Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1877, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE |0 Iin re Ii: kiows what a postal-clerk shionld be, and throngh how many trials and tribulations cach fndividual plicated affalrs thronghout his wite domain of anthority are speclfled work ho ca A Full Description of This Important Dranch of the Public Service, Beme of {he Difeullies Encountered hy the Clerks-s-The Routino of Work, Ele, The recent death of the Hon. George 8. Bangs, so long Gieneral Buperintendent of that Lranch of the Postal Department 6f the coun- try technienily cailed the ratiway mail service, affords a fitting opportunity to present a fow facts and flgures to the general publie deserip- tive of that branch of the Internal ceonomy of tbo Government, which ming prove of interest to yery many. . Durinz n time of war the War Department Is properly the most finportant branch of the Gen- eral Government. In times of peace there is no general aeryiee of the Government. o which the public Is more grently Indebted than to a well- onlered and efilefent administration of the postal servieg, The prompt and certaln trans- mlesion of letters and papers hetween different scetions of the country zoes far {o promute TIR PINANCIALAND BOCIAT, INTRRESTS ofall. The Iate Mr. Dangs, having been ap- polnted Yostmaster of Aurora, I, made the subject of postal affairsa study, devoting to it all thio powers of n mind whicn, in many re- spects, was of comman-dingand sunerfor abllity. The rallway mail service was then almost an un- known quantity. tlls predecessor in oftice, Mr. Georze B, Armstrong, was then in charge of tho transmission and distributlon of mails fu Chlengo, 1fo was also n cansclentious worker, and fnally in Washington gave up his life while bravely laborlng to promote tho eficlency of the mnil service, When Mr. Armstrong was called to Washing- ton Mr. Banga was appolnted to his place in Chicago. Railway miall service had then been partially established upon o few roads lending from Chleago, but, owing to varfous causes, it was a piecenyenl affalr Mr. Bangs went to work with all his powerto develup and svatematize the service throtghout the Northwest. Tho raliroad manngers of that day did not more fully nppreciate tho aidvan- tages of rapid and certain postal facilities to tho country hele lues ran through than they do now the fact that low rates would stimgilate and develop Jocal traflie, They were UNWILLING T CONSTRUGCT CARS adanted tothe work he fntended, or to afford 1acilities abaolutely needed. Pathence, argu- meut, vleadings, denunclation, good-nature, and tact finally wore away thelr prejudices, and one rond after another becamna eswistants in his schemnes. in those times the 1o Northwest was under oue control, and the constant truvel, labor, strain, and anxlety of mlnd consequent ugon the fulfiilent of bis plans Inid deep the foundations of that discase which carrled him over the river” In the prime and vigor of manhood. Unon thedeath of Mr. Armstrong, in 1871, Mr. Bangs was ealled to Washington and assumed the Genernl Supcrintendency of the railway mall acrviee, and from that tme the present system has heen o purt of tho postal system, Leing vonstantly Improved upon by experience, 1le subdivided the country Into divisious, and selected from the men already in the service hla suhordinntes, aml the zencral suecess of the rervice I8 largely due to his sagacity and dis- crimination §n this particuiar. Upon_ the restg- nation of Mr. Bangw, i February, 1870, Mit. THEODORE N. VAIL waa selceted as by successor, Mr, Vall wns formerly 0 postal clerk in Nebraska, und, at- tracting the attentlon of M Tunyes, was taken to Washington d miade Asaistant Superintendent, where bis nu- merous exeellent quallties, great husiucss tact, and indefatigable fndustry rendered bl {nval- unble, Mr, Vaill possesses a wonderful faculty for aasimilnting and utliizing atabistivs, reduc fug wll propusitions to tho loele of figures, and then determining their value. A8 a geutlemun, hie {8 courteour, patlent, und ever tindful of the rights of others, and especlally tenaclous of tho hotor und good wame of the cuiploves of the postal serviee. s symputnles go out to thie men that toil day and nighe in the hiundreds of ail-cars throughout the lund, and his oiders are framed in as beral a form s s comuatible with Lhit best [nterests of the Government, ‘The Kaliway Mull Servive of tho United States 18 constituted In accopdaucs with the following GUNERAL ORDEN? PosT-Orrics Derantsst, Wasutsoron, . C., Aug, B, 1877, =0rdered ¢ That the general supere 10n Of thudintribution of mails ag LPost-Oulicew, of the service nng cmpl uf this Doparts wment on rullrond and eteatmlioat rontes, bo vested in afticers acting under ansteactions feom this De- partinont, desfunated aud ansigned as foliovws: Uflice of Generab Superintendent of Lathay MuilsSerrice, Wushinaton, I, C,—"Tl xus tienoral Suverintendent; . Bailey,” Chief Clork, and in charge of “Fhird’ Divisicn; John Jamusou, Asvlatant” bunerintondgnt; k. W Alex- ander. Flrst_Dirlalon—Comnrisfnz the New England fulr;l Thomas P, Cheney, Superintendent, Sos- o, Second Dirlalon—Comprising New York, New Jorsoy, Peunaylvania, Delawaro, and tho castern shore_uf Muryland, It U, Jackson, Buperiutend ent, New York, N. Y, A'Alrd Dirtsion—Comprising Marvland (exclud- ing the castern whore), Virgiota, West Viesinto, and the District of Colnu:bia, M.V, Bulley, Super- intendent, Washington, D. C. sourin Dictsvn—Comprising North Carolina, South Caroling, Georgla, Florida, Alabama, Mive sivmppl and Louisinna, L, 3 tendcot, Atlanta, ta. RN Divieion—Compristnz Oldo, Tndiaga, Ken- tucky, snd Te wee, Co Juy KFrench, duperine tendont, Cincinnati, O, Strth Divislon—Conprising Wisconwin, linols, Tows, Nobraakn, Minnceota) aud Upper Poniisuta af Michiggn, srd the Terrltorics of Dacota and W ynmll‘lic, Jauies E. White, Buperintendent, Chi- cago, 1, "Setenth Dictston—Comprising Mimonrt, Kansas, Atkanaas, Texaw, Coloruo, und the Toratories of Indlan aid Nuw Mexios, W. L. Hunt, Suporin. tondent, St. Loals, Mo, Elghth Ditlston—Compristnz Californla, Nevada, Orecon, and tho Torritories of Alneks, Arlzons, Tidalio, ‘Montana, Utah, and Washington, 1. J. BeKuarck, Kuperintendent, San Fracisco, Cal, Ninth Division—Compriving the through maits via Duitalo, Suspenion Wridge. Toledo, and Dee troit; tho lines of the Lake Share & Michlzan Soutliern Nallroad, and tho Lower Peninstla of Michigun, Williaw B, Thompeon, Superintendent, "oledo, U. D, +Terrell, Buporin- Poatmuster-Genoral, ‘The working force aubjuet to the afilcers noted shove are sutulivided Into closses as folluws: Fifteen chiel head clerke, 539 head clerks, 3o clerks, 210 asslstant clerks, LS routo wxcuts, H moll-route mcssengers) 10 local agents, “Iho puv of tho above fs o follows: Chlet” head clerks, 81400 per annam; head clerks, 81,5008 clerks, 81,150 uselatanits, 81,0003 route nwronts, Srom $100 to $X0; messvnvcrs, trom 8500 10 $700; Yocal agents, frum 500 Lo £1,000. TIN GENERAL DUTTES of o postal clerk are to recelvo in and deliver Froms bis cur ot the appointed places ull Jetters and papers directed 1o statlous upon his - mediute or connveting Mues, The head vlerk upon pustal-cars distributes most of the letter- mail, omd has (or should have, if he knows and attends to his business) o general oversight ot all work in bls car. Ho §s supposed to have » thorough knowledgo of the entive distribu- tion futrusted to