest in a littlo daugh' ter of one of the attendants, holding her upon its trunk, and in many ways showing its affection. In India the elephants are so trusted tnat they are sometimes employed as nurses, and havo been seen tending their charges, lifting tliem gently back whon they were disposed to stray away. The natives stato that these great animals have been known to die of a broken heart when deprived of certain keeper, and Lieutenant Shipp, nn English olhcer of extensive expori enco in tho East, gives a minute no count of an elephant that died in what was considered a lit of remorse nftei having killed its keeper. While attachment botween animal? is everywhere to be seen, it is notuften that we witness such acts of disinlc esteil devotion as wo expect anion" human beings. Mother-birds protect their young in the face of every danger: but it must be confessed that few ob servers have seen animals go to tin rescue of others without maternal 01 paternal incentive; out sucn cases art not wanting. Some years ago a Scotcli naturalist wishing to obtain a gull tired at flock, breaking tho wing of one which came iliittering down, falling into the ocean. At first the tloek were demoral ized, and How wildly about, utterino harsh cries, but a moment latin tliev seemed to bo recalled to a senso of duty by the struggles of their wounded com rade. and two birds darted down, seized it by the tips of its wings, then rose and bore it awiry in triumph; for, as may be supposed, the naturalist did not lire, but permitted the rescue. Here was friendship indeed; heroism, in fact, as tho other birds alarmed by the tiro faced the samo danger. Widt Awake An Old Miser's Wealth. J. O. Mnlonoy, an old recline, living near Morris, Conn., died recently, and a close search was ineffectual in disclos ing the whereabouts of a large sum ol money ho was known to possess. A few days ago two men wounded a graj squirrel near Maloney's house, and I crawled into an old box that was placet botween two branches of a tree. Om of the mon with considerable dillicult; reached tho box. When it was opened ho found tho squirrel stretched on tlead on a pile of chow ed-up bank notes Not a bill had boon left intact by the squirrels, and it was impossible to teli the denomination of a single one. Per sons who havo examined the mutilatet bills are of the opinion that there conk not have been less fhan 5,000 in tin box. -V. Y. Post. Tho Uso of Slang. Clergyman Nothing better illus trates the degeneracy of tho ago than the extont to which slang is now used. "I should remark." "People who claim relinement in terlard their bunteuces with slang words." "You bot." "Even thu ladles can not talk with out slinging In a lot of sower language." " 1 os, they get there just as well as tho men." "It makes mo tirod to think of it." "Hero too." Lincoln Journal. "I am afraid," said the doctor, "that you are overtaxing your strength some way. Where do you live?" "lam boarding in tho country just now. I see; how far is tho liouso from tho station?" "Three minutes." "1 see: ami you walk to and from tho train. Well you're not strong, and nine milus a day is too much. You must eomo back to town and gut rested." 11 ur- dctt. A FAMOUS EXPLORER. The Career, Achievement nnd Dentil ol Vitus Jlelirlnp It is now just twenty years since our Government bought of Russia nil her possessions on this continent. Sinco that purchase Alaska lias beon made familiar to us in tho reports of oluclals, of scientific explorers, of traders and of tourists. Tho earlier history of tho Territory is full of interest, for it is marked by undertakings of tlio most intrepid daring and of lieroic advent ure That was a bold plan that directed from S Petersburg an ex pedition across tlio north of Asia, tlio building of vessels on the Eastern toast, and tho discovory of n separate continent on tho opposlto sido of tho l'ncifie That plan was formed In tho mind of Peter thu Groat, and it was carried into execution by Ilehring, whoso name has sinco been connected witli tho sea and the strait winch lie between tho continents. Vitus Boliring (Beriiv;) was .1 Dane, Ho was born at the villago of Horscn, Jutland, in 1080. As a young man. ho sailed in Danish vessels to thoEist and West Indies. In 170G lie cnterod tho service of Peter tlio Great, and was assigned to the navy which had just been built at Cronstadt. Tho appoint ment of Behring to tho command of a scientific expedition in tho Sea of Kainscliatka was made January 2D, 1725. On tho 5th of February Behring started from St. Petersburg, and three days later his imperial master died So dillicult was tho journoy overland that it was not until 1 h summer of the following year that Behring, with tlio advance dctachim nt, readied the Sea of Oehotsk. Behring then built a boat