his line, whetler It be of une or more States or parts uf tates. They are in charge of the care, and their orders us 1o how the work shall be done arc imperutive upon all wther clerks (u the car. teud clerks haveo s in their pawer to render it pleusant or unpleasant or thuso over whatn thcy rule. Asa rulo the best of feeting cxlsts bevween men n tho sams car, and cacn endeavors 1o lighten and render agreeablo the lubors of the other, Oceaslonally s found 8 head clerk who, arued with u listle brief wuthority, exercises 1t in u wanner that renders bim thoroughly detestable unddetested, Indulging fu a thousand and one little tyraunles, such us small minds, milated by an” vunsual opportunity to * boss * cousider us a pecessary ngl)‘m we to tho ‘*‘exalted® position they hold, looked upou—ad they imagine—us one of the preat men of the nation. They do teach patience, bumility, and—payments, THE SUCCESSFUL CLXRK must be quick to learn, retentive in memory of pames and fures, bave good powers of fucal- Szation, cheerful, stroag, sml quick in wotion, The writer being b tier advised a3 to opera- tions in the Sixth Divislon, witl speak more par- ticulua of it,—comprislug the Stutes of [Ninofs, Towa, Wiscousin, Minnesota. Nebravks, North. ern Michigan, the Territorics of Dekota and Wyowlug. Thls Division lias its headquarters 4n Chicago, oud 13 in charge of James £, White, Buperintendent. Mr. White comweuced his careerin the service uy a route seent lu fowa, By sttention to busiueas hie won promotion, and wus iy bead cleri on the Chicave & Cedsr Rapids route, aud also upon the Rock Islund Hoad, oud wfterwards chice bead clerk upou the Vulon Puvitie Ruilrvad. le svou stiracted the attention of Mr. Buvzs, and s short timo atter the promotion of Mr. Bavze took the plave of the futter o Chicugo. Ho is a thorouziy, prowp! Dusiticss man, au intcuso worker, widy by pe- cubiar talcuts, bus wou und wmaintalus the est aud regard of every mau iu his divislon, The most patient and ‘furbesrlug of listcuurs, as a dosirable help, naslstont he has Willlam 1, Campnell, who hos oveitoled the same position through all changes ons never provake opposition, b 111 s nre given. A practleal postal-clerk ansen, All the threads of the coms athered o his band, and fora a moment find the man nest itted for it Ile {8 decidedly partial to tnose who work, Mr, White regards AN NIONORADNLE SPIRIT OF EXULATION As confldential clerk and tor the past nine years, Anindefatigable wurk- er, and one of tha plcasantest and inost efficient n("men. It fs rarely that a chict is 80 wel sustained. Ha can supported anrl B will make a clerk write 8 letter that regret that tho art of cnllurnuhz was cver dis- cavered, and he can ho the mosf fective of friends nnd defenders, 18 Lewis L. ‘Troy, furmerly a clerk on the Chica- vo & Burllngton R. P shouldered, tireleas, high-pressure engine, who Lelteves that the mail servlee Is fora patient and ef- Nestin rank 0.,—a great, hroad- purpose. ke hus charzze of the distribution of mails upon the cars, changingg of schemes, keep up with all rallroad time chanies, and is chief examiuer, o position that requires nn intimate knowludys of ihe Joeation, nn(‘ arrival and departuro of tnalis from every post-otfice n the division. [t re- qwires ostrnordinnry capacity to sceare and maintain the knowledze he posse of the cotintry, and there are few who would be willing to sturdy na he has, or work s he does, for the pay recelved, The checking of crrors s fn< trusted 1o Jolm A, Montgomers, nn active and cfficient clerk, who revolves around amoneg or- ders and rchemes In & way unpleasant for the elerk who I8 vertain Lio s Fignt—and gocs ahesd. Mesara. J. 4, and H, B Arizatrong aud H, 9, B'l;;:clu cumplete tho personnel of the gencral office. TIUE OENERAL HULE of therervice is fur avlerk to be on duty one week nnd off for one week, * The average lours of duty are fiftecn per diem, which ncludes from 200 to 300 miles of riding, A clerk Is obliged to remaln upon his feet allthe time, and the necessity of constant ure of body and inind presludes the possibility of odonting any measures that will lesson the jor of a train and 80 It does not rm}illm a great many years to take the apring out of the strongest man. The timo of “ofl duty "' must larwely Le devoted to study to keep up with the ever-changing requiretnents of the servlee, New offices are to e loeated, new rehiedules of tine allowed and prepared fur, maps and schenies to be corrected, new orders copled and learned, and some rest ana recreatfon {ndulzed In, ns during dags of duty It Hetle i any tine {8 found except for acty worl. A clerk cannot leave his residence town ex- cept by nermieslon froin the Suncrintendent, ns he may be needed for oxtra duty; he can b CHANGED PROM ROAD TO ROAD at tha pleasurc of the Buperintendent, as the seryice mny require; he must kiow all orders and obey thew, He cannot lgnru the road and exchange days with bis *double” without per- intsston, and the discipline Is raphlly. being mod- cled upon tho military system. 1L "the Govern- ment, as in Franco and "Encland, could puaran- teo ' clork a 1ife position, based wpon his eiil. cleney and good behavior, It would oe right und vroper to introduce an order of resldence ot terminal pointa of duty, which, i cuacted now, under *politien! ™ auiplces, would work great lardships, as it would comvel men—some of them very ellicient ones—to lenve thelr ploces or practically throw nway their homes. TIE FIRST YR OF RERVICE of ‘s clerk is literally one of tuteluge, Every- thing Is pew and strange. Annoying and vex- atlous hlunders gecar. ~ His eflicleney fs a thing to be hoped for, bardly expected. At tha cnfi of two vears it s casy to determine lus relative positlon, This 18 ascertained mare certaluly by the monthly record of errors than by examina- tlons. For'the latter, the clerk will do as all reholurs do—eram and unload to the examiner. ‘There are men who will pass all examinatlons successfully, and are boobies with mail und vice versa, People who write letters and dispatch them by post cannot ba too carcfal in directing them, In the Western Statcs especially, thero 18 in dit- ferent States A BIMILARITY 0P NAME3 in conmtles amd offices that creatvs great con- fuslun, Take a few justaunces: Quincy, Adnns County, s common to Iinote, Iowa, and Wisconsin, . Elgin f3 the mame for o Post-Ofleo in Illinots, Jowa, Miuncsots, Kanaas, Michigan, New York, nnd Texns. A carcless versou who forgets to place In the dircction the Stato at the least stanis a good chance to have a letter travel o good while lu searching for un owner In seveu States, Simllarity of unmes causes great con- tusfon. Who is particular as to whether they write Rossvllle or Loseville. Rossville §s fn Vermilion County, 11, aud Rosoville in Watren County, ., widely divergent. Ts u clerl: to blowe Tor delaying n letter poorlydirected when all trouble would be vhviated by simply sdding thu name of the county in which your friend resides to the genernl direction. Beecher is in Will County, Ill,, Beecher City (n Eflngham County. 1L° Where dy you want your letter sentd " Bradford Is in Stark County, Til,, Brad. fordton in Ennegamon County, Il1.; Casey 15 in Clark County, Iil,, Cuseyvillo in Bt Clafr (.'wum;i 11, “Iundreds of such Instunces oceur fn the Western States, aud seven-ciibth of tho crrors - wierlbed by the publis to tne mal service are directly chargeable to people. who carcleasly” or ignorantly dircet letters and papers.” It Is a slnrular Inct that the delny or a dally paper will canse n buzger row in the country than detention of letters, A postal-clerk knows this, and sces to jt that EVENLY DAILY PAPRIL 18 URGED FORWARD, with oll manner of blessiugs, In tho shorteat xfinlhln time. 1 one inust b detayed, let it by ettors, & T esprit du_corps among the men Is cqual to that of nuy army. FEach division is equive alent, to.a brigade. WY hich shull wiako tho best monthly record in proportion to the number of lutters and papers nndled ! Weo shall become the best posted s to conuections with ail the ronds uud stage-luea throughout a Btate or Stateal Each road centenng {n Chicago mnkes # pouch awd ns muny tie-sucks 08 may be neces- safy to hold the mml for every other road, No mnll Is allowed to be thrown into the Chicago ofllee, Letters sent from juland tuwns pass thirough Chicago, but do uot ston, nor ure they handled there, They are exclusively the prop- crty of Lhe Re M. until dellvered to the Post- Ottleo at or nearest thelr, destination upon the rallroad, ‘I'hs great number ot imiles of rallroad in I« nofs, the numerous junctions, aud tha compli- cuted systom, render ft tie nost difticult State i tho Unlon to handle mull for, ‘Thero nro so ‘x‘x‘muy {omh cut bias through the Btate thut one mos! GRTA LOST IN THE MA and it requirce u cool head to keap o good knowledgs of it luwa, upou the contrary, traversed aa (¢ {8 by roads almust {u an alr-liue, is the caslest State to learn. ‘Tuke n ratlroad map of the two Btates and look thein up., How long would it take.the average reader to beconie famillar with theloca, tlon of every post-oflles, statlon, raflroad, aud Junetion (u thuse H\nlull And those very facts, und hundrods of eimilar ones, nnst be thorough- 1y famtliar to a goo } clerk, wixl bo must slways have the knowledieo ut command, Postal-clerks aro not an shused cluss of o, ner are they ampered. Tley work lund both fu_mind and bty and recelve falr pay, but ted frequently thelr usefuluess I8 nipped (0 the bud by some ambitious politician who has a ** friend," cte. Tu give an idea of ths AMNGUNT OF MAIL MATTER handled fu the cars of the Bixth Division, the rclmrt shows that during the last vear a to- ul of 479,764 sacks of {muurl, averaging 200 pa- pers to the sack, and 103,824,340 letters, cach examined scparately ‘and dispatched to their destination, Errors and doluys oceur, but the meul:u.m I8 small when compared with the wmeuse total bundled. ‘The records of the di- vislon aliow that durinz the year but one letter 1n 2,000 wus delayed by clerks in belug sent to wroug roads, Thers are numerous techuicalitios connected with the postal sy»teim which canuot be expluln- ed on paper. Buihce it to say that the Ameri- can Ixulul '&num will compare with guy fu the wurld for efliciency and coinpletencss. ‘The recent Convention of Buperintendents fn Wasblugton dovised some new aud beneticlsl pluug, which will be develoved {u time and reu- der the service still better, ————————— m'l' Modoces, RAlOR (Tex.) Neios, A gentlowau just (roms the Guapaw Tndfan Agency, Iudian Territory, reoorts that the once fumous Maodoe Judluns, siuce being placed on their reservation by the Goveroment {n Novem. ber, 1579, bave advauced very rupidly in eivili- zaton, The Modocs own {n their own rigut % of goud tillable land, ou which 4 ' they bave seventeen goud log-houses, Lullt vy themsolves, wix doublo stubles, elzht corn-cribs, ides pens and houscs for thelr stock, vheeken Ou this land they bave put within the last year & good ratl fence around 120 acres, which 13 sown i wheat, which ot prescut ives promise ot an sbundaot barvest next year, aud they bave split alto- guther 25,000 ruils, aud bave over elght acres of cultivated lund for cach wun, womay, aod child in tho tribe. They buve also 175 acres ol coru, which will averuge frow forty to forty-tive bushels per acre. Fifty-uloe of thelr chilldren attend school at tho Otluws, Peoris, and Wyan- dutta Missious, and they bave mode remarkable progress in all the branihes taugbt o a cow- 1won schook Among the"most prominent mewbers of the tribe are Bogus Charlle, Bteamboat Frauk, Ehiack Nanty Jim, Scarface Charlie, and Long i, Bozus Charlte ds speacently abont 3 yenrh of age, medinm heieht, and yery lair complexion for a fail-blooded Moo~ lie has 600 bushels of corn i one crib, and his partner, Bhack Nasty Jim, has as much niore. Steamboat Frank is a tall, muscular fellow, rather good-looking, and 18 a hard worker, His eribs contain about 1,300 bushels of corn, and he Jims plenty of hogs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, ete,, around bim, and, like every ontol the tribe, secins to like his new \u{ ? livings, Long Jdiin has 1,600 busheln of corn, and fs also a goud farmer, s, in fact, they all are. They own in common 237 head of cattle, of ‘which elghty are cows, and the form is wnx‘ce-l on the partiership plan, two or three taking ag much as they can farm and s rlnr the crop: ‘They have aiso cut 140 tota of hay tho past scason, and in fact have plenty to keep them, and tho agent saya they can, sfter this year, do without any hired help to sasist and show them gm{ to farm, or any asafstance frotn the United tates, Hooker Jim, one of the worst men in the tribe, and who figured so_copapicuously Iu the massacre, apparently died on the Lith of No- vember from a fever. They purchated a coffin for him on the 17uh, and while placing him in it ho camo to life, and on the 10th ussisted in driving a team while gathering corn, hut, un- fortuvntely for Jim, bis lainp wos cx'lh:gnluhcd for good on the nizht of the 10th. CURRENT GOSSIP. THE DEAD SEA. Calm In the silent day, In the sallen light of the heavens, Girt by the Lills bald snd rocklesa, or by the herb- leen valleys, Warm and still a8 2 meadow kissed by the Bum- mer-suniight, Dead ns the bloom of my life, which has long since cessed from Its music, Moan to tha sandy beach, O yo gray and sorrowfal wavelete! Deep to yonr undermost stations, murklly dark~ ened forever, Thick in tha great aky-centze, glcomice clonds are sailing— Gloomler than were over known before in the land of Orjent. Biwaet in the Southern sky rises tho mist, advance Ing Orver the lost, lost cities, and thelr snrrounding wmountalns, Parplo and viofot-hued, with the grace of Itallan beauty, Boft, indistinct, an the showers that drip at twi- light in Aprils Thus I float In & measure of dresry, pileous free- dom, ‘Waiting for naught to come, dreaming no more of solace; Ont of my Iife dias slowly all of 1ts tender memo- rea— Ont of the sky, its light, lcaving me night and an- Rulsh, Back fn the realms of Time have faded o zong and . apletare— Denautitul, beautifal treasures, part of my soul, now burled: lleaved under endiese sands, they lle by the Dead Sca quiet, Just as the rulned citfes buricd No, ever and ever. Desolnte, caring not now whither I drift In the darknewss, 1am clasped 1n the soft, soft arms of the waves; and, pltylng, * Over tho surface there quivers a sweet, cool wind fora moment: Pasaing, it leaves mo lying In the Dead Sea of my sorrow. B N, Y, LiLLie SURBRILGE, THE FIRST MAN, [Translated from (he French for The Chicaga Tribune,) (Tho first man describee his first movements, his firat sensations, and his ilrst fdeas after the creatlon.) 