to carry tho parly over tho sea. Ho had brt light mon from Russia for this purpose Tho craft was christened the Fortui.o. The last, of Juno. 1727. it carried over to Kamchatka the ship builders who were to build the vossol intended for tlio great voyage. Their ship-yard was established at the mouth of the Kainscliatka river. Tho next winter was spent in preparing timbers for tlio vessel, and on the 20th of July, 1728, it was ready for ihe voyage. Threo years and a half had gone bv sinco Behring and his party had set out from St. Petersburg. Tho Gabriel for that was the namo of tho ship sailed northeast along tho coast of Asitu On tho lOtli of August tho Island of St, Lawronco was discov ered. Fivo days later they rounded a capo in latitude G7 dog. 18 min. north. Hero tlio coast line turned suddenly to tho west. Behring had proved that tlio continents wero sepa rate. The party returned to tho ship jard and wintered there On the 5th of June, 1729, they left again on a voyage of exploration, but wero un successful, and Buhring ro turned over land to S:. Pjtorsburg. It was not until 1732 that proposals wero made for another expedition. Anna was now E npres', and sho was ambitious to extend the boundaries of Russia. Sho directed that special at tention bo givou to tlio possibilities of a northeast passage along the Amer ican coast. Beh ring's plan was to push across to tho coast of America, and trace it northward lo the strait he had discovered. Tho plan gave Behring her possessions in Amoriea. Tho parly ieftS;. P.tersburg early in 17JS3 They built two vessels on the Sea of Oehotsk. ,Seven years had beon spout whon, in tho St. Peter and tho bt. Paul, they sail d over to Kainscliatka and win tered there. On tho 4 .It of June, 1741, Behring started on his last voyage. lie was in command of tho St. Peter. July 18 tho Anioriean cons'; was sighted in Intitu le 53 dog.. 23 min. north. They followed iho dangerous 'coast to the w'ost, meeting head-winds nil tho time. Scurvy broke out, ami B -bring was confined to his cabin. A council was held, ami it was resolved to roturn to Kainscliatka. Tho St. Paul was lost. On the 4th of November an island was sighted tlio last discovery Behring was to make It was named for him. Hero they landed for winter quarters. Tho commander was carriod on shore November 9. and ho died December 19. The survivors of that winter buill a boat, from tho wreck of the St. Peter, and they reached Kanisehalka on tho 27ili of August, 1742. Youth's Com panion. Tho first young gill lo bo cremat ed in Amoriea was nine-year-old Alida Weissleder, tlio daughter of tlio super intendent of the Brush Electric Light Company in Cincinnati. Her body was burned in tlio crematory in that city. Tho corpse, wrapped in white alum linun, with white and yellow roses on the breast, was slid in tho re tort by two attendants, who at once retired, and in iho stillnoss that fol lowed the mournors could hear tho puff and sizzle of thogasos of tho body as tho heat dovoured it. After an hour tho bluo 11 nines stoppod circling about tho body and a long whito streak was seen whero it had been. These ashes when gathered up woighod less than a pound. Thoy wore re turned to the parents and will bo pre served in an urn. It was tlio ninth in cineration at tho cromatory. Tlio Cmimlsslonor of Patents in a preliminary report to thu Secretary of the Interior, shows that tlio number of applications for patents of all kinds for tho fi-eal vear 18SG ami 1887 was 38.408 against 40 078 for tlio previous year. Nuinbor of applications for pat ents, 35.431; for designs. "797; reissue, 160; registration of trade marks 1 270; of labels, 757; caveats, 2.G1G. Total. 40,024. Number of patents granted, including number reissues and designs, 21, 732; trade marks registered, 1,101; labels rogistt-rad, 33 L Total. 23,217. Public Opinion. ... TRAIN TELEGRAPHY. The Moclineil System of Sending Mrsgngeg From Moving Itttllrond Car. At tiio invitation of tho Consolidated Hallway Telegraph Company a large party of elee ricians nnd others made a trip upon the Lehigh Valley railroad to inspect thu operation of the system of train telegraphy in ue upon fifty-four miles of the road. The system, duo to Edison, Phelps, Gillilaiid, Smith nnd others, is well known in its main features to our read ers, but certain modifications have been introduced which have greatly im proved its elliciency, so that as it now stands all the difficulties heretofore en countered may bo said to 00 entirely overcome. In the first equipment on the Lehigh Valley railroad tho inductive receivor on the car consisted of a coil of many turns of wiro wound around the ear. and the lino conductor was an insulated wiro laid along the track. While this system left little to be desired, it in volved sumo