1 recollect that moment, full of joy and per- plexity, swhen, for the first time, I was aware of iy singular exlstence, 1did not know whap L was, or where Leamo from. Iopened my eyes; how wy sensations fucreased! The light, the vault of licaven, the verdure of tho cartl, the crystal of the waters—uverything—interested me, animated me, atd gave me an incxpressibla sentiment of pleasure, L thought at first that all these objects were in me and made a vart of inyself, 1was confirmlug myself jn this fdes, when Iturned my eyes toward the sunj its brillfancy distressed me; I iuvoluntarily closed my eyelids, and I felt a slight sensationof grief. In this mowment of darkness I thought that I had lost my ontlre being, Afflicted and astonished, & wos thinking of this great change; when suddenly I heard sounds. Tho sluging of the birds, the nurmur- ing of the alr, forined o concert the sweet in- fluence of which touched my very soul. I listened for o long time, and T soon fult con- vinced that this harmony was mysclf, Inteut upon and ouurully occupled with thls new purt of my existence, I' had already forgotten light, —that other portion of my belng,—tho first with which I lad become acquainted,~when I reopencd my cyes, What happluess to pussces once more Ao many brilliant oblects. My pleasure surpasscd what 1 had felt tho first time, and, for a while, suspended the charming effect uf sound. 1 fixed my eyes on a thousaud different ob- Jects. 1 soon vered that I mizht lose and tecover theso abjects, and that L had at iy will the power of destroylug and reproducing thls besutiful part of myself; aud, although it seemed to me immonse fn ita grandeur, from the quality of the rays of Miut, und from the varlety of the colurs, 1 thouht 1 Iiad Qiscovored that 1T was all a portion of m? belng. 1 was beainntog to soe without emotfon, snd to hear without agitation, whén o slight breexe, whose frestiness I felt, brought to nic perfumes that gave we an foward rleunre. and caused » feeliug of love for mysell. Agitated by all these scusatious, and oppre: cd by the plcasures of so beautiful andzrand an existence, | mrl(lenli vose, and 1_felt myself taken along by an unknown power. I onlv made one step; the novelty of my situatiou made ull motionleas; my surprise was extreine; [ thought niy existence was fiying from me, for tho move- meut [ ad made disturbed the objects around 'rlm'. n}nd 1 tmagined that overything was disors jered. 1put my hand to my heaa; I touched my forehoad and vyes; I fult all uver my body; wy hund then appeared to ma tho principal part of my existence, \What I felt waa so distinet and s0 complete, tho en{uvmem of it sppeared so perfect, compured with the pleasure that Heht and sound had causcd mo, that I gave myself up entirely to the substantial part of my being, -mll felt tbat ray fdeas required profundity and reall}y. Egerv part of my body that I touched secmed t} 'i“u hack to my hand feoling for fecling, and edch touch produced a double idea fu my mind. 1 was not long In discoverlug that this faculty of feellug was spread over overy Pm of my body, 1 suon found vut the linits of my cxist- enve, which hiad at first seemed to me hnmense in extent. I had cast iny cyes over my body; I thought it of enormous dimensions,—so large, Indeed, that all tho objects tbat struck my sycs sppeared ta e, in comparison, mera lumivous ru uts, I examined myself for a long time; 1 noked st myself with pleasure; I followed my haud with my eyes, sud § observed all its move- ments, My wing was filed with the strangest fdeas. [thought the movement of ny hand was only & klud of fugitive vxlstence,—a succes- slou of slmilar things, ! put my huod near wy eyesj It sectned tomo larger than my wholo budy, sud it hid an lutinite number of “objects frow wy view, 1 Legun to suspect that there was an fHuslon {u the scnsations that my eyea mado inexperi- ence. 1 had distinctly seen that my band was ouly & small part of my body, sud I could not eratand liow it could Increase soas to ap- pear of immoderata size. I then resolyed to trust only to touch, which bad uot yet decotved e, aud to be ol n?' guurd with “respect to every other way of feeling and belug. ‘I'nis precaution was usoful to me. 1 put my- sclt again fn motion, aud walked with wy head hich ayd rolsed towards heaven. I struck tiy- aclt slfghtly agalust o palm-tree; flled with fear, 1 pluced m{ hand on ths forcigu sub- atance,—for such I thought it,because it did not give me back feeling for feeling, 1 turned away with a sort of horror, aud then | kuow, for the tirst thue, that thers was something distiucy from wysel, Mory agitated bz thls new dis- covery thau I had been by all the others, § bad grest ditlcalty fo reassuring mysclf; aud, stter baviug weditated ou this event, 1 came to the couclusion_that 1 vuzbt to judge of externul %wu s I had judzed of the parts of myown y: that 16 was ouly by touching them that [ couid ussure wysell of their vxistence, 1 then tried to touch all I suw; I wanted totouch thesuu; I stietched out wmy arm to embrace ll;uflmrhou. sud 1 only clusped the cuiptiness of alr. At every experiment that I wade, 1 became more and more surprised; for all the objects sround sppeased equally uveur mo; avd it wus ouly atter au influlte number of trials that 1 learot 1o use iny eves to gulde wy band, and, as it gavo mo tolally differeut fleas from the fmpresslons that 1 recelved through the pence of elztt, my opintone were only more G- feet, und my whoio belusg was to jue stidll & cone fused exint, Profoundly necupfed with myself, with what I wan, and what I miznt be, the contrarieties I had fuat experienced huniliated me. 1he more I resiectedd, the more doubts aroke in iy mind, nent and his taitor the bill | and 2 from lis rvll, which was given to M. De Montesquiou- Fezensac, a Chamberlain in the Imperial hiouee- hald. **I hope, Monslenr le Comte,” anlid Napo- leon, between a smile aud A frown, to the newly {s mensurably a good one, and none worked more rarse thy for ite passare than members nf the matigned Board of Agricalture, 0 and out of the Leulalature.—the power over and control of roads and bridges s vested In the Commissioners in the respective towns, Thoan who have waited for a vote of power from the | | Inhabitants to buy machincs and fmiplements VWARTED—A BROFMAK 0. Employment Agencies. A S TFD=LADORERS, SOUTH. RATLROAD teketear reduction (o &L Lonts, ‘Calro. Memphis, Viekahm Mobil e () Tired out hy e much wnzertalnty, and fatizied | sppofnted maater, * that yousill not expace mo | for rovlmaking have gone withont roade, | mralhte puints a8 he Mislss by the workings of my mind. my kneea hent, | to the diszrace of beine dunned for the breeches | The few who have ‘taken the bull by tha [ 77 Ciark-ar., bawemeat, and I found mveell tn” & position of repose. | I om wearing.” Frederie the Great revulaied | horns,’” under the law, which is mandatory, FANTEU=PELSO) TESS WHO Thin state of tranguility gave new vigor to iy | this department of expemditure fn u tmuch sim- | have ‘made progress, and are finding wood Fe- are ot atra'd nf work ployment by scnncn, I was aeatisl nnder the shadow of & | plerwar. He had but one five galadress, which | sults. “*Whe!? enid an old farmer to | SRR N BULIIWS & GAW, ety the writer of this some three years ago, GBI LON S ot "rond-making triat in Cential 1linoie; }..