expense, which is avoided by the method used at present. This consists in tiio employment of the roof of the car, where such is available, as a static receiver, ami the line is an or dinary wiro strung upon poles near the track. With the present system tho roof of the car is, in most cases, available, and a car can bo equipped ready for work in a remarkably short time. All that is necessary is tho attachment of a wire to tlio roof, another to tho swivel plate of a car truck for a ground, and the in sertion of tlio instruments in the circuit thus formed. Such was the arrange ment of tho director's ca which was attached to the special train on the ex cursion, nnd the whole equipment did not occupy ton minutes. Tho system as it exists to-day, briefly stilted, consists mainly in the use of the "short polo" telegraph line extending along the side of tlio railroad track at about a distance of eight or ten feet from tho line, the poles being much smaller than ordinary telegraph poles, and from ten to sixteen feet high. At their top is placed an ordinary glass or porcelain insulator, strung upon which is a single galvanized steel (or iron) telegraph wire, about No. 12, American gauge. As remarked befoie. wherever practicable, the metal roof of the car is employed as the inductive receiver ol the car, but whore no metal roof exists an iron or brass rod or tube half an inch in diameter is employed, plared under the oaves of the car. From the roof the wiro passes to tho instruments, and then to the wheels of tlio car. The operator's equipment is quite simple, and consists merely of a small tablet to which the key, tho coil and the buzzer are attached and with just sullieient top surface to hold a tele graph blank conveniently. The battery employed is enclosed in a box, and can bo placed beside the operator, or can bo stoweil away in one of the closet-, ol the car. Tim operator seats himself in a chair with his instrument and clip for holding tho messages ho is to send both on ii little board which rests in Ids hip. A battery of twelve small cells is employed in circuit with tho primary of Iho induction coil, although it is stated that communication can bo kept' up witli two cells. Tho arrangement at. tho terminal station, so far as the indication circuits ami instruments nro concerned is ident ical with that on the car; but in addi tion there is supplied a Morse arrange ment by means of which the line can boused for tho transmission of ordinary Morse business. The cost of equipping a railroad with this systoni depends somewhat on tlio character of the road way, nearness to telegraph poles, markets, etc.; but it i said to approxi mate about $50 per mile for line equip ment i. e., poles, wire, etc., and the labor of putting up. Tho cost of car fitting is about S15. On the occasion of tiio rccont trip a large number of messages wore sent, vnd received from the train witlioutthe slightest delay of any kind, tlio ar rangement being under the charge of Mr. S. K. Dingle, assistant .superin tendent of the company. Ono of the most striking demonstration of tho wide application of tlio system was the send ing of a dispatch from tho rapidly moving train to Mr. John Pender, of London, England, via tho Atlantic cable. Electrical World. PANICS IN THEATERS. A rrotest Agnlnut the Sllp-Shnd Construc tion or rulillo llu tdlnt'it. There havo been of lato numerous panics in theaters caused from some foolish person raising tlio cry of fire, and tho result has been tho loss of human life. Ever sinco tho groat thea ter lire in Paris a short time ago, fol low ed by tlio ono in Berlin, at which so many people wero killed, the least commotion in a crowded liouso of amusement is liable to cause a panic. Such panics wero witnessed at tlio Casino in Now York, n theater in Chi cago, and a theater in Philadelphia during the centennial celebration. Loss of life was only prevented by tho pres ence of mind of tho actors and tho cool ness of the attaches. Tho peoplo who wero injured wero all hurt whilo trying to escape from tlio galleries or through narrow exits. The galleries in the theaters nro nearly all dangerous to life, and in many instances tliero is only one exit from tho bod of the house. TIioso who are delegated by law to look after buildings being coit struetod in the different cities should oo to it that places of amusement are so built that there wilj lie proper es capes in time of lira or a panic. Special attention should iw paid to thu gallon.-, which are to-day nothing bettor than de.vti. ir.is. Ucmo. csl's Monthly. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Miss Winslow, of Boston, who has an international reputation as a "bcaii ly," is having her portrait painted by Munzig, a young Boston artist. She represented in a ball dress of whito with gold and silver trimmings. At Lexington, Gn., in his opening prayer at a colored school exhibition 1 darky preacher expressed the hope that all "de small boys will grow up to be useful and educated men, liko Re becca and Elizabeth in db Bible." Mrs. Clarissa Cox, of Wakefield,. Mass.. who has rounded out ono hun dred years of life in this vale of tears,, was asked the secret of her longevity. "Hard work," said she; "hard work has always been good for me and I' ve al ways had plenty of it to do." Dr. Mary Putnam Jacob! was tho first woman to obtain admission to 1 Ecole de Mcdcciiie, of Paris. Her husband also is a physician, but they practice independently of each other. Dr. Mary is a descendant of General. Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. She is a small woman and dresses very simply. James Russell Lowell has recently bought a house in Aslitield, Mass., which is described as a little bit of a. red farm-house lying on tlio southern slope of one of the highest hills in that region. The low front door reaches nearly to the eaves, and there is room for only ono small window on each side of the house. King Humbert, of Italy, often causes annoyance and embarrassment by taking fancy to any little novelty which lie may see in the hands of any of his courtiers. No matter what it is. a cane ofrare wood, a jewel set in some curious way, or a fantastic watch his Majesty will show such an in tenso desire to possess it that finally the object is offered him and it is al ways replaced by a present of double or triple its value. Some young Boston men met in their club-house tho other evening to play poker and one of their number suggested that the winnings be given to a man who recently had been ar rested in the North End for stealing cabbages for his starving. family. This was agreed to, and at the close of tho game the winners took a carriage, hunted up the cabbage thief's home and made his family happy with a very respectable sum of 11101103. Mr. F. II. Richardson, tlio now editor of tlio Macon Telegraph, is ono of tlio brightest young men in tho Statc. He graduated at Emory College in 1873, and has been connected with the Constitution ever since. For many years he represented that paper in Washington, and his letters wero among the best from the National cap ital, lie is thoroughly equipped for li is new field of labor. He has culture, courtesy, sense and application. Au gusta (da.) Chroniclfi. A French Lieutenant of hussars left the army to marry a girl who was too poor to bring him tlio dowry a. woman has to have to marry a French officer. lie went to work for fifty dol lars a mouth; his wife fell ill, ho ran into debt, and finally couldn't get any body to trust him for milk, which was the only thing that would keep his wife alive. So ho stole some milk, got caught at it, and although when ar raigned the magistrate let him go, ids wife was ju-t dying when ho got again to her bedside. He waited for her last sigh, and then lay down by her side ami blow out. his brains. The now Florida law requiring the railway companies to provide separate coaches for colored pcoplo is very btirdensomo to some of the roads. The Louisville & Nashville represents to tho Railroad Commissioners that if re quired to comply witli it the companies will bo compelled to haul a third coach very frequently without passengers, or else assign ono of tlio two coaches to the colored passengers and the other to tho white, which will necessarily for bid smoking upon the train. It is therefore requested that they be allowed to run a partitioned coach, one-half of which will bo exclusively for colored passongers. BILIOUSNESS Is an affection of tho Liver, and can be thoroughly cured by that Grand Regulator of tho Liver and Biliary Organs, SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR MANUFACTURED BT J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. I was afflicted for several years rith disordered liver, which resulted In a Mveru attack of jaundice. I had as Rood medical attendance as our sec tion affords, who failed utterly to re store me to the enjoyment of my former good health, f thcrl tried tlio faverlto prescription of one of tho most rvnouned physicians of Louis ville, Ky but to no purpose ; where- upon I was Induced to try NIiuiuoiih J. Ivor llPKiilutor. I found imme 1 dlate benefit from Its use, and It ulti mately restored me to the full enjoy ment of health. A. II. SHIRLEY, Richmond, Ky. HEMSAGHE Proqeedn from n Torpid I-lver nnd Im. purities ir Mm Stoimich. It ran bo Invariably cured by taking SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR It all w ho suffer remember that SICK AND NERVOUS HEADACHES ""in be preTentcd by Hklug iUim at Men u tbclr ijnijtoiu ludtcate tlio ceuilug i f au attack.