“ e kera At F W ponts it we had had such a rond as th1s T have fnat | Madtson-at. E. 0. HATGIE. seen finished, along evers section-line in onr NTED~1,000 1.3 £RS FOR THE BOCTIT town, the crops alouce saved during the wet har- 2 wood-choppers for Wieconatn, CHIIIS- vesty through the drainage which fallows the et Waierat. doomil, making of roads, would have more than pald the whole expense.” The Road Commissioners \ Mlscalanoons: TANTED=NRELIANLE MAN Wi OF that towts naw Tha Goint, Thoy Doaght fine | SV sttt s of aa kY e sand heauttful tree, and, notlcing fruits of a red color hanging down in clusters within reach of my hand, § touched them lightly, and they fnme- dintel feil from the hranch, like the fig when it has arrived at maturits. | selzed one of ‘thesn Truits: I thought T had male a conquest, and I exulted In the power 1 felt of bheing able to hold fu my hand auother entire being, Its weight, though very slight, secmed to me an ani- Inered him all his life, for he took care not to roll it. Flis work-day sulls were shabbler than those which gentlemen abandon to thelr valets, —the walsteont-pockets erammml with snuff and the rest of the apparel liberally sprinkied with the same pungent powder. The King's mory amlable weakneas—If, fndeed, it can be called one—was his partiality for dogs. Beveral of theas favorites were alluwed to occupy the best 10 fii{thl(fi In' frea fare.” Also wonth, & 81 West mated reastance, which I felt pleasure | armi-chairs in the Royal atudy, and were not | plements and mnachines, and did not wuit for | fataring husthess in Indtananolis: acce Ay in vanguishing, 1§ then put this Jruit | teased when they ncterd na aozs will act. 4 After slu\'el-hnnlulobe set down In their nelghbor. | 2/Iowed 1. 37miary & £ pran ne. near my cyesi was consblering its | all,”" sald Fredéric, “a Pompadour would cost | ood. FWASTED=A HEAD WAITEIL 1O TALE CHALNGE form and color. 1ts dellcious smell made me | me much more.” But Frederle bad other weaks | As a farmer since 1835 in Cook County, I have St sl dininz-fiume mast e tam perent, sl hring Arst-class rocomimenuations hielped to make a good deal or road, Axa Com- neasca which were not cqually amiable. miisaioner, 1 have always advocated l:lrlh-l’(lm‘lll Apply nt 221 G- bring it nearers it was close to my lips; with long respiration [ drew in the pertume, 11 . ?ANTED=A FILW MORE COMMEN Al enloged I long draughts tho pleatur HE LOVED THE REASTS, el uraol sl G g0 Rtk r‘}nn’}".fin‘i‘,‘."'i':’s# fll '!!l’r;‘it?(‘.‘):')":?’t‘:'"l‘{“"| i e i i : o ot Kone I tabe e el pu:pc'flnll():‘:l‘ wal::twm!fi B:E:‘lsl: ‘otr JSeR | (Tvanslared fram Pirisian Poltcs-Tevartn, for The now something of the subject, and bave kent | SANKIR 0TS Hof nte n. what g0 nnd Chicngzo Tritrine, by Emme Stanley.} myscll tolerabiy posted in roud-making machin- | where traveling. CAMEPLELL & GAY. loen purer and moure deticate than the first. At lnst Qros, who recently appearcd before the Cor. | ©FF: 20d 1 the manner of doing the work. If | N. v, I tasten, Qs oy care Lo tive space from time to thie, I ma TANTEDTM et @ favorl Wint a rovel scnmation | Fectionnl Tribunal o answer tho chare of | F4o T fure, pay sometbingabout how tomaee | WV RARS Untit then I had ouly experienced pleas theft, Is 8 youth of 17 years. Heia talland | roads, and whot they may accomplish In dran- | AR Fhrames 3q!le gave me the feeling of voluntnousness. | meagre; his complexion bilious-looking; his | age. P, 2 s The nearnesa of the enjoyment to myscll pro- | huir stralzht and yellow: his cyelashes, of | * RS P L AT T, firateci ¥ BURIDWS & GAND W duced the ldea of pussession. I thought (he rubstance of the fruit had become mine, and that I liad the power of transforming beings. A SPANISH TRAGEDY. #iinatar color, fall over little whitish-blue cyes; and he wears an uld black coat, much too short. T8 OUIDE: Finttered by this iles of pawer, and.urged by | frum whose alecves crcape two wan hands, | The Crime which WIill ttecal! the Teopp- | 10.000: hrer ionthe, 10 cents, 443 RO m nl])l‘cr!:.:il:ru él]mlll 1‘.‘3" ltv'llucku‘xl a neconn a}:ul n | whileared vest and short pants of yellowlsh- inan M--,r-le-: n!;!r‘l;:rlll. 'i“"":'\f:';fll;"- I o and I did not tire of ueing mv hand | green’ complete the costome of thia singular Covreipondine Veio Jork IForid PANTEDA. WIDE- AW RAL % o e, i . every Western ¥ : . }:; ‘:fl.x'r’:. my ::?.tt, t:::;l:o:x!r!:"tgr:;nhle Tangzuor | Coronare, On appearing befor the Judge, o | | MADRID, Stalny Dee, 10, ~AlL Madrid which | commiecior Aircet rrm 1L mannrAurer. Tho-t wha my seuses and stispended the activity of my ‘mind, | Judged of my inactivily “by the faintness of my thoughtd; my wenkened senses bluntea all the objects around, which appearcd fuehlo and ludistinet, At this moment my now usc- lesn eyes cloaed, and iny head, no longer kept up by the power of my muscles, feli back to scck support on the turl. Fvervihing beeame effaced, and everytblng disappeared. “Thie course of my thougchts was interrupted, sud T Jost the scusntion of existence, This sleep was [;m{muul. but [ do not know whetlier It was of jong duration, nut yet having an fdea of time, ond, therclore, unable to tmeasure it, My waking was only n sccond birth, ond 1 mercly felt that I had ceased to exist. The aunihilu- tion 1 had perienced eaused 8 sensation ol fear, aus do wo feel that I could not exlet forever, A WONDERFUL CAVE, Clester (11 Cuprespondence Watertan Times, On Semday, Dec. 8, near this city, on the Pen- {tentlary erounds, a party of gentieinen discov- cred an openingg on the hlllside, which, upon being Investigated, proved Lo be a cave of no mean dimenzlons. On Monday, the day follow- Ing, o party of exolorers proceeded to the Joea- tion, and, with the asslstance of ropes, lanterns, ele., effected an entrance, after removing ob- structing rocks and debris. A newepnper re- porter headed the exploring party, and found a bl bonanza In the shape of material for an ar ticle, “The cava I8 Jocated on the north sids of the i1, and i full extent hns not yet heen ascer- talned, though sufllciont 18 kuown fo class it among the lurgest snbterrancous caverns in the country, excluding the funous Keutucky cave. ‘The smallest man of the party was flrat luw- ered futo the opening, by mcans of a properly- ndjusted rope, to o distance of about thirty feet, finding bottom, [avinga lighted lantern, nothing could bo discerned from that stand- point: when he commenced clambering the rugired, rocky sldes of the eave, and, after la- torfous work, found an opening leading fuun casterly direction, throuzh which ercvice he fouud o trouble tn gmining admission. The Jizht of his lantern havingal«appeared from the view of his terrestrial brethren, and the sound of his hammar being audible to thelr ears, they soon beeatne convineed Lthat the howels of the carth therenbouts contained wonders that were not dreamed of on terra-lirma. Soon an Invita- talks about anything, that is all Madrid which frequents the barber-shops and cafes, has heen talking for the past week of a terrible crime recently verpetrated fn the mountains of the Muestrazgo in Valencla, which Is regarded with n curjous sort of pride by the quidnuncs of ethe Capital as being quite as come plete and frightful a thing In its awlul way as the world-fumoun murderscommitted by Tropp- | Q7 man ten Yeors azo at Pantin, near Paris. The | Y Maestrazgo s u primitive rv:w{un, und the little Villare of Chert, in the District of San Mateu, I8 oue of 1ta must primitive spots, Near this village dwells, or rather dwelt, amony other simple and well-to-do fanilies of the same rank in lite, 8 1amily by the pame of Hel, inhubitinge 8 mdest, substantlal farmhouse, which hus Leen for several enurations In the pozression of the race, cultivating a goodiacreage of gratn-lund wndd rutsine cattie. The heads of the family were Joachim Bel and his wife, ateed about (0. and with Lhem lised their three suna, 1o gratdsous, sinl 8 lbourc-servant—a mun. The people of the Maertrazzo are a plous folky winl at 4 v the morniue on & recent Sunday, the whole family sctout to stiend early mass at Chert in the Kood old-fasniuned way, Joachim Bel Ading on one horee with his wife, two of his sons, Baptiat and Joachim, followlng him with the two hitle grandsuns nicely packed {nto a hamper aud swung at the side of Buptist’s horse, and the servant, Androw Nox, trotting neckly fn the {u‘l“ on nlxlnull The g;ndlnmhmlu leitat home o keep thie louse. the Jittle troap were o o Ao auletly on ther were sisldenty rement, brick dweliing, Wamahear Lalted at s sharp turn in the mountaly | Twostory émont brick drvefling, Langicy-av. rund by @ boarse volce thunderlng out the | ReaF Forysres, $iv fumlilar and formidable cry of all Spanish rob- Two-story mind linw bers on the highway, * Hwea a terra (**Down oltn KTy in the dust!") They all looked up In conster- | | Twostenetuiy £ nativn, und asw auong the bhuslies ubove the ruad the uncanny faco of a distant kinaman of the family, oneGabriel Bel ¥ Beltray, a notorl- ous scoutidrel, aboul 20 years oldy knaten i the countryelde as * Bl Pimelo,” or *the thorn tn e,” who had recently served out u term i in the prison of Tarragona “and piid o heavy A TSXICEl v s IsMED HOONS. ATULY fine for an aseault with intent to kill, vomn- touny i 119 st Entuld mitted on one of the younger Bels, The WWeoent fddlow w armed Wwith o revolver T['0 REXT-COMPLETE FLAT ¢ ond a dogger, and the unhappy farmers, | & Crenovited. on secund doar lm{lnfi‘emlrelyd glfl:lc;n, were I:;rm-d to lm|'. POTWIN & U0l and dismount. El Placho came down towards | * 4 Th g S 5 Ehetm, caliing out that he meait tokil themnil, | -0 MHENE=STORES, GrELC With' & shot he brought the old man to the Stores, ground, and, rushing npon the others, struck lanation of s good ean’tinake a gt Ariment i o t ¢ ASRELL, 247 Tre- 4 not wldrew JOUN D, 1 Mmton, Mais, n.luumed a piteous look, and poscd himself a lu Vietim. The Presileni—* You have been arrested for carrging a chiken and some fiah.” Gitus (In a low tune)— Yes, my President." The President—** You tuve stolen thew, Gros (In a pathetie volce)=" 1 love the hicaats, my Presbilent.” T he President—* You love tocat them.” Signs of abhwrrence [ firus, Then explntn yoursetf," Girus (ralsini his eyes to heaven)—*1 love the benasts, wid, ot passiog the market, T saw @ poor chicken on the ‘cround with Its feet tied. It upencd ite beak, It you hud seen ity ing T - dent, it would have made you cry. 1t Jooked at niean pithully, I touk Gtup o give fo some Lread. "Noonesaw me, Good! said I3 T will take [t to Mother Covarde, and sho will put it with ber ehlckena," Tae President— And the fishi® tiros—*"1 luve the beasts «o much, and the fish looked at 1ue 8o pitiully 1 thought tu my- welf they are goingt to die, Fwlil take them and put thein in the river, raye I,~when 8 Screeaut- tle-Viile arrested me. 1do luve the beasts so much ! ‘The tribunal, not arprectating this affection, condenined Gros to two months’ imprisonment, The lutter saluted the Vresldent fn nn affecting manuer, and sald to him, on retiring, *[love you, my President !’ (Bursts of lsughter from the spectaturs,) ——————— COUNTRY-ROADS. Views of an Old Farmer and an Expert lu Roud-Making. To the Euitor of The Tribune, Cmicaco, Dee, 29.—I am ratistled Tre Tntn- uUNE's **head Is level ' upon the question * an regards the absolute necessity of sume better pyatem of country roads,” ‘Tux TmisrNn has certainly talked cnough about it in the past, and it {s to be hoped will continue to dosu I the future, uutil this absolute neceesity is ac- complished, Tam not s0 thoroughly well erounded {n the opinion that your Quincy correspondent, fn the article “*Country Hondas,” tn Tne TrinuNe of Dec, U3, hos solved the probicm by means of dumplng gravel fnto mud-boles. He is ns far out of the wuy when he again advises threo D Lt e — SITUATIONS WANTED-YIALE, NBookkeepers, Clerks, &ce CLERLE NV A experience, with famivs willtng to Tor binrdi o uhiociion te woine to Litewo. lstlanie refor A prient (o Adfress _BITUATIONS WANTED=FEMALE, _ Domestics, CITUATION WANTED=BY A ~COTCH-CANADIAN N ook, whshier, andirondt,” Lhiriet ¢ odive, ent Agenciess 3 FAMILILS 1N cliniteaus. SOUTIL SIDE. mo dweliing whi hara a nd large fot. 40 ‘ot ot, hrick-bawnieat dwelllng, with t Calumet souis §14 Cottaze-Grovesas, Tl dwellinze, 431 and 2 a3 Camphel) Birg, ar; ranin dwellmie Nort; )8 inoutl oar Oakivy t., 20 and o ST A ol TO_RENT-RQOMS, Nouth Sldes o Vi ¢ e winl servant o vapid succession tlon to join the first adventurer In the recesacs | londs of gravel per rod of road, allowing “U‘{‘“ “lfll“'m- an o N tash vas omplicd with; o haitadlozen | ft to make Wts own grade. The foinda- | Fith s long, shurpdisver, Thetmoeons fled engercuriosity-seckers madu thelrway cautlously ! Lig/ 2 ounda- | fur thelr lives, puraged by the murderer. One tlon belng bad, the r {s miways #0, except when all roads are unturally good, The foundation 14, firat, thorough dral a carefullv-graded, solkl sub-surfoce, complished, where gravel can be obtafn ronds may be easlly b Unfortunate pralric-region of the Wi that it ts found lu the beds of but few strentus, and fn widely-scattered localities, often o hun- dred or more miles each from the others. The proportion of gravel-ronds in the Weat will ai- ways be o fractionnl 8 quantity as to render them nugatory so far as general utitity Is con- rerticd, Thiswinter, ourzravel-roadson a * mud- foundation * have been the worst we have, o8 18 well known in the vicinity of Chicago. On Michigan avenue, the depth of the mud s of them fell, struck down by a plstol-shot, the other, a lad of 17, suvceeded in reaching his home and rousing the brother who had been lett there. ‘The two, spotehing un the ouly weapous at hand, o lhunln-nl'l hook und a razor, rushed out to meet the aseassin, whom the almost {mmediately cncountered _umd with whom they had sdesperate conteat, The youne- est Il was shot, thuugh not fatally, but hie brother, hnving suceeeded In stelking down El Pluchio with the stepherd’s hoak, with a second blow dlspatehed bt us ho was trying to rise, ‘The two brothers pressed on to the scene of the nttack, where, in the sad pray lizht of the carly mornlng, s hideous spectacle awaited them. The elder Bel was stone dead, He bl fallen forward on bis hands and knees, und tne to view the splendors and wonders that had for venturiea bees hidden beneath tho Indian mounds that cover that scetlon of country, An nscent from the bottom of the shatt of six feet found a horizuntal opening of about ten feet, Then n uarrow ereviee, through which it hecame necessary to erawl, was encountered, Having siceessfully passed through theso devious windings, the assiduous varty were repnhl for thelr labor Ly u view of u&:urpm-ad grandeur. A Leautiful chamber, -abiout twenty feet in lieficht and torty by ity feet In diimensions, fostooned by magnificent hanging stalactites, ond represeuting 8 growth of trecs, elirubs, ete., of fantastic shapes and various rolors, was presented to the view of the wonderlne beh [0 BEST—LABUE, 1A roum, chinleeat part of mler, 10 Clty of Lima, O fing, O, 3 s, NT=TITRD AND FOUITI d 134 FIfth-a%, HEht ou thire DEDY, 11 Dearborn-at. 3 TED KO RENT. D=-T0 RENT=2 FURNISIIED OR UN- furnizhed rou L g, morth of “Fwelltl Tribune oifice, era. About the centrsof thisimmense dome | pongieed by the depth of the “Jollet gravel " STRO-FG1 ;i 3 erer had struck him twico with his dagre 7 ANTED-T! N WANTA was '““W“"“’, f 'I'l"'f“ ‘I‘““ ‘\":"' aouve the foundation. A few inlles northwest .'.’;t':,‘-“,rfim,'“,,g it Thels ot :,',,.,“;“{,},: F‘u‘m;"“*‘m hy ted, oa the linie pendant, of chandelier sbape, When | o thy “tity, one of the best ronds we luve Is o | desperately wounded at o short diatance from { == struck with a hummer, this huze pendant eounded clear and beautiful, not unlike u well- strune drum. The fioor of this beautiful and capaciots chamber 18 cambored of the eamo clear substance 8 that of the ornamental hang- ngs; and the walls on clther sideare splendidly invased and finlshed, as If by a master hand, whoso skiliful hangiwork hnd wrought, os it were, by mogie. Upon the floor of this room was found o stone battle-ox and fleahier, such ns well-graded, well-drained, compact clav-road, 1€ such o road could be graveled, it would be uneof the best possible countrs-roads; but tho gravel §s not in the West, cxcept a8 I hnve stated. Your correspondent I mistaken (n saying the Board of Agriculture has **drupped the sub- oct " of romds. St has a standing premium of 104 to the tywnstlp bullding the greatest num- hier huabaidl, The bodles of the elder son and tho scrvant had been rolled by theassasain down TARE O nravinoat the roadside. Tho wind had rwen | 2\ 'twisge and was howling dismally through the foreets, | Wholeasle Woudew uiyl Witk et As soon ns the story could be. conveyed . ociticr with Thio ot Wil wf (bt basinCrs to the authorities a picket of the Guardin fi»v.m‘ anerty’ sdieed, i il regiire bkt maunt Of Peady Casl’t ke o b i the ant were found still Ml\‘l;, and the lut- 1 city, aad reng Taw. Call upon or sddrees W, Aminee of . F. &3, E. White, 10 uuth o bur of miles of carth-road tor the vear. The | yer, it is thought, tay recover, two litt] e A were, In tho early days of this couniry, used by | oifer for 1877, o bo awanled at theanoual mect- Erodchidren were ehrred. a Tong way oft by | 1o HRSAEGL AT the red man u the dressing of hides, ebe, Nu- | g, Jan, , 1679, is as follows: the frightened horse, but were eventually recoy. | brick fitmitu '-Ilmm?!rb nn‘u?v.l“ ?‘I’::dlli-fi{”:r);llt{lg?.id “’1‘1‘,2“;;.',:" APPLICATION FOR FREMIUM, cred safe aud sound. Of coyisu the whole | MIthiecsh e, e et reporn, | W, the underdgned, Commissloners of 1figh- | nulghborbood It in 6 wreatcomumution, but some | ariicutars i Rt sl e D ot hoams | wayaof the Town of —— County of , Ktate | consolation seems to be found in the fact that | Mict, ort ?«'fl" fonnd, wich Vel with the. fiest i of Ailuss, hecey lwk","'"‘l'fi,"“&“ la wnter for | the shephierd's stafl of young licl ehould have 0y 3 Ul L 14 offered 13 nols State g ) g it Ct Nccoratlon | nnd . claborntes | B R To (et tiehwhi that shal] | fidv i unliccessary to put the cunbrous ma- e, "‘?"«firu!'x‘fiéfi'.“fifin oo splendor of A anTarte. in alzo, and omownat dis- | build tho Rreatest Rumbor of miles of earthoroad | Chinery of Spauksh justice I wotion for the chasttsement of the murderer, siinilar in !flmuhluz, yet wlulx lmu -)mmu‘- genernl m;lglhncu lur“: ear lxfi.n ikhinn G i et e s, Radlating from this chamber were #0i] {4 ———, o or Imp! = o g‘,::,m::., e:wlln of ‘th(\-:. was folluwed by tho 0 BV 5 w‘-lduzrulwlr mafl;flb«: sirloin Stenk ¥ive Ceuls » Pound, ¥ i i (" hurty, but In cach cuse udmission was barred adstedd e averag Muxon Cuuily (Tar.) Neire-ften, i y ve fuil sutiiori, That scemed to be o luke of water, From rasd-bed in tho centro 18 | Thebeef woeat fn Mason County, Texas, fs """’*}f;"‘g;‘u'_:fi,gr‘.‘“‘ tnerehanbee gn{. uragu of —— cublc ysrds of corth per milo, graded in all — mifes of rand during the year 1877, at a cort .a the fown of — permile. Al of which we certify to be cor- rect. ———, fat and julcy. 1t is dellidons, and (€ 1s slsuch- tered upon (e Oyen rangu fu these mountain fostueeses, and delivered at the duor for five cents per pound for nicely cut porterhouse and sirlol steaks, Wild hy W l(’w first chomber o passaze was ulso notleed bearing in a different direction, but, from the fact of the party belng fnsutliciently provided with Nizhis, they werc compelled to defer further to #0,00 fur ono-thind atato; wosit prafer” ivestern devlatlon will be brads trom vno- Partics wishing to ninke 2 o el 'S were . — turkeys, fine and fat, scll tate, mi fif.‘:,‘.;’::.‘:m’: ...,.2'3{",‘.’,':&1’.' o d"br:;h::.‘u:']u‘;::fi; — In Mason County at 25 cents per bewl. Ventson [ 19 Tribuze o declpliera, Commisstoners of Highways, hums, 30 cents ¢ach, Wil honey 1s abundant. | VW ANTER-T0, LXCHANG ud fat fn a0 and ot et kVaust o WHIFPLE S0 Charen mf.’éx.‘f"‘ “ S A FARMY 80 TO 307 A e —— A lingering and gencrally fatal dlscase often re.. sulte from a wevergcold Jeft W take eare of 1tsell, Three years ngo, the State Board awarded larize premiming for tho best machines or fmple- ments for roud-muking, 8o much for *that “About three liours were spent n the explorn- o for cut- tlon, and the party aro enthusfastic and confi- dent that hidden wondoers are yet remasining STWELLS discovered, which wiil ark this cave amon | sleepy lot of Solons,” Better prudently resort to Dr. Jayne's Expecto- coud Tand, for casty sud ¢ ey, :lllxln g;opl.lwud'uu;rml, it not the largest, upon tho 'l'lujsr 1ast Legislature passed s law abolishing | ranton lhf fl"ll‘mp‘lum f:lr_’ cufl-l. -1:'-1 Hinom 14, Methodiet Cirareis Sucic. Continent. Road-Overscers, phucing the futegrity of the ;‘,;;‘_‘,’",{;'I};,,‘;'},‘;’fi,,"‘,,}.";,,:x’\',, ey ob gl ~ _MUSICALs _ T A number of bonutiful stalactites, and other | roud-work fn the buuds of the Comnussioncrs, L s PEORL ol Lt R SEPTAND, BUT LITTLE USED, FOIL 3/ antil pald furs warrantind for 3 3 £ Music, 1 Van Burenost, 10, 10 cash, 4 per ) plauo, Mwh}fl per wuith, where it should prope:ly belong, It now be- comes thejr duty to tea tile most leasiblo mcans to wake the rosds of thelr districts ws guod us tho naturs of the cuse will admit. What are the means, except, In narrow and {solated dis- tricts! Earth vuly, and—drafunge! quulnt_ speclmens of Nature's underground work, were carded away for {nspection, WIGUNE BIANCIL 0FFL ] TO ACCOMMODATE OUL rons througliout the city we liave e sich Olices in the differont Dlvislons, w2 designated below, where aavertisetnents will bo taken furtlie saine rice s chargedat the Mati Ottice, and will bo recclved PIANGS: price 8k pricy 875, 3 per ionih, brice $20, CESAR AND NAT'OLEON, CornAill Mauusine, (v plano, 83 cash, That Ciesar was the first General and states- | Mo Sy b0 Shiown, In the past, how, | Sntiuigleck . m. durlng te week, aud untl U, . h.-u.‘.:a,‘.".‘,.“i“.:x.'.:l:‘.'fih..,:‘!.‘.: ot ey (o mau of bls ago; that bo conquercd Gaul aud | by peans of modern machiners and. aoplianees, PUIASE 1. WINNING, Hookseller and 3tatfoner, | new. New planoa sad urgeus fur aalo on rasf pays Iaid tho foundations of an emplre, which, in | good, well-graded carth-roads may be made | 154 Twentyiseenn cx_n:fi:_‘]\ s mients. Cum;v:'u).‘fifli'g A name at leust, was to subsist fur more thau :P‘:I; :n"y rm:tn::-ll:n(u Ilni:xd‘ u.:;mn‘l:m& .‘:lnT; u..“ "fi.fll‘._a s ear Wenien =2 1,800 yeurs,—theso are, no doubt, facts of the e g 4 i Bt e tunoat mportanice; but, after all, they aro the | 10 16 40 conts. Buch districts . 04 Uk NENIY, Dooks St warked upon this basis now have good ruads— compuratively good ones even now,—aud have {ucreased the valuo of the farme fn those dis- tricts mauy dollars per acre, As an {ustauce of enterprise fu this dirsetion, not far distant from Chicotra, 1 may mention the Towus of Doulus, Ashkum, and Chebanse, in Iroquols County, Tha greatest disability in the West la the LANOS < 3 3 L OO0 ki, A2 caaih Somttly o qusr ierly paymients wo give swoclud prices, Call and ex- swiue befure buylug, Hiusraled catalogues matled free. REED'S Tombio of Music. vd Tho Bhandean philoso- plier 13 much more Interested to learn that Cwsar loved to oll his halr; that ho sincerely rugretted its scantiness; and that he wus ox- cessively pleased when tho Beuateconferred on him the privilege of wearlng o lunrel crown, dry bones of history. CRINCK, Joweler, Nows-Dicaler, aad ¥ancy 20 Lakeeai., corucr Lincoln, i e -at. CGATNTA' SN Gitive eiath J, BISHOP, BT W % o OOKS WIITTEM UR AND BALANCED, AC: | 0 505 WEST MADISON-ST., SHELDON and thus onabled bim partially to conceal the | want of ducent roads. It s & crylug evil, and 11 Colisations Ainde, tes T 03 . s D fujury which nuture or hard liviog had wrought, | ¥ct the peopleare not ulogettier to bl 1 e e | T Tt Siyheaut funiahe uns. aud thind alory front ' robius, With bedroviis attached, Dress hus been one of the commonest wesk- | They have had dinged into thelr cars 89 lonir, e sat nien, many of Whom wore not | stone-rouls, plank-roads, gravel-roads, cnder | yagycl PEARL=FOICBEAUTIFYING THE COM- B otols. :‘;:.“loc(u“n‘x‘n%ml of u::i.r peryonal | roads,—none of which ars gencrally uvallable,— _l‘__)xum 8t ix) Fast Madisdi-at., ffouin 2. RS JOTEL, 27 WTATE-ST.-A appearance because they affected an | that they seem to think that mere windy theo- Nuflcg IEREDY AT T TAVE | 3350 ber Wocki without toard, §7 “u‘ At ostentatious simallcity, In the natinal sones | nsts kiow all about roads; aud, not having iy .1‘}“'1 N .:'ffl. X '\'f}gfl'fi 0 !;lynnln‘u::’.ul‘ql,v;m.: me. 205 iodglng, 5O conte, J ot Frauce, Napoleon L tho little Corporal fn | these putent materiuls, nothing can bo dune, LiBwlvet, b o sutliol CEVAIA - 1 bind oF represent sald gem 1n tho plain grav coat; but we muy be sure thut it 4 P ___Jush the ural coat wus carefully arrunged, even as the cocked hat wasdesizncdly worn in a fushion till then unkuown, And, a3 e matter ol fact, tha Emperor did not alwsys array hbuself in that sober-colored vesture which Mr, Teunyson has described 8s the sviubolic robe of freedom. An Euglish travelee who visited Parfa duriug the briet futerval of the Peace of Amlcus, sud was lns left on Here und there, muutig reading communitics, it s becomlng known that thu Wes has o Its onl vallable materlal the foundation for really-good roads for ubout ten months in the veur.” Puls material s the sut- sotl {teelf, The prime necessity ouly is a well- gradea surface, not too wide, with ditches on cach side, sud running consecutively over cleva- tions aud hotlows alike. s the question of ruad-buds, for the ditches Jorm drafne to Tteduced prices. T day; #4000 87 I)U'A'Vuk. lhly_!w - week ton on ail onlers fefi al JANDA HOUSK, CULN WABABILAV. AND Factory ullice. 03 West Madison-at, Y Madison-st, —Hooms with board fur the winter, et 2 WATCU-D0G, B ALT STAFANT | JOuruwi pricé: duy board. 83 pet weck. ks, Addre fata = ¥ COAL: rea, giving duscrl wand | T BALE—CHEAP—TWO WIITING-TWERS, A B {ntroduced to the Fint Consul, ALK NG-DE FASIC BAID F oA rorund bl atouichmens st soclne iy ercal | keup tho riads e Al that 14 uecessacy g S5 O arue Fuiroania soslen s | (AL i e it Stk o Vs enemy of Englund luscarlet (richly laced, by the | turther té lateral dralus slong y L0 Cary VIt HALE~ FIL DUV AN BLEGANT NINE: | Uferery description a ] van sud Bullion wav, Yelth wold). b niay huterest some to Know | awsy the accumulated water, In fact, u sye- A S 188 Suima, £ bondIOg Ioeika dnia ossic . ) East Madt it . that Napoloon set anart £5008 year for dress. | tein }ko this would not only give us tolerably- | Cou #1201 uew gun. 10 East blitecalb-at ) C. COLF, 144 LEAQS v Yo 10'10an at lowent rates on C Feal ¢at 8 jearui s, $IG.0W0 fur 3 uF § wonths, in ONEYLO Bousebold or othe; ITY 5TORAGE COMP ate, goud and well-drained rouds, but 1t would, at ate. 3 ue the satno thute, go s good way toward solviug the question of farm-droinage,—that other question of the ereutest importance Lo Western urmers, after thu ) At;l What are tho tlon,—discusston,.—kee heatter constuntly 1o this instter the A Gouh 4 Weake r wiit E FOR Cu Unltortunately, be hud & weakiioss for whits it S0 BOU Clar-ate, 1 Kersoyiuere brecches; and, bemg often wholly absorbed with cares of Stute (us courtly * chiron- Ielers A]mlo[r'ctk'llly observe), he would con- stantly spill uk, or gravy, or coffvo upon the aforesald gurnients, which hehastenedto change 43 so0n as hu percelved the mishap, ¢ 100K SALE=DIE EXCIHANUI [P At wateu o, stors. EOKSMALLFUMSON curreut muice FIDEL= d aud 50 Van lurcy-at. . PAWINERS WANTED., JAOABTSER WANTED=WITH CAPITAL TO EN- l.) \K‘l‘l‘ll:‘l{‘lillll cuutracting, :‘ has hiad 8¢ ta- T4 un wh Has teen yeurs eaperienco and (emiliar with all vl routes ‘This circumstatce cost the blameless but [ befure the people futer fa Colorsgo, New Mealco, Ariwus, aud Texas: 35 W IGEELE IS SUMS OF 81 ANO UFWALDS CAN Comte s o a8t i [t helr duty; the | & o . fter o wiven aud fo- wd Iy ex-hange for curreucy at dha countloge thnld Coute do Houmsat bl placo pe daster uf | metropolitys bress e g, (L UL | A Sttt unn (i i e e sy 4 the Robes. For the Emperor soiled bis clothes, und especially s white Ureeches, 80 frequent) aud so gricrously that the lwpesial tallor (M. Leger) wus vonstantly receiviug fresh orders, aud #3008 year became quite insutlicient to et that fuuctionary’s little bills. Now the Comte de Kemusul, who kuew that the Emper- oz huted any disurder in his accounts, was fool- ishly afruid” to_speak to bim ou the subject, Meauwblle, M. Leger beeame pressing in bis de- mands for peyweut. At tirst e seut in s bill every woolh, then every fortuight, theu cvery week, theu twice a week, then every day; but tho Mascer of the Robes’ coutinued to returu unsutisfactory suswo At lensth M. Leger, Whosa. patieace was exhausted, took tin Gold stup of complatoing to tue En) r in person, at tho very woment thut his Majesty was trving bare; our Boards of Agniculture have struggeled with tho subject ; Legulatures bave tiukered at laws reluting to the mutter; and ull bave e complished good, The country prees oniv have nut given the subject the attention it dewands, Sowe few of thew have worked carnestly, The country press 1 the other great lever that sbould constautly bu used fu furthering thy work, by abandoutug the old dog that rock- I’JHK und gravel only can give us good roads. it never will, for the reasou those ma- torials cannot bo bad. The koyuote t by cou stantly struck 13, well-graded carth 4, Fuu- ulog coutinually forward, with smple ditches— water-ways—at each slle. 1t bas been said the peoole thewselves are t0 blame. Vnder the new law iy it and it Y. 7% AND 80 VAN Qieven Ty 13 turd uud gens | WY ot $10 50 exchaggo fur curroncy st ults, | Tribute Colpany Burcn-at. 1 fackities o slorus eral werclaidis: 3y ances 8t logal ra ON X Lo THE joiy OF CLARK 4 urduy uyel ws., Buty 8 guld earrin, Pleay pesuru to Cuabler Tribune vil tuward, —_ IIOUSEHOLD G/ R, warul: Ltt\\fibk Lt &3 |\L‘l£.=.'(:;l‘fi O ' uliure v i O e R U A L ey D O3 - aud 1o CASH. a3 Fiksu FAT FOR BOOKS-STASDAND WOLRS b . el (Bl g oo i Bt sl